The evening world., 1903-05-14
Cancellation Committee of Civic
Federation Arranges to Bring
Together Employers and En-
pioyees to Settle Differences.
100000 MEN IN IDLENESS.
Senator Hanna In q Speech Urges
the Warning interests to Como
Together and Make Peace on
Reasonable Terms.

Efforts to end the existing contentious
~etween employers and employees
which have paralyzed the building in
dustries In this city and rendered idle
10000 workingmen. drawing daily wages
OF nearly. half a million dollars, will be
inaugurated to-day by the Cancellation
Committee of the National Civic Fed
eration.
Members Of this committee which will
endeavor to restore harmony are:
For the public-Dmerson Mcmillan,
Walter II. Page, George Gunton, II. C.
Watson.
Sor the employers-R. w. Nelson, Otto
n. Dtdhtz. Louis B. schram and ]. AL
exander Hayden.
For the. wage earners-John J. Dono-
van, E. A. Moffett. James P. Archibald,
Francis Mckay and Robert E. Neldig.
The first effort OF the committee will
b to bring the employers and their
workmen together and thereby establish
an understanding which will send the
Idle mon back to work and restore the
former prosperous conditions in the
building trades which have been inter-
rupted by existing strikes.
The effort to take hold OF the local
situation IL the outgrowth OF a dinner
given to members OF the National Civic
Federation by the officers of the local
association at the Ashland House last
night.
Among the speakers who discussed
troubles in this city and advocated the
application Of arbitration were Arch
bishop ireland. Senator Hanna John
Mitchell, President F. D. Underwood.
Of the Erie; Spencer Trask. Otto NJ,
Eidlitz, President of the Master
Nasons' Association, and Secretary w.
H. Farley, of the United Board of Build
ing Trades.
Senator Hanna said in his speech: IT
do not regard the situation in New
York as at all hopeless. l want to
make an appeal to you who have under
taken the work In this great city to
stand firmly on the principle of the
Federation. mean recognition OF the
fact that both sides have rights winch
must be considered"
Applications for admission to the meet
ing called for tomorrow afternoon by
the Governing Board OF the Building
Trades Association have come with such
rush that the mass-meeting Idea has
had to be abandoned, and an executive
meeting will be held at which only one
delegate from each firm will be ad-
mitted. The Building Trades Associa-
TONS rooms will accommodate only 800,
and the applications for admission al
ready number close to 1000. Letters
Endorsing the movement and asking for
admission to the association have come
from firms all over the country. To-
morrow's meeting will be devoted to
purposes OF organization and a mass
meeting will be held later.
Work on the schools, which has been
held up because of the differences be-
tween the Amalgamated carpenters and
the Brotherhood men. bids fair to be
close upon the agreement signed yester-
day between the interior decorators and
cabinet-miakers TO employ none but
brotherhood carpenters, several boss
carpenters have announced their will
ingness to sign the same agreement.
For that purpose meeting has been
called at Virginia Hall to-day. There
sign the new agreement to employ none
but Brotherhood men AS soon as these
agreements are signed the work on the
schools, which has Ueen held up through
the strike, will begin.
The brotherhood zen say the victory
over the Amalgamatcd men IL complete
and they will be forced into the Broth
erhood. The Amalgamatei men say no
matter how many men sign the agree
ment they have sufficient bosses pledged
20 them to insure them all the work
they need.