New-York tribune., 1904-08-05
LOCKOUT FOR 10000.
EMPLOYERS LAST WORD.
Strikers Must Return To-day or Be
Barred NOndQY.

The threatened radical action IF the board Of
arbitration against the unions which have vio-
lated the arbitration agreement by the present
series Of strikes was taken yesterday at "a fun
meeting of the board in the Buudi-s Trades
club. A general lockou- of all the men I'm the
various unions which have ordered the strikes a
the subway and elsewhere was declared. to go
into effect Immediately. il The strikers are not
back to work at once. in accordance with an
ultimatum sent To the unions two days ago. a"
the trade- Eave until this morning 70 get their
mer at WORK. wi IN the exception OF the plumb
ers who received the ultimatum dag later
than the others and viii have until Monday
moruIng a. put their men To work
Before the board Of governors met tho ener-
gency committee OF the employers association
held q meeting in The office Of otto NJ Eidutz.
No. 4s9 Fifth ave- and discussed the situation.
1t decided To- recommend to tho hoard Of
governors the carrying out Of the utimatGtt AZ
once
When the hoard met every member was pres
ent The recommendation was adopted with
cheers after which President Charles L. Eldli;z
Of the employers association made a statement.
in which ne said
The Building Trades Employers Association
and the board OF governors. before they decided
10 take radical action have used every effort to
settle the present building troubles The mem-
hers Of all the unions which have not their mer
at work tomorrow morning VIII hp the
street on Monday They VIII be locked out. The
plumbers are excepted they did not receive
ultimatum when the other unions received
II, and VIII he given until Monday TO have their
men al work
If the men are not in place. then the plumbers
viii not be allowed 10 work Tuesday and the
lockout will continue until we think IL necessary
10 use further measures.
The Electrical Workers Union met last night
and brief communication was prepared to be
sent to tn Building Trades Employers Associa-
tion. in which it was stated that the men would
not return TO work in the subway this morning
The president was asked If he knew that John
b. Mcdonald had put nifty non-uuic1, men at
work ia the tunnel yesterday and would put
one hundred more to work to-day re had not
heard of It.
It was declared ny those attending the meet
ing that the strike was brought on by AIR. Nc
Donald because he knew the impossibility of
finishing the tunnel within the time specified in
his contract. and as there was a clause in the
contrac, which prevented the city from imposing
any penalty on him II he was unable 10 complete
the tunnel because Of a strike the only way for
him to escape was bring bout a strike. Mem
bers Of the union declared that the tunnel could
not possibly be completed in less than two years.
and that when Mr. Mcdonald talked of turning
it over in a month two he promising
what he knew he could not perform.
a meeting OF the emergency committee Of the
employers association was held I'm the Townsend
Building al II O'Clock but no information was
given out
The following. including the plumbers. are
the trades affected by the lockout and the num-
ber OF men involved: