The Monte Vista journal., 1909-05-01
OPEN WAR BETWEEN BUILDING
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDING
TRADES COUNCIL.
Will IMPORT W0RKMEN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN GENERAL
CONTRACTORS AND BROTH.
ERHooD CARPENTERS

Denver-The News Wednesday
morning says: All the buildng con
tractors of the city, except the master
plasterers at meeting last night I'M
be declared at once upon the local
Building Trades Council and that ar
engagements shall be made to import
men to take the places OF such work
men affiliated with the council as are
now out on strike or shall be called gu;
because of the action taken.
The agreement entered into last
night between the general contractors
and the Brotherhood of Carpenters, by
which the Brotherhood refuses to reaf.
filiate with the Building Trades Cuun-
Gil for three years and the contractors
refuse to employ Amalgamated ear
peEters unless they withdraw from The
council and join the Carpenters Dis
trict Council, was ratified by the con
tractors.
Those present at the meeting admi,
that the action will prccip!tate a gen
eral stoppaGe of building in the city
until men can be imported to take the
place of the members of the Build,ng
Trades Council.
This action was taken after efforts
on the part of the committee o; fifteen
representing the five commercial bod.
les of the city, and Labor Commits.
sioner Edwin V. Brake to have the
matter settled without causing u gen
eral tie.up in building throughout the
city.
The committee OF fifteen, after SEES
sion of several hours. adopted "A rcso-
luton advising that the unions aft act
ed should at once bring in their ma
tional officers In an effort to settle
the existing troubles and thar II this
should fail the matter ST ,uld he sub.
mitted to the American Civic Fedora.
ton. OF which John Mitchell was re.
Gently made the official head.
Labor Commissioner Brake spent
most Of the day in conference with The
representatives OF the unions In an If.
fort TO have the trouble settled by ar
bitration under law enacted by the
last Legislature.
The representatives Of the Brother
hood OF Carpenters refused to submit
10 arbitration having entered into an
offensive and defensive alliance with
the general contractors In their fight
against the Amalgamated carpenters
and the Buildings Trades Council I'm.
I'll II was learned what action was TO
be taken by the contractors at last
nights meeting.
II is agreed by all parties concerned
that the action taken last night puts
an end to all efforts to have the mat.
ter settled by arbitration ana that ;he
labor war which has been pending for
months will be prccipitated at once.
instead OF waiting until May LIST. when
the agreement entered into between
the Brotherhood Carpenters and the
general contractors becomes effective.
In addition to ratifying the action Of
the general contractors In entering into
an exclusive contract with the Broth.
erhood carpenters the contractors gave
out the action taken by them last night
In the following official statement:
III. through any cause. the Build.
Ing Trades Council should stop work
we will proceed with building II We
have to bring In men.
1T IL the sense Of this meeting that
wher" men are already pulled off or
will be pulled Off by the Building
Trades Council. the contractors OF such
men shall order them back TO work
and shall not transfer them TO other
work. II they fall to return they shall
not be hired by other contractors.
Each organization here represented
shall designate n man TO act ms
member OF All executive body with u
view that all such contractors shall be
got together In on" organization.
THE chairman OF This meeting shall
appoint "a committee Of five men TO
bring In men 10 take the place OF
strikers"