New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-22
STRIKE LOSS MILLIONS
THE OUTLOOK GLOolrv
Builders and architects Fear H..
other Season Of Stagnat;or

The situation IN the buus,,-
ses'el-ey oy builders and arcbit.-.. o,
49,. paI difeH After the building rnacb.s- .
Oeen idie Tor an entire summer IN the So hat
- ioI a-reeInenI they were as Hlxslv aa
they said, to have another vea-s. ~ es aot
through an apparently untustifed - se@snaiion
orlcklayers In violation OF tho a-bt,--.1 OF tie
inent Nhleh was designed to Insura - ss'ee-
building trades for this year AZ Iss,+ -oe N ths
Architects who were seen yeste-say -
reporter thought that the outlook 20 - tl'o1ne
was very gloomy unless settler,e,. :. nus year
ent dispute was reached quickly Canf,.,,- pFss-
already beginning TO retreat after bs,.--s were
Ior plans for new buildings. r p I5r1 4Iaasst
stout architects. No. lib Broaawsv - y, an q
The situation is uniustinable r.
s ~ Cle season or dleness. and ~ cklayers
arbitration agreement Under nc 70 Keep ne
4otoo men IN the building trades vIaI conditions
AZ work now. There were exeerisoos.' have been
a good building season but ~ snt chances for
present trouble Will not only be- - EJECT o. the
ing operations. but to create Is. ietard buiId-
which VIII have bad effect &c = OF confidence
their own interests. the Interest,", g Years. IN
NoIkefs IN other trades, AID the ruSus" eF fellow
layers could not come to terms tfeoAc' the brick
fswsr I are ss9 9 PSGoiIg tid and sS.- SaD
been IT this trouble had not cone m would have
W C. Hazlitt. architect. St. lame, ,.,,,
AlSS broadway. said that many CONTRACT IS :. VI.
ready being held up until the prsss,, we're a.
settled He knew OF number OF co,.-.1.I vas
Would De under way now. were Il not 70 -. -,
lock between the brickayers and thu r,..o. -,
ers- Were IT not for the st-fke I" ~, -. O'''u-
there were prospects OF prosperous &C.
ever, owing to the large amount Of u,s-.-L-, ~
left over from last year. IN addition to me- .or
tracts NV 0ou-
Mr.. Hazlitt ascribed the present de,s1oos .. ~
influence OF the labor leaders The me-, -. -.
customed TO follow them Ike sheep. ins,s,s :,
thinking for themselves he said
Ono man power Is bad thing" Ia co,t,-,s
but IL is doubly vicious when n Is exe-oiss5 -
make thousands Of people IDLE The vvalkir- -
gates get their $ and s. day and expenses su-.
Ing the strike, so suffering falls on them n.
men who pay the piper are the rank and ale wa
follow them as II they were paid 10 do the tblpk-
Ing Tor the union N
1t IS estimated that the people who have has,
made Idle, averaging the wages at "a a dav 49,
No0WJ DAY IN wages. without counting overrirns
Building mechanics are paid double wages FOR over
time, and many men who are now idle and WHOSE
regular wages average $ a day for eight hours ars
actually losing $40 a day. as they would be work
ing overtime four hours a day at double rates n
there were strike. The number OF workers
forced into idieness has been increasing dav Nv
day. and now even IN the short time it has lasfad
over 100000 IN wages has been lost by the pres
ent strike In reference TO the cOmparafiveV small
nent builder said
''In the last building shutdown, and up to March
I OF this year. the members of the unions and the
building trades lost nearly 100000 IN wages
Iwenty-three OF the unions assisted their members
financially. the money disbursed for that PURPOSE
being less than S75000 or course. only men IN tna
worst straits took this relief. but even then 4 Is
ridiculOusly dsproportionate to the loss IN wages