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5 COOPERS' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL. that fair consideration and support to Progressive Unionism. MISREPRESENTATION. Indianapolis Wins. Indianapolis, May 24, 1898 which it is now entitled.

The close of the nineteenth finds the methods of making to I am haoov to sav that we How Swift Company get Men Take the Strikers Places. Should we open our gates to the machine men and assume jurisdic-sion over that branch of the trade they would shiver in their boots because they would see that we are basing our fight on intelligence A satisfactory settlement of the differences existing between the Lager Beer Brewery Companies of Rochester, N. and the union in interest having 1 have just won the greatest victory ever won in this citv. We did it cooperage very far In fact more so than the average State of Illinois, County of Cook. 88.

been reached, and the said firms now the same number of men, but unfortunately the modern captains of industry seek to turn out their products cheap, and so not only are less hands employed, but as a direct result the wages of those retained are correspondingly reduced. When all production was the direct result of manual labor, the human machine itself consumed in a gentlemanly way and with out the usual angry demonstra cooper who is accustomed to work at the bench even dreams of. Yet James P. Joy, 150 Berkshire operating union establishments, they are removed from our list "We Don't Patronize," and placed on our fair list. instead of ignorant force.

They would not have us change our laws Cambridgeport, Mass. the machine made cooperage which tipns, and on the other side the Kingan Packing company met our Charles Hanson, 14 Carlisle regarding machinery -because they All unions and members are respect is placed upon the market is very Cambridgeport, Mass. know we are unable to enforce fully notified to cease their antagonism arguments in a nice, quiet way, much inferior to that made in Thomas Drake, 527 Hanover to the product of these companies, and them as they now stand. They We used all of our influence to former vears bv first class me would not have us adopt something chanics, because the men and boys to give them that fair consideration and support to which they are now gain our point, and was successful the products it had created, but the machine of iron and steel after a hard struggle. entitled.

that is practical. Our policy at present is to force the machine At the request of the union inter I want to say a word ot praise needs no food or clothing it never who operate coopers' machinery know nothing about the defects of cooperage, and notwithstanding made package upon the market as for our president. He used good consumes, but perpetually creates ested, and after due investigation and attempt at settlement, the following cheap as possible in competition judgment and kept his head all How long will it be before manual concern has been declared unfair: with the hand made. By refusing through the fight. Brother labor is almost entirely suspended, Bostori, Mass.

Michael Scott, 506 E. 9th street, S. Boston, Mass. Jno. O'Connell, 225 Hanover Boston, Mass.

Peter Kenny, 51 6th street, E. Cambridge, Mass. Jas. O'Brien, 10 Lawrence street, Charleston, Mass. Stephen Lavalle, 44 Plymouth street, E.

Cambridge, Mass. The above named persons have Hirshhorn, Mack cigar manufacturers, New Brunswick, N. J. The Stephens also showed himself to and when there is no further use the fact that the barrels undergo a touching up by a cooper before they leave the shops, there are still defects that can only be no-tinad bv a mechanic while con the machine men the right to or ganize and be protected. If it isnt for men, when all that is required a suicidal policy what is it? Compe firm refused to unionize its establishment, and employs women and girls and will not pay fair wages.

be a good advisor in cases of emergency. We could reach no satisfactory conclusion until we is a boy or a girl to press an electric button. Who is going to structing the package. tition is said to be the life of trade, but the Socialists tell us At the request of the union inter Would it not be better for all buy the goods turned out? We that it is the curse of the human ested, and after due investigation and attempt at settlement, the following called in the State Board of Arbitration, which consists of Mr. McCormic and Dr.

Smith. These are nearine that point now. That concerned for the C. I. U.

to de family, at present there are two is one reason why thousands of concern has been declared unfair: The Cincinnati Brewing of Hamil mand of these factories that they employ men at these machines and gentlemen settled our differences industrious, honest and capable men are living in enforced idleness ton, Ohio. The company forced their destinct classes of men making and supplying the demand for cooperage i. e. the hand coopers in a manner that gives satisfac pay them coopers wages. For in employes out of the Brewery Workers' Union, and refused to sign the agreement with the union, and then, in and the machine cooper workers and why merchants and business men aro going to the wall.

Do vou believe this to be a desirable and under the present Social Syst tion to all parties concerned. Too much cannot be said in praise of these gentlemen. They are true friends of labor, although Dr. Smith is a manufacturer of furni personally appeared before me, Nellie Carlin, a Notary Public in and for Cook County, in the State of Illinois, this 19th day of May, A. D.

1898 and make the following statement, under oath to-wit: That A. Wormwood, is the foreman of the coopers and Charles Cushman, the General Manager of the North Packing Provision company, located at Somerville, the said firm being considered as rep stance, if our laws were arranged that if a firm would employ men and pay them three dollars per day to operate those machines, and in consideration order to avoid the union conditions, entered into a bargain with the em the backers and are or common sense state of affairs? Do you imagine that the Almighty Knights of Labor in order to pretend struggling for the cheapest pack age in the market. So long as this to the uninformed that they 1 have a union brewery. ture, he is a gentleman and is created and developed the iuven state of competition exists be fair to his employes. tive genius in man for his own Is it reasonable that the thereof allow them the use of the stamp? We would stand in a better light before the public and would have the support of the tween the two classes of Barrel Please publish this in The makers, the condition of each will Journal that others may see most highly developed humanity grow worse.

us tnen join what can be accomplished by becomes, the harder should be the public in the enforcement of our hands uuder the broad banner of struggle for a bare existence? If nerve and unity. demands. If any of the farms should acceed to our demands it Unionism and save the trade from Taylor Wilson, resenting aud beiiifi connected with the Swift Packing Co. of Chicago, Illinois. That on or about the 12th day of May 1898, both A.

Wormwood, foreman of the coopers and C. eternal ruin, lifting each branch machinery is a curse, it should be abolished, but if a blessing, it should be manipulated in such a Secretary No. 19, would not be to the detriment of of it to a higher and more congen the hand cooper, for their cooper' Kansas City Notes. manner as to give the best results age would then cost more, if any ial sphere. The adoption of such a plan does not, as some would have you believe, imply that we At the request of the union interested, and after due investigation and attempt at settlement, the following concern has been declared unfair: Levi, Horwitz Lachenbruch, clothing manufacturers, of New York.

The Deutche Post, Cleveland, Ohio, laving changed hands, and the new proprietor having the infair men and unionized the estab-ishment under union rules and con-litious, the same is removed from our "We Don't Patronize" list, and placed our fair list. At the request of the union interested, and afterdue investigation and ittempt at settlement, the following concern has been declared unfair: The Freeman Mill West Superior, Wisconsin. Secretaries are requested to read at union meetings, and labor press please difference, than hand made coop Work on the farm is picking up Cushman, Gen. Manager of the firm, solicited them to come to Chicago and work in the capacity to the greatest number. There are some things that should be thought out, and this is most Work in the packing houses erage, and if none of them should acceed to our demands we would keeps up well.

of coopers. That when asked why be no worse off than we are today plainly one of them. Brother Joseph A. Butler is cele this demand for more coopers ex Is there a single valid reason but would have gained some pres quit making cooperage by hand altogether, but it means that competition with cheap machine made cooperage having been removed, there would be a greater demand than ever for the product of the brating the arrival of a son. why the hours of labor should not tige in that it would be a vindica isted in Chicago they were told that in consequence of the war the Naval department had placed large The committee appointed to tion to us in our antagonism of be reduced so as to keep pace with the accelerated power of production rap against the scabs at Swifts as machinery, whereas, we are now orders, aud furthermore that usual met with poor success hand Cooper.

J. F. B. aud increase of labor-saving ma looked upon as a stumbling block new packing plant has started; Walter Lambert, son of Brother chinery? If there is, it has never in the way of progress. Omaha News.

copy, fraternally, Joe Lambert, has been appoints Some of our most sincere mem that conditions at present in Chi cago were such that the local coop yet been propounded, and it is time the question was boldly Samuel Gomperb, President A. F. of L. postmaster of the South Side At the present time there are twelve men working at the Hogs bers are disposed to sneer at the station. faced.

disinterested party when he tells head shop. ers residing there were unable to meet the extraordinary demand for such work. When we questio May Report. RECEIPTS TO EXPENSE FUND. The trade union is now agitat Two of our brothers secured us that we should keep pace with DATS.

LOCAL. AMT. We have twenty-two members thus far with tgood prospects for employment driving beer work at progress, but if we had heeded this ing an eight-hour day. Ihe employers of labor are resisting this 5. Supplies 81, 2 60 Heims' brewery, and local No.

46 ned -both the. foreman Mr. A. Wormwood and the General Man. advice when machinery first made more in the near future.

2 30 62, 6. just demand, though it is appar of the National Union of United "TO wr T. Per capita tax. .77, What is the outlook for a crop its appearance years ago, and had we been progressive enough at that ent that to provide work for the Brewery Workmen sent a com Mr. C.

Cushman. as to whether there was any trouble between any of apples so far in Arkansas and 12. Supplies 23, 12. 29, mittee to Heims and demanded time to stand together, and had unemployed either the shorter work-day must be adopted' or Missouri? I don't know of any that the coopers be removed from we taken machinery under our thing against good prospects in machinery banished. The first is the pitch yard.

Brothers Oswald control then and enforced appren this country. to conform to natural law the Cable and Burkhart visited their tice laws, every cooper in this 12. Per capita tax 99, 12. Supplies 99, 12. 12, 13.

18, 13. 3, 18. 15, 16. 62, Local No. 10, of South Omaha, last, a return to primitive bar local No.

46 as a committee and country might be working steady barism. effected a settlement whereby it and our trade under complete con and No. 21, of Omaha, are making preparations to give a joint picnic at Sarpee Mills, near South Oma The wage earner was and would was agreed that the coopers should trol! We should have said to the of the packing firms in Chicago ard their coopers, we were emphatically told that there was no trouble whatsoever, or strike of any kind. We were further told that a party would meet us at the depot in Chicago and look out and provide for us. When we arrived in Chicago we were taken in charge by representatives of the Swift Packing company and went to work Sunday morning.

We discovered through the day, while at be better situated under the old bosses at that time, if you are go 16. Charter fee 20, 17. 5 subscribers to Journal, ha, on June 19th. Would give be allowed to work in the brewery until the question of jurisdiction and obsolete method of production 1 75 5 25 3 20 40 1 83 1 75 1 00 3 50 50 10 00 2 50 1 95 2 75 4 20 1 00 2 75 6 20 7 00 3 50 2 05 20 ing to operate laoor saving ma A. Fench than he is to-day with all the ad chinery we are going to share the you full particulars, but arrangements have not been fully completed.

With- favorable weather is settled by the Executive Coun oil of the A. F. of which Bro 20. Supplies 24, 23. Supplies 17, benefits of it.

Without the assist vanced appliances that the spirit of invention has placed at his command. The one main point ther Cable states will be at their ance oi mechanics at tnat time success is assured. next meeting. machinery would have been a rank to settle is whether the masses Work has been reasonably plenty 23. Per capita tax 17, 25.

Supplies 21, 26. Supplies 4, 26. Per capita tax 4, 27. Supplies 93, work, that things did not look failure. We assisted in bringing about our own downfall and yet it who produce are going to remain passive under a system of industry satisfactory.

Notice. Office of American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. May 11, 1898. makes us mad when they tell us at the Willow Springs Whisky shop this winter. They employed twenty to twenty-five coopers up to the first of the present month, 24, That evening while returning to that denies them an opportunity we haven't kept pace with progress 31.

97, 31. 91, the boarding house in the Com the fact that we have lost by not To All Affiliated Unions: panv's bus. a committee of the when they reduced capacity about to make an honest living, that is filling our shops and factories with little children, and makes every advance in mechanical science a At the request of the unions inter 87 08 Total Chicago coopers met us and in keeping pace with progress is be yond the shadow of a doubt. one-half, necessitating a like re ested, and after due investigation and RECEIPTS TO RESERVE FUND. formed us of the difficulties in the attempt at settlement, the following OATS.

LOCAL. AMT. duction in the shop but the most of those laid off secured work at The question, as it now stands 11. Assessment 35, 20 00 firm has been declared unfair house; thereupon we concluded that we had been grossly deceived before us is, have we profited by Jacob Beck Sons, Pearl Wheat and the Hogshead Shop, which is a fair 13. 18, 3 00 26.

4, 1 60 Breakfast Flake Manufacturers, De article five, section 17. Some say by representatives of the Swift new menace to be dreaded by the very class which such advance should benefit. The machine has taken the place of the man, but who shall buy or consume the pro job; would be very good barring 30. 24, 22 00 troit, Michigan. The company violated we have, others say we have not Packing Co.

in Boston and deter the difficulty of securing staves at their contract with the union, and Looking the situation squarely in mined not to work any longer un the present time. The high water members of the union restrained by Total 46 60 DISBURSEMENTS FROM EXPENSE FUND. der the circumstances. ducts of the machine? Cheap iu the south renders it almost im injunction. the face, 1 conclude that in some few instances we have temporarily DATB.

AMOUNT A. sat it factory settlement of the Deponents further state that the goods are dear if there are no cus possible to get them. 4. Seal for Nos. 29, 24, 23 and 26 7 00 differences existing between the Bi whipped machinery, while in many There is going to be a large ma evele Workers' International Union others it has permanently whipped tomers to buy, and the only way to supply customers is to provide work for the unemployed.

The 4. Expressage on seals 2 45 4. 4 steel stamps for Nos. 99, chine shop built in South Omaha company has allowed them no compensation for either the time lost in coming here from Boston or the idle time since The us. What shall we have gained if and The Lozier Manufacturing Co.

manufacturers of bicycles, of Cleve 24 and 18 6 00 this summer, but whether it will be a benefit or a detriment to the hours of labor must be reduced we abolish machinery at one point and it is shipped to another and land, Ohio, having been reached, the said firm is removed Ifrom our list 4. 23 stamps and 23 pads 8 83 4. Expressage 1 60 6. Railroad fare to and from Machinery should not displace a coopers remains to be proven. operated or what shall we have "We Don't Patronize," and placed on single artisan, but it should grad our Fair list.

S. C. Quinn, Statistician No. 21 St. Joseph, Mo 3 80 ually cut down his period of toil accomplished if the machinery is stored away in some corner of the The unions and members are re 6.

Hotel expenses at St. Joseph, 60 There is no other solution of the soectfully notified to cease their an shop and we are kept in dread of 8. Postage and car fare 2 00 9. Telegram to Saml. Gompers 1 71 Leavenworth, Kansas.

tagonism to the product of this firm, problem, and the Booner the pub lie at large and the captains of in it, with threats from the boss that At our last regular meeting the and give it their fair consideration and 16. Postage and car fare 2 00 he will drag it out and use it again support to which it is now entitled. dustry understand it the better it following officers were elected for the ensuing six months President At the request of the union inter every time we ask for better con 20. Salary to May 18, 1898 60 00 24. Kent of office to June 24, '98 5 00 25.

Postage and car fare 2 00 will be for all concerned. ditions. Just so long as maehinery Industrial Banner. F. Gist; Vice President, H.

Beu ested, and after due investigation and attempt at settlement, the following only pay received, is $2.25 per man for work performed on Sunday, May 15th and further deponents saith'not. James P. Joy, Stephen Lavalle, Charles Hanson, James O'Brien, Pktek Kenny, John O'Connell, Michael Scott Thomas Drake. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of May, A. D.

1898. Nellie Carlin, seal Notary Public. v- Cook County, Illinois. ner; Treasurer, Charles Vogel; concern has been declared uniair: i red Grosbach, ex -secretary 28. Printing May Journals 49 00 28.

Postage on Journals 2 00 28. Printing official 1 60 exists, that long will it be operated. If we force the owner at one point Recording Secretary, J. A. Lancas Dugan A Hudson, shoe manufacturers, of local union No.

4, Nashville, to discontinue the use of his ma Rochester, N. Y. ter Fin. and Corresponding Sec 31. Postage and car fare 1 00 was given $10 with which to pay per capita tax and for sup At the request of the unions inter retary," Arthur Benner; Sergeant ch he has his money invested therein and is going to get it out if plies to headquarters and after ested, and after due investigation and attempt at settlement, the follow- Total 1141 39 Some of our local unions did at-Arms, D.

Green Inside guard, Wm. Marcum; Out-side guard, waiting about a month and receiv in 2 firm has been declared unfair: he can, consequently he will sell them and they are shipped to some not know the meaning of the ing no receipt or pass-word, the Mac. Higgins; Statistician, J. Mock. Berman clothing manu members grew, suspicious and tel White.

facturers, of Cincinnati, Ohio. official circular sent out concerning the Chicago strike and had to send to headquarters for a consti A satisfactory settlement of the Work at this point is very dull egraphed to headquarters to know if the money had been received, other point and are operated just the same and their competition is keenly felt. A victory of this kind amounts to nothing. We must differences existing between Cigar, at present, though the prospects makers' International Union of and after being informed that it tution to post up. My advice to such locals is to send up for some for Fall work are good, we would had not, they proceeded to have conclude after one year of unsuc ike io notify all Coopers not to constitutions and have one read Grosback arrested.

After being cessful warfare against the inevi America and Detroit Cigar Detroit, Michigan, having been reached, and the said firm now operating a union label establishment, the same is removed from our list, "We Don't Pat emigrate to Leavenworth without before your meeting, find out locked in jail, he broke down and clear card or they will be turned table that our course is unnatural confessed his guilt, pleaded for Only One Solution. Every invention of labor saving machinery under the competitive system of industry forces additional operatives into the ranks of the unemployed. This would not be so if the hours of labor were so reduced as to still employ what your principles are and then proceed to carry them into effect. down, unless satisfactory arrangements can be made on the start. mercy and after paying the costs and that we are looked upon as a set of ignoramuses.

The owners of ronize," ana piacea on our iair niu There is no need of changing our of the case was allowed to go free. No. 88 continues to use the blue All unions and members are respect laws if our membership does not coopers' machinery are laughing in label ou slack work. fully notified to cease their antagonism He was expelled, however, from local union No. 4.

know of the changes. Arthur Benner, Secy. to the product of this firm, and give it their sleeve at our suicidal policy..