New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-07
BREWERY MEN ON A STRIKE.
WANTING LESS WORK AND MORE PAY.

The brewers employees Of this city, Brooklyn,
Morrisana. Staten Island. Newark and Union Hill,
/ n. j., struck yesterday for reduction OF their
labor1ng hours to twelve hours a day. with no
Sunday work, but the last clause of the
demand was supplemented by an agreement to do
the few hOurs' work necessary on Sunday morning
for fifty cents an hour. rate much higher than
their usual pay. The police were informed Sunday
evening of the expected STRIKE and extra force OF
detailed ~ the districts where the strikers
were assembled. but no disturbance was made by.
tho men yesterday. In the evening about twenty
firms had acceded 10 the demands OF the strikers,
while the remaining ones about fifty In number, have
formed an organization 10 tako measures of self
protection against what they clam to be an
unjust strike OH the part Of their employees.
When tho brewers made tho announcement TO
their customers that they would only send out beer
yesterday TO thOs" who came for II, the anxiety OF
beer consumers and the expected loss OF their favor
lite beverage for few days great. llastv visits
made to the beerShops TO learn the truth as TO
the runOrs OF the stopping OF the supply OF lager
but in nearly every instance the anxious ones were
treasured aud went away happy. One entrrprlSing
beer-seler said that he should supply his customers
if the beer had 70 be carried in hearSe" This We
hicle was not seen in USE for suoh purpose, but
nearly every kind of conveyance, from a grocery
wagon to handcart was used to supply the demand
of the public.
The men in this city. about $500 in number.
struck i'm the morning at the hour when the beer IS
usually sent ont Of the hrewcrcst to the customers and
Thiri-aye.. where they were addressed bv the lead
ers of the movement and given instructions for their
conduct during tine strike. At IL o'clock the body
of men marched to Wendels Assembly Rooms, in
West Forty -fourth-st. just as the oratory of
striker had reached point when " victory was GER
tain" the announcement was made by lle commit
tee in charge that the firm of +. d NJ Schaefer had
yielded to tine demand Three hearty cheers were
given and the speeches continued until soon another
nproar was caused 10y the statement that Smith IL
Brother and Philip Schacier had accedcd 10
the demands of the men. a. this point free lunch
announcements that the following brewers had
Yielded to the strikers: The Manhattan brewery,
Charles Riyiuius NJ. X j. liaien, VI. knntz H. ZONES
and Schwaner & Amend. OF New YORK ;. LeiD-
mann ~ Sons, Otto Huber, Henry kief.r. Dahl
bender & Greiner, Weber y Author William I'll
man and ~ SeitZs sons, OF brooklyn; lhIincS brew
cry, the Marion Brewing Company, ana tnwcnsteln
a. Weiss, of jersey Iity. In nearly all
the Ire weries the men went away IN bony.
i'm some however a few of the men refused to qnt
work despite the order of the union. In Conrad
Stem, r,wery, six union men remained at w"rN.
At Ruppcrt's Brewery the drivers arr not Union men
and dld not strke; the cOoptrs loaded the wagons,
and the customers were supplied as usual. y.
LOrwer, at Fnrty-lrst-st. and Icnt-ave employed
" green men At once, ahd conllnueJ work IN the
Hermann Brewery nearly One-thlld OF The men re-
fused to strike and r, nalncd at work.
The brewers affected by tn strike held q meeting
Yesterday AZ the Stcubcn House. ia the Owcry and
passed resolutions, addition 10 the ones published
in theSunday papers. that they "oHd aoccdc To- inc
wishes OF their e.np.o. Is III reducing the length oil
a days work 10 twelve hours. but posi-
lively refused to pay extra wages for thu two OF
three hours work necessary In hf zone sunday.
" The beginning of this Whole trouble SAIL pom
iuent brewer to TRIBUNE reporter, was a"out
two months ago wncn the foreman were
discharged from the RUPERT Scharirr D9"l-
ger and Ringler hrrWerIcs, because they
Joined the Brewers CDion. WhIch thou nad been
formed about month. lne trade unions "i 'he I
city ana its vicinity 80, cot,rd those brewers,
aud they wcro compelled 10 rclnsate the discharged
foieIneI. Al meeting OF the boss brencrs a. the
action but soon after MIR. Ehrrt dischar scd man
for IncOmpetcnoy At this tho trade union Demanded
that he should De taken BACK. aud Insisted that
all brewery employees SnOuid became tnrln"crT oi
thru Mon. IL nov seemed Ia be- time for the brew
ers To take steps TO prOSrCt themselves IRON
the unwarranted interference with thcr busi-
ness which constantly being male ny
the union. We Wluug to conCcdc all
lust demands and we believe our reduction Of the
number OF hours 10 twelve viii "e bcnchclal 1" oar
business but when our employees dl' tate to US now
We shall conduct our busiur>, especially lu bIant hts
which do not concern them, We viii not submit 10
it, Tor go TO Castle Oapicn AMI gct an entirely
new of and with our skilled help which has
remained with US We can make thch competent III "a
short time TO do the wOrN required of thcn."
The strike among the brewery hands in tho |
northern portion al Hudson County, y. j.. caused
much DISSATISFACTION among the Germans ho wcrr
celebrating PDngtt MOntag at SChutZ,n Park. The
sixty men al the brewery OF Win ~ Peters at
Union Hill, went 10 WOrk AT the usuai hour an the
morning. delegation irOn the union of this city
visited the brewery later, and ordered the
men to leave work, which they did III a body. Mr.
Peters agro d 10 cad twelve hours work day. but
positively refused 10 pay % cents an hour iOf Work
done on Sunday. Tho men employed in Berne's
Brewery refused 10 strike. LcuIs Teuncwruh had
seventy men at Work IN his brewery he advanced
their wages - "a month"; and they REUSED 10 strike.
The fifty IN The hOCk Spfing Brewery of
Haenstein a. Weiss, in GTtt@Lbcrs, struck ycstcT-
day the members OF the ir.n having refused 10
their wages. In striKcrs were very quiet. aud no
trouble was caused by the strIkc.
There general strihe among the employees of
the bTeweries on staten Island The 1--WE largest
brewers George Bcchtol, Meyer Bnchman, Rub,am
a Norman, Bshons ana COnrad ENtIne, wcrr seri-
Ously embarrassed carly in the day 10y most of their
men quitting work les, i've brewcrlrs employ about
200 men. In the forenoon about nifty oi the men
marched to the ferry landing at Stapcton and took
the boat for this city to JOIN the New York strikers
Some OF the firms tried 20 COnpromisc by Offering
an increase of wages To the men, nut were unsucccs
full. Meyer Il Bachman offered to give their men
each - more a month If they would return |
To work. The offer was not accepted. George lech-
tel came 10 this city IN the afternoon aud engaged
men to take the places OF the strikers AT his |
brewery Most Of the other firms concluded Ia wait
until to-day before they bred new men, as they had
hopes that the old hand, would return. As tins Is
the busy the firms cannot AFFORD 10 wait long
for the strikers, and If the latter do not make up
their minds to go TO work to-day II Is the intention
to ill their places with new men soon possible.
A squad of police detailed for duty at the |
breweries last night.
About one-hali of the Newark brewers joined in
tho strike The men Of llauck, Kruger, Hill d
Piez, Neu, Cier and Niedcnmayer kept at work.
The strikers expect Hill d picz men TO join them
to-day. In the afternoon II delegation OF strikers
visited the brewerlcs and Pskcd the employers to
grant the mems demands. One firm said that IL
would do SO If other brewers would but the rest de-
cned. Some Of the brewers who had men sent part
of them TO work i'll the brcweres where the hands
were on a strike.
The blacksmiths and wheclwrights of this city
struck yesterday for an advance Ot 10 per cent IN
wages, according TO their prcarTanged plan 1t was
reported last night that III twenty-sX OF the forty
shops in which the strike was made the employers
had acceded 10 the demand.
About 800 cOa-shOvellers along the North and
East River fronts went on strike yesterday for an
ad vance nom TO cents ton for shOvclling coal.
There were no new developments in the strike of
steamship hremen, there were no coastlng vessels
TO sail.