Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-04
SOME BREAK AWAY
Employees of the Westinghouse Elec-
trio Company Decide
THAT THEY WON'T FIGHT LONGER
But the Machlnists Remain Firm in Their
Original Demands.
OTHER BRANCHES STILL ON STRIKE.

The Westinghouse Electric Company's
strike has reached the end, but there is no
change at the machine company's plant
employees of the Electric and Manufacturing
Company, WHICH had charge of the strike,
met yesterday morning at $50 o'clock at
their usual meeting place in Strawberry
alley. There was full attendance. Dis
cussion at once centered around the senti-
ments of the company as expressed In the
interview with Manager Ralph Bagaley, OF
the machine company, and which appeared
in The DISPATCH yesterday.
The statement was accepted as outlining
positively and clearly the attitude of the
managers OF the various branches with re-
gard to the position taken by the men form
erly in their employ, and was regarded in
the nature of an official deliverance on the
question. The prospects, conditions, and
outlook of the strike were freely canvassed,
and, as result of the meeting the general
sentiment ended in agreeing that they had
"been whipped In a fair fight" as the MEM
bers expressed The chairman of the meet
ings, Mr. Charles M. Mason, insisted on sur
rendering command at once, rather than later,
of disorganized force, saying that the
number of men who had gone back had
brokep~the strike. He therefore recon-
mended the committee to declare the strike
off,
The committee acquiesced, and 1t was done
at 9 o'clock, with the exception of as far as
the detail department was concerned. They
reserved their decision until they should
the deliberation became known, the en-
ployes dropped down to the Offices in Garri-
son alley and began to make terms for them
selves. Some of them were rejecsed, while a
good many got promises of work and others
were taken back.
The detail department held q meeting at 8
o'clock IN jefferson Hall, Allegheny.
There was majority of the instrument and
tool makers present. A subcommittee was
sent to Foreman Philip Lang, asking if
they might be reinstated as a body. Mr..
Lang replied in effect that no man was pro-
scribed.
''Let each man." he said. "stand in his
position tomorrow morning, and 1 or Mr..
Sass will wait upon him and designate
work or tell him when he can come back to
work, as owing to the delay things had got
ten into some con iusion and it would take
few days to straighten out matters.
This reply the subcommittee reported at
another meeting held last night in Allie
gheny. The decision of the meeting could
not be obtained.
Chairman Kirk, of the Executive Com
mittee of the machinists' organization, was
asked for statement. He said: "The &C.
ton of the Electric Company's men was
taken without notifying or consulting me.
We have had nothing to do with their break
ing away. So far as the machinists-in
which include the instrument makers-are
concerned, there will be no compromise.
The strike is still on and, SO far as see, will
remain or. There are some people collect
ing money without proper credentials. No
one should pay money on books which have
not my signature as chairman"