Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-30
THE BREWERS.
Appeal of Ale and Porter Union No. to
the German Brewers.


German workmen employed in the ale
and porter breweries of this city and
vicinity, requesting them to join It's
ranks for their own protection and in
the interest of Organized Labor. The
following extracts from that document
speak for themselves:
Especially to you, members Of the
Brewery Employees Protective Asso-
citation. or Sc, called American Society
of Brewery Workmen, we desire to APP
peal
The principle of solidarity which is so
essential to the unity and security of
Organized Labor, has been grossly
violated by the self constituted leaders
of that Association.
The slightest pretexts and foulest
means were used to involve Ale and
Porter Union No. ! in trade disputes,
The following is bill OF some Of the
grievances we have against the said AS
ISOLATION, and we request you to con-
slider them carefully,
81 proposition was made by Ale and
Porter Union No | to the Brewery EN-
poyts' Protective Association to enter
into an agreement, whereby the work
ing cards Of both Unions would be mu-
tually recognized. The leaders of that
Association pretended to enforce the
agreement, but it was repetition of
Dr.. Jeklr and Hyde. When they were
confronted with their traltorous action,
they excused it on the ground that at a
meeting of their Association the agree
ment had been discontinued. The Ale
and Porter Union No, /, however, had
never received any intmation or official
notice Of this procedure.
Again we see the fine Italian hand of
these arch -consprators
In Union Hill, n. j., Brewers Union
No had trouble with the VIM. Peters
Brewing Co. That Union was well able
to settle the grievance and was in a fair
way of attaining that result, when the
leaders of the *. of l.. Association inter.
fered and organized the scabs of that
brewery into local assembly.
Not only must the bona tde labor or
carnations struggle with combined
capital, but they are also betrayed by
these Judas Ichariots of the labor move
ment
In the City of New York, long exis-
ting grievance of Brewers Union No.
against the Knickerbocker Brewing Co.
was about to be amicably arranged,
when again these leaders interfered and
organized the delinquent members of
Union No. ! and the scabs into an AS
sembly of the K. of l..
Their next move was to induce the
remnant of the Central Labor Union to
take off the boycott levied on that
brewery, which was very easy, owing
to the material of which that body il at
present composed.
Again these leaders forced three mem
bers of Fremen's Union No. / to join
their Association or quit work at j. and
G. Lyman's brewery.
As 10 the management of affairs in
that Association we are informed as fol
lows:
The Officers, foremost Mogul John
O'Connell, allow no member the Use Of
free speech. The gavel, that mighty
instrument Of protection for the weak
and the righteous, falls relentlessly and
cuts oil the free and independent expires
sion of opinion of supposed free men.
He, the Gar of the Association, even
elects members from the meeting if
disobeyed.
Mummery and humbug is their shield.
Assessment upon assessment Is levied
and the German members are those
who are held to strict accountability
and must pay. Out of work is no excuse
for them. A German member of the
Association was forced to pay assess
ments aggregating $25, and when he lost
his position he was offered job as
street cleaner at the munitcent salary
of 80 per week.
The brewery Employees Protective
Association is represented i'll the Cen
tral Labor Union of New York, the re-
cruiting ground of diverse congenial
spirits, who take the stump for some
political party at sixty dollars per week;
a conglomoration of talent, whose main
object in life and the Labor movement
is, "to make what you can"
We have not drawn upon our magma
ton in picturlng this deplorable condi-
ton of affairs, Every fact can be
proven.
We ask you, independent men, to
abolish this sertdom.
The Ale and Porter Union No. is or
gained on the principle of solidarity.
Free expression of opinion is the first
law, and the will of the majority pre-
walls.
Our dues are forty five cents (45 cents
per month, and the assessments for a
year do not exceed fifty cents 30 cents. }
We have spoken to you honestly and
without reserve, and we hope not in
vain. Fraternally
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Ale & Porter Union No. of New
York & Vicinity.
This appeal has been endorsed by the
Central Labor Federation of New York
and Local Unions No. |, ?, %, "a, 30