The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-10

The Federated Trades council at
it's meeting last night listened to a
report from a delegation from the
local Journeymen's Brewers union,
and then passed by a unanimous
vote the following resolutions :
Whereas, The Executive board of
the Knights of Labor, in session at Pitts
burg, Pa, May IA, 1892, placed boycott
upon the Pabst beer of Milwaukee in
favor OF the Anheuser-Bush beer OF ST.
Louis, alleging that the Pabst beer is a
non-union made product; and
Whereas, the situation relative to the
employment of labor by the two brewer
les is as follows: The Pabst Brewing
company's beer is an exclusively made
union product. All it's ingredients are
prepared by union labor, while the malt
used by the Anheuser-Bus company, as
alleged, is bought largely at malt houses
located in small towns, where non-union
labor is employed at a greatly reduced
figure. Within the year unions in
every branch of labor employed by the
Pabst Brewing company have been form-
ed, and such labor is now working under
scale perfectly satisfactory to them and
which continues in force one year from
its adoption. The Anheuser-Busc
labor, which is represented both in the
union and Knights OF Labor, operates
under the Jurisdiction of the International
Brewers association. The labor en-
ployed by the Pabst Brewing company
also operates under the jurisdiction of the
same association. The labor employed
by the Pabst Brewing company, in set
Ting its scale for the present year, secured
all requests sought by it and no dissatis-
faction exists relative to it among any OF
said employees, and
Whereas, There appearing no reason
why organized labor in any form should
complain at the Pabst Brewing company's
method OF dealing with its employees OF
with the rights of organized labor, the
| Pabst Brewing company being only one
| of the brewing concerns of this and other
| cities in which the same scale is in use,
/ all working under the same jurisdiction
Of the International Brewers union
| therefore
Resolved, That by selecting the
/ Pabst Brewing company for a boycott
under the above circumstances, the
| Executive board of the Knights of Labor
| has perpetrated not only manifest in
| justice on the Pabst Brewing company
which employs only union labor through
out, but upon the cause OF organized
labor which can offer no valid reason fol-
the placing of said boycott.
Resolved, That it is the Sense OF thi:
council, that it is the duty of all organized
labor to give the same protection to EN-
ployers OF such labor in the distribution
and sale of their product that is demand
I cd IzxrG loh Of -, & l..
recognition and employment OF sucf
organized labor.
"Resolved, That inasmuch as we know
the charge that Pabst beer is a non
union made product to be utterly falls
and without foundation, and believe tina
the boycott placed at Pittsburg has beef
melted and instigated by and through tn
agents OF the Anhaeuser-Busch compan
because of the rivalry existing betweel
it and the Pabst company, we hereb
appeal in the interest of fairness TO tn
Pabst company as well as in the interes
OF organized labor which cannot prospe
under the employment Of such divers
and unfair methods, to the Internations
Brewers union to demand that th
Executive committee Of the Knights
Labor lift Immediately said boycott, an
that widespread public announcement
be made Of the same when done.
Resolved, That copy of these r,
solutions be sent TO the officers Of ii
American Federation OF Labor at one
: with the request that they adopt tt
same or other resolutions to the san
e effect 4"
/ w. G. PEACOCK & co.,
Y Sole Agents for the
Hawaiian Islands.