The sun., 1919-02-19
STRIKE TO EXTEND
IF FARLEY FAILS
Conference in Washington To-
day Will Seek to End
Labor Troubles.
MORE WORKERS GO OUT
Moulders and Lathers Await
Order to Quit-Electrical
Forces Festive.

On the eve Of the conference to be held
to-day in Washington between. heads Of
the factions In the building trades strike.
labor leaders were planning last night
to order additional trades unions on n
general walkout tomorrow morning In
event tho Federal attempt at arbitra-
ton fails.
Edward J. Mcoivern. international
president OF the brotherhood OF Opera
tive Piasterers and Cement Finlshers,
who has been in the city since the be-
ginning OF the building trades contro-
versy. said preparations had been made
tn cell all the expert modellers, cement
workers. moulders and fathers of con-
struction undertakings OF the New York
Building Trades Employers Association
Monday in case Secretary OF War Baker
and Secretary OF Labor Wilson were
unable to bring peace.
IN event of McGivern's plan succeed
ing It will mean that $50 new laborers
will Join the strike In New York and that
approximately $500 lathers. mouIders.
modellers and cement operatives over se
country will leave their Jobs. 1t wAs
estimated by tho employers yesterday
that 100 brtcklayers and hoisting en-
gtneers had gone on strike in the Build
ing Trades Employers Association Jobs
in Now Haven, Waterbury. Conn. and
WATERFOWL. MAas. These mon struck
yesterday. together with 100 iaborors.
mostly carpenters. who left the now
army oonvalescent hospital structure At
Yonkera
Conference Due To-day.
Interest in the strike situation has
concentrated on Washington. where
delegations from both the strikers and
employers have been called to mediate
the difficulty before II spreads or adds
further to the country's burden Of un-
employed. The conference will be held
this afternoon at 2 80 o'clock in the
ofice OF the Secretary OF War. The
labor people have named their COM
mittee, and last night the Building
Trades Employers Association an
nounced the men who would represent
that organization.
The employers delegation will be COM
posed of Ronald Taylor. president of
the building trades employers; Charles
]. Kelly, chairman Of the board Of gov
ernor: J. p. Ryan. treasurer. and AL
bert N Chambers and Fred 3. futile,
vice-presidents. The union representa-
ton is William l.. Hutchinson, interna-
tionaI president OF the Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners. William ].
Bowen, international president Of the
bricklayers and plasterers; Peter v.
Cook. International vice-president Of the
plasterers Milton Smelling. president of
the hoisting engineers. and John II.
Donlln. president Of the building trades
department OF the American Federation
OF Labor.
So far as the labor forces are con-
cerned the strike depends now upon the
Washington move for arbitration. Mr..
Hutchinson OF the carpenters stated last
night that the labor unions would abide
by whatever was done by the arbitra-
tors. Outside of the efforts to be made
by the Secretary OF War and Secre-
tary OF Labor. Mt Hutchinson said the
strikers would not return to work for
the carpenters wage scale OF $3.50 day
even though they never did lick of
work in the future for the New York
association OF employers.
While the union leaders are going TO
Washington prepared to make a deter
mined stand II was stated In the once
OF the Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation that no fixed policy had been
agreed upon by the delegation going
from that Office. and that the policies OF
the employers delegation depended upon
events arising from the caucus with Mr.
Baker and Mr. Wilson
The announcement OF the employers
emissa ries came after a prolonged regu-
lar meeting OF the building trades con-
tractors, at which the former executives
were reelected Business reports from
officers and legislative committees were
received and discussions held on the
compensation insurance legislation is
sues, but 1t was stated that nothing out
side OF the appointment OF the Washing
ton delegation was brought up at the
meeting about the strike situation.
Both Sides Mark Time.
Roth the strikers and employers as
serted yesterday afternoon they were
marking time in. waiting for develop
ments from the Federal conference. A
meeting Of the electrical workers will be
held tonight to decide whether that
body should go on strike In behalf Of the
building trades laborers in case the Fed
eral attempt TO conciliate proves unsuc-
cessful
A point OF issue that will be raised. In
event II is decided at Washington that
the employers shall concede TO the car
penters' demand for 81 n day Increase,
was pointed out last night by members
OF the building trades combination, who
said that one OF the possible demands
that the employers would make on the
returning carpenters would be that they
work six weeks under the old rate, since
the employers Insist the carpenters had
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