New-York tribune., 1903-04-28
MANY DEMANDS GAINED.
SMALL FEAR OF STRIKES,
Higher Wages for Most Building
Trades on May 1.

As Nav 1 draws near the indications are
that there will be large building strikes mere.
Employers and employees for once are OF the
mind in desiring to avoid any interroptoh
of work this year. when the building season
promises to be unusually prosperous. Several
OF the largest building trades gained their May
Day demands yesterday and signed agreements
with their employers.
The first to gain their demands were the
unions In the marble trades, which reported
that they had signed agreement With their
employers for two years. beginning May L. Inc
following are the new schedules of wages; Mar
BILE cutters increase from 81 80 to S5 day;
marble cutters helpers. increase from 81 90 to
So; marble polishers, increase from S3 90 to 81
This agreement affects six Thousand persons In
the marble trades
The Housesmiths, Bridgemen and structural
Iron Workers Union, 4. 100 strong. reported that
it had made an agreement for year, beginning
Nav / for an advance IN wages from 81 to 81 oo
a day. This agreement made between local
committees of the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and OF the
National Association of Structural Iron Manu-
facturers and Erectors.
The United Building Material Drivers Union
reported that it had signed an agreement with
the employers for the following scheoule oI
wages for May /: Drivers of one horse wagons
horse wagons 81 10; four horse wagons, 50, time
and a half to be paid for overtime and work
done on Sundays and legal holidays
The working day for the building materlai
drivers is to be ten hours. In the case of the
other builders an eight hour workday is the
rule Other trades which have made denlahuS
in the building trades are the organized brlch7
LAYERS eight thousand in number, who demand
an advance in wages from 90 to 40 cents an
hour. the house movers, numbering three thou-
sand: the piledrivers and several other uauea.
Most of them expect to gain their deillahuS
without strikes. . bo,+
The nasons laborers, who numoer aoout
twelve thousand have made demands TOT @ aIi
ADVANCE in wages from 50 to 3I12. cents an
hour to go into effect June /, ana d hulpeI "
--,;nor unions in the building trades are out
with demands for higher wages A NUMBER OIL
the unions and the building trades cameo ue-
77Tands for higher wages or about April l.
The metal polishers and brassWorkefS nav
made demands in number OF cities lol &"
Iinel lhonr workday on August l. The iron
wonders who number sixty thousand through
ont the country, have demanded a nlne-nouf
Zyorlxday but this demand is to be SettIeu Dg
arbitration. The HarnesSmakers Union
Ioands a ten hour workday and 10 per cent ad-
vance in wages to go into effect May T. Inc
New-YOrk District of the International ASsocla-
tion of Machinsts has made a request Tor a
minimum wage scale of S3 a day, TO go lillo
effect June / but there is to be no strike.
The Cloakmakers Union, which mas men-
bership of fifteen thousand, is preparing ue
mands IN 60 into effect on June /, and summer
demands bv other unions in the clothing traces
are in preparation, which Will be enforced py
strikes If they are refused