New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-19
STRIKING BREWERS USE FORCE.
MANY OF TIE MEN RETURN TO WORK.

BOTH SIDES STILL EXPRESS CONFIDENCE THE
BREwERIEs ARE NsARLY ALL RUNNING.
There were some exceedingly lively features In the
beer brewery proprietors with their old employees
yesterday The striking employees used violence on
three occasions. One new employe, Max schmitt-
berger, when attempting to drive wagon load OF beer
out OF George Ehrets brewery knocked sensoless
With BRICK which struck his head and was supposed
to be thrown by striker In Rubsam c HorrInan's
brewery. on Staten Island. two drivers were
stoned by strikers and scalp wounds the result
Several gangs Of men sont to brewerics to take the
strikers places were intercepted and prevented from
entering by plcets from the strikers who were placed
at many Of the breweries that had resumed work The
pickets were particularly active In Morrsania and ac
cordng the testimony of secretary Katzenmeyer. of
bosses association in that district several old en-
poyes were told that they would be shot II they re-
turned to work Tho large mass meeting Of Bobemians
last night at No. 1342 Eastern Boulev ard tended to
hei ighten tho excitement.
The strikers Of each brewery instructed to watch
thclr own brcwcres and make reports at Clarendon
Hail. The reports of course. differ widely from those
given out by the brewery proprictors The union
officers at the National Union Headquarters. No. 213
Forsythst, and the general strike headquarters. In
Clarendon Hail. claim that tho brewcres doing little
work. that thoy will OF beer and that the
boycott Will prove effective Tho brewery owners are
complacent and tell entirely different story New
York and Brooklyn and the surrounding country within
a radius of twenty miles rapidly being flooded with
avery form Of boycottlng circulars Nearly all the I'm
portant trades unions have officially sigDGed their
sympathy for the strikers and committees have been
appointed to visit all the barrooms and request the pro-
prietorS not to use pool beer"
As matter Of fact, only small proportion OF the
becrshops have taken any stand whatever with regard
10 the fight. Tho pool browcries taxed heavily
now, and IT is claimed that non pool beer could be
brought in by carloads If the "poo' brewerics shut
down The rlkers held meeting in Clarendon Hall
in the morning and in the afternoon, but there were
not 500 men present in tho room at time. The
atatOrs and fanatic union members pressing the
boycotts as their greatest strength Their methods
alt likely to lcad TO many rests. The rough element
Is Oh hand to assist In making disturbances ana S
prietOrs have concluded TO taho severe measures to
restore their trade TO It's normal condition and prevent
The "bosses" held a secret meeting at No. Irving
to sign contracts with the employees this year, and
only one Of the firms not represented, namely
that of schmitt & schwanenhuegel The bosses all
reported that their breweries were running with re-
duced force. In few Instances moro men would DO
taken on and the preference given to the old employees
but not In single would any proprietor wait
longer than tomorrow I'm favoring the strikers over
the new applicants About 25C new mel were sent
bureau, and In all upward of 5000 have applied.
Secretary Seiert said that In ropcn.ng the breWees
so per cent of the employees are and the
remaining so per cent loched-out men who concluded
10 go back ON the employers terms The numbers as
given by Mr.. Seiert are 232 new and l, ,273 old en-
ployes now at work IN the seventy brewcIies.
President Miles, of the bosses" association, secuted
the idea that the pool breweres could supply the
NewYork District with beer and said that they could
not compete with "pool" beer by importing carload
lots Secretary Sefert said that special detectives
would hereafter be dispatched with all employees
sent to breweries from tho employment bureau today
and that all breweres where there IS any Likelihood OF
from the strikers will be guarded by the
police this morning, also request to continue the re-
serves in the stations would be made, trouble was
not Improbable. The State Board of Arbitration will
meet the Labor Committee of tho bosses" this morn
ng, az No. Q Irving place. mass meeting Of the !
snployes will be held tonight in the Cooper Union
md a meeting of the Ale and Porter Brewers Asso
atIon will bo held at No. Irving place this afternoon