Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-05
SHORTER HOURS.
Strike Of Union Carpenters at
Bangor and Brewer.
Masons' Tenders Ere Also Out, Want
ing More Pay.
Painters and Plumbers Working Pend
ing Settlement Ct Differences.

Bangor. Me-, April A. AS result of
teh refusal of the master carpenters
to grant Il reduction of hours. from nine
to eight, about 100 members of the Car
renters' Union in this city are out on
strike, today. Every union shop in this
city and Brewer is idle The master
carpenters are standing together in OPP
posing the reduction of the working day
and will do nothing until the matter is
settled.
The masons' tenders are also out
their demand being for an advance in
wages to 1925 day. a part of the
contra ctors have granted the demand,
but the four largest firms are holding
out and are doing little or nothing eX-
cept small jobs where no tenders axe
required.
The painters and plumbers are all
wOkiEg pending a settlement of diff
fcrences. the painters having readily
agreed to submit their case to arbitra-
ton, which has been accepted.
Regarding the strike, the Commercial
says. tonight
he SITUATION III ItboT ciIcltS, Nloll-
day. WIS not SO bad as has been expected.
The only trades affected were the car
pcntcrS and the maSOnS, 80 of the former
not going to work Monday morning, aud
Il part OF the latter whose employers
have not signed the wage agreement. The
union carpenter shops of the city werH at
n standstill Monday. nothing doing be
ing the word everywhere about the city.
Part of the maSonS We're at work on
small jobs whore tenders were not re-
uurcd and but few were Obliged to stop
work on account of the strike Of tn"
tenders. The plumbers and painters all
went to work rs usual. Monday. and no
trouble is expected from those trades at
present.
THE refusal of the master carpenters
to grant the reduction in the number of
working hours asked for by the carr"n-
tciis and ioincrs' union caused Il com
pletc standstll of work along that line
y well-known contractor placed tn NUM-
men of men who wee directly affected by
the strike ut $50, being about half of the
| total number of carpenters in the city
Owing to the threatened trouble the bust
ness has been dull and contractors and
builders have not been making contracts
| for work.
"Thc regular monthly meeting of the
builders exchange will be held. Tuesday
evening. when it is expected that tho mat
ter of differences between the employers
and employs will be considered. The mas
| Tor carpenters say there is hut nth" work
on hand. that being Il few odd Jobs. What
| their action will be probably will not b..
determined until the meeting of Tuesday
| night.
| part OF the contractors hav" granted
| the demands of the maSonS tenders for
! an increase to S. Il day and whore this
has been done the wore is going along all
right Contractors William \. Sawyer.
| g. NJ Eatchelder. John Grady n Son
and Walter +. Perry have refused to
! grant the increase asked for by the tend
crs and on their work nothing is being
| done with the exception of ODD Jobs ny
| the rlasonS where the services 0i the
tenders are not required. The mon en-
ployrd by the contractors named rcpr"-
| sent over half of the tenders in tho city.
The rnaScns themselves have no griev-
arccs with the contractors and are work
ing wherever there is work for them.
"InuuiricS ut tho various plumhllS
| firms in the city showed that none of the
plumbers were out on Monday. but il is
not known whether or not they VIII stay
! in longer than II few days. They arc all
/ ut work pending q settlement OF inc ul-
fercnceS.
| ..'rhn painters were also at work and
will remain 50 until their differences arc
| settled bv the beard of arbitration which
! has been agreed upon by the union and
the master painters. 1t is announced that
| Rev. f.. T. Pcmhcr has been chosen by
! The master PAINTERS as one of their rcprc-
, scntativcs on the board Charles +. Bliss
| has been asked to ofiicate as the second
! member but has not yet accepted.
"A master painter said, Monday. That ne
thought there would he work enough oti
odd Jobs to keep all the painters at work
until the matter is settled by the board
| taken for large Jobs but the rumors that
| the PAINTERS will he forced to lay OF on
! account of lack of work are said to be
unfOundcd.