The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-19

The Federated Trades council at
its meeting last night listened to a
report from 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 IA, 1902, placed q, boycott
upon the Pabst beer OF Milwaukee in
favor Of the Anheuscr Bush beer Of ~.
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 ia as follows. The Pabst Brewing
compary's beer is an exclusively made
union pfoiuct All It's 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-nnion
labor is employed at 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 i now working under
a scale perfectly satisfactory TO them and
which continues IN force one year from
its adoption The Anheuser- Busch
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 Pabgt 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 il among any oil
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 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,
| 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 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
| 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 nom
| 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
| it and the Pabst company, we hereby
| appeal in the interest Of fairness to the
Pabst company as well as in the interest
of organized labor which cannot prosper
under the employment Of such diverse
and unfair methods, to the international
! Brewers union to demand that the
| Executive committee Of the Knights o.
Labor lift Immediately said boycott, and
that widespread public announcement
be made of the same when done.
Resolved, That copy of these re.
solutions be sent to the officers of the
American Federation of Labor at once
with the request that they adopt the
same or other resolutions to the same
effect. ="
w. G. PEACOCK & CO.,
Sole Agents for the
Hawaiian Islands.