The evening world., 1904-08-20
MAY END STRIKE
BY COMPROMISE
Building Trades Alliance Dis.
cusses Question Of Fighting
10 a Finish or ReoonclIiatlo
with Employers.

The question Of fighting to q hnish or
compromising with the Bullying Trades
Employers Association was discussed
at great length by the Building Trades
Alliance at q meeting held At Brevoort
Hall this afternoon. Upon the action
taken at this meeting depends the
further action Of the employers and the
unions.
william Mason. OF the Reliance Labor
Club, an organisation OF marble cut.
ters. which. although Identified With the
Building Trades Alliance. was not
locked out, made an exhaustive report
70 the meeting Of a conference he had
looking to q settlement OF the current
dificulties with the Building Trades
Employers Association. II 10 believed
that he carried an otter Of compounds
In the shape Of . proposition on the
part OF the employers to recognise tho
unions included In the Building Trades
Alliance a. separate unions. but to
ignore the Alliance as a body.
May Spiit On Alliance.
On this point the negotiations may
fail. The leaders Of the strikers and
l,cked out workinsmen have contended
all along that the Building Trades Al
ilance should be recognised BY the en-
ploysrs. n they should decide TO con-
tinus the nsht many OF the unions viii
desert the Alliance and 20 10 work on
Monday morning pending the arrange
ment Of . working Agreement The
five most important unions have q hard
and fast agreement TO stick 10 the I'm.
ish shoald II b determined to carry on
the struggle.
James Daily. ne1t TO Philip wsin-
seimer the most influential leader In
the Building Trades Alliance. an
nounced while the meeting was In
progress that the Indications were that
refuse ref ali offers Of compropiss and
carry on the night alone II necessary,
even though all the otner unions
deserted Mr.. Nason's efforts for
peace. he said. had not panned out
successfully.
want to Prosecute Bosses.
An attempt will be made on Monday
by Mr.. DAILY and others to get Dis
trccs Attorney Jerome to examine
cases Of alleged eonbplracy on the par,
OF the Building Trades Employers As
ISOLATION Mr.. DAILY specifies one In
stance.
He says that last winter Frank L.
Davis. a tile laying contractor, secured
the JOB Of laying about 5000 square
feet Of tile In the new Hotel Breshn,
at Twenty-nlnth street and Broadway
MT Davis was not a member OF the
Tile, Crate and Mantle Associa tion
which !: ne cSn,racsors' 9rsani.ation
Trades Employer Association,
The union de layers. by virtue OF an
agreement with the union ot employers
could not work for Mr., Davis while hs
was outside the association He made
application for membership and va,
turned down. The men decided to. work
took the matter before the General Ar.
bilratlon Board. which decided thai Inas.
much a. Mr. Davis was not 4 nemb-,
Of the sssociatlo the hoard had nc
Jurisdiction. Consequently Mr. Dayi,
was forced 20 repudiate his contract ard
ss n men o,s ~ ~ Sad na1E alEed Tor the Job were
III that isn't a plain cas-. Of consp,r.
| acy," said Mr., Davis to-day "I'd M,
to have the District-Atsornsy tell me-
AZ the breNoort fthli meeting an invf.
| ,atlon was read from the Employers
Association for committees from the
: locked out trades 10 meet the employ.
.rs this Afternoon and talk the s.tua.
| tiOn over A committee OF two frur
ener OF the locked out trades wa
chosen to take part In the conference.
| Attorneys for the Building Trade,
EMPLOYERS. A,soeistion and Presiden
Eidiitr. Of The Associa tlon, agains
whom an Injunction restraining IN,
llnctow OF the tile layers was obtainet
lin BROOKLYN two days ago. requisite,
LAWYER Frank Acer. counsel for the IN
liayerr. 20 ssree to an adjournment 10
ldsv. The case is set down Tor arsumer
on TUESDAY. The emnlovers want ,
pos,ponemsnt until Friday
Mr.. kerr replied that he was not ask
llrg fnr an fpvors ,nd not granting snv
He refused 10 agree 10 an adjournmen
land tNs request ~ the ernr'nvers vii
probabiv h~ carried Into court.