Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-25
JEWErT CITY

Strike in Asplnook Bieachery Incited
 by Organizers of !. w. W.-Seven
 in Town Persuading Operatives to
 Remain out-Manager o. L. Johnson |
 Ready for Square Deal, but No De- 1
 mand Has Been Made.
 At the AspIneok bIeachery, Friday | afternoon, there were between two and | three hundred men out, or nearly 20 per cent. of the operating force of the plant Friday night the plant shut down indefinitely,
 The strike started Tuesday when demands for an increase in wages were made by the back tenders of their over seer George Meeller, the boss printer o. L. Johnson, Jr.. the manager, was then in New York When he arrived home Wednesday there were many more men out. with several I. w. w. men in town, encouraging the strik- CTS. Thursday more men went out, and Friday still more. until conditions were as stated Friday night
 MT. Johnson says that since his re- turn from New York no demand of any sort has been made of him, nor i has he been approached in any way by | the strikers He maintains that wages paid here are the same as for like classes of work In similar concerns. i After the first news of the strike l reached Mr. Johnson in New York he issued orders that an immediate in- vestigation be made as to the pay in other concerns on the same plane as | the Aspinook, and said Where we pay less l will make 1t the same and where we are paying more 1 will let it stand"
 The men in some departments claim they are underpaid, while some who are out have no fault to find with their personal wages.
 Friday night there were no less than seven l. w. w. men in the borough,
 making personal canvasses, talking to
 knots on the street, or harangung
 crowds at the mill gates.
 Children's Exercises at Missionary
 Meeting.
 The WOman's Home Missionary so-
 ciety of the Congregational church
 held it's meeting in the vestry We'd
 nesday afternoon. There were over
 fifty present Mrs. E. A. Faust pre-
 sided and conducted the devotional ex-
 ercises. There were several readings.
 Mrs. Charles Wolfe read of the na-
 tive church among the immigrants;
 Mrs. c. H. Jennings told of two schools
 for the training of foreigners, the Am
 erican International college at Spring , field, Mass. and the Schauff1er Train ing school at Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. F. F. Burleson read an item entitled On : a Million a Year Mrs. F. E. Robinson told about establishing an immigrant station; Mrs. H. N. Wheelock told of a f newly formed organization, the Amer 1 ican Immigration and Distribution . league, at 90 Church street, New York city. Mrs. G. W. Robinson had pre-
 pared a pretty exercise for the chil- dren, called America Sweet Land Oi t | Liberty. On the platform was an 7 arch, beneath which was a gate in red white and blue AS a march was play . ed, ten American children wearing f shoulder sashes of the national colors 8 and carrying flags, marched around d the room and on the platform behint - the gate. Then came the foreign chil r. dren, dressed in all kinds of old clothe Q and carrying flags to represent tn, s different countries from which the, 5. came. Each child told why he or sh d came to this country, after two song e were sung. Eleanor Stetson was - Polish girl Gerald Wolfe a Syrian boy Q Anna Littlefeld a Bohemian girl, Joh n Heidelberg a Greek. Alice Moore
  = ert Hogg 8 Russian Jew, WilliaI n Marshall Slavic boy Ethel Thomp e son an Italian, and Bessie Thompso 1 a French girl. Three American chil n dren welcomed them, Isabel Marshal g. Mary Heidelberg and Emma Campbell q Alice Shaw opened the gate for ther Q to pass through, giving each an Ameri |: can flag. The other children were El S. len, Edward and Harold Faust, Way n land Stetson, John Burdick and liar l. ry Paul. Rev. J. w Payne, who wa
 present. dismissed the audience Tn
 children were assisted in singing b
 Ruth Stewart Bessie Beardwood. Len
 Hunt, Andrew McNicol and Everei Hiscox. Jr.
 Officers of M. E. Aid Society.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth 2, odist church held its annual meetin lg on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Peter Mo Tt Arthur was elected president, Mrs s. R. Robertson vice president, Miss AliC ed Young secretary and treasurer an Is, Mrs. G. H. Thornton name solicitor. Id Sunday Services.
 l. Sunday morning at the Methods le church, Rev. w. S. McIntire, field se' s. retary for Connecticut and Rhode Il lana DOTQ Lay league OA -NeN AAht o- land, will occupy the pulpit. In Il ne evening Rev. Samuel Thatcher's sul 1o ject is The Great Image.
 sn Rev W. H. Canes morning topic as the Congregational church is Fig ea for Life-a greater struggle than evt ca that of the sixties. The evening sul
 ject is The Power of the Glorious VI
 ion-the influence of the people oi
 meets every day. There will be patr es otic anthems sung at both services. as At the Baptist church. Rev. F. ' es Potter's morning topic is The Chri u- tian's Observance of the Sabbath. or 3.8o there will be a special memori as service for the soldiers, MT. Pottel ty subject being Men Who Should cn Held Tn Honor.
 sd, Rev. L. w. Frink of Norwich W at speak ct the Pachaug church Sunda IT. Mrs J, Fl. Mclaughlin and daught he Elizabeth have gone to Baltimore, N re for 8 month.
 rd Dr A. Richards has recovered fire