Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-25

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their men, which they considered on
honorable one, and they desired 10 OK
press themselves TO that effect. There
are 800, 900 worth of stock in process at
this factory. So long as the weather re-
mains cold the injury to stock will be Of
slow progress, but il it becomes wnrm
before the strike ends It will go fast.
John @. Baker was in New York Tues
day. His hands went out aud left every
thing in heaps, some in lime, some in
other processes. Mr.. Baker told the
spokesman of his gang on Monday after.
noon that he had an engagement in New
York which he must keep, and therefore
could not be at any meeting Tuesday.
Mr.. Baker has $4,000 worth of stock in
process, but expects to save most of it.
THE MANUFACTURERS MEETING.
The Morocco Manufacturers held q
meeting Tuesday night at which the situa-
iion was discussed very thoroughly. The
conclusion, summed up as briefly as pos
sible, was as follows They had received
no notification or even intimation from
their men that anything was wrong or
| unsatisfactory to them. Consequently
there was nothing upon which meeting
| for consultation was necessary with them,
much less with q committee of non-resi-
| dents. They had received no init
nation from any source az to the
object of the conference. They
| did not consider themselves bound
in reason or justice to respond to an ir-
responsible body upon demand 80 abso-
lutely indefinite. They are ready to
meet their employees or any committee Of
their choosing from among the employees,
but they will not meet outsiders to dis
cuss questions affecting them and their
workmen. They are preparing for the
worst in anticipation of deadlock.
They say this is the end of arbitration.
Apparently arbitration by the Knights of
Labor is intended to bind the employer
and leave the employe free to break it at
any time and without moments notice.
The manufacturers have been caught this
time but will not place themselves
at the mercy of the order again. They
will deal with their men directly
or nail up their doors and windows. The
amount of il is that this board has ordered
the strike to heal their wounded pride,
and all the men are out of work to bolster
up the dignity of these five men. The
manufacturers have determined to let the
matter take its course. They will save
all the stock they can and then close up.
Any measures that are brought forward
must come from those who brought about
this condition of affairs. The board must
take the initiative. Watchmen are guard
ing the factories at night.
MANUFACTURERS AND KNIGHTS IN CONFER.
ENoE-MULLINs AND M'oLARY's MEN
ORDERED BACK.
1e -
bly, No. 81 and some of the morocco manu-
facturers met at the Kirkwood House,
in parlor A, OF an early hour yesterday
morning. The striking workmen assem-
bled at the headquarters in the Morrow
Building at o'clock to be on hand for
any action ordered by the board. At
about $50 o'clock the board issued an
order that all employees of Charles Mullin
work. The men at once gathered them
selves together and prepared to execute
the order. By $50 o'clock they had all
turned in and resumed their various
occupations where they had left them
Tuesday, and the factories were running
full handed.
A GAZETTE represf NATIVE inquired at
both factories as to the Cut Sc of the re-
that MIR. Mnilin had come in town yester-
lay morning and the men had come out
md gone to work at Q o'clock. He did
not know whether Mr.. Mullin had made
my arrangement with the board or come
to any understanding with it. lie said
the cause of their walking in is as much
a mystery to us as yet as their walking out
was.n
Mr.. McClary WINS not in his office
when the reporter called A clerk said
he had gone down town and had
not returned. The men came in during
the middle of the forenoon. He did not
know whether Mr.. McClary had met the
executive board or made any proposition
to it. All he knew was that Mr.. McClary
had gone down town and the men had
come TO work.
1t is learned through the Knights of
Labor that Messrs. Mullin and Quigley
attended the meeting and il is understood
that the order given their men to return
was promulgated after some arrange
ment had been made between them and
the committee. Other manufacturers it is
stated are in attendance upon the confer
ence and there is hope and proba-
bility that some agreement can be arrived
at satisfactory to all concerned and work
in the factories resumed.
From Every Evening Of yesterday.
The executive board OF district No. "a,
knights of Labor, adjourned from the
Kirkwood House at 10.45 o'clock this fore
noon and went into session in one OF the
ante-rooms In the rear Of the assembly hall,
fourth story of the Morrow Building. Up
to 10 o'clock they were in consultation with
William j. McClary. II was impossible to
har pf
stated on the outside that all controversy
about wages between both Mullin and
McClary and the board had been arranged
and settled, and that the board was at that
time in consultation with Mr.. McClary
looking to the discharge Of certain ''scabs"
who are In his employ.
One OF the strikers said: "The bosses
| statement That they didn't know what the
| board wanted to see them for Is too thin.
| They have been holding consultations every
| day for week past. They knew this thing
was coming and they knew what they were
wanted for by the board. The demand is
substantially that the men be paid quite or
nearly the same wages here that are paid
| In Philadelphia. This would require raise
| OF different amounts In the various shops,
according to the rate Of wages
| paid now. The object is to have
the same wages paid In every shop in the
| city. At the present time for the same
work that we get 81 dozen for, Philadel-
| phia pays $1.G2I; for what we get S1.25
| dozen, they pay s1.75; and where we get
| 81 80, they pay $2.l5. by the week we
| demand an Increase of from 81 to "a. Tan
ners and beamsmen In Philadelphia get
| from 50 to SO more per week than we do
for the same work here. We see no reason
| why manufacturers should not paya much
here as is given for the same work just 80
| miles away"
Up to noon there had been no more OF
the manufacturers in consultation with the
board. The assembly headquarters In the
| Morrow Building was filled all morning
| with strikers, who were very orderly
throughout. and seemed confident that the
trouble would be arranged satisfactorily
before long. There was general good
nature, but no boisterousness, and one man
/ who was So indisereet as to get drunk was
led out and taken home quietly but firmly.
The men seemed to realize that this was no
time for nonsense, and nipped In the bud
anything Of compromising nature.
Charles Mullin, whose men went buck to
work this morning, stated to an EVERY
EVENING representative that his men had
the differences settled. "The Knights OF
Labor" he said, propose TO discuss the
grievances Of their order with the manu-
facturers. They claim that most
OF the manufacturers refuse to
recognize the authority of the
order over its members who are their
employees. They wish to meet the manu-
facturers and come to a mutual understand
ing. As soon as Mr.. McOlary and myself
4 agreed to discuss the subject with them,
the board asked US II we wanted our men
back. We said yes, as a matter
of course we wanted to get
| our ,,nanfahad ofonb out of danUar