Deseret Evening News | 1904-03-16 | Page 7 | Life and Death Struggle

i I ANn AND DEATH nt New For I OI One On With Unionism New ew York March 10 Employers their men In tho building trad s hero herl are nr according to the Herald for tOr a life and death struggle over Oer tho Question of ot unionism Tho struggle will bu Jo precipitated by 1 i dee dec on the part of or the tho for tho open shop polly policy and the tho dc de of o tho building trades Tho disastrous hero here lust sum summer I mer h caused nUs d losses amounting In Into InI to tho millions ended 1 In agreements to I future troubles but now that the tho brick layers laborers gone gono on followed by the layers mulling In the Idleness of men IMn tying up till of or work all over the city the employers declare that they the cannot afford to enter Into further agreements with the unions and It l 18 they me preparing to 10 settle sette the tho matter In a finish light fight Tho employers maintain that the open shop policy Is III the only course left to them If they thc wish to continue In business A firm stand Is I being Jehu taken by b the tho them m n however on the ground that their plans for or arbitration aside by br the employers Circulars are be being Je ing distributed broadcast warning the tho thomen them men m n to prepare for a 11 determined fight against the open shop These Thes contain copies of ot letters l that hao ha vo been sent lent out by b the tho National Association of at Manufacturers of at tho United States which Includes employers In every branch of ot ana anaH H I said to be br rv n national cam calli In favor of ot tho open