Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-15
THE SKILLED WORkMEN.
They are Said to be Finding Work in the
East Street Shops and no
Questions Asked.
4 Demand to he Made Ipon MIR. whiteley
tn Take All or None ON Those Terms
A Recent Proclamation Notes
and Rumors of General
IutereSt-A BoyCotte.

4 thousand different opinions might hr
gotten aS 10 the final outcome of the labor
troubles. hy talking to A. many different
men. However we'll the Whlteley firms
NAV be- fixed with regard l" machinery al
ready manufactured. certain II iS that they
arr p""riy off for w"rkmen. 1t Is found
easy enough Ia I'LL the shops with men. but
the difficulty lies in getting the kind of
men needed. More than half the Labor
employed by them is skilled labor.
much of which had been taught in their own
shops. Men had learned /" do certain
pieces uf work in perfect manner by Ion.
practice, and il is impossible /" timd men
who can take their places al once, II Is re-
ported. and nn very good auth"rIty, that
W. y. Whitley has sent a man named Co
zirr privately to several of the best me
chanicS who were discharged, asking them
to come back To their jobs "n the old terms.
and that they have complied with his
request This has been going on for tw"
OF three days. II will be- officially
reported Ia the Joint Executive Board, this
afternoon. and if they tind il to he fact, II
is stated. Mr. Whitley will either have ia
meet the Arbitration Committee and come
TO an agreement with them. or the men be
longing to the order will be ordered out.
The manufacturers are finding that the
question is not settled by their own dlctum.
They held long conference OF the stock
holders of the Champion Machine Co,
Knife and Bar Co.. MalIeable
Iron Co. and Whitley. FaSsler
4 Kelly Co.. which Mr.. Stillwell
characterizes as a very solemn meeting, but
they came TO no definite plan for further
concerted action, more that to issue a proc
lamation of which the following is a
verbatim copy:
CHAMPION BAR X KNIFE Co, SPRING
FIELD. ONO. - PR"CLAMATION. - ALI
MEN ARE BORN FREE and equal before
God. The independence and equal rights
so bestowed bv the divinity must he reCug-
uized and maintained. and No C"MBINA-
TIoN OF EITHER CAPITAL. or LABOR in Op-
position to the other will be- participated III,
RECoGNIZEp OR TOLERATED by this com-
pany.
Ii WILL BE THE POLICY of the manage
mcnt of this company 10 mdlviduailze
every employe and to treat with each indie
pendently in regard t" all matters pertain
ing to employment. services. grievances.
etc, and no person will be employed who
Is a member of the KNIGHTS OF lABoE oI:
ANY TRADES UNION or other organization
by which he is controlled and deprived Of
the right to act independently for himself
in all matters pertainin. to employment OF
services.
FULL CONFERENCE will he CheeTfully
granted To each and every individual en-
ploye in regard 10 all matters pertaining to
his employment. BIT Nu COMMITTEE oI;
OTHER CONVERSATION will be recognized OF
treated with in regard 10 employment.
compensation or anything pertaining L"
the work.
II WILL RE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD ihdi
every individual employe who CoNTINUE>
OR ENGAGES in the services of this COM
pany AFTER THIS DATE thereby approves
the policy TO be pursued by this company
and its employees. a. herein Indicated.
CHAMPION BAE X KNIFE Co.
March l3, 1855.
This paper is being posted today through
all the concerns represented at the meeting,
the firm name being changed 10 suit the
location in which the paper i posted.
The following from Chicago i of great
interest here:
CHICAGO. March l4.-District Assembly
-. Of the Knights of Labor. held meet
ing here today, and. though the meeting
was secret, member. after adjournment,
vouchSafed the information that it had
been decided Ia sustain the striking en-
plONeS of the Mccormick reaper company.
and to boycott the firm. which i> now EN-
pl0Ning nearly full force of non-uniun
men. 1t was ais" decided at the meeting
Ia rtfze the Thompson ~ Taylor boycott.
one of the firms using Maxwell Bros. goods.
and to call out the full strength of the order
in bOycotting Maxwell Bros.