The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30
SHARING LOOT With The UNION
NEW REI ELATIGNS ABOtT STONE
COMBINE METHODS.
No 4 onsprtiiio In Contract Bitdlng-Tcn
Per Cent. Bonus on Fronts. Of which
the Union 60, Its share In Christ.
mas Eve DiytsiOn-Thc Public Pays.

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the Union 60, Its share IN Christ.
mas Eve Di,ision-The Public rays.
The suit for damages which three mem
bers of the executive committee OF
the Employ ing Stonecutters' Association
threatened on Wednesday to bring against
'EF Giberson general manager of the
William Bradley A Son Company on ao-
count OF Giberson's statements in reference
10 the associations methods OF doing husl-
ness. war not begun yesterday. Inc En-
ploying StonecItters Association, II was
said, are reconsidering the matter OF the
suit
In view of a grea, food of light Shed
! upon the inner workings OF the association
and upon its relations with the Journey
men Stonecutters MON by facts about
| their business methods which came out
Yesterday, it il hardly expected that the
suit will be taken up. Gilbert Brown,
president Of the Employing Stonecutters
Association wasn't talking yesterday about
| suing anybody.
He said that the association was pre-
pairing a reply to- the newest revelations
about it's way of doing business, and that
probably the reply would be made public
Elm day or two
On the other hand, MIR. Giberson now
threatens, as he said he would II the stone
cutters in the Bradley works voted to con-
| tinue their strike to force the concern
into the Employers Association, to Law
documentary and other evidence which he
| has In support OF his charges before the
| District Attorney He put the matter in
! the hands OF an attorney and received the
| opinion that sufficient evidence can be
obtained TO secure indictments against
| certain members of the association Tor
| conspiracy
The facts which have come out concern
ing she organization and methods Of opera
| ton Of the Employing Stonecutters Asso-
| citation reveal the association AS WORKING
hand and glove with the Stonecutters
Union against the interests OF the public
| All bids Tor stone work by members Of the
| association which includes almost no per
! cent. OF the employing stonecutters in New
| York city-are submitted to committee
| Of the association. This COMMITTEES, which
has autocratic power, averages the estl-
mates and awards the job TO the man Whose
| bid approaches most nearly 10 the average,
| The members aftnrward 20 through the
! form of competitive bidding, but the other
| bidders in The association see to IL that their
] estimates are higher than that Of the man
1 who in the secret session has already secured
! the Job In return the successful bidder
, has to turn over 10 per cent. of the proceeds
( of the contract To general fund OF the
! association, which is sweetened from Tune,
to time by fines levied by the committee
| with dictator a power, on members VINO
| fail TO fulfil to the letter the requirements
| and rules Of the association 1t Is assorted
that fines as high as $1,000 are sometimes
| levied.
| Tie pot is allowed TO accumulate until
! Cl ris mes Eve. Then 10 per cent. is de-
! Quoted and handed over to the Stonecutters
| Union rs scrt Of present from Santa CLAUS
J Tie balance is divided among the hctive
| melnbers of the association. II IS said that
, the pot 20 DO distributed on ne co, coming dG
! Christmas Eve already amounts to $500 go.
! of which the unicn--that lis to say, the men
! who control it-wculd get one-tenth. thst
. il, $50 ,oOC--for their share,
, The association YVES formed last winter,
i when the dernoIalized condition in the
! cutters TO organize for mutual protection
aga inst walking delegates. Then, how
| ever, it was an association with no secret
| code Of rules, no 10 per cent. bonuses ana
, 'dvvies.T and no intimate financial reia-
| tons with the StDnecutters' Union But
, by and by the news Of how the oornice-
F! rns kers Of Chicago and their men had COM
bined to fleece the public for the joint bene-
| fit Of the two came here from the West
T, Soon after this the association changed ns
! form and methods The officers 81 the
asso citation say that II does not resemble III
, the slightest degree tho Chicago orgaI.l1a-
tion, but men who are familiar with the
methods Of both associations Say that they
! don't see wherein the two CrganiZ- :lCI.S
differ. except that the Chicago people we're
! cornice workers and the New iorEefs eie
! plain stopecutters About twenty nleinbers
, Of the Chicago Organization are now under
indict ment for conspiracy. Tue people or
! Chicago were, in fact, getting titer the
cornicem8 kers and their employees legally
when the stonecutters Organized III Their
present form, April I. 1903. Ter Jules
and by laws were Endorsed 10y lie Journey
! men stonecutters
Members Of the associai ions executive
committee reiterated yesterday that the
| association had nothing TO say with the
strike Of the joIrneymcn III the Bradley
works, They alRo were sure that the
journeymen didn't get 10 per cent. bonus
from the Christmas pot for slrlting ana a,
clubbing refractory employers into line
with the association when the association
gave the word. The union got the 10 per
cent rake off, il was said, merely 70 en-
courage friendly ard cordial relations
between the association employers ard the
union members who work for them
The ass citation. anyway so its nentei-
declared, was only a great Clearinghouse,
80 to speak. in which all "nistakes in esl i
! mates on contracts by members of the
assoclat ion were "rcctifed' and where
IN" work was "jur' " aIlcrIi' ned aln' ne
aam They had head, they said thar
! DO mi n men hao grievances against
The Bradley Brothers Company because
that concern mniBt air'd stone-cl!tting
| works in Indiana, and they thought THAI
he feeling agains, he firm for This might
! We had something TO do vi tn III" original
strike ard tho vote Oh Wednesday night
| to ~ ntinua t..
The associations representa- yes strenu.
ously deny that Call, the walking dcle@ ate
Of the Stonecutters' Union. in any way
represented the association when he told
! Mr. GibersOn that he would have TO call AZ
the associations Office in the ST. James
building and "settle things" They also
denied Yesterday that there H. an under
the Unions by which union men are to work
only for members OF { q association.
Mr. Giberson said that his company had
expected the vote to continue n strike
ard WAS prepared for il Most OF the
companys work, he said will how he done
IN it's Indiana works ana the eat stone will
| be shipped to this city He said also that
several Of the strikers had come to him
| yesterday and expressed their regret al
being Obliged to be idle The meeting
| on Wednesday night, al which the vote
| regarding the strike was taken. was, Mr.
Giborson asserted. very rough Several
| OF the men who were employed IN tie works,
! ard who were against the strike, showed
up the next morning with bIack eyes and
| badly battered faces
Gilbert Brown, president Of the Employ