The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-15
BRE VERY COMBINE
IN THE FIGHT
win Support BoycOted Seattle Brewing and Mating
Company to the Eod---horthwsst Association
Takes Action -U0ionS Claim H2 Saloons Have
Cot OFF Unfair Beer

The Northwest Brewers asSecia :
ton held special meeting Ia this
city. tAi= MORNING and passed reese
lasions vigorously condemning As
ssvtllalnous' the action OF the Build
lag Trades assembly and the West
ern Central Labor unions, and de-
mAndinE that the outrageous boy
colt On the seattle Rfrwtag a Malt
Ing company's beer be called ou Al
oaca II tho members OF the sSso-
citation. which includes all the brew /.
erteS In the Northwest. can prevent
n. no saloon I'm the city viii De far-
nished beer at all II 10 refuses To
sail the seattle Brew tnG \ Maithk
eompanys product
The members Of the association
have resolved 70 stand BY the boy
cotted brewery to the last The
resolutions adopted follow
Resolved. That the boycott rsacea
upon the product OF the Seattle
Brewing & Mating company By the
building trades and Western Cen
trial Labor union ts arbitrary, tyran .
meal and untustiftable tn every way
and manner
The fact that an individual stock :
holder la the seattle Brewing a
q staekholder In the Hotel Rutlef
csanpany. does not Justify boycott
against the brewing company. which
does now and al all time has EN-
played meme bat union labor. pay
lnx union wages and complying with
its labor contracts entered into with
the United brewery Workmen >
union.
THE United Brewery workmen' :
nnton recognised this fact. and they
unanimously opposed the action al
the building trades and the Western
Central Labor union.
he Il further resolved. That "
oppose said Viilainuus action ana
vii protect the Seattle brewing :
Mailing company against this unfair
action II the building trades and
Western Central Labor uHion, and
demand that they call OF this Dut
rsxeous boycott, At ONCE"
fSiguedl
Aberdeen Brewing -.
Ciaussen Brewing Association
Heinrich Brus. Brewing -
Olympia BreNlnE "a.
Washington brewing 20.
Bsllingham hay Brewery
Columbia brewing 20.
Independent brewing CO.
Pacific Brewing 4 Mating co
There we're rumofs In labor ctr
ciss this morning that the kins
County Liquor Dealers association
would hold n meeting this mornins
also. but the meeting wns not held
said Secretary Arthur Gefbei tbs
afternoon
"a committee - the Western Cen.
trail and building Trades counei
called upon James Weir. president o.
the association. last night. and asks
him n the association would na
take a hostile attitude towards tn
Seattle Brewing s Mating com
pany Mr. Weir told them that tbs
association would absolutely refus'
% take any action whatever in thi
matter.
The members % the associa tiol
may individually sympathiSe Witl
the Seattle Brewing a Mailing com.
pany. but the association can Il
nothing further than "a perhaps pazi
resolution rsfaslng "a boycott an,
union made beer
Mr. Weir is himself an scknowI
edged strong untuu man. but n.
cannot see the justice % boyrottln,
union made beer.
Eff Sweeney. manager 81 the Sc
attic Brewing s. Mailing Co. sal,
this morning
-All % these brswefies. including
ours. not emily belong Co the North
west association. bat also ure mem
heFS n the national assoc lafsan.
this boycott - continued. and tn
houses handling cur beer are boy
cotted then We via call 10 our niG
the national association. and the re-
suit will be that no beer Of any kin,
viii be sold 10 houses at pr~aen
handling our beer. but who here
after. because af this boycott. de
cline. 20 sell Rainier beer. Thss
hoosss simply would have no bee
OF any kind for sale.
The secretary 81 the locai Brew
ers union Tits morning wired Geo