Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-16
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
 HINGES 0H DEMAND
Brick Masons, In Special Meet ing Decide to Remain
 Out.

DOUGLAS, March 15.-(SpeciaD Though yesterday 1t looked as if the strike of the brick masons and the carpenters was in a fair way to settlement, on account of the concil- atory attitude taken by some of the brick masons because of the position of the contractors as indicated in their note to the carpenters, the develop ments of a night have rendered less probable settlement along the lines of a compromise than at any time since negotiations were started.
 The proposal of the contractors to the carpenters, that they will not dis criminate against union men and that they will pay s day on and after April 1 to good mechanics, did not make a favored impression on the carpenters, who now, in a pronuncia- mento declare the contractors must agree to a minimum wage scale of S5 and that all non-union men must immediately upon going to work put in an application with the union.
 The last condition is said to be practically meaningless. Nothing grates on the sensitiveness of union man quite so harshly as the words "open shop" and that condition was inserted, it is said, more with the idea of catering to the unions sensitive ness than to abolish the open shop. The real trouble hinges on the word minimum" The carpenters assert that any scale which does not have a minimum figure of wages is a farce. Their position is that if the contrac- tors wanted to and could get the men at that price they would hire men for fifty cents a day. They argue, there fore that a minimum scale Is essen tial; otherwise they might as we'll throw their charter out into the street. They assert, further, that there is no union in existence that does not have a minimum scale of wages.
 The position of the contractors is that they are perfectly willing to pay good, competent mechanics topwages, or S day. They believe that class of labor is worth that much money, but they do not feel that they ought to pay a jack leg" a spoor mechan. ics are called, the same amount There are certain classes of carpenter work, it is asserted, that anyone who knows siaA6 at dkl Sdn uO WlIuOuI POo- sessing any special skill The con. tractors do not want to pay that kind of labor the same wages as they have to pay a man who can do the highest class of carpenter work
 So the trouble seems to hinge about the word minimum" and the out come of the strike cannot today be foreseen. The carpenters, it Is an i nounced, will hold out on that ground and an authority among the brick ma sons said this morning they will have to do so also for their own protection The contractors had determined upon no action this morning.
 Negotiations were conducted | through the brick masons yesterday At a special meeting of the brick ma sons held last night the answer of tho carpenters to the proposals of the con l tractors, offering the union an assur 1 ance of no discrimination against un ion men and $5 day to good mechan ics, was presented. This reply in sub stance is:
 Let 1t be understood that the min imum wages will be s5 per day fol eight hours work. that the bosses car hire whom they please, but that al nonunion men that are hired must pu in their application to the union i'm mediateiy. and that if man does no suit the contractor or bosses they art at liberty to discharge such man Thil
 fs the unanimous instructions fron the carpenters union to their commit | tee.
 CARPENTERS UNION COMMIT | TEE1