The Washington times., 1907-08-10
BRICKLAYERS AND
MAS0NS ARE NEEDED
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workmen from going to work. but the
inside mechanics were at work.
Labor Leaders Satisfied.
The business agents of the building
trades met the international and ma
tionaI officers of those trades this morn
Ing at strike headquarters in Typo
graphical Temple, but adjourned before
IL o'clock. 10 meet again at 1870. They
claimed that they had the situation well
in hand and that results so far were
more than satisfactory, and that they
looked upon the threat Of the Employ
ers' Association to fill the places Of the
strikers with non-union men, especially
bricklayers and stone masOns. as one
that they could not carry out.
The strike order went into effect gem
orally today. IL being the time limit In
which every union man employed IN
the building trades was 10 quit work
on all structures where non-Union men
are employed. Owing 10 the rain and
the outside men not going 70 work IL
has been a diffiCult matter to determine
just where II has been effective. There
are no strike reports at the Employers
Association headquarters. Work on the
Academy Of Music, which Is a penalized
job. was fully manned TO-DAY with the
Strike Against Electric Firm
It was discovered late yesterday that
there were several men employed on the
Y. NJ c. A. building by the National
Electric Supply Company. OF which E.
c. Graham is at the head and who is
also president OF the Employers Asso-
ciation, wEo were non-union men. AS
fe hi sF4a
agent of Tie electrical workers ordered
a strike on all work being done by the
! National Electrical Supply Company
Just what buildings this strike order
| Will effect has not been determined, and
II is feared that It will complicate mat
| ters on buildings being erected by con
| tractors who employ nothing but unior
| labor IN the building trades.
| These contra ctOrs are not 20 ba af
| fected by the strike, but II the NatiOna
| Electric Supply Company has subcon
/ tracts on any fair" buildings and ar
| working non-uniOn men the strike orde-
/ Will apply 1t has been generally as
| suncd by organized labor that all meI
| employed by this company have beer
! union men, and the discovery that non
union men are working came as a sur
prise. Some forty men were affected b!
! the electrical workers strike.
Claims Of Rival Sides.
The Employers Association claim
that only $50 men have left their Job
all told by reason Of the strike order
and that their places have been hued
except in the cese Of bricI1layers. Man
ayers Of the strike assert that 800 men
mostly bricklayers, have walked Oh
and that their places have not bee
filled. They claim that Monday morn
ing will see the Employers Association
completely tied up for want OF work
men, and that organized labor will b
master Of the situation.
| stephen Tongue, president Of III
Builders Exchange Of Baltimore. con-
posed OF the master builders. architect
| contractors and building supply mer
| wired on behalf Of his exchange thi
noon congratulatory message TO III
! Employers Association of this city o
the position taken against the demand
| of organized labor. and promising,
| needed. the solid moral support OF thel
exchange. The message was addresse
20 T. c.. Graham, president Of the lOcl
| association.