Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1903-04-08
Boys At Cable Works Persuade
Those In Other Departments
To Go Out.
MEETING THIS MORNING
Manager at the Plant Tells Boys If They
viii Finish The Work They Are Now
on We Will Talk With Them-A Com
mlttee Has Been Appointed To Visit
0fice.

The boys in the five departments at
the Standard Underground Cable
Works, who went ont on a strike yes
terday morning, have now succeeded
in getting the employees of the Fin
ishing, Braiding and Rubber rooms to
go out with them, making eight de-
partments in all that are tied up,
about 155 boys and men being out
The boys held meeting in Gerba' s
Hall, Mechanic street, this morning.
and appointed the following commit
tee to wait on MIR. Oonnor with their
demands: James Dunham, Harry
White, William Wilhelm, Harry Glib
son, John O'Brien and John Fenlon.
The committee will call on Mr.. Con-
nor this afternoon and il an unsatis-
factory answer is given them the BOYS
declare that they will not return to
work.
The several Hungarian laborers in
the Hot room, who went out with the
boys yesterday, returned to work again
this morning.
The boys have acted orderly, claim
ing that they can win their strike
much easier and quicker this way
than by starting a riot.
The Gable Works people have asked
that police protection be given them
and Chief of Police Burke has detail
ed Policemen William McDermott and
John Wood to watch the place. The
boys saw that they will try to per-
suade the rest of the EMPLOYEES not to
return to work tomorrow. The boys
claim that they have asked for a raise
OF ID cents a day with half holidays
on every Saturday from May 1st.
Mr.. ConnOr. manager at the works.
woUld not see reporter when he call
ed this morning.
This morning the girls at the Gable
Works, probably in sympathy with
the boys and men already on strike,
sent a delegation to see Mr.. Conner
in an effort to get an increase in wages
and it is understood that he stated
they would be taken care of, but until
the difficulty between the men and
company was settled their department
would have to be shut down.
When a reporter called upon Mr..
Conner this morning he gave out the
following typewriter statement re-
garding the strike:
"On Monday morning all the boys
in Rubber and Braiding Departments
refused to work. much to the surprise
of Manager Conner, who had heard
of no dissatisfaction among the help
whatever. They were told that they
could not be treated with out in the
street, but that if they would return
to work the matter would be carefully
condsidered. They were wise enough
to return to work at noon. On Tues
dow offnrnnnn on fnr n,
new wage scale that represented q
substantial increase was presented to
them and the committee expressed
themselves as being entirely satisfied
with it, as did most of the boys, but
have what they demanded or nothing
and succeeded in forcing the others to
leave their work again.
ION Tuesday morning all of the
help in Stranding, Paper Covering,
and Lead Departments, without hav-
ing previously expressed any dissatis-
faction or made any demand, left
their work, and it was late in the
afternoon before Manager Conner sue
ceeded in learning what their demands
were. They proved to be the same as
those of Rubber Department. These
u6u were bOlu 10 r0buIu TO sWOrK anu
they would be treated fairly and an
increase in wages granted, but they
refused to listen to anything but the
granting of their original demands,
which would mean, if acceded to. a
raise in wages of from 10 to % per
cent (manifestly unfair to a great
many) and reduction of the factory
output of 8 per cent on account of
Saturday half holiday.
"The Lead Room men returned to
work this morning and the other de-
partments will be started with new
help as rapidly as possible.
THE Gable Company has always
paid higher wages than other concerns
in the vicinity. The common labor
ers never having been paid less than
81. 40 per day, while other were pay.
| ing only 81. 25. -