Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-22
THE FOLLY OF II.
High Time Now Strikers and
 Employers Got Together.
THR LATTER ARE OBSTINATE.

You Can Lie in It''-Business Suffer
 ing. Not Only at Factories Where
 Strikes Occurred but Among Mer-
 chentsFactories Where No Strike
 Occurred Reaping the Harvest
 Isa-t if about time for those manu- ,.cturers whose employees are seekihs Ias Inc nine hour day and whose Iac- t.ries are comparatively shut uo"h, tu realize that the manuIaeturers \. hose factories are running are en- fovinr this enforced stoppage or thelr ,-onlf,ptitors! Isn't it about tune Ior fle manufacturers. who are confess edly losing money, to put stop 70 il Isn't it about time for them 10 Iuliy comprehend the fact that they arc iniuring the prospects ot Waterbury in business and financial standing! It is said. on pretty good authority, that the manufacturers who have been run ming their factories night ana day have been holding out helping hand to aid those who have been Iorceu to shut down. or partly so. It IS also said that this aid is to cease. Why should the manufacturers of thls city refuse to arbitrate when they must re- alize that they are putting Waterbury back several years in advancement. There are other interests at stake Ill this city, and the merchants who nave taken the matter quietly up to this noinf may take a hand in the contro- yersy and find out who is at the bot tom of the whole trouble. There is some ..nigger in the woodpile" who seems to hold the controlling power and who Is forcing the concerns to keep aloof from the striking machin- ists. It is also said that some of the. factories dare not make oyertures to the strikers unless sanctioned by some of the concerns that are now running. The loss of their trade or custom is the threat that Is being held out to the manufacturers who would agree to the nine hour day. Why should the mer- chants of this city be compelled to suf- fer because some of the leading manu- faeturers refuse to allow other manu facturers to make terms of settlement, Those men who are forced to see their factories lie idle should possess more backbone and not be dictated to by the men who are reaping the benefit while they are losing money. This city should not be ruined for the whim of any man or set of men. The de- mand of the machinists has been ac- cepted In other cities and in many larger factories than Waterbury pos sesses. If there is a-trIlst here that is tending to ruin manufacturing and other interests, it should be torn to pieces at once. The manufacturers who are suffering should be able now to see that if the other Smanufactur- CTS are not laughing at their expense they are certainly having very broad smile. Some, in fact, all the manu- facturers whose factories are affected are men of common sense and brains and they must know by this time that they are not only hurting themselves but they are injuring one of the best cities In the state of Connecticut. They are helping to ruin some of the mer- chants of this city and are causing suffering in many families, The claim that they desire to run their own busi- ness is a just one, and the machinists are not asking them to do anything else. They should remember, how ever, that it is not good policy to '.bite off their noses to spite their faces" If the manufacturers whose factories are affected do not believe that they are the losers they should hear the con yersation of some of the manufactur- CTS whose factories are running. No man or set of men should be made the "catspaw in this strike Arbitration should be attempted and this struggle should cease, unless the manufactur- CTS are prepared to see the city 20 to the dogs. Unless they do not care what becomes of the business of Wa terbury they win make some effort to stop this selfish and disturbing con- troyersy. Gentlemen, you have a chance at this time to make or break this city It rests with you, and you alone, whether you will raise Water bury to where she belongs among the leading cities of the state or whether you will in after years be pointed out as the ones who helped to ruin it.
 At the headquarters of the striking machinists there appeared to-day no- I1ce or another break in the ranks of the men, On the blackboard here all notices of importance and business of the association are posted, there ap- peared the name of Fred Blakeslee Blakeslee is employed at Cross & SR~AS ~ 4r Stlu IudI the man went to work early in the week, but wheth- CT he did or not his name was not put on the bulletin board until today. This makes about five men who have broken from the ranks of the strikers. Five out of 800
 was reported at headquarters to- day that the Benedict & Burnham com pany had decided to get along without @achinists in future. Inquiry at the efHce of the concern over the telephone. brought back the answer that the com Dany has all the men needed and that the machine department has been run ming along as smoothly as ever.
 A telegram from the w. H. Hubbard company of Brooklyn, N. r., was re eeived yesterday afternoon offering work to a dozen men, This concern manufacturers automatic machinery
 The picnic for the benefit of the ma <.hinists was we'll attended last evening and great was the enjoyment of those who went. The threatening weather in the early evening had no apparent ef- feet upon the enthusiasm of the people or their desire to help out their fellow workmen. The sports this afternoon are the best that ever appeared on