Show J 1 MOVEMENT TO RESIST DEMANDS OF LABOR UNIONS I tf Tf 1 vw T Nw w 1 r I v 1 4 I J 1 if t t t 9 M l h hEight Eight Hundred Contractors Seek Right RI ht to Manage Their Own Affairs Say Interference Has Passed the Limit 11 of Endurance Action of the thc Gravest Import to Every j jf Business Man Alan in the Country Who Hires f to tile the Hundreds of Thousands of Union Work i Ingmen in the United States t t 1 t t tt i t that their light IB Is not against organized labor but the present unjust anil unreasonable blo attitude of ot organized labor SOD SOO contractor tor torEl taking In every branch of ot the tho building trades of New NewYork York city nt a meeting last took the decisive step which will form torm them Into a n union of off f employers to resist unreasonable de lIe and exactions lit i The Tho step upon Ullon unanimously by bythe F the tho men me II who packed and Jammed the tho rooms of ot the Trades In III till tho Townsend building was the authorization says tho New York Her lIer of an nn executive committee con of ot a I from ellch trade to meet and perfect the general organ and arrange for a n plan of or cam calO campaign i which shall bo absolutely bind binding ing upon every member Men well known In the business world who addressed the not once 1 tho evening cv attacked organized labor as nB such but rather ruther regretted that It had not combined on n 1 higher Hut lIu t not a speaker failed to at attack tack and score the tho walking delegate dole gate liB assistant the shop steward and r tho thousand and one petty Irritating rules which they seek souk to enforce PRINCIPLES OP OF THE run EMPLOYERS Though the tho meeting was nR absolutely t secret so far as OR reporters wire con concerned the tho committee In charge of ot tho affair afterward gave out as ns the tho ments of at the speakers and Uio tho meeting the tho following Tho complete com lelo paralysis of at the build building ing Industry brought about by b Irre O combinations through ti II tyrannical board of ot walking dele delegates gates or agents demands I prompt and energetic action by all 1111 good I citizens who have havo the die welfare of ot our great city at heart I It Is time that tho decent and ond order loving mechanic asserts himself and de defies denes fies nes tho tha arbitrary tyrannical dema demagogues who tie his hands and drown hU hla voice The Tho delegate te Is a parasite on the body bod public to be exterminated It Il Is the duty of ot the tho hour that cm em employers In every ever branch of ot the build buildIng buildIng Ing Industry net In concert mak mako every overy legitimate le effort not alone to tor but for tor the welfare to accomplish this end They Th y pointed out that this was not a question of at wages nor 1101 of ot hours but a question of at whether the Irresponsible bodies of men mell are aro o 0 toe permitted to conduct the tho business of ot the employer In so doing mlle make It for him to execute his hili contracts contract and to Ills charge chargo his obligations and tics tlell which ho he assumes and to which the courts and tho law of ot the land bint him They believed that the tho extremes extreme to which the unions hull had resorted and the manner In which they have repeatedly repOl broken contracts made with their em ern employers players had alienated from them the sympathy of ot the public They called upon the police am tho magistrates to perform duties dutle un unflinchingly flinchingly they pointed d out ut tI failure re of ot Justice In III the past to punish VII vio violence lence they pointed out ou tn brutality o othe of the assaults the damage to property the tho murders that havo been committed In III name Mme of ot labor and nM which have gone gOlle unpunished They nuked that po political polItical ambition should hould not nol be per permitted to tD pervert Justice They called upon the to use URe tho powerful machinery m hlll ry at nt his command and prosecute with nil se Ie tho Ih blackmailers whom tin the per pr i s system has hus fostered and to 10 thus thull show to tl the men mell beyond a Ii of ot doubt how they are arc misrepresented and their confidence betrayed They felt that this vicious system called for or strong repressive measures that th public now looked to them as nB employers to take the Initiative and to use every lawful method to 10 destroy the thc Goliath dollath whom lack Inck of or opposition has so emboldened that he throttles this great grent city without hesitation and with without without I out compunction HOOKS EAKLY When the governing board of at the Trades association appointed to fo last nights a II committee to arrange I meeting four days ago there ns no Idea Iden ns as It was admitted d night of ot the th interest Int rest which tho meeting m would create Before the news been beon n day old so many man requests for tor In III Invitations hail had been beell received tl by building contractors of ot tile the cost that It tt was necessary to announce that this was for tor New York men Proposals for a II national association made mude In these the u communications were heartily hf approved by the local men mell but It was thought best to build the tho local house before making tho larger building As A It was although the meeting was wall wallet I ret et for Cor 8 last night half on nn hour before It called to tD order the i south rooms of ot the tho association which I had been thrown Into one vere ere com comfortably filled Ily U 8 they w r crowded and halt half an all hour later they Were Jammed Durin the three hours session fully tull men whose cards showed them ti tibe be hI actively engaged In work ork of or this city came up the th elevator and after expressing themselves In hearty sympathy the movement ment deport depart deported departed ed edOf edor Of or the men present last night with the exception of at n R delegation from the Interstate Contractors association of or Connecticut which would not bo be kept out every man mall was from the th city nn not one firm doing business to any amount was to be bo by some IOme was WaR the welcoming address of or Warren A president ot at the Trades club and chairman of ot the meeting We nil all know kno that the time lime haj hB or ar rived for the contractor the employer to assert himself If he would have the conduct of or his own business He lie then Ihen Introduced Mr Charles L 1 pr s Ident of or the National Association of ot Contractors who spoke as liS the representative of ot the committee o which had called the meeting Mr Eld speech was dignified rind and jut he was Nn frequently Interrupted by cheers It Is IB assumed he said that all 1111 those present are employers ot at labor In Inthe the he trades trade and surely you ou must have hae felt relt that sooner or later It would be nb for us uso to o come together lay layout out tome plan of lit action and make our stand as liB a I unit It f wo Intend Intond to remain In business and have anything to say nay about the way In which that s shall be conduct conducted ed cd SOME BOMB UNJUST DEMANDS It Is unnecessary to describe to you In meant by tho tabor lallor situation paid aid Mr r further on There Thero Theres Is s not n I man In this room Who he does not that we have been gradually down and giving way to the demands that have hao been made upon us year ear after year ear and not one who does not feel that he has gone gon as nil far as he con can without sur ur completely At t lIrt t you OU were simply to take tho bar barrom bartrom rom the door Later the Iho chain was waso to o be taken ort erf Still later the key must be Je left lert on the outside All these thele i ond many others were grant granted I INt Nt ed now what wha t Is asked of or you ou That the door shall lie Ik taken tallen oft off the hinges thrown Into the street t What will bo your answer to tb this re reo What has hns made It possible I for these men many of ot them Ignorant most of ot them without n a dollar laid aside to d surrender from their employers and have practically practical nil all their granted sometimes n t show of re reo distance hut but lately almost Invariably with lIh only a grunt of ot disapproval What has hns made malle It possible I ask you ou The fact that while they the hR been organized throughout the city throughout the country as RS a cen centre tre 1 body hod under practically one head and have stood tood together suffering want and 11 privation with nothing In III sight but to return to work nt at best JesI we m n I of Intelligence men of ot affairs hav I tried to deal dOllI with them Kingly or at bent ns liS only enlY n one trade organization Is there a 1 man In the room who has not had the thought that If It we coUld onlY gel eft together on some neutral ground and under some proper h this ter tM terrible tide this wave of or surrender could NJ be stemmed There never neer was a time In the his history histon tory ton of ot the building business when con oon conditions were as ns favorable a united move us they are at present I tell you that If It the opportunity which Is Isnow I now before you Is not taken advantage of ot there will bo many n a dark durk halt his 0 but gray before another nil other tuch condition another such chance presents Itself A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION TION After Arter describing lle the tho membership m of ot the Building Trades association and speaking of or its It work Mr ld Id that while It was n to meet ordinary conditions It m ded every ver contractor of ot the tho city at nt the present time He continued We havo hao the tho assurances of ot many mall trades that they are toady ready to 10 enter an un organization to be considered the cen central and governing power but bu t In to light fight the forces against which we e oro arrayed we must har practically all those Interested In the building trade To our minds It Is Useless to 10 attempt this in any other way lIy than by having the tho majority of ot the members of ot the Individual trade organizations as ns members of ot the tho central body bod and bj b i controlling the majority vote ole of the in individual trade trolle organizations torte force the I organizations into line with the central I body Form a II central body boly now gentle gentlemen gentlemen men when hon your Individual agreements have expired then will be the tho timid With the tho help of ot a II powerful employers organization to make new arrange arrangements ments with the tho union win will at t least permit of ot your retaining some of or your our and a n certain amount of ot Independence Following Mr Mr Ir Connover appointed as nB a n committee on resolutions re Jn Charles T Willis Otto M I IlI Lewis A Harding and George A AJust AJust Just The Che commute soon returned with this resolution which was unanimously adopted Whereas the tho present condition of or the tho building Industry makes It Impera Imperative tive that lun shall be made more In the conduct ot of their business workmen more secure from Interference with their opportunity to 0 work and ond the public generally more se secure cure from Interruptions to 10 business re resulting reo suiting from strikes or lockouts In the building trades be It Resolved That the board of ot gover gocr governors nors of ot the th Trades association arrange at once for tor a meeting ot at tin till executive committees ot various em employers of or the building trades to provide ways and means for Cor forthe the tho creation ot of a II central body ot em employers Then came Am addresses by Otto M Kid Bid who Is also allo a member of ot the con dilation committee of ot the New Nw York branch of ot the Civic CIlc Federation Mr Wills A W Burritt president of ot the Interstate and Contractors of ot Connecticut Augustus A Ferguson a master builder and Milton We arc nto not hero here to crush unions wild Nill Mr or union labor Let Iet the world that Rather Bather we wo are here to help labor by looking about for tor some remedy that shall deliver It 11 from tho of or the political dema demp demagogue gogue and the dishonest labor lender NO N WITH LABOR We counsel moderation said Mr Wills There can be no possible ret rei between us and labor on the score Icer of ot wages or hour hou The better class or laboring men mell know that and are with us UI that the present situation may b remedied and each ellch tide Ilde will live In harmony Mr Ir Burritt told of ot the tho great rent struggle which his hi association now has hason on Us Ite hands We have TOO member he sold the principal contractors ot the state and In a 0 six weeks week fight against Just a proposition in al con confronts fronts you ou we WI hue have only lost tour four members n s We we shall win winand and bellive on this phase pha e of or the ques qUI the contractors or the tho nation na can call win Mr Ferguson oll told of or the light fight his or has hall In III where won after n a long battle Then Thon came the reading of at a ft rl v let letters letters The Contractor COlin Coun Counell ell of oC Chicago a long telegram and declared It was for a national socia and was WI watching the lie New York fight Similar was wa the letter from the Builders League Juo ot or J A half dozen Individual builders rs of Philadel Philadelphia Philadelphia phia wrote enthusiastically as al did as associations a and men mell from Provi Irol Providence dence Cleveland Clevelan 1 and Cincinnati With Witha a vote of ot thanks to the member of at the th committee of L I K Prince Vincent nt C King Charles L I T n t t Tt H Hf f HJ H j svA tt t tIt Doom of the Walking I Will be Sounded if fI It of a Powerful Organization is d Laid No Quarrel With Labor the theU U Prime Object Moderation is Counseled Claim That ThaI I Iti ti Heller Class of Workingmen Are Arc Willing to Give Endorsement to the Gigantic Plan t i tt 1 2 m I WilliAm K Peril and Henry Miller mooting meeting HERALD Jl ItALD COMMENT The New Herald In upon the th movement auld 1 by why of oC In Introduction to an all elaborate on the intention It is III with a full appreciation ot the M of ot their undertaking that the men who lUll In th build building ing trades In tills city It have tho Way Wa for tor a II general org lit if em employers tint what they consular th tho of or unions may be bu I combated They The feel that the movement may sound the bugle bUR Ie call which Is III to array the armies of ut labor against t teach each other to settle on for nil all the controversy which Ins h 1 waged so IO long longWith longWith With apparent frankness the employ employers ers who are to launch what Into a national association a nay they Iho do 10 donot not cavil because the laboring man wants higher and shorter hours houra of ot labor They could come together easily they admit were ere th thelo so the only points In III dispute Hut they tho declare the time has ha conn to call a halt to the In Innumerable Innumerable numerable petty l annoyances to which they thc are Arc l by b the tho union finis the constant espionage to which they must submit the tho usurpation of or their right to conduct business af at affairs fairs In III their own way without die dic dictation tation from those whom they the pay to work for thom them One of or the men Illen who has hns given Ilven much thought to the subject Is Mr Leonard LeonardK I K 1 Prince of the firm of Prince Kin Kinkel kel manufacturers of structural Iron I second vice president and ono one of ot the board of ot managers of at the building association he lie Is h one OM of th com oom committee which hu In the preparations preparations for tor meeting He HI was waB busy yesterday answering telegram and telephone messages from those thole who wished to participate In the meeting but h he found time to tell his views of ot the situation the tho events which have led lod up to this move movement ment on the port of ot the employers I am nm not overstepping the mark he said when I tell you that |