Labor Unions and the Building Lockout
A PITTSBURG, Pa., dispatch stated that that city was facing a building trades lockout involving 30,000 men of all crafts, which was not on account of any dispute between workmen and their employers, but was because two labor unions, the stone-masons and the bricklayers, were having a quarrel with each other. The bricklayers demanded that the stone-masons join their union; the latter refused, claiming the right to have an independent organization. As but little if any business could be done by either party while the quarrel continued, building contractors gave notice that all building operations would be suspended until the contending labor factions could come to an agreement. Thus it appears that the industrial peace of the country is liable to be disturbed not only by disagreements between labor unions and employers of labor, but by disputes between the labor unions alone.