New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-21
NOT YIELDING TO EnPL0YEy DEMANDS

The strike of the pianomakers continues without
any change in the positions of either the employers
or the employees. At o'clock yesterday morning
the strikers, while holding meeting ut EernandO's
Hall at Fifty -thrd-st and Thirdave.. received the
following letter from the Messrs SteInway i'll reply
to their demands of the day previous;
NEwYoRK, Sept. 20, 1892
To the Worl:n,en Of SteinrayG Sons
We ackno"ieuee t,c recelPe ~ 3ou it S az ~
mands Of workmen We regret that we cannot give
learned the views OF MessIs william f. steinway and O.
+. Theodore Steinway, botn of whom are IN Europe
SrEINwAY Sons.
When the letter was read to the meeting it was
received with a chorus of jeers The workingmen
pronounced IL evasive and simply an excuse to OBJ
tain tlue to employ non-unlon men. They sad
that the strike was not a matter of money but of
principle and 1T could be compromised very easily
if the Steinways would respect their complaints
After a long discussion the delegate who brought
the letter to the meeting was sent back TO the
Steinways' warerooms in fourteenJh-st for moro
explicit answer to the demands Of the meeting. In
the interval Charles Steluway caOed to the other
members of the firm and received their opinion OF
the strike. On the arrival of the strikers mes
senger he was sent back TO them with the following
letter:
NEwYoRK, Sept 20, 1882.
To the WOrkmen Of Stetncay Sons:
Since addressing our rst letter Of this date we
have heard McssrsW +. Seinway ana CT stein
way Concerning the so-caed complaints and demands,
we now make the following communication TO you
our head Dookkeeper at Astoria, Mr. A. somner, in the
enumerated, has Ony Carried out the orders OF
Seinway ana for this reason we refuse TO dis
charge gentleman named OF tHc
workmen trsclass and most solid work remains
as heretofore been the rule i'll our factory for
more than twenty nine years WOrkmen who have been
discharged under shop rules viii not be taken back
again. Pay Tor WORK not done we refuse, ana cite NO.
% of our shop rules: 1.-THE employers reserve
the right to discharge any person employed III
this establishment any time without giving notice
assigning any reason, and that any person so
discouraged leaving his own account works by the
piece and has only partly completed his work, he Is
Titled 10 payment Tor the value of toe work actually
done by hun and more provided said work Is APP.
proved as perfect by tIe foreman OF the branch In
OF the discharge OF any person working by the day
week. he shall be entitled to pay men for the time actu
ally worked by MIN and no more"
' sTENwAY & Sons.
After the letter bad been given to the chairman Of
the meeting of strikers and read aloud by him, the
uproar was terrific Many OF the men sprang to
their feet lnd declared that they would
march IN body TO Fourteenth-st. and make Charles
Steiuway accede to their demauds. the strikers
again asked the chairman TO send a COMMITTED TO
see Mr. otelnway and present their grievances to
him IN person. but nothing could be decided IN the
uproar. AT last the meeting was declared adj
iourncd until this morning. and the men gathered
about the OF the streets and discussed MIR.
SteInway's letter until nghtfall.
Nh. StemwaY said yesterday that he was prepared
for long strike and that the absence OF his work
Inglnen from the factories would not deter him
from defending his legitimate rights an en-
ployer. 4 he committee which was appointed to in
duce the men employed in the StelnWay warcrooms
to quit work yesterday morning failed 10 accom-.
pllsn it's object All the men with the exception of
tour yarnishers remained at their work.