The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-10
LONG BUILDING TIE.UP IS OVER
YARDS OPEN THIS MORNING AND
100. 900 MECHANICS CAN WORK.


Use ateriai whether Union.Hauled
or Not and VIII Even Accept Non.Union
Helpers n Need Be-Seceding Unions
Meantime Create New Building Board
It was officially announced late yesterday
afternoon by James Sherlock Davis vice.
president OF the Lumber Dealers Associa-
ton, that the lumber and building material
yards will be reopened to-day, and that
dealers will accept materials whether de-
livered by union or non -union men, This
means an end Of the te-up In building
operations in this city.
The yards are all ready to deliver aterial.
In anticipation Of the end, the members OF
both employing associations OF building
mat erial dealers have kept force OF non
union men at work In their yards and this
morning will begin deliveries at once.
Before the end of the week it ia expected
that all Of the iOO. 900 to l25, 900 skilled me-
chanics who have been thrown into In
voluntary ideness since May will be at
work.
The order for the reopening Of the yards
was issued az the result OF long conference
held Yesterday afternoon at IL Broadway
between committees of the lumber dealers,
building material dealers and New York
Truck Owners associations and a com
mittee of the sixteen seceders from the
Board Of Building Trades. These last are
reconstructing the old board under a new
name The sixteen unions OF skilled work.
ers will form the nucleus OF the new board
and will take In any OF the other skilled
trades which are willing to become affiliated.
The sixteen unions authorized the COM
mittee to guarantee yesterday to the ium-
Der and material dealers that II they
reopened their yards their materials
would be handled, no matter by whom
hauled. The building material drivers and
handlers unions are thus left high and
dry to strike or work as they please In the
course of the confere nee word came from
the George A. Fuller Company that it was
ready to put it's men to work as soon as
material was for thcoming.
When the conference closed cheers were
heard from the meeting room. and the an
nouncement was then made that the yards
existing before the shutdown, A copy OF
this agreement was given out later "a hav-
ing been adopted:
rivers and handlers OF building. lateral
g. the h E SSaFa OF sppT IN the
building supply line have. during. the past
Ave weeks. for their own protection taken
OF New York and vicinity has been practically
stopped. 2 committee composed OF Michael
ard dD c"Tvel. + q Lennon and John j. pono.
van from the United Board Of Building Trades
was appointed to take W the ms'tsr rM MIN
Trade Association. the Association Of Dealers
in Masons' Building Materials and the New
S'nao inn ha m
Bosrd II Baiinr Of Nex YORK
The mechanics Of that body. therefore,
Of Bni III in Trades and have formed a new
organization composed entirely OF mechanics
The pex body ,hs
Sheet Metal Workers Plain and Orns mentai
Rlas,erers. Plumbers a nd Ga;t,tters, Electrical lea
Filters. steam Filters. Helpers, Granite
s;6ns kseT sro ahd
Painters and Decorators, EleXa tori on strueors.
Mosaic and Enamel Mosaic Workers. and Slate,
committee as above, with power; and they.
with j }. Donovan. member ex o1icio hereby
bind these organizations that, they will not
interfere with the free use Of any supplies
delivered by any members Of said dealers
associations. no matter under what cond-
handled, or delivered and will not take any
part in any trouble originating with the
material drivers or material handlers, or amy
And they further agree that in the new
Of ,a sw a h"Sr nsa h"dsS q"
the action of this committee, and any new
membership that may be allowed to join
their assocatipn shall also be bound by this
action. This. however, is done IN considera-
ton Of the supply dealers agreeing to open
Their places Of r% for hs delivery :, q
The boycott In Brooklyn Is also declared OF.
A further statement was made by the
labor committee Of the three associations
to the effect that they were pleased with
the action of the skilled trades unions.
as it showed that there was no point of
conflict between the material dealers and
Delegate O'Neill Of the Laborers' Union
Protective Society, composed OF l2,UO
masons laborers, said yesterday that
the members Of his organization. though
ment were prepared to work az soon AZ
the yards reopened All the other I'M
skilled workers are expected 10 follow
suit.
A mass meeting Of the Plain and Orna-
mental Operative P!asterers' Society was
held last night in Brevoort Hall. More
than 1000 plasterers attended and Presi-
dent John Donovan Of the Building Trades
Board presided. 1t was decided unani-
mousy that il the ,pasterers laborers
the same conditions ~ existed before the
shutdown, the plasterers will work with
any men who are put TO work to carry
their material Cheers followed the pass
ing OF this resolution. After the meeting
President Donovan said
Never will we be caught again in the
muddle caused by our Endorsement OF the
Building Material Drivers Union. The
future Board Of Building Trades will not
contain representatives OF any unskilled
workers.
Donovan said that the only trades. the
new board wanted outside OF the sixteen
unions were the engineers and the house
smiths, and the former had practically
agreed to Join the new body. II was said
that the unions Of unskilled workers will
probably form an auxiliary board, but will
have no voting power They tried to hold
a meeting yesterday, but could find no
hall.
The emergency committee OF the Building
Trades Employers Association will have
a conference this evening at 1929 Broad
way with the presidents Of the principal
unions in the building trades TO discuss
conditions in the building industry. This
is in response to a request from a COM
mittee OF three presidents Of unions. The
COMMITTEES issued a statement yesterday
which said'
1t is thought that this step will go far to-
ward clearing up the present situation: 1t
ia particularly gratifying that the above
requested meeting Is to occur so soon after
the clearing up OF the difficulty with the