The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-27
OFF AGAIN AT
ARNES0N PLANT
Union Moulders and APP
prentices Walk Out
on Tuesday.
CLOSED INDEFINITELY
President Arneson Declares
Plant Closed and He Will
Not Deal with Union.

They're off again at the Arneson
Foundry. Union molders who had been
employed under the open shop regime
of the big west side factory walked out
on Tuesday and as a result the plant
was closed down today and it was de-
clared that it might remain closed
down for month. O. A. Arneson, the
president Of the company, declared
this morning that there was no inten-
tion on the part of the officials Of the
company to treat with the men who
had walked out and it was stated that
the plant would remain closed down
until men could be secured to fill the
places of the men who had walked out.
1t is the third time within six months
that the business Of the company had
been interrupted by the union work
men and the president of the company
declared that the shop would remain
closed so far as the molders were con-
cerned until force could be organized
to work in harmony.
Pickets Watch Foundry.
Members of the union picketed the
foundry after the walk-out on Tuesday
and six molders were on watch to see
that the orders. of, the union were not
violated by union men. Not sign of
trouble occurred at the plant and while
the pickets were keeping close watch,
no effort was made to interfere with
any operation which the company
mighx seek to start.
The men walked out, according to
the officers of the company, when they
refused to work with non-union man
who had been sent to the foundry from
the cupola. Later a meeting was held
and it was announced that the union
men would walk out of the plant unless
the man was discharged. Arneson
promptly refused to discharge the man
complained of and the union men
walked out.
Must Remain Union Shop.
"There are probably twenty molders
and all Of the apprentices out as a
result of the walk-out," said President
Arneson this morning. "Som etime ago
we adopted the open shop plan and it
is going to be maintained. The foun-
dry is shut down and it may remain
shut down for month. We could not
have this kind of trouble at a better
time, as the plant has been working
full time for weeks and our customers
are well taken care of. Many of them
have castings enough stacked up to
last for months, and while we could
go out and get new business and keep
the plant operating to its full capacity
we are not going to do it. It is just
an excellent time for shutdown and
we are going to shut down until such
a time as we know that we are going
to be able to run the business along
have not Disseminated between union
and non-uniof men and we are not go
ing to. We have no quarrel with the
union, but we are going to insist on
carrying out the open shop policy"
Expects Men to Go Elsewhere.
Arneson declared that he did not ex-
pect the men who had walked out woulc
come back to the foundry to work.
''These men can get work in other
-.
shops and it is certain that they are
not going to remain idle he said ir
discussing that phase Of the matter
1--WE will just have to take our chances
in getting men when we are ready K
start up again. I do not know Just
when that will be. The plant is being
picketed but we do not expect any
+ro,,b1a from +hn nicke+s and we have
certainly given them no cause for max
ing trouble"
1t was said that thirty-five men were
affected by the walk-out and while
some of the rest of the force are al
work at the plant the work of cleaning
up will be completed in few days and
then the plant will be shut down pend
/ ing a reorganization of the force alons
the lines mapped out by the president