Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1888 — Brewery Lockout. [ARTICLE]

Brewery Lockout.

At ncoa Monday, eight New York breweries closed their doors, throwing 5,000 men out of work. The bosses are prepared and determined to hold out all summer. The men are equally confident. There has been no disturbances, but extra policemen wc re ordered out as safe-guirds. The contest is over the question of unions or no unions. Co ugressman Kelley, “the father of the House” ws s 74 years old on the 12th.