June 3d the Bricklayers' union met at Berry's hall. An attempt was made
to read a proposition to return to work, leaving the question of pay-day
and hours to arbitration; but the proposition was howled down, and not
even permitted to be read. The following resolutions were adopted:
_Whereas_, The Bricklayers' and Stonemasons' union of Chicago, on
May 11th, in special meeting assembled, adopted Saturday as their
regular pay-day, and
_Whereas_, The so-called Master Masons' union of this city have
refused to grant our reasonable request, and have entered into a
conspiracy with the Builders' and Traders' exchange, the object of
which is to disrupt our organization; therefore, be it
_Resolved_, That we, United Order of American Bricklayers and
Stonemasons, in regular meeting assembled, pledge our honor to
stand firmly by the resolutions adopted May 11th.
_Resolved_, That we condemn the Builders' and Traders' exchange for
their cowardly action in locking up the building materials and
forcing a lockout, thereby paralyzing the business interests of
this city, and causing loss and suffering among thousands of our
citizens who are in no way responsible for the differences existing
between our organization and the master masons, so-called.