The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-16
TWO SIDES TO THE BOYCOTT.
THE AxALGAMATED MEN FIND SEET-
Gus DIFFICULTY IN THE
Demands Withdrawn when II IL Foun'
that the Union Labor Miiis Must H"v'
CaruegIe Iron In Order to keep Soiug

Demands Withdrawn when II IL Found
that the Uniou Labor Mins Mu.t Have
Carnegie Iron In Order to keep soing.
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 15.-Although the mani
festo published by tho Federation OF Labor.
with which the Amalsamated Association Is
aInliated. does not declare q compulsory boy
colt against Carnegie steel. 1t Is claimed that
a boycott will be insisted upon wherever II can
be mado effective.
This was fully do nonstrated by tho action
OF the committees representing the AmalGa-
mated Association that have called upon
manufacturer to close up the scale agreo-
ments In almost every case the men wanted
It stipulated that no Carnegie steel should be
used.
The demand is known 70 have beon made
upon J. Painter & Sons and the Republic Iron
Works. The men were told firmly that the
boycott feature would have to be loft out or
tho firms would be compelled to operate the
mills as non-union hereafter. After a brief
consultation the committee agreed to With
draw the boycott demand.
Amenber ofthc Carnegie firm said to-day
that II any OF tho manufacturers agreed to
the demands for n boycott such action would
Immediately bring tho matter into tho courts.
He said. however. tint. they did not believe
TINT they w v. %li nee. With my ~ trouble trout s on this hn
have declared that our output is so %incon-
seauentiai' and bad that it is not worth boy;
s sisW = t a"d so %a laeF Is Sot ahe sla tex w Mi iie e. son.
GSsirmsn II. s s; Es,sk is A. e. a al, Ffs .S,o within ii,
m 2t %id aha e Il Tie NJ Aa Viz ; Boara of tho
losssG1sa at G hsaaaasrt s1sk%TSha s Session SSss 4 SisSrsf
for nearly an hour. The members Of the com.
| lotn Iact t.rh TINT AIM man NOW in thn mill
esriy in tie morning. Tho !sresial meeting
st Thsse = Va fSs s sSSth st. st .Hs A on ! nSmG Hsspa
had suseeeded in consummnting a deal With
900 or 700 Of the non-union men and that.
barring aeeidelt. 200 mon would come cut
The midnight session o, the Advisory Board
gave a color!ns OF truth to this story. and 1t
But there. was no break this morning in the
ranks of the n1,n-union men, Fully 200
ers. but they failed to materlalizo. and up,to
th9, noon hour not u man had come out OF the
Fully 200 men came up on the Tide and tho
morning, ; TWo-thirds q them wore employees
new men. mostly lnborers. Tho steamer Tide
H hnd on b ss nSG Sot es the IS ssS snd I'D tTip n 'Ssa MSn ana
The statement credited to ono OF the clerks
OF the Carnegie Company ut homestead. that
1t was reported that tho Government inspec-
tors had refused to accept some Of tho product
OF the Homestead plant made b. the non union
mon. Is, denied. and on that subject Mr.. Love-
/ saw oil the Government inspectors In the
past two days and every one Of them told mo
that they were perfectly satisfied with tho
product OF the mill since the recent resump-
ton. Tho work turned out now Is rs good In
all respects rs that before the strike:
To-day the Bcssemer Mill started up and q
heat was made before noon. We have enough
men In that plant to run single turn. and We
will soon have all tho departments on double
"The failure Of the Amalgamated commit
tee to induce local ar outside firms to refuse to
handle our product does not surprise us. and
is Just what we know would happen. They
can't get along without 1t. The sooner these
mill workers rclliZe that a boycott on our
goods will be useless and impossible the bot
The new Bessemer converting mill which
was started at Homestead to-day was only re-
Gently completed and had never been operated.
1t was one OF the departments that the strikers
said could not be successfully run. The first
heat was started shortly after | o'clock. and
by Az o'clock three heats Of twelve tons each
had heen run. The ingots were pronounced
very good.
though the men who operated 1t had spent
| many years in the study of its. working. As
the mill started Manager Potter remarked:
Hero is q mill that q union man has never
worked in and never will"