The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-18
REBEL BUILDERS TAKE ACTION
STARRETT WILL REEMPLOf THE
LOCKED OUT CARPENTERS,
And Join Opponents OF tho Empioyers
Association-New League Organizes
4 Friday Night 20 Fight Restriction or
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Theodore Starrett, as president OF the
Thompson-Starrett company, notified the
Building Trades Employers Association
Yesterday that his firm will begin at once
TO reemploy its locked out men in the Broth
erhood Of Carpenters. simultaneously there
came an announcement that the general
contractors, who propose TO form an asso-
citation of master contractors in opposition
to the Building Employers Association. will
do this next Friday evening.
Mr. Starrett would not state the exact
terms of his letter. The association re-
ferred it TO the emergency committee for
action The Thompson-Starrett company,
belongs TO the Master Carpenters Associa-
ton. the Master Steamfitters' Association
and other organizations in the Employers
Association The concern has decided to
reemploy only the locked out carpenters
at present.
we can resign from any Of these 1850
Citations by giving ninety days notice,
Mr.. Starrett said, but have not decided
10 resign That Is all can cay at present.
! have been asked by John r. Sheehan OF
John r. Sheehan 4 Co. TO attend the meet
ing which is to form a master contractors
association composed of general contract
ing firms and have accepted the invitation.
! heartily agree with his plan, which is to
put an end to the rings that have democrat
lied the whole building industry
With Mr.. Sheehan is associated In the new
plan Nicholas W. Ryan OF Ryan McFerran
general contractors Of loe East Twenty
third street They have built several police
stations and armoies and among other
contracts are now erecting extensive add =
tons to the Edison plant in Orange, n. j.
There are comparatively few general
contractors in the city, said Mr.. Ryan,
though the pasor builders class them
selves as general contractors We, with
other general contractors. manufacture
brick, have structural steel plante and keep
A full force OF men in all the trades except
where the trade associations prev ent us
from working This is notably in tile
LAYING and plumbing. The deals OF the
associations with the unions in these trades
prevent US from getting material.
when We were building the Kings County
Hospital the contractor TO whom we had
sublet the tile laying died and we had "a
we went TO refused TO sell tile TO us because
of the monopoly established by the Tile
Crate and Mantel Association. which will
let only its members buy material. The
tile layers union by contract " it'll the
association also refuses 20 work for other
than members
AT last we had to steal the tile A manu-,
facturcr 20 whom we stated our case said
Il can't sell 70 you but you can steal the
stuff II can be laid out and you can stea,
it and II you feel like paying the cashier
afterward you can do So We stole the
tile and then paid the cashier
Mr. Ryan said the same monopoly exists
in the plumbing trade. Nobody can ge
plumbing supplies without union card
because the master plumbers and the
union have an agreement by which all sup
plies must be bought through the union
For this reason his firm has TO sublet plumb
ing
we want 10 break up this combination II
restraint Of trade he said.