The evening world., 1920-10-28

They we're dishwashers ond rihrar.
1T was q crime Wallas aaid,
ITO send them on n wall with
orowbar. could not use them
and quit"
what was the erect Of Brlndelrs
methods In your businoss7' asked
Mr.. Untermycr for the committee.
business became impossible for
me-" was the reply. Prom $3.50. 900
90 100000 a year / have come 10 a
standstill For tho last six weeks
have not obtained any contract
whatever"
why" the witness exclaimed later.
Hugh Frayne Eastern rcprCBenta-
tive Of Samuel Gompers. told Dordan,
president OF j. 4. Brady & Co,
in front 81 me. I'm sorry cant
do n thing for Walias' Brlndcli la
too powerful Tie calls strikes In BIZ
own way a8 Do likes. II is oil untaNri
but there is nothing can be done
Tho Aldcrmanic Chamber by this
time had filled 30 There was scarcely
standing room. There were officers
OF unions everywhore--frOm fnlcky-
looking jewellers 60 stalwart red
faced longshorcmen Sometimes
thoro was a noto Of sarcastic anger
In their laughter. Always there was
"a craning Of ngcks TO look at Brin1
dell sitting well down the centre
aisle. grinnlng uncOucornodly or ut
terly cNprcssioniess. Members Of
employers associations and big con-
tracing firms were crowded In cheek
by jowl with tho delegates OF the
Robert G. whiting said II was his
business 90 handle labor affairs for the
Fuller Company and suDo rvise the out
eide ON building construction. Lately
the volume Of business OF the Fuller
concern has been from $4,000, 900 10
31.OuJ.OOO per year. he said and II em-
ploycd five or six hundred directly.
The balance, no said, are employed by
sub-cOntrnctora Whiting said he knew
BHndcll as head Of tho building Trades
Council for about n yenr.
@ DO you remember the occasion !
~ the trouble at the Munaon Bu.ld-
ing in wall Streot7 A. / ran across
Brindeil without any appointment nj
the Employers Association about 8
o'clock on April 8. lie said we would
have 60 give the job 10 one Of two
or three contracting houscwreckerH.
] told him that the contract had a.
ready been awarded TO someone elAe.
THREAT MADE HE WOULD GET
INTO TROUBLE.
q. What did he aay7 A. He said.
you will get In trouble N you don't
give that 20 one OF the fellows that I
have mentioned"
Q. I want you 20 explain why Il IS
that you felt compelled 10 comply
with the Brlndcu demand. A. After
this contract had been proceeded
with several weeks, Brindell had been
after me a number Of times 10 have
Wmxel switch men. WalXcl refused
% do 10. II then came TO a time when
Mr. Kelly o. tho Building Trades
called me un and asked me 20 shut
the Job down for n few days. In that
way they hoped 20 force these old
wrocSers into the now union.
q. AWAY from the other union7 A.
Yes I told Kelly that WniNel had
contract and that We were not
breaking contracts. He wanted mo
TO take Il up with WoiXei ana 500
X we could get - done. Mr.. E.dlit8
had the Western Union going on at
the time and he agreed TO shut his
Job down, and no did. WaiXel re-
fused 10 shut his Job down because
we would not guarantee him against
loss. l got message from Mr. Don
nelly, Secretary OF tho Building
Trades Employers Association. |
wcr' up there, and Kelly, Brlndeli
anu AlltIi NhIht a uNuie MftGhtit
met me. Brnden said: why don't
you take Walxcl on the Job and let
Albert Nolk finish II up2" said,
"Not as long 1H I live. lie will not
do a." Brindoll threatened 20 strike
us throughout the country 40 woll as
New York City on all Of our Jobs II
I did not stop the job. So wo Fad an
agreement with the Building Trades
Employer Association and the
Council that no Job would be struck
until the matter was brought up be-
fore the COMMITTEES composed OF beth
sides. Bundgll on that afternoon teie-
phuned TO his headquarters Tho
next morning the men were pulled
Off ON the Gillespie sob on Dey
Street. the Kerr steamship Job ON
Beaver Street, and part OF tho men
on the Astoria gas plant
Q. Were those jobs involving MILL
ions % dollars7 A. The buildings
Themselves
whiting said Charles J. Kelly,
Chairman Of the Executive Committee
/ OF the Building Employers Asaocla-
ton, and Brindell as joint conf
mltteo finally made the arrangement
| by which Malxel finished the Munson
| Building job with Brindelrs labor
AT the Fuller Company's expense.
PERMITS FROM BRINoELL COST
$40 A WEEK.
! William Zaranko, No. q East
] E.nTIl street InFlHlNEnf ~ Houaa-