The sun., 1910-01-02


see Martin Trieet, the manager and treas
urer Of Triest 4 Co. Mr.. Triest said tina
Triest a Co. had done business with
Loewe for fifteen years and that they die
not intend to change.
Zant brought telegrams which he hac
received from President Moffitt at Dan
bury. Copies OF the telegrams were read
One said that Triest continued TO ordel
non-union hats. The second one nameC
the number OF hats which Triest had just
ordered from Loewe. and the third one
coming soon afterward, said that Trieei
for 100 dozen hats.
Zant told Triest that il he did not cease
using Loewe hats he would suffer the con-
sequences. Triest said that he certainly
would not quit unless the union made hats
showed UP as satisfactorily as the Loewe
hats.
Il deal in other non-union made hats
why do you not boycott them?' asked
Trieet.
-You can boy from ninety-nine other
non-uDion men," said Zant, but you
must not buy from Loewe.'
The two walking delegates, Kelley and
Hennelly, called upon Triest but once.
They told him that he would have to
suffer the consequences. The next night,
July 3, 1908. his name was placed by the
San Francisco labor Council on the
We do not patronize list. and he read
Bulletin on the following day.
This was the first time that he knew
that he was bOycotted. Soon a food OF
circulars received by his customers came
into his hands. There were hundreds Of
them. Some OF the circulars came from
Oregon. He received most Of them by
mail. but they We're also handed to him by
retail customers whom he met on the
street
II there was any one in San Francisco
and it's vicinity that did not know that
a boycott had been declar red against Triest
4 Go. because Of his sale OF Loewe hats
IL was because he did not keep in touch
with common news and gossip. The San
Francisco Bulletin for July 4 came out
with picture Of Walking Dele gate William
c. Hennelly and gave an account OF the
meeting which he addressed and at which
the boycott was declared.
The unions are 80 strong in San Fran
cisco and along the Pacific coast that the
union meetings are reported with as much
accuracy as church services are in Boston.
Il was the labor editor Of the Bulletin that
wrote the account OF the boycott meeting.
II was voted that the we do not patronize
list" he published and COMMITTEES was
appointed TO visit retail hat dealers and
tell them not To buy from Triest a Co.
Not only must they not buy Iloewe hats
but they must not buy any object Of any
kind from Triest 4 20. as long as his
name was on the unfair list, There were
100 unions represented in the labor
council. Action was Immediately taken
by the retail clerks union indorsing the
boycott.
The crusade went on with renewed
force and one after another the customers
of Triest 4 Co. felt the power OF the great
union organizations. Herman Welch, q
hat dealer of San Francisco. refused fat
footed to submit 10 the terms which Walk
ing Delegate Kelley tried to force upon
him. Union men would not trade with
him as q result OF his independence and
they gathered in crowd in front Of his
store and yelled unfair" He had trou-
BILE with his union clerks too, but this was
not allowed to appear i'm the trial. FL
nally he went out Of business. choosing
to be his own master rather than to
submit TO unionism and make money.
Other dealers started out, with as
strong front as did Welch, but they were
not able 10 keep IT up. Herman Somer-
field. who had been buying as much as
$500 worth OF goods every month from
Triest 4 Co, ceased buying. &. j. Heese-
man Of Oakland. who in 1902 did $500
worth Of business with Trieet a Co., ceased
buying because Of the boycott.
j. r. Allen. who did renovating for
Trieet r. Co, would not do any more work
for the firm because Of the boycott. Louis
Kline A Co, y rival concern OF Triest 4
Co. which had formerly sold Loewe hats,
succumbed willingly 70 the demands
of the delegations OF union men and sold
only union hats.
What difference did the boycott make
in your businessr' was the question
asked MIR. Kline.
1T increased my business said he
-Why?" he was asked. Because I got
trade that Triest A Co. lost was the re-
ply.
FIGHT CAR RIED UP THE COAST.
San Francisco was only one spot on the
Pacific coast where Walking Delegates
William G. Hennelly and Daniel r. Kelley
visited local organizations and caused
them TO get busy in the warfare. The
California State Federation OF Labor in
dorsed the boycott declared by the San
Francisco Labor Council
The Oregon State Federation took up
the battle, and the Federated Trades
Council in Portland. where Triest a Co.
had a branch store. took up the campaign
zealously. The Washington Federation
OF Labor and the Tacoma Trades Council
were two other organizations that Hen
nelly whipped into line for the fray. The
Morning AstoridH OF Astoria. Ore. gave a
long account of Hennelly's visit and said
that he WAS especially warning dealers
against the use of spurious labels.
The testimony in the depositions showed
that the method used by the union men
was to go into the store and look at hats
to see II they had the union label. II a
hat did not have the union LABEL the dealer
was told that he should not sell that hat.
Aaron Fox OF Portland countermanded
an order and refused to accept goods al
ready shipped. Circulars similar 70 the
one sent out from San Francisco were
sent out by the organizations Of WASH
ington and Oregon and the retail dealers
were carefully visited.
A heated controversy ar 70 once at a
Meeting OF Kelley and Mic sel Savannah,
a salesman for Triest 90. Savannah
said that Triest & Co. were .ich and that
it would be hard TO beat thC IN.
That may be-" said Kelley, but we
have beaten Berg 4 Go. OF Orange and
RoelOfs 4 Co. OF Philadelphia We will
beat Loewe and Triest whether IL takes
one year. two years or three years
IL was common talk amoL,y hat men
that the labor leaders were doing all they
could 20 injure Triest h Co. and IL was
said that their teams were watched to
see where they went.
One OF the labor leaders whose deposit
ton was taken became involved in an
academic discourse on the meaning OF a
boycott list" The term which was
first used by the labor leaders was ~boy-
oott list Then the list was known as the
unfair list" and again il WAS called the
I'VE do not patronize list " was a hard
task TO explain the difference between