The morning call., 1890-04-05
Both holders and Manufacturers
Claiming Victory.
Interesting COrrsspOndsnoe-Wha Foremen
Must Do-Vallejo Assessed-Benefts
for the Strikers.


Cassidy.
1.-THE men who pelted me with eggs,'' he
said to a CALL reporter yesterday, "were
not members of the MoIders' Union. The
leader was fellow who had just got out of
prison. His followers were boys, young
hoodlums, who would assault an angel if
they saw some one else doing it."
=" 1t is said that you are going back to
work in Mccormick
THAT is true. am going back to work
in McCOrmick's to-day. l tried to make
terms with the strikers, but they would not
make it to my interest to stay out"
THEY WENT TO BENICIA.
At the Risdon Iron Works it was learned
that Manager Taylor and Secretary Moore
had crossed the bay to Benicia TO meet some
men who were coming from the East. Mr..
Taylor was Interviewed after he had re-
turned, and said he was not at liberty to
tell how many men he had brought with
him.
1t was subsequently learned that several
Eastern molders had been brought over
and that three of them had been taken
to the Risdon Works.
The Fulton Iron Works received one
molder from the East yesterday, and the
following self-explanatory communication:
LEHIGHToN PAL March %, 1890.
GENTLEMEN: If you are In want OF non. union
mOlders see my letter to National Iron Works of
this date. If you Will agree together eau prob
ably get all the men you want. Let me know
how many men you want; what you will pay per
day to men; how many men can you use on
bench work, rate per day, and how MANY floor
men do you want. eau you use stOye-molders
on some OF your work? Have supplied three
fouudrles with men lately. When the stove
fOuudries get in any difficulty the President ap-
peals TO me for men the first thing. If l cannot
furnish them then they call on all manufactures
III the association for help. Have the name and
ADDRESS oil over 100 non-union molders at pres
ent time. Know just where TO advertise for
them aud look for them. State what arrange
ment will be made and If steady employment
etc. Any further Information | can get viii be
cheerfully given. See copy of Section from
union mOlders' constitution, mailed 10 National
Iron works; 1t may be OF some benefit 10 you
some time II not at present STATE rate of board
per week, rent Of houses, cost OF living, etc,
Respectfully yours,
A LETTER FROM SCOTLAND.
a member of the Manufacturers Associ-
alton has received letter from his brother
in Scotland, who stated that in that king
dom one apprentice is allowed TO two mold
ers, and that in Australia one apprentice is
allowed 10 four m0lders. The Scotchman
quoted says that molderS in his country are
paid 81 60 per day. They are paid 16 cents
per hour, and the working day begins at
o'clock Ill the morning. There is an hour for
lunch at noon and work ceases at 80 in
the afternoon. except on Saturdays, when it
ceases at O'Clock.
Readers of THE CALL will remember that
the first trouble between the molders and
their employers was caused by the men at
work in MeCOrmick's place who left ON ac-
count of the refusal of their foreman, who
worked on the floor with them, to JON the
union.
A foreman of a shop at Chattanooga
quotes the rule Of the union in the follow
ing letter to the Manufacturers Association:
Section 8, Folio 20, from constitution, bylaws
and rules of order OF The Iron-molders' Union
OF North America, Article XIII, marked PEN
allies" adopted July %, 1883, at ST. Louis:
Any active honorary member OF this union
who shall use his position foreman to the detri-
fined in a not less than $50 nor more than 5000
and for the second ofense shall be expelled.
He asks, then, continuing:
Can any man do his duty TO his employer with
this hanging over him with such an unreasona-
bic organization as the MOulders Union
send this information to you, as 1t NAV be OF
some advantage TO you, for find but few OF our
foundfymen who know or its existence and
often place confidence In their foremen and give
him information concerning their plans aud
business when III trouble, which he is compelled
10 give to The union, under penalty of being
fined, and which often caused the defeat OF the
firm when victory ought to be theirs. Ii you
know any of your plans; only those who are al
rectly interested should know what move is
being made or what you Intend doing in case
you VIII keep 1t confidential Respectfully YOURS
Postoilice address, Mauch Chunk, Pa
AS REGARDS MEN EMPLOYED.
+ In reply to the oft-iterated statements of
the manufacturers that men have been en-
ployed by them in large numbers since the
strike, President Valentine of the Molders'
Union makes the following exhibit:
Union Iron Works-Before strike &c
men, now 2 men. Risdon Works-Before
strike IS men, pow II. Pacific Iron Works
Before strike is men, now none. Civ
Iron Wnrke-10 m haf FIJI ba
3, of whom are laborers. Miners Works
4 men before, now none. Occidental Iron
Works-17 before, now. Architectural
Iron Works-14 before, none now. Fulton
Iron Works-22 before. laborers now. Ma
tional Iron Works. men before, Q boys
now. Byron Jackson's = 10 men before.
none now. W. L. CARAT s. Co.'s-6 men
before, none now.
A very prominent member of the associa-
ton stated last night that $50, 600 worth Of
castings has been contracted for and sent
East because it could not be done here on
account of the strike.
Another member of the association asks
Why should the union post pickets all
around the city, If the men who are coming
from the East are not moders? If they
they injure the union?"
The Secretary Of the Manufactursrs' As
ISOLATION has received a letter from an
Eastern molder who promises to come here
and bring several accomplished fighters
with him.
FROM AN EASTERN FOUNDER.
The Union Iron Works DISPLAYS
letter from the owner of foundry
in Cincinnati, who writes: 1--WE here
with inclose you receipt for a
carload of castings. In regard to the
order Of the Molders' Union, that they
would allow no firm to cast that does not
employ union workmen, we have heard
nothing except what we see In the papers.
However, we believe as you do. that the
men of San Francisco cannot win. The
fight is ours as well as yours, and il our
m0lders think they can gain anything by a
fight with US, they are at liberty to try their
strength"
At last nights session of the Molders'
Union thanks were voted to rs. S. Koran
for advocating the cause of the Eastern
molder who, it was alleged, was kept in
the Risdon works without his consent.
A communication was received from
VALLEJO to the effect that the town would
be assessed for the support OF the strikers,
and the union at Stockton sent word that a
ball would be given there for the benefit of
the strikers.
A union at Puget Sound sent $500. one at
Stockton $50 and one at Los Angeles 500.
Benefit performances will be given at
Benlcla and at the Orpheum and Wigwam
theaters of this city.
Late in the evening the strikers captured