New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-15
HIS MEN DESERT PARKS.
Members of His Union Sign 4rbi-
trdtioR agreement.
HF ALONE PRAISES GOMPERS.

Na-,,rr-s OF the Iron League announced yester-
a., that IN spite OF sam" Parks members OF Local
No the Housesniths and Bridgemen's Union.
y-~-e beginning 10 leave that body and work
,,r under the arbitration agreement which they
ss-,ea individually. This was brought out by an
osacial report by the Board IF Building Trades.
~.h,ch met yesterday afternoon. IN which Il was
,,a that President J. NJ. Cornell of the Iron
rrsgus had sent 10 Local No for forty iron
uao-kers who would be pat 10 work without sign
So the arbitration agreement The report went on
- say thar Charles A COven, the contractor for
,be Hay foundry. IN Newark. and other builders
al n the Employers Association. made similar re-
guests.
When this report made known at the Town
s..a Building where q number OF members OF the
Employers Association were in session yesterday.
!, caused sensation. Charles l. Eidlitz, president
=. she association declared that the statement was
an unniugated lie and that the facts were the
cher wav. Then he tried 70 find the firms inter
.stea IA the statement Mr.. Cowen happened TO be
N the building. also E. r Milliken, OF Mill
ken Brothers OF the largest structural iron
Arms in the city.
This report is the worst kind Of a roorback. q"
nfr AIiufken said. We are refusing men Local
No Is disintegrating and its members com
lng 10 members OF the Iron League for work Every
one who is employed must sign the arbitration
agreement"
president Cornell OF the Iron League was called
VI OF the telephone. He said:
This report was probably sent out because o. the
large number Of members OF Local No. ! have
81 work contract in Westinghouse. Every
one OF these men on applying for work had hrst
10 sCu the arbitration agreement ] would on no
account send TO Local No for men, but its mem
bers are coming back TO us
The press committee OF the Employers Associa-
ticn gave out the following settlement in reply 10
the address 10 the building traC-s unions Of Presi-
Gent Gompers OF the American Federation o. Labor;
NJ Gompers carne here at the solicitation OF the
aid them N re-ests DlSlinS the relations Win tfe
EMPLOYERS which they have lost While We Snolld
commend Mr.. GCmpers's good judgment IN aoFis-
fng the outstanding organizations 10 adopt the
greater wisdom on his part II he had studied the
plan last July. and n that time advised the men
u do what he now urges thcm TO do by that
course he might have saved months OF idleness
50 FAR disbanGing the new unions Is concerned
that Of course is out or the question j ne
uen IN the unions were forced 20 orEarLze 70
r-orerr themselves against obSrructiorists- Ilese
me1 are TOW At work under the aroltraIlon p-aIi'
and all Wen satisfied.
SAN" Parks was rot present AT the meeting q
the Board Of Building Trades. When seen early
n the cay he SAID. 'GOmpers is right. The arol-
,ration plan Is far from perfect. The unions which
have signed II have signed their death warrant
The other delegates who attended the board
meeting sai5 that NJ Gomrers did not know What
he was talking aoout- Alexander Nelson, delegate
% the Journeyuen Stone Cutters, declared
We don't want any interference from Mr- Com
rers who does not know anything OF the otliu-ns
t-aSes or from president Duncan, who Knows
nothing about local matters. We can manage O-I
own affairs without their advice.