Evening star., 1934-06-18
CARPENTERS MOVE
TO END D. c. STRIKE
Will Consider Naming Com
mittee to Aid Interna-
tionaI Head.

Appointment Of q special commit
tee to work with their international
president in attempts to settle the
carpenters strike may be considered
tonight at a special meeting of all
union carpenters.
This will be one of the proposals
put before the unions, it was learned
in carpenters circles today, and up
to noon appeared to be favored more
than any other suggestion so far con-
sidered.
The international president, VIII
liam L. Hutcheson, has been in
Washington for some time He con-
ferrred with District Commissioner
George E. Allen Saturday at the Dis
trict Building and was said at that
time to have rejected a compromise
offer put forward by Allen. Up to
an early hour this afternoon he had
not seen Allen again.
Call Issued TO Union.
The meeting tonight will be held in
Carpenters Hall, and a call has been
sent out for all union carpenters to
be present.
The District Building Trades Coun-
Gil met today about noon and decided
simply to reiterate its previous pro-
posal OF arbitration. This the council
did by sending its communication to
the carpenters by Albert Caya, a dele
gate from the carpenters to the Build
ing Trades Council.
In addition to the arbitration pro-
n0Qal the
them the proposal Of the contractors
for appointment of a wage committee
with power to act.
Prior to the meeting, Frank M.
Biggs. president of the council, said
it would endeavor to formulate a
policy which would not conflict with
anything that may develop from con-
ferences between District Commits
sioner Allen and Hutcheson.
The Building Trades Council has
proposed arbitration, but the carpen-
ters. at a meeting late last week, re-
jected arbitration, before it was placed
before the contractors.
So far the carpenters have re-
jected every proposal presented to
them by the contractors, including
$1.25 an hour for a 40-hour week,
consisting Of five eight-hour days;
and finally SIPS an hour for a 32-
hour week, consisting of four eight
hour days.
Picketing spread to F street today,
as the carpenters stationed a picket
before store on which carpenters
were rebuilding the front.
Caurt H..r;,x n~f.I
A labor dispute between the op-
erative plasterers and brickmasons
over setting accoustical stone in the
Government auditorium was set
forward in District Supreme Court 70
Wednesday morning The plasterers
are asking an injunction against the
brickmasons in the case which hac
been set forward once to this morn
ing, but was continued again.
Much interest centered In the action
to be taken by the Washington Build
ing Trades Council, because of the fact
1t Is consistently urging arbitration
The offlcial offer Of the council in
this matter reads as follows:
That the council recommends to
the Carpenters District Council antl
the builders that both parties agree
to place their difficulties in arbitra-
ton and that a committee be ap-
pointed by the council to consult Rep
resentative Loring Black, Commits
Sioner Allen. the Department Of La
Dor and others to effect an adjust
ment in the matter. and that the en-
ployment OF non-union carpenters be
stopped pending negotiations"
When this was presented to the
contractors they replied with the fol-
lowing proposal to the carpenters:
IF and when the carpenters local
council appoints a committee to act
for their membership. who will be
bound by their acts. and who will re-
port to Commissioner Allen with the
proper credentials, we will have our
committee with the same authority
meet them and Commissioner Allen"
The Central Labor Union, with
which carpenters are affiliated, will
hold a regular meeting tonight at
typographical Temple, to which three
new delegates from the Carpenters
Union will be accredited. Representa-
tive Black. members Of the House
District Committee, has been invited
to address the meeting. Richard A.
Dickson, president of the Central
Labor Union, will preside.
New Offer Made.
The B-W Construction Co., which
has not joined other contractors in
this city in attempting to break the
carpenters strike by employing men
at S1l0 an hour, today put forward
two new proposals, submitted to both
| the carpenters and to Commissioner
Allen.
The company offered s1.2o per hour
, for a 40-hour week on all existing
work unfinished and now in progress
and S1.30 an hour for a 32-hour week
on all new work starting after July
IS, 1894.
This last offer is cents an hour
more than the last offer of the Master
Builders Association, which was with
drawn.