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Show CHARGE nil WORKERS WITH DERRICK'S FALL situation Tense in Connection With Neil York's Threatened Threat-ened Strike. NEW TURK. Nov. 2.-A serious phase was Introduee.j into the threatened strike o l.oryi membera of the Bridge und Structural Iron-Workers Iron-Workers and Housesmlths" union touay. Th f.-.Ur.. began an n estlgatlon of the fall of a ten-ton derrick which greatly damaged th American Tin Can company's new building pn Went Kourteenlh street. They say that violence was resorted to end that the guy-ropea guy-ropea supporting the derrlek were cut. 1'nlon men say that It fell through the careleuneaa of non-union Iron-workers. So tense has the situation become that M F. Ryan of Cleveland, Cleve-land, pres. dent of the union, announced that he had decided not to return homo to spend Thanksgiving. The oulldlng Is belnr erected l-v Tost ft MCord. a rnntrnrting firm agalnt whom a H strike ha. nlr-ady heen declared. The other building employers are supporting the firm. The derrick stood on the seventh floor and fll to the fourth floor, eerotng away por- B tlons of the new iron framework on three H floors. Thi- SUjr-ropee were fastened In the H street outside of tb building and the pollen H suspeet ths-t some one cu'. them 'ust before B daylight today. IBVJ Another in Danger. An Investigation has :Uao been begun con- cernlng the condition of another large der- HBs rick which Is said to have been found tot- HBpJ ring with untv one of !ta iupTort left. HBVJ Frank Mec'ord. a member fif the contraeting pBVJ firm. m!6 thet the s-cic!ent bd set back JBVJ I work on the building fully two weeks. HBVJ |