The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
LOCKOUT FOR TRADES
Employers Will Gust Work
men on Two Jobs.
UNION DEFIEs ASSOCIATION
Building Council Ignores Capt. Oys-
ter's Decision, and Refuses to Hold
Another Conference Until Nom
union LabOrers Are Discharged.
Issue Faced by G., itFactOrS.

All the mechanics Of the various build
Ing trades at present out on strike on the
new Metropolitan Club building at Seven
teenth and II streets northwest, and the
row of houses being erected by Md
daugh and Shannon on Park road. near
Seventh street northwest, viii be locked
out tomorrow morning The Employers
Association Of the Building Trades will
meet this afternoon, and. II is said de
clare a general lockout against all the
building trades mechanics who have
maintained the strike.
This course, II was stated. viii be taken
In view Of the action Of the Building
Trades Council last night in defying the
ultimatum of the employers association,
ignoring Capt. Oysters decision, and re-
fusing another conference until all the
nOnunion men working on these buildings
were removed. Action by the employers
IL was stated further. would have been
taken before but for the fact that IT was
necessary 10 wait and see what action
would be taken by the building trades at
last nights meeting, the first since the
meeting Of the joint conference commit
tee. when Capt. oyster. as arbitrator, de
cided against the trades.
Meeting Of Building Trades.
Last nights meeting of the building
trades was the regular one i'm Mechanics
Hall. AZ the corner Of Third street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest. Capt
Oysters decision and the minutes Of the
conference were read In full. but no action
was taken other than that stated. A press
committee OF three members was elected.
The refusal Of the trades TO return 20
work brings the situation 10 an acute
stage. The trades announced last night
that they were waiting for the En-
ployers' Association 10 take some action.
They claimed that threats had been made
20 the effect that unless they returned 10
work the contractors and the supply men
would take steps that would compel them
20 DO so and 10 recede from their posi-
tion. They also claim that il was recog-
nizcd by the Employers Association, and
by Capt oyster as umpire that they
were not bound by the decision Of The
conference committee, in view Of the fact
that they had gone % the meeting in
structed and had made this fact known
Immediately
BricISIayers Not Affected.
Practically all OF the sixteen building
trades composing the alliance would be
affected by the impending lockout as
they were all involved in the strike The
brIcKlayers. 70 IS said. would not -e af-
focted In view of the fact that ths-- have
returned to work on the other hand il
is claimed that after the many buildings
which would be affected by the lockout
had reached certain stage. il would be
impossible for the bricklayers 90 work
without the hoisting engineers. carpenters,
and h0dcarriers. The hodcarriers. though
not members Of the building trades, have
pledged their support.
The lockout would only be effective on
buildings controlled by local contractors.
q the big out-of-town firms are not, it
is said. members Of the Employers AS
sociati0n Il is claimed by the trades
that the outsiders have always been
friendly and fair 20 organized labor. and
for this reason they now have most Of
the big buildings in town.