The evening world., 1894-04-26
LOCKOUT IMMINENT.
Brooklyn Brewers Give Their En-
ployees an Ultimatum
Must Decide by Saturday on
Work or War"
worknen's Demands Entirely Ig-
nored by tho Bosses.

A lockout OF brewery employees will
take place in Brooklyn Saturday. unless
Brewery Employees Union No. So with
draws certain demands which have been
r ,jectcd by the brewers.
The employees threatened to strike.
and declei ed a boycott against all brew
ers who refused TO sign the agreement.
The brewers have now turned the tables
and decided to lock out all employees
who insisted on the terms of the brew
cry employees ultimatum.
The brewers do not say they will lock
their men out. They use miider Ian
guage, but 1t means a freeze-out just
the same. They say all those who do
not wish to remain in their employ
without ar agreement can go.
Only the brewers who are not in the
brewers pool are concerned in his fight.
They are j. George Grauer, Leibinger
& Oehm. Frank Ibert and Paul Weld
mann The war which they have de-
clared against the union Is the outcome
Of the boycott by the Union. against
Grauer's brewery. The Union has been
endeavoring for some time to compel
the brewers outside OF the pool to give
haven, ever donc 80, although they en-
ployed union workmen and paid union
wages.
1t is alleged by the brewers and de-
MED by the workmen. that the union
men resorted to violence when their de-
mands We're refused by Grauer, and
broke all the windows In his brewery.
to take a united stand, and that they will
not recede from their position one lot.
These are the concessions the work
men ask for. which the brewers will not
l. With the exception of foremen.
assistant foremen and apprentices,
union men must be employed, and fore
the labors of journeymen.
z Workmen recommended by saloon
keepers shall not be employed, under
any circumstances.
3. Workmen shall not be discharged
except for cause. Sickness is no cause
for dismissal.
T. To avoid q reduction in the force
ployee shall stop work on one day each
week between Oct. Is and March is.
5. No member Of the Union shall be
permitted to perform the labors of a
g. There snail be one apprentice for
every twenty-five workmen.
/ Ten consecutive hours shall consti-
tute a days work, and a week shall
consist OF six work days. Not more
than two hours labor shall, be per
formed Sunday, such work to be paid
hours work shall constitute a days
labor Labor Day and May /, no work
TO be performed after I A. NJ. on the
former dav and after noon on the latter
day. wages to be paid in full for both
days.
3. Wages must he paid weekly. as fol-
lows: To workmen of the first class
In the wash-house, SIS. to all others SIG.
To all others in other departments, SIS.
During working hours beer shall be
free to all workbench, and where beer
tickets are in use they shall be dis
tributed in unrestricted numbers.
9. This agreement to be in force from
April IS. 1894. until April l6, 1895.
The brewers concerned yesterday noti-
fed their employees that they could
continue In their employ at union wages,
but that the Union would not be recog-
nized. They have until Saturday noon
to decide whether Ii Is to be work or
war"
The brewers object principally to de-
mand No. 4 in the Unions ultimatum.
They were willing at first to sign the
contract II the Union had consented to
a modification OF hat clause, as sug-
gested by them, by substituting the fol-
lowing:
A workmen shall be employed as
long as there Is work for them. II busl-
ness should decrease during the Winter
season then there shall be a correspond
ing reduction in the working force, en-
ployees to be laid off alternately for a
day or a week. according to the condition
of business"
The substitute was not accepted by
the Union. and the break followed.