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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18. 1912. Day With the Dredges Making the New Harbor First Steps at Rockaway Inlet Toward Adding 165 Miles of Waterfront to the City of New York How the Men Are Employed and What They Are Accomplishing. CITIZENS FORCED -OFFICIALS TO ACT UNCLE SAM'S STEEL DREDGE AT WORK AT JAMAICA BAY A SCENE ON DECK.

Evergreen Has Now a Trunk Sewer and Well-Paved Avenue. 6' RIDGEWOOD PEOPLE LEFT. Ited was the Naveslnk, where the Engineer merely touched. Next the Raritan, where Captain Clarke Invited the Eagle The barrier la up! The Rubicon la crossed! The die la cast! And all that aort of thing! The mud-slinging, sand-sucking Atlantic the business-like Government dredge hat entered Rockaway Inlet and the Federal part of the Gnat Jamaica Bay Improvement work has at least been begun. The big stir came one day early last week, when at high water the Atlantic lipped into the Inlet, worked her way up the channel till she passed the first bunch of cablea, and quietly dropped her long tenacles to the bottom of the notable channel that separates the silver sands of Rockaway from the United States.

The gigantic engines drew a long breath, and the first big hole was punched In the Inlet's carpet, spreading consternation among the lobsters and the entire jj Win JK P) I 'Hi A ,1:. -NSilSlSw finny population sporting on the sandy' floor. Many happy families of bass and plained that the weapons were probably fluke, which had long amused themselves sengers on board ships, was quickly dis-by playing tag with the lines of the fish- pelied, however, when the captain ex- Officials Promised to Pav Covert Avenue This Summer, but Nothing Is Done. For months the property owners and taxpayers of the Evergreen and Kldge-wood sections have eagerly watched the Progress of the paving and curbing of Cypress avenue. Under ordinary condi tions this kind of work would attract no more than a passing interest but to theso people It represents many days and nights of hard toll and many hours away from their homes and business.

work which they had done for the benefit of the community, without expectation of reward, except the satisfaction of having performed a civic duty The fight was not for the repaying ot this thoroughfare, but actually origin ated when a number of taxpayers and one or two civic organizations demanded a trunk sewer for their section. A sewer was already Installed, but it was a pri vate one and its capacity was small. It was not Intended for a thickly-populated neighborhood, such as Ridgcwood and Evergreen became. Flooded cellars and considerable loss to the property own ers at every heavy rain storm was the consequence. There were lakes and ponds in the streets and people could not go out of their houses to the stores with out donning high boots and few pos-, sessed them.

This caused the Evergreen Board of Trade to start a movement for the building of a trunk sewer on Cypress avenue, which met with the approval of everybody. Merely asking for a sewer was easy enough, but the association found that it would have to struggle long with the borough officials before its request was granted. Petitions were gotten up and presented, meetings were held, and etill more petitions were signed and turned over to the proper authorities, before any recognition was obtained. The tax payers appeared before the Borough President at special hearings time and time again, but the officials of the city and the Borough of Queens ignored the appeals. When, however, the officials finally saw that the people of Evergreen and Ridgewood were not to be trifled with, and were determined to win, they saw a light and began to sit up and take notice, and they realized eventually' that the Evergreens still retained a place on the map.

Accordingly they set their engineers to work looking up uthe matter, who In turn reported that the demand was lost and right. Knowing full well that if they left the matter ill the hands ot the officials the proposed Improvement would soon be forgotten, special committees were appointed by the organization to push the thing through. On these committees were Henry Goemans, then president ot the association; John Hunter, chairman ou streets; Joseph E. Gelger, William James, keeper of the City Record, and several other members of the Evergreen Board of Trade. These men devoted much of their time keeping in touch witn wha; was being done, and hard a week passed that they did not interview gome of the authorities, until the (ewer was decided upon and the contracts given out to the Hicks Johnson Construction Company.

S.iortly after work in earnest was begun. This was just two years ago, and dur- Ing that time the residents had to put "'th all kinds of hardships on account tne condition of the street. The trol- BerVlCB Was CUt dOWn tO a Shuttle service ana very oiten me men naa to walk from tnelr bomes to the Ridgewood depot. Work had to be stopped during umui.ii dui eauj lu mo spring of this year the work on the sewer was completed and then the street was widened, and paving and curbing began i shortly afterward. And now the paving of the avenue is nearly completed, and the residents have reasons for rejoicing.

Cypress avenue is one of the best paved 1 Pla ln tue evergreen or Kiagewooa sections, and with its grahite block pave- makes an excellent roadway lead Ing to Stony road and Cypress Hlllg At a saving of considerable time. Sewer Also Constructed on Covert Avenue. While the Cypress avenue sewer waa being constructed another one was under progreBB on Covert avenue and one that was also a great necessity. For i long time the streets crossing Covert avenue after a raaln storm had the ap- pearance of a barge canal. The streets were impassable.

For a lone time tho I 'reraises were made to various civic as- sedations that 'the street would be paved and curbed before June of this year, but still nothing has been done. The Ilidgewood association adjourned for the summer, confident that the paving would be done. It will meet In September, but by the time they are able again to stir tho Interest of the officials the winter th nm th 1oS wlli nntn ncxt year. The De- ...1.1.1. avenue line, wu.u, can 1,3 .11 I that 0t ZL wa? t0 buslnow.

HEPTASOPHS ACTIVE. The past week has been one of enthu- siasm and activity among the Hcpta- onniia nnd although many of the mem- 1 bers are out of the city enjoying their vacations, the conclaves have been holding larger meetings, many applications for membership have been presented, and numerous Initiations have taken place. Flatbush Conclave, No. 953, held an interesting meeting on August 5. Archon Scott addressed the mectins at some length on tho plans arranged fcr a lively campaign the coming fall.

Montague 1 VT ft ne? la pnr.inrRpil nf KnmA tended, and many candidates have been added to their roll. Kings County Conclave. No. 481, held a recultr buslnes. session on Wednesday August 7, and It was a largely attended meeting, thirty-five new members being added to their roll.

Greenwood Conclave, No. 549, held a meeting on Turrday night. August 13. Initiations took place, and a larg0 mimBer of applications are on the The Immediate work of the dredges Is to make a channel 600 feet wide and 18 font flnan twnm tlla ot dcLaWClV called the eighteen-foot curve, where it will connect with Coney Island channel flnfl will hi) POnHniinri U'Pfifwnrrflv tO AOl- men to come aboard and look things over, i "What are you digging up?" wa the! first question. 'Almost everything," responded the captain.

"We got a lot of lobsters this morning." "What do you do with them?" "Eat 'em." With memories of the famous cooking of ship cooks, life on a dredge became a very attractive proposition. "What else do you find?" "Well, we've got a lot of evidence against the channel for carrying concealed weapons," replied Captain Clarke, with a laugh, leading the way to his cabin, where he has a collection of revolvers, shells, cartridges of all kinds, and other curiosities. The theory that there bad been a recent disarmament at sea of pas- those seized by the police and periodic ally dumped at sea. There were also a number of shells fired from forts along the waterfront. Money Is found in quantities, usually small, sometimes gold, and all kinds of coins, but Captain Kidd's treasure has not yet been uncovered.

From the Raritan the Engineer proceeded to the Atlautic, which was working at the extreme end of Ambrose Channel, having Just come in after taking a thousand yards of Rockaway sand and mud to "sea. Captain King is In command on the At- lantic and the dredging work is under Inspector Bunker, while Superintendent i ns 01 lne enurB wor ul The coming of the Engineer is an event eagerly looked forward to by the men on board the dredges, for although they are in sight of land they are not in communication with It, and spend the week in isolation almost as complete as If they were in the middle of the ocean. "Watch 'em grab the mall," said Cap tain Wheel, as he brought his boat along altiing the ship's mall. Papers and let- over the nackaee con- side, and handed over the package con ters were eagerly seized and distributed, and for the next few moments the men were intently reading the news and learning about things at home. Tile Atlantic, disturber of the peace at the bottom of Rockaway Inlet, is much like the other dredges in construction, although of slightly different type.

She carrfea fifty-eight men, who work in They stay aboard from Monday until Saturday, and the dredge works Men on the Dredges Work All the Time. "How do the men kill time?" Captain Kings was asked. "There isn't any time to kill. We work all the time, except when we are asleep, and the boat is everlastingly at It." "A dredge is like any other large boat, except that it is different." explained the officer. "They are mostly engines and void.

The biggest thing about them are the receiving tanks, which take up most ot the room. These are lowered to the bottom of the channel, and the water and loose material is sucked up. This 'passes Into the tanks, the water runs off, leaving the solids. They travel over the water at about two miles an hour, unless they strike a lump or shoals." "What then?" "The dredge stops over the spot, sucks tho sand from around the stone and it sinks down." "You are about full. What now, captain?" "We go to sea and discharge the load." That is the process.

When the tanks get my father's name on a note for $300. I did get my father's indorsement, and I selected $322 worth of goods, and then struck out to find a location. "After a long search, on February 24, 1879, I opened my store In Utica, N. agreeing to pay $33 a month rent and I had a hard time convincing the landlord that I would be able to keep on paying that rent. "At first the business was a success, but later it dwindled to nothing.

I sold out part of the stoek for $170, and the balance I shipped to Lancaster, and there, opened a new store, in June, 1879, Frank W. Woolworth. with a totnl stock worth $400. I was worth, net, $225. "The first dny'B sales amounted to SI27.61.

1 Immediately telegraphed Moore Smith to duplicate tho stock. I felt sure that at last I had my opportunity. "1 opened a second store in Harris-burg, In July of that year. Da December 2t, 1S70, I completed an inventory of my two stores and found that I was worth $1,500 net, all my notes and debts having been paid. From that beginning we have gene on upward lu the present." The of the 628 stores which make u) the Woolworth system, extending all over the I'nlted States and Canada, is as complete as thaA upon which a railroad or similar corporation is conducted.

Inspectors are employed and to each one a certain number of the stores are The Inspectors make them-Seived familiar with the field to which they are assigned and report frequently I to the chief In tor. Onre a year Mr. Woolworth calls alt the managers together and goes over their fields. He make Itiouiries as to wnat particular thing has proved the most salable, and what method ot onering goods has been shown to be the most potent In aUraet- Inn the attention of the public. He also ascertains what methods have been introduced by the store managers on thei' own volition, and what on the suggestion of the Inspectors.

Each head of a store Is held personally responsible for the success or failure of business. It Is stated that in one 'he Brooklyn stores is a manager who, Ift -till pi jft-mi IsH -rMi vt Jfe? JtA I I ermen, were thrown into panic, and a hundred Paul Reveres of the fish tribe rode with the tide, spreading the news of foreign Invasion. Up and away they sped, pausing at Dead Horse Inlet to sound the alarm, then on to the Raunt, where they circled Ruffle Bar and Big Egg Marsh, then on to the farthest reaches of Hassock Creek and Pumpkin Patch Channel, calling on all the watery underworld to beware of the big suckers. Meanwhile the giant sand-sucking dredge began to breathe regularly and to move slowly up the channel, still ripping 1 up the sandy carpet and bringing the secrets of the sea Into the ship's tanks with a gush The Atlantic didn't remain long In the channel, as the water Is shallow and she can only work there at high tide for the present, but she makes two stabs at it every day and will soon be able to work night and day. She could do more now if it were not for Hie danger of sucking all the Continental newB out of the transatlantic cables before it gets to town, but they will soon be removed.

It is said. The best thing about the Government dredges that keep the harbor of New York open to the ships of all the world, regardless of their dimensions, is that they don't come In every few minutes and tell what they are doing. They keep working. So when The Eagle wanted to gst a story of what goes on out on the drtjges, It was necessary to call on Colonel Roessler's office, which Is in the War Department Building on Whitehall street, Manhattan. Assistant Engineer Babcock courteously arranged to have an Eagle photographer and reporter make a visit to the dredges on the Engineer, the tug of the Engineering Department, which makes a weekly trip to the scene of activities.

The Engineer is a new boat of trim lines, In charge of Captain Wheel, who takes as much, pride In her as If she were a member of his family, and tho Journey down the bay was like" a day off" for the newspaper men. Three of Uncle Sam's Dredges Are at Work. There are three dredges at work in Ambrose Channel, Including the Atlantic, which now alternates between Ambrose and Rockaway Inlet. The first to bo vis- W00LW0RTH IDEA HAS GREAT GROWTH Projector of Big Office Building Former Resident of Brooklyn. PARTNERS NOW RESIDE HERE.

Chain of Stores Now Numbers 628, Eight of Which Are in This Borough. The thousands of persons who daily strain their eyes in endeavoring to locate the workmen employed on top of tho Woolworth Building, in lower Broadway, i find It difficult to really? that this mon- star structure has been built from the profits of five and ten cent sales. It is I the tallest building in the world devoted to business purposes, and architects say its equal will never bo erected. The man whose genius is responsible for the remarkable monument lived for years In Brooklyn. Fourteen years ago, when the chain of low-price stores was being linked together, the owner of them all, Frank W.

Woolworth, resided at 203 Jefferson avenue, between Nosirand Tind Marcy. He took an active interest In the affairs of Brooklyn and was widely known and well liked. At that time! there was but one store here bearing his name and now there are eight. Two members of the Woolworth firm reside In Brooklyn Carson C. Peck and 0.

li. Case. The latter Is one of the shining lights of the Union League Club. The Woolworth army Is a great one. It numbers many thousands of men and women and they are housed In 628 of the familiar red-pulnted stores which mark the principal streets of the cities throughout the country.

Employes of the firm arc to be found ull over Kurope. Trained buyers are kept moving everywhere to pick up novelties. Mr. Wool-worth takes the entire product of the factories of two towiiH In Germany. His imports run up to enormous sums every year.

Mr. Woolworth was born in Massachusetts, but he got his Inspiration to establish a five and ten cent store! from H. II. Moore of Watertown, X. Y.

Moore began by establishing a five-cent counter in his drygoods store In that town, and later he set up the first five ami ten cent store In this country. Mr. Woolworth was a clerk In tho employ of Mr. Moore and became very much Impressed with the possibllltles of that method of selling goods. Mr.

Woolworth tells the story of his start In business In the following words: "In J.inuary, 1870, I announced to Mr. Moore that I would like to open a Five Cent Store, and I asked him if he would sell me the stock on credit. I had only (SO. He said he would, provided 1 coul'S brcHe Channel. ment to unionize their mills In order that they might be qualified to reach this market nnrlnr tho ennrHtlnnet in iho vi Woodworkers' Association entered into an agreement with the Carpenter's Union, where thev nerreeri thnf in vjmi Pnlon exclusively In consideration of the ce.jy-..

ull liun- the eliminating non-union competition. This agreement, according to the testimony the trial elicited from a witness for the company both on the direct and cross- examination, by Its express terms and by the understanding of both parties thereto, forbids union factories purchas ing non-union woodwork to help fill out their contracts, as was the custom with theso concerns and with the plaintiff company. Fight on Newton Company Dates Back to October, 1910. The fight on the Albro J. Newton Company began, the latter claims, in Oc- iour, laiu.

just aner it. naa accepted contracts aggregating nearly $100,000, i 1 I i ai.A AplnjirMv tn1ra from one tQee hours the dre(ge pontB to gga and when abo'ut ten m)leg the bottom is automatically opened and the load of 25,000 to 30,000 square yards of material Is dumped. The dredge then steams back to the channel and beginB all over again. "If you want to see the real activities, said Inspector Bunker, "we'll go below." There nre no golf links or swimming pools on board a government dredge. It seems to be mostly engines.

In addi to the ordinary mechanism that Is necessary for every ship, a dredge car ries a double set of engines tor the sue tion pipes, and engines for the pumping apparatus and engines for everything else-, and down about three stories he-low tho lobster level are the boilers that keep the englneB going. As one goes down It gets hotter and hotter and resolutions are formed never to complain of the heat again, so long as one is allowed to reach the open air once more. "We have to lengthen out the thermometers down here," said Mr. Bunker, apparently enjoying the discomfort of his visitors. Between two rows of boilers the fire men were Industriously throwing In coal, seemingly indifferent to the heat.

"They are really very cool here," said the inspector, "compared with the work they had to do when the Atlantic was down South. From all accounts It was warm down there." "JVhat have you been digging up In Rockaway Inlet?" Mr. Bunker was asked, when the deck was reached, and the cooling breeze from the ocean brought relief. "Nothing yet but sand and mud. We will get what there is down there, and there Is no telling what that will be, but so far we haven't picked up anything worth mentioning." The Atlantic is not dredging for treasure, at least the treasure is not coming from the bottom of the channel.

It will rather come from the land frontage, when the city and the federal government have transformed Jamaica Bay from a marsh lined body of water into the front door when oranges wer selling at three cents rmlui.n it uuugui uu enure saipioaa anu disposed of them at 10 cents a dozen. In another Brooklyn store of the Woolworth Ann, when pound cake was selling 20 cents a pound, a big stock of this cake was laid In and disposed of at 10 cents a pound. It 1b also stated that on some of the goods handled by the Wool-worth establishment there are heavy losses and on other goods the profit Is fully 50 per the net average gain on each article Is In tha neighborhood of 1 cent. Men who apply for employment in the Woolworth stores have to some well recommended, and they are promoted as tlay show efficiency. Often college graduates are sent Into the cellar to open boxes of goods and these men come up to responsible positions on their merits.

From the net profits of these 5 and 10 cent stores the great office building at Broadway, Park place and Barclay streets has been built. It Is the tallest building In the world, excepting the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Its fifty-three stories of stone and steel make the business structures of only a few years ago look like pigmies In comparison. According' to the contract the building Is to be completed next spring. But it la only when the new Woolworth Building is compared with other structures which have heretofore acquired fame for their height that we realize what a monster skyscraper New York City has recently acquired.

Standing alongside of the Cathedral of Cologne, the latter would be 250 feet below its top, while the Oreat Pyramid of Cheops would be 200 foot below. The Metronolltan tower, more familiar to New Yorkers probably than any other similar structure, is lower than -the Woolworth tower by fifty feet. The cost of the new skyscraper, according to the plans of Cass Gilbert, the architect, will be $12,000,000. It will measure 750 feet from the street to the dome of the cupola, and the building will contain 24,000 tons of steel girders. If the structure was lain down flat It would extend a distance of three ordinary city blocks.

One of the notable features of the new building Is the tower, which will con tain an Immense electric light which can bo Heen for many miles all about New York. On the fifty-fourth Btory will bo an ohservntory, which will be for tho use of the public. Another feature 1b a com plete system of stairways which are separated from the corridors and offices by fireproof walls and wire glass doors. The stairs are thuo not only made fireproof, but also Bmnkeproof. In case of flrn In any part of the building it Is expected that the stairways will afford safe exit for all those who may be In the building.

There will be thirty-four elevators for passenger Bervlce. The exterior of the building Is of creamy white stone and terra cotta In design, a combination of tho Italian, French and modern Renaissance throughout the main part, with Oothlc steeples at the font of the main structure. BROOKLYNITES OUT WEST. Charles Cramer of 976 Bergen street, who Is making a tour of the country for this coming campaign, writes to Tho Eagle from Manltou Springs, that he has met a number of Brooklyn people out West. The Van Wyck family was In Denver when ho was there, and at Palmer Lake and Colorado SpringB he saw the McGowana of Dean street.

Mr. Cramer himself has just attended" the meeting of tho Lawyers' Convention In Colorado Springs, and Intends soon to take a little rest, fishing ln Yellowstone Park. In Denver he met Judge Ben. Llndsey and had a very interesting conversation with blm. with certain customers for trim.

John I Ilidgewood Heights Improvement Assoola-Wolflnger, general organizer, deputized I tlon. of which Herman GohlinghoerBt is by headquarters at Indianapolis to handle president, took an active stand in the this matter, came from Indianapolis, matter, and, like the Evergreen Board called upon, the plaintiff's president and I of Trade, filed petition upon petition re-asked him to sign an agreement ln writ- nuestlng the sewer to be enlarged. Prop-lng with the Carpenters Union, a copy ot crty owners could not find tenants, owing nrhleh wn lefi wllh Mm Tho oaroomnnf tO tho COnilitlOnS. required tho plaintiff company to employ I to the agitation the construction only union men, and therefore to dis- of a trunk sewer through Covert avenue charge and refuse to employ any carpen- I and Stanhope street, connecting with the ter who would not join the Carpenters Cypres, avenue sewer, haa been com-Union- or whom the Carpenters Union 1 Plete1: noth ng has yet been done would not admit to membership. By the 1 towlir(1 "Paving of the street, which rules of the Carpenters Union, no man," i.i i v.

when the workmen finished filling In. of New York's harbor. The Improvement wil add 226,000 lots to the city, and 165 i mtn. nt Jnnbl-. 1 poses.

"OPEN SHOP" FORCES FIGHT FOR LIFE Interesting Litigation Started by Albro J. Newton Company Against Unions. INTRICATE QUESTIONS RAISED. The Company Wins Point From Justice Stapleton, and "Closed Shop" Side Appeals. Among the many kinds of litigation, Interesting alike to the lltlgantB and the public as well, the recent fights made in the courts of this state by employers of labor against the unions over the question of the "closed" or "open" shop has probably been less noticed by newspapers rerders than any other.

Tho reason for this is said to be because of the Intricacy of tho legal questions in volved which haB prevented it being generally known that in certain Industries a war of extermination is being fought by the unions against the companies cl ilmed to be "unfair." Tha com panies, so attacked, are retaliating with that comi iiratively modern legal weapon tho injunction, and every step Is being bitterly fought out. Recently a decision by Supremo Court Justice Stapleton In the now famous injunction suit of the Albro J. Newton Company, which has a big plant lit 528 Union street, pgalnst the carpenters and JolncrB unions Is a case In point. The decision, ir. favor of the company, Is the second victory for tho employer and ugalnst the labor unlonB In thl-j particular action, which Is being watched throughout the country fej the final re sult will be a sort of precedent.

Two well-known uttorneys, Walter Shaw BrewHter and Walter Gordon Merrlt, are, guiding the plaintiff company in Its acknowledged fight for the "open shop." The Albro J. Newton Company, a New York State Corporation, Is a well-known and recognized manufacturer of doors, Bash and wood trim. It has been in business for many years and employs about 175 men, of whom -li t.re carpenters. This is an Interesting feature of tho contest between the labor unions and the company, as the other 125 employes are machine hands and men engaged In tho various branches of the business. The company has over $200,000 Invested In its plant and does an annual business of over $300,000, tho major part being with customers in Brooklyn, with a small fraction to customers In Manhattan.

No Trouble With Unions Until September, 1010. From the beginning the company has never discriminated for anyone because he was or waa not a member of a labor unhin, and up to September, HMO, the company or Its ctiptomors had experienced any objection on tho part of tho carpenters and joiners unions to the purchase, use or installation of Its No Btrlkes, up to that time, had Point, west and southwest, to what is ever been called against the purchasers of the company's products, although tho nnrehoaor mem- bers of the union The suit has been brought against the officers and business agents of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters ahd Joiners of America and its affiliated body, the Joint District Council of New York and Vicinity. It is claimed that the defend- prevent the use of non-union woodwork and thus eliminate tho competition of I the non-union concerns, which, when unobstructed, is a large factor In the channels of trade in keeping down price! The United Brotherhood is an unincorporated association of Journeymen carpenters, having a membership of 200,000 and some 1,900 local unions. In localities where more than ono local union exists district councils are formed of representatives of local unions In that locality, and tho Joint District Council of New York and Vlcicity Is such an organization. The company claims that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and its affiliated branches have for a number of years past been engaged in a combination to prevent tho employment at the trade of carpentry of any person who Is not a member of their organization, by refusing to work with any non-union carpenter and upon any building where materials are used which are purchased from any firm which employs any nonunion carpenters.

By these methods It nas sought to eliminate the open shop and establish a universal closed shop in the industry. Organization of the Union Trades Council. In Manhattan, where the company soils nart of its material, the Joint District Council Is affiliated with the New York Building Trades Council, to which some of the defendants aro delegate's, and tho Board of Business Agents, of which some of the defendants constitute a part. Thin council Is said to be composed of numerous trades and represents a membership of from SO, 000 to 100,000 union men engaged In tho building industry In different trades In New York City. All union cards aro Issued In Its name and signed by its secretary.

Tho constltu tlon of the council and the constitution of the Hoard of Business Agents provido for sympathetic strikes of all trades employed on any building to cniorco 1110 grievance of any one trade. A special rule makes it the duty of every business agent, under penalty of fino or expulsion, to call a strike of all trades on any niiiniir 11 any nuu-uinuu iiiu-i v.u- ployed in any one iraoe. 11 a Dinmer In Manhattan Is desirous of purchasing the plaintiff company's the defendant union, under Its rules, orders all of Its members to refuse to work on that account, and then if the builder attempts to Install these materials by non-union carpenters the unions, through their affiliation with the Building Trades Council, call a strike of all trades working on said building because of the employment of non-union carpenters to do the work which tno union carpenters refuse to do. Tho combination of the defendant unions, It Is said, has been so Assoclation, composing a hundred of the large representative builders in Man- i Into an agreement with the carpenters' union In October, 1909, not to purchase or uso any non-union wood work. It has been the contention of the Albro J.

Newton Company that when the Master Carpentors of Manhattan en- I tered Into this agreement on October 30, 1909, the manufacturing woodwork- I ers of New York, who relied upon the master carpenters for their market, had no alternative but to make an agree- 1 couju uvi niiiu tv iiieuiiier unless ne was hv i i.n.ihi,j. local union to which he made applica tlon, and If that local union rejected him none of the other 1,910 local unions In any part of the United States could admit him to membership except by a two-thirds vote of the union which re jected him and a two-thirds vote of the J1V" v'la union ii ii no mane second applica- uon. A.M..c. imi oi cms agreement prcsenteo to tne pinintllT company con- lalned the 11I1 clnn h. carpenters would not erect material.

made by the non-union competitors ot lhe Moreover, Article 2. as In- terprcted by the witness, Mac'tonzle, ond 1 the counsel for the defense, forbade the manufacturer making any purchases of 0Wcr priced materials from other non- unon shops, although the company had toun(j )t necessary to make such pur- erases in the ordinary conduct of Its business In order to fill nut Its contracts made with builders. It was tho refusal of the plaintiffs to Flgn this restrictive agreement which created the fight that cuused this A long record nf strikes Is cited by the company to show the conditions it is fighting nre not inspired by any local I complaint on lhe part of Newton's em- 'og't citizens of Brook-p oyes, but that It emanated from In- meetlngs have been largely at- dlanapolls, was carried out by the organ Izers appointed from and paid by the headquarters nt Indianapolis and who worked in conjunction with the local authorities; thnt it was part of a general scheme to accomplish tho same conditions ln Brooklyn as had already been accomplished In Manhattan, and the com ipany was picked out as the "first vlc- tlm." There Is no contention that there wns any desire to aid the company em nlovcs. but. on tho contrary, the pre- mi't'on Is thnt many of tho plaintiff' $2 FOR BEOCKINTONS.

The Eogle acknowledges the receipt of $2 from E. for tho Rev. J. S. Brocklnton and his family.

rnr a class initiation eariy in ma fall. Talks were made by FnEt Archon. W. II. Burgess, O'Hearn, Kraft, Ounther and otherB.

Montauk Conclave, No. 639, met Friday night, August it. Talk. wer. made by Provost John H.

Bennington, Prelate C. H. Woodbury, Brothers Lock er, Sanford and others. Arcnon liinreage Is determined to round out niB term wiiu a large gain In membership..