The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-07

out at the American brewery of about
fifty hands. Including brewers, some Of
the ice handlers, stablemen, hremen aud
drivers.
The management of the brewery makes
the following statement concel ing the
circumstance that led up to the strike:
"Abcut three weeks ago possibly longer
our foreman ordered Mr.. Ad Lange. one
OF our brewers, to so with others into the
brew house and varuish the inside OF some
OF the beer casks, legitimate work TO be
performed under their contract with us
and a part of brewers work, Mr.
Lange refused TO do the work assigned
him and the foreman told him II ne dld
rot do 1t he could quit He said all right,
he would quit and he did. About Two
weeks later, and the first intimation we
had Of any trouble over the matter, was
when committee waited on us and asked
that Lange be roinstated. They were told
that his place had been filled and that in
the interest of discipline we would not
discharge the man we had employed in
his place in order to renstate him, but
would e-emrloy him when an opening oc-
Cured, They demanded his immediate
reinstatement, which we refused
This was the direct and immediate
cause of the trouble. but this morning
delegation came to us aud presented us
new contract to sign We have q contract
with them which does not expire TIL next
June. and we refused to take any action
upon their new demand without further
consideration, when they declared that
strike would be declared at noon ii we
did not acceed to their request.
sat noon about fifty men walked out,
including brewers some stablemen, ice
handlers, fremen and blackboard drivers
We will hold their places open for them
until Monday, when all who apply by that
3. Z y. Il
places will be filled by other lahorors aud
the cid men viii have to take their turn
far reinstatement as vacancies occur We
think the union has acted hastily in thls
matter The American brewery has al
ways employed union labor, and we pay
union priees. Brewers work nine hours
per dav with an hour for dinner and ten
minutes for lunch at 2 a. M; in the wash
house they are paid not less than S14 per
week and those in the brew house and
fermentlng room get from SIS per week
to $50 per month. Apprentices get $40
per week the first year and $l2 the sec
end Brewers receive two glasses of Dser
free every hour and while pitching they
are given beer every forty-hve minutes.
Overtime is paid for at the rate OF So
cents per hour. The work is from 7 a. M.
to p. m. Wages are paid on legal holt
DAYS when no work Is done; work d1ne
on Sundays or holidays is paid FOR at the
rate Of so cents per hour"
~
The executive board of the local union
have prepared statement OF their case,
which Is as follows,
To the Public.
Houston, Texas. May g. 1S99.ft is With
desire that iust and unbiased public
may be able to form an intelligent opln-
len Of the differences between the man
agoment Of the American brewery and
lis employees. members OF local union No.
iii, Brewery Workers National union OF
the United States, relative TO the causes
leading up to the present strained rela-
tions that we make this statement ot~our
side of the case
On Labor Day 1895 Mr.. f. Hacker,
manager Of the American brewery. ca
I tered into an agreement With the repre-
sentatives OF local union No. Ill OF tho
( Brewery workers National union OF the
United States. This agreement contains
I fifteen sections and has been faithfully
! and honestly lived up 10 and compiled
with BY tho members Of local union No.
/ III
Section OF the agreement says 'Oal,
\ members In good standing with the above
mentioned union shall be employed u
every dspartmen'
THIS part Of the agreement was violated
nv me American bravery ab-u. April ]
81. ne ennlormsnt Ct 2 non-unian maj
vbile uricn men we're laid off One wssl
ltsfa, s-ctser non-rrioa NAN WAS Eiyel
enploymsnt and has continued at wo.l