The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-21

company, twenty men out; A. B. Hen
 dryX company three men out; Mar
 lin's, all working; Reynolds & Co.,, ten
 men out; Schollhorn company, all work
 ing; F. c. & A. E. Rowland company,
 five men out; railroad shops all work
 ing; Strouse, Adler company, all work
 ing; l.. Candee company, all working;
 National Folding Box company, all
 working.
 The manufacturers who have granted the concessions asked are F. B. Sinister
 company F. B. Pheghar & Son, the I Hoggson & Pettis company, Herrick 6
 Cowell, H. G. Thompson, Fl. E. Smith.
 the New Haven Clock company and the
 Eastern Machinery company.
 At the Kilborn & Bishop company's ] factory five of the seven men went out,
 but they were immediately recalled and
 an amicable settlement was arranged
 The men were not granted nine hour
 day, nor was their connection with any
 union recognized, but they were treated
 as individuals. A slight increase in
 their wages satisfied the men and they
 returned to work.
 The same thing occurred at Peck
 Brothers, where the men marched out
 in body, but within an hour they were
 at work again, a settlement having been
 made William G. Newton, superinten- dent of the factory, refused to state
 what terms were granted the men. Chief interest centered in the Situa-
 tion at the Sargent factory, where six ty-five men, experienced machinists
 toolmakers and diemakers, left, the list including forty-six of the fifty machin- ists and fifteen other allied tradesmen. The Sargent men have been working nine hours day for some time, but wish a 11a per cent. increase in wages and the enforcement of the overtime clause. The absentees are skilled work men, and it is thought that it will be difficult to fill their places, particularly since a similar strike exists in two of the big shops at New Britain employ ing similar labor which would preclude accessions from that city.
 Not single machinist went to work at the shops of the Kidder Vehicle com- pany on Audubon street yesterday. The men all went out on Saturday after an unsuccessful attempt at a conference with the management They were of fered the plan of ten-hour day with Saturday holiday, which the su- perintendent claimed was fifty-four- hour week. This is the offer made by several shops, but the scheme is too palpable and has only been accepted by one shop in the city. That this off, fer is well understood by the men is evinced by the talk of one of the Kid der machinists, who said yesterday: "We want a nine-hour day every day, | not ten for five days and five for an- other The time to secure this is right | now, too. Why, if we should accept the | offer of the company what would hin- | der them next October from saying: | This factory will run ten hours a day after this, and those who don't like 1t can get through The rush would be | over then, the strike would be thing of the past and they could trim down their force for the winter
 The employees of the New Haven Clock company have agreed to work ten hours a day with Saturday half holiday. At the meeting yesterday it was stated that some of the men were inclined to think that they had been too hasty in accepting the company's offer. This is the dull season of the company and they wouldn't care if the men took two or three holidays a week. When the busy season starts up next Septem- Der it will be found that the men will have to work Saturdays, and nights, too, for that matter. It is stated that .he only hope the men have for over- coming this is the organizing of the al- jed trades which are employed in the This has already received a good start in this city, and in the next I: 'trike the machinists will have the sup port of the polishers pattern makers buffers, drillers and other machine 1 lands. At R. H. Brown & Co.'S shop on Ash { nun street seven men went out yester lay There are some twenty-two ma hinists employed there and sixty-five l lands altogether. MT. Brown was wait d upon by committee of the men on , Saturday and he told them he would , isten to individual grievances, but he would not treat with committee. [ The Greist factory in Westvile is S hut down temporarily, no one can, tell ut in to take the place of the new one !, installed last August. At that time the actory was closed for six weeks, and whether it will take as long to place z his engine is a question: Thirteen men T truck Saturday morning and when the inc hour question is settled they will c btain work elsewhere. f At tha Winchester factory if wac | :,