The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
SCHENECTADY BOYCOTT FAILS,
SEEMS TO BE REGARDED N
7HE IIGHT or I JOkE.
Union Wen. Going Ia and Returning From
WORK. Ride In the oycotted Cars
Iron Nouiders. Brass workers ana
Metal Poiishcrs DO Not Favor Boycott.

SCHENECTADY. y y. Nov 10 The
furry caused by the recent labor disturb
ance III this town has almost complet . y
subsidized The boycott Of the street rail-
way by the Trades Assembly Is now re-
garded in tho hight Of Joke No one seems
to take II seriously. excep, few Of the
labor leaders who were mainly irs,ru-
mental in bringing II on.
Another day has PASSED with 10 per
ceptibio charge ~ the boycott situation.
lul'.t T. te that a. the day was rainy. the
carr APPEARED to be even better pa,rouized
than yesterday, many union men going 20
ard returning from their work riding on
the cars. 4 committee If pickots IL sup
posed To i,e watching union men to pee
that they do not ride on the trolley cars.
but III only ore or two isolated case., has
any one been nterf"red with, as far as can
he learned. and then the men were simply
spoken 20
You con, want 10 ride on those cars -
said ole of a." watchers 80 = crowd of union
men who went 20 their work A. the General
Electric Works by trolley
That's whore Won are wrong responded
one # the men We do want 10 ride. We
don't want to walk
That ended the argument There has
hecr no disorder - any nature The loca !
union Of tho Iron Moulders 2oo strong.
one 80 the largest and most important
trades unions IN tho ci'y, held rnactir z
last night after the disastrous meeting of
the Trades Assembly l. has heon con
fden'ly predicted by the radicals and
agI'arors who favor the boycott and who
have been spelling for trouble. that this
union wound lndorse the boycott No
such action was aiken. As matter of
tact. the sub jec' Wa not referred to a. all
til" Brass Workers and the Metal Pol
lshers unions have grievance, not Rgains,
~" street railway company, but against
certain new spapers which have. they say.
lnSrcpr"sented their attitude toward the
boycott. JheeS newspapers made he
statement that the pollshers and the brass
workers threatened 20 withdraw from he
Trades Assembly and disrupt thai organ
zd'lon II the boycott resolution wer. -.
-cnded A. a matter of fact, this group
Of unions uhsv are four in .LuIb.rl took
an exactly opposite stand in the matter
In other words. all but two Of their dele
gates had decided 10 vote against the boy
colt whom the matter was presented for
reconsideration IN the Trades Assembly
last night Tho only thing that prevented
them from thus going on record was the
fact that the chairman refused 10 enter
tain the resolution declaring the boycott
on W. 7. Martin, representing these
unions said to-day
As far a. the Acknowledgement ~ the
Trades Assembly goes, that l. all bosh
We are TOO far advanced in labor union
ism 10 let a handful Of radicals disrupt
rs While they may at times get US 10
commit errors, there are enough and more
than enough good, conservative men in
the organization 10 head them Of A
certain newspaper classes me as radical
and says | was opposed to the onsidera-
ton % this matter of the boycott last even
ing. | will say RICH. now that these state
inonts are entirely wrong | want 20 say
That We, IN" representatives Of the pol
ishers and brass workers, spoke in favor
Of and tried in every way we knew how
TO have this matter Of the boycott recon
and my local. Polisher- Union
No 10. with but two exceptions were In
favor of rcconsidering the matter and
instructed our delegates 20 vote for recon-
one of the head men OF the boycott move
ment was asked TODAY whether he thought
tn" boycott was being observed by union
men in general.
There are great many union men
who are riding on the cars, was the only
reply he would make.