The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-26
THE STRIKE IS STILL ON
Efforts to Reach a Settlement
Unavailing.
THEY COULD NOT AGREE
Master Plumbers OF Butte and Anaconda
and the Local Journeymen
Plumbers Union Held
Conference.

was spent in an effort on the part OF
the master plumbers Of Butte and An
aconda and the local tourneymen
plumbers union to arrive at a settle
ment Of the plumbers strike, but their
abors came 10 nothing and the strike
IS apparently on faster than ever. The
master plumbers came up from Ana
conda and a master plumbers meet
ing was held, which remained in ses-
sion from ? o'clock in the afternoon
til late in the evening and the Journey
men remained in session the greater
part OF the time. Propositions were
submitted back and forth, but the two
bodies could not agree and each al
iourned last evening without any pro-
gress whatever having been maze TO-
wards a settlement of the strike.
The strike started with tie aging on
Of Edward Bisbee by Master
Isadore Kruege last Friday. ON sat
urday he was notified he would nave 10
nut Bisbee back to work or the jour
neymen would go out. He declined ana
when on Monday morning ne aohereu
TO his determination all the shops IN
tho cIty were pulled without any Off
ciaI notification of the cause being serV-
ed on any of the shops except krueR-
er's. on Tuesday the shops at Ana
conda were also pulled also without
official notice as TO the cause. On wed
nesday a committee Of the Butte mas
ter plumbers waited on the journey
men and requested al official state
ment Of their grievance. This was
forthcoming by the stewards notifying
the various shops that the J~ourneymen
understood Bisbee had been blacklist
ed.
The master plumbers held a meeting
Wednesday evening. which was attend
ed by a conference committee from the
fourneymen union, who stated that the
strike had been ordered for the reason
Rlsbee had been discharged and II was
understood there was a blacklist whlcn
must be lifted m Bisbee relnstated.
Noting resulted from the meeting ana
it was arranged that both the Master
Plumbers association and Journey
mems union should hold meetings yes
terday and endeavor to reach a settle
ment.
Roth bodies met yesterday afternoon,
the master plumbers Of Anaconda par
ticipating in he master plumbers
meeting. After considering the griev-
ance Of the journeymen, the master
plumbers sent a communication TO the
iourneymen meeting by a committee
composed Of +. A. sutton, l. Kruger
and James Mclaughlin, as follows
Aug. %. 1898. To local No. II, Jour
neymen Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fit
ters' Union Of the United states and
Canada:
I'VE will respectfully state that there
is no such a thing existing among the
undersigned Master Plumbers asso-
citation nor will there be a blacklist OF
boycott directed against you or your in
dividual members.
I'VE reserve the right to employ any
one whom we please.
we also reserve the righ TO use
tools and work when we please.
"CSigned) Butte Local Association oil
Master Plumbers in afhIiation with
the State and National Association
of Master Plumbers.
JAMES M'LAUGHLIN,
Secretary Local Association"
Chairman sutton made a verbal eN
PLANTATION of the first paragraph Of tht
communicate ton and said that il Mr.
Risbee wished TO work for Mr.. Krueg
or and Mr.. Kruger desired to emplo!
him il was no one else's business.
In reply the j~ourneymen submitted
the following:
Aug. %. 1898. To the Butte Loca
Association Master Plumbers In afIilia
ton with the state and National Asso
? citation Of Master Plumbers:
? Gentlemen: We, the Journeymel
Plumbers, Steam and Gas Filters loca
! union No. Al Of the United states an
: Canada. beg cave TO inform you bod
! that the proposition that we went on
? on was for the reinstatement Of VIII
tam Risbee. and the lifting OF boycott
or blacklist from our members. n
other subject being under considera
ton at the present time and has Il
, bearing on our trouble. Respectful
yours. Edward Bisbee. Recording Sec
rotary Local Al. John w. Kennel!
7, President"
lSealD
: The master plumbers considered IN
reply and returned the following:
z Aug %, 1898 Local No. Al, Plumb
ers. steam and Gas Filters Union
We would state tina the matter r.
ferred TO in your communication, rela
a tive TO n blacklist or boycott hs
N been definitely settled, but we mu'
n insist that the other demands mad
d by us are accepted by you before an
4 member of our union can work Z,
l. us. Butte Local Association Of Mast,
d Plumbers, in afiliation with the sta
V and National Association, James NJ
d Laughlin. Secretary Local Associi
p. tlOn."
l. The tourneymen replied by simp'
Z referring the master plumbers pack
their answer 10 the original note. TT
- master plumbers declined TO yield Al
n adjournment OF both bodies folINw,
re without further action.
e The master plumbers stated tn
IN their reason for emhodyinE in the
original proposition the reservations
themselves Of the right to employ VIII
ever they chose and TO work themselV
was found in the following letter Sc
AZ to all master plumbers Of Butte n
is Anaconda last April:
an Butte. Mont. April %, lS9s.-De
er Sir: At a meeting held by Plumbe'
local union No. Il of Butte City, Moi
on the cath day OF April, 1895. | W
instructed to notify the different ma
ter plumbers Of Butte City and An
- conda, Mont. that the following res
~ buttons We're adopted by Plumbers.
and Steam Filters local union No.
h. Of Butte city. Mont. to take effect
the LIST dav Of May. 1S9S:
'First-That on and after May !, Is
no master plumbers be allowed 10 VIC
on any new building or new work
Ne far as Journey work Is concerned, a