Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-17
BREWERY DOORS LOCKED
ONLY THIRTEEN STILL WORKING IN
 NEW YORK CITY.

a Short One. but the Men Unanimous
 fin Deciding to Fight 1t Out to the
 Bitter End.
 NEW YORK, April 17.-The falling of the time ball yesterday noon was the signal for war in all the breweries of this city and vicinity, with the exception of the thirteen not in the pool The antagonistic unions of bosses and journeymen locked horns for the knockout battle. Three thousand five hun dred men were paid and discharged, and told that they were welcome to come back as soon as they had dropped allegiance to their unions. but not before.
 When the monday whistle sounded the men at the breweries were ordered to the offices, and when they had gathered there were notified of the action of the National brewers association, with which they were familiar. The contract which was offered by the Journeymen's association the bosses con- sidered decidedly dictatorial, and conse- quently they had refused to sign it. The workingrhen grinned, pocketed their wages, and started for Clarendon hall to report. There was no visible excitement anywhere. Everything was done quietly and in good order. Butit was plain to see that the locked out journeymen were enjoying much more tranquil spirits than the locking out bosses. They have not so much at stake.
 Wherever reporters went the boss brewers smiled upon them and said the war would be short ived-that labor was too abundant, the life too easy, and the wages and perquisites too tempting for the men to withstand them long. Jacob Ruppert, who has turned the key on nearly POO men, laughed heartily at the idea that his big brewery would suffer. He said that he had men already as good as engaged in Philadelphia, and could easily start his brewery without single one of his old employees if they remained obdurate.
 It was an excited lot of men that gravi- tated down to the rooms of the Boss Brewers union in the afternoon. They were the em- ployers, and many of them gathered on the sidewalks and doorsteps and talked in loud tones of the situation. At o'clock a secret session was held, at which, according to Sec retary Seifert, the most encouraging reports were received and all of the union breweries were reported to have obeyed the lockout order. It was reported at the bosses head quarters that their union has enough men in hand to supply a large part of the vacancies, but is pretty generally believed that they will be slow to bring them forward, as they fear violence on the part of the locked out men.
 While the seventy-eight bosses were in heated session at the exchange the workmen were engaged in a similar manner at Claren-
 
 adopted with cheers:
 Whereas, Our bosses have locked us out with out any cause-without the least provocation on our part; and
 Whereas, AS employees we have always worked faithfully and honestly in the interest of em- ployers; therefore, be it
 Resolved, That we appeal to the working peo- pie of this city and America for support in this struggle, which has been forced upon us by un principled and tyraAnical employers. Resolved, That every man who returns to worl without the express permission of his union bs considered scab and branded as such. The same state of affairs prevailed in the ''pool" breweries in Brooklyn. At noon the lockout was inaugurated.
 The three large breweries on Staten Island operated by Monroe Eckstein, Bachmann Brewing company and Rubsam & Horrman also closed promptly at noon. The lockout of union brewery workmen was as complete in New Jersey as in this city or Brooklyn. The 300 workmen of the New ark pool brewers were forced into the ranks of the unemployed. They met at No. 32s Market street, and adopted resolutions to | boycott the ''scab" beer. Several labor or. | ganizauions and singing societies have adopted boycotting resolutions, among the former the matters of Orange.
 In Paterson and North Hudson the same | programme was adhered to. Peter Breidt, of Elizabeth, has scored the one victory yet recorded. After the lockou, his men held meeting and conferred with Mir. Breidt, the result of which was that with | the exception of three of their number they will give up the union.
 The boycott 'pool" beer was general | throughout this city.