The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-25
STRIKERS FIRM.
Griffing Employees Receive
Assurances of Help From
Labor Unions.
BOYCOTT THE MAIN WEAPON
President Williams Preparing a
Statement = Pennsy Miners
Strike--Coxey and Smallpox.

The trouble the Griffing Iron Works has
developed into contest in which the stay
ing qualities of the locked out men, and the
officials Of the company will be put to a
severe test. If the company can afford to
allow its works to remain idle until the men
are forced to return in order to provide food
for themselves and their families it will win,
but if on the other hand the company wants
to again set machinery in motion and re-
sumo its business it will have to either en-
ploy scab labor and fight the boycott placed
upon its output by the labor unions, or else
accept the terms Of the locked out men,
This is the position in which the company
finds itself today
The lockedout men are becoming more
confident every day that they will win the
fight. This morning one of the machinists
named John Armstrong. who has been doing
odd jobs at the works since the lockout was
ordered, received word from the union of
which he is member, that he would have to
quit work He obeyed the order and Joined
Association.
STRIKERS MEET.
This morning the association held another
well-attended meeting at Tanners Hall, and
appointed a committee to attend the meeting
OF the Federation of Trades at Clarendon
Hall, New York, this evening. The chief
business of the meeting will be the discussion
of the Griffing trouble and the ordering Of
boycott on all the Gritfing goods. The
chairman of the meeting announced that
the secretary of the association had received
letters from over twenty well-known resi-
dents on the Hill, promising financial assist
ance if the locked out men require it. The
association passed a motion thanking the
residents and declining their kind offers.
1--WE are prepared to stay out two months,
il necessary" said the chairman of the meet
ing. 1--WE did not take the aggressive posi-
ton without being prepared to carry our
fight to successful issue. We did not go
into this fight to be beaten, and the sooner
the Griffing officials understand this the
better 1t will be for the interests of the COM
pany. We have been treated in manner
that is nothing short of being shameful
You all remember when the company was
were stationed with hose attached
to hot water at the works and ordered
to scald the Lehigh Valleys workmen
if they attempted to lay tracks on the
strip of land adjoining the fence at the
works The Fen obeyed orders and ran the
risk of being arrested and imprisoned. They
remained faith to their employers. Now is
it fair for the company to treat us as they
havea will leave it to you to answer. Cries
of NOD Fellow members, if you remain to-
gether, and I am sure that you will, you
will win this fight. We have the assistance
of all the labor unions in the United States,
and it is almost impossible for US to lose"
PRESIDENT WILLIAMS STATEMENT.
A reporter of THE JERSEY CITY NEWS
called at the office of the company this
but President Williams was too
busy to be interviewed. He said that he
would prepare statement for the newspa-
pei in a dry or two