Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-26
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BRASS FIRMS IN LEAGUE. Fifty Companies Combine For Protection. THE PECK BROTHERS STRIKE To Come Up First For
 Action. GENERAL ARTHUR VERY WEAK. A Serious Revolt In a State
 Prison.
GENERAL ARTHUR VERY WEAK
FIFTY BRASS FIRMS IN LEAGUE.

FIFTY BRASS FIRMS IN LEAGUE. the Last in Case of Strikes-The Peck Brothers Strike to be Acted on First. NEW YORK, April 25.-The manufacturers 1 of brass and iron steam, gas and materials l have formed an organization or protective l union. The association represents ninety eight per cent. of all the capital invested in the business and is composed of fifty firms who employ ten thousand men and have SIG, 1000, 900 invested in tools and machinery. The firms are located all over the United States and the president is MT. A. T. Foster of the United Brass company, the office of which is at No. 79 Fulton street. A report CT of the Herald called on MT. Foster yester day to learn the objects of the new associa- tion. Publicity in regard to the associa- tion,'' said MT. Foster, ''has been carefully avoided for some time, but now We think it proper to state our objects. Our association is for mutual prote ction and the settlement of labor troubles in our business if possible. Hereafter all troubles will be handed over to an executive committee for advice and when
 the committee gives decision we shall stand by it. We have no hard feelings toward
 the Knights of Labor, but we propose to do
 our business in our own way. The first trouble the committee will act upon will be that of Peck Brothers & Co.,, who manufac-
 ture plumbers materials and have their
 works at New Haven, Conn. When their
 men struck our organization was formed.
 The men struck for an advance of ten per cent. and it was granted them Some time
 after this they made another demand, and
 asked that the contract system be abolished. Although the system had been in force
 twenty-five years, the firm granted the de-
 mand and it was abolished. Ten days ago
 they made demand that the firm should
 take back all the men that
 had been on strike, among them
 man that had been discharged
 for refusing to obey the rules of the shop.
 They also now demand the discharge of the foreman, wishing to select one for them
 selves. They went strike and have been
 on strike ever since. Under the impression
 that other firms would help Peck Brothers x
 Co.,, out the strikers have given notice that,
 unless their demands are granted by that
 firm, they order a strike in our mills at Hay
 denville, Mass, and in the mills at the Eton,
 Cole and Burnham company, at Bridgeport. Conn. By this means they think they can
 shut off the supply, but our executive com
 mittee has now the power to shut down all
 the mills in the organization if necessary.
 This will not take place unless we are forced
 to QO IL. DelleVe e1nWOrklnSLneu SeLClLS MI tue money they can and recognize their unions,
 but when they begin te dictate to us how we shall manage our business it is time for us to
 put & stop to it. In our organization we
 have mutual insurance plan. In case of a strike the manufacturer will receive 8 benefit to an amount graded by his pay roll, All our workmen are Knights of Labor, but we make no objection to that. We want fair play and they will find out who is who. We favor arbitration and desire to avoid all trouble"
 The executive committee has not made decision yet in regard to the trouble in New Haven aud it is very probable that the mills at Haydenville. Mass, and at Bridgeport, Conn., will be struck to morrow morning.