Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-13
THE UNION CITY STRIKE.
Mir WhittemOrc Announces His IItI.
 mRfum and the Foundry Is Closed

Mir WhittemOrc Announces His IItI-
 mRfum and the Foundry Is Closed
 Inde finiteIy.
 Three hundred of the striking employees of the Naugatuck Malleable Iron company held meeting Thursday night in Rene hans hall, Union City, and passed resolu tions to the effect that they would resume work un Ter the following conditions: Fifteen cents an hour for floor hands and twelve and half cents an hour for those employed in the trimming and shipping rooms. II the company refuse to agree to this schedule of wages the men de- cided not to resume work
 The following committee were ap- pointed to meet J. II. Whittemore, presi- dent of the concerl, and see if settle- ! ment could be effected on this basis: John Sodloski. chairman; Thomas Henry. Gott- lieb Sender. Victor Norneck, Andre Y NoWitskl. Anthony Benkoski
 The coniuct of the men sine quitting | work has won the respect of the people of the community and the utmost sympathy | is felt for their pitiable condition. They say that they have not left work at the | bidding of any particular man or body of men. Their action is the result of sheer | necessity, the miserable plttance received in return for their labor being insufficient | to keep body and 1ul together The DEMOCRATS exclusive story of the | strike woke up the whole town Thursday and the demand for the psptr was far in excess of the supply. A committe4 of the workmtn called at the DEMrcRAr office last night and stated that the men | had decided to get something like living | wages; either tL at or seek work elsewhere. | They have DO intention of resC ing to violence.
 A reporter was told yesterday that ma | terS are much worse at the mal!aable iron works tlan they have been reported. It Is alleged that tue wages for trImmers and | tloorn en range from four to ten cents au hour and that it iS nothing uncC mmon to see a man retuI to his family S3.tO or S4 ftr, a weeks pay. Boys, it is said, were working for four cents an hour and at eight hour per day managed to make $l.92 a week. It is to be hoped that the figures have been made less than they really are, for surely Mir Whittmore or no rational be- ing would claim that this rate ot wages is | in accordance with the expense of living The factory was closed Thursday The DEMOCRATS NaugatUck correspoud- ent writes to-day:
 At the conference yesterday between the committee of strikers and Mir White more. the latter offered to run the foundry | ten hours d day Hs long as the work lasted, , the factory to run entirely on orders. at the prices per hour they had been receiv- ing. trimmers. mostly boys. lu cents per hour. and tloorm"n. l3l cents. He also | informed them that the working of ten hours would probably cause a shut down from one to two days week. or reduc- tion of the working force, unless business improves materially.
 The strikers held meeting this morn ing and refused to accept the terms or re- turn to work unless they received the
 prices demanded and full time. The | foundry will be closed indefinitely, and
 whatever orders are received will be sent
 to the other foundries controlled by the company.
 The Come cticut Associated Press core spondent wires the DEMorEAT:
 MT Whittemore refused positively to have anything to do with the committee, and informed them that he was able to shut down his factory for n year. and that unless they wished to return to work at the old scale of prices. they might go else
 where. A meeting of the strikers has l cen called for half past two this after noon. and definite line of action will be decided upon.