New-York tribune., 1903-05-05
NEW SCHOOLS DELAYED.
brotherhood Orders 5000 More
Carpenters Out.

A fresh start was made yesterday in the
strikes Of the Brotherhood Of Carpenters against
the members of the Amalgamated Carpenters
Society Four thousand men were already on
strike on different buildings throughout the city
and the walking delegates of the Brotherhoou
hustled around until. they declared ooOo
more were out. making 10000 men altogether.
The Amalgamated men said that not ohe-ha1l
that number were on strike
The new strikes were ordered on account OF
the failure Of the negotiations started by the
American Federation of Labor to bring about a
settlement The striking carpenters made their
HEADQUARTERS at Bohemia and National Hail. IN
East Seventy-third-st.. but the hall was soon
filed TO overaowing and those who could not
GET in met in another hall at Seventy-hrst-st
near First-ave.
Several public buildings will be seriously oe-
layed by this additional series Of strikes Among
these is Public School No 1sS. in East Thlrd-st''
which is to accommodate 5000 pupils when it is
completed 1t will be the largest elementary
school In the world The building was to have
been completed on July 13. and is already two
months behind The Commercial High School, in
six.y-ffth-st west of Broadway. and the Nor
ris High School, in the Bronx, the new schoois
at Observation-Disclosures. and LenoA-a'e
and One-hundred-a y-ffth-st ana Union
ave.. are also affected. The Board of Education
made an appeal to have this strike stopped bu'
st useless
Frank Duffy. national secretary of the Broth
erhood of Carpenters, went 10 the Asnlano
House yesterday expecting to find represents
tive Of the ArnaIgamated Society with whom
he Was 70 arbitrate He found no representa-
five Of the Amalgamated Society there. and
se,er waiting for some time made the announce
y,,ent that every member of the brotherhood
would be called out from every part OF the CITY
Mr. Duffy said that he would ask the execu-
tive committee Of the Brotherhood 10 oroeI
strikes on the contracts Of the George A FuIler
Companv in Boston St. Louis Chicago ana
Philadelphia, on account Of the partlahty OF the
company TO the members of the Amalga1na'eo
Society. At meeting of the Board of Building
Trades. held yesterday. the board reafirmed Its
Intention 10 stand by the ATnalgamated society
The Board of Building Trades controls seT.
enty-fye thousand men in different trades II
non-union men are put to work, II may tle up
every building in the city enectuaIly oy oroeF-
ing general sympathetic strikes. The employers
know the power Of the board ana are giNlne l
every encouragement TO the Amalgamateo 80
<iety TO furnish the men needed rather tnan RISK
the chance of having all the work teo up p9
sympathetic strike.
union carpenters by the contractors may take
place unless the fight between tie unions Is
soon over.
A demand has been made by the plasterers
iaborers who number three thousand, for an
advance Of wages from - % 70 90 % a oaS' "
go into effect at once. The first strike 10 en-
force these demands took place yesterday at
the new Metropolitan Life Building, twenty
third-st and Madson-ave-, where the advance
was refused by the contractors, Y. J. Hedden
A. Co About fifty laborers quit. The brick
layers union. with a membership Of eight thou
sand which made demands 10 go into effect on
Nav J. have not yet come to an agreement
They withdrew a demand for an advance from
81 20 20 cents an hour but insist that the
foreman must belong to the union. though the
a-onloyers have decided on no account to agree
10 il An attempt win be made TO bridge over
this difficulty this week