New-York tribune., 1921-05-03
Strike,
Building Tied
Up in the East
,r..hanics Refuse TO Accept
"a to IS PC. Wage Cuts;
$4,000 Strike Upstate;
Ohio and Jersey Hard Hit
ph;Ia. Has 10000 Out
,e....chusetts and Rhode
Island Affected; Other
Trades Act Similarly

r.~Atv thousand building trades
.-.,s.rs went out yesterday in cities
!. Northeru New York. New Jersey,
= n...svlvsnia, Ohio. Massachusetts, and
Nsda island after refusing to accept
..ss reductions. Fifteen thousand OF
~. v,ere in the northern and eastern
masrs,ss Of New York, from fifteen to
sss"s.rtv-fve thousand in Philade1phia.
.sw.ssrtv.fiye swsrt to thirty thousand in Cleve-
,.-J and two thousand in Newark
a11 Ne. reductions sought by employ
- = unstate New York ranged from
g "a Ok per cent. The average about
=. = sonntrv was from 90 to 26 per cent.
sssNsrlovees - demanded that the old wage
ssssduies. which expired yesterday, be
sssrt;nued. and the refusal of the en-
.ssrsrs to accede to this demand was
answered sr by the strike.
ALBANY, May with approx
,..tsly twenty thousand union work
msr ,as IN the printing. building and
nsrs, trades in Northern and Eastern
Wv w York idle to-day, the result of
s,.,les these sections are facing the
MOTT serious industrial tie-up in theis
ai Five thousand mechanics and Ia
A.,srs in Albany, Troy, Schenectady
srs surrounding municipalities did not
return to work to-day. In Glens Falls,
corinth. Fort Edward, Schuylerville
sra other northern cities thousands
4 usper workers are on strike in pro-
test against wage reductions.
Nany Newark Men Are Not Affected
NEWARK, May 2.--Approximately
two thousand workers in the building
trades in Newark went on strike this
nornirp rather than accept wage re-
Iuetions of 81 and SO a day ordered
into eject by the Building Trades EN-
pIoyers' Association.
According to representatives of the
men, large part of the unionized
trsde is not affected, as many contrac-
tors and employers are dealing directly
With their men, outside of the en-
uoyers' agreement, and are continu-
ing the old scale.
HACKENSACK, N. j., May g.
Nssons, carpenters and plumbers OF
Hackensack and other Bergen County
towns refused to accept wage reduc-
tons ordered by the County Master
Builders Association and did not re.
turn to work to-day. The masons ano
plumbers are reduced from SO to S.
and the carpenters from So to $3.50
day The builders threaten an oper
shop If the men continue to remain
out The painters and tinsmiths signed
an agreement and we're working to-day
PERTH AMBOY, N. j., May a.
Two hundred and fifty members Of thu
Building Trades Council who have re
fused to accept decrease of 81 q da,
in pay went on strike here to-day
There are about 1900 members Of tn.
Building Trades Council. More ar
expected to go out tomorrow. Tw,
hundred bakers also struck becaus
they were refused higher wages an,
shorter hours.
CLEVELAND. May 2.-Between 25,
700 and 10000 men employed in NOR
than twenty crafts affiliated with tn
buildlng Trades Council left thei
Jobs this morning. The mems deman
iof continuation of the wage seal
icr the year ended yesterday was no
met oy the employers, who insist o
new schedule proposing 20 pc
cent wage cut. Employers say tha
10000 or more men employed in othe
trades connected with the building in
dustry but not affiliated with tn
trades council will be thrown out Q
work by the strike.
PHILADELPHIA, May o. Buildin
speyat,ons in Philadelphia were almos
a. standstill to-day because of til
refusal Of employees to accept wae
reductions. Employers estimated til
number Of men out at 10000. viii,
estimates of the workers placed tn