Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-01
THE MEN AT WORK AGAIN
The Correspondence Between the
knights of u,nbor aud sthe .Ennu-
facturcrw-The Latter Meet at var.
POstles, office.


facturerN-Ehe Latter Meet at WI
Postlss, office.
From sa urday's Every Evening
The morocco trade difficulties hav
assumed more cheerful face and th
strike, as it is called by the one side, O
suspension as it is denominated by th
other, is at an end. The men are O
work, and for all that is known now, vii
remain 80 indefinitely. 1t is believe,
that an understanding and arrangement
will be arrived at between the district ex
| ecutive board and the morocco exchang
| which will be accepted by the former ant
the Knights of Labor without any fur
| ther stroke of resistance. The men ar,
working at the same wages and under tn,
same conditions that existed before the
strike. The manner in which the present
| situation was reached is as follows:
AS was stated in the GAZETTE last week
the executive board WAS in session all
Wednesday forenoon and for some time
after dinner, sitting for awhile at the Kirk.
wood House and again at the head-quarters
in the Morrow Building. The time was oo-
cupied in arranging with Messrs. Moe Clary
and Mullin nearly up 10 noon. About
pearing. the board considered what to do
and decided before much time had
elapsed to again invite conference.
Thereupon the following note was written
| and copy sent to each member of the
morocco exchange:
SANCTUARY OF MoRocco WoBKEns' AssooIA-
TIoN, WmMrSeToN, DEL, March "a, 1885,
We the undersigned executive board hereby
nntIfu nf a Unnatjnn IN hn hAlH at IA
Mrkwood House at an hour you, the manu-
faeturers, may name.
Let 1t be as soon as possible.
tSignedl MATTHEW CoLwELL,
Executive Board "a.
The note was written on plain paper
and was stamped with the seal of the
Beamsmen and Tanners Assembly, No
4,424 of this city. This notice was re-
ceived by the various manufacturers
about o'clock in the afternoon. About
O'Clock word was received by the board
that the exchange would meet Mr.. Col
well at the office of j. P. Postles q Co.,
whereupon that gentleman Immediately
repaired to the place named and talk
ensued.
When the manufacturers had received
Mr.. Oolwell's note they called meeting
of the exchange and got together at
Postles' office as speedily as possible. 1t
was about 2 o'clock when their consulta-
ton commenced, and after talking over
the situation for an hour or so, the fol
lowing motion was made and adopted :
'"The secretary is authorized to wait upon
Mr.. Colwell Immediately and notify him
that the morocco manufacturers are in
session at j. Parke Postles' office, and
that, If he sees proper to call there and
state his business with them, he can do
so."
The action of the exchange was an
nounced to Mr.. Colwell by the secretary,
and, as stated above, that gentleman
responded ut once. This was little before
o'clock. A discussion of some length
ensued between Mr.. Colwell ON one side
and the whole exchange on the other.
The former stated that the executive
board wants to obtain meeting with the
members of the exchange in order to dis
cuss several matters pertaining to the
trade. They wished to consult upon mat
ters which embrace the interests of the
employers ns well as those of the men.
The adjustment of the wage list is one
proposition, but that is not all there are
several others. He did not feel prepared
to go into the details of the questions
which the board wished to bring forward,
but simply indicated the character of the
conference and asked that the employers
meet the board with view to arriving at
a complete understanding. Gen. Postles
responded to MIR. Colwell and stated
that if he Or the board had
been SO explicit when the conference
was first asked for all the present trouble
might have been avoided. As matters
stood now he, as one member of the ex-
change, could not accept any invitation
or go into any conference with the board,
except upon the basis which existed before
the walk-out occcrred. The men would
have to return to work as they were
before and the status quo as itthen existed
be restored before he could participate in
any meeting or conference. A number of
the employers expressed themselves
as coinciding with this stand. Mr.. Col
we'll promptly assured the exchange that
there would be no difficulty on that
ground that he would have the men
ordered back OF work at the usual hour
in the morning. Upon this statement
the manufacturers agreed to meet the
board. The time was fixed for 7.30
A gentlemen connected with the mo-
rocco businessin either capacity, but who
has opportunities for being posted on the
| question says that one of the sc ecrets of
this movement is that the manufacturers
\ of Philadelphia are in sympathy with
Knights Of Labor in the movement here.
This fact, he says, is we'll understood
by workmen in Philadelphia. He says
that the employers there have quietly
urged it on. They claim that the wages
are so much higher there than here that
they are placed at disadvantage in COM
petition with the Wilmington factories,
and are, therefore, desirous of having the
wage-list raised here. He does not say
that they are influencing the executive
arm of the Knights, but they are giving
them the encouragement and comfort of
their moral support. A city manufac-
turer said Thursday that jealousy
existed among the Philadelphia employers
against the Wilmington manufacturers.
| The order for the men to return to
| work was carried out SO promptly that in
some cases the men went to theil
places yesterday afternoon week at 4
o'clock, not waiting for Thursday morn
ing to come.
| The anxiously awaited conference be-
| tween the morocco manufacturers and the
executive board of district "a, knights %
Labor, took place Friday night In parlor A
at the Clayton House. The manufacturers
assembled In the parlor at 7.30 o'clock, with
the following gentlemen present: John G
Baker, ]. Parke Postles, james s Dobb, w
j. McClary, Charles Mullin, Charles e
Fritz, Charles II. JONES' W. G. Jones, Win
field s. Scott, James Scott, W. N. Hamilton
l. t. Quigley, George Bocctus, Charles W
Gouert, Albert Stevenson, j. j. Mahoney
William Bush, Charles Baird, W. v, Bond
Martin Beadenkopf, John Gibson, John
Gibson, Lewis p. Bush, Jr., James Crooks
Daniel W. Mullin and Mr.. Sullivan of III,
Charles Mullin concern. MIR. Baker tool
The chair and George Black, ,astenographer
was appointed to act as assistant secretar.
for the evening.
MIR Baker stated: ''We are assembled fo
the purpose Of meeting the executive boar,
OF the morocco workers assembly of vii
mington or their representatives. They ar
on the premises" On motion of William
Bush, the secretary (Mr. MeClary) was dis
patched to invite the board in. During th
Interval Chairman Baker admonish.d tn
employers to talk one at time. Mr.
Me- lJlery escorted the executive board In q
TAO O'Clock. Its members consisted o
Charles Patten, chairman, Alexander NJ
Jamison, secretary, s. H. johnson, Johl
Ward, James Penton, and Matthew Colwel
ex-officio member. After they had bee
assigned seats Chairman Baker opened III
conference as follows;
Gentlemen Of the executive board, W
have assembled In pursuance of an agree
inent with Mr.. Colwell to hear anything yo
have to say. We will be pleased to hea
from YOU"
Mr.. Patten arose and said: "GentIemer
as chairman OF the executive board, 1 wi
state that we were asked by the morocco
workers OF Wilmington to ask conference
that was utterly refused. We therefore ha