Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-11
PLAsTERERS FAIL
IN EFFORTS FOR
BUILDERS STRIKE
Laborers Continue Work on New
Prudential Structure, Not
Heeding Strike Call.

While it was expected that about one
thousand men would be called out on a
sympathetic strike on the new Pruden-
tiar building today. owing to the de-
mands Of the Operative Plasterers' or
ganization for control Of that class of
work, there was no evidence of any
trouble at the building when the whis-
tie blew at o'clock this morning, for,
with few exceptions, all hands went
to work.
The call for a strike was decided upon
at meeting of the business agents OF
the Building Trades Council Saturday
morning at the request of the Operative
Plasterers' Union, and 1t was expected
that all OF the trades at work on the
building would not report this morning
but, with the exception of the plumbers
and a few of the local electricians. all
went to work. 1t Is said friendship for
the bricklayers and masons' plasterers
employed on the work was too great to
even recognize the demands of an
American Federation Of Labor organi-
cation like the Operative Plasterers, and
1t is also alleged that they will con-
tinue to refuse to recognize the demands
of the latter organization.
AS has been stated, until recently the
Bricklayers and Masons' Unions were
affiliated with the Building Trades
Council when it was being operated un-
der State charter. Then 1t was re-
organized under charter of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, which forced
Afo o,~J
seated the Operative Plasterers. which
is an American Federation of Labor or
ganization, that was not altogether to
the liking of large number Of the
other building trades unions, who, al
though affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, did not like the
idea of having to sever their Affiliations
with the Bricklayers and Masons, with
whom they had been on the most
friendly terms for years, and also be-
cause the Bricklayers and Masons were
recognized as one Of the strongest or
ganizations in the building trades. and
besides. they carried the Protective La
borers' Union with them.
While the Operative Plasterers and
Bricklayers and Masons do not har-
monize in this city. 1t is said that they
DO in every other city In the country.
Until 4 few days ago the Operative Plas-
terers and the members of the Brick
LAYERS and Masons' unions were work
ing side by side on the Prudential
building, which makes it hard for the
members of the organization to under
stand why they could not continue to
do so, and several Of the prominent
labor leaders in the building trades
unions said today that they do not see
any reason why those conditions should
not continue, and it was predicted that
If the Operative Piasterers insist in their
demands the Building Trades Council
is likely to cut loose from the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. and that in
that event, it would be every organi-
zation for itself, and that the Opera
tive Plasterers would lose out in the
end.
At the office of the Hedden Construc-
ton Company in Academy street 1t was
said today that SO far as the firm
knew there was no trouble OF any kind
in the building, notwithstanding the
notice that had been served on it Sat-
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