Telegram-herald., 1890-05-03
TIE BREWERS AID THEIR BOSSES.
Some Of the Latter Aecede 20 De-
mands OF the Men
Aasir 6setx and Charles y. hasterer
Give THEIR views OF the sitaAtiOa
Other Labor S0tes

brewers that they wanted 4 shorter
week and more pay. The following
day being Sunday, the answer 70 the
demands was deferred..s day longer than
il might have been. On Monday even
ing committees from 10th sides net and
consulted, but they arrived at no agree
ment. Another conference Was had on
Thursday, at which the brewers made
certain counter proposals 10 the men,
and day was taken by the men 10
consider II. Yesterday answer was re-
turned by the men rejecting the pro-
pOsals of the brewers at every point.
Last evening Adolf GoetZ was seen
by TELEGRAM HERALD reporter. The
newspaper man was received with
splendid courtesy, and what Mr.. GOetZ
chose 10 give up was gwen with perfect
cOrdlalty. lie confessed that he was
not ia position 10 tell all that the pa
per would like TO know. He was Will
ing, however, 10 let II be known that
he had come 10 a perfect understand
ing with his men. SAID Mr.. GOetZ; 81
am myself a practical brewer and un-
derstand all the details of beer manu-
facture, and consequently understand
the wants of the men. have always
paid, and do now, all that my men have
asked. Their hours of work are not
regular, but depend upon circum-
stances. They work by the week. and
the very nature Of the business calls for
some sunday work.
Il do not think the other bosses have
yet come 20 an agreement with their
men. The difficulty is about both time
and wages. They demand ten hours,
while they have been working twelve
and extra pay for Sunday work. Their
strongest noint. however, Is the sunday
work, but the demand for higher wages
is unIInportant. | have yielded TO the
demands of my men both as regards
wages and hours"
Another brewer stated that the de-
mands of the men would not be grant
ed, and if the strike was prolonged 9TH
er men would be employed.
WHAT MR.. KUsTERER SAID.
Charles F. kusterer, of the Kusterer
Brewing Company, said: "The situation
stands Just rs 1t was Yesterday. Our
brewery is not shut down and we are
supplying our trade, for our employees
are not all union men. | don't see
what reason the men have for striking
We are giving them the same wages
and hours as they demanded four years
ago, and food and clothing is cheaper
now than II was then. / do not think
that our men cared to strike, and
think, from what some OF t EN- say,
that they only did 1t to keep in the
union. Our men all work by the week
and are working the same hours and
getting the same wages as they agreed
TO when they hired out.
"When the men went 10 work for us,
they agreed TO work two hOuls Sunday
morning, that being considered a part
of the weeks work for which they are
pad. 1t is very seldom that the men
IN our brewery are made TO work two
hours on Sunday morning; sometimes
1t is only half an hour. but they get
paid Just the same rs if they worked
the full two hours. 1t is not the skilled
laborers who are responsible for the
strike; II is the men whom we have
picked up off the street and whom we
pay more than men in any other busi-
ness would pay them considering the
experience they have had. 1t must be
the smaller brewerIes that are working
their men over hours without paying
for the extra labor. The men viii
work almost any hours if they are paid
for II. More pay is what they want,
hut we do DO not propose to give It to
them"
LABOR NOTES.
Superintendent Mowat. of the Grand
Rapids Char factory, has gone to Mil
fn
machines.
The carvers held meeting yesterday
and organized the Grand Rapids Car
vers Social Club. This club will give
dances 70 raise funds to help deTay
the expense of the strike. The carers
say they are prepared for a serge q at
least FIVE or SIX months, and think they
can hold out much longer If necessary.
There is no uneasiness reported in
other lines IN this city. In the build
ing trades work is proceeding as usIal,
and there Is apparently TO talk d a
strike either for shorter hours or more
wages.
The executive committee are finGng
situations for the strikers as fat a.
possible IN other cities and towns. The
married men who have families de-
pending upon them are beng careC for
first. Already quite n large number
have left the city 70 go 70 work. Ff-
teen went to Muskegon yesteTday,and
others have secured empiOymeu ia
various places.
In ststu quo-abOut represents the
position IN the furniture line yeter-
day.
The Sigh furniture factory reports
siv carvers at work IN place OF the Sven
who quit.
some % ,sers on the varous
iOts. ,~iho city have teen
grant D the same Jay.
n W not a uu0n
moveF 81 general.