The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-22
Skilled LQbOrers
Condemn Strike
Call Mass Meeting For Monday
Evening to Consider Pro.
gram of Action
WILL CALL ON GOVERNOR
Resolution States They Are
Willing to Resume Work
on Capitol At Once

Adopting . resolution scoring the
common laborers' strike on the North
Dakota state capitol building project,
stewards or representatives Of five
different unions Of skilled laborers
on the job laid plans Monday after
noon for q campaign to bring the
strike to an end as soon as possible.
Members Of skilled laborers' crafts
have been called to q mass meeting
in the World War Memorial build
ing at 1880 O'Clock Monday night to
appoint committees to call on Cover
nor william LANCER and to endeavor
to bring the Lundoff- Bicknell COM
pany, contractors, and the common
laborers into agreement.
In resolution adopted Monday
afternoon, representatives Of carpen-
tiers, iron workers, bricklayers, hoist
ing engineers and electricians de-
clared they were not In sympathy
with the strike and desired to get
back to work under existing contracts
Immediately.
The resolution declared they were
forced Oft the Job by picketing
operations Of the common laborers.
Instructed to Continue
The carpenters and iron workers
unions have been instructed by their
international headquarters not to
leave the Job or participate in the
strike In any manner. Representa-
tives Of other crafts said they expect
ed similar instructions from their in
ternational headquarters momentar-
lily.
Mike Bobko, Of the iron workers, re-
ceived the following telegram from
William Fehrman, OF international
headquarters at Sioux City: "Wire
received from l.. Moe No. 443 claim
ing strike at Bismarck Of common
laborers. Wire me by Western Union
exact trouble but don't pull Job un-
til further notice."
william l.. Hutchinson of Indiana
polls, official Of the international
carpenters union, wired ]. w. Guth-
RE as follows: Regardless Of any
action by common laborers in re-
CARDS to demand for increase in wages
see that our members continue to
work.
The resolution condemning the
strikers was signed by Guthrie, Bobko,
A. Henricksen of the bricklayers, j.
Clarity Of the hoisting engineers and
Ralph w. Sanders for the electricians.
Representatives OF other crafts at
tended the session but were without
authority to sign for their unions. All,
however, expressed the ideas in the
resolution as conforming to their
own.
Resolution In Full
The resolution adopted follows:
Not In sympathy with nor con-
nected with the strike put into force
by the common laborers on the North
Dakota state capitol construction pro-
ject,
mot bound to strike in any manner
whatsoever in that our union organ
izations are not directly connected
with the International Hodcarriers,
builders and common laborers union,
loft the Job now temporarily not
through any willingness on our part
but because Of force through picket
ing operations Of the common labor
erS,
with some Of our units definitely
instructed by international officials
not to participate in the strike in any
way whatsoever.
"Under the strain Of forced idle
ness through no action on our part
and greatly In need Of the pay to
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