The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-05
90 BAKERS
ON 4 STRIKE
Contest Has Developed Into
a Fight Against the
Union.
Smaller Employers Concede
Mems Demands-Pros-
poets of Shortage.

Even if Mrs. Yourgwife cannot bake
bread like mother used to make, her bet
ter half and the rest of the family may
find even a limited knowledge of cookery
a valuable accomplishment to-day. The
indications are that there will be a
shortage in Minneapolis supply of bread
before another sunset as a result of the
bakers strike which went into effect Sat-
urday night.
AS more than half the bakeries of Min
neapois have baked no bread since Sat
urday-eXcept the small establishments
known as the home bakeries-the output
Of bread will be appreciably curtailed I'M
less the employers can secure men to take
the place Of the strikers, None of the
large baking houses has acceded to the
demands of the employees and big source
of supply has thus been cut off. The pro-
prietors of the larger establishments say
that their embarrassment in securing help
will be only temporary, and that they
will be able to secure enough good bak-
ers, irrespective of the union, to supply
the trade.
The employees declare that it will be
impossible for the employers to secure
demand for good bakers throughout the
country The st. Paul union has already
promised it's support to the Minneapolis
unionL 1t is denied that there is any
possibility OF importing help from Chi
cago, where bakers are at premium.
Small Bakers May Double Up.
Of he
Ing at their headquarters in Alexander
hall say there will be no shortage in the
supply OF bread because the smaller bak-
cries which have capitulated can furnish
all the bread wanted by simply doubling
their forces of men. In this way, it is
given most of the strikers, who will thus
be in position to prolong the strike in
definitely.
The bakeries which had come to terms
this morning are Yerxa Brothers, Mic
ollet avenue and Fifth street. H. O. Aim,
Cedar avenue; Theodore E. schmitt, Lyn-
dale avenue and Thirty-secon street;
A. W. Ringnell, ait East Franklin ave-
nue.; Larson & Browell, 315 Cedar ave-
nue.; A. Klottenberg, 324 Central avenue;
A. Leibig, TAI Adams street NE; Charles
Haeder, Fourth avenue S and Franklin
H. Nordby, 1907 Twentieth avenue N and
422 Plymouth avenue; Gustave Juhnke,
ihiio 9I1CCI anu WSutlSIu dFeuu6 IN !,
Jacob Fallon, 40 Twentieth avenue N;
Fred Tasche, 1928 Washington avenue N;
L. F. w. Meese, 1917 East Franklin ave-
nue.; A. Hoppe, 1925 Twenty-fifth street
S; F. A. Witzig, Washington and Fiji
teenth avenue; A. Hoppe, 1925 Twenty
fifth street S; F. A. Witzig, Washington
and Fifteenth avenues N. John Kreis
1905 Sixth avenue N: J. w. Brown, Cos
West Lake street; H. S. Sorenson, 250e
Bloomington avenue; Charles Schwaab
1400 Marshall street NE: B. F. Gary, 241
Third avenue N; Matt H. Kaehn, 241
Twentieth avenue N; H. wv. Olson, 2007
Riverside avenue. In addition to these
the bakers cause is indirectly aided by
the Powers Mercantile company, which
announces that it handles nothing but
union bread and pastry.
President Wallace of the bakers union
says the men are confident of winning out
and that while the large bakeries are still
holding out against the union, the en-
ployes believe they will ultimately agree
to compromise matters on a satisfactory
basis.
Its a case of survive or perish with
u.s. he said THE bosses want us tc
give up our union and to work nights
Divided we fall and night work is such ar
unhealthy proposition that it will kill a
man quick enough in a bake shop
A Fight Against Unionism.
The three largest bakeries opposing the
union are those of Regain Brothers, the
Minneapolis Baking company and Matt
sons bakery, 1924 Central avenue NE.
"Our firm was willing to abolish night