Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
Employees Object to 20 Per
Cent Wage Cut
Truce Established by State Labor
Board and the Cracker and
Candy Makers Decide to
Form Labor Union

The Colorado Industrial Commission
won it, first victory this week in bring
ing 20 a close the strike oil POO employees
OF the I.indaui-t Cracker aud Candy com
- pauy. N also Nus at least "A temporary
victory for the striker. Another ad-
vantage gained by the strikers j. the
formation OF a union 20 protect their in
tefe-ts IN the futitre.
When the employees. men. women and
children. received their pay envelopes
la.t Saturday evening they discovered
that ~ per cent OF IN. prevailing wages
haa been deducted Notice. OF such a
proposed wage cut had not been posted
iu thc factory aud the .hrunkeu pay
came ~ startling surprise to the al
ready poorly PAID employee. \ protest
Iole.G hN committee with Manager
g. Meredith met with the blunt
statement that DE- had dccidrd TO cut
ssse.. aud that wus all there ws- To H.
Ia1l l.mdqul-t. founder of the com
IaHs Uui principle owner who was ale
uH.- cor.idrratc of biz employee vel
fare. died about eight muuthr agu. Hi-
son. tarl Lindqui-t. ir- then took over
thr mana cement AMI continued she pol
irs oi Al- father. which wac satisfactory
o. She WORKER Young iiudqui-t died
from pneumonia -unir three months ago.
The company wa- then r. c-orpauiEed by
ahcn.. who sought to make big proiit-
at thu expense Of employes. MR.. Gard
i.iudqui-t. widow and mother. retained
= large .hars OF stock ia the concern.
aud .hs protected the new mana - tnent's
policy. but TO no avail.
200 Quit Work Monday.
Monday morning st o'ci"ck the 2tJ
employees came to the b,g factory build
ing a; Twenty-sixth and Walnut streets,
but refused to 90 to work until Man
arer Meredith paid them the 20 per
s-rni 81 uageg dednct.d from the prs-
,ious week and made an agreement TO
continue the old scale in effect. This
was refused.
\ For an uuorgsni1ed group of workers
the strike was the most complete ever
recorded In Denver. Not single cm-
plnve went to work Monday morning.
DriVcr- packer.. baker,. candy makers.
elevator pilots and al. stood firm against
the cut. The strikers assembled on
Walnut street and were good nAtnrcd,
engaging in athletic games and singing
-ong- Later they assembled at Gyllc--
tins. hall. 3SOi Walnut street. and APP
pointed q committee to handle tn. mat
fer for the strikers. This committee
consisted OF Richard Webster. Frank
McGrath. Mrs. Constance Davis. Frank
McCouyille. Theresa Mu.hlcva, Alice
Mekenald. Mary rapish. Matilda Arno.
Carina Popish aud Alice Nelson.
Mclaughlin Calls Meeting.
Then r +. Mclaughlin. chairman OF
the state industrial commission. ap-
pearcd on the scene and announced that.
under the new industrial law which went
into effect August ]. both the company
and the cmployes had violated the law
the company ia reducing wages with
out filing report of it, intentions
with the commission. and giving cm-
ploycs thirty days notice, aud the en-
ploycs in declaring "a strike without Civ
ing thirty days notice He called
meeting of representatives OF the com
panv aud the strikers. men aud women,
IN the afternoon.
When the opposing factions arrived at
the statehousc the delegations of en-
ploycrs and the committee representing
the employees were segregated. the for
incr in the office. and the latter in the
assembly room OF the state industrial
commission.
with this preliminary. the commission
held conferences alternately with the
employers and with the strikers com.
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