New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration Acme Malleable Iron Workers (Buffalo,
New York) and the International Iron Molders Union Records, 1899
Collection Number: 5098
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration Acme Malleable Iron Workers (Buffalo,
New York) and the International Iron Molders Union Records, 1899
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5098
Abstract:
Transcript concerning the mediation between the Acme Malleable Iron Works of Buffalo,
NY, and the International Iron Moulders Union.
Creator:
New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration was requested by the Iron Moulders
Union to make an inquiry into the cause of the dispute between the Moulders and the
Acme Malleable Iron Works. The Board held a hearing in Buffalo on February 21, 1899,
since it had been informed that a condition of lawlessness existed around the plant
and extra police were needed to guard the plant.
The strike, or lockout began when the union presented its demands for $2.25 a day
for the men on day work and piece rates which would permit the men to earn at least
$2.25 a day. Shortly after the demands were presented, the employer called the moulders
together in the plant to tell them that he was discharging all union men because they
were intimidating non-union men and causing trouble in the plant. The non-union men
could continue working, however. Union and non-union men walked off the job.
In the course of the hearings it became apparent that the men were unable to learn
the price for the jobs they did until payday, that they felt the weights assigned
by the foreman were not always accurate and that the foreman gave the better jobs
to the men who paid him extra. Union members also believed that they were discriminated
against. The foreman denied the charges against him.
This collection consists of a transcript concerning the mediation between the Acme
Malleable Iron Works of Buffalo, NY, and the International Iron Moulders Union.
Witnesses were Charles Harbauer, John Hudson, Charles Kenyon, John Raushaus, George
Holsman, William Herring, August Dorsch, Edward G. Felthousan, Edward Paplow, Charles
J. Brandt, Otto Kehrer, A.L. King, and Conrad Zacher.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration Acme Malleable Iron Workers (Buffalo,
New York) and the International Iron Molders Union Records #5098. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Names:
New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.
Acme Malleable Iron Works.
International Iron Moulders Union
Subjects:
Iron industry and trade - New York (State).
Iron and steel workers - New York (State).
Iron and steel workers - Labor unions - New York (State).
Wages - Iron and steel workers - New York (State).
Unfair labor practices - New York (State).
Arbitration, Industrial - New York (State).
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Transcript of proceedings
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1899 |
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Scope and Contents
February 1899; 165 pages, includes index.
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