The New York herald., 1921-02-16
1O6 OPEN SHOPS
WIN UNION MEN
Many Go to Work in New York
Factories Allied With
Metal Trades.
FORMER WAGE RATE KEPT
A. S. Richey Says Establish
ments Will Be Manned
Fully in Few Days.

Leading representatives Of the LOG
New York plants affiliated with the
Allied Building Metal Trades Indus
tries. who reopened their establish
ments yesterday in defiance of tho
demands of union labor. declared that
they had inaugurated a permanent
open shop policy. They said they we're
well satisfied with the response al
ready made TO their advertisements
inviting employees to enroll with
them, union or non-union, at the ola
rates of wages and on the old forty
eight hour week schedule.
A. s. Richey of the Richie, Browne
& Donald Iron Works, Maspcth.
Queens. who is member OF the pup
licity committee Of the employers as
sociation, said: "Our plants are being
manned on the open shop basis ana
tho RESPONSE TO our advertisement has
been very satisfactory for begin
ming.
"T have heard this afternoon from
rpe number of the establishments. All
except one-and the exception Is srnaiI
s,on--are being successfully manned
upon the terms we offered. There
is every indication that within re"
days all will be manned to the iimit
Of their present requirements MOST OF
then, are not looking at present TOT sucn
quota that would recruit them TO fuii
canacity. as the condition of the IN
dustrv does not yet warrant that.
old Union Men Return.
~In some of the shops the old' union
orranization men who went out In Janu-
arv are returning IN reasonable num-
bcrs on o,ir terms. which ie nnusua' W
the first days OF such a movement as
this. In the Vulcan Iron Works, MAS
peth. all the men they enrolled to-day
were members OF their old force OF union
hands whom they have reinstated. Tnere
were eight or nine of these. once
breach like this Is made on the very
first day. It Is reasonable to believe that
many other organization men will come
trailing along later.
1--WE will make no further contracts
with organized labor as such. Under our
old arrangement the men kept break
ing the terms OF our contracts until we
could not stand II any longer. When
they demanded reduction of working
hours from forty-eight 70 forty-four
hours week We decided TO close down
rather than concede II.
"we arc reopening our plants now on
the old schedule of hours and wages
but with the proviso that there shall
be hereafter no discrimination against
either union or non-union men. and that
all shops. beginning with yesterday.
were to receive applications for employ
ment as fnishers. chasers and helpers
in bronze and iron work regardless of
union affiliations. That pledge was
signed by 10s concerns. all doing busi-
ness in this city,
William ". Brodie OF sS Park place
said that since Monday morning 100
men had applied TO the william VI.
Brodie Company looking for Jobs on the
terms advertised. and that his plant was
running nicely.
c. w. Pecle. president OF the Peele
Door Company. manufacturing elevator
fire doors in Brooklyn. Is the chairman
Of the board OF control OF the Allied
declared the open shop principle. He
said his concern had taken on about
thirty men, all of them new hands. since
Monday.
There are a lot Of our old hands who
want to come back" said he. but we
have enough already TO meet ovr imn,c-
diatc requirements. as the trade demand
is not vet brisk There were about 1s5
men who went out from our shop"
Bosrd TO Meet To-day.
Mr.. Poele added the board Of control
would hold meeting at noon to-day In
the rooms OF the Building Trades Em-
ploycrs' Association. 80 West Thirty
third street, when more detailed reports
would he received from the various
plants.
Jacob Mark. another member of the
board OF control. said he was perfectly
satisfied with the progress made "Our
plant" said he has taken on to-day as
many men as we expected and Will add
TO their number tomorrow We did not
expect to enroll full quota to-day
Of the los shops which are members
OF the employers association fifty are In
BROOKLYN or olsewher on Long Island
"a was estimated that of the 1900 men
who had been shut out 1000 had re-
turned 20 work before noon Yesterday.
and that. in addition. many new hands
had reported for duty and had been
signed on.
The Federal Brass and Bronze Com
pany. Astoria was running with moro
than fifty per cent OF It's personnel re-
cruited and with more men coming in
all the time
The George W. Beere plant, 2ec
Taaffe place. Brooklyn. was operating
with a fun force of new men. none OF
the union men having come back. The
plan Of William Schwenn. sac Lexington
ovenue reported some of lts men back at
work
At the Empire City Iron Works. Long
Island city. practically none OF the old
men had appeared when the plant re-
opened. but there were some new re-
cr,iits an hand.
According 60 the union men who went