The Washington times., 1907-08-28
Company Admits That
Union Labor
Quit.
Other Firms Suffering,
Is Claim Of Build
erS.

Another firm was pulled" today
by the building trades when all the
union men working for the Miller
Kopp Cut Stone Company, Of 25-4s
\ street northeast, were called +
from their jobs on the ground that +
the company was furnishing stone j
to 'scab" firms.
The building trades claim twenty
FIVE men quit work as a result Of .
the order against tbs company.
Officials of the firm refused to make 4
a statement this afternoon, but said
they might issue an account OF the
matter later Ia the day. They sim
ply said the union men bad quit
work, and that the company was
doing a little work"
Other Firms pulled"
A statement was issued from the head
quarters OF the building trades this
morning saying that, On Monday. August
IS, the following jobs we're pulled At the
request Of the Washington unions be-
cause Of their nght here with the con-
tractors Eamed;
The Charles Cassidy Company. q
building at Frederick. Nd
Richardson & Burgess. a residences for
Thomas F. Ryan at oak Ridge, Va;
postofice and custom house at Niagara
Falls. y. Y: postohice and custom
house at Cleveland, Ohio. and a build
ing at Springfield. IL
The ". E. Speir Company, postoRics
at Charleston, w. Va.
Ffssell & Wagner, church IN the
Bronx. New York city; postoffice at
Kingston. n Y. and a building at SOM
erville. n J.
Building Trades Determined.
Tsis extension Of the local strike as
far north as Niagara Falls Is an indi-
cation. the union men say. Of how de-
termined the building trades are to win
the fight they have undertaken against
the builders Of Washington. Instead OF
resting upon their oars as some OF the
master builders predicted they would do
| this week, they have become active
again here and in other cities. IN addi-
| ton 20 this. the statement was made az
their headquarters today that the end
is not yet and that important proposed
moves are now pending before their ofTi-
cial body
That the strikes which the local unions
requested IN other cities to strike al tie
Washington contractors were in some
instances entirely successful. was ad-
Tnltled today by the contractors affected
| Others denied that the sJrikes had nls-
terIal1zed In any way.
Admit Men Quittia2.
At the Offices of FisseH a. wagner.
controlling the contracts in the Bronx.
New York city, Kingston. n. Y. ard
Somerviile. n. J.. the following state
ment was given TO The Tines today:
/ Yes; thoss three Jobs Rave betn
| pulled. We can not say what future
arrangements we viii make to com
plete the jobs. All we can say at pres
eHt is that the union men have quit
working for US.
At the Offices Of the Cassidy Company,
contractors for the building OF Fred
erick, Nd, the following strong denial
was made of the strike alleged BIZ the
building trades ID have gone into effect
| there:
I'VE absolutely deny that our lob al
| Frederick has been pulled. We heard
from 1t yesterday. and the work Ws&
going on smoothly"
Don't Know of Ryan House.
At the Offices OF Richardson & Bur
CESS the following statement was made:
"If the work on the Ryan residence
at Oak Ridge has been disturbed. We
know nothing of It.
We are advised that the union men
I working on the postonice and custom
house at Niagara Falls were asked to
leave the job, but refused tc do so.
/ I'VE have no contract at either Cleve-
! land, Ohio, or Springfield, III"
/ The ". +. Speir Company said.
| ssWe have no union men working on
I our Charleston. W. Va. job except the
! superintendent. A letter from there,
| dated yesterday. says everything is pro-
] crossing nicely"
Requests Nobly Met
At the headquarters Of fhe building
trades this~morning. Il was said that the
requests for re men 10 strike on the
various jobs mentioned were sent out
some time ago. the request being that
they stand ready TO quit work Monday.
August %. Headquarters here. they
said. were informed today that the r.
quest had been met nobly IN each
instance.
The pickets posted by the building
| trades at the railroad stations and
/ steamboat wharVes TO turn back .'scabs''
| brought IN here by the master builders,
| report today that only one or two out
siders have come in, one OF them being
! 8. carpenter