The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-26

The Federated Trades council al
its meeting last night listened to a
report from a delegation from the
local Journeymen's Brewers union.
and then passed by a unanimous
vote tie following resolutions
Whereas, The Executive board OF
| the Knights of Labor, in session at Pitts.
burg, Pa, May IA, 1892, placed a 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 its ingredients are
prepared by union labor, while the malt
used by the Anheuser-Bush company, as
alleged, Is bought largely at malt houses
located IN small towns, where non-union
labor IS employed at greatly reduced
hgure.. Within the year unions in
every branch OF labor employed by the
faDst Brewing company have been form
eu, ana such labor Is now working under
scale perfectly satisfactory to them and
which continues in force one year from
us adoption. The Anheuser- Busch
iaoor, 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 comnanv
also operates under the jurisdiction OF the
same association. The labor EMPLOYED
by the Pabst Brewing company, in set
thing its scale for the present wear. secured
all requests sought by it and no dissatis-
faction exists relative to it among anv of
said employees, and
whereas, There appearing no reason
why organized labor in any form. should
complain at the Pabst Brewing companv's
method OF dealing with its employees or
with the rights of organized labor, The
raost brewing company being only one
o! the brewing concerns OF this and other
cues 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
Pa6st Brewing ,mpany for a boycott
under the above circumstances. the
Executive board of the Knights of Labor
nas perpetrated not only manifest in
justice on the Pabst Brewing comnanv
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 it is the sense of this
council, that it is the duty of all organized |
LABOR to give the same protection to en-
ployers OF such labor in the distribution
ana sale OF their product that is demand
ed by such labor of employers in the
recognition and employment of such
labor.
Resolved, That inasmuch as we know
The charge that Pabst beer is a nom
union made product to be utterly false
ana without foundation, and believe that
me boycott placed at Pittsburg has been
melted and lnstigated by and through the
agents of the Anhaeuser- Busch COMPANY
because of the rivalry existing between
t and the Pabst company, we hereby
appeal in the interest of fairness to the
rabst company as we'll as in the interest
u organized labor which cannot prosper
lnder the employment of such diverse
md unfair methods, to the international
5reWers' union to demand that the
executive committee of the Knights OF
labor hit Immediately said boycott, and
nat widespread public announcement
'e made OF the Same when done.
RESOLVED, That copy of these re-
buttons be sent to the officers of the
American Federation of Labor at once
Nth the request that they adopt the
anne or other resolutions to the same
feet" ''''A'o
W. G. PEACOCK & CO.,
Sole Agents for the
Hawaiian Islands.