Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01
THE BEER BOYCOTT
Efforts to Bring About a Settlement
Are Abandoned.
UNFORTUNATE ASPERlTY MANIFESTED
Intermediary Negotiations Fail to
Bring BaImy Peace.
CONCESSIONS CONSIDERED

The master brewers this afternoon prac-
tically decided to abandon all attempts to
bring about settlement of the war which
has existed for several weeks between the
brewers and the Federation of Labor, Dis
trict Assembly 66. knights of Labor, and
Gambrinus Assembly.
1t was decided to grant some concessions
to the locked-out men asked for by the
joint committee Of the Bricklayers' Union
and the Building Trades Council. who to-
day had a second conference with the
brewers.
All the parties to the agreement believe
that the action taken at the conference will
result in the removal of the boycott so far
as any effect it may have on trade is con-
cerned, and steps to bring this about will
be taken at special meeting of the Brick
layers Union, which has been called for
Monday evening. and at the regular meet
ing of the Building Trades Council Tues
day evening.
AS agreed upon, the men who are now at
work in the brewerieS are to be retained
there so long as they may desire TO remain
ard attend to their duties properly, and
vacancies will be filled as they occur from
the ranks of the locked-out men. All the
employees except the drivers are to join
Gambrinus Assembly. who are given the
privilege of for ming an assembly of their
own if they wish to do so.
Previous to the visit of the joint COM
mttee of the Bricklayers' Union and the
Building Trades Council, the executive COM
mittee of the Federation of Labor and As
sembly 66 called on the brewers and had a
conference also They declared they would
continue the boycott until the brewers
agreed to enforce the agreement prepared
several weeks ago by Gambrinus Assembly,
and which was the cause of the present
trouble-that all employees. including the
drivers, must belong to Gambrinus AS
sembly.
Refused to Concede.
This the brewers refused to concede.
Some of the committee said the Bricklay
ers' Union and Building Trades Council
Lad nothing to do with the present trouble,
but reply was made to this that the brew
ers are satisfied that the trade union
CARNATIONS comprise the great majority Of
the organized labor people of the District.
After some further talk, the members of
the visiting committee left, and, 1t is I'M
derstood, will report to the Federation at
it's meeting Tuesday evening next that
they We're unable to effect a settlement
with the brewers.
1T is my opinion" said Mr.. William
Maghan, chairman of the joint committee
of the Bricklayers' Union and building
trades council, which, by direction of their
respective organization, has undertaken to
settle the dispute between the beer brewers
that the joint committee Of the Fedora
ton of Labor and Assembly, GO, does not
want to settle the trouble. but want the
boycott and present unsettled state Of af-
fairs to continue"
A Conference Declined.
Mr.. Maghan was led to make this remark
from the fact that at the time of the ad-
jcurnment of a conference. which was held
yesterday afternoon between the joint COM
building trades council and a committee
from Assembly, 66, it was understood by
all present that if Chairman Maghan would
send a formal invitation to the joint COM
mittee of the federation and Assembly, Ct,
to participate in a meeting this morning of
all the committees named the latter would
accept and be present. Maghan was also
requested to notify the strike committee of
Gambrinus Assembly that their presence
was desired at todayS meeting.
Mr.. NIaghan complied with the various
requests, and the joint committee, of which
he is chairman, met this morning at Brick
layers Hall, corner of 7th and l. streets
northwest. expecting to have pleasant
meeting with the committees of Assembly
Sc, and the Federation of Labor and Gam
brjnus Assembly. Instead, however, of this
occurring, Mr.. Maghan received a letter
from Arthur Keep, secretary of the Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and also secretary of the
joint committee of the Federation and AS
sembly 66, declining to unite with the rep
resentatives of the BrickIayers' Union and
Building Trades Council: This note read as
follows:
Washington, D. c., February l, 1896.
Brother Maghan: The committee has de-
cided that as the Federation considered
the two committees from the central bod
les sufficient and competent to settle
their differences between the boss brewers
and their employees, 1t would be unadvisa-
BILE for the committee to accept your COM
mittees' offer to visit the boss brewers with
committee fo oil md
then "arbitrate" the matter; it would be
beyond our power to do SO. Your offer
is therefore declined with thanks.
Yours, fratecnally, ARTHUR KEEP,
Secretary Joint Committee Of Fed
GRAFTON and D. A. 60.
DiscOrteous Treatment Alleged.
After discussing the letter the Joint COM
mittee took recess and repaired to Mr..
Leon Tobriner's Office, where they had an
ether conference with the boss brewers and
made further arrangements for getting
matters back to a normal basis
In an interview with a Star reporter reIa-
tive to the proceedings at the meeting of
the Federation of Labor Tuesday night
last Mr.. Maghan said: 1.-THE joint commit
tee of the Bricklayers, Union and Building
Trades Council Is unwilling to let state
ment given after that meeting to Star
reporter by a member of the Fedora ton
to go uncontradicted.
ut was stated said Mr.. Maghan, .by a
member of the Federation that the commit
tee from the Bricklayers' Union and Build
ing Trades Council, which went to that
body for the purpose of settling the present
unfortunate dispute, were treated court
eously by the Federation. Such was not
the fact, they were treated in a very un-
gentlemdnly manner, and in all the history
of trade organizations I am free to assert
there was never an occasion when a COM
mttee was so indecently snubbed. and the
organizations they represented so grossly
insulted. The whole motive for seeking the
conference with the Federation by the
those who sent them were disposed to be-