The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
A PHILADELPHIA LOCKOUT.
FIERCE DISPUTES BETWEEN WORKING
MEN and THEIR EMPLOYERS.
Five ThousaaA Men Out OF work-A Lock- nut
Ordered By tho Manuracturers' Assceia.
tt0n-Idle Men In Other Hiram ches or Labor.

Five ThousanA Men Out or work-A Lock out
Ordered By the Msnufscturers' Assceia.
tson-Idie Men In Other Branches or Laher.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. GAIL the largo shoe
manufactures In the city closed their doors to-
night, and 5000 operatives are thereby thrown
out OF employment. This action was ordered
by the Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Associa-
tion. and tho lockout looks as II long contest
might result. There is very serious mieun.
derstandng between tho association and Shoe
makers Assembly branch OF tho knights OF
Labor For years disputes have arisen be-
tween the manufacturers and their men, Tho
thing came to head on April last whom
thero was conference.
Tho manufacturers assert that ut that meet
Ing those who represented tho knights Of
Labor promised to bring before their Assembly
proposition to settle all future disputes by a
Joint Board OF Arbitration. They did this. and
the proposition WAS agreed to by the Assem-
bly. but owing to subsequent disagrcements
tne Assembly refused to enter the Joint Bonrd,
since then the manufacturers say they have
been subjected to all sorts OF annoyances
On Nov. 81 the manufacturers nssocia Zen
passed resolution demanding joint Board
close all the factories on Dec q il the demand
was not complied with. The shoemakers
nassed resolution rcfgsp TO treat until This
toI1nieht the operatives wero locked out.
o,; they , haze been h9lding meetings all over the
said this afternoon that the strike among the
employees had been pending for five years.
. onr nands have crowded us So" said he,
ness is rather dull Mt the present time and .
shutdown among the factories will prove bene-
nclal ia more than one way TO the manufacture
ers. The association is united on the position
en a nave taken. and am sure that II the hands
At Zeigler Brothers factory very little work
was done to-day. The 525 hands employed In
the different branches quit work on Thursday
afternoon. in anticipation OF the lock out
member Of the firm said that they Intended to
stand by tho action of the manufacturers as
ISOLATION. and that thoy could stand strike at
nus time because they had a very large stock
In addition to the shoemakers lockout,
twenty-siX firms OF CARPET weavers are doing
nothing as their employees are out. There
sesi 70 DC no chance M OF settlement This
hnnd,loom weavers are out. from 5000 to
1000 iron workers about 1000 sugar refinery
nands and many cotton and worsted mill
operatives. From $4,000 to 20. 600 hands are
IDLE. and everything points to hard winter
FOR them.
"A A., w. McCracken. ,Superlntondont OF the
IHi.ocking valley Coal Mining Company. is in
I'll the places Of tho strikers. Two hundred
miners have already gone from Pittsburgh,
and as many more will he sent within q few
days. Fifty, left Pittsburgh last night. Super
men now at work. and expect to have the two
mines running full before the end Of noxt
week. At the present. rate. he says. the men
average $3.50 per month.
Relief for the destitute Hooking Valley
miners Is now coming from wholly une expected
quarters. The cowboys of Texas have sent $3.50
TO the Central Relief Committee. At Nelson
vile Frank West and Philip Smith have been
to Kill George Barnccut one OF the old miners
VINO went to work against instructions.