Show STRIKE OF IRON WORKERS bew wew yorla bv 20 in the strafes of tho tra iron the firm of post mccord all progress toward settlement is deadlocked and a general lockout against alio union may it is said be declared ly the association any day although the strike against post mccord involves only men there are and if iheke were to quit work or be forced into idleness it practically stop all new construction st flork in the atty another element of danger lies in the general demand that has been made ty all classes of mechanics foe higher wages new york mechanics ask an increase of fifty cents to one dollar a day iron workers want an increase of from to to the carpenters are seeking a similar advance bricklayers are now getting 70 cents an hour and are asking for 75 and SO cents painters want an increase from and 4 to 4 and uy ers have demanded a day they now receive 5 that some of the employers will stubbornly oppose any increase in wages the workmen will realize but they know that there are not enough good mechanics in new york now to man all the jobs although an artal tr atlon board is mad up of an equal number of employers and union men it is feared that it will not be able 10 adjust the many differences |