Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-03-07

joying a little holiday and they will bt
found at work tomorrow morning. He
ins stances the bricklayers, who, he says
today voted to go back.
Many Large Employers Not Affected.
Among the large employers of labor
not affected by the strike are the Bold
win locomotive works. 1900 men:
Midvsle steel works, $4,000; J. G. Brill
Car company, 2.SOO; J.IB. Stetson Hat
| Manufacturing company 900; Diss-
| toms saw works, $500; Atlantic Refin-
ing company, 5000; Dobson's carpet
mills, 1,20O. Other large employers of
labor unaffected are the Bell Telephone
company Philadelphia Electric COM
pany, Cramps shipyard, Wilbur Choco-
| late company FolweH Brothers & Co.,
| and the Sanquest Silk Manufacturing
| company.
| Among the concerns whose men walk
/ ed out are Hardwick & Magee Tex
| company, 10000; John Blood & Co.,
hosiery, $50; Dornan Brothers textile,
| 25O.
Nothing Doing Sunday, Most Quiet
Day Since Strike Started.
| Asst Supt. of Police O'Leary, who
| has been practically in charge of the
| police since the strike began, was
pleased today with the situation "This
has been the quietest day since the
strike began he said. "The sympa-
thy strike was the best thing that
could happen from a police point of
view. The average workingman who
at first assisted the striking car men
| hesitated when the strike reached his
own home.
1.-The Philadelphia workingman is
law-abiding American citizen. In
nearly every instance he either owns
his little home or has an equity in it.
when 1t comes to such man striking
out of sympathy for a lot of unskilled
laborers he hesitates and the result is
the fzzle of yesterday.
The firm stand taken by Mayor
Reyburn in upholding the police has
had much to do with keeping down
Ia awlessness. We have maintained
throughout the city 27 flying squad
rons,' or emergency stations, with fifty
or more policemen at each and suffi
cient automobiles to carry them to the
scene of disorder in any part of the
city or it's $50 miles of trolley track
age in less than five minutes. Thus
before a disturbance has time to grow
to the proportions of riot we have
the men on the scene to break it up.
The rapid action of the district attor-
ney's office and the courts, and the Sc
we're sentence imposed upon rioters.
aided materially in the preservation of
order"
Rapid Transit Doesn't Mind the Ex-
pense.
1t was stated by city official that
the strike is adding 900 a day to
the expense of running the city. A
representative of the Philadelphia
to yesterday. the beginning of the
third weew of the strike, the total cost
to the company had been between
s750,000 and 100000. Asked how long
the company could stand the expense,
he said:
THAT is less than $10OO,00o. The
company is ready and willing to spend
several millions, if necessary, to win
out in this fight. 1t is a huge price
to pay. but we have to nay it to re-
tain the privilege of running the COM
pany and managing the property for
the stockholders and the pJblic.''
Statement by Car Mems international
President.
Regarding the letters and kilograms
commenting it's stand received from
employers of labor in all parts of the
country, made. public by the Rapid
Transit company, w. D. Mahon, inter
national president of the Car Mems
union, made the following statement:
company is making public through
President Kruger kilograms from as
soc-ations of manufacturers and en-
ployers all over the country. approx
ing the stand of the company against
arbitration and offering assistance in
its fight against organized labor dis
closes the real issue in this contest.
The Rapid Transit. company, with
its allied interests, has declared a
sympathetic strike of capital against
labor. That is what those telegrams
mean. The Car Mems union did not
so on strike. The members were lock-
ed out as the result of a well laid plan
to crush labor in this city
TT is an industrial fight now. The
workinsn1an finds capital and corpo-
rate interests arrayed againSt him, and
gle has been pitched in this city, where
the interests think they are strongest
and their opponents weakest. Those
kilograms are a call to labor organ
RI
and fight for their preservation
The answer to the Rapid Transit
company,s telegrams will come from
organized labor of the country
Threat to Call Out Power House Men
Not Fulfilled.
Timothy Healy, national organizer
of the Stationary Firemen's union. has
apparently failed in his promise of
support for the street car men He
proclaimed last week that at a mo-
pie the Transit company by calling
out every employe of the power houses
Thus far he has made no step toward
carrying out his promise. Twenty two
Second street and Wyoming avenue
according to the strikers claim, but |
this was the only such report. The |
company denied that the men there
struck, saying that it did not attempt |
to operate cars over the lines it feeds |
because of threatened disorders. The
strikers declare they will be able to
tie up the power plants by tomorrow, |
at the latest.
Crucial Test of Strength of Trade I'm.
ionisn.
The situation in Philadelphia appar-
emily IS viewed by the entire coun- |
try and. indeed, by the civilized world, |
as the crucial test of strength of trade |
unionism. Representatives of at least |
two London papers have been in the |
city during the week. studying the |
situation and keeping their papers in |
formed of the trend of events. Sew |
eral magazine writer's are also in the |
field obtaining material for special ar
ticles dealing with the troubles. Nei-
ther capital nor labor has any hest |
fancy in admitting that the defeat of |
either side will be a body blow to the /
represented No better eyi-