New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-22
UNION MEN STAND FIRM.
REFUSE TO WORK TO-DAY.
They 4re against Non-Union Men
and Dual Unions.

The outlook yesterday not promising for a
resumption OF work on large scale to-day by the
Building Trades Employers Association. Judging
from the attitude O. representatives of unions,
there is a general disincilne:ion the part even
of the unions which not locked out to work
with non-union men. though the plan OF the
ployers is to organize the non-rnion into
unions under the arbitration agreements. A prin-
ciole among the unions in the building trades is
that there shall be deal unions in the same
trade. and the representatives OF onions who
yesterday said enphatically that their organ
.Zations would work with duel unions.
Although there feeling against the Building
Trades Alliance among a number Of the unions
which have Joined IL vel, these unions. or at
least their representatives, declare that they will
not go 20 work to-day any building where non
union men are employed. They go record. how
ever as saying that by thus assisting the alliance
they are not acting out Of love for it, but on gen
ersI principles.
There are several unions in the building trades
which are neither in the Building Trades Alliance
nor working under the arbitration agreement, be
cause the employers in their respective trades are
not members Of the Building Trades Employers
Association. The representatives Of these unions
also take the stand that they will not work with
non-union men. Among these unions one of the
strongest is the Granite Cutters Union, which is
local Of a national organization with branches all
the United States. Charles Delaney. bust
ness agent Of the Granite Cutters Union said last
night
Though we are not in the Building Trades Ali
and not under the arbitration agreement
cur members will not work with non-union men IN
any building If non-union men are az work the
union does not need to act; the men viii quit work
The uiiinatum of the Building Trades Employ
ers' Association regard as simply a subterfuge To
dare 70 declare for the open shop in a iatfooted
way because then they would have the greatest
lives and which might last for years. To en-
ploy union non-union men indlscriminately. how
formed into a union afterwerd or not. Our union
can order strikes not only IN New i, ORE t b
contracts Of New-York employers in any CITY
where they have jobs. We will stand for WORKING
with neither n0n-union men nor dual unions
All the representative. of locked out unions who
were seen said that they had received letters last
week from the Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation informing them that the places OF the men
would be filled to-day with union or non-union
men Unfortunately. the men applied for work
The intention of the employers is to organize the
men into unions and the members of the old unions
of the same trade will then have 10 join the new
unions before they obtain work.
Samuel Prince, the introducer of the law going
snto effect on September by which both the person
who gives the money and the person who takes the
money for calling of a strike ordering strike
are guilty Of misdemeanor. yesterday said he be
Ieved the effect OF the law would be 10 cut at the
root Of the grating system He continued:
Two years ago District Attorney Jssome. with /
whom / consulted about this bill. told me that he
would have been glad then If such a law had been
There were seventeen prominent employers con
cerned in plan 10 pay money 10 labor leaders /
Fifteen of them put up and two of them squealed /
but the District Attorney could do nothing. because
there was no law then TO punish the bride giver (
city officials. While there many honest en-
ployers and honest business agents, there are /
law, this law will make bride sivers or takers
still more afraid