Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
BAKERS MAY STRIKE
Journeymen Make Demand tor
Increase in Wages.
ALSO DECREASE IN HOURS
Bosses Given Until Tomorrow Even
ing to Decide.
rs BRICKLAYERS WALK OUT
Trouble Over Jurisdictional Matter at
New Union Station-Meetings
Held Last Night.
ALSO DECREASE IN HOURS
BRICKLAYERs WALK OUT

A strike of the bricklayers and a pros
were developments last night in labor cir
cles. About seventy-f1ve journeymen brick
layers walked out from the new union sta
ton Friday morning and have since been on
strike. The jOurneymen bakers and appren-
tees met last night at Costello's Hall, 9th
and G streets, and decided after an exciting
session to go strike tomorrow evening
unless the boss bakers accede to their
terms
The scene about strike headquarters last
night was a busting one. 1t appeared as if
every baker and apprentice in town had
assembled in the building or outside on the
pavement. The men We're orderly but ap-
peared to be determined to win. Their
movements and action were skllfully guild
ed by the president of the bakers union,
Mr.. Ernest Mysr, and their business agent,
Mr.. John G. Schmidt.
Their demand is for an increase of pay
from the prevailing wage of 500 per diem
for ten hours work to s2SS per day for
nine hours work-an increase of thirteen
cents day in wages and a decrease OF
hour per day in the hours of labor.
The cause of the walkout of the seventy
five bricklayerS at the union station is a
jurisdictional one. According to one of the
bricklayers claim that all terra Gotta and
cement block work on buildings must be
done by men of their craft That instead
of giving this work to bricklayers the
Mcfarland Construction Company has
been giving such work to the tile roofers.
The bricklayerS also stated that they
found labOrers putting in terra Gotta work
and cement blocks. and that Mr. McFar-
land denied their claim that such work
came under their jurisdiction. and con-
tinued to give it to the roofers and labor
ers. Alter waiting a reasonable time the
bricklayers walked out
Threaten General Tie-Up.
1.-The Mcfarland company is engaged in
construction work all over the United
States" said a local bricklayer last night.
land unless we come to terms by Monday
afternoon every bricklayer employed on
every one of their structures here and in
the states will be called out and their
work tied up. The buildings in the district
on which the Mcfarland company employs
union bricklayers and on which work will
be suspended unless an agreement is
reached tomorrow include the power house,
the big express building, the round house
for the Union station. and others.
The local bricklayers have been in touch
with their international board. and it is
said the board will 3ustain their action.
The local bricklayers' union sent a repre-
sentative to New York last night to confer
with William Bowen, international pres
ident. and request him to CO me to this city
and take charge of the situation The inter-
national president of the skaters is ID. NJ.
Huddleston, wno resides in Washington.
The two presidents may confer and finally
submit the controversy to Mr.. samuel
Gompers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
A Washington bricklayer said last night
that one reason the Mcfarland Company
places skaters to perform he work that
rightfully belongs to the bricklayers'' is
hot b. 1ntt =; x,,l.,l L.
the pay of the skaters is but $3.50 per day.
At the meeting of the journeymen
bakers last night the decision was reached
to go on strike Monday evening unless the
bosses agreed to their terms
And that will mean a bread famine for
the District" said one of the officers.
Conference Suggested.
An effort was made last night to find the
president of the Master Bakers Associa
ton, but it was finally ascertained that he
was away from the city. The secretary was
located and he advised that action be de-
ferred until Monday afternoon, when the
president will return and arrange for a
conference between the master bakers and
the journeymen. The conference will be
held at ) o'clock pm.
1t had been the intention of the journey
men to refuse to go to work this evening"
but acting upon the decision of President
Myers, Business Agent Schmidt, and others,
it was decided to defer drastic action until
tomorrow evening.
The baker apprentices attended the meet
ing last night at Costello's Hall. and de-
clared that they would stand pat with
the journeymen.
The journeymen say they have facts and
figures to show that the masters can pay
the advance asked for and give the re-
duction of one hour per day, and still make
fair profit on their product.
The boss bakers say that considering the
present price of -four and other ingredients
Mood in hren DIN king they cannot do so