New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
HAD TOPAY$2.50
FOR JOBS on 81"
UNION MEN SAY
John Doe Proceedings
Will Sift Charges In
volving Contractors.
ONE SALOONKEEPER
GOT WORK FOR so
Admits Many Have Joined HIS
Club. but Denies He Tried
to Coerce Any.

Afidavits by four members OF the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters VIII
form the basis for John Doe proceed
jnes by Deputy Assistant District Al
torney Skinner in the Harlem Court on
Wednesday. At that time CharIeS
Maitland Beattie, of 1l6 Nassau Street.
counsel for the organization, will en-
deavsr to show that the men who got
work on the third tracking Of the IL
on the Upper West Side were 1oroeu
practically to buy Jobs.
Otto a Gillig, Mr.. Beattie's asso-
c;ate' Yesterday presented the sihdayitS
to Magistrate Levy in the Harlem
Court. He did not know Just VIVA.
charges to make, but was advised tnSt
John Doe proceedings would probably
hing out the truth or fslsity OF the
allegation. p..r
Peter Ferguson and James COMPS
signed the afidavits. All allege they
were unable TO get work because 'hey
refused TO pay $3.50, which, one slgned
statement says, was TO go 10 poii'ieAi
organization. iii: .Lo
All four applied for work within the
last Ten days to the foreman in charge
on Eighth Avenue. They allege that
thew received cards, which they were
later told were useless. Then they
were instructed to see Z. II. Terp at
his saloon, at Eighth Avenue and 1904
Street.
Charged Money Was Asked.
When they went there, the makers
Of the sffdavits charge, they were IN,
formed that unless they PAID tney
would not be allowed TO go to WORK.
One affidavit said that this sum was ~
be paid weekly. and one OF the car
Dortcrs declares that a worker told
him il was better 10 pay the money
than walk the streets.
~hey placed the matter in the hands
of Charles H. Bausher, general agent
of the brotherhood in this city, VINO
communicated with its lawyer.
Terp yesterday afternoon denied thst
he had ever attempted to obtain money
from any men whom he had sent 10
work. He admitted that he had recon
mended probably fifty men Tor various
Jobs on the "L' work.
On the strength Of the carpenters
sfidavits subpGnas were issued LOT
Tern. a foreman and timekeeper the
construction work, and the three con-
tractors in charge Of the job, the erry
a Tench Company, the Snare q lrlest
Company and the 7. A. Gillespie Com-
pany. Lad
passed Terp's saloon he had seen seV- Sc,
eral men handing over money Inc
carpenters' affdavits said Ierp had
hook in which he kept an account OF
oil the men who came to him for Worh'
The saloonkeeper stated the money that
nassed over his bar was in payment OF
small loans. and denied he had any
svsteu of bookkeeping which would IN
anv way implicate him with the aHSlr'
Roth union and non-unlon men are
now engaged on the construction
work. where the carpenters receive 30
day. The job is being rusned as
fast as possible, and three SHIFTS OF
men are employed.
Many Join His Club.
Terp said that of the fifty men ne
had recommended for places, all OF
whom were hired, probably fifteen had
ioineJ the Andrew Gilmore Associa-
tion. a social club, which meets weekly
at l52d Street and Eighth Avenue, and
of which he is sergeant -at-arms.
He added that none had been ap-
preached to become members OF the
OrRdnlZatlOn until luSy hoN
their Jobs. None were required to Joln
nor had any been asked TO contribute
with the provision that if they did not
they would be unable TO get JOB.
This association, he declared, was
not a political club, but social group,
with which men Of different political
beliefs might affiliate themselves. The
dues are $3.50 a year, which many oil
the men have paid Is soon as they be-
came members.
OF the 175 men who belong to the
club, all but thirty are at work on the
elevated. One-third received their
places on Terp's recommendation. Al
ter they had got work, he said, he be
Iieved il was only fair for them to
return his favor and join his club.
1t was said at the attorneys office
that a charge of violating, the labor
laws might follow Wednesdays hear
ING. or that one of maintaining an EN-
ployment agency without paying IL
cense fee might be made.