Kansas City daily journal., 1896-05-15
THE PAINTERS STRIKE.
TiiE siTt ATioN SHOWS LITTLE on
No NEW FEATURE.
Master Painters Cinim All the shops
In the city Are WORKING futt
Timc with hut one
Exception.

The Painters t'nion II stll working
quietly below the surface cmphatically 20
as far as pnlpahlc results are concerned.
In beautiful contrast, the masters Nrc
quietly following the even tenor of their
way. So far as they are concerned. the
strike, they say, Is thing OF the past In
fact. it is now asserted by the Masters
Association that the strike lasted only one
day, at least SO far as IL affected thcir bug
moss Journal reporter came upon u
group of masters yesterday. who were
talking over what they called the at
tempted strike" They said that all the
shops In the city. with the exception OF
Wornstcad's. wcro running under full sail,
and the reason that he was not busy WIS
that he would na he in shape to III his
contracts for Il day or two. when he was,
tomorrow or next day, he would mud
plenty OF non-union men to work on HIS
johe. The members or the association saw
all Of their customers. from whom they
had painting orders, and put the question
whether thoy had amy objection to their
employing non-uulou men. In every in-
stance 1t Is claimed that thcy received u
negative answer This makes " very
plain. said prominent contractor. that the
people are IN sympathy with th" business
mon In this present ridiculous strike
The Master Painters Association has
opened IN a permanent office at 8 New
York Life building; rhls they propose TO
make q regular painters exchange OF hui
ronu. Working painters can register their
names here. aud the members Of the Assoc
citation will thus be always In tou'h with
reliable workmcu, union aud non'Unior.
record OF paCn man AS 10 character ami
ability Will hc kept on file for the "" of
mHstor painters. There are now twenty
three bosses In tho association. and four
more have slgninel their intention tn lolu.
As regards tho union pick"ts and scntin'ls.
most Of the employers say that these have
not come near their stores at ~ They
have stood around at u little distance, AMI
when the rion were sent out on the wIgoNa
In the morning they have made no attempt
to molcst or evcn confer with them, AMI
those gong to work have shown u dispose
tion not to be bothered with the outposts
of the enemy.
to tell of III laundering attempts Of the
"scabs." These may be exceptional In
stances. but several good tales arr on tap
at labor headquarters Of men who are
are wasting much material in trying TO
obtain the desired mixture or shade OF
paint, and spilling the pigments dowr tho
sides of houses. etc. The union clrirns TO
have about forty sympathzers, non-union
men. who have quit work on account OF
the action Of the union, and VIII probably
join the ranks in the near future. They
claim that the statement In "A morning pa
per that there are more non-unOn than
union men In the city shows that the
writer of the article In question has made
very superficial survey of tho ground.
As to the statement that the masters have
more mon than they want. they say thht
this may all he hut the men are not tho
kind of men that the mnsters VIII ilnd II
profitable to employ. As to tho claim In
the same article that the workmcn are en-
dcaVoring to dictate everything that should
he done they ask what those who have all
ways employed union labor have to gain or
lose by granting the union iull nnd frco
recognition: 1t is only the employers of nom
union labor they say. those who have al
ways been opposed TO organized labor who
Will gain at the expense OF the employers
of union labor.