New-York tribune., 1905-11-28
IGNORE BUILDING STRIKE.
NEW MEN PUT TO WORK.
Post s McCord Nan Three Contracts
zcith Strike Breakers.

The new fight between the Building Trades
Employers Association and the Housesmiths
and Bridgemen's Union was started in reaI
earnest yesterday by the EMPLOYERS manning
three Of the contracts Of Post &c McCord with
strike breakers The three contracts are the.
Altman Building, 35th-st and 5th-ave-; the
American Can Company Building, at l4th-st'
and 10th-ave and a high building at 1Ith-st-
and 5th-ave-
II was stated that the employers have all the
strike breakers they need. but after long strlNe
it requires time TO rig derricks an6 put inc
buildings in shape for work The otner pulio'iiso
are to be manned with non-union strike oreah-
ers as soon as they prepared for IT. AS lhe
Housesniths and Bridgemen's Union has threat
ened to order a general strike as soon as nom
union men are put to work this action of the
ernployers IS virtually a challenge TO the union
to do its worst general strike of the house
smiths against the Iron League would involve
about seventy thousand men in the other trades
who would be thrown idle.
C. z Cheney. secretary of the Iron League,
said yesterday that the management of the
strike had been placed by the league in the
hands of the Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation. At the Building Trades Club it was
stated that the housesmiths action in refusing
to declare the strike against Post & McCord
Of pending arbitration had been condemned by
most Of the unions under the arbitration agree
rnent Lewis Harding. Of the emergency com
rnittee of the employers association, said that
the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union. being
now no longer recognized. the foremen on all
the contracts of the Iron League had been IN
formed not to allow its walking delegates to
enter any building where members Of the league
have contracts
The American Cer Company building had the
largest number of new men at work yesterday.
William a. McCord. of Post McCord. was at
the building early a N. accompanied
by several subcontractors and superintended
the work A number of policemen and private
detectives guarded each contract
All the new men went TO work as If there
had been no strike They appeared to be COM
petent and worked hard all day. Mr.. McCord
said at the close of the day that he was well
pleased with the men selected.
Il was stated unof1cially that several Of the
strongest unions have decided to work with the
non-union men These include those OF the
friekIayers stonecutters. hoisting engineers and
two other trades which work on buildings at the
same time as the housesmiths In case the
oricklayers refused TO work the rest OF the work
would be tied UP. Some of the trades which
are not well organized or in which there are
dual unions also depended on by the en-
ployers
a conference lasting for several hours took
place yesterday between President Ryan OF the
International Association Of Bridge and Struc-
turaI Iron Workers and the walking delegates
and other officers of the five branches Of the
Housesmiths and Bridgemens Union. After the
conference President Ryan said he was not
alarmed at the action OF the employers In mani
ming these buildings
TT is easy to get men to work on the first two
stories' he said They viii find it impossible
20 get men who work from ten stories up
Regarding the threat Of ordering g general
strike he said:
Il am not prepared to say what we win do,
as we are not going to post the employers in
advance. / have the power to order both local
and a national strike, but when IT Will be
ordered l will not say now"