The sun., 1903-12-16
TO LIGHT UP new BUILDINGS,
CONTRACTORS THINK THAT'LL
KEEP DYNiMITERS AWAY.
Another Reward OF $500 offered by the
Iron IeaEue-This Tirne for Inf0r.
nation About the FAN Of a Derrick
in BrOoklyn-C. +. 4. Tries for Peace

in BrOoklyn-C. r. 4. Tries for Peace.
The Iron League offered yesterday
another reward Of $500, this time for evil
dence leading to the arrest OF the persons
who cut and loosenel the guy ropes on a
derrick which fell on last Thursday in the
new building at 100 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn.
| The league on Monday night promised
$500 for the arreSt and conviction Of tho
persons responsible for the explosions In
the Broadway Tabernacle building At
Fifty-sixth street and Broadway, and the
new Acker, Merrall 4 Condit building, in
West Forty-third street. The advertise
ment inserted in the Brooklyn newspapers
by Secretary Cheney Of the Iron League
| reads:
| Five hundred dollars will be paid for the
| evidence which results in the arrest and con-
| viction of the person or persons who ma
! licIonsly loosened the connections OF a boom
| derrick and caused the fall of same at the
building ie0 Columbia Heights Brooklyn. on
Thursday. Dec 10. at about 10 A. NJ
The Standisb Arms Hotel is going up at
100 Columbus Heights A three ton girder
was being lifted to the second floor from the
| stree, when the ropes gave way and the
girder fell About twenty persons were
on the street, but none Of them was hurt.
An examination showed thai clamps
and bolts fas ening the stays had been
removed, weakening the entire derrick
The derrick had been examined the day
before and 1t was in good shape. The
contractors believe that it was tho work OF
some disgruntled member Of the union who
had been discharged.
To the same cause is laid the fall Of the
big derrick at 393 Fulton street, Brooklyn.
| which injured the Citizen Building and the
| upper stories of Sohumm's cafe on Satur-
day. The contractors. McMurray- Bros.
are members of the Employers League.
Brooklyn branch, of the building trades.
They are putting up the building for the
Williamsburg Trust Company and have
had much trouble with the union.
For the last six weeks there have been
all kinds of influences at work here" said
one OF the contractors at the williamsburg
! Trust building. "The vice-president OF
(! the Parks union was over, and their walk
| ing delegate, Massey, has been over several
times. / was not altogether surprised
when one of the guys few over like whip
lash and tore the wires down. / can make
no definite accusation. however, but 1t is
a little queer that a derrick that carried
25-ton girclers safely could not carry
dozen l00-pound planks.'
! 1t is possible that in few days every
new building being put up by members OF
the Employers Association will be bril-
lian,ly lighted at night. Charles A. Cowen,
announced yesterday that he would have
big arc light put in the centre Of the bnild.
ing and that he would keep 1t lighted all
night. Supt Milward, who il in charge
ing. where the second explosion occurred
on Sunday morning, said that he would
keep his building lighted at night. He
purposes TO use a gasolene torch.
| street station suggested the idea He
thinks that with the buildings lighted up
there wont be so much chance for arepe-
tition OF the explosions of Sunday morning.
"Ihose fellows don't work in the open,"
he said, "they work in the dark; lam going
to try to get all the contractors who are
keep them well lighted at night.
Overt.res were made yesterday by Local
No. OF the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's
committee from the Central Federated
Union sent communication to the Iron
League asking for a conference.
The Central Federated Union committee
James DAILY, p. B. Downing and A Hasse,
sent Mr.. Downing to see Secretary Cheney
of the League Mr.. Downing said that he
had asked FOR conference with the COM
Cheney had promised, to bring the matter
to the attention Of the employers at the
earliest possible moment. Mr. Downing
said that Mr.. Cheney seemed favorably
inclined toward conference.
Mr.. Holland said that Local No. would
consent to any terms that didn't mean the
absolute breaking up of their union. They
thought that they could be recognized as
well as their rival. He added:
"1hey will submit to the arbitra ton plan
and reorganization Of the examination
committee A good many members realize
that when Parks was first accused he should
have been compelled to prove his inno-
cence or resign. They. also feel that when
Thing against them they should do some
thing to show that they are not responsible
for these outrages.
Mr., Cheney said that he had received the
communication asking for the conference,
mittee of the League in due time. He
refused to make any comment on it, but
representative Of the Employers Associa-
tion made this statement:
"You can state that we will enter into no
negotiations with Local No. 3 That IL
positive. They threw down the gauntlet
to us and they were licked. We will not
recognize two unions. The only way for
the members of Local No. to be recognized
is to join the New York Housesrniths'
James p. Archibald of the Central FEEDER
ated Union committee made this state
ment last night
II we can gN conference VIII n the
Iron League, we will go before the general
arbitrat ion board OF the Employers Asso-
catio If that fails, we will apply to the
Civic Federal ion to see what II can do. If
that produces no result then we will ge,
the Cent raj Federated Union to act. 1t
will direct the delegates from the affiliated
unions in the building trades 10 bring the
matter before their unions wit h view to
decisive sympat hetic act ion"
The employers said that they did not
mind the threat about the {. +. T. As
a matter of fact the latter cannot order
81 rikes 1t can direc, delegates to ask
their unions to strike, and suspend the
delegates il this order il not obeyed
The police fear that when certain of the
strikers learn that they cannot get into
the new union there may be more violence
IL sknown hat the members of the old Parks
union We're told last Friday 10 get into the
new union and get jobs wherever they could.
President Buchanan of the international
Association of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers SO informed Inspector McClusky
yesterday
Mr.. Buchanan called mp McClusky TO tell
him that Local No was desirous of aiding
the police in finding out the persons re-
sponsible for the dynamite explosions He
said that the members Of the union were
ready to submit to any examination that
the police wanted TO make Of them
Everybody ia ready to jump on the union
for these explosions" said Mr.. Buchanan.