Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-22
THE LABOR TROUBLES.

The Carriage Makers Strike The
 Body Makers to Finish Their Un-
 finished Jobs or Take Away Their
 Kits - The Trouble at the Peck
 SheP.
 The strike at Rockers is the central point of the attack of the striking carriage makers Said one of the men yesterday: If we carry this stronghold we carry the day. It is test case at this shop. The firm now refuse, it is said, to receive any committee of the men for conference or arbitration until the men first finish the jobs they left uncom- pleted.
 Yesterday one of the largest concerns of carriage manufacturers notified their body makers that they must complete their jobs or take away their tools before Monday next.
 A. s. Foster, president of the Brass Manu featuring association of the United States, and the Messrs. Peck, of Peck Bros. & Co.,, have held consultation in this city. The difficulty at Peck Bros shop was explained to MT. Foster. Then the firm decided to send for the representatives of the employees who struck. The workmen sent Norris l.. Clapp, a master workman of K. of L., to act for them. The Messrs. Peck told Clapp that they stood ready to receive any and all the strikers back provided they would agree to take orders from Foreman Millett. The firm reminded the men that when they abol- ished the contract system to please them all the employees were by that act virtually out of employment. But the firm magnanimously accepted all back. With this statement MT. Clapp retired and told the men they demanded arbitration as garded MT. Millett. The firm replied that they stood by Millett and his course as just, and said that new man would probably dis satisfy the men and then there would be more trouble. MT. Peck concluded, saying the firm stood ready to take all the strikers back provided they would act under Millett, the firm agreeing on this basis to submit fu- ture difficulties to arbitration. The Brass manufacturers association includes all the concerns of the kind 1n the United States. MT. Foster, it's president, received visit in New York from 0. J. Shields, representing the Knights of Labor. As 8 result of this conference, after various unsuccessful at tempts, the Peck Brothers have consented to leave the affair to arbitrators, the matter of assignment of furnaces to be the only ques- tion to be arbitrated upon. The Brass manu lecturers association is very powerful and if the trouble at Peck's is not speedily settled this association will declare general shut down. which will throw out of employment every man employed in the business in the United States. The state of the trade will allow the manufacturers to do this and re- main idle for an indefinite length of time. MT. Foster said that the association was very 10th to do anything of the sort because the cause of the dispute here seemed very small. If the men are willing to return to work they can do so. The shop is open to them. But if they prefer to remain out and insist on MT. Milletts discharge, the general shutdown will be ordered and large num- Der of men will be out of work.
 FURTHER CONFERENCE TO-DAY.
 Some of the moulders at Peck Bros.' shop who were attending meeting at K. of L. hall last night were seen by reporter They said there was no change in the attitude of affairs since the afternoon, but that Peck Bros. and the committee were to have l.