The sun., 1903-12-25
STRIKE rs 4 FAMILY NATTER
T. j. Dunn's Men 90 Out Because His
Brother Won't Pay.

2 strike has been ordered by the blue
stone cutters unions on all the contracts of
Thomas j. Dunn, a blue-stone contractor.
Thomas j, Dunn has no trouble himself
with the union, but the strike, 1t is alleged,
is ordered because his brother, Bart Dunn,
general contractor at 444 East Sixty eighth
street, refuses to pay to eight members OF
the union 500 in lieu of wages for the few
days during which they sat around doing
nothing at Sunset Park, Forty fifth street
near Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, where he has
o city contrect.
Bart Dunn reported the case to the Build
ing Trades Employers Association, and said
he had no call to pay the money. He is
not in the association, but his brother is
represented there as a member of the En-
ploying Blue Stone Cutters Association.
President Charles l.. Eidlitz of the Employ
ere association told the story Of the strike
as follows to SUN reporter last evening:
Bart Dunn has the contract for "a 1000
foot wall at Sunset Park and employed
members of the Bluestone Cutters Union
to top the wall with a bluestone coping.
According to the rules Of the union. stone
for coping can be dressed in long blocks
at the quarres, but blocks eight feet long
OF less must be dressed at the contract.
There was to be a curve Of eighty feet at the
end of the wall which necessitateG the use
of ten blocks eight feet long. Dunn did
not think of the rule and got them dressed
at the quarry
In short time, Mr. Eidlitz said, a walking
delegate came around and said a union
rule had been violated. After some talk
it was agreed that the union could send two
men down to redress the stone. Mr. Ed
Il N. .,rl,xN Il tnl,
days.
Instead of sending two men, he said,
the union sent eight, who told the foreman
that three and a half days were to be occu-
pied on each of the eight blocks.
Il can't stand for that aid the foreman.
"Why, you'd chip all the blocks away in that
time
The men said that they had stated the in
structions Of the union. The foreman re-
fused to put them to work and they built
little fire and sat around for several days.
Some time later, Mr.. Eidlitz says, the
walking delegate appeared again and said
that the contractor would have to pay 5000
for the time the eight men lost. He re-
fused to pay, whereupon the delegate, Mr..
Eidlitz says, declared that all the contracts
Of Thomas j. Dunn, his brother, would be
struck"
Bart Dunn showed the contracts, Mr..
Eiditz says. to let the delegate and others
who accompanied him see that his brother
had nothing to do with the contract The
union insisted that he had and ordered a
strike on all Thomas j. Dunn's contracts
in Manhattan and Brooklyn until the $500
shall be paid.
Bart Dunn told the same story and said
the strike is still on. About l5O men are
out, principally on paving contracts.
Whom do they want to pay the $20o9"
he was asked.
Il don't suppose they care who pays it,"
he said, "but they did nothing for it, Even
If they had been working, the wages would
not have been anything like as much as
$500. l won't pay it and I'm pretty sure
my brother won't pay it, no matter what
their union rules may be-"