The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26

The history q the lockout for It practically
are three sides to It - the manuia cturers,
fns Snpi1yess o and that !, Of tnose partially
no trades unions in Danbury. and all the
, mn,o . were run s az independent or non,
and The so made wT Tets Sgr.s
ments with them concerning wages, strikes.
lockouts. and tho adjudication Of differences
mspt lasted Until to. day. '''"'' ' a
About mouth ago the manufacturers began
work men With a view to gaining certain con.
SESSIONS from the unions. Thus they wanted
some OF the helpers work. which union men
were doing. These apprentices would work for
nan h OF what The u ut men received and would
meal nature. The men agreed to make some
stubborn about some OF the nest Important
ones. The conferences as a result were fruit
The men felt oil along that the manufacturers
were taking advantage Of the dulness OF trade
pared. therefore when a few days ago the
manniacturers issued long pamphlet pre-.
faced with the following notice. a copy OF
which was posted In every shop:
NoTrcE owing TO the extreme dulnsss Of trade and
cur inability 20 compsts WITH good. made IN indie.
10 obtain snt Liberties from Ii. trade nnoss no
Son;hS sy Decided 0 d sanS tGT Os sf': ezra.
plWvYSs .n on tns 3n,e day % SoyemhsI iss
Ssn %1E !:
5c.ums work an independent shop FOR ISi u no
Ss[st q our we desire shSt you viii
prepared for you ,o,s,,. -, $50.
ha. msis isks . course. and 1Sa we ssss ny
been in our employ.
The explanatory notice explained that tho
hat Industry Of Danbury, which. by the way
is S9nfnsd mainly TO the manufacture OF
popular demand for soft hats. and that when
times were better the Manufacturers hoped to
ThS manufacturers then ceased taking
s orders Tor more goods and waited 70 see what
tne men woa YOU, 90, me men merely decided
hour this morning they all went 10 their shops.
The tor sS en- tOia them that tn, factories
thai belonged to him or her and lett the T fas'
no shouting, and no angry gatherings
There Is only general depression. which
Only one union held a mestlng. and there Il
was decided that the closing Of the factories
w ,St tSs u moTs w or s: than Csko1
work in an independent shop. Most OF the
men remained at home during the afternoon
stranger would never guess that anything IN
usual had happened In Danbury:
Tonight the main street Is thronRed with
women and girls Of all ages and sizes gossip
Ing In tho most eager manner bout the manu-
Ia"tSre fs; hTeeptlng upon gala nights there
street at one time. The air is tillsd with their
chatter and laughter.
They know how grave the situation is, hut
they do not seem 10 mind II much at present
These women. or. to be more accurate one ~
this lockout Mrs Ellen Foots tSe Tss SSTL ~
the Trimmers' Union, which consists OF nearly
turers more trouble and given them more dis.
comfort Than any ten men. Her organization
in This county The % Se ~ SSeS Unions
90 Is uimcult 10 learn; ana so Tar all who have
leNwr R i have Joined tho union. -,
women thunder; that is. exclaim melodiousiy. |
no. During all the conferences OF the nast |
fSstureT began. "H nsr so %Sy bns %ahs,
answer inyfrIaoy wasi No butts. ii You don't
There wasn't the slightest use Of trying TO |
argue with her she Ahhors argument and |
mas @a, T SsP All sai her I0E YES end no The
members Of her Organization eontsmptuousiS
reisr 70 F tns man e,a"5yrsIs as Elle1s babies.
we'll built; ana has q very decided look In her
eye. The beauty OF the whole thing is that She
Snions as she does for the o. thS other
One OF the officers Of the Finishsrs' Union
this whole affair is that the man9fasturers /
gant 70 break up the unions. They 1
S night make Or not n SRRS'SlGS' m tSss
some aud they releeisd them. We understand
what they want perfectly we'll They say that
work Is slack and that trade Is dull Well sir
II we 20 back ON Monday aud say that
we're willing 20 work as individuals apd not
as msmbsrs OF "A union they'll give rs All he
work We want When they have us mi hack |
We Will 10 informed that a genaral rsdurtIon
In wages will sOou tax place. We have learned
they are going to ask each man who APPLIES
Tor work 10 sign q contract.
Now that IS ona VI 9the most distagteful |
things Ia the world Tor US. There are certain !
traditions and customs In the Matchmaking
trade I hfgIe which !. 8 almost painful o ylO;
work he ca'uO 10 any man who vas employed
"a union factory and asked low trade
was II Il vas good. he would say ti5t |
me- IN Viii YOU: Tuon the other man would
20 to she foreman aud say. Here's ioArDsY-
m 4 n Iu Ike q v1tl fat nHtt L