The Washington times., 1907-05-06
BUILDING MEN
LAY DOWN TOOLS
THIS MORNING
Metropolitan Club House
First to Feel
Effect.
Trouble Over the Award
Which Was Not
Abided By.

The order TO quit work on all build
lngs in the District where non-union
plumbers are employed went forth this
morning in accordance with the resolu-
ton adopted by the committee from the
Allied Building Trades at its meeting
Saturday night in the Corcoran building
The committee met in the COrcoran
building at s o'clock this morning 10
agree on a program Of action, and at IL
o'clock the committee again assembled
for a brief conference before starting
for the buildings under the ban. The
first one visited was the Metropolitan
Club. for which Richardson & Burgess
have the contract It was 1880 when the
committee arrived on the scene of ac-
ton, and the order was given to the men
on the building 20 lay down their tools.
Fully a hundred mechanics quit work
Immediately.
The other buildings singled out on the
committees program were the row of
houses on Park road, between Sixth and
Seventh streets northwest, and the
building near Thirtieth and p streets
northwest. All buildings now in course
Of construction. it was said today, where
non-uni3n plumbers are at work, have
been placed under the ban, and the
members belonging to the allied build
ing trades, Of which there are seventeen
in the District, will refuse 10 work on
such buildings as long as nOn-UniOn
plumbers are on tine job.
Award Not Abided By.
Today's action was taken because OF
the failure on the part OF certain mem
bers of the Master Builders Association
TO force certain members Of the Master
Plumbers Association 10 abide by the
award Of the arbitrators, who decided,
after investigation into the questions in
dispute between the master plumbers
and the iourneymen, that the contract
OF 1893. between the Master Plumbers
Association and Local No 5. Journey
men Plumbers Association. was still I'm
force and binding on each party TO the
contract.
The order TO stop work on the build
ings under the ban would have been
issued three weeks ago but for the re-
quest Of the journeymen plumbers, who
asked that the matters go over until
after the second conference with the
committee Of the master plumbers 10
determine the meaning of Sections )
and s OF the abitratOrs' award. Judge
DeLacy was the umpire at this meet
ing. and it was then decided that Local
No had the right to say whether its
members could or could not work FOR
master plumber who employed non
union men. and the master plumbers.
II was held. had the option under the
award TO employ all nsn-union men If
they so desired.
Never Disputed by Local No. s.
This. the journeymen say. was never
disputed by Local No. r. At this meet
ing. when the decision was rendered by
Judge Del acy's vote. IL was stated
by the master plumbers who held out
against the journeymcns Interpretation
Of Sections . and that they would
1X their shops in accordance with the
decision IN twenty-four hours. so il was
claimed this morning. But this was
not done. IL is said. and the failure TO
do so caused the allied building trades
10 take the action they have.
The situation is something like that
OF last summer. when the allied build
ing trades were formed TO bring abou-
the arbitration which was accepted All az
the trades had pulled" a number of
buildings on which nOn-union plumbers
were working.