The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-02
ANOTHER. GREAT
STRIKE BEGINS
Seventeen Unions Declare War
in New York.
GRIEVANCE OF THE MINERS
TELEGRAPHERS OUT ON THE
Katy SYSTEM.

New York, Aug. The Building
Trades alliance, made up OF seventeen
unions. declared a strike today against
the George a. Fuller Construction COM
pany. and work was tied Up on these
buildings: The Times building, Forty
second street and Broadway; Sturte-
want building. Twsnty-ninth street %
Broadway: Trinity building. next 70
Trinity church, New York Hlpp0drome,
Thirty-third street and Broadway. an
the Taoer building, Wall and rear
streets.
PhIlip Weinsheimer. president Of the
building Trades, VINO declared the
strike on the subway last week, IS re
sponsibie for the strike today The
reason given for calling out the men
was because OF a claim that the Ful-
Ter company has been using stone from
non-union quarries and trimming
yards In some quarters it is said that
the actual reason for the strike was
fear that the Building Trades Employ
ers' association would declare a lock-
OFT
Not an Ultimatum.
At a meeting today the board of gov
erncrs Of the employers association
formulated a letter. which was sent
TO each of the unions of the Building
ted that the action taken was Of very
decided importance. the employers alb
sOlutely refused 10 reveal the contents
of the letter. Charles l. Eidlitz, presi-
dent of the association. said the stand
taken was firm, but he would not adj
nit that anything like an ultimatum
had been sent.
Another member of the board said
the resolution adopted in effect re-
ID art
with the unions, but he declined to be
more specific
Series of Disputes.
The strike and today's move of the
employers grew out of a series of dis
putes that promise to involve the en-
ployers and the union men in the
building trades IN another gigantic
struggle. The feeling is extremely bit
ter between the two sides and both
have been preparing for the fight that
appears to be beginning. The employ
ers assert that if they are driven to
it they will declare war to finish 90
the unions and employ non-uniOn men
under an open shop policy The en-
ployes claim that ever since the arbi-
tratiOn agreement was. entered into a
year ago, after the peaceful settlement
of the long fight of the Building Trades.
there has been a disposition on the part
OF some unions to violate 1t. Iney say
the subway strike is such a violation
as is the strike of the marble workers
en- the Hall Of Records and a strike Of
painters declared last Saturday on all
contracts of J. T Nelson & Co
Subway Strike.
The subway strike is not actually
connected with the present trouble,
however. In the subway the Brother
hood of Carpenters, the Electrical
Workers union, Operative Piasterers'
society, Plumbers and Gas Filters
union and the Metal Lathers' union are
out TO support the Amalgamated Paint
ers' society in its damand for half the
painting.
The Building Trades alliance has
practically taken the place of the or
Canization headed by the late Sam
Parks
Philip Weinsheiner. president Of the
alliance. is also president of the Anal
gamated JouTneymen Plumbers and
Gas Filters union and secretary of the
Industrial Federation Of America.
The Plumbers and Gas Filters union
Of this city is not allied with the Inter
national Association of Plumbers and
Gas Filters. 1t controls the local
field