New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
WARNING TO THE UNIONS
En- DIogers Send Letter-AccRsed
of Forcing Fight.

Tie situation N the building trades vas SUI
rs,uadIed yesterday IN spite Of the fact that the
slrlke on the Hsll OF Records MAS declared on ann
a Threatened 10 skout OF between eight thousand and
nike thousand marble workers Aas thus appateiius
svsrted II iranspired. however. that the hrm "i
Robert II. Reid a. Son. against whom the stfihe
was directed 10 compe. Il 10 discharge torslha"
who was being disciplined. agreed 10 have the i"'e
man OF the job Ia thirty days. and this private
settl~rnent disp.eased a number Of the members 81
t,,e Marble Industry Employers Association 10"
this Iaay affect the settlement could NOT DE eai'0'
All the strikes on the subway were sun ia
rroeress yesterday. we're also the strikes OF
lsiuters ordered against J. i. Nelson a - i'7f
v.eck TIE Building Trades Alliance "rdc:ed a
strike against the George 4. Fuller company AT
tire Trinity Building. 40. i'll BToaoF'ay. 80
the firm % Bradley & Son, OF Brooklyn "-ie4 -
NJ outs With the union. has had sometihhB 10 ~
utth su1pIyinr tho stone The alliance VII hoia i
meeting 81 Paysers Hail. Sixty-seVenih-s'' ana
q1hird-ave. to-day and extend the FuiAe 10 'i'e
other contracts OF the Fuller company. ineluoiis
me sturtevant Building and the new iineS
Building.
II vas learned that the contractors affected oE
she subway strike brought grievance ID ir' ~
General Arbitration Board Of the Buildlhe 'idneS
F,mnloyers' Association last week thal me SO'h7
-. an ,..ols5ion Of the arbitration agreement
II Vas stated last evening NJ the Buildins lfaues
Club that walking delegates brought counter
charge thar before the strike the employ efs "er"
Violating the arbitration agreement ny employ
s.r non-,,zion electrical workers The complaint.
!. was stated IVES then dismissed. leaving the
subway dispute I'm the air.
Announcements wore made yesterday for con-
ference in John g. McDonsld's office between
me R,pd Transit contractors and the Rapid
rFrzrst COMMITTEES OF the Central Federated
Union with view 20 a settlement OF the strike:
James Holland. chairman OF the Central euera'en
Union committee. MI Mcdonald on the sun
ject yesterday, but nothing VIII ne done un"A
the conference takes place.
The hoard q governors OF the Building TRACES
Employers Association had a long session Ia1e yeS
.e-dsv afternoon 81 The Building TradeSISlub oFe'
sie extraordinary situation in the building mdusuS'
Prominent members of labor unions VINO "ere
seen before the conference. said that some OF 'ne
s-aro overs wanted fgnt They declared that 41t.s
matters were looked upon violations OF inc aro
rration agreement by TIE employers anu 'i'
charges were made. One man SAID
The ,,niens are sodging ight. and the employers
s-e t-,ng 10 get us into hole apparently. hmom n
Shat large majority are ~ iab b,t ~ tight on
ine open shop comes, me Unions F WIm ga
together they have never done oeio'7'
After the meeting of the board OF governors
,ae announcement was made that a 'yPeVii, -.
letter was being prepared and would he sent not
oll, 10 the unions involved in the strikes nul 10
al the unions which have signed me u''iatl" r
agreement. No one would say "hat iS "a
,rould he but it was gathered that 1t would De
soma kin6 az a warning. President Charles Ia
FidHtz Of the Building Trades EMPLOYERS Ass"-
citation vas asked il the open shop threat was
used IN the letter.
1t is not" he replied. We have rot reached
she stage when it is to mention the open
shop idea. All / can say that it is very hrm
letter -, -.
The Building Trades Alliance, 1t is now said mas
several more unions. Its president Phhp " en- IN
Feimer. has q strong sway among ITS mennDefS; AiS
Is manager OF the Industrial Federation a lana re-
claiming scheme, in which members OF iao9r unions
have shares. WeinSeimer, who is reputeo 10 DC a
dcl.ter figured in a scrap year two ago with
= clerk of the concern and they were arrested.
Roth were badly damaged, and required 10 have
various cuts and bruises attended to-
John B. Mcdonald said last evening that IN spite
~ the strike the subway would be ready TOT opera
,ins on September J. There would be no formal
turning OF il over 10 Mr.. Belmonts company, ne
said.