The evening world., 1903-05-23
lrtn Mill Owners Notify Strikers
Through Employers Associa-
ton that They Must Return to
Work as individuals.
OTHER TRADES TO FOLLOW.
Committees Of Bosses Union Are
Busy Bringing in New Recruits
and Arranging for Financial Sup.
port for Weak Members.

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Four thousand FIVE hundred striking
Union ironworkers received notice to-day
through the newly organized Employ
crs' Association that they must return
to work by June ! or other men will DC
put in their places. 1t Is the newly or
ganized Employers Associations first
~broadside against union labor. and its
notification 10 the l25 900 locked-out
skilled mechanics of this city of what
they will have to face as a result of
their having driven their employers into
an Organization similar to their own.
The notification to the ironworkers Is
as follows:
The undersigned. on investigation.
ind tnat the wages paid the orna-
mental ironworkers in Greater New
YORK are from 10 to 20 per cent.
higher than are paid In otner cities
whose manufacturers compete with
us In this city. We. therefore. can-
not consider any advance In wages
and have decided to post the follow
ing notice at the various plants;
NOTICE.
This shop will be open May q.
Men desiring 10 return to work must
apply for their old positions before
June j, or other men Will be en-
ployed to take their places.
Iron League.
Employers Association of Archi-
tectural 1ronworkers.
Association of Wire Work Manu-
facturers Of New York.
Other Drasti Features.
The notification was dra VT up at a
meeting OF representatives of The three
associations at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
The drastic features of the agreement
there are not incorporated In the
statement. The men who apply for work
must do so as individuals md not as
members OF the union. They will be
paid the same wages for the same num-
her OF hours ms they received prior to
the strike. This Is the most impressive
feature Of the employers stand to the
workingmen. as II was said by the en-
ployers when the May schedule demand
ing higher wages was presented that
the question OF remuneration was not so
much an issue as the unwillingness OF
the employers to accede to such demands
as the appointment OF shop stewards
and the refusal to employ non-union
men.
All OF the shops. mills and factories
represented by the three associations
Will be opened Monday for the admission
OF employees and one week later work
will be resumed. The employers claim
that many of their workmen have asked
10 be taken back and they expect 10
have a fair working force by Monday.
More than half OF the 5000 locked out
employees OF the Hecla Iron Works. of
Williamsburg. rave asked to he taken
hack The wnrka wara ahtt 1npyp Lac.
week because the employees demanded
the unionization of the shops and a
Saturday half holiday.
Other Trades Now.
The Emergency Committee OF the
Employers Union having taken decisive
action In tho ironworkers' strike. will
now listen to the grievances Ct other
trades. The work will not be done by
the committee as a whole. but by vari-
Gus subcommittee. which will sit daily.
1t is likely that action similar to that
taken In the case OF the ironworkers
will be followed out. This will mean
lively times for the thlrty-nine unions
affiliated with the United Board OF
Building Trades.
The Employing Truck Drivers Asso-
citation is the latest recruit to the I'm
Movers Association. This means rho,
tbey will stand Arm with the aupnort
NJ the combined con,taI ~ tho h,,Il,I,,e
trades In tbeIr rsf,sal IN -rson,ni,o ,hs
Team Drivers Union. The Masttr
Plumbers and Master Painters have
also intimated that they will Join ;he
organization.
\ Finance Committee has been formed
in the Employers Association to tide
over any firm that might become In
.oIseu ny 'ne p'oionsea loehou'' T
tensions or notes and other obligations
will be arranged through a system OF
guarantees
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me LOCKOUT IN the oulioihg trades IN
Manhattan was extended to Brooklyn
to-day, when at noon the lumber wards
go a.ia, shnns ,,aro ~, -
ana material s"ops "eIe shu' uo"h'
This will throw over 10000 workmen out
OF employment before the end of next
woaL
week
CnrDeuter., strike On.
The nrnSDprt Of a Reltlanant ~ tho