Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-16
STRIKE STILL ON.
Factory on Silver Street May
 Be Obliged to Close.
EMPLoYEs DAILY SENT HOMF

VII AccUuHL OL LH0 SIlke AhtuA%
 the Rag Wheelers and Stanipers-
 The Trouble at the Clock Co ik
 Not Fully Adjusted Yet-The Bun-
 CTS Object to Working With Non-
 Union Men and Are Waiting for
 Man from Headquarters to Arrive
 Here Before Taking Radical Steps.
 The result of tue strike of about 5O rag wheelers and srampers, WI ich took place at Rogers sS Brothers yesterday is beginning to assume large propor- lions. Men in other departments of the concern are being sent home every hour during the day owing to the fact that there Is no work for them to do. The roughers out and the facerS were sent home yesterday afternoon, the trimmers this morning and 1t would not be at all surprising if the entire shop was closed tonight. Manager Rockwell of the concern, who is said to be secretary of the International Silver company, is still i'll Meriden and it is not probable that the strike will be settled until his return. It is said that the purpose of his visit to Meriden was to have a conference with the hNad officials of the International Sil- yeT company in regard to the trouble at Rogers & Brother's
 As was stated in Saturday evenings paper, part of the trouble at Rogers & Brothe's was amicably settled, the trimmers and roughers' out demands having been settled by the company to the satisfaction of all concerned. It. was, also, believed at that time that fjCfQafnru ony,t 1,o n with the other employees, who had grievances. But matters turned out differently As one of the men, who are out said the chances are that there would be no strike at the present time anyway if Superintendent Tobin had given the committee of the rag wheel CTS at the conference on Monday morn- ing definite answer as to whether the company would grant their demand Tor increased wages. 1t Is also report ed that the company would give the stampers increased pay, if they would do more work The stampers refused thls offer as they said that they were turning out now as much work as they could.
 As said above, it may happen that the entire shop will be closed tonight. Ihls would be hard blow, no doubt. to the international Silver company, for among lne 15 or more concerns in this company Rogers c Brothers is reported to be one of the best, if not the --st. At the present time things are rushing at the concern and there are many large orders to be filled.
 Nice-President Flynn of the Inter- national Union of Buffers and Polish CTS, who was expected to arrive here yesterday, finds it impossible to come.
 but an officer from New Jersey is ex- pected to arrive here to-day. After his arrival there may be some new de- velopment in the strike situation. The threatened trouble over non-
 union men in the buffing department at the Waterbury Clock factory has
 so far not materialized. and all con- cerned hope it will not. The union buffers returned to work at noon yes- terday preferring to defer definite ac- tion until after a conference with a delegate from their headquarters in 1 New York. This man was expected to arrive in town last evening when i tue men would hold a meeting and | state the situation as they saw 1t to | him. He did not arrive however. l though the waited until after 10
 o oclock. It was then expected that he
 would arrive this morning and many | OI tIl0 uu6u WeTS uUQ0T Iue llDDFtSSIOu at noon that he was here. They said that he would discuss the situation with officials of the Clock company at 1 o'clock, but inquiries reveal no
 conference having taken place, or any
 knowledge of the New York mans
 supposed arrival in the city. The whole blame is thrown by the men on l the foreman, Adolphus Bayier. l There were 6 few nOn-union men already in the department and about
 26 union men The non-union fnon
 did not do the same kind of work as
 did the union men, but it was sofa I that in the course of time they would 1 be competent to do so and that this would mean the discharge of some nf 1 the union men. There was no tsou- bIe. however anticipated. Every thing was going along splendidiy and | the men therefore ask why did furer man Bavier interrupt tbis harmonious | condition They say that as long as 1 MT Bavier would persist in employing 1 non-union men and particularly men who are not buffers and will not be I able to earn a days pay in the depart ment for some time, it was an syi- dence on his part that he desired to interfere with the union men. Bow- ever. the men say that they will take no action unless it is endorsed by tEesr headuuarters and they sincerely hope they will not be compelled to defend themselves by a strike
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