Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-27
THE LABOR DIFFICULTIES.

The Carriage Makers Strike Made Gen.
 eral-An Branches of the Trade go
 Out-An Agreement R cached Between
 Peck Brothers q Co. and Their
 Moulders
 The strike among the carriage makers as- stunned large proportions yesterday when the blacksmiths trimmers and painters, as pre- viously predicted, went out on strike in obedience to the demands of their various unions. When the hour for them to go to work arrived yesterday morning they did not put in an appearance. but they came around one by one during the day they were paid off and discharged from farther service. At some of the shops there were one or two of each branch at work, but they did not be- long to the unions. At the Boston Buck board company's factory and at that of J. F. Goodrich all the carriage bodies are made out of the shops, consequently they have no There has been trouble thus far at Durham & Wooster's factory. At Seabrook & Smiths and Crockett & Tuttle's where only light carriages are made there has been no trouble
 between the firms and the men.
 It was reported yesterday afternoon that
 Peck Brothers & Co. had made another prop
 
 consideration. It was also stated that J. B.
 Sargent had become sef-imposed mediator
 between the firm and the men, with 8 fair
 prospect that settlement might be reached,
 and later in the day this proved to be true,
 as will be seen by the following statement
 presented for publications:
 To the Editor of the COURIER:
 Through the 1nterposition of MT. J. B. Sargent,
 uninvted and unexpected by either party, the disa greement between Peck Bros 6 Co. and their brass
 moulders is settled on terms atisfactory to both PEcK BRos. & Co., H. F Peck, President CLAPP. Master Workman K. of L. No.5, ,019 New Haven. April 26, 1886.
 After the above had been received Mir Clapp, MT. Caville and MT. Tracy appeared in the COURIER editorial rooms and requested that Mi. Clapp's name be erased from the document, he (Clapp) stating that he signed 1t under misapprehension. The fact that an agreement had been reached was not denied, but was stated to be correct; they protested, however, that MT. Sargent was getting more credit than he deserved. MT. Caville then wrote the following statement, which Mir. Clapp signed and which is published by his request:
 By order of the employees in the difficulty be-
 tween Peek Bros & Co am instructed to say that John c. Caville was the party who settled the trouble and not MT. Sargent N. s. CLAPP. It is understood that the agreement reached provides that the men shall go back to work the same as before, each man taking his old 1uruace ana agreeing to turn out a Iuil Oay s work. Foreman Millett is to be retained, and any trouble that may arise between him and the moulders hereafter is to be submitted to the firm for adjustment.
 A prominent carriage body maker said last evening that there was no ordering out of the blacksmiths, trimmers and painters, but that at meeting of these branches at Arion hall last Thursday evening, they took vote, each shop by itself, and agreed to sustain the body makers in their strike, by also going out themselves. At the Ho1comb shop many of the men are still working, none having yet gone out except those who struck some days ago. The one blacksmith employed by this firm is also at his forge. The body makers who do not return to their work by Wednesday will be discharged, and if they do not take their tools out before that time the tools will be stored as the benches are needed for use.
 There are still left at Hale 6 Go. s fourteen workmen, one or two of each branch of the business. The striking body makers are al lowed until Wednesday to return and finish up their jobs or be dismissed.
 A carriage body maker said last evening: I do not think it was just to our employers
 to leave our contracts unfinished. We ought to have gone back in week after we had struck and finished the jobs we had in hand as we agreed to do mutually when we struck A contract is contract, and I don't think we treated our bosses right to leave the jobs unfinished. If I take job to build for $75, for instance, I calculate contract exists be- tween me and my boss to finish it. If we had gone back and finished our respective l jobs I think it would have been better. At a meeting of the carriage manufactur- CTS last evening after discussing the turn of affairs taken yesterday concert of action | looking to mutual support was informally agreed upon.