New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
ARBITRATORS AGREE.
First Wage Case Under En- ployers'
Ne1C Plan.

The arbitration clause OF the plan of the Build
ing Trades Employers Association. which has been
signed by more than dozen unions in the skilled
trades, was put TO it's first test yesterday in the
case of the Plasterers' Laborers Union. which has
made demand for 50 % a day. The demand, IT was
agreed. should be arbitrated Under this clause an
arbitration committee OF two employers and two
employees belonging TO organizations not interested
in the in dispute Is chosen the four choose
an umpire in case they cannot come TO agree
ment whose decision is to be final and binding
The demand of the pIasterers' laborers
brought before the Employers Association at the
instance OF the Plain and Ornamental PlastereTs'
Union which has signed the plan of arbitration,
and 1t was understood all along that the arbitra-
tion proceedings not to interfere with the
pasterers returning to work. The representatives
of the plasterers' lahorers on the committee were
James J. DAILY. president OF the Tile Layers Union.
and r. d. Tompkins. another member of this
union. and the employers represented by
President B. D. Traitel, OF the Crate Tile and
Marble Association. and Louis Harding. Of the
Master Carpenters Association II was agreed
that Justice Fitzgerald. Of the Supreme Court.
should be umpire.
The committee met at the Townsend Building.
No 1,12S Broadway. at IL a. m. where Patrick
Grimes. president of the Plasterers' Union. and
delegation of other plasterers hand to give
evidence behalf of the plasterers labOrers. Pres
dent Grimes spent two hours stating his case. and
followed by other plasterers. An adjournment
then taken for two hours. when the proceed
ings resumed and lasted until the evening.
An agreement reached though its nature
revealed.
In the mean time work Is expected to be actively
resumed tomorrow in the following trades by the
number of men given in the list below:
Amalgamsted Painters and Decorators Of New-York
Local Union No 81 Of the brotherhood Of Painters
Decorators and Paper HanseTs Of America GOO
Union OF NeW-nork SCo
United cement Masons' Union No. of Greater
,,3SHIa- eW-9ofk I.ae;,c Of America 500
Mosaic Encaustic Tile Layers Union, Local 80
Hexason Labor Club Of Tile Layers Helpers,
Anaigsmsyed Wood workers international Union 100
international Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers oo
PISn and 81 Ornamental Plaserers' Association $500
Brcklayers' Union Of Manhattan and The Bronx SOoO
Manhattan District Council. United Brotherhood OF 90
Plasterers Iaborers Union. LsO1
Total -oolo'
William K. Fertig. secretary OF the employers
association said last evening that there will be
plenty of work for all the men who will return.
All the carpenters and bricklayers could be put TO
work at once Asked If the refusal of the house
smiths to sign the arbitration plan would not cur
tail the work. he said:
II YOU go through the city you will see that
there are plenty Of buildings where the steel sGele-
tons are up and where the brickayers can work.
The bcklayers can work & at putting % up PaT9}nS }0S
them to do that not one need be idle.
Mr.. Fertg also said that several more of the
larger unions would sign the arbitration agree
nnent before Tuesday. Then he added:
The situation is far better than we expected two
days ago IL would be for weeks We have passed
the brow of the Hill and are on tne nomssITet0n s @
poets OF n complete resumption OF WORK IN a snort
time