The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-18
WORKING DESPITE sam PARKS
,yaRDS AROUND AND a FILE or
poyItE TO WALK BESIDE THEN.
First Non-I nIon HOusesmlths start ON
Thon,pson-Starrett Job--Company
Houses Them and the whole Police
Force Is Pledged TO Protect Them.

IIotlsps Them anti the WnOie romeo
Force Is Pledged to Protect Them.
The first serious attempt to begin build
mo orprations in this city with non-union
h,rsesniths, in direct defiance of Sam
park. and his union, was made yesterday.
,u,, Thompson-S Company sent a
rr,c Of non-union workers to the large
,.,,tnept hotel which they are construct
;,r IN Madison avenue between Twenty
i,,h and Twenty-seventh streets and set
,to,, AZ work. with elaborate precautions
for their protection.
The work was not begun until promise
~ efficient police protection had be n
attained from Commissioner Greene. Two
,r;rormed men guarded the building all day,
,,i,b orders TO call for assistance the moment
any disturbance should arise At night
,ne entire force of non-union men walked
IN a Lodv under escort of six policemen
from the Tenderloin station to quarters
provided for them by the company.
An interesting incident to this resuming
= work was that the application for police
,ro,ec,ion was made by Henry S. Thomp-
s,r Borough President Cantor's young
s,perintendent of Buildings, When MIR.
1honrson took office il was announced
that he had severed all connection with the
THOMPSON Starrett Company year ago
Mr. THOMPSON called at the home of Com
missioner Greene on Sunday night to find
M, # he could count on the assistance Of
tie department.
We have imported these men," Mr.
Tbomp- IN said, and it is our duty to see that
they are protected against any attacks
tna NAV be attempted. We want TO know
in advance what you are going TO do. If
rr,, cannot guarantee to take care of our
mer, wo must hire Pinkerton detectives.
Ceu. Greene replied that the company
r.lA have as many men as the situarlon
warranted and that he would not permit
sry violence as long as he had the means
in his hands to prevent it.
This, Won understand" Gen. Greene
added, is what the police would have to
do for any one under the same circum-
stances
Mr.. Thompson called again on Gen.
lrnere AT Police Headquarters by appoint
ment Yesterday morning and later had
long conference with Inspector Brooks,
who il in charge Of the police force in Man,
haitian and The Bronx. They arranged
minute of the day and night.
The men have been imported from
number of places outside of this city They
are all non-union men. Most OF them are
Swedes, sturdy fellows who look as II they
were capable of putting up sim nght on
heir own account should the emergency
arise.
There are about dozen of them They
are lodged by their employers in the same
way ms when force of men IL sent to some
small city or village by a large building
concern The Thompson-Starrett COM
uanv has rented a whole building az Ny
lexington avenue for them, and the men
will not need to go outside OF II except 70
work unless they want TO do 80: e.,
Special guards are in charge OF the build
ing night and day, and the police are also
keeping an eve on it. That attempts
will be made by the members OF the house
smiths union TO get at the strike breakers
in one way or another is expected oo'h by
the employers and by the police.
pickets we're seen to watch the workers
all day Yesterday from Madison Square
Park. hut none Of them made any enort
10 get near the building. When the work
men marched home at 5 O'Clock last night
Roundsman Gillespie observed that they
we're being trailed by several men, but
the watchers did not approach closely or
trv in any way to disturb the workers.
". A. Starrett of the Thompson-S tarrett
,bat Il vas absolutely necessary for the
ron,papy IN oct To work on the Madison
avenue building, as continued delay would
'hraatan them with serious loss.
The reason that we are able to do il "
no aaid ais that we have our own steel
erection nlant. We are the only master
hnilders SO equipped. and it would therefore
be difficult for another firm to follow our
eyonple iust now We expect few diff
ticuitjes after this. as we are sure that the
noIirs will give us all the protection we