Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-07
WAS TOO ACTIVE.
Local Workman Who Seems to
 Be Out in the Cold.
CAN GET NO WORK HERE.

Competent and Experienced Hand.
 But Shop Doors Are Barred Against
 Him-Several of the Foremen of the
 Local Factories Anxious to Hire
 Him, But Higher Authority Will Not
 Permit ItThe Workman to Seek
 Legal Advice.
 There3are few echoes of the strike of the machinists still about the street and the indications are that they will remain there for some time and, for all that one party interested cares, for ever. There is just the merest possi- bility that the echoes may take them- selves to court some day, for the mat
 ter is now under adyisement. It will depend upon circumstances to attempt
 to prove whether or not there is a
 black list among the manufacturers
 who were interested in the late strike.
 There are some lawyers who think that the manufacturers whose con-
 cernS were not disturbed by the strike
 were therefore not interested, but
 there are others who say that in the
 case in question the concern of one
 was the concern of all.
 It will not take any extraordinary
 effort of the memory to recall that
 during the strike number of men,
 machinists and toolmAkers, were dis
 charged one day from the Scovill Man
 ufaeturing Co.'S service. At that time
 the town was rife with reports of vari-
 OuS nature but the main one was to the effect that these men were what is
 called in trade unions .victimized.' 1t
 was a glaring fact. also, that none of the men were members of the Interna- tiOnal Association of MachinistS, and therefore they could not have been dis charged for any alliance or association with that organization. Report had it that they were discharged because they were '.disturbers,' regular agi- tators" and forever making trouble with the rest of the men.'' One of the
 men was said to have been, according l to report conspicuously instrumental 1 in bringing about the strike of the ma 1 chinists, and to him, when the men were discharged, particular reference was made by the foreman to his re- ported advocacy of unionism.
 Two or three of the men have been | taken back to their former places, and | the reason for this is said to be that | they have given up all their former \ ideas regarding the eventual standing of the laboring man, and in particular | for hope of a nine hour day. But the man whom his foreman made a spe | ciaI address to on the morning of his ] discharge is still out of employment,
 and there is where the grounds for the expected suit for damages is said to lie.
 I There is no question as to the conn i potency of this mans skill as nla- | chinist, or toolmaker, whichever his | trade may be, He was in great de-
 mand by various shops and fOremen when it was known that he was out l of work. He had been engaged by
 several shops, and even two or three foremen entered into special engage
 ments with him by which they wolld | be enabled to take a few weeks rest 1 at the shore or in the country, and on each of these occasions and at the re- | spective shops this man always pre-
 sented himself with his tools ready to l go to work, but always the words 0f | his old foreman seemed to have pre- l ceded him. Finally the man began to !! think he had been black-listed and he began to make inquiries. He has not beer seen around town for the past l few days and the impression is that he has been consulting with counsel in l New York.
 There is one particular incident tlfat l seems to throw significant light upon | this peculiar situation, according to l this mans views. He had been sent | for by a certain foreman to do special work. He was just the man the fore man needed. Indeed, the foreman con- l sidered himself very lucky that he had secured this man, very lucky indeed l And so thereupon the man was no longer out of a job. He had struck q 1 fine job, and the foreman was delight 1 ed. and all the usual arrangements | were made by which the man shonld
 report for work i'll few days. The man reported for work as had been ar l ranged, and to his great surprise the | foreman said he was very sorry, very 1 sorry indeed, but he could not put him l to work; he would if he could, but he
 could not, and he was very sorry. The man was just the man he needed, just j the man. He must surely have been
 born to do this especial job the fore | man had in hand, but the foreman was very sorry indeed that he could not em- l ploy him, and he was sure the man 1 knew how it was. 'sOh, yes, sure" | said the mans "but, gracious, didu't think they'd take it this far. A mans I got to work, you know" Well, the | foreman was sorry, and he was glad | the man knew how matters stood. The 1 foreman was glad to know that the man knew he could not blame him. He | didn't, but he is still out of a job, and I his reputed absence in New York is said to ascertain the reason why.