New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
RESUME SOME BUILDING.
Iadepcndcat Contractors NSa
4grcement 5cith BricklayerS

Members OF the emergency committee OF the
Building Trades Employers Association discussed
the strike q the bricklayers and the laooTeIs n
formally Al the Building Trades Club yesterday
linz tool, no action The belief that the brick
LAYERS would eventually weaken. but It was stated
mat the guiding Material Dealers Association
was ready al days notice TO close every yard IN
the city.
The first annual meeting OF the employers asso-
citation will be held at the Townsend Building on
A7~l - when there viii be election Of othceTs'
and some new bylaws may be adcnted
The borough board Of the brichiayers unions
had q sre1ial meeting yesterday at Oie-huiilI e.
a-s-sfxth-st end ThIr3-ave. Indignation was eN-
,-s,z.5 apairst the Mason Builders Association
FOR refusing 10 consider the last arbitration prop
os'-io7 Of The borough board. Denis c. Doris a
member of the committee Of nine. which submitted
the proposition 20 the Mason Builders Associa-
ton. said:
we were satisfied TO accept a verbal promise
from The employers that only members Of the
T.aborers' Pro ective Union should be employed
II that had been agreed 10 the strikers would ps
at work to-day and would have undertaken 20
make an agreement with the laborers. but the
Mason Builders Association would not listen 10 US
L IS now up TO the employers.
II was stated by members Of the borough board
that the bonds OF members Of the Building Trades
Employers Association expired on April To- anu
that The weaker members were preparing 10 resign
then Another statement that the Mason
of its members also expired on April 10 wee
President Larsen OF the borough board declared
that Il the building material dealers and luTnptT
dealers iotuef in shutdown the matter NoUlu nc
brought before District Attorney jerome GA me
ground that IL a conspiracy. -. =, .
The Mason Builders Association denied that the
bonds Of members expired on June -. or iliitl
there was any disaIfection in the association. ne
bonds Il was stated. had no time limit. Mta re-
gard 10 the bonds Of members OF the Bsllu4. 3
Trades Employers Association, President OHAt'es
/. Ei0itz said. -.
4 The rest expire later, some OF Them not Ci4lil
January 1895 u IS ridiculous state that We
are not united. The members viii hght the STRIKE
a finish order that the principle o. me arul-
traitor agreement may be preserved. There can
De no arbitration until the strike, which IS VIOLA
tion Of the arbitration agreement Is called on;
The strike committee said that two hundred lnue-
pendent contractors had signed an agreement 10
employ members Of the L3bOrerS' Protective Union
and all their bricklayers and laborers were work
ing One Of the buildings where Work Is gong on
is the 1lst Regiment armOry. ----..
CAPTAIN = Norton Goddard issued 4 statement
yesterday explaining why he believed the employ
ers should agree the last proposition or the
hrsckIavcrs. He says that the Mason Bullders
Association broke the arbitration agreement GeloT
tho laha~crs struck and that the puhhc snot-d
take a hand and demand the immediate aCceptalSe ?
bv the employers Of the terms proposed 10y '"e
Llickiayers. which he says are fair