The Washington times., 1907-08-14
Twenty-Five Of Them
Are BriCklayerS and
Go to Work.
ASSOcia-
ton Says More Are
Available.

The second lot of non-union
bTickiayers 10 take the places Of
the striking bricklayers OF the build
ling trades, arrived in the city late
last night
There were twenty-five Of them.
and they formed part of a lot of
building trades mechanics number
ing fOrty-five men.
The other trades represented in
the lot were thirteen carpenters
and ten plasterers.
They came from PHILADELPHIA. and
were brought here by the Employ
ers' association, in charge OF an
agent.
Plenty Available, Says Hall.
+ c. Hall, secretary Of the Employ
eIs Association. said this morning that
olhers viii follow as they are needed;
that this association has listed in The
I f-ast al the bricklayers and stonema-
[ sons that may be needed under ordinary
CondiuOns and that three OF the largest
employment agencies OF New YORK CITY
E2Ne offered to supply the association
49,. rlea al me Iulidins trades mechanics
t4!al may be wanted here
tfteen OF the non-union b7icl1lavers
VINO came in last night we're mi "a
work on the Reform School al Langdon.
Two on the American National Bank
. building, and five sent 70 the Elks' Ter
pie The other mechanics were sent 10
various points where needed
Unions Deny Importations.
Members OF the building trades bav-
Ing denied the statement published ex-
clUsiveIy IN The Times yesterday that
non-ulion bricklayers had been inport-
ed into Washington by the Employers
Association and put TO work on some
OF the jobs that had been struck by the
building trades business agents. a Ti-77-.
tepseseiitauve '55 made a personal .nves-
ugaLCA tins morning OF the ,go-k be-
ING done By members Of the Employers
Association
Permission was secured from Joseph
Richardson. OF the Employers Assocta-
ton, 10 visit the buildings in question:
The investigation started a. the Elzs'
emple, II, between Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest, being erected by the
Cassidy Company. The Times rep-esen-
tative was met at the entrance Of the
building by Charles J. Cassidy. who led
The way 10 the top story. On the tOD
walls fourteen brickIayers were found
al work with the hoisting machinery IN
iuil operation supplying brick and NOR
tar. Mr.. Cassidy said that these men
Philadelphia and some few OF them from
Frederick. Md, where his firm is COM
plettng the brick work on a big teIe-
phone exchange The work there is so
FAR advanced. Mr.. Cassidy said. that ne
had brought several Of the bricklayers
here from that job
Are Skilled Mechanics.
The brick work on the Elks- Temps
Is going ahead. and Mr.. Cassidy SAYS
the men are skilled mechanics and are
doing the best Of work that viii ASS
inspection
The other work visited and found 10
be under way wes St AIMS Academy.
at go Eighth street southeast. where
the plasterers are at work The car
perter and brick work there IS COM
pleted, or practically so. At ST. Cyp-
rian's School at Thirteenth and c
streets southeast. four carpenters are
working finishing up the building. The
brick and plastering is complete. AT
the Sacred Heart rectory. Fourteenth
and PARK row. work is going ahead.
car Ipenters working there.
Richardson s Burgess have hfteen
bricklayers working on the reform
school and two on the sun building. F
street. between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets. Their building az Four
teenth and V streets has q few men
working. but no bricklaye The job
at Chevy Chase has irOnWOrkers, and
the paper mill IN Georgetown is work
ing a lot OF concrete foundation men
Strike on "Shghted" Contractor.
Thomas H. Melton, who IS erecting the
row Of residences at Brightwood avenue
and Webster streets. says his buildings
were struck yesterday afternoon. twenty
two carpenters. FIVE painters, and four
bricklsyers going out. He says that he
put ten nOn-union carpenters 70 work
this morning, but no other men to III
the places Of the zen who walked out
However, he asserts that tomorrow
morning ne viii have every position
filed.
In addition 10 the Melton buildings.
the work OF Arthur Cowsill on the
Adath Israel Synagogue and the twenty
residences under construction by Ken
nedy & Davis on Fourteenth and East
Capitol streets, near the Lincoln Park
car barns. were struck yesterday. These
buildings have not been manned yet,
but the Employers Association say that
men will be there tomorrow morning
@. w Barkman. erecting the store and
residence for A E. and Mrs. J. H Harr.
at Ninth and II streets. denies that his
work has been molested. as he has no
union men on the job and there Is 40
clause in his contract compelling him to
employ union men.