United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05
Bricklayers Cause
Kansas City Lockout
STATEMENT ISSUED BY BUILD.
ING TRADES COUNCIL.
Work Stopped on New Union Depot
and Other Large Structures in
That City.

Bricklayers Union and the Building
Trades Council of Kansas City has
caused a general lockout by contrac-
tors of all member of the building
trades in that city. So far all efforts
to secure non-union men has failed.
The trouble originated in the brick
layers demanding that members of
their union should set a certain class
of marble in the new union depot
work now under construction, which
was being done by the Marble Work
ers Union.
To explain the situation the Kan
sas City Building Trades Council has
issued the following statement:
To all Local Building Trades Councils
of Building Trades Department.
Greeting:
This will notify you that the gen.
eral contractors of Kansas City, Mo-,
locked out all building tradesmen be-
longing to the Building Trades Coun-
Gil of this city, said lockout to take
effect Monday. June 8. 1913.
The trouble leading up to the lock-
out is as follows: Something like a
year ago the bricklayers notified the
George A. Fuller Construction Com
pany that the marble work on the new
Union station here must be set by
a local of the Bricklayers' and Ma
sons International Union, or else the
bircklayers would be taken off of the
Fuller company's work all over the
country. The marble work started
about six months ago and was being
done by members of Marble Workers
Union No 81 of this city. affiliated
with the Building Trades Council, and
they have done all the work up until
six weeks ago, and the bricklayers
again said they would strike all of
Fuller's work unless their men set the
marble and they took their men off of
the new station. The Fuller company
then told the marble worker he would
have to quit setting one kind OF ma
terial and work on another kind. This
the marble workers refused TO do.
and they had to leave the job. and
both crafts are still off the job.
On the 18th OF May the bricklayers
notified all contractors that after May
19 they would not work with hod-
carriers of the Building Trades Coun-
ell and all of the hodcarriers belong
ing to the Building Trades Council
were locked out on May 10. The hod-
carriers belong TO the International
Hodcarriers and Building Laborers'
Union, affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor. The bricklayers
have an agreement with a dual Hod-
carriers Union. which has been fight
ing the Building Trades Council for
the past two years and have no stand
ing In the American labor movement
whatsoever.
The bricklayers also refused to back
up stone set by journeyment stone
cutters affiliated with the Building
Trades Council and American Fedora.
ton of labor and the contractors then
employed members of a local Brick
layers Union which is now affiliated
with the Building Trades Council OF
this city. and the international brick
layers are now. with the aid of the
contractors. trying to break up the
Building Trades Council and all we
are asking of you is that you keep
all building tradesmen away from this
city. as there are plenty of idle men
of all crafts. And II you know of any
bricklayer who wants to work with a
Building Trades Council card in his
pocket on union Jobs tell them to wire
or write the secretary OF the council
The wages are 75 cent per hour and
eight hours work and Saturday hall
holiday.
Thanking you in advance for any
| information and assistance and wish
ing you success. we remain.
Sincerely and fraternally yours, 4
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL,
Kansas City. Mo
L. E. Soldering. Secy.