The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-04-19
WILL OPEN APRIL q
Superintendent Brown, of the New
MeiseIbaCh Plant, Says That the
Factory viii Soon Open.
MANY MEN WILL BE EMPLOYED

MANY MEN WILL BE EMPLOYED
Mr.. Brown Says That the Number will be
Largely in Advance of the Number EN-.
ploYed at ANY Former Time-Kenosha
Should Look for other Factories which
Are Seeking Locations in Order to Get
Away From Chicago and Labor Troubles
Kenosha is on the eve of a new era
of industrial prosperity. This morn
ing Mr.. Brown, Superintendent of the
new Meise1bach plant, announced that
he had received orders from Milwaukee
to get the plant in order for opening a
week from next Monday. Of course
the full force of men will not go to
work at that time, but they will be
added as soon as the preliminary work
proceeds far enough to furnish en-
p1oyment for them. The first call is
for tool makers. It was the original
intention of MI. Meise1bach to allow
the works to lay idle until the new adj
dition was completed, but now he has
decided to open them at once. AS to
the number of men that will be needed
at the plant when it opens on Monday,
April %, Mr. Brown could not give
figures, but it is thought that employ
ment will be ready for every idle tool
maker in the city.
Mr.. Brown stated this morning that
he did not know how many men would
be employed by the factory, but that
the number would be largely in adj
| vance of the number employed by the
Sieg company in it's busiest seasons. A
large amount of new machinery has
already been purchased and some OF
the old machinery has been removed
and replaced by new. AS to who will
have charge of the plant IN Kenosha is
another question that has not been de-
cided, but it is probable that Mr..
Brown will remain as superintendent.
Mr.. Meise1bach will give the Kenosha
factory his personal supervision and
will probably remove from Milwaukee
to this city within the next few days.
The opening of the plant will bring
a large increase of population to the
city, as large number of the mem
formerly employed at the Sieg works
have removed to other cities, and the
idle men in Kenosha will not be sufi-
cient to FIJI up the benches in the new
buildings. Mr.. Meise1bach is in favor
of home industry, and will be in favor
of employing all the Kenosha labor
possible.
Now that the Meise1bach plant is to
be reopened the Business Mems Asso-
citation is given notice that there are
other factories which are willing to
come to Kenosha if the people will
only give them a little encourage
ment.
Kenoshas Opportunity.
We clip from the Chicago Tribune
of this morning the following: ''The
inducements held out in the Aurora
mass-meeting of Wednesday for fac
tories to be removed from Chicago to
that point are duplicated in St. Joseph,
Mich, E1khart, Hammond, Kenosha,
E1gin, and other cities near enough to
| Chicago to reach the ear of the city's
manufacturers. It is said that the
owners of some of the factories here
are threatening to avail themselves of
the invitations.
According to members of the Illinois
Manufacturers Association conditions
are rapidly becomingserious. The de-
mands of the labor unions, the alleged
lack of police protection for property,
and what the manufacturers term
''po1itica1 sandbagging" are the rea-
sons assigned for the contemplated
removals.
Not only are firms now located here
considering the question of leaving,
but it is alleged that several large
manufacturers, who were planning to
locate in Chicago, have abandoned
such intentions. Large employers of
labor contend that while smaller cities
are holding out inducements for the
location of new enterprises, an entirely
different spirit pervades Chicago.
Manufacturers located here, or con-
! temp1ating moving here, are said to be
harassed at every point. When it is
not the labor unions it is the city ad-
ministration, and many large firms are
said to have given up the 6ght".
This is certainly Kenosha's oppor-
tunity and the people should take some
move to profit by it. What will you
do?
Resolutions.