New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
DROP DERRICK TO CELLAR.
IR4TE STRIKERS TRICK.
Damage to Post 6 McCord Prop
erty Laid to TronworR,ers.

ures against Post & McCord yesterday for trying
to break the strike which called here to bring
the American Bridge Company to terms In Nc
keesport, Penn. The strikers tried TO bring down
a. string Of three derricks on the American Can
Company's building, running through from
18th to 18th SITS, between 9Th and 10th aves. They
succeeded in dropping into the cellar fifteen
ton derrick, which brought a Ainch iron beam
with 1t in its fall. .." ~-.E
Post & McCord advertised all last week for iron
workers TO start in this week on the Can Com
pany's building. On Monday they had waiting
list Of eighty odd men, of whom they put about
fifteen to work. They sent the reFt to the Altman
Building, at 6th-ave and 34tt-st. Everything went
smoothly on Monday and Tuesday until rain
stopped work. There several Pinkerton
guards and number of police. reserves, Three
men with two dogs guarded the place at night.
One of the men had been in the employ of the
frm for a year, but the others were newcomers.
Post & McCord are of the opinion now that the
strikers were able to buy up the whole lot
Thre were two fifteen ton derrtcks at the build
ing, one in the excavation the 15th-st. side and
the other on the seventh floor the 14th-st. side
Besides this, there tinnywink the seventh
floor the 15th-st end of the completed structure
and another jnnywink that had been hoisted into
position the third floor of the unfinished work
the l5th-st. side. The big derrick in the
cavaton and the two jinnywnks were coupled up.
These were the three that the strikers wanted to
bring down.
Some time Tuesday night, while the rain was
coming down in bucketfuIs. the strikers went
around TO the 15th-st- side OF the work and ham
mered and pounded away at the big derrick until
they had two Of the guy ropes cast off and a
third ready to slip a bolt. Then they climbed up
into the building and made their way TO the
seventh floor by the stairs, conveniently finished.
and hammered around there until they had clipped
a couple of guy ropes in two and cast on various
others All this time the three watchmen and two
dogs sat around a fire in the middle Of the main
floor. with their backs carefully turned toward
15th-st. and told each other about how the bosses
used to provide feather beds and eiderdoTn quilts
for the night watchmen.
The strikers got their work done the top floor
as they supposed. and came down to the third
annex. where they got out on the skeleton and
put a cable around the jinnywink there. This
cable was carried across the excavation to 15th-st
the purpose of the men being give couple of
heaves. slip the bolt in the guy rope of the big
derrick. and see the whole thing come down at
once. But 1T happened that IN the dark and
wet. they had overlooked single wire cable on
the top floor that held the two hand derricks in
place. The result that they braced their feet
on the slippery boards and heayed until O'Clock
in the morning, and the derricks still stood. BY
that time they getting pretty tired, and the
earliest of the workers were beginning to turn out
for their days toll It was dangerous to linger.
they let the jinnywiuks stand and slipped the bolt
in the big derrick's guy ropes. There was an IN
stant of suspense, and then the great 70foot ore
gon pine stick with its almost equally large boom,
went crashing through A-inch iron beam that
had just been placed in position on the third foor
Even the watchmen felt it incumbent upon them
to wake up, but of course they could see no one
when they finally made their careful and timorous
way to the rear of the building The second Jimmy
wink hung suspended where the third floor skele-
ton had been and the big derrick, with the boom
split, lay across the first floor beams There was
only about two hundred dollars worth of damage
done but by the time the derrick has been re-
paired and a new beam secured. TO take the place
Of the broken one a week will have ben lost on
the job. -:..-
Now that it is all over. the strikers declare that
they had nothing TO do with the job, but X Was was
noticed Yesterday that they were not wearing
mourning the fallen derrick if P9ksr
Post & NfcCord say that hereafter at plSht
ton men viii be thick around their JOBS as
This fight of the ironworllers against FQS[ fo q
N1cCord may bring on national lgnt ;sf a5 a. he
beginning of long cold winter, TO say notllls ~
fnF @ igg zeves 81 with teiT work gone because the
iron workers viii not go ahead and Ppr T4as s F!n
pioyers. Association has made common cause tk Mikn
p0St = viz mover ta lpen agencies for the
employment of strike breakers This mas 4d -
make the strike general is an order for The lF6n
cities contracted FOR by members OF the employers
President Frank NJ Ryan Of the International
Union 81 Bridge Builders and Structural 9i Iron
Workers has hesated however to take th5S 6 men
who would be thrown out Of work @ a able vet
to get men enqHgn 10 al' AEsocation 9s i only
home TO Cleveland for Thanksgiving WIN ~
family but will STAY here to advise with the ndL
leaders He was quite busy, Yesterday e2il9u
with the officers Of the irOnwOTkers unions ~ liI
city and with the officers Of the otheT. g
supporting the ironworkers in the fight against e
The Employers Associations says that the iron,
workers unions here have violated the arbitIa
agreement, adopted at convention OF Tepltt *
tfves of the employers association anI lIiLSl
the building trades, April 70 last ano 5ecaIlS
OF that the ironw orkers will hereafter ,- pc sa4-
with only individuals. Post & h~ct8iI ~ 80,
ironworkers all over the country, and lhtttl S
work is resumed again Friday morning lleS
will be able to man all their jobs. -..s+ -
That the employers are thoroughly IN eaL -.
their fight on behalf of Post & MCCord "Ss trItsa
Yesterday by fact that James tarleH : ~
brea keT is here and has been elggsSd -,
strfke-brea kers Mr. Farley visited tne
can Comparv's building yesterday afa Litp a t7i,
errl talk with Superintendent or 1ols'' 1-l
Horgan. -. ,-.z+erda,- and
will return to-day. He said that II IS very -
eet enough hOI1sesnifhs especially Tor oullolEs
used There is no rivettug. and Strength gu
inCiess 10 work are the principal requlsl,Lss @
fnds il hard TO get engineers some OF Wloii
|Ia+ta5 because of a Ne7v-York ordinance pFuFIulIs
live in this CITY Ger tam tlii'
before they can be licensed ,-..,. I-.-1a.. ,-tf
Tho strike breakers engaged through fFley VIZ
he IN direct charge Of Weddeil. his ASSISTANT VIZ
had direct dealings with the strike -breah
tI1s strike against the Interborough ftapd lIslIsi
Sfompsnv Strike-breakers are also being engaged
b. the firms representatives