THE PLUMBERS. May 31st the Chicago Master Plumbers' association met and adopted the following resolution, which was sent to the Council of Building Interests: _Resolved_, That we, the Chicago Master Plumbers' association of Chicago, recognizing the right of employers heretofore jeopardized by the arbitrary interference of trades unions, do hereby tender our hearty sympathy and support to the Master Masons in their present struggle for the individual rights of employers. ROBERT GRIFFITH, President. J. R. ALCOCK, Secretary. THE BRICK YARDS. The Chicago Brickmakers' association, which represents all brick yards in the South and West Divisions of the city, met May 31st and adopted the following rules: We the brick manufacturers of the South and West divisions, believe the adoption of the following rules will tend to establish a system that strikes may be avoided in the manufacturing of brick in our divisions of the city: 1. By the appointment of a committee of three members from the Brick Manufacturers' association and three from the Brick Laborers' union, with full power to act in all matters pertaining to the interests of those they represent. 2. To hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month for the transaction of any business that may come before them. 3. No member of the organization represented shall strike or cease operation of their work for any individual grievance pending a meeting of any committee. 4. Any question said committee fails to agree upon they shall call in outside assistance and use all honorable means for a settlement before ordering a strike or lockout. 5. When said committee, after due care, fails to agree, they shall, before ordering a strike or lockout, give one week's notice. 6. All brick manufactured up to date of said strike or lockout shall be cared for by the men before abandoning their work. 7. The committee shall in no way interfere in any difficulty arising between the brick manufacturers and any other organization other than the one from which they were appointed. AN ADDRESS. June 1st. The executive committee of the Master Masons' association issued an address to their former employes, as follows: TO THE BRICKLAYERS AND STONEMASONS OF CHICAGO--_Gentlemen_: To those of you who have families to support; who, by frugal saving, have laid by a store for rainy days; who, perhaps, have invested surplus earnings in a house and lot or made partial payments on a piece of land for a future homestead, and thereby have acquired an interest in Chicago--to you we speak.