The evening world., 1904-09-23
BUILDING WAR
: WILL SOON. END


Charies A. Judge. the new President
Of the Building Trades Alliance. prac-
ticaliy admitted to-day that the Build
Ing Trades strike and lockout are close
to settlement. The strikers have
been banking all along on the support
vpf the bricklayers and housesmiths.
whose unions are not afhliated with
the Building Trades Alliance. This
Support has been refused.
IT don't think the bricklayers and
housesmiths will strike In u sup
port" said Mr.. Judge. but. neverthe-
isss, l do not despair Of gaining an
honorable settlement with credit to the
unions and their conterSon n Al
though Mr.. Mason. the retiring Presl-
cent. has said that he tried plans for
/. peace that were opposed BY leaders
In the Building Trades Alliance, I was
assured when elected President that I
would have unanimous support. There
are plans for peace that have not been
tried.
Carpenters' Union Gets $4,000.
"The carpenters union Is greatly
theered to-day by the receipt Of a check
for $1,000 from the National organisa-
ton, which was voted In our recent
convention. This will enable US to put
up a stronger front In our struggle for
our rights.
Personally I am In favor OF a speedy
settlement. but II the men cannot have
peace without sacrificing their rights
they will ight to the bitter end"
Mr.. Judge Is also President Of the
New York District Council OF the
brotherhood OF Carpenters. He Is forty
years aid. lives with his family at No.
40 Freshman street. Bronx Borough.
and in labor circles Is considered a
safe and conservative man.
= Nason Did His Best.
Ex-President Mason declared to-day
that the strike was lost.
II did my best" he added. TO bring
about a settlement. but when you have
fourteen unions continually wrangling
among themselves Il Is impossible TO do
anything. As . tvo-thirds vote OF the
Alliance was necessary to do anything
I found myself without support on
every plan / put forward. II voted
down all my peace propositions.
1.-THE unions made several serious
mistakes and the strike on the Trinity
building by a sirsle lnlon wa one. Be-
fore II was ordered, the grievances com
planned OF should have been placed be-
fore every unlon IN the building trades.
A sim~ults sympathetic strike
would have taken place and would nave
ended In a victory fol the mer.
Says End IL Near.
Nevis Harding, spokesman for the
ut Il not likely that the strike can
last much longer, as other unions have
Indicated that they want to quit tho
Alliance and return to work, the mo-
sale workers among them. The new
unions organised b. the employers arc
becoming strong. fhey have taken the
places Of the old unions. which car
never be recognised again. The mem.
F, bers OF these old unions, however, car
Join the new unions and 20 back tc
work.
, "As I said yesterday this Is a Victory
Tor arbitration and q blow to sympa,
for sympathetic strikes. We started
out to fight to the finish In the Interest
OF workers who favor the arbitration
and do not want to be at the mercy/oI
walking delegates. This was the battls
fought and fhope that when II Is won
that sympathetio strikes will DO sthini
4 d. the past"
a. Urgs Bricklaye rs to Unite.
Future trouble n the Building Trades
between the. master masons and the
brlcklayers Is forecasted from an i'm,
n0rtnnt mAatiDR Af thu /, 0CO man In fh4