Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
BAKERS AND BOSSES.
Some of the Results Of the Recent Con
test.

EMPLoyEs WHO HAVE COMPLAINTS AGAINST MN
RERs OF THEIR owS oRaAHIzATIoS-A MEET
mo LAST SIoHr-wHAr MEMBERS OF THE
ASSOCIATION SAT-.
The fight between the boss bakers and the
journeymen 10 about over, but the smoke OF
battle mas not yet cleared away. Usually it is
the workingmen who complain, but this time
it is the employers who say that they have
been wrongly treated, not by the journeymen
only but by members Of their own organiza-
ton. 1t was understood some time ago that on
the LIST OF May the journeymen intended TO
ask for larger wages and less hours. The
bosses say they at once determined to make
stand and have il understood that
they would not be dictated to by any
one In the way they should run their business
Two weeks ago q set of rules was adopted
unanimously by the boss bakers association
to the effect that they felt competent TO man.
age their own affairs. These rules were or
d ered to be printed and TO be hung up in the
shops and to be lived mp to by the various
posses. The rules were hung up in the shops
and then the trouble began. The jonrneymen
AT once refused TO work under the rules and
oroered them taken down. This was done in a
number OF cases, but some of the bosses
fused to do 1t and the journeymen at once
went out. This was Sunday night Monday
number of non-union men were brought over
from Baltimore and went 10 work in the shops
that were left without bakers. In two of the
bake houses. however, the men con-
T 1lnned to work and did not go out:
dissatisfaction among the boss bakers. How
ever, by Tuesday night the union men were
back at work IN all the bake houses but one.
Blair's bakery, on IL street northeast still had
q force OF non-union men at work last night.
A STAR reporter who called at Mr. Blair's was
told that he would take back his old men ir
they would apply, but he had not seen any of
them and he did not intend to take the initia-
tive in the matter.
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
The boss bakers held a stormy meeting at
Stohlman's Hall last night Some harsh criti-
cism was passed on the action of Charles
hohler, the treasurer of the association, in
being the first to take down his rules and yield
to the demands of the iourneymen. Tuesday
his wagons were placarded with the statement
that he was at peace with the union and was
getting along all right with 1t. When asked
the reason of this Mr.. Kohler presented letter
from Mr.. Hecht saying that the placarding
was his work and was done without the knowl-
edge OF Mr.. kohler. Charges we're preferred
by one OF the members against b. Charlton d
Co. and Chas. Kohler for their action during
the contest and these will probably be acted
upon at the next meeting. W. l. Schneider. the
Capitol Hill baker then arose and said that if any
member thought he had shown disloyalty to
the association he would tender his resignation
at once. There was no objection TO this action
on his part and on Mr.. Chas. Schneiders mo-
ton the resignation was unanimously accepted.
member of the association told a STAR re-
porter this morning that in his opinion the as
ISOLATION was on a frmer basis now than ever
before and was in a better position to present
an undivided front in any future difficulty.
Mr.. scHNEIpER's EXPLANATION.
"The reason the trouble had such an unsatis-
factory termination to u.s." said Mr. Charles
Schneider, who is one of the most active menu
bers of the boss bakers association and a menu
Der of the committee that framed the rules,
speaking to STAR reporter this morning twas
the fact that we did not seem to be unanimous
in our action. Two of the members who were
most active in having the rules adopted were
the first to take them down. Mr.. Graves. who
represents Hayenncr's, was member OF the
committee on rules but at the first sign of
trouble with his men he took them down, al
though he had not conferred with the associa-
ton, and they naturally supposed he would
stick by them. The men went to work how
ever, before the rules were taken down and
worked from Sunday to Monday with the rules
up, although in every other case they stopped
Immediately and left the dough standing in the
troughs. This was anything but fair treatment to
the bosses of the smaller concerns, who could
less afford to stand prolonged battle. When
word was taken to the meeting of the Bakers
Assembly that the rules had been taken down
at Hayenners they could hardly believe il and
sent committee to find out if II was true. They
went back to work at once when they found
that they had been taken down. Ii is not fair
for Havenners representative. who was the
first to back down, to say that the rules we're
adopted without his knowledge. for the very
fact that he nailed them on his wall when copy
was furnished him is proof that they had his
approval. One of the rules We adopted was
that no member of our association should take
on a man who had been dropped by another
and yet Sunday night one of my bakers was
working at Havenner's in order that his man
might attend the meeting of the assembly, and
Monday morning one of my drivers was on his
wagon going over my old route.
In self defense We must keep the association
together, but action such was shown by some
OF the boss bakers recently would go far to-
ward breaking up any body OF men,"
THE QUESTION OF HOURS.
elbow many hours a day do men work in
your establishments" asked a STAR reporter of
Mr. Chas. Smith of the Connecticut pie bakery
this morning. Men do not average nine
hours of actual working time day in our bust
ness. They are supposed to be at work twelve
hours, but their noon hour at home comes out
of that and frequently they are through their
days work long before the twelve hours have
elapsed. Our men came on yesterday at in
the morning, hand their noon hour off,
for which we paid them, and were through
their days woik by 8 O'Clock ia the
afternoon. Yet if at any time they
have to stay over from to Z, they
are paid for the extra hour, although that only
makes up the twelve hours of which the
journeymen have been talking. No other class
of workmen are paid for that noon hour.
Journeymen bakers have regular work. rain or
shine, their hours are not excessive, they are
well paid for every bit of work they do and are
paid for all their overtime, and frequently. in
case of sickness, they get their pay Just the
same"