Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
WAGE DISPUTE
ONLY HITCH TO
STRIKE TRUCE
Settlement OF Prudential Trouble
Has Been Reached on All
Other Points.


The arbitration board representing
local unions Nos. 3. 1G and 20 of the
Bricklayers. Masons and Plasterers"
unions today issued a statement set
ting sforth their side of the trouble
at the new Prudential building, in an
swer TO the one made by the Hedden
CONSTRUCTION Company, general con-
tractors on the building, yesterday.
i~1'hey also gave out letters and tele-
gram to bear out their side of the con-
teption.
The statement shows that the only
difficulty between the company and the
unions now is in the matter of working
time being paid the men for Tuesday
and Wednesday, December 2S and 20.
All other grievances have been ad-
justed, but the company refuses to al
low the men wages for the two days
named, while the union contends that
1t was justified in calling the strike.
and that the men, therefore, are en- !.
titled to wages or the time named.
This hitch came last Thursday, when
II. S. Gardner, superintendent of the
Hedden company, and the arbitration
board got together on all other points
of difference except this one.
The statement given out today was
concurred in by the full membership
of the arbitration board, consisting OF
the following members: james Daw-
son, chairman; James White and
| Charles Kane. The statement follows;
1.-THE evidence upon which the board
of arbitration based its action In calling
| the strike consists among other things
OF several letters and a telegram, being
the correspondence between the Hedden
| Company and James Kingsland, OF
Belleville, and between Mr.. Kingsland
and the e-Thompson Company.
1.-The first letter, bearing date Decem-
Der IS, is from the Hedden Company to
Kingsland, referring him to the Klee-
Thompson Company and stating therein
that the ISlee- Thompson Company has
been awarded tho general contract for
the work.
This letter was over the signature OF
| c. II. Hedden.
1.-The next document is a letter te
Kingsland from tho Thompson
Company stating that the company had
the contract for piastering. This was
| dated December IL.
"A telegram dated December % asked
| I<ingsland to meet James Thompson, OF
the company, In Newark December "a
These documents, which are held by the
committee, are conclusive proof that the
plastering contract had been sub-let, in
| direct violation of article Is.
! One Point settled.
Tho question as to the letting of the
| plastering contract was settled last
| Thursday, when the Hedden Company
expressed its willingness to sign an affi-
| dayit that there was not now existing a
contract with the K!ec-Thomson Com
pany and at the same time an agree
ment was submitted to the arbitration
4 board which was satisfactory In every
| particular, with the exception that II
mentioned that no demands for waiting
time should be made against the He'd
den Company on account of the trouble
"This is the point on which the par
| ties involved have failed to agree, and
upon which they are both determined
| not to give in to at the present time,
| In the face of what we have received in
the way of evidence, our contention re-
mains as was published at the outset OF
the trouble, that our rule was violated
and that II is no fault of the locals in
volved or the arbitration involved that
the situation has reached it's present
stage.
I'm regard to the contention of the
Hedden Company that Mr., Hedden was
Informed that sub b-contracting would be
permitted on the Prudential and other
large work in Newark, the arbitration
board stated that this condition would
not be tolerated and that no informa.
/ ton had been given by the board thai
| this would be allowed.
"a copy of the constitution govern
ing Locals 3, 1s and 20 was handed Mr.
Gardner December II, as stated BY Mr.
Hedden, and Mr.. Dawson, chairman OF
| our committee, stated that Mr. Gardner
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