Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-14

TIRED OF
7 ING.
Carpenters Give Striking Carpen-
terS a Limited Time to
Reply to Them.
MAKE A STATEMENT
Letter Which the Bosses Have
Sent to the Carpenters Union
Regarding Situation.

The strike of the members of Car
penters' Union No. 65 has now reach
ed crucial point, the bosses assert
ed this morning, following a meet
ing of the Carpenters Branch of
the Building Trades Association, the
bosses organization, last night.
The bosses have heard nothing,
they assert, from the Carpenters I'm
ion or. the Building Trades Council,
which Is composed of from one to
five representatives from each trade
union, and the bosses reached a de-
cision at last nights conference of
the Carpenters Branch of the Build
ing Trades Association that reply
from the strikers on the arbitration
proposition will not be accepted after
$3.50 O'Clock tomorrow night, at
which time the bosses will be in ses-
sion in their rooms in Dana Hall.
The bosses declare that unless they
receive a reply from the union by
that time, immediate trouble will en-
sue. When asked more definitely
about their intention representa-
tive of the bosses said: "We'll do the
other thing, then" What 1.-The 9th
er thing is he would not divulge,
but attempts may be made to ad-
vance the open shop idea.
The arbitration plan, as told in the
NEWS, is to have the question sub
mitted to a board of arbitration to
be composed of three disinterested
men. the union and the bosses each
to choose one, those two to select
the third. The bosses are agreeable
to this plan, as they realize fully the
need of settling the strike by the. ad-
justment of the question of increase
in wages.
Letter to Union Agent.
A statement was prepared by the
bosses at last nights conference of
the Carpenters Branch of the Build
ing Trades Association and was is
sued today by ]. P. Koyen, secretary
of the Building Trades Association.
The statement contains this letter
to the striking carpenters union:
June 13, '06.
Mr.. James l.. Donehue,
Business Agent Union No. 65.
Dear Sir:-At a meeting held by
Carpenters Branch of the Building
Trades Association June 18th, the
proposition regarding arbitration
made and carried by the joint COM
mittees from the Building Trades
Association and the Building Trades
Council June I'd, in your rooms, was
accepted.
AS nothing has been heard from
your committee, l was further in
structed by Carpenters Branch We'd
nesday evening, June 18th, that a
communication as to your action on
said proposition will be accepted not
later than $3.50 pm, Friday, June
18th, at our meeting room in the
Dana building.
J. P. KOYEN, Secretary.
The Bosses Statement.
The statement prepared by the
bosses last night is as follows:
"At a meeting held by the Car
penters' Branch of the Building
Trades Association last night 1t was
decided to publish statement of the
true conditions of the situation be-
tween Union 65 and the Boss Carpen-
ters.
June the Building Trades Asso-
citation received communication
from the Building Trades Council,
stating that they had appointed a
Joint committee consisting of two
from each trade and requesting that
a like committee be appointed from
the Building Trades Association To
meet them in their rooms June 2, for,
If possible, to find some means of set
Ting the trouble with the carpenters.
The Building Trades Association
met their request by appointing such
committee and informed the Build
ing Trades Council to that effect the
following morning.
%Our committee met the Building
Trades Council committee and as the
Building Trades Council committee
had no proposition whatever to make,
our. committee made the following
proposition which was carried:
z That Union SIS select disinter-
ested man and the employers like
wise these two to select third man
to act as umpire, to settle the ques-
tidhs.
"The Building Trades Council com