New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-27
DANBURY STRIKE ENDED.
HUNDREDS OF employees RETURN TO
WORK AS INDIVIDUALS.
GENERAL. REJOICING AMONG THE MERCHANTS
OF THE TOWN. WHO HAVE SUFFERED

GENERAL. REJOICING AMONG THE MERCHANTS
OF THE TOWN. WHO HAVE SUFFERED
SEVERELY FROM THE LOCKOUT
,a,hurv Conn. Jan 2s-The backbone Of the
ba..ers. lockout IS probably broken, and there Is
little doubt that all Of the eighteen factories ,hat
have been closed for nine weeks against the unions
will be running Independently next week on Iu'i
time and with almost many OF thelr oi1 EN-
nIovees as they care to take back The fifty men
who returned 10 work in the twelve factories thGI
onene1 Yesterday were increased In number by sew
eral hundred more this morning. ana some OF the
shops have nearly fun complement OF heip TO-
day c. H. Merritt Son are among those VINO
are running nearly full to-day. Yesterday this hrm
shipped forty dozen hats Three Of the pckets on
duty there this morning went in to work one
member of the hatters' Executive Committee has
returned to work
The sudden change in the attitude Of the 4Vo
locked-out union people is the result of meeting or
the girls Of the Trimmcrs' Union last night. IL uie
girls had granted the same concessions that the
other three unions already had six Of the eighteen
manufacturers would have opened TO the Unions
Last night for the third time at a meeting that
lasted TIL after midnight, the trimmers stood out
against making concessions and voted them down
by a majority of ten. The question was put five
times and each time with the same result. Pande-
rnoniun reigned. and IL declared that the union
was broken. The minority said they would look out
for themselves from on and go back to- work.
Their action settles the matter with six manufact-
urers and It practically breaks up the whole union
The Manufacturers Association has partly won
victory that will be complete n1ide OF a week.
The following are the agreements that VIII ,li be
entered into between the employers and employees.
and the latter will have to sign them. Those VINO
have returned to work have made no objection to
affixing their names thereto. They are:
every person accepting employment from this
firm is TO recognize the right of the employer TO
hire whom he may desire, and agrees 70 work with
out objection 10 other employees. whether members
of trades-unions not; also TO work under the
rules of their employers follows:
Rule /. Shop calls strictly prohibited.
Rule 2. Grievances to be reported to the fore
man. and in case of inability Of the foreman 70
adjust the same, they can be presented to the
employers in the office.
The "shop calls referred to in the rules are the
same strikes and they in vogue in all in
dependent hat shops. At n time when there Is a
rush OF orders the employees have shop call and
demand more wages. which the employers invar1-
ally have give. In the dull season the manufac-
turers reduce the wages, which reduction the en-
p.oyes also accept.
All people in the city not members of the unions
and many who. do belong to them are lublant at
the prospect of speedy resumption of business.
Yesterday Sheriff Corfutt served three attachments
on business houses and four foreclosures on ac-
of the depression due 20 the ideness Of so
many people and the lack of business in the last
months,