The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-18
THE LOCKED-OUT BREWERS
The Second Day of the Big Contest Closes
with Both Sides Very Confident.
Manufacturers Claim They Are Making No
Effort, Wishing to Give the Men Oppor-
tnnity to ReturE-0ther IaborNeWs.

New YORK. April 1.-THE second day of the
strike Of the brewers opened with both en-
pIoyers and employees az determined as ever.
So far the strikers have committed no overt
act, but their language is OF threatening char
acter The majority of them center in and
around Clarendon Hall Willis the strikers
claim thai all their colleagues are standing
firm, the brewers claim that already deserters
are coming in from every side. Secretary
Seifsrts Of the Brewers Association, said to-day
that the brewers we're getting all the men they
wanted and that the strike would be q short
lived one. THE men We are getting he added.
"are practical hands, so that no matter what
the strikers may do or say, we viii be able to
60 right alorg with business
At o'clock meeting of the strikers was held
in Clarendon Hall Mr.. Peter Dannecksr pre-
sided. The-roll call showed that every brewery
where there was lockout was represented.
There were fully fifteen hundred men in the
hall, while the street outside was jammed. as
were the corridors aud stairway of the hall.
The meeting was of the most orderly kind The
chairman stated that there were q number of
brewers who still friendly to the men. He
counseled those present to. under no circum-
Stances permit their temper to get the best of
them, and show the public that they knaw how
TO conduct themselves with right on their side.
The chairman named Brewer Stein. of Fifty
seventh street. as being one Of the
friendly employers who had no auimus
against the union Mr.. Stein said that he
willing to let things remain as they are at his
brewery, where his men were at work, this
being the only brewery where union were
working to-day. Mr.. Stein, however, could not
Sign anv CONTRACTS with the men. he being a
member OF the Brewers Association. He would,
however, give the men $4,000 bond, if they
liked, that he would keep his word with them.
committee of six was at once appointed to
wait upon Mr.. Stein and see If some arrange
meLt could not be entered into with him salts
factory TO both sides. 1t was resolved that the
executive committee should elect sub-commlt-
tee, whose business it would be to wait the
large saloou-keepers concerning the sale of
beer from outside breweries. dele-
who not IN the boycott. offering to
supply the saloon-keepers providing the union
would guarantee that their barrels should be
secretary, asked that the members OF the union
help distribute 100,0 900 circulars informing the
general public to the position of the union.
the reasons for the boycott, and 80 enlist the
sympsthies of the people on their side. Several
hundred members Immediately volunteered
their services eratnitously. Delegates from the
special executive meeting announced that they
had ordered all the carpenters and wheel
wrights 1T present employed in the bovcotted
breweries to quit work to-day. A delegate
from the Engineers Union said that they had
ordered their men to come out and join the
engineers of the Central Labor Union in the
strike. The meeting then adjourned until
The journeymen'a contract has been signed by
Schmidt & Schwannenheigel. New York brewers,
and members of the ASSOCIATION. This is the
first break in the employers ranks The strik-
era committees state that they have received re-
quests for a conference from three companies
associated with the boss brewers They will be
waited upon to-day. The employers are not
making great effort to reorganize their forces
day, wishing. they say. to give their old
employees chance to return to work .
Favorable reports we're made at the brewers
headquarters to-day announcing the progress of
the lockout It is said4has many OF the old en-
ployes were returning work and that the
breWeries were in operation with about half of
the old force Of men. Confidence expressed
that the bosses would triumph. Secretary
Seiffert said: 1.-The majority of the brewers CO.
day are engaged in reorganization 80
After the Clarendon Hall meeting of journey
men brewers many of them repaired to the
headquarters of the union, where they listened
TO encouraging reports of Secretary Weimer, OF
the Central Labor union arbitration committee
He said he had received overtures from three
breweries to accede to demands of the men. 1T
was informally stated that a committee of three
breweries would confer with the in the
morning. It said that the union agreement
has already heen signed by sixteen non assoela
ton breweries.
Referring to the claim of the iournevmen
brewers that Schmidt e Schwaenfuegef had
yielded TO them and that Conrad 81 Seitz
about to do the same, President Miles said that
he had personally investigated the latter state
ment and found it to be without founda ton.