The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-28
GLOON IN THE POTTERIES.
No Prospect Of settlement Between
the MonOpOlists and Their
Employees.
Special to the JERSEY city Meas.

TRENTON, March Is, 1s9l.-There is a
gloomy prospect for the pottery industry
in this city, owing to the position taken
by the sanitary manufacturers. the
lockout that Is now in progress in the
sanitary shops threatens to extend to the
point of closing down the tableware
shops that are in nearly every instance
run in conjunction with the manufacture
OF sanitary ware.
A number of green hands have been
put to work IN all the sanitary shops.
When they get a kiln Of ware ready, as
they have done at Maddock's, the
Crescent and Empire potteries, 1t IS
found that the kilnmen, VINO are mem
bers OF the same order as the locked out
sanitary pressers, refuse to fire it. They
prefer to be discharged, as they nave
agreed to fire no biscuit made by those
VINO nave taken the places Of their fellow
workmen. As a consequence OF TINS
eighty-two men have been discharged.
While a number of gentlemen were
conversing on Thursday evening on this
subject it was stated by one that in the
strike of 1877 he manufacturing potters
simply demanded the reduction and de-
Termined to stand or fall by that demand.
IT was said that they would not discuss
the matter with anyon and would reply
to no communications in he newspapers.
it was further stated that this was the
position assumed by the sanitary manu-
facturers in the present instance.
These remarks were very true. 1t Is
evident that the manufacturers intend 70
come out triumphant in this struggle II
it requires a year to accomplish their pur-
pose. 1t is also evident that they intend
10 work in all the green hands they can
get, and equally evident that If the kiln
men, dippers and saggermaKers refuse 10
perform their work for the reason that
they will not cooperate with "uobsticKs"
they are to be summary dismissed.
The inevitable tendency of this aggres-
siye policy will be to shut down all table
ware shops that are worked in conJunc-
ton with the sanitary shops. With these
shut the Potters' Union will be at a dis
advantage, for the tableware shops now
form the base of supplies for the support
of the locked out workmen.
If these are closed it will then become a
question whether the Potters' Association
will shut down all the potteries with the
hope that such a decisive blow will lead TO
a more rapid c~apitulation of their work
men. 1t is well known that this course
was anticipated when the Dale q Davis
strike occurred some months ago, and the
only thing that prevented 1t was the
absence of James Moses in Europe, the
others being unwilling to close without
the Mercer.
In this event there is no doubt that
every effort of the General Executive
Board of the Knights Of Labor will be
made to sustain the workmen in the posi-
ton they have taken. This Board has al
ready sent to the locked N men 5000,
which is not yet disbursed. The existence
of their order in this city is regarded as
threatened, and no effort will be spared to
protect and sustain it.
Whatever the outcome of the present
difficulty will be there is no escape from
1t being a detriment to the welfare OF the
city. There has not been such a trade in
e~arthenware as is now being enjoyed by
the potters of Trenton for years. This
fact may, and, it is hoped. will, prove an
effective obstacle to a general lockout.