The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-13
NO BOYCOTT ON CARNEGIE.
1HE ITDERA TON OELAEOR SiFSsrtH
Il MOVE ISN'T WORIH WHILE.

The, Poor Quality aud Diminished Quantity
or the Carnegie Mills, They Say, il sum-
client boycott for the Present-A Drei"rn-
ton that They AREN'T at All Afraid of
! the Ca-r-Sic- or Conspiracy Laws.
P111sBupau. Aug. l2.-Thc conference no
tween the officials Of tho american Federation
of Labor tho Amdlgnnatcd Association. and
the Homestead Advisory Committee was con-
tinucd tonight. At it, close this official stnte-
ment was given out:
After n thorough investigation and rovicw
OF the situation Mt Homestead and the other
Carnegie mills and after conference with
President Wriho and other officials OF the
Amnlgamatcd Association. and on consulta-
tion with the Advisory Board OF Home
stead. the Executive Council Of tho American
Federation Of Labor docs not deem II ncccs-
Bary at present TO issue any general boycott
on tho Carnegie products. for these reasons:
THE amount Of work now turned ont in tho
Carnegie mills Is Of such n trilinH and incon-
seQucntin! character that 1t would be n sheer
waste OF effort at this time to issue boycott.
Added to this tho quality md small amount OF
product turacd out is so inferior that II Is
hardly marketable. and will result in a greater
loss OF trado to tho Carnegie Company than
would como fron any boycott We might now
ippose.
In fact. the unm ark otahle character OF the
small amount OF work done is sufficient boy
colt against tho Carnegie Company itself.
SHOULD 1t ho necessary 10 make n general
order in tho future to le: CarneGics products
alone ye will not hesitate to DO so. notwith-
standing the threats of tho Arm to use con-
spiracy laws against us.
Tho mec,hers OF the Executive Council OF
tho American Federation OF Labor nrc not to
he swervcd from their path Of duty by threats
of that kind. for tho majority OF them before
this day have stood in courts OF justice to de-
fend thor rights MS American citizens in suits
OF conspiracy instituted by corporations Of
conspirinE capitalists
Be it further known to the American people
In general that this action OF tho Executive
Council in declining to issue general boy
colt at this time does not prevent al sympn-
thizcrs with the struggling toilors ut Home
stead from refusing to use structural iron
or steel rails md other products OF I'll"
inclined to 10 so. and at the same tim" every
dollar OF financial aid which can be RI sed
Drawn mud brain. muscle and heart. against
the cold; hloodcd. crashing nvarice Of we'll
TO secure llnanrial contributions. the En-
ecutiye Council are now engaged rrepnring
circular wfn % nM s 81 ,h ca
lie for funds TO sustain the men on strike at
"me,t%at and Gyng ui s1"tsmsmt o,
with affairs ne Homestead"
Tomorrow tho officials will visit Homestead
i"s % ye src"chs s viii S SS nude" q. ",'
rcsf f5 aver %H too e2srt
department is now running double turn. and
that part Of the mil! nov IDLE will be put in
not turning out good work but they don't
know what they are talkinl: about. and the
scope, they realize that they arc whipped the
THE Threatened toyco,. woal not AFFECT rs
rss s' Of Whipped men The ' 41.nch bean
mill was started this morning. and evoryth,nE
mornins s surprisss mo- anu '"s success o' '"e
The new town beng built within the fence
nre nesrns campieton and viii II b" s Occupied
BY families OF nom union men next week. The
men claim to be in bette ,hnn" to-
s2t The S,n xn.Gsd ssa
are simply INDUCING in q s:!ics OF bluffs:
are playing u desperate game. The fight is
ours. The company will soon tire OF its present
secretary McGeoneley Of the Advisory Board
enid: Politics must not be dragged into this
contest, which is simply struggle between
couraeement from all of tho political parties
o'Donnell. MeLuckie. and II. T. Brown will
mass meetings Of workincm men in that city on
Hugh ODonnoll did not reappear in Home
stead until this afternoon. llecame into town
quietly and no one knew OF his return until
late In the afternoon. He said that after leav.
ing HOMESTEAD mmedia,ely after his ,r release
Syracuse, New York city. and Boston.
1T was merely u pleasure trip" said he 2,
the latter city began working IN the inter
ests of my faithful friends at home: think
the results will show my efforts in behalf OF
tho locked out men were not in vain"
O'Donnell denied that lie had heen In con.
sultation with lending Republican politicians
reported. that he had met and conferred witt
Mr.. MihOlland while in Now York
last night and this morning the strikers
Introl committee at Lawrenceyiile Union Mills
Induced Ave or more OF tho skilled non-unior
workmcn to come out. Among them was
Charles Jefrrics, the boss roller. who came
from PHILADELPHIA.
While the mon still claim TINT they arc firm
md that their ranks are unbroken, yet there !!
grave reason to bolrys hat thcre will DO some
radical change in the strike ut these mills soon