The Washington times., 1901-07-04
BREWERY MEN ON ASHRIKE.
One Hundred Drivers and Work
men Ask Unions Recognition.
Delivery of Beer DeIayed-Men De-
mand Signed Contrnct-Owners Re
fuse to Confer Untii Employees Re
turn Five Concerns Affected.

Whether or not there will be "A beer
famine in Washington is a question upon
one side of which are ranged over a hun
dred drivers of brewery wagons and
worl1men now on strike, and on the other
| the management of the five big breweries
4 OF this city The drivers and workmen.
who are members of Brewery Drivers
! Union No. 234, and Brewery Workmen 5
/ Union No. lis. diI not go to work yester-
day morning. and say they Will not re-
/ sumo their places until the firms sign a
contract with the former organization.
The firms affected say that they will be
| able to deliver all ordc:s for beer today
! and for some time to come. The work
men say that they will not, because they
can get 70 one to take the places of the
men on strike.
! On account of the ulexpectedness Of
/ the walkout yesterday, all the firms were
greatly behind with their deliveries. Of
! hcers of the companies, clerks. boOkkeep-
! crs, collectors. and others were all pressed
! into service and the usual orders were
/ filed with difficulty.
The Drivers Union has not been recog-
! nized by the formal signing of con-
tract which incidentally provides for an
! increase of wages. The members of the
Workmen's Union have no grievance, but
are out through sympathy with the
drivers. The two unions held two meet
irgs yesterday at the Hotel Royal,
Seventh and n Streets northwest. for the
ostensible purpose of waiting for the
Brewers Association to sign the con-
tract.
The Brewers Association, which is com
posed OF the Heurich Brewing Company.
the National Capital Brewing Company,
the Abner-Drury Brewing Company, the
Consumers Brewing Company, and the
Washington Brewing Company. held two
meetings at the Office of Leon Tobriner,
the legal head of the organization. The
brewers declared that they would not
deal with the workmen long as they
were not working and that they would
never sign a contract until the men re
turned to work. There was some talk IF
discharging all the employees who did not
return TO work this morning, but no
definite action was taken in the matter.
Another meeting will be held today.
The workmen and drivers will also hold
another meeting
1t is expected that an approach to set
tlement will be made today. Mr.. Tobriner
said concerning the situation last night:
"All the bTeweriCs expect to fiji all or
ders today. They have enough beer on
hand to last for some time. There has
been no contract signed, because the
union has submitted so many that We do
not know what they want. We expected
to have conference with them on Fri
day, and were willing TO recognize their
union as we always have recognized
union labor, and to grant an increase in
wages.
AT the present time the drivers OF the
National Capital and Washington Brew
ing Companies are not on strike. The
Morkmen in these concerns are. however
The dri-ers are not members Of the
union. We Will be able TO get both
drivers and workers from other cities if
the men do net return to work soon.
A representative Of the striking en-
ployes said: Lt-1
The national body ordered the union
to use every effort to secure the adoption
OF a suitable contract providing for recog-
milton of the union. when the brewers
ignored the last contract submitted there
remained no way open for the members
of the Brewery Drivers Union and the
Brewery Norkmens Union to gain recog-
milton.
AT meeting Tuesday night called
by order of the national union, II was
decided that the members Of the unions
would not return 10 work until the con-
tract was signed. ----@.