Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-18
ON THIS
EXPECT TO STRIKE
NEWS FROM PRINCIPAL TOWNS
 OF THE sTATE.

Machinists Look for No Settlement of
 the Trouble by Monday, Consequent ly They Will Go Out-S00 Union Men
 in Bridgeport Will Go Out-200 in
 Meriden Will Lay Down Their Tools. New Haven, Conn, May 1S.-Strikes
 of machinists in large shops in Hart
 ford, Bridgeport. Derby, Ansonia, Nor walk, Waterbury and New Britain, l and possibly other cities of Connecti-
 cut, are expected next Monday as a re- suit of the refusal of the manufac-
 turers to accede to the demand of the
 International Association of Machin- ists for a nine-hour day. Several thousand machinists in this state are l organized, it is estimated, and except in Danbury manufacturers have refus- ed to accede to their demands.
 In Bridgeport, the 800 members of the union voted late last night to come out Monday, after q letter was read from the local association of manufac- turerS saying that the demand would not be granted. AnSonia and Derby | manufacturers assert that the demand
 is in violation of an agreement entered I into between the International ASso-
 ciation of Machinists. The Whit
 lock Machine company and the Driggs-
 Seabury Gun and Ammunition com pany will close their plants tonight for an indefinite period, and the men look upon the situation there as prac- tically a lockout.
 In Norwalk, Waterbury and New
 Britain, also, preparations are being | made by the men for aprolonged strike, and both the labor leaders and | the manufacturers, though for the | most part silent regarding the prob able outcome, say they will make a de- termined stand.
 Meriden, Conn, May 19.-The 200 machinists here will take no part in the demand for nine-hour day next | Monday. Only eight men in the city I are said to belong to lhe International
 Union of Machinists, the others not being members of any labor organi- Zation.
 1 Norwalk, Conn, May 1S.-NorwaIk machinists say they will strike in a body for the nine-hour day demand, but up to noon they had not decided whether to quit work this evening or go into the shops Monday morning and come out aga Il. They held meet ing last evening and adjourned until this noon without having reached a conclusion regarding the time of | striking.
 New Britain, Conn, May 1S-A | strike of all the organized machinists | in New Britain, numbering about POO, 1 is expected next Monday, and the men have already secured headquarters at the Park hotel in preparation for their | time of idleneSS. Up to noon none Of the manufacturers had given a favor able answer to the demand although the managers of the Stanley works | have announced that they would treat with their employees as individuals and grant them concessions
 At the shop of P. & F. Corbin no- tlces have been posted to the effect that if the men are contemplating leaving the firms employ they should call at the office and receive their pay Ill full, and take all tools and personal property with them when they leave. The Corbin shop managers say they can secure non-union help enough to run the shop.
 The Russell 6 Erwin factory man. agement were to have a conference with a committee of employees this noon, according to statement made this morning.
 Bristol, Conn, May 1S.-The men in the Bristol machine shops belong for the most part to the New Britain un- Ion, and 1t is. expected that they will quit work Monday. Their demand for shorter hours has been ignored by inc managers of the two clock companies the largest employers of machinists here
 Stamford, Conn, May 18.-It is not likely that the movement to secure shorter hours for machinists will be IeIt Ill Stamford. The first effort made here to organize the machinists III trade union was this week, when an organizer from Norwalk addressed meeting for. that purpose. The or ganlzation has not yet been perfected, ana IL IS not expected that there will De strike. Most of the machinists nere are Tn the shops of the Yale &, IoWne company, now running with a force of 1,500 men, and in the factory of Blickensderfer & Co.
 Torrington, May 1S.-Although an eHOrI mas been made here recently to organize the machinists to enforce demand for shorter working day, the indications this morning as shown by statement of individual machinists and shop managers is that there will be no strike in Torrington A commit tee was appointed recently by the ma- chlnists to wait upon the manufactur- CTS and at the Hendey Machine com pany's office, they were told that it would be for their benefit to wait until the result of the nine-hour day demand IS known, that it has always been the policy of the company to treat it's men falrly and if the demand is granted in other places, the employees of the Hen dey shop will receive it also.
 Bridgeport. May 1S.-All the 500 ma chinists in Bridgeport who belong to the International association will strike next Monday, having voted to do so at meeting last evening, which was at tended by nearly all the union mem- oers. This action followed the receipt rom the secretary of the Bridgeport Manufacturers union of an ultimatum, saying that it had been decided not to accedo to the union'S demands Tho