New-York tribune., 1903-07-27
MAY SET TINE LIMIT.
EMPLOYERS MEET TO-DAY.
Members of "Sam" Parks's Union
Ready to Secede.

The rejection of the arbitration agreement of
the Building Trades Employers Association by
the Amalgamated Portable Hosting and Safety
Engineers Union on Saturday not expected
by the employers, 1t learned yesterday.
Coming on the heels of the performances of
sam" Parks on Saturday in preventing any
agreement on the part of the HOusesmiths and
Brdgemens Union. it has given such serious
setback to a definite settlement that many of
the employers, it was learned, are in favor of
fixing the threatened time limit this week The
board of governors of the employers associa-
tion will take definite action the subject at
its meeting to-day. in the Townsend Building,
when the question of fixing a time limit will be
a special order of business.
The action of the Parks faction of the House
smiths and Brdgemens Union in stopping
settlement between the housesmiths and the
Employers Association 1t is known, will
hasten movement he part of the quiet in
dustrious members of the union to get out of it
and form union According to statements
made yesterday, this element is largely in the
majority and will refuse to be bulldozed by the
Parks faction any longer.
President James ]. Daily of the Tile Layers
Union. which was the first union to be expelled
from the Board of Building Trades for signing
the arbitration agreement, said yesterday that
he knew on the best authority that the move
union had already started and that a split
would soon take place The ant-Parks men will
then organize a union which will sign the arbi-
tration agreement.
The bullying by the Parks faction" he said,
has so far prevented these people from coming
to the front. When a cannot express his
sentiments without being assaulted and manned
unless he agrees with a certain faction. it is
time for something to be done. For some time
back the industrious element Of the House
smiths and Bridgemen's Union has been forced
into the background by the tactics of a small
minority of brawlers who are ready to fight
on small provocation No respectable man cares
to be drawn into fight. and this has kept many
who not deficient in courage from in
terfering when the tough element captured the
meeting and had matters all their own way
In reference to the rejection Of the arbitra-
tion agreement by the engineers, he said that
the engineers had evidently been Ill advised.
At the present stage of the game. he said he
could not what the union could possibly
gain by delaying settlement
The unions which signed the arbitration
agreement" he continued, did so after they had
considered the matter thoroughly, and will not
change their programme. The arbitration agree
ment amended does not interfere with the
present trade agreements between individual
unions and their employers. 1t prevents sym
pathetic strikes but there have been too many
of these strikes lately They have been ordered
year after year, tying up work for the best
part of season the most frivolous pretexts.
Any movement to lessen the number of SYM
pathetic strikes is a good movement. The
unions cannot get all they want, but they have
gained great deal. and the employers have
yielded many points. AS it IS there can
be nothing whatever to gain by holding
AS TO the kick that business agents cannot be
arbitrators under the agreement. that has no
force AS rule business agents were never
chosen as arbtrators in any trade dispute The
employers have expressed themselves many
times to the effect that they were not trying to
abolish walking delegates altogether No one
can deny that walking delegates often went too
far in the irresponsible exercise of their powers
There is a legitimate field for the walking dele
gates, which is recognized by the employers
Mr.. DAILY said the minds Of the rank and file of
the unions were purposely confused regarding
the arbitration agreement by labor leaders, who
for their own purposes did not want to accept it.
There use. however. in fighting against
a plan which recognized the unions as it's first
plank.
Delegate Paulitsch, OF the Amalgamated Sheet
Metal Workers Union, in making a report at
yesterdays meeting of the Central Federated
Union, said that his organization had rejected
the arbitration agreement and would go out of
existence sooner than recognize it.