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January 15, 1894
Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
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Danbury, Conn., Jan. 14: Union committees from hat workers' groups confer with manufacturers on concessions to resolve strike; trimmers and coners join after indignation meetings; manufacturers push for independent shops to weaken unions.
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DANBURY LABOR STRUGGLE.
Another Set of Propositions to Be Made to the Manufacturers Today.
DANBURY, Conn., Jan. 14.—The committee from the Hat Makers' and Hat Finishers' Unions, who have been clothed with absolute power, met the committee from the Manufacturers' Association last night, and held a conference lasting three hours, adjourning to 2 P.M., Monday.
The Trimmers' Union had been ignored by the labor leaders, and the 1000 girls that compose it held an indignation meeting last night. They acted so threateningly that they were given permission to be represented and a committee of 40 girls will attend to the interests of the Trimmers Union.
The Coners and Slippers' Union also held a meeting last evening and chose a committee of 40 to go before the manufacturers.
The four committees were at work today on the concessions they will grant the manufacturers, to bring about an adjustment of the trouble, and will present them tomorrow afternoon.
The manufacturers will give them due consideration, and in reply will tell the unions what they are willing to do. The manufacturers will probably ask for no less than 12 independent shops, and allow half that number reopened as union establishments. This will be more than the unions can grant, and will be contested. The manufacturers are as determined to break the ranks of the unions as they were two months ago, when they discharged all the union help and shut their factories against them.
Another Set of Propositions to Be Made to the Manufacturers Today.
DANBURY, Conn., Jan. 14.—The committee from the Hat Makers' and Hat Finishers' Unions, who have been clothed with absolute power, met the committee from the Manufacturers' Association last night, and held a conference lasting three hours, adjourning to 2 P.M., Monday.
The Trimmers' Union had been ignored by the labor leaders, and the 1000 girls that compose it held an indignation meeting last night. They acted so threateningly that they were given permission to be represented and a committee of 40 girls will attend to the interests of the Trimmers Union.
The Coners and Slippers' Union also held a meeting last evening and chose a committee of 40 to go before the manufacturers.
The four committees were at work today on the concessions they will grant the manufacturers, to bring about an adjustment of the trouble, and will present them tomorrow afternoon.
The manufacturers will give them due consideration, and in reply will tell the unions what they are willing to do. The manufacturers will probably ask for no less than 12 independent shops, and allow half that number reopened as union establishments. This will be more than the unions can grant, and will be contested. The manufacturers are as determined to break the ranks of the unions as they were two months ago, when they discharged all the union help and shut their factories against them.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Danbury Labor
Hat Unions
Manufacturers Association
Negotiations
Concessions
Independent Shops
Where did it happen?
Danbury, Conn.
Story Details
Location
Danbury, Conn.
Event Date
Jan. 14
Story Details
Union committees from Hat Makers', Hat Finishers', Trimmers', and Coners and Slippers' Unions meet with Manufacturers' Association to prepare and present concessions for adjusting the labor trouble; manufacturers aim to secure 12 independent shops and reopen half as union establishments, determined to break union ranks.