The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
EMPLOYERS FORM A UNION.
REVOLT IN INDIANA AGAINST
LABOR DICTATION.

Pleasant Relations Between Employer
and Employed At Columbus TIL Unions
Came-etrikes and Disorder Afterward
-Emplsyers Organize In Consequence.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 1.-THE Employers
Association was organised with ninety
members one week ago at Columbus, Bar
tholomew county. to resist the encroach-
msnte OF organised labor. since the as
ISOLATION was formed i've names have been
added 10 the list OF signen OF the agree
ment, and the organization may be ex-
tended 70 other towns In the county. a. .
number Of employers Of labor have asked
that the association shall not conhne its
operations to Columbus.
Columbus has Q number OF important
industries and chief among them are the
Reeves Pulley Works. q large tool and handle
factory. q furniture factory. the largest
tannery In the State. two machine shops
and q carriage factory. The smaller con-
cems include planning and saw mills, stave
and heading factory. hominy and grist
mills. three cooper shops and Q pump
factory.
Thcse industries employ something like
1000 men. and among these are many skilled
lsborer. Up TO q year ago there was no
never teen any differences between the
employers and their men that had not been
smioably srttled.
Many u the older employees owned the
hom.s In which they live and not q few
had comfortable balanons In the hanks.
and employers and employees were alike
prosTsTous and oon'entsd
somsthins ovra year ago an agitstor
a.. s.,.. a. "A
bgAn 20 circulate among the employees
81 the different Industries. he found some
mo- who had belonged TO labor unions
t-fone their arrival In Columbus and le
bsghu a. discuss the sdviss biliiy 81 forming
wipns % tho ysriots employee
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