Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-28
NO CONCESSIONS.
Manufacturers Strongly Object
 to Rule Seven.
STRIKERS ARE DETERMINED.

Own Business-Wiu 1t he Changed
 at the Coming Convep.,1a :n Can
 ada-Hartford ManutGct lrcrs Have
 Taken a Determined Stand Against
 the Union-Moulders at Farrel Foun- dry Laid off-Clock Factory Will
 Close for Two Days This Week
 Strikers Regret the Several Dis
 turbances Thus Far.
 continues to drag along without yari- ation. The men appear to have given up expectation of any advance by any Of the local manufacturers, for some time, at least, and have prepared themselves accordingly To outside places they look for orencouragementa and signs Of the times, and they appear to be satisfied with the trend of affairs in general.
 They say that section [ of the pro- posal seems to be the obstacle to a set. tlement. This provides that in case of n grievance arising the matter shall be adjusted by a committee from the shop union in the shop wherein the trou- ble exists and a committee represent ing the manufactures. If they fail to agree, or the complaining party is not satisfied with the adjustment arrived at by the TWO committees, it may go through a series of other committees until 1t reaches the officials of the na- tional lodge of the International asso- citation.
 According to the machinists. the manufacturer appears to be afraid that if they signed the agreement or proposal, he would surrender the man. agement of the factory to the associa- ton, whereas they claim that no such change, even in theory or suggestion, would take place. The men are fully aware that in the long run when things are on smooth basis again some men will be sacrificed; that they expect no matter what the outcome of the strike will be. And they say, sur missing that they are granted all they ask, the sacrifices will have to be made anyway and to object to them would be only to precipitate another and more prolonged strike.
 This clause of the proposal, it is said. may be discussed at the conven- tion of the association which takes place in Toronto. Canada, next week, beginning Monday, and the men say that the features in it which the man. ufacturers pretend to fear will be eliminated altogether from the pro- posal. moderated or explained in lan- guage that will dispel the employers fears They do not expect, however. that 1t will be eliminated, for by so doing the men say they would be de prived of all protection thereny, and no encouragement given them to re- main in the union.
 Hna6unrTfQrS of thu 0cSocfaffor, 1,, ceived good news today It was the signing of the agreement by the ]. B. Sargent company, one of the largest corporations in New Haven. and which threatened to hold out while there was a lump of coal ill the coal yards. Oth- CT small concerns in the same city are said to have followed the example of the J. B. Sargent concern.
 The holders employed at the Far rel foundry were laid off temporarily | last evening and were told not to leave town or seek employment elsewhere The men that were employed by this concern look upon this affair with sig nifcance. If the holders were told not to leave town or look for work elsewhere, it means that the company has some overture to make to the men in mind. The proposal made by the company last week to the effect that they were willing to confer with a committee of the strikers as a body, apart from the association, and that this body could then confer with the association on the proposal made by the company, appears to have been lost All that Organizer Donahue will say about it is that whoever diyulged that information did not know his business. When informed that it came from one in authority. Mir Dona- hue said that confidence was violated. Further than that nothing can be learned.
 The Clock factory will stop this week for two days, Memorial day and tomorrow for the circus. Closing for the circus is a new departure for this concern; usually it is too busy to of- ficially recognize this annual feast of amusement. The entire concern, how ever. will not close The toolmakers and the few machinists that did not quit with the others will remain at work and thus get ahead, to some ex- tent, of those who follow them in the work that passes through the1r de- partment. In these days of industrial Interruption every little headway is said to count.
 The strikers fear that their reputa- ton for good behavior is becoming en- Qd02ereu Dy me cO4uucI or d IeN HUI vfduals Yesterday a machinist named Charles Kirschbaum returned from his wedding tour and interfered with the pickets at the Clock factory. Nothing the pickets could say could induce the fellow to take himself away. He abused the few men who did not quit work with the rest and came near causing a disturbance. Tn the after noon he got into an altercation with a fellow machinist named Noonan on Phoenix avenue. Matters became so warm that adjournment was taken to the rear of the Platt building and there the men had it out. Kirschbaum got the worst of it and then he swere out a warrant for the arrest of Noo- nan. The men would have the public understand that they are not in sym pafhy with any disturbance or expres- sion of opinion that would lead to such. They are confident that in the end those men who showed the white feather will Have sufficient cause to regret their action.