New-York tribune., 1884-12-09
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AUlluk oF MAYOR G0inhN-nBi AiNiNd hhT hth
-rAiKs VIM fMTIOiths.
SpuIu NoHwALK, Conn. DsO h-lha haiers
strike ha, assumed new phase. Or Saturday The
slriKers weIo confident aud nliseent To-day The
manu- lactnrtr, are smiling aud oi victory Mayor
Golden showed his hand to-day Yesterday he was
told by the manufacturers that he must give plan
answer to plain question. Would he, or would h'
rot protect their property His hesitation Is ascrbed
by some TO desire for Reelection. His term expire
with the month Tho strikers oan elcot or defeat Ia
spite of this the Mayor told them Ia day that he would
exercise the functions of his oce tho fullest extent
if they gave him opportunity When Il body OF
strikers rushed toward incoming train on which
some n0n-unon expected 20 arrive the
Mayor ordered them 10 disperse
Three new obtained today by Crofut s.
Knapp. No violence was offered the men as they
were escorted from the depot to the factory Another
new arrival was I who labored under great ex-
citomcnt She called AT crofut & Knapps factory and
asked If her husband Leon Henry within The
man answered in person. Tho woman was his wife
She came ron Newark Sh) had been told there by
one If the strikers that her husband had been nur
dered and that hi' body had been found under bridge
near south Norwnlk She said that she bad also been
told that every NJ ilnion nan who took the place OF
"a striker wOull meet with The sane fate Hho begged
her husband ~ 90 back 20 Newark with her lie re-
fused and laughed At her fcars
Alden Solmans one of tho largest hat manufacturers
was called unon by four rr-deat, of the town to-
day WIN not directly interested IN the situation
They told mc that they had token "a wrong view of
matters at the 4tart but now that were right
and that every good citizen must array himself the
side Of law and order told them that we only
wanted the ivilegc OF conducting our own business
as we saw it and that if could not do II here We
would do IT elsewhere The ac ion o. the manuiactnr-
era was no. taken without due consideration. VIC
chose our own time This IL pur dull season We will
shortly be able 10 obtain all the hands we require
Mr.. CTuiut Of he firm of Croiut 4 Knapp. said o
" We have eighteen at work now and before
many days will baye all want. The men We now
have do better work than old hands aud the grade
of work they nrc pays them old prices There are
the mon going 10 supper ask them how they lkc
the work and how much they get for it"
The question pat to one of tho men VINO re-
piled
! did a dozen and half to-day a: 81 10 n dozen.
| am satisfied with the work and the wages and the
place Haven't had to pay for lodging since I've
been here.
You see added Mr. CIofut d" the grade OF hats we
were running when the men struck would nave
been paid for according the old bill of prices IL is
on the choancr grade OF hats the reduction made
without this reduction we could not compete with
other places - a. 81,
\ c. Palmer agent for IIurlbutt & Coffin said ::
The manufacturers will he succes-fnl. Their de-
mand4 are reasonable and If the men were allowed 10
choose they Oud far rather work under the new bill
than go on strike"
A merchant whose trade comes principally from the
strikers said that he believed the strike would prove
unsuccessful II happens M the nest possible tlne
for the uanufacturers.' he sad " and the worst Tor
the strikers.