New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12
STRIKE ON FULLER WORK
ALL BRICKLAYERS OUT.
Builders focused of Breaking Agree
ment Then Didn't Make.

Strikes Of bricklayers were ordered yesterday on
all the contracts of the George A Fuller Company.
despite the fact that the firm has tried hard keep
Of trouble with the unions since the building
troubles started this year The present strikes
on account of alleged violation of of the
rules of agreement between the bricklayers'
unions and the Mason Builders Association at the
Mercantile Building, Twenty-thrd-st and Fourth
sv.. through the George A. Fuller Company, which
formerly belonged to the association, is not now
connected with that body.
A general strike also ordered yesterday by
the Board of Building Trades on a building at
Fourteenth-st. and Sixth-ave., which has con-
nection with the brickayers strikes, because the
stone cutting sublet to William Bradley Son.
with whom the journeymen stone cutters union
is at odds This strike brought out about three
hundred in different trades. including lis
housesmiths belonging TO Local No. 2.
The strikes of the bricklavers involved about one
thousand men, and in few days will throw from
800 to $500 men idle In other trades The rule
which the Fuller company Is accused OF violating
is in Section of the agreement between the Mason
Builders Association and the bTicklayers' unions.
and reads:
Members of the Mason Builders Association must
include in their contract for building all cutting
of masonry the paving of brick hoors. the brick
proonshoer arees p sSbs Partitions af 1rrnr ad
roof bocks-and they shall not lump or sublet the
bricklayers' work as recognized by the trade. the
men employed upon the construction of the walls
This the bricklayers' unions say, is made to apply
to all contractors whether in the association or
not. by clause of Section 10 of the agreement
which says:
No members of the bricklayers' unions shall work
for any not complying with all rules and regu-
latlofs herein agreed to.
The freproonng for the Mercantile Building was
sublet by the Fuller company the National Fire
proofng Company, which, the brieklayers say fur
nished the men TO install the work. as well as
supplying the material. instead of employing the
bricklayers The strike afterward extended to
all the other Fuller contracts. including the fol-
lowing:
The Rogers Building, Fourteenth-st and Sixth
opposite the building where the general strike
was declared; the new Times Building, Forty
third-st. and Broadway: a building at Wall and
Water SITS. the Butterick Building Spring vandam
and Macdougal SITS: the Sturtevant Building
Broadway and Forty-second-st.. and big building
in Pine-st.
1t is known that when the Building Trades En-
ployers Association declared the shutdown last
May and then issued the arbitration agreement
which the unions were required to sign as a condi
ton of resumption of work, the association would
have liked the Fuller company TO join in the move
ment. The latter, however decided TO keen aloof
from any conflict with the unions and prepared an
arbitration agreement of its own This arbitration
agreement recognized the Board OF Building Trades
which the Employers Association would nor do
business with, and the Fuller agreement was sirn5
by the board. Work then went along on the F1rue-
contracts.
Members of the Building Trades EMPLOYERS. Az
ISOLATION who we're yesterday did not wish m
discuss the strikes Some of them looked as 81
they were not sorry, and one man remarked that
the Fuller company found il hard to keen ont
of labor troubles.
representative of the Fuller company said thai
he believed the bricklayers were out on all the
contracts of the firm.