Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
IRON WORK STRIKE
TIES UP BUILDING
Structural LaborerS Halt
acknowledgement
ForeSeen Today.

Strike by Local No. 5, International
Association of Bridge Structural and
Ornamental Iron Workers for a five
day week and raise in pay from $3.50 a.
structural iron work in the city. includ-
ing two Government jobs, but there
were indications this afternoon that an
agreement might be reached, and some
work might be resumed tomorrow after
noon.
The largest projects on which iron
work has come to standstill are the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, south of
the Post once Department Building
and the addition to the Government
Printing Office.
No definite information could be OBJ
tanned as to the number of projects
tied up by the strike, nor the number
of men who walked out yesterday.
1t was learned also at the same time
today that the other Washington local
of the Ironworkers' Union, including
the rodmen, who place steel in REIN
forced concrete, and known as Local
No. 20 has also made a demand for
increase in pay effective May l. They
are asking for an increase from $1.12a
an hour to $1371a an hour.
While there was no definite official
information forthcoming from any
sources about the outcome of the strike
of the IronWorkerS Local, No. 5, which
pulled its men off the job yesterday,
when their demands for increased pay
were not met, it was generally reported
about, both among employers and the
ironworkers themselves. that some kind
of an agreement would be reached to-
day. In case this happens, it was indi-
Gated that some of the men would re-
turn to work tomorrow morning.
Locher Represents Union.
The strike was called, it was learned
today, by P. G. Carlisle of Norfolk, Va.
international representative of the
union in charge of the Southern juris-
diction. He is now in Washington
negotiating for a settlement. The local
organization is being represented in the
negotiations by John A. Locher of this
city.
The largest number of men involved
in any one job in the city was on the
Bureau of Internal Revenue structure,
Tenth and Twelfth, B and c streets,
where they were working for the James
H. Elkins Construction Co. of Birming-
ham, Ala, a subcontractor under James
Baird Co., Inc, which has the contract
for the entire SuperStructure of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue. Steel has
been arriving rapidly in the city, al
though it was said that some of the
"key" pieces were delayed bit recent
ly. and work was being carried forward
with six huge steel derricks and num-
ber of workmen.
The exact number who walked off the
lob yesterday could not be ascertalned,
as reports from various sources varied
from IS or 6" up to SIS and 88. Six
derricks, however, and four trucks had
been busy handling the steel, which is
being shipped in from Pottstown Pa. A
seventh derrick rests in the yards on
the job, ready for erection.
C. H. williams, superintendent for the
Elkins Co.. claimed that the erection
work would not be delayed much by
the strike, and insisted that some prln-
cipaI pieces of steel needed for the work
are missing in the shipments. He admit
ted, however, that there was a large
quantity of steel on the job, and more
at the lexington yards ready for un-
loading.
Construction Halted. :
From some sources close to the union
1t was intimated that not all OF the
structural iron work in the city was
being held up, but survey by The
Star found that the only big jobs under
way, the Bureau of Internal Revenue
and Government Printing Office, had
been completely halted. The general
contractor on the printing office job
is the Rust Engineering Co.
The demand of the structural iron
workers local, No. 5, means that they
are asking for the same pay for five
days a week as they are now receiving
for five and half days, including half
day Saturday. They ask for an in
crease of Is cents an hour, which
means from $150 to $1.65 an hour, or
from $12 to $500 a day.
The rodmen's local, No. 20, in their
demand, effective May /, ask for an in
crease of Is cents an hour from $1.122
an hour to $1.37la, which would give
them an increase of So day, from SO
to $11 a day.
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