New-York tribune., 1903-06-12

furnished nt, material for new cases. He said
/ last night that there were no new warrants out
and there would be arrests during the night
| No information could be secured from the off,
GERS of the Union Club regarding the District
! Attorneys declaration of Wednesday night that
Sl7 600 was raised TO buy off a strike which al
| fected their new clubhouse. as well as many
other structures. Edward Cooper. president Oh
/ the club: Franklin Bartlett, secretary. and John
Mclean Nash. of the building committee. Were
all seen. The first two declared that they kne"
nothing of the matter. and Mr.. Nash oeciiTeu
to discuss it
TELLS OF EMPLOYERS FUND
More satisfactory information was derived
from William Baumgarten, of williapBaumgar-
ten & Co. whose offices are at No. 323 Fifth
ave. Mr. Baumgarten is president of the Asso'
citation of Interior Decorators and Saoinet
Makers of New-York City. fifteen members oI
which. according to the District Attorney, talseu
$3.50 apiece to get the Brotherhood OF Pain,eIs
and Decorators seat in the United Building
Trades Council. and thus break theN strike IN
their business. Baumgarten's frm is one oI
those mentioned as contributing to the tund the
details of which were given in yesterdays Trib-
une Mr.. Baumgarten said yesterday;
District Attorney Jerome statements a are Sun
was paid by the cabinetmakers but it was t6s nos
paid by them as an organization ana T6er denned
to have ii come up before that body. But the
er Se aen hs4 6seP s gHF 99 0r PhH
delegates came TO US and said that 1hey Geuin 10 Pp b
cBard Of Building Trades. They explained that TO
@ out trS Of Gfpe the bpotherhood fund if we would
the rate We agreed to pf1 pay the Sqey and
a short time after, the brotherhood deegates tl
to us and Ead % 5nqt hooks nS Rod have to be
audited and that item of $500 would look bad bad,
again. The sum came TO about 5000 in all The
committee of our organization individually, and he
turned IT over TO some one else He IN EnioPSS S
persons whom the money was PAID.
To meet the statements of the District Attor-
ney and the confederation given to them by MI
BaumgarteIl, the officials of the New. ork DE DE
trct Council of the Brotherhood of Painters
Decorators and Paperhangers of America at
meeting yesterday passed resolutions indlg-
nantly denying the charges The resoiuuons'
which are signed by James P. Archibald, the
president; E. Jackson Snyder, secretary: John
A. Kilgus George 5. Cannon. Charles Braun,
B. F. Mcdonnell and r. P Murray, business
agents. follows:
res that the representatives Of Brotherhood of
aipters & au weTe admitted as delegates
to the United Board Of Building m Trades OF this city
Resolved That We the 8 I 9py
of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers OF amer
lea in and for the city OF X rep
tional brotherhood of sixty thousand men, apso- i
tey @ n dfs b 5nas ne district ever paid any
TO any representative of the United Boaro OF BuIo
ing Trades m sf or bodT otRer apd PsTson to
We declare
documents the property of the New-York District
Council Of the brotherhood of Painters Decorators
and Paperhangers of America, are open for the m
spection of any responsible citizen at a moment
notice. -
The special committee of the Building Trades
Employers Association appointed to take
charge of all complaints of extortion against
walking delegates received number OF new
complaints yesterday. These will be laid oeIore
District Attorney jerome, and the committee
will assist in every way in obtaining evidence.
Secretaray Davis of the Lumber Dealers Asso-
ciation said yesterday that good deal OF Inrn- NJ
Der and building material had been delivered IN
the course of the day.
+ha arrest of Richard Carvel. A prominent en-
pIover said: Now that the most suspected " man
and the least suspected man have been arrested
surprises may be looked for at any time.