The evening world. Newspaper, August 13, 1903, Page 12

bi > ' f i : FH WORLD: THURSDAY BVENING, AvGUNT 19, 10m a! / . - 0 tawent * d e ‘= | Ehrich Bros. We Give the Famous Blue Trading Stamps with Cash Purchases] Perches . ij $66,000,000 WAGE LOSS IN PAFAT BUILDING Tif My Mose tone TH AY, 2ld and 24 STS, NEW YORK, he a feware of | lay and Saturda eiling in the now fameane Dore Closes satersans a | PM Duons Fo and lon None Cana Tell the Coat to Employers on Mek. Mainii ied r % ; of Fight That Has Kept 135,000 Men Red : e ter Sale | Wonderful Friday Bargain Surprises. Fashionable Fall Suits, Skirts and Waists Idle for too Days Vollowing Ruin ‘j ' Going to Fetdas Shorners at Astoundinaty Lew Prters, or Fight. Store open Saturdays tHE P.M, fp bpectel Pureiace of Mandeame Patt Rwlte in advance «tyre al ced Wt 70% heme ee ’ ' feribte and t that Meore tl “ ete in ' 144,000 MEN IDLE ONE HUNDRED c. Each for Shirts 15: for Women’s 29c. tune anim Ns bi ant mace trom the came m vray am suite th me Mw j DAVS IN BUILDING TIE-UP. sa (poy “Lari, GON niceayscssssatrvenee ; Worth 75 Cents pt os a Farly Fall Waists. Walking Shirts at $1.98 J Suifding vie ares. OF We —_—__ 5 P You'll pay ote. The coming season for That Covht to Boiwe 43:90 Irnimiediote f " ‘ ad in Friday and Saturday's Red Letter Sole r} ie x4 oe : Hn sone - 7 po et A ctesieht coving of two dollar hat apie aptthenetic, Boar, of B fing T fen on the admission of un , < 3 sell at such a feure erry coon Fancy but ean t be for lone, its too good a siitied inb epre tat fed to the atrike and Men inte at 4 each cheviot, in pian + white with ¢ All wot sniting mann { Jock-out of the material dr rs, of ‘ a dots, plaited fronts with ry ante attrac ores vines, alte fae fi Avernge wage of men per day, $4 eh “ T s . Fe eee ase 1a nie diver BRGOOD,000 | for Frklay’s sl Sailor Blouse Suits | Footwear Specials. Total number of firme affected, 2,100 Of ihews ‘ehay ; vi 5 A V. 5 = nay : = Total amount of capital tied up, $100,000,000 Se heras Waent ] You'th net eset CARROT on acini . Grea! Offers for Men, Women and Bo: Chief development of the tie-up, (he arrest and indict ful p * mad thy von. And if will bea vood sult for the A larwe op al bot Bove’ Lace Shoes, in bow calf ment cf Sam Parks and Richard Carvel, waiking dele up to perfect 35 peeinn eo ere 0 the the Roy ts fal bi ah wit dab Be ’ and every nize tractively trimmed: thorowshh C pects pair here. fe vada aiken waren PANE: well made. Sires 3 to S: instead House Slippers for Youths, Boys and Women, either of 49¢. each, special at nl = _ ae : a A shat 23 i « leath s7es tt 1 13,9, 2, : d Wash Fabri ——ee OO ae ere me Oa ca” Wool and Wash Fabrics; Red-Letter Prices. Tag Cacti ghia a Astounding Values During the Red-Lelter Sal beep ¢ aie tates 1S } oO U jues Vurin ed-Lette: e . H H Batistes, value 10c., now.. Silk Finished oe aia ea a. sit 2he., now.126 | Underwear « Hosiery. | Iron Gabinet Folding Beds. For fourteen weeks the entire buflding Industry of the city of New York has been at a standstill—poralyzed by the conflict waging between capital and labor, Untold millions have been burned up and more millions are swiftiy following. An army of 125,000 men has been kept tn utter Idle- ness, More than $100,000,000 has been rendered useless, inert. | In this conflict of dollars and brawn the labor unions have sustained | @ wage loss that time can never repair. Every day of the nearly one hun- dred that the battle has been waging they have sacrificed approximately Ginghams, value 10c., now....5%c| _18e., now : +o.+4e1%c) Mohairs, 60 fuches wide, vaine ‘ t To-morrow we will place on fn earnings $660,000, or grand total of about $66,000,000. To hazard an|f Linen Sultings, value Sheyist Suitings, vaine 2) Farce! Ben BON a 400 heen tone ellie ieee Lenial deel 9 Wht @stimate of the cost of the war to capital would be next ti impossible. now ... 12¢ | gwivet Sliice; Value S8e., how ABC] wie, Pele fhe Rew ene ase AIG holess 29e. values, at... +... eral Cc This tle- building trades of the city dat y 6, | 4g Letts . 59e., cf! is tie-up of the bu! ig trades 'y dates from May 6, although == = \Nchitdren’s Ribbed Liste Thread Vests: sitk tape in Women’s Umbrellas. | 5 for Women’s Fountain Pens. \ heck and sleeves, sizes 6 to 10 yea Red Letter Prices. Cc Wrappers. The Mercantile Fountain, equal aerate leh cersinannaiante hence!) 10c ‘there had been sharp skirmishing between the opposing forces for several | weeks prior to that date. Subordinate trades were squabbling with each other, The Brotherhood of Carpenters engaged in a war of extermination | uitable for rooms wher table, and ave emi pace is limited. , sae a Special Purchase of Iron Cabinet Folding Beds 2s Kustrated. The offering ir National wire spr The b § on the Amalgamated Association of Carpenters. This and other skirmishes t 8 - tmbrellas a0 ae n between labor elements and capital were merely preliminaries to the battle | Bee ee ei cracdies | Regular 98¢, and $1.25 Values. MAESTEG NaC A py SURES | eases sizes 6 to 9%; value 15c. per pair, 2.6 ft. x6 ft, value | 98 3 tt. x6 ft, val ry) A8 royal that was soon to follow. of Brazilian hora, pearl and | WRAPPERS, made in fine per- | fF L¥ear. Friday, only 89c | perl eres ce ane a naserioaloree ae Y cpecuieatl he Hao; Apa ak Se CAUSES LOST SIGHT OF. fected “hard “natural “wood: | fancy ‘aisiptay Wnteuse: dent | ~~ ppenwort reatlat Zs own in 15 dil AOe | 36 itr 6 the sae 2.O8 * fio, specu si 40 } In the struggle the real causes of the war were speedily lost sight of. ¥alue $1.50 to $200; 98 aclora; all ainda With vars: fall c. for 25c. _ferent patterns: special to-morrow atsse 1 Stren the leaders in the confilct soon forgot wh..t had served to bring it on, Red-Letter price.....-+ Cc skirts and deep flounce at bot- orn) | 9 ° . } } Bo far as the public was concerned, {t 1s entirely probable that it never had a | tom; tight-fitting back and lin- Writing Paper, | Infants Wear and Muslin Wear Under Price. { f clear conception of the causes underlying the industrial warfare, The people generally knew only thai something life 125,000 men were in idle- mess in the city and that in consequence every building operation had stopped. To altempt to give mora than the immediate causes that led up to the wonflict would necessitate the writing of an industrial history covering the Rast decade or more. The causes are cumulative. They date back to a time ‘when many of the labor unions that are now so powerful had not come {nto Infants’ Long and Short Dresses, fine Children’s Cambric Skirts, sizes 6 to 14 years, cambric and lawn; yokes trimmed umbrella ruffles,with (wo insertings of with clusters of fine tucks and Valenciennes lace and lace ruffles; also insertings of embroidery; 75c. A9c with embroidery ruffles and wr Do values, ate. ....-5+ me seen of tucks, worth 69¢c.; at...... ‘5 Fine Cambric Chemise, round neck, trimmed Mustin Gowns for women, full size, j with insertings of fine embroidery high and V shape neck, insertings ni and finished with embroidery ruffles, A9c of embroidery and clusters of tucks, c b instead of 75c. each special at...... WCTth 496.3 Atnecsseesese sere eeee 69c. Umbrellas at 35c. Negligee Shirts We bought a lavish number of these. Had to. No um- brella that’s made to sell at 35c. would do to sell at Rothen- ACS Hai aa i Er uo berg’s. So we took an enormous lot'of better ones—THOR- bear Zach. It's amanufacturer’s lot that we OCGHE pels ARAL i get the price down toa point bought at a fraction, but there is an excellent that would bea credit to the store. . assortment of colorings that Fast black English gloria with steel rod, you will like. All sizes. strong frames and natural wood handles, Good quality of woven mad- silver trimmed; for men, women and chil- [oF ras with separate cults. dren Special to-morrow. \4 ing; cape over shoulders; col- 3); for Women’s | iar and sleeves finished with | Splendid, Bargain in WRITING neat braid; 98c. and ER, Imperial Satin Wove, $1.25 Neckwear. $1.25 value: cabinet, 60 sheets of paper, 60 Hand-made Russian Collars; ter price envelope: ah 3c some on batiste, others on silk, _ a for Fridi ‘ 1 in white and cream or Arabian A pees AB ea shades, suitable for walst or Red-Letter Bargains ; coat ttmining: worth Oe HED 2 c. for Women’s to $1.25 each; ed-Let- ‘s at 39c at the Drug Wash Petticoats. ter price jexistence, or were mere !nfants in swaddling clothes. Every year has seen these unions grow enormously in strength, and every year has contributed, ~ rary i ETT! @ new grievance against their employers. Infants Wear, | Counter, Viripea deca ieence Re an a Children’s Muslin DRAWERS— with one ruffle Strikes grew more and more frequent. The demands of the unions ! Hom and cluster of tucks and | Mithia Tablets, 3 grains, L2se | Letter price, japon employers gradually rendered it necessary for capital to intrench if. The organization of what is known as the Employers’ Association | ywas the final step taken in the effort to resist the encroachment of the Babor unions. They had at last compelled thelr employers in the city to ‘do what they have been doing for many years—organize. Up to that time the employers had had no effective organization. WITTLE FIGHT A SPARK. ‘The little spark that finally exploded the whole industrial magazine er 29¢ ruffles; sizes 2 to 12 years. None sent 5 Pure Tollet Borax, |b. box...12¢ f 5 — Value le... 7 | Seidlitz Powder, U. 8. 1 for Babies’ DRESSES, in fine cam- | P., full welght, box.. 123 c. P. eersucker bric, Mother Hubbard, square | Wood Alcohol, full pint i yoke, with two Insertions of | hottle «.......1..++ ee 18c etticoats, embroidery and cluster of 3 | Witch Hazel, full pint {| Wash PETTICOATS, made of tucks; also bishop style, with | " hetstitehed rule at neck and | DOtle O WZ'c | “strives “seersucker, “rimmed 4 with three ruffies; was a fight in the United Board of Building Trades. ‘That powerful organt- sleaven; sizes & months 26 6 Bagi ton ana) Wines 9c made, of en ae heation was split into two factions over the question of the admission of Bables vn CAPS. several | Phosphate of Sodium, 1 1 See with junskilled trades into its councils. It was at this point that Samuel Parks, Mee dt Anal theke and: eorde Tb. tin box... Se | thera strapping, QO, | walking delegate for the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union, took tne ings, finished with fine Pumice Stone .. Red-Letter price... ae 39c | imiddle of the stage. He and hia lieutenants had organized the material Val. edge; all sizes; 25c Imported Tooth Brushes.....10¢ || ———— = Le Brot ers | idrivers (unskilled), and he demanded that they should be admitted to the, RING AVC Ts ventas ks | Bicarb of Soda, 1 Ib, box... 8 nited Board of Building Trades. The majority of the skilled trades vio-. infants) Combtle BURG yoke of | XAG, Soap 10¢ 3 c. for 75c. | . i Nently opposed this step. and the result was that the latter withdrew from’ tucks, full skirt, deep 25 ae Mad Veil = 71] the United Board and formed a rival organization, with none but repre- hem; value 49¢......5 ic | Candy @ Vells, To-morrow and Until Noon Saturday | tentatives of the skilled trades in it. \f Babies’ Nainsook DRESSES, . Crepe Chiffon VEILS . A BeMemaaloiaiidtivere’ cave alrsnay out on strikes /Theyshag madera) Mother Hubbard: ‘severat | Repetti's Fine Assorted CHOCO- Te. ere tae ares wens Limen Handkerchiefs wovens || Sale of ese cni ross higher wegen and auorler lNoure)(asdithla/erancd hadiceon|p| ivlesi, Se A mOnIS Ae i eee tee oe , 2IC)| suycoresvelus ase) 3O- aS eee ITDE RS | Negligee Shirts. eee . ans Vowenrmaas peste fo MEN'S HEMS' We each Dor. $2.20 || 9 refused by the employers. Only a few days after this strike was declared and t-inch hems, This strike and lockout of the drivers had its effect not only on the! of his most effective weapon—the power to call the men of his union out on WOMEN'S FRENCH LINEN HEMST'D H'K'FS 45 «eg b2.2.90 Madras. White . Dt. 2. . ? building operations of the city, but spread to the subway and seriously! strike whenever he deemed that there was sufficient cause, with colored border and initial, Fetarded progress «ll slong the line of the tunnel, To complicate this sit- Op PRRMANENT BOARD ) LABOR First Floor. Blue, Black Stripes, also * a VR MAN Eo < . i s, . | | Neat Black & White Figures, —. ation the rockmen and excavators were striking for higher wage: shorter hours. = a laa ‘Thereupon the new “arbitration plan” was launched, According to its = When the employers finally vegan t = x terms every dispute was to be submitted for adjustment to a regularly con- 85 cents. snes) ian the emplovers Analy Qe4an to hire non-union drivers the unloa <titated oar in which employer and employee Had equal repreentation,| President Parry, of the National West Twenty-third Street 5 : ae. ed by re gt i Sadie huyict (hel melerialdellvered by these men) Thal, (wen, wae the | ane eee oe thle board ‘must: be final, both sides to the dispute being ationa _ Clean Up Sale $1.00 Neckwear thy seaplorers rovallnted Uy, CHI a lockout of the drivers. The building oe eS ETS 85° tractors aren Ceataives tance eereneraTy Rutan 7 made with such an arbitrary plan {t waa decided to modify the terms of the Penaeceds hand-embroldered initial, 10c « « SLIS , for AFFECTED THE SUBWAY. Feeci ae protege ae anni emauinn ed ones a acua aenvel SEES MOB §P IRI T | N EXGEEDGEHaNOKERcHinrs, = B5@ = + $1675 | #150) $4109) #2159 quale | enjoined to accept ita terms, ‘The walking delegate could no longer call Association of Manufactur- = ~ — - — “next stop in the complete tle-up of the building industry. q Widerent traden ware called out, abd before the publle Teallaod the seviomes| Meow" oD strike no difference what the provocation might be. ers; Tells Chautauquans that | 9,!ndust"” shall ran without ite cone ness of the si h y of 125 ota Fourteen out of thirty-seven unions finally accepted this peace pian. “ ; 25 ct 88 of the situation there was an army of 125,000 idle men in the city and | ts attempt to compel a recogui- cts. It Is Rampant my Dot a hammer or saw going in all New York. jand it was generally beljeved that the backbone of the great building tle-up pant. an ot Pr evason, but pon. everelon. relies not on n. but upon cuercion., JAMES McCREERY a 60. Packet s{o- . At that time the labor unions presented almost a eolid front, and every | MA St last been broken, ‘The public was ready to accept the sanguine etate-/ intimidation and. the blu effort tending to bring about a peaceful settlement of tho atruggie was | ent Of the smployers that within a few days, or weeks at most, every one) CHAUTAUQUA. Aur. 18—An adar Sao eect ton the banel pus abortive. Complete submission on the part of the employers, they declared, et a ee eee of the unions would come into the arbitration fold. But not 80. The recal-, Meh will arouse universal siona of men It la doing more toa Three Cor. 13th $t. ny " a ; intorest to inowloate the moo epirti sdeaali Gai , citrant unlons stood out against the “arbitration plan,” the Housesmitns'| °24 Comment throughout the country |and to encourage the unfurling of the Misses’ Suit Dep't. BROADWAY | Cor. Canai St. was the only condition on which they would consent to a resumption of! was delivered here to-day by f anarchy, tores, leer Chamberss j work, jcrenaiaa en fauine the lead in the warfare against it. Parry, President of the eR » Fed Gam ot aident at the Chioago, Feder- i 7 war . Ss N Ree hatenplayersiysreieauilly Arun’ thelr stands (Chey! were determined e fact that the Fuller Construction Company, the largest bullding | °C!ation of Manufacturers, “Mr Panty | atod.0f ERREE fecenely Agee death Misses’ dotted dinity, piqee, | —————S— eongern In the city, refused to join the Employers’ Association in this plan | Spoke: on. to leave their millions tied up for all time to come unless ihe labor unions was another stumbling block. Without the co-operation of this company lob = Soiri bor whi de- ; . oirit in Organized | blow te, organized te a i fad ‘in linen and chambray shirt- Agreed to an unconditional surrender. They declared that they would a reli , i i i i refer to go to utter ruin and bankruptcy than to make any further con- the employers found themselves confronted with another foe. stage of himnan fe ee eae of At, but. withou t a unation we waist suits. Skirts plain Gesssions. They sald that to continue under the conditions that had ob-| PEACE WITH FULLER COMPANY. country in the nat. vear there. nave | een Hantiag fora. union nnor tothe) or tucked, waist tucked tained for the inst two or more years meant heavy loss to them The housesmiths, dominated b: many mobs of different kinds, | these, word i i Berea cotaghe Jest two\ce tor years meant Leavy em, and for| louse , dominated by Sam Parks, thelr walking delegate, | but to my mind the most dangerous of| tia eeone® wnlon leaders. and. they lic: or medallion trimmeJ, a y " compromise measures, made peace with the Fuller Company, and by this shrewd step secured a! them all is the mob of organized tabor. the sentiment of the agitators the OFFERED TO ARBITRATE. ‘now and powerful ally, The Fuller Company had work for nearly 90 per No man, I take it. can obfect to any ig over. "Po thelr, mind 3 yew $3 75 cent. of the housesmiths, so that the suffering entailed by their long en-| “iM? of &n ussociation. labor or other-|{sminit iegal acte you are attempting that were 6.00, 8,00 and 10,00 At this point the Civic Federation stepped in and proffered its services Wise, Ww: ‘ ¢ ‘ore ness ct * » Which is of ized for ; $a the interests of peace, The members met representatives of the oppos- .°Fced !dleness could be speedily mitigated, But they would not lift a hand | benefcient aecoee? a ys toe leet ab Pipseee reves; tote ' : ing forces and reviewed the situation. Suggestions were made for a for 8 member cf the Employers’ Association, the father of the “arbitration | !nbor. as It ls conducted to-day, stands a eT toe cor the attempts Children’s blouse or one- ere means ground, but ene labor unions would have none of It, and Pa ne Die bad the effect st bolting up every building operation upon, peda’ its own leadere as a law-|to force men Mois tera tol eet piece dresses in various to employers were no less emphatic in the wey § which its members were ongaged, for none w ation. trike bosses in plane . D emp air veto, Then the State Labor of the other trades could go on! wi, thet it seel by physical force Suigarchy bat, will contro) imaustry materials and colors, © foiemission took a hand in the fight. Several conferencen were held, peace| With their part in the work until the housesmiths had reared the skeletons | to dent of the laws of the country 7 ! . override individual righ! indepen: © terms were sugyo:ted, arguments were made; but all to no purpose, “he fF them to finish. And it Js this situation that confronts the bullding| cominually rating peslnctcines iowa ol julted! 4a, eee conditions | in from the housetops. Tea Of the leading gentres. Suprem- $1.50 You may shout tt from ployers said they were determined to fight it ont; so did the labor.untonge, t*ades of New York to-day. And denouncing courts ind puvite offt-| acy of law and onder has sustained e ee cla jor enfor these law: hocks, it th hat were 4,00 and 6,50 Teen came what i known aa the “arbitration plans” This wan a2? ‘The employers are opou in their dectaration that Sam Parks alone te| all ie requirements “of tho ‘densition| Nuon haw algo tear millions ot doulars t the steeple; fnlée measure prepared by the Employers’ Association, ‘The original | ‘esponsible for the miscarriage of the arbitration plan, They say that| "Unlike the tynohing bees and the] ) the organited Helene Ea nectier ut if you shout it through World ‘was to do away entirely with the walking delegates—that bane of} if It had not been for him every building operation in the clty would bo] Vielance eommittens, it ts what might| upon the man who pen Ts i Wants P be. tery pon, enty-third Street, contractors’ existence. Tho bulldogs of labor—the Sam Parkwes—had|nder way and not a skilled mechanic In the whole army of 125,000 ldle it Becdsine bor Ke eeaage aoe under falc] cally weee TOR Woe poe es weRty | them to bayiand they meant to agree only to such terme of pence jas’ he had not balked thelr plans, gesamon” to cpl ihe. overt acl of sit ty tina that, he, workaren of this Use 3 and 7 Time Rate. bury bim for all time to come. When the employers found that Parks was determined to defeat their ouvert manifestation © of the moo| gallons of dollare they pay in. selarien Piast arti pian” was slmpty acouted by the unions, ‘Ihey asolialen plan and contin the warfare, using the housesmiths as his wih in superion fo" cunt i “eraditionse Mate Betting DIN” ofamelene trouble F | h ry existence depended in great mensure on that same obje®| Weapon, they carried thelr case to District-Attorney Jerome, They sub- ay if | a even the] enforced idleness and Jpas of the com- 7 1 pogate « one ite evidence to af th"he Maa been Ral of exertion. ‘Te arama Hfenda HAs tee | Get Son Wily eet yg | unday World Wante at bis, dl eee rie epee 7 ‘ ury found indictments against him and t! rights that cannot be taken from geasion— of industrial ty. Tl ~y 4 ve: yn, ‘pecame evident to the employers that peace.could: uever be sevuring ball pando hese are still pending, Parks) He)ts, Win cannel be tacon am ID, | nema ta’ in mouocrecy are imine | Werk Monday, Morning Wonders, ‘Wonlngiag ahd alt alving aeeniee ib | i A ay. thet.no man shall work that * “* 4 . ‘Advis, to World at efce rete, - 5) }