The evening world., 1888-04-18
A BREAK IN THE RANKS.
MANY OF THE BEER WAGON DRIVERS
RETURN TO WORK.

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N,,y Driver knocked from Ills Wagon.
The first break in the ranks of the brewery
mems unions occurred thism morning.
When the locked-out brewerymen
Gathered at Clarendon Hall there was
considerable excitement after the pick
OTIS ut Ehret's, Rupperts, Ringers. Schaef-
fer's. Eichler's, Meyers and Hofmann's
lreweries reported that many of the old
drivers had returned to work and thus aban-
Joned their brethren of the Beer-Driyers'
Union.
At Ehret's brewery sixty-fve of the old
drivers applied for work. They were re.
ceived. Three others of the complement of
siytv-eight would not abandon the union.
of the fifty drivers locked out ut Ruppert's
brewery all but three returned.
Twelve of the twenty drivers at Ringler's
brewery were reinstated.
f. NJ. Schaeifer had thirty-fve drivers,
and all but three returned to work.
Most of the drivers employed at Hoff-
mann's, Eichler's and Meyers breweries also
abandoned the union and were reinstated in
their old situations.
II was 10 o'clock when President Folcke
called the Drivers Union to order in lower
clarendon Hall. About five hundred men,
beers were present.
Secretary Reige reported the break in the
ranks. Groans loud and deep were sent up.
The President announced that the men
who had thus gone back on their obligations
were henceforth "scabs," who would be
forever ostracized from the fellowship of
union men. f,
denounced the men VINO had turned traitors.
amy serious difference with us. The
boycott will be more vigorously applied
now, and the men who have turned
their backs so shamefully upon us will find
that their services in the breweries are not
needed. We will strike n blow against every
one of those breweries from which they will
not soon recover"
The Secretary said that 10, 900 barrels of
beer a week had been offered from outside
/ breweries, and any one requiring Il supp
] could get it by applying at 213 Forsyth
street. This, he thought, would make the
boycott more effective.
Other speakers urged the men present to
stand firm, and when the roll was called 500
drivers responded and declared they would
not give ~.
nil the drivers, forty-fve in number, re-
sponded to their names. Their spokesman
declared that not one was missing.
1t WINS reported that the men employed by
Conrad Stein would would go out to-day! IN,
less that employer signed the union contract.
Secretary Seifert, OF the Brewers Associa-
ton. said this morning So far as the
brewers are concerned the lockout is vir-
tually at an end, and we are %victors. Every
brewery in this city and vicinity is running.
Those of this city in nearly, every instance
have a full quota of men, while those out of
the city have a sufficient force to supply their
Max Schmittberger. a non-union driver
employed yesterday by George Ehret, was in
charge of tie first wagon that left the brew
cry this morning. He had no sooner driven
outside the gates of the brewery than he was
struck on the head with a brick and knocked
from his wagon. His head was badly cut,
and he sustained severe injuries about the
body caused by the fall. To prevent n recur-
renee of the act police protection has been
applied for and an officer will be stationed
on each wagon.
The inside men are firm, very few having
gone back to work.
At the meeting of inside men at Clarendon
Hall the Secretary read q number of letters
from outside unions and labor societies
promising moral and financial support.
Speeches were made to encourage the men
to continue the fight. Reports from pickets
showed that twenty-five men had returned TO
work this morning. and that but little labor
was being done in the breweries.
The manager of Ehret's brewery refused to
reinstate six of the old drivers.
Fifty brewery men from Philadelphia ar
rived to-day, and were sent to breweries
where they were required.
AT the association rooms, in Irving place,
the bosses were jubilant over the disaffection
among the drivers.
UNFOLDING THE LocKED-oUT MEN.
Many of the local assemblies of the Knights
of Labor and the open trades and labor
unions have already taken action upon the
brewery mems lockout by passing resolu-
tions mdorsing the brewery employees and
boycotting pool beer, and imposing fines
upon members who may be seen drinking
pool beer, Other organizations which have
not SO acted will do SO at their next meeting,
Local Assembly No. 10, S13, composed of
the Cooperative Clothing Cutters, passed
resolutions at a recent meeting indorsing the
brewery unions. The same or
CARNATIONS will hold a special meeting on
saturday evening, when a fine will be or
dered upon any member who is found
patronlzlng any saloon where pool beer is
sold.
Council No. 8 of the Furniture and Carpet
Employees Association will meet on Friday
night, when a resolution will be offered pro-
Vlding for the imposing, of a fine of 50 on
any member discovered drinking pool beer
or patronizing a saloon or any other place
where it is sold.
The Hat Salesmen's Union has voted to
me It's members $40 each for the first offense
III drinking pool beer, and suffer expulsion
Tor a repetition of the act.
The urania Labor Club of walters, the
the Magnolia Labor Club and Waters Union
NO. have all decided to fine members if
ihey drink anything in saloons where pool
Web Press Union will fine any member
VINO patronlzes a saloon or other place where
pool beer Is sold. 1t is about to remove
IRON Its present quarters unless the p~roprie-
TOR who keeps a liquor saloon, changes his
Deer from pool to non-pool.
Progressive Painters Union No. / will in
pose a hne of $40 on any member caught