The morning call., 1891-06-17
ORGANIZED LABOR.
Hard Trials of Union holders in
the East.
Grambarth Elected President Of the Cigar
Makers-A Superiority Of Printers Soldiers
Boycott Non-Union Beer.

The iron-molders profess to DE more con-
fdent than they have ever been before Of
the success of their long strike. They be-
lieVe that the Founders Association is no
longer united in its opposition to them.
The founders met a few days ago and
passed a resolution that TO one of them
should make terms with the union unless
terms were made with all.
'The adoption of this resolution" said j.
T. Valentine Of the Molders' Union yester-
day, 'and the publicity that it was given
clearly indicate that the association is no
longer a unit in its opposition 10 us. They
passed just such a resolution when the strike
commenced, and there would have been no
reason for passing it again were it not that
some of the members of the association are
anxious to make their peace with
the union, and the big manufacturers
who control the association determined
that it would be well to renew their vows OF
fidelity to each other in order to strengthen
the weakened ones. An association
whether Of employees or capitalists seldom
informs the public that it is very strong and
resolved to fight until it discovers that its
strength is waning"
The local union yesterday sent letter to
all the union molders in the United States
and Canada, which gives a healthy and
well-deyelOped idea Of the misfortuneS that
have befalen the nOn-unOn m0lders who
were brought to this city to take the strikers
places and were induced TO return to their
Eastern homes. Following is the letter:
Brothers: / desire to again call your atten-
ton the fact that some oil the men who came
from the East 10 take our places have been In'
liated by us and granted cards We did not DO
this simply TO get rid Of them bur because we be-
leYed at The time aud do so siill that these men
were anxious TO become good union men, and
fully realized how detrimental IL was FOR them
10 be outside the organization, continually at
war and preying upon those who were members
and had The welfare OF the craft at heart.
We did not initiate all those who desired 10 be;
only those whom we deemed sincere in their
ptOteStatOns. Now we find that the cards given
these men are not recognized by our brothers IN
the East and the holders OF them are being
driven from shop 10 shop until In sheer desperA-
ton they are driven TO correspond with the
bosses here, trying 10 obtain jobs again.
What Ia the use OF our trying TO make
good uniOnists of these men X our East
ern brothers continually persecute them. and
drive them back 10 their old Methods OF what
use is IL for us 10 send these men back East IL
they are driven back again after two or three
months? Try 10 make these men bet ter and
more useful members OF our craft by showing
them the advantages afforded by our OrganlZA-
tiGn, and We VIII be immensely benefited.
The situation here continues very bright, aud
The shops running under union rules are picking
up little, aud some OF our idle me mbers being
union men have no excuse for coming here. and
hereafter will be regarded as scabs II they per
sjst Ia coming here IN face of this warning. Keep
NE fully Informed OF anything bearing on our
strike and We viii soOu be on top. FratefnSlly,
San Francisco June u, 1891. JOHN s. COLLINS.