Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-14
NON-UN|ON MECHANICS
Men Given Employment Today
as StrikebreakerS.
RESUMPTION OF BUILDING
Statement by Secretary Of Employers
Association.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTS
Business Transacted at Meeting Of
Council Last Evening-Denial
Of Certain Reports.

A fast train on the Pennsylvania rail-
| road brought to Washington last evening
forty-fve non union mechanics, who were
| put to work this morning as strikebreakers
on various structures where strikes have
| been declared by the local building trades.
| AS a result of the arrival of the train
| load of workers there was much enthusiasm
| today at the headquarters of the Employers
Association 1888 G street.
| Twenty-Five of the forty-fve are brick
| layers, and they were put to work prisht
and early this morning on the Baltimore
Sun building, the Reform School for Boys
and the E,lks' Hall. The remainder of the
| forty five were carpenters, painters and
plasterers, and Secretary Hall said they,
too, were put to work at once. These nom
union mechanics were all white men, and
came from northern cities.
1.-The outlook for the speedy and general
resumption of all building operations In the
District on which strikes have been or
dered is exceedingly bright today, Secre-
tary Hall said. I'VE are going to get al, an
the brickIayers we need, and they are an
intelligent men and good workmen. L ne
resumption of building operations VIII De
pretty near general by tomorrow. Inc only
real tie-up was the brickwork and that
crisis Is now over. The Employers Associa-
ton gave the bricklayers' union until august
II to straighten out conditions, and as II laiieu
|
non union men, and this morning our regis
ter shows that we have already on the
works approximately thirty brickiayers VINO
are not affiliated with organized labor. we
are overstocked with electricians ana
painters and are getting all the carpenters
and brcklayerS we require
Session of Strike Committee.
After the session of the executive strike
committee of the building trades yesterday
morning strikes were ordered late yester-
day afternoon on several additional oullo-
; ings The carpenters. bricklayers anu
painters employed by Thomas IL. Melton
the contractor on a row of eighteen houses
at Brightwood avenue and Webster street,
were pulled from the job by the business
agents late yesterday afternoon.
cat 100 o'clock this morning, Mr. Mel
ton said. "all the places of the strikers
were filled and work had been fully re-
SUmed.'
According to Secretary Hall. the sound
of the trowel was again heard today on
several structures where the brickWork
has been tied no, and full forces of brick
layers resumed the operations. His office
was again besieged today, he added, by
non union mechanics who desired to have
their names entered on the records Of the
free employment agency. and he said most
of the applicants were given jobs. as work
was resumed this morning on the Elks'
hall the Adas Israel synagogue, the Sun
building and other places.
Other jobs that were said to have been
pulled late yesterday afternoon were those
of Contractor Arthur CoWsill. Kennedy &
Davis work, in the northeast section. and
the building being erected by Contractor
Cowsill 18th street between L and V
streets.