The sun., 1905-11-12
ALL DEMAND HIGHER WAGES.
BUILDING TRADES WORKERS TO
ASK FOR INCREASES.
II All the Demands Are Granted New York
win he Paying Its Mechanics the High.
est Wages In the WOrld-Great DE.
maDd at Present for Plasterers.


mand at Present for Plasterers.
If all the wage demands made by the
unions in the building trades to go into
effect on January | are granted New York
will have the highest priced building me-
ohancs in the world
Negotiations over new trade agreements
between the trade associations in the Build
ing Trades Employers Association and the
unions, which were suspended partly during
ing the election campaign, will be actively
resumed this week. They usually occupy
a month or six weeks before an agreement
is signed.
Under the revised arbitration agreement
all trade agreements must begin on January
! instead Of May l. While many of the
thlrty-two trades under the arbitration
agreement have made their trade agree
ments, the higher priced Of the unions
nave not done so. All want higher wages.
Meantime independent employers are
onerlng unheard Of wages especially for
work on apartment houses which are being
rushed to completion. Yesterday employ
ers IN The bronx were offering IL cents an
hour for bnckIayers and in some cases the
same wages for painters. Brickayers are
oelng paid by some contractors 81 cents
an hour in The Bronx for front work
The housesmiths, who have heen trying
unsuccesstullY for years 70 get their wages
up 10 s. day, are getting these wages from
independent contractors. In many Of these
cases the increased wages are paid as a
bonus to get work done quickly, but the
unions have decided to make them the
basis OF their demands for next wear
The Housesmiths and Bridgemens Union
made general demand on the Iron League
Tor 80 day to go into effect on January /.
his is an advance Of so cents on present
rates. Within the last three months an
unexpected boom has arisen in the trade,
winch Is likely to continue at least year.
The painters want an increase in wages
from $3.50 and 81 a day to 81 and $3.50,
and the carpenters want an advance from
81. day to S..
Though the bricklayers have made a
formal demand for rs cents an hour, the
the preSent rate Of 70 cents an hour to
stand. The conservative members of their
unions agree with the employers that the
top notch has been reached in wages and
that 1t would be bad for the trade 10 try to |
force them higher. 1t took their unions
three years I o get up to the 20 cent rate.
No formal demand has been made bv |
the plasterers on the Employing Plasterers'
ASSOCIATION LOT the 10 cent rate, but they |
expect it to be made.
John R. Sheehan of John r. Sheehan Il
Co, building contractors l60 Fifth avenue,
which Is not in the Employers Association,
SAID yesterday that independent contrac-
tors were not only confronted with a de-
mand of 70 cents an hour by the plasterers
but that thev were also harassed by strikes
OF one plasierers' union against another.
There Is an unprecedented demand for
pasterers.
The Amagamated Sheet Metal Workers
struck some time ago for an advance in
off the strike pending arbitration and are
now receiving So a day. The tile layers,
another skilled trade, want an increase
from S. 10 $3.50 a day.
In case all the wages demanded are
granted these wages might be earned by
men in the following trades, working
overtime: Bricklayers, sl2 a day plas-
,erers, Sl2 tile, layers, sll; housesmiths,
SO; painters, so.