The sun., 1904-08-30
"DIAMOND PHIL" STEPS DOWN
RESIGNS As HEAD OF BUILDING
TRADES ALLIANCE.

W. r. Mason, Late Amba ssad dor Of the Unions
to the Employers, in His Piace-Wein.
seimer Says He'll be indicated, but
Won't Chance Hurting Labor's Cause.
diamond Phil" Weinseimer, now under
two indictments charging him with ex-
tortion, resigned yesterday as president
OF the Building Trades Alliance, which he
founded, and his resignation was accepted.
Weinseimer presided for the last time last
evening at a meeting OF the alliance in
Brevoort Hail. and rendered this letter Of
resignation:
To the Building Trades Employee:
BROTHERS: Owing TO the fact that ]. as pres-
dent OF this alliance, stand before our afflliated
organizations as an accused man. and al
though l have been placed In this position
because OF my championship q organized
labor, fully realize that persistence on my
part in retaining the once will not only
jeopardize the present movement. but the
best interests Of organized labor. ! therefore
take this opportunity Of saying that have
no desire to place myself in the way OF your
success, and feeling that the accusations are
brought against me for the sole purpose OF
discrediting me. personally and the move
ment genera ally, l hereby tender my resigna-
ton as president. the same to take effect
Immediately.
IN tenderius my resignation wish to state
that no feeling - guilt prompts me to de-
prive my prosecutors Of their chief argument
as feel certain that the future will vindicate
me. With, best wishes remain. yours fra
ternally, PHILIP WEINsEIMER.
Delegates who were seen after the meet
ing, which was private, said that the resig-
nation was voluntary and the alliance was
not willing to accept 1t until Weinseimer
insisted that he would no longer remain
president.
William P. Mason OF the Marble Cutters
Union was elected president In Weinseimer's
place. He was the Ambassador extraor-
dinary,' referred to bv the alliance some
time ago as being sent with message to
the employers association.
The first indication OF what the unions
which are not looked out will do In case OF
non-union men or men belonging to the
proposed new unions formed under the
employers arbitration plan are put to
work was furnished yesterday morning
street and Broadway. Twenty-nine cleo
trical workers belonging to the new union
were put on the job and the bricklayers,
elevator constructors. steamftters, house,
smiths. plumbers and caisson workers
promptly went on strike. The contract
tractor Griffith Of Chicago to the Thompson
Starrett company. Mr.. Griffith declared
he would finish the ontract himself II the
strike was not settled. The new electrical
workers were discharged at noon and the
strike was declared of.
Before the strike was over the house.
smiths had been making threats against
the new men. Two policemen were sent
for, but the displaced men wait ed until
the housesmiths had gone away before
they would quit the building
With the exception of few new men.
put to work here and there. the building
deadlock was practically unbroken yester-
day. Lewis Harding, chairman of the en-
ployers' association, said that the employees
were making some headway in getting car
penters to work.
Fl. C. Miller representative of the En-
ploying Plasterers' Associatio on the board
OF governors. complains that the plasterers
union has sent circulars to the unions
outside Of New York making grossly mis-
leading statements about the dispute.
One such statement in the circular. he
said, was that the employers wanted the
plasterers to leave their national union.
Strikes of plasterers have been ordered by
the national union in other cities against
members Of thu employers association.