New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-28
THE BOYCOTT INVESTIGATION
STATE ARBIrRAroRs ARBITKATING.
THE cRoss-ExANINATIoS OF SECRETARY HER
BRANDT TAKES LIP ANOTHER DAY.

THE cRoss-ExAMINATIoS OF SECRETARY HEX
BRANDT TAKgs UP ANOTHER DAY.
The Common Council room in the City Hall was
filed yesterday morning az II O'Clock when Comm's
soncrs Purcell Robertson and Donovan. OF the state
Board Of Arbitration. continued the investigation INTO
the brewery war. There were many wcll-kno"h
brewers present. Charles Untermyer continued to
WELD tho legal cudges for the "bosscsD and Samuel
Gompcrs, for the ourneymcn brewers was reinforced
by Mr. Rushmore. lawyer. and Messrs Fowler Bloetc.
Davis and welncr the Arbitration Committee OF tho
Central Labor Union. President Niles and Secretary
sefert Of the United States Brewers Association had
their pockets full OF documentary evidence, boycott
circulars which emanated from the brewery workmens
unions and letters that had passed between the ASSOC
citation and the unions, and Mr.. Untcrmycr secured
their admission as evidence
tous Herbrandt Secretary Of the National Journey
men Brewers Union, was recalled and kept on the
stand nearly all day The witness admitted that no
wrote certain boycott manfests that were produced
and the general boycott "pool' beer was clearly
proven to be the work of the journeymen telegram
from Secretary Herbrandt, ordering tho MILWAUKEE,
strike rather unexpected after his former denial
of responsibility, but H. was produced with effect by
the bossesS Mr.. Unermyer stated that he was pre-
pared to prove that the union leaders, of whom tho
witness was a representative, had collected largo
amounts of money from the brewery workmcn for
which they had not accounted The minute books OF
the National Journeymen's Union were brought into
court and tho various resolutions concerning the
recent boycGts lockouts and strikes put in as evidence
blood-red silk flag, in the centre of which was
figure representing Gambrinus with foaming glass OF
beer In his hand, presented rs the flag OF tho
workmen's union. The witness claimed that in all
his official actions with regard to the union be was
acting under the instructions OF tho Executive Board
of the order, but Mr. Unemyer said that they would
give the men who promulgated boycott circulars test
as to the crmInaty Of such action The methods
OF conducting the Brauer Zetung' and the compul-
sorry methods of taxing employed members Of the union
TO support those out strike ventilated Mr..
Untcrmyer stated that the to-day not so well
of before the unions formed because the adj
vance in wages than made up by dues paid to
| the unions.
| Philip Fuelbach, OF No. 7s3 East One-hundred- and
ninety sxth-st brewery empoye, testified that he
forced to join the union under penalty of being
discharged. Michael Lynch, OF the Lion Brewery,
testified that the thing happened to him. Edward
Degmire, Christian Resler and Michael Wolf, brewery
employees, said that they were told by the foreman
to Join tho union at the time Of It's organization and
were locked out for sticking to the union The
bosses" promised to produce evidence TO provo that
they simply requested the employees TO join the unions
then they themselves forced 10 do by the unions
The investigation VIII be continued this morning at
| 10 o'clock.