New-York tribune., 1903-05-06
TO ARRTTRATE SUBWAY STRIKE
CONTRACTORS MAY STOP WORK ON BUILDINGS
COSTING S1OOOOOOO.
Possibility Carpenters Var WI Compel This Extreme AchoH-
Italians Put Mount Vernon People in Terror.
WOULD MAKE 10000 IDLE!
General Lockout Would Tie Up
WOrL for Entire Season.

The renewal Of the strikes of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters against the Amalgamated Carpen-
ters' Society caused such a serious situationi
Yesterday that some OF the contractors were
thinking OF taking radical action to stop the
fight A general shutdown in all the building
trades is within the possibilities and may occur
at any time. Some of the contractors believe it 4
is the only way to bring the two fighting unions
to their senses
Theodore Starrett. OF the Thompson-Starrett
Company. one of the firms against which the
fight is particularly directed, said in reply to a
question as to the possibility of a shutdown:
The question Of general shutdown in all tns
building trades has been discussed In lLorlali{- ty
Nc definite action has been taken, ne
ton between the rival firms or oui!derS OF ae-
in Nev-York at present has 50 far prevented any
concerted action. II is impossible however. 20 say
what the contractors may not be driven 70 30.
The deadlock between the two unions seems as II
It might last indefinitely. In the time mill
ions Of dollars in capital are goine; to waste and
the unions themselves are losing InIloIlS OF -
wages had there been strike
The new strikes have had the effect or tying Up
n nIIn1her of other buildings. addition TO those
already affected by the strike All we can Cos 90 ~
hs@' mex has ~ ztoDped the work OF steamitters plumb
srs -sintprs decorators. paDerhangers and many
others who have been invOluntarily thrown idle
Even the building trades unions would look
a general lockout in all the buildings as a
calamity 1t would make idle from seventy
thousand to eighty thousand men. and would tbs
IN at least work worth $10O00OO0 for ths
greater part of the entire season. as by the
time negotiations were set on foot to end the
deadlock and the trouble settled the bes7
mart of the building season would be over
There was a belief yesterday that this lockouG
may be declared.
Vfce-Presdent Mcconnell Of the George y,
Fuller Company. against which the brotherhood
of Carpenters has ordered strikes IN Phlia-
delpbia. Chicago and elsewhere. said that so far
the firm was getting enough men, In regard to
a statement that some of the Analgamated car
penters were discharged for Incompetence hs
said:
..,rba+ does not mean anything. There are in
cor,petent men in both organizations and in ali
unions: at least many men have oeeh us
,ba-ged for incompetence who belonged to ths
t2rotberhood of Carpenters as those VINO oe-
1o,ped to the Amalgamated Carpenters So
ciety-''
Srbara was excitement yesterday at the head
quarters of the Brotherhood OF Carpenters. in
bohemian National Hall, East Seventy-third-
= on account of the arrival OF the first in
.aIr,a,t of $4,000 for the strikers from thu
national headquarters or the orother er.ioO--
was distributed to the strikers under Ine super
vision of Frank Duffy, national secretary ~,
some of the employers said that II they couIt
afford TO wait the logical outcome OF the sISu 5.
tion would that the Brotherhood OF 80
ran+srs in this city, tined OF remaining idie.
RouId finally Join the Amalgamated Carpenters
Societv 1t was questionable. however II they
o,,id remain without men until this would oc-
cur. - H. FIorsa-
smiths Brfdgenen and Structural Iron WORK
go Trnion arrived in this city yesterday, anu
registered at the Ashland House. He said tnac
he came here on account OF the strike IN fiilLe1
JeInbia AGAINST the George A Fuller ConnpaHS'
srd tbar IL had no local bearing Inc con-
trac+ors saw that the strike against the Fulter
companv in Philadelphia, which Is IN Sytnpdtny
80 49, nI,,nrbers who are on strike there. IS IN
Violation of the recent agreement entefed mt
tatyeen iron workers and their efnp4OSS.S- pa.S-
Ir1o,, ea1, tbat II proves that agreement VITA
a Iabor union when any strike mania arises -
not vvortb the paper Ii is written on.