Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-05
CARD NO BENEFIT ID BOSSES
One of the Builders Says so But
 Sees no Way Out of ie.

/ To-Nfght - Plumbers and Painters
 Met Last Night, But Took No Action
 False Alarm About Non-Union
 Men Working on City Hall.
 Things are at standstill in the strike of the carpenters and joiners, but it is expected that, there will be some new development before the close of the present week. Much interest is cen tered in the meeting of the Master Builders association which is to be held in their rooms on Bank street to- night, when committee representing the carpenters and joiners, the masons and bricklayers and the trades council will be heard on the reference card. Many think that the bosses will not give the delegates to the state council any instructions, but will leave them to do what they think best after they get there and hear what the represen- tatives from other towns have to say. The state association will meet in New Haven Thursday and if they decide to insist on the use of the card, it is un- derstood that members of the different crafts in Waterbury will immediately quit, and that will be a general tie-up probably for the remainder of the sea- son.
 One pof the builders told a reporter of the Democrat this morning that the card was no benefit to the bosses in Waterbury, still he didn't know, or if he did he refused to state, what action he thought would be taken on the mat ter at the meeting tonight. If the bosses mean what they say the card .l~xr 1.S AI,Srs dng's session, but even so, it may be sustained at the meeting in New Ha- ven, and in such an event the Water bury builders would have to swallow the pill or go on strike. While the car penters and joiners claimed at the opening of hostilities that they had no grievance other than the card, it Is now feared that they may com plicate matters by asking for an increase in wages, but so far as can be learned no movement of this kind is under way, and in all probability every joiner in the city will be willing to call it square provided the card is withdrawn
 The plumbers and painters met last night, and while nothing official was given out, it was learned that in case the reference card is not withdrawn they will go into the fray with the others.
 The carpenters and joiners got quite a start this afternoon when some one reported at headquarters that an addi- ton was being bullt to the City hall and that the work was in charge of some one who had hired non-union men in other towns. A committee was dis patched to the scene of operations, but after they reached there they saw that it was 8 false alarm, though, no doubt, who ever gave them the tip meant all right. The side of the City hall build ing which was damaged when the Sco- will house was burned is being pointed, land in order to get at it a high staging had to be erected. The work is being done by Joseph MeFlroy and helper, both union men, and as soon as the carpenters caught sight of Joe wrest- { ling with piece of timber they re- ] traced their steps, laughing as they went at how they got fooled. While ! the men are doing no regular picket ! duty. still it seems that it is out of the question for a man to drive nail Nor saw board unknown to them.