St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-12
THE CARNEGIE BOYCOTT.
Federation Of Labor to Take a
Very Lively Hand.

Very Lively Hand.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. 11.-Wi!liam
A. Carney, member OF the executive
committee of the American Federation
of Labor. came to Homestead this after
noon. TO a United Press reporter he
announced that his mission here Is to
arrange for the quarterly meeting of
thu council to be held here tomorrow,
when President GomperS. of the Amer
lean Federation, and representatives of
the cigarmakers' union; Chris Vansuire,
John b. Teller, of the tailors' and cut
tiers union; p. J. Mcclure, general sec
rotary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters,
will attend. The council has heretofore
met in New York. While the usual
business will be transacted at tomor-
rows meeting, the real object in calling
the council together iii this place is to
consider the Homestead strike. In dis
cussing this subject Mr.. Carney said:
"A boycott on Carnegie material is 10
be considered. and interested in it are
$4,000 carpenters. 100000 persons ell
gagged in bridge building and the opera
tives in ShipyardS where armOr plate is
used. We are willing to bring about
any kind of honorable settlement if it is
possible, but if MeSSrS. Loyejoy and
IllCh anu dSSOCidtSS StlC
On manifesting nothing else but
an aggressive disposition towards us
there is no alternative left us after hav-
ing recourse TO the other honorable
methods to bring about fair and homer
able adjustment of the difficulty but to
meet them with their own weapons,
feeling confident that. with the re-
sources behind us, we must asSuredIy
come out victorious"
"What are the reSourceS?' asked the
United Press reporter.
"Now that the adjustment of the bar
iron scale has been obtained, we shall
have a large source of income to prose-
cute the Homestead fight. for many
thousands of Analgamated men 90 TO
work I'M the near future and everyone has
intimated his Intentions of voluntarily
subscribing 10 per cent of his wages,
irrespective OF whether it is S1.50 or SIG
per day. In the aggregate this would
mean $4,000 every two weeks, and feel
that am Understanding the amount.
For III the first district there are 5000
men, in the second 5000, in the fourth
6,000 and in the fifth 5000 steel and iron
workers. In addition to this will come
the assistance of the Federation of
Labor and Knights of Labor, which
have already demonstrated their CO.
checks. This means 10 cents per week
over five weeks OF almost 100000 men
at any rate,
Engineers VIII Not Assist.
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. II. - Grand
Chief Engineer p. NJ. Arthur, of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers,
was interviewed today concerning the
reported intention of the advisory board
of the Amalgamated association to re-
quest ali train operatives, including the
engineers, to refuse to transport ma.
terial made by or intended for the Car
negie company.
81 have not read the newspapers" he
said. land therefore do not know ex-
actly what the advisory board proposes
to do. We have received no notice of
their desires, and even ii correspond
ence were opened l don't believe it
would result in a boycott for this
reason: The Brotherhood of LocOmo-
tive Engineers is under contract with
nearly every railroad i'll the country to
haul its trains SO long as the companies
live up to the terms of their agreements.
We regard these contracts as sacred
and not 10 be broken under any circum-
stances. AS matter of course, there is
nothing in the agreement which would
warrant us in taking such action as YOU
have indicated. My personal opinion is
that the brotherhood will take 10 ac-
tion."