The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
NEW UNION or HOUSESMlTRS
TO'BE FORMED or THOSE wHO GO
no WORK, EMPLOYERS SAY.
About 1000 Answers to Their Advertise
ment for Iron workers to start I'm To.
m,errow-Parks Tries New Trotter
and Doesn't Go Near tho Employers.

and Doesn't Go Near tho Employers
Though the members, of the employers
association had no means OF predicting
what the Housesniths and. Bridgemen's
Union would do at its meeting in Maen-
nerchor Hall on Friday night. they were
disappointed yesterday at its result. II
was admitted at the headquarters OF the
\ association in the Townsend Building that
Sam Parks has unmistakable control OF
the union.
Parks and the other three walking dele
gates OF the union did not appear yester-
day either at the Office Of President j. M.
Cornell Of the Iron League or at the rooms
Of the employers association, though
they were scheduled ON Friday night TO
present themselves before the employers
at noon.
Parks in the morning was trying a trotter
no had bought at the horse market In East
Twenty-fifth street. 80
Members Of the Iron League admit that
there is nothing now for them to do but
TO carry out their alternative plan and go
TO work Tomorrow with any iron workers
they can hire 80 -
After the board Of governors Of the
employers association had met yesterday,
Chairman Prince Of the Press Committee.
who ia also member of the Iron League,
announced that new union Of house,
smiths will be formed This will be known
at the New York Housesmiths' Union and
will come in under the arbitration agree
rnent. ~.-
Mr.. Prince was asked II President Neidig
OF the regular union was connected with this
new movement. He said. with great EN-
phssis:
NO, Mr.. Neidig is not In the new union
or connected with il in any way"
He said that in response to advertisements
1000 iron workers had applied for work
under the arbitration agreement. These
included riveters and men in all other
branches. They will be lined up Tomorrow,
he said. and competent men will be selected.
Then he continued:
The letter of the Iron League to the
housesmiths asking them TO go to the
meeting and vote on the arbitration agree
ment waa the last call to dinner. We can
wait no longer. The letter was sent out
because many individual hOusesmiths asked
us TO wait another week. Now Wa will
proceed regarding the houseslniths union
in the same way as we have proceeded re-
garding other unions which have rejected
the arbitration agreement, and go right
along IA If II never existed. As Parks has
control of the union it ia impossible TO do
business with IL. The twu-years agreement
at 81. 80 a day Parks broke when he ordered
the strike without reason at Fify-fifth
street and Fifth avenue, before we hade
asked the unions to accept our arbitration
agreement
The United Portable and Safety Engineers
Local 1874 sent the plan Of arbitration which
it has adopted, signed to the board Of
governors yesterday. A large number
of the engineers had been put to work in
the meantime. The union includes the
portable hosting. safety and eccentric
engineers, whose unions have amalgamated.
They are to get the hosting of iron beams
work formerly given to another union-as
well AZ their regular work
Regarding the protection az house,
smiths who go to work tomorrow, the
following announcement was made on
behalf OF the board of governors last even
ing:
The board o. governors will see that
the workers get police protection II neces-
sary. IT any Of them Ia attacked, w hich
We consider very unlikely, matters will be
made hot for their assaants.
II W. stated last night at the headquar-
fers of the employers association that
there had been an intention of putting
through resolution at the meeting OF
the housesmiths on Friday night to assess
each member a days pay 20 crete a
sick benefit fund. There are supposed
10 be 4,60) members in good standing in
the union and this would make the fund
SIS. $50.
The housesmiths are not regarded "a
a sickly lot OF people.
II was also ststed ct the headquarters
Of the association that a letter from the
George A. Fuller company was read ~
Friday nights meeting stating that the
company did not see WHY the housesmiths
should not sign the arbitration agreement
of the employers association, as they had
signed the F'ller plan OF arhitro ton.
Robert E. Neidig president Of the House.
smiths and Bridgemen's Union seid last
night that he was ve-y much disappointed
at the result of the meeting of the house,
smiths on Friday night He said;
Il did say that I would stand by the
union in any action il took and denied that
had eny idea Of causing or that I would
stand for any split In the un'cn. Before
said this, however, l spoke in favor Of the
arbitration agreement and in favor OF ap-
pointing a large committee to see the en-
plovers.
when the vote WAS taker II was clceer
than has been supposed. Nary Of the
men who warted To vote agar st rejection
OF the arbitration plan ar d in favor Of d.
ing a large committee told ire afterward
that they were afraid to hold up their
ards."
OF the rev housesmiths' urior. which
il to he form ed this week, Mr.. Neldig said
he knew nothing.