The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-31
BRIDGE BUILDERS To E:
HAVE LARGEST STRIKE
Bridge And Structural Iron
workers May Tie Up
Building.
New Agreement Provides For
Higher Pay For Work
Outside the Cities.

OuIS1ue Tile V4I1eS.
Chicago, Ill.,, Dec. 2e.-Twelve thou
ers will strike May 1 unless a. new
road scale adopted yesterday by the
executive board Of the Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers International
Union is accepted by the employers.
The American Bridge company, a
member Of the United States Steel cor
poration, is the most vitality affected.
The board has divided the country
into eight districts and fixed wages at
from IS to 45 cents an hour on jobs
outside of the cities. Chicago is in
the seventh district and includes H.
linois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas,
Minnesota and Michigan. Every man
working in this district outside of the
cities must receive As cents an hour.
Blame Employers for Strike.
The employers are said. to be re-
sponsible for the arrangements for a
strike. Previous to the meeting of the
executive board the international Of
ficials requested the employers to meet
the board during it's session in Chi
cago.
The officials were Informed by the
employers that such questions were
handled by a committee Of which G.
w. Smith Of the American Bridge Co.
is chairman. This committee was re-
quested to meet the board, but none
Of it's members appeared. The board
then arranged the new scale and fixed
May 1 for it to become effective.
The board also notified the Oscar
Daniels company of Chicago that if
it did not employ union men on a
building being erected in st. Louis that
strike on all Its work would be CAL
led. This. would affect buildings in
Cleveland, Pittsburg, Chicago and
San Francisco.
Mea Always in Peril.
Zone of our members is killed
every day." said ]. T. Butler, a. mem
Der Of the board who left for Buffalo
last night. AT least three are injured
every day. Our work is the most }1az-
ardous in the building line. For that
reason we demand wages equal to the
services rendered. We should have 81
an hour"
Another proposition adopted by the
executive board is to request the gov
eminent to classify the work Of bridge
and structural iron workers with the
proviso that they be paid the prevail
ing rate of wages. If the officials of
the government who have charge of
that work refuse to grant the request
President Roosevelt will be asked to
aid the ironworkers.
Bartenders lndorse kinaIly.
Several hundred bartenders met at
SO, Madison street last night and in:
dQrsed 7. j. Kinally for ecretary-,
treasurer Of the Bartenders' Union.'
The Wholesale Grocery Employees
Union held an open meeting last night
at which $50 new members were in
1tiated.
Business Agent William Higgins has
been reelected by the Soda and Min
eral Wagon Drivers Union. John r.
Walsh was elected trustee and Will
liam higgins recording secretary.
Richard Guthman, Hveryman at IFS
Throop street, took a nonsuit yester-
day in the cases Of six teamsters
whom. he had charged with intimida-
ton. The defendants were: J. w.
Young, Charles T. Jones, A. S. Arm
strong, Christ Hanson, Edward Null
lin, and James B.. Harry The six
men had called on Mr.. Guthman to
ask him to employ union men and he
had them ar ted.
Machinists Cited to Court.
Thirty three members of the ma
chinists' union have been cited by
Judge Brentano to show cause why
they should. not be punished for con-
tempt for alleged violation Of an in
junction obtained by the Goss Print
ing Press company eight months ago:
The men involved are: Charles An
derson, c. c. Diehl, H. Friehoff, F.
.Hoppekotte, M. Hicky, j. Laird, James
Mullen, Benjamin Neil, J. Venneman,
w. Sells, j.. Stricken, Carl Coats, r.
Eddington, J. Gilmore, Victor Heinze,
c. Kerner, I. Lund, Sam Malloy, A. P.
Olson, Daniel Rooney, K. Schoeninger,
e. Weither. Christ Christensen, F.
Fleischkamp, Charles Gill, Edward
Heinze, c. Kloth, George Menges, Paul
Maier. M. Mclean, r.. Schol1er, A. NJ.
Tufty, Alexander little.