The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-10
He Tells What Was
Done by the Arbi-
tration Board.
HOLYOKE'S MACHINE co. s CASE.
No Settlement Reached
Bitter Fight Possible
With Prespey Pero.

]. P. F. Frey, who has been attend
ing the meeting of the arbitration board
composed of members of the National
Founders Association and the Iron
Moulders Union of America, returned
from Cleveland yesterday
Mr. Frey talked with Spy man at
his home, last evening, and said that,
although no settlement was made in
the Holyoke Machine Company case
and the A. Carpenter & Co. difficulty,
the session would result favorably for
the moulders.
All action relative to the adoption of
an agreement between the two organi-
atoms was postponed until the con-
vention of the National Founders AS
sociation, July 2S.
The joint committee recommended
that Stephen Holman, manager of the
| Holyoke Machine Company, be inform
| ed of the proceedings relative to the
settlement of the trouble which exist
ed previous to the return of the men
to work pending arbitration. The Hol-
| yoke Machine Company was requested
| " pay It's lllCH at q MINIMUM IdlG VI
SETS per day until q decision regarding
the matter is announced by the Found
ers' convention
| The case of A. Carpenter & Co. OF
| Providence was barely discussed, the
members of the board having been no
| titled of that firms attitude in dis
charging members of the shop commit
| tee. The members of the National
Founders Association did not urge 6
settlement Of the difficulties in thai
| foundry, and the Iron Moulders' Union
of America is not held to its agreement
to keep that shop full Of union men.
| The moulders present at the session
conducted business of their own, and II
was decided that the efforts Of the Ma
! tional Union be directed toward New
England.
Worcester will have its share of at
| tention. Vice Presidents Roach anG
Valentine, both of whom are in New
| England at the present time, will visit
this city. Prespey Pero and William
Allen & Sons will be invited to confer
with representative of the local Mould.
ers' Union and the national officers rel
| ative to a settlement, and if the firms
declare their intention of remaining
non-union shops, the organization will
spare no efforts in forcing them to an
| agreement to the terms asked by the
| moulders.
Prespey Pero has announced that he
will never run a union shop again, and
in view of that fact and the declared
intention Of the Iron Moulders' national
| body, one of the bitterest fights in the
| history of labor troubles will be inau-
gurated unless Mr.. Pero changes his
mind. Vice President Valentine will
be a leader in the efforts to effect an
amicable adjustment of the difficulties
in the local foundries. Mr.. Frey would
not answer any questions relating to
the time when the non-union firms
would be communicated with.
An agreement similar to that existing
between Cincinnati Moulders' Unions
and local members of the National
Founders Association, and in fact
nearly every foundry in the west will
be asked for in New England. The
agreement calls for an increase of 10
per cent in wages, making a minimum
rate of $2.75 per day. The Cincinnati
agreement calls for half holidays dur
ing the summer months, but this will
not be insisted upon in New England.
Mr.. Frey will attend the meeting of
the Moulders' Union, Monday evening,
and at that time, the instructions he
received from the national officers will
be made known to members of the local
union. Mr.. Frey told The Spy man
that every effort would be made to
have peaeeable settlement of the
trouble in the non-union foundries, but
that the union is determined to have
every foundry in the city a recognizer
of the union to the extent Of paying
the wages demanded.
The session of the board was pro-
ductive of much that will benefit the
moulders, because the founders repre-
scented were not averse to adjustment.
The only difficulty lies in the fact that
the members of the Founders assoc
citation could not agree upon wage
schedules because they had not made
study of the conditions in the entire
country. The settlement of the Holyoka
Machine Co. case cannot be such that
it will allow that firm a lower min
imum rate than now in operation In
the union foundries, and it will not be
higher so there is every reason to be-
lieve that the S2.75 per day minimum
wage rate, under which the men are
now working, will be agreed upon.