New-York tribune., 1904-08-25
DEFER THE MANY STRIKES
MAY ORDER THEM TO-DAY.
To InvoIUe Possibly 100, ,000-We'n
seimer Not to Lead Parade.

The fight which has been declared between the
Building Trades Employers Association and the
Building Trades Alliance did not result in
of building strikes yesterday notWlthstahu-
ing the statement issued by James j. DAILY
chairman of the press committee of the al
lance on Tuesday. The net result of the strike
business for the day one strike on build
ing at Sxty-second-st. and Fffth-ave-, where
mechanics In several trades quit work. DAILY
would not talk strike except vaguely promising
that something would be doing" to-day
The filing of the places of the strikers with
non-union men by the employers association in
accordance with their ultmatum. which was
supposed to go into effect last Monday, also hung
fire. The Trinity Building not fully
manned. and there was evidence OF any
strong attempt on the part of the employers to
employ non-union men. 1t Is admitted by the
members of the employers association that they
do not want to employ non-union men II they
avoid II. and both the Alliance and the en-
ployers association appeared yesterday to hope
that there faint possibility of avoiding
building te-up of greater magnitude than was
ever known before in NewYork while at the
same time they said that their declared pro-
gramme would be fully lived up to.
Philip Weinseimer president of the alliance.
apparently does not occupy the high place in the
estimation of the alliance that Sam" Parks once
did in the old board of building trades. There
was report early In the day that Weinseimer
as a proof of confidence was to be at the head
of the coming Labor Day parade
Last year Sam" Parks. then temporarily out
Of Sing Sing prison, rode with big Bill" Devery
al the head Of the Labor Day parade
Said DAILY last night. almost with resentment:
The report is nonsense. We have not even
considered the question of Labor Day parade.
Alliance nor locked out will play when nom
union put TO work could not be learned
yesterday. for they have not yet been called on
to work with non-union men. The delegates of
nearly all OF these unions. however. have gone
on record saying their unions will stop work
rather than work alongside Of non-union men.
Representatives of the bricklayers were in con-
ference with the extended strike committee
OF the Alliance.
They said afterward that the brIcklayers, who
have nine local unions in Manhattan and The
Bronx. will refuse to work with non-union men
There are six unions which are locked out.
They, with the helpers thus thrown idle. num-
Der 10000. The ten unions in the alliance To be
ordered strike this week have aggregate
membership OF al bout p 900 In the other
unions not in the alliance declare against work
ing with non-union men the carrying out of the
utimatum of the employers association ac-
cording TO the present programme would start
strikes involving 10000 more men in the unions
not represented in the alliance. The largest OF
these are the brickayers' unions. with an ag
gregate membership Of 5000. and the House
smiths and BrdGemens Union. which has
membership of 500. There are five or six
other unions which are not In the alliance.
Later about 10000 labcrers would be thrown
Idle. This brings the aggregate OF workers who
Ia 10 ny IN
Regarding the trades which the Alliance says
II is able to control there disposition on
the part OF the employers to he scornfuL Said
Paul Starrett of the George \. Fuller Construc-
tion Company.
The only use We make OF the bluestone cutters
is to put in front steps The Salamander Asso-
citation is IA harmless reptile. which is Of no Inn
portauce. while the riggers have never heard
Of. It sounds as though II was a marine organ
!zation.
Mr.. Daily afterward gave out open letter TO
the Contracting Plumbers Association II was
signed by William X. Fertg, the secretary Of
the association. II read:
At a meeting OF the emergency committee OF
the Building Trades Employers Association
held this day. August -. committee OF the
Contracting Plumbers Association appeared be
fore them with the following proposition.
THAT the members OF the Journeymen Plumb
crs and Gas Filters Local No. return 10 work
on all works OF members of the Building Trades
Employers Association and that the Building
Trades Fmulovcrs' Association simulta neouslv
raise the lockout. and furthermore that the
Building Trades Employers Associate Will or
der "A settlement In the Bradley & Co. contro-
vcrsy through arbitration In that trade
The emergency committee Will acquesce IN
this proposition provided the general arbitra-
tion plan be again signed by the union
This letter was referred by the plumbers TO
the alliance" said Mr., Daily. The plumbers
answered that the board OF governors declare
the lockout off. that all trades should be free
to resume work for their employers, and that
the Fuller Construction Company should be
dered TO live up TO the agreement entered into
between the Mason Builders Association and
the Journeymen stonecutters OF NewYork and
It's vicinity.
The Joint executive council of the Plain and
Ornamental Plasterers' Unions. Nos. %. 216 and
AZ met last night. After the meeting the mem
bers said that plastering contracts to the amount
OF $40 900. which had been held by members OF
the Building Trades Employers Association. had
been forfeited since the lockout, and that the
work on the contracts being completed by
the owners OF the buildings and independent
contractors.