New Britain herald., 1926-06-23
Bristol News
OPEN SHOP THREAT
 BY CONTRACTORS
Deliver Ultimatum to Striking Carpenters Effective Tomorrow
12 BUILDERS SIGN NOTICE

l1 BUlLDEkS SlGN NOIlUE
 Public Hearing On Building Code to
 Be Held This Eyening-Edward J.
 Fitzpatrick Dies At Age Of e7 At Hospital,
 In the event Of the failure of the members Of the local carpenters union to return 10 work tomorrow,
 open shop will be declared by 12 general contractors of the city. ac- lcordiUg to an ultimatum delivered lby them in notice made public yesterday, The notice, which is as follows, was signed by George J. La course, J. n. Devine, William J. Duffy. James E. Collins. Waldo J. Murphy. Fred Schubert. J. E. Carl son. John Volovskl, Vincent Quist- berg. Henry F. Petroault. E. ], An Iderson and Emil J. Wentland;
 You are hereby notified that due to the inoppcrtune and unreasonable demand, at this time for an increase in minimum wage from sS 10 S9 a day, in the interest Of all building operations in Bristol and for the pro- Itection of ourselves, We. the under signed, give notice that unless the union vote to return it's members 10 work at the wage now paid, we shall for the protection of the people of our city, be obliged to declare open shop on June 24th, 1926"
 IL is understood that q sufficient number of men have been promised .to the contractors in question by the Open shop bureau and one con tractor has stated that he has been assured by plumbers and masons who hold union cards that they would continue to work after the open shop plan was put in operation, oven if il was necessary for them to withdraw from the union.
 George Nelson. an official in the local plumbers union, stated this morning that no meeting had been held as yet to determine what ac- ton would be taken on the open shop problem,
 In a statement issued by Elmer c. Waterhousc, local delegate of the carpenters union. last evening. no action has been taken on the con- tractors decision and it was i'm probable that any would be taken. About twelve of the S9 carpenters cn strike are now working out of .tho city. according to Mir. Water house and the others will be taken care ot just as soon as possible. Nphonsa Gossclin. delegate of tho Masons and Bricklayers' local, is on a vacation in Maine and will not re- turn until next Monday. so that the attitude of that branch Of crafts men could not be secured this morn ing.
 Building Code Hearing
 This evening at o'clock in the city court room. a public hearing will be held on the proposed new building code to enable the city council to learn public sentiment regarding its adoption as a city or dinance.
 The code, which was prepared by experts at the instigation of the Chamber of Commerce and turned over 10 the city council for consid- cration without expense 10 the city is complete in every detail, although by some contractors it is felt 10 be a little too severe in some of its I egulations. One feature Of the code that appeals 10 many, however. is that it would standardize building activities and in time gradually some undesirable condi- tions prevailing in some Of the old CT structures in the city.
 Some time ago, inc code was turned over to the fire commission CTS and Fire Chief John II. Hayes, who suggested some slight changes in the limits specified in the inner and outer fire zones. The chief at the time expressed himself as in favor of the code with the changes recommended and felt that with it, adoption numerous fire hazards would be overcome.
 The members Of the council have not definitely committed themselves on the matter and it is probable that their final decision will rest on the attitude of the public on the hearing to be held this evening.
 Edward !. Fitzpatrick
 Edward T. Fitzpatric, aged 67, a well known resident Of the city for number of years died at inc Bris- tol hospital at midnight last night following an illness of about two weeks.
 Mir. Fitzpatrick was born in Chi cago, H., in March. 1859. the son of John l.. and Ellen c. Fitzpatrick. As a baby he moved 10 New York city with his parents and as a young boy came to Terryyille. A number of years ago he moved to this city. During his early residence here he was employed by the late $. F. Root. who manufactured clock dials,