Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-04
COACHMAKERs LOCKED OUT.
The Joyces Decline 70 Take Their Old
Men Back

Inc Joyces Decline 20 Take Their Old
Men Rack
THE SITUATION TALKED ovER-A coSFrRExcs
WHICH WILL BIZ CONTINUED wEpSEspAY-rHE
PHILADELPHIA MEN AT WORK ropAr-srnfA-
THY FROM PLATE PRINTERS.
The strike Of local carriage makers for .
nine-hour working day ID over and now all the
craftsmen In that line OF business, With the
noteworthy exception Of those who brought
about the result by their action. are happy.
By striking when they did the employees Of
the Messrs Joyce forced the issue-much TO
the advantage Of workers in other shops-but
at the same time they threw themselves out OF
an establishment that will probably never
allow but a small minority OF the strikers 10
again enter its doors. The strike has devel-
oped into lockout
DISCUSSING THE SITUATION.
Two hundred carriage makers-union, non
union and anti-union-gathered together yes-
terday afternoon in the hall OF Goa chmakers
Assembly of knights OF Labor and discussed
the situation. All elements Of the trade were
represented, for the Knight OF Labor aud his
opposing fellow-vorkmsn had Joined hands 10
secure the nine-hour day. As TO matters Of
policy and ritual they disagreed; on this SUBJ
ject they were one.
Past Master Workman Edward PyweIl OF the
Coachmskers Assembly called the meeting to
order, and when Joseph B. Fenton had been
elected chairman turned the conduct of
the meeting over to him. The speeches
made were, as rule. conciliatory in
sentiment, and in several OF them the statement
was clearly made that the fight for the abbre-
waited day vas a trade affair and not neces-
sarily movement OF the knights OF Labor,
although. OF course, the knights had interested
themselves in the matter
COMMITTEE APPoIyrEp.
After . good deal Of general discussion
Messrs. Fegan, Pywell Fenton, Gerausch and
Kelly were appointed q committee TO talk the
situation over with the Messrs Joyce and to
endeavor to persuade those gentleman 70 rein
state the old hands,
Preparations were also made by the meeting
for the reception Of the men who were coming
from Philadelphia to MI the places vacated by
the strikers. The program was
to have committee of seven. aug
to meet the men as they arrive or as soon as
possible thereafter for the purpose Of persuad-
ing them TO return. The funds which this plan
would call for will be raised by committee
composed OF Messrs. Pywell, Wiley, Langley,
Fegan and Haney.
Chairman Fenton requested the locked-out
men to be sober and orderly in the extreme.
Public sentiment and sympathy were with them
now, he said, and would continue with them 80
long as there was no overt act by any of their
number. When the chairman concluded his
warning he declared the meeting adjourned
coNFERRINa WITH THE JoYcEs
Early in the evening the committee appointed
for that purpose called upon the Messrs Joyce
and made a strong appeal for the reinstatement
Of the strikers and the resumption Of former
pleasant relations. Mr.. George W. Joyce.
Nhar nf shn
assured the committee that he intended to
stand by the new men; he did not think he
could ever forgive the old employees for the
wrong he believed they had done him. The
committee pleaded the cause of the locked-out
men with great deal OF force. promising to
do ANYTHING reasonable to make up the
loss caused by the disturbance provided the
old hands were taken back. In response to q
request from the committee that he fix a day
when the committee might call again to see
him Mr.. Joyce suggested Wednesday at $50
pm, and at that time the committee will
again use its utmost endeavor to secure perfect
harmony and employment for the local work
men.
LOOKING FOR THE NEW MEN.
The other committee, whose persuasive elo-
quence was to be reserved for the Imported ar
tisans, went out and to work as soon as the
meeting was over. Not Philadelphian could
they find anywhere, although the Gepots were
watched continuously. This morning one or two
OF the strangers were argued with.
but they failed to respond. 1t was expected
that the committee would make another mis-
sionary effort at noon today. for several men,
bers of it had been hanging around in full view
OF Joyces' for several hours. The dinner hour
passed off just as pleasantly though there
were no such things as strikes or lockouts
WHAT Mr.. JOYCE SAYS.
To STAR reporter Mr.. joyce this morning
L
ter of the new men, and the quality of their
work was gratifying surprise. Some of the
work done this morning was far superior, he
said, to any done by the old hands. He really
believed that the little disturbance would turn
out in the end to have been a good thing for
his business.
The statement has been made" said Mr..
Geo. W. Joyce to the reporter. that refused
to listen to a proposition that the men work
but nine hours day for nine hours pay. That
is untrue. No such proposition was ever made
10 me. l have made no promises to re-employ
any Of the old employees, but l have assured
the new men that l W II stand by them, and
they in turn have promised me that no amount
OF persuasion will compel them to leave U.S."
MR.. PHELPS DENIES.
Anxious to contradict certain misstatements
alleged to have been made about him at the
meeting yesterday Was Mr.. Phelps, one of the
the others did. The paragraph he desired
to correct and to which he
directed The STAR reporters attention was
one which read that Mr.. Phelps, one of the
Joyce men who refused to join the strikers,
had been cared for by the firm during a long
illness last winter. Since then he (Mr Fegan)
had heard that this was wrong, and that Mr.
Phelps had been aided by a contribution taken
up among the men in the shop. He
wished to know what the facts were. One of
the Joyce men present said that a subscription
paper for Mr.. Phelps aid during his illness had
been taken through the shop. Ali the men had
contributed, and the paper also bore the name
of the firm. A. Joyce's Sons, opposite a contri-
button of So
'.The facts in the case are" said Mr.. Phelps
that when l was sick and during the whole
period of my illness the firm paid me nv wages
just as though / had been at work. The IS
down on that subscription list was an addi-
tional contribution. All the men in the
shop did not contribute; only four
of them did. The others ignored
it entirely, and now some Of them want 10 per-
vert the facts for their own gloriication. The
Messrs. Joyce have been very kind 10 me on
more than one occasion when misfortune tried
to throw me, aud want the truth known. They
stayed by me when needed help and am going
to be a man and stay by them now Another
of the stories told of me is the one which states
that promised to go out with the other men,
but refused when the time came. Up
to within half an hour of the
strike / was in total ignorance of
what was going on and when did know re-
fused most emphaticslly to think of striking.
There are plenty of witnesses who will testify
to that. Had promised TO 60 out | would
have gone; being neither a fool nor an migrate
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