The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
MASTER PLUMBERS
WON'T ARB|TRATE
Strong Statement Concerning the
Strike Status Is Issued Today By
Building Trades Officials and I'm
portant Meeting Is Scheduled for
Tonight.

AT a meeting to be held this evening
Council, ways and means will be dis
cussed to enter into a fight to the fin
ish against the master plumbers who
are still ignoring the Plumbers Union,
which is now out on a strike.
The Associated Building Trades
Council has voted its undivided support
for the plumbers in their fight and 1t
is owing to this turn of affairs that the
situation takes on a different aspect
While the Trades Council is not COM
mitting itself today as to what the
ultimate results will be If the fight is
carried to a finish, 1t would seem that
all building may be stopped. In order
to bring about a settlement. the Asso-
ciated Building Trades Council held a
meeting In the middle OF the week and
appointed a committee composed of
John Meyer of the plasterer's local,
H. F. Smith of the building s1aborers
and w. T. CHM of the painters, who
is also secretary of the council, to meet
with a committee to be appointed by
the master plumbers. The Trades
Council sent out notices to all the mas
ter plumbers notifying them of the
action taken by the Trades Council and
set last night as the time when the
conference between the two committees
should have taken place. 1t was un-
derstood that both committees should
be vested with full power to act, the
Trades Council hoping that the matter
would be settled last night.
Ignored by Master Plumbers.
The master plumbers having failed
to appoint committee to meet with
that of the Trades Council the officials
have issued a statement regarding the
plumbers strike, which follows below:
At the last regular meeting of the
Associated Building Trades Council, a
committee was appointed to arbitrate
the trouble now existing between the
Plumbers and the master plumbers.
The committee proceeded by notifying
each party to the trouble to meet them
for this purpose and when they meet
the Plumbers local answered by send
ing a committee but the master plumb
ers entirely ignored the notices sent
by them by the secretary of the coun-
ell. The committee appointed by the
council to adjust this difficulty con-
sisted of John Meyer of the plasterers
local. H P. Smith of the building la
borers, and w. T. CHM of the painters
who is also secretary of the council.
Refuse to Arbitrate.
Owing to the fact that the bosses
have refused to even try to arbitrate
this matter with the council, the COM
mittee has called a special meeting of
the council for tonight to arrange and
devise plans for entering upon a des-
perate fight with the bosses as they
along in this trouble by refusing to
arbitrate and by publishing false state
ments regarding the trouble. AS to
one of their recent statements made by
Mr.. Campbell, that the plumbers were
returning to work, we will say that the
statement is absolutely false except in
the case of Jas McQuaid, who has de-
serted the ranks of the union and went
to work.
Get Undivided Support.
The Building Trades Council voted
to give their unanimous support to the
plumbers. The following crafts are
affiliated with the council: Bricklay-
ers. Teamsters. Carpenters, Hod Car
riers. Building Laborers, Lathers
Painters and Decorators Plumbers
Steam Filters and Gas Filters Plaster
ers, Electricians and Sheetmetal
Workers. These organizations have
about twenty-one locals and they have
a combined membership of over 240O
in Lake county, according to the state
ment taken from the records by the
secretary, Mr.. CHM.