The morning call., 1891-01-02
AT THE YEARS END.
The Strike of the Union Iron
holders Extending.
Non-Unionists Called Out of the Rlsdon
Foundry-A Proposed Circular by the
Federated Trades.

II was on the 1st Of March, 1889, that the
rnion molders of this city struck In the
fourteen foundries owned by the members
of the Engineers and Founders ASSocla-
tion. That association was composed OF the
wealthiest and most influential capitalists
on the Pacific Coast and when the union
ordered the strike many prophets arose who
foretold that the strike would soon termi-
nate; the union would be beaten and forcea
to dsband and It's members would be torced
to accept work whenever and wherever
offered them.
The strike is still on. The lron-moldeIs
linton still exists-so does the Engineers
aud Founders Association. But the en-
blowers have been obliged to spend thou-
sands in advertising for and paying LOT the
TRANSFORMATION of men 10 the coast, ana the
nnion has spent thousands in advertising
for men not to come TO the Coast and in pay
ing for the transportation of men back to
the East who have come here.
FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL GUARDS.
Since the strike was ordered men in the
employ of the union have been kept on
guard at the foundrles, and have been
fairly successful in inducing the "scabs" OBJ
tanned by the bosses to go back to their
homes in the East When the strike was
ordered the iron-molders were not members
of the Council of Federated Trades, but
they have since become identified with that
organization, and have weekly received up
ward OF $500 from the treasures of the
unions associated therein.
In addition to this amount they receive a
stated revenue from the molders' unions
throughout the Union, which feel that they
are inter- Sted in the struggle which is going
ga, Il, nit l1nuf AMI ap or
of whom had large contracts on hand when
the strike was ordered, have had much Diff
Guilty i'll complying with the terms OF .theiI
agreement. Work which could not be done
here was sent to Chicago and other
Eastern cities. The union, through its East
ern agents, was kept osted, and whenever
job was sent by one OF the Manufacturers
Association Of this city the union brought
its influence to bear To have the work re-
fused.
WORK ON THE CRUISERS,
Recently the union received information
that certain parts of the United States
cruisers, for which the Union Iron Works
| has the contract, were being made III Phila-
! delpha, and they have appealed to the
| unions in Philadelphia to use all their in
| fuence to have work upon this material
stopped. Yesterday President Valentine
says, lie induced several nun-union molders
in the employ of the Risdon Iron Works, in
this city, 10 quit work
1t is probable that all the employees of the
Judson Mills al Emeryvlle will be called
out next week. A conference of representa-
tiyes of all the unions d iron-w orkers in
this section, m0lderS, pattern makers and
machiniSts, was held at EmeryYiile yester-
day afternoon. Joseph f. Valentine of the
lron-molderS' Union and j. j. Sweeney OF
the Pattern-makers' Union were present and
they stated at The close OF the conference
that the question OF ordering general strike
tho mil VIII he decided a the Z
ing of the uRiOns interested.
The Executive Council of the Federated
Trades is printing a circular descriptive OF
the work done at Judson's, and giving in
detail what it claims TO be the causes OF the
existing trouble.