The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-23
A BOYCOTT ON BEER.
Knights of Labor TO Eight
the English Syndicate
in st. Louis.
BREWERY WORKERS TO CONFER.
Will Force the Employment of
Union Labor or Bankrupt
Stockholders.

PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1s94.-Organ-
lied labor is soon to engage in battle that
will affect international interests, and may
ultimately lead to international comphca-
tions. War to the knife is to be declared by
the Knights of Labor against the twenty or
more breweries in St Louis which are con-
trolled by the English syndicate, and it is
given out by those who know whereof they
speak the plant of every brewery concern
will be absolutely idle, and that millions Of
dollars Of English capital will become un-
productive. For some time past the Eng
lish syndicate breweries of Mound City
have been under the ban Of the Knights of
Labor as refusal of the management to
recognize Union labor. The breweries con-
trolled by the English syndicate are as fol-
lows:
Louis Obert Arsenal, Home, American
National, Columbia, Anthony & Kuhn;
Bremen, Brinkwirth and Nolkei Iafayette); I;
Charokee, Chonteau avenue, Excelsior,
Green Tree, Grove, Hyde Park Louis, Lib
erty, Phoenix, Stifel's, Wainwright, Helms,
East St. Louis Al efforts to induce this
score of breweries to declare allegiance to the
Knights of Labor having failed, the ques-
tion of further action was discussed at length
in the meeting of the General Executive
Board held at Des Moines on February 81
last. Conference was had with representa-
tives of Local Assemblies 1908, 691, and 652,
and finally it was determined to call Ma
tional convention of delegates from
all local assemblies composed wholly
the purpose Of organizing a National Trade
Assembly of Brewery Workers, but in real
ity to decide upon measures for driving the
product of the English syndicate breweries
out of the market, and of compelling one
and all of the establishments to suspend
operations. The secret call of this conven-
tion was issued today, and names April 18 as
the date and St. Louis as the place for the
gathering.
WILL BE A BITTER FIGHT.
A representative member of the Knights of
Labor said today that this was likely to
prove one of the most important fights that
the organization has had on its hands since
road. 'sEither,p he said, sthey would
unionize the ST. Louis breweries or they
would bankrupt the English stockholders. A
schedule is now being prepared of every
saloon. and so far as is practicable
of every private consumer using the
product of the breweries under the
ban. Each and every one of these will be
approached in turn, and asked to discontinue
the use of the obnoxious product. If they
refuse they will also come under the boycott.
The product of the breweries concerned goes
into half the States of the Union, and hence
the ramifcations of the struggle will be deep
and far-reaehing. If it becomes necessary,
saloons using the English syndicate beer will
be picketed, and organized labor will even
be warned against patronizing any business
man or business house that may use the beer
of the boycotted breweries in their homes
for domestic purposes. All the details of
this extraordinary boycott will have been
perfected before the assembling of the con-
vention next month, and special committee
will be appointed to cooperate with the
General Executive Board in enforcing it to
the limit. In the meantime one final effort
will be made to bring the arrangements of
the breweries concerned to terms, and Eng
hsh stockholders have already been advised
of the existing and prospective conditions
and urged to make their influence felt In
their own interest"
AN ADDRESS TO KNIGHTS.
Meanwhile the General Executive Board
has approved an address that is by this time
in the hands of every Knight Of Labor in
the country. Among other things it says
ssAll organized labor knows by this time of
the eminently unfair treatment OF their en-
ployes accorded by the English syndicate Of
content with paying them unfair wages
in this most profitable business, these
English capitalists shut the door in their
face because they had the courage to demand
their rights. There is NJ question about
discouraging capital in Is fight. These
men invest their money OILY because they
can make big interest on it. The re
ports of the discussion Of the internal
revenue section Of the Tariff bill shows
that beer making is profitable business, yet
this syndicates grinds down its employees
and denies them the common rights of
American citizenship. What should you doa
What should every fair-lninded man do?
Use the only weapon that is
at hand to secure at least right
to live Join with your friends In re-
fusing to buy their product. The syndicate
beer Of st. Louis is no cheaper nor better, if
as good, as that made by fairer men COM
peting with them in ST. Louis Their COM
petitors pay good wages and recognize the
rights of organized labor Honest men can do
no less Itremains for the English syndicate,
in its unwholly greed for money, to squeeze
their employees and deny them Justice sim
ply to enable these English non-residents to
secure larger dividends on their capital with
which to live in luxury In foreign country.
Rally then, fellow workers, to the support
of the local assembly of Knights of Labor in
st. Louis and boycott every drop of syndi-
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