The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-14

LOUIS Brewers.
The Federated Trades council at
its meeting last night listened TO a
report from q delegation from the
local Journeymen's Brewers union,
and then passed by unanimous
vote the following resolutions
Whereas, The Executive board of
The Knights Of labor, in session at Pitts
burg, Pa, May Il, 1892, placed s boycott
upon the Pabst beer OF Milwaukee in
favor Of the Anheuser-Bush beer OF ST.
Louis, alleging that the Pabst beer is ;
non-union made product; and
- Whereas, the situation relative 10 the
employment of labor by the two brewer
les is as follows: The Pabst Brewing
companv's beer Is an exclusively made
prepared by union labor, while the malt
used By the Anheuser-Bush company, as
alleged, is bought largely st malt houses
located in small towns, where non-union
labor Is employed 81 q 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
3 scale perfectly satisfactory TO them and
which continues in iorca one year from
Its adoption The Anheuser-Buscb
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
ali requests sought by il and no dissafis-
faction exists relative IL Il among any OF
said employees, and
Whereas, There appearing no reason
why organized LABOR in any form should
complain al the Pabst Brewing company's
method OF dealing with its employees or
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,
al working under the same jurisdiction
Of the international Brewers union
therefore
Resolved, That by selecting the
Pabst Brewing company for boycott
under the above circumstances, the
Executive board of the Knights of Labor
has perpetrated not only a 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 for
the placing Of said boycott.
Resolved, That ii is the sense of this
council, that ii 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
ed by such labor OF employers In the
recognition and employment OF such
organized labor.
Resolved, That inasmuch as We know
the charge that Pabst beer is a non.
union made product TO be utterly false
/ and without foundation, and believe that
| the boycott placed at Pittsburg has been
| melted and instigated By and through the
/ agents Of the Anhaeuser-Busch company
/ because OF the rivalry existing between
/ 1t and the Pabst company, we hereby
/ appeal in the interest OF fairness TO the
4 Pabst company &c well as in the Interest
4 Of organized labor which cannot prosper
under the employment Of such diverse
and unfair methods, 10 the international
/ Brewers union 10 demand that the
/. Executive committee OF the Knights o
1 Labor lift Immediately said boycott, and
/ that widespread public announcement
I be made Of the same when done.
Resolved, That copy OF these re-
4 solutions be sent TO the officers OF ths
American Federation of Labor at one;
with the request that they adopt The
same Or other resolutions 10 the same
I effect :"
w. G. PEACOCK & CO.,
Sole Agents for the
Hawaiian Islands.