The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-17

the lodges To receive no communications
from them and 20 send none TO them. and
to accept no working cards from them.
Such notification will be given at once. a
date will be set at which the intercourse
must cease. the date 10 cover the recent
0efection OF the men in the trust plants
of the West"
TIN-PLATE MEMS GRIEVANCE.
The lodges OF the International Tin Plate
Workers Protective Association through
out the country are passing upon the ques-
ton of handling the Welsh plates which
the American I'm Plate Company plans TO
import to replenisk their supply cut of by
the strike, and their decision will have an
important bearing on the strike. The tin
plate workers claim that on certain occa-
sions in the past, when they asked for the
aid of the Amalgamated Association. they
were given no satisfaction, and that the
association itself furnished precedents
against sympathetic strikes. a lengthy
statement in behalf of the tin workers
has been made public here. After stating
that the Welsh plates are made by union
men, the statement reviews the history or
the organization after the American req
Grafton OF Labor convention I'm Kansas Clty
I'm 1898. President Shaffer conducted the
fOrmalities of its organization, ana the
statement proceeds to say:
FINDING at that time that the lnierest!s
of the tin-house men were Identical win
the members of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation. solicited Shaffer to enter INTO
a defensive alliance to strengthen the DO
sitOn of both organizations in trades dis
putes. Shaffer objected. He told US tnat
the Amalgamated Associate stood TOT the
observance OF its contracts, ana tnat IL
could not enter into any defensive compact
which would obligate the association 10 Vio-
late either the spirit or the letter OF It's
signed agreements. He said he could only
promise the moral and financial AID pro-
vided in the laws of the American Fedora
tion of Labor. for which he acted when
no nru MI nH ha
finally got our scale adopted without any
assistance from the Amalgamated Asso-
citation.
Two years ago. while we were discussing
the scale points with w H. Graham, vice
president of the American Tin-plate Com
pany, that gentleman showed us com
munication from President Shaffer which
was sent in reply to a statement by Mr..
Graham that if he granted certain wage
advances to the Amalgamated members
employed in the hot mills OF the company
he would have to grant an advance also to
the tin-house men. the union Of the tin
house men would undoubtedly demand II.
are not entitled TO recognition in this dis,
cussion. They are not skilled men and
should not be organized
The statement closes with assertion
that one year ago the Amalgamated men
refused aid I'm settling the scale and that
at Connellsville and Cleveland the Anal
gamated men aided the company i'm filing
the places of striking tin-plate workers.
a dispatch from McKesport says: The
strikers expect the Duquesne plant of the
Carnegie Steel Company will be out in
three days. They say IL is organized and
Is waiting to cooperate with the Home
stead and Braddock mills. and that IL is
the trump card President Shaffer has been
holding. Trouble is expected if men are
imported or any old men return to
work The tube welders published an
announcement to-day that they will join
r.-ilse is on. Mayor Black refused permis-
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