The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-10

q the unions for their considerations.
They didn't have long to wait.
Ehe Building Material Drivers struck
:or recognition. They were support
ed by the Trades. And when the
smoke cleared away some months
after the soundly beaten trades were T.
under plan of arbitration
which was declared by the employers
to be the solution of the strike-lock-
out problem.
1t has been in operation one year,
or thereabouts. And what do we
find? AT this writing some $4,000
men directly involved in a strike that
forces to idleness some $4,000 all !
told.
The seething, strike emitting,
strike volcano has again belched |
forth it's brazen defiance to the an |
gel Of peace, and has devastated the !
homes of the workers in the valley of |
peace, situated within the borders of
arbitration.
And the facts are as follows, and
cannot be disputed: There is in ex-
istence in the City Of New York an
arbitrary body known as the Board
of Building Trades Governors, who
are composed of employers exclu-
sively, who are the cars of the
building industry and whose decis-
ions are law. A mechanic is not al
lowed to be member of this board,
nor is he allowed a voice or vote of
it's deliberations, nor is he allowed
to be present at any meeting.
In Plain English, it is a body of
employers who give orders to the
Board of Arbitration that the latter
must obey. And hence the trouble.
The Board Of Arbitration, composed
Of an equal number of employers and
mechanics, met and considered what
was known as the Subway and the
Trinity Building grievances in Au-
gust.
They in joint conference Gas per ar
bitration plan), threshed out these
matters thoroughly and came to a sat-
isfactory settlement, the same in strict
accordance with plan of arbitration.
Having disposed Of these matters(
the men got none the best of it), the
Board of Arbitration adjourned to wait
for another cloud to appear on the
labor horizon.
And it came quicker than they ex-
pected. The ink on their minutes had
| hardly dried when an ultimatum was
issued by the board Of governors, say
| ing do thus and so, Or We WiA lock
you out. :~ =
They were comedians that: turned
! arbitration into hoWling. screaming
farce, and the lew orka h echan ie & was
+ forced. to laugh until he starved. 81: |:
There is no use going into detail OF
| the facts in this particular dispute
The mechanic got what the :enploye1
carefully planned to give HIM. AnC
got it good. And it will be many 9
moon before he will be able to sit III
u and look around.
: The New York trades are in a ba6
| way. Within the past month there have
have been dual organizations formed
against the plumber, plasterer, car
penter and electrician, and the tile lay.
err. The metal lather and marble cut
ter surrendered to the employer aa1e
saved their organizations.
One thing is certain Union ism i:
in a bod way in New York city, ant
small wonder: Where there is an org
anization of employers whose chair
man admits spending $4,000 to rail
road O. labor man, unionism is in dang
err: and especially SO when the SAM
chairman further states that last yea
they spent $4,000 to beat one union.
Organized labor in New York SHOULD
remember the following. facts: Tha
chairman knows what he is talkin
about; he knows that the City Prose
cutor openly stated that it didn't cos
$40. He also knows who got this to
! tai amount Of $4,000; he also know
| who they are; he also knows what the
did for that money, and also how the
did it.
The press agent of the employer
says: I'VE have many men in on
employ, and it would not be fair
them or to ourselves to make the
names public Who are they?
Unionism will never be on the men
until some unforeseen event shall tea
the mask from certain "mechanics
] sums Of money.
The building trades of New York c
: ty are. at the present time hone,
} combed with "employer's spies,' "a
bitration grafters," "settleme1
, agents." ali of whom do business {
!. a dollar and-cent basis.
This is a common talk among Il
rank and file; the names of some
these "nlechanics" being known
NJ every helper on a building.
NJ One of thes "mechanics" is note
for the many and lengthy stateInen
and speeches he has made again
Graft" and the 'Vicious walking De
u egate."
: The following will better illustna
how this "mechanie" does "gbt
Il days work"
j: A union that was fast disintegra tir
was desirious feffecting settleme1
3 with the employers. :
They retained the services of tt
!. aforesaid mechanic" as a medium
effect the same in concert with other
4 After careful ''reconroitering,''' he il
formed the organization that. a settl'
n1ent could be effected for the 'sms
sum OF $4,000, He was promptly pa
Off The charged" 500 a day for hi
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