Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

The strike of the building trades unions
will be inaugurated throughout the Dis
trict of Columbia this week
Unofficial statements to this effect were
secured from several sources last night.
Only the formal announcement of the walk
out order stands in the way Of the begin
ming of battle to finish between the
workmen and their employers.
Resolutions outlining the plan of cam
paign of the labor forces were prepared
and adopted at the meeting of the confer
ence committee of the national and local
officers of the unions yesterday afternoon
One or two of the national leaders, who took
part In the conference last week, were out
Of the city when the resolutions were
passed, but it is understood they ratified
the action of their associates by the long
distance telephone and by telegraph.
The struggle of the building trades will
be for the principle of the CLOSED shop"
The conference Of national officers of
the several building trades, which has
been in session in this city for the
past four days, adjourned yesterday,
to meet again tomorrow morning. but
before they adjourned complete cam
paign was unanimously agreed upon
and labor's declaration Of war contem-
plates a general cessation of building ac-
tivity in Washington.
In Committees Hands.
AS a known quantity, 1t may be stated
that the conference after comparatively
brief business session yesterday afternoon,
took temporary recess, and that during
that time a specially appointed committee
prepared in the form Of resolutions. a
definite plan Of action upon which all the
trades represented subsequently agreed.
Because one or two labor leaders. notably
william G. Bowen, president of the Brick
layers and Stonecutters' International
Union, are absent from the city, and 1t
was regarded as necessary to communicate
the detail of the proposed plan to them.
announcement Of the strike order was not
made yesterday, but the resolutions as
prepared were read to the absent ones
over the long-distance telephone. 1t is
also understood that replies favorable to
the line of action detailed in the resolu-
lions were received from each of the alb
sent labor leaders.
The conference adjourned for the week
late yesterday afternoon. 1t will convene
for final action tomorrow morning, and 1t
Is almost certain that definite announce
ment of the strike to occur tomorrow, or
later will be made at that time.
Labor's Ultimatum.
The resolutions as drafted and accepted
by the labor conference it is said, not only
make the simple order for a strike of the
building trades but they contain labors
ultimatum that the strike, once declared,
shall affect all the trades engaged in build
ing work, and the men of no one trade shall
return to work until all return together.
Before the resolutions were drafted, and
afterward, the members of the conference
many of them the ranking officers of the
national organizations of the building
bridesmaid spirited addresses, in which
they condemned what they characterized
as the arbitrary stand of the Employers
Association, and the support of the nation
al bodies was promised to the local unions
in the impending struggle.
Practically all the buildings now under
construction in the District will. be af-
fected. the union men declare. Among
them being:
The Metropolitan Club.
New Municipal Building.
The Union Station.
Senate and House Office Buildings.
Elks' Hall.
Washington University.
Catholic School.
Middaugh & Shannon Houses.
tuberculosis Hospital.
District Crematorium.
Three School Houses.
Anacostia Bridge.
The Participants.
1 The labor leaders who engaged in the