Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-24
THE MOROCCO STRIKERS.
NEARLY TWO THOUSAND MEN,
WOMEN AND BOYS ON A STRIKE.
A Demand for an Increase OF Wages
-Over 100000 Psrishnbie
stock at Stake.

at o'clock p. m gave the Truth In
Il nut. shell, ms far as 1t went without
going into details. When the REPUB.
lLICAN went to press, the strikers were
holding an enthusiastic meeting In the
Institute Hall, which, as ft was COM
prised OF the Morocco Dressers' Union,
was secret. When the meeting ended
the strikers SCATTERED, many Of them
going back to their employers and
ApologizlDg for the necessity that called
them out.
| It must be said that there seems to be
no unkind feeling between employer
and employees, and ali the employers
with whom the representative OF the
REPUBLICAN conversod, said that II
their own hands would meet and desire
10 conference with them in relation TO
wages they would gladly meet them,
and II thsy oould. not agrees, submit 70
arbitration. They were, however, very
Iemphatic In their declarations not %
meet the Kirkwood House committee.
Soon after 2 o'clock this morning,
when the striking morocco men were
beginning TO fll the streets in the
neigh ghborhood OF the knights Of Labor
Head quarters, two delegations of men
were seen going, one out Third street
and the other out Front street, as II
going TO work. 1t was soon known
that these men were the employees Of
W. j, McClsry, Sixth street between
! Madison and Monroe, and Charles
Muilin. Front and Monroe streets
They had been ordered to return to
employers and the Knights OF Labor
| committee at the Kirk wood House.
Messrs McUlsry and Mullin had
. sought conference with the committee
as the easiest way out of the difficnlty.
Il was understood, however, that II
these two employers and the committee
could not agree, the men were to quit
work again.
The reason assigned by the manufae.
turers for not meeting the committee ct
the Kirh wood House on Tuesday was
/ that the notice Was too vague and un-
satisfactory, not stating its object or
purpose. A number with whom the
REPgDLIcAN representative conversed
this morning said they knew Of no rea-
, son why such meeting should be held
Us their hands had expressed themsel ves
? as perfectly satisfied with the wages
they had received. and knew it was all
their employers could afford to pay.
Some Of the manufacturers say they
had been waited upon on Monday after.
noon, and told OF the 4 o'clock meeting
at the Kirkwood House, but the mes
senRer, they said, was 80 excited that
: he gave different names, and 1t is said
that the messenger who carried the
word 10 Mullins establishment once
had q good Job there, which he volun-
Itarily surrendered and went to live al
+ the almghouse. Other manufacturer
seen said they had not been waited up
on at all, nor notified Of the meeting
On the other hand the members Of the
; KuiRhtS Committee say that they had
given ample notice, and that when no
body oame 70 meet them on Monday
a afternoon at O'Clock. not wishing u
be thought OF rs acting rAshly, they
sertt in the Morning News OF Tuesday
NoTIcE.-To the Morocco Manufac
lturers Of Wilmington. You are re-
Iquested 10 meet the Executive Board o
J District Assembly, No. %. at the Kirk
wood House, Third and Shipley streets
at IL O'Clock q. M, March %. A. NJ
} JAMIsoH, Secretary, d. A. No. "a.
At the same time they sent the fol
lowing to John G. Baker as represent
V ing the morocco manufacturers of Viii
n mington:
OI WILMINGTON, March 81, 1885.
To JOHN G. BAKER, Esq, President O
Morocco Manufacturers Exchang
= of Wilmington.
Sir: Yon ara requested to notify tn
5, morocco manufacturers to meet the Ez
ecutive Board of Knights of Labor
Assem- bly, 81, 1t the Kirkwood Houst
/. Third and shipley streets, Tomorrow
23d instant, IL O'Clock! Prompt
b, ALEX. M. JAMIsoN, Sec. Of "a.
al Mr.. Baker says that he received th
~ above notice q few minutes before
n O'Clock on Monday evening, aud I
show that he complied with the re
j. quest of the board he sent the folio oWin
notice the same evening:
WILMINGTON, March %, 1886.
ALEx ANDER M. JAMIsoN, Sec'y.
SIR: l am in receipt Of your con
munication requesting me TO notify tt
morocco manufacturers TO meet you
COMMITTEE. have to say that haS
\ lcomplied with your request.
W, Truly yours, JOHN g. BAKER,
President.
This, the board claims, shows tn
they did their part to avoid gener
strike, and they claim further that M
u Baker himself Was going to New Yoi
the next morning, and no other man
facturer paying any attenS lion TO Il
notice, showed an evident determin
. ton to have no conference with Il
4 r board, and under the circumstanc
use nothing was left but to order strike.
in This morning there was no change
on, the situation except, as has been state,
HI that MessIs. Mullin and McClary we
ase In conference with the board, and the
Ice men had gone to work pending the T,
of suit.
oe- There can be 30 question that Il
~ manufacturers and employees will bot
rm lose heavily If the strike continue
as The amount of stock on hand in Il
In various manufactures of the city
'aa 'aa estimated ut 800, 900, undergoing pr
M cess and In danger Of being ruined
q neglected day beyond the usual tim
rrB, It is said that Charles Mullin b
$40, 900 worth of such stock; W. j. M
Clary, So 900; /. T. Quigley, $1,000; Be
denkopf, 600 skins; the Pusey q Soc
Company have $11 900 worth; Chafl
=, Baird & Co. and j. Parke Postles
Co., each %, 900; Charles e. Fritz 8 O,
a. 600, and John G. Baker, $4,000.
jones & Co., Bush & Co, Mahoney
Son and John j. Gibson have all got
A. large stock Of these perishable goods
=. hand.
But the bufthen Of the strike "
also fall heavily upon the workmt
Ill Not less than from $l2, 900 to $15, ,00C
week are paid in wages. The workm
are hopeful. however, and do not |
lieve the strike will last long.
Many of the manufacturers are m,
tering all the force they can of tn
office men to save what stock they cs
r. General Postles was seen this mornIl