The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-25
BREWERY WORKERS
HAVE A GRIEVANCE
Beermakers Want Their Wages
Raised and Hours Limited
to Eight.

St. Paul brewery workers, 1t is said.
have demanded a shorter day and an
increased wage schedule, and the en-
ploying brewers, while possibly inclin-
ed to grant the demands of their en-
ployes, have indicated, it is claimed, a
disposition to curtail the quantity of
beer allowed the men who work in the
local breweries.
A special meeting of the local Brew
cry Workers union, held Monday
night, put the demands of the men into
definite form. The union appointed a
committee to wait upon the employ
ing brewers to present the proposed
schedule, but whether or not this has
been done cannot be definitely learned.
Both sides to the controversy main
tain decided secrecy and absolutely
refuse to discuss the situation.
The Brewery Workers have a sched-
ule of eight hours work and a wage
scale of SIS per week. This schedule
continues through eight months of the
year, but May Is the men add another
hour to the days work without an in
crease in the. compensation, and this
cohtlnutes for four months during the
DreWerles busy season. The Brewery
workers now demand that the work.
ing Day be limited to eight hours the
year round and that the compensation
be SIG per week.
Four Quarts to a Man.
1t is said that the owners Of the
breWeries have practically decided to
dGceoe to the terms of the new sched-
uIe asked for by the men, but they
nave put forward a proposition in re-
buttal that the employees. who have in
the past been given all the beer that
they could comfortably consume. shall
De limited to four quarts each of the
amber fluid per day-two quarts to he
measured out to each man during the
forenoon and an equal quantity in the
afternoon. This restriction, it is said,
the men will agree to accept, and one
of the members of the union said there
would be no trouble on the score of
the allowance of beer to the EMPLOYEES.
The Brewery Workers union has a
membership of about eighty men, dis
trlbuted among the breweries of st.
Paul. The members of the union in
cIude the men who work inside and
who are for the most part skilled la
borers. The bottlers also have a union
and they, too, are demanding a general
increase in wages, but on what terms
could not be learned last night. The
bottlers are comparatively few in
membership.
Look for No Trouble.
William Hamm, secretary of the ST.
Paul Brewers association, said last
night that the trouble would probably
be settled today. THE whole matter
is unimportant," said Mr.. Hamm, land
we look for no trouble in reaching an
understanding with the men"
Gust Rothers, 1888 East Sixth street,
is president of the Brewery Workers
union. He was seen at his home last
might, but declined to make any state
ment of the dispute as to hours and
wages, but said that unquestionably
his union and the employing brewers
would come to terms within a day or
two.
That the trouble win be speedily adj
justed is certain from the fact that
the Brewery Workers. union has a
clause in its constitution providing for
compulsory arbitration, and it must
accept the decision of the arbitrators
without question when once it has
submitted the issues to them.