New-York tribune., 1903-07-16
THREE MORE EXPELLED.
SEYEN UNIONS NOW OUT.
Reason. They Signed Arbitratiop
PIan-Ne5U Organization Likely.

.ore unions were expelled by the Board
,,z,,,, Trades at its meeting IN Brevoort
% --.r.ordav afternoon for signing the plan
no. ,,.ro.ion Of the Building Trades Employers
% -e.a.for after the board as a body repudi-
=. This makes seven unions in all which
-, hasn expelled for the same reason and' as
a, q prevalent belief that the board is
- ~ extinction anyway, those who hold
hol,ef say that the board is unconsciously
,ae.suing desirable outcome.
.bree unions which were expelled yester-
,rsre the Plain and Ornamental Plasterers
C--,on the Amalgamated Painters Society and
Marble and Enamel Mosaic Workers.
60 Parks and his adherents were there In
<oo n see that no union which signed the
ao,eenent escaped. The delegates OF the plas-
tarers, organization had the resignation ready,
-, their union was expelled before they had
80 N offer il John J. Donovan, one OF the
delegates of the plasterers. was president OF the
tosrd so that the expulsion OF his union left the
hodv without a presiding officer
The delegates Of the seven unions which have
hean expelled held a meeting In Lne 1nterna-
,,onal Hotel, opposite Brevoort Hall ate in the
afternoon. They expect a few more organiza-
tions 10 be expelled tomorrow, and VIII then
prepare TO organize new board "hlch IN Illile
NAV absorb the old board
:, the board came down simply TO his organiza-
ton
1T is not for me to say he replied L m
not the union; I'm only its employe"
The board Of governors OF the Employers
Association had a conference yesterday at No.
f123 Broadway with representatives OF all the
unions which have signed the arbitration agree
rnent. regarding the resumption Of work The
question OF fixing a time limit when work Will
be resumed with or without consent of the
unions was left for consideration to-day. Re-
garding the resumption Of work. l. K. Prince,
chairman OF the press committee Of the board
Of governors. said:
Some more unions put their men 10 work
today. but the resumption Of work is slower
than we expected. 1t is bound TO come soon,
however. and no union can resume work until 1t
has signed our plan Of arbitration. which they
all must admit IS eminently fair"
The bricklayers' union feel aggrieved. it was
said yesterday, over the fact that they were
treated Just as the other trades were in having
work shut down though they had not had a
sympathetic strike for twenty years. The con-
ference between the representatives Of the
bricklayers' unions and of the Mason Builders
Association, which began at the Townsend
Building on Tuesday night. did not end until
The bricklayers want advance in wages
from So to 20 cents an hour. The mason build
ers refused TO grant this advance. but offered to
continue the old rate when work is resumed
The bricksyersf representatives promised to
give an answer tomorrow, the question to be
put TO their nine unions IN the mean time, and
II a settlement IS not reached the bricklayers
viii change the shutdown into a strike
IN the mean time four Of the bricklayers'
unions have accepted the arbitration agreement
Of the employers association.
It was learned last evening that the Iron
League by direction Of the board Of governors
Of the employers association. sent a PROPOSE
ton TO r Z. Neidig, president of the House
smiths and Bridgemen's Union. for a confer
TO talk the situation. The proposi-
ton was taken TO Neidig by c. E. Cheney. sec
retary Of the Iron League. Neidig, who is leader
Of the anti-Parks faction Of the union, placed
the matter in the hands Of the executive com
mittee- The union expected TO be heard
from yesterday but up TO a late hour last even
ing had sent no response.
Mr. Cheney said when seen that the object
Of the proposed conference was Just to have q
general talk over the situation
William Baumgarten, president Of the Interior
Decorators and Cabinet Makers Association.
with whom the Brotherhood of Carpenters made
an agreement containing a clause against SYM
pathetic strikes and then repudiated 1t to get
into the Board Of Building Trades, said yester-
day that the men We're still at work The asso-
cation would not act until their employees act
ualy broke the agreement
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