New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20
STRIKE GETS TIGHTER.
MORE MEN TO BE IDLE,
Br5ckIqysrs, Right or Wrong, Won t
abandon Thar Position.

4 spoedy settlement % the building sIlEe
reerled less likely shan ever yesterday. Inc
HrlcIlavers. IN spite Of the orders OF their o""
Representatives on the 5oiut arbitration board o.
~. ,rsso7 Pruaer-' Association and the Brick
-, .-,o,e have arparently decided TO stand
l,v ;be striking laborors through thick and thin.
,r5is --ss manifested early yesterday, when O
committee OF bricklayers called On Otto N. Ed
litz pressdert of the Mason builders Associa-
sion.
The su72ositton AZ fret was that the brick
aavprs' committee had come with message Of
peace. Instead o. this. however il was With
1,ropositl1r that the strike 81 the laboTers "oua
ne called or pending arbitration. =. as quid
rro QUO. Mr.. IG5litz gave n letter IS president
q his own association saying that none but
members of the I.aborers Protective Union Re
employed Mr. EIdli-z declined the proposal
He told the committee shat as The bcicklaye-s
had already refused To listen 10 ~ order twice
signed BY their own re1reae-tatives on tho ar
btration board TO caB or oh strikes pending
arbitration there was nothing more 10 ne said.
The committee reported this ~ a mass meet
inE % the striking loborers in Curry's TzaIL
40 229 East Forty -sevrurh-st. in the afternoon.
II caused the greatest excitement and the
Mason Builders Association was denounced IN
picturesque but not elegant terms. Patrick J..
O'NeTl the chief walking delegate. said after
the meeting:
The aei,. Is now On ~ real earnest. and 81 7,,u
% n & .ais5. we have Done our best 20 make
IS recognition OF oCr union pending arbitration.
7. was stated by members % the Mason
Builders Association THAI they had tried recog-
milton OF :he Iaba-a-e' ;,r.or SD, or SIEVE, vaa-s
ago, but got badly fooled. They agreed to
recognize the f-,o- and r7,- f5-io, rzsgaz ,,,.
found that tho llrlo3 oo-i5 not control -po non
association err-,overs. who -afs lo-rer wages
for laborers. ana therefore bad n distinct a4-
vantage in bi55sn- ea~ contracts Tho, --i,b
tho consent OF the f-icl,lave-s trare was no
regular recognition Of any union. The follow
ing statement was made by p commemorative ~
the Mason Builders Association last evening.
-fc-a s,. ,,,.- .,,..- 81, nap ,.-. 80 .,.. 80
LAYERS, la5o-ers d preater Hev--yorh who ar be
thousand = thssa ia5-rsr5 aa.aa ard zoS-t-i7r
lion a-.ef was oven drear1t 81 mo Ir,,ks,e~s
lad tse- working alor -5a Ok eli Kinds ~ ia 5or-
- 49, ~ ~, - % 20 - ~, - l-' g. -
tective Union some knights O. LABOR ana Others
r ' ms w a5A'ie .Laes ase Is9laeea
which seys thar ia a-v d.flc1,y as.srs il Tie IN
~ l ' - 3,' ls. 3L.io-e' li-e i2'l,i', -.
~, pcrs~sl arbitration hoard. The r-'-kIaye-s r7v
lee- are 10y on -.E.''. .. ..fE Soy icy vi not
tla Loorcrs' Protective Union and II that IS not
tlo-; We cen e.'- Si,s pa. E'he J. ~ ~ =
a5-sersrt. 6ut also their trace agrcsae-, with
INC MASON a-i--e1s Asso-'a'-oi'-
FIrst Vice-PresiIeut Prince % the Building
Trades Employer Association said that the
whole matter now rested with the h-scklayers.
They mus reconsider their action" he said.
The question Ct the lan-o-e~s' grievances WIFI
not Ne taken 5,p NATL thav return 70 work 40
radical measures VIII De taken by TIE employers
,,-t.. f,o roor4 ~ r.1.-o~r1~s --a..s on We5,es-
dov c-a s- fpa r7oa, time tl,a Mason 1,,,l5e-s,
a.s..t.- .,,r ,s ,,,s.,---+ss -~.s-.-a v,ap,,.fa-