Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-16
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THE BRICKMARER's STRIKE.
ThrsafsEfng DsBs ossfr aff0ns-FaftHr Of
the SfrsEs-RsssssP ff0s or HOrk
Rail-

THE BRICKMAkER'S STRIKE
ThrsatsEfng observation-disclosures or
the SfrskS-RSsssIPff0s or Hork
at fac Old Rafss-
The sfrik q the brick yard hands for higher rates
81 raw has failed. Many Of the labdrers in the
several yards returned to work this morning AMI
other.' sill resume work to- Heretofore Of
reT day: WbeeIers. 81 Iz1s TO 81 r. and msTlders
hom 90 20 SIS Per day. The strike, it Is said,
~ The OF bearers and moulders In several Of the
fbe strike voluntarily, but were
DRIVEN FRoM THEIR woEE
~ the threats and taunts Of the disssdshed ones.
The strikers yesterday accumulated each yard
We visited, until they numbered about three hun
aIed- tiTOIg pol,ee force Vas on hand however,
0ood DIAL Of Rose The strike, II seems originatsd
otheTs All Of the hands employed by Messrs Brown
Just "a ely Lambels old sta nd quit work but at
jas Richards, Adam Grinder, 4. & T. A kic harris
The Martin, John Webster, and Geo b smith
The pr0pTietors Of the brick yards had
CONSULTATION
yesterday AMI dete Tininel th1t they would make
sCmprunisyith the strikers hut II the men d-~ rel
% resuIae ,Eork at the old prices they could d. %
sideJed IL seems to Be the impression that the pro-
prietors ar~illing 70 give Increase but will not
In each yard the hands are divided into squads bf
three AIsi teas Of these squads only which
.sqHenfly the yard OF hessrs Brown & Just " no az.
ne~ beEi1hers a about the only yard in which the
Was said that the strikers thought to make thes
gentlemen srree TO their terms, as they have bat
recently ents 81 into the business Of brick making
Cut ~ the 80 .ands IN the yard # Mr.. Geo b. smith
= struck. In ne yard of Adam Grinder bul veFy
lev went with the strikers, consequently there was
but little Interrogation Of the work in that yard
nsny Of the bsBdsswho took part In the strike zee
teTdsy APPEARED At their yards this morning and eI
pressed their willingness to resume
WORK ~ The OLD PRICES.
Some put TO work and hers will be -uorrsy
morning In Consequence If the trouble many of ne
yards did Lot have the clay ready this morning Cor
AL The foTCe To RESUME consequently the general
SUN ptiCn OF work vii not be until morrow The
bropTietors also agreed yesterday that they would
eLoSE THEIR YARIs RATHER THAN COMPROMISE
with the strikers wi5le they acting badly,
and that they would not give employ ment 10 each
ether labOrers who we're engaged in the strike II
wRs ported to-day that Mr. Plant bad agreed TO in
the q many Of his hands and there seems
~ be no doubt that al u the propret0rs viii consent
90 81 increase for their best hands Everything vas
Aniet about the yards to-day. and approximations
Ct any trouble entertained Cur re porter con
suited with several proprietOrs ve expressed their
Willingness o. act fairly With their men, and pay fair
sompensation, but Wild not with strikers or
e1ter into any compromise with them.
There are many competent wOrkNen who aP.
ready and willing to tax the places Of the strikeru
should they persist in their and the propre
tors viii that their employees protected The
whole strike seems TO be the work Of few men, 10
ntEn dated large number Of their fellow kmea
aps ~ threats made them Join in the strike !