Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-06-19

that he was firing of dealing with
the workmen.
Strike Breakers Are Ready.
He had given his ultimatum and
announced at $3.50 o'clock he would
sign a contract to bring about 300
strike breakers and guards here.
Some of them arrived this morning
and 200 more stand In readiness to
begin work at the necessary word.
Officials will most likely hold off
the strike breakers until the result
of the conference thie afternoon is
known.
Sixty Men Holding Out.
Indications are that the Barber
workmen will return at once If the
sixty men in the cooperage depart
ment are given slight increase.
Despite the fact that they receive
in the neighborhood of eighteen
cents an hour, and according to Mr..
Fowler are paid more than men in
similar departments of other plants
in this section, they feel that they
should receive an increase because
all other workmen in the plant re-
ceived one. This morning members
of the Board of Trade, through the
medium OF Father Gross, prevailed
upon the Barber concern to give these
men an increase to satisfy them and
thereby insure an end to the strike.
President l. c. Moore, Harry Con-
ard, Sidney Riddlestorffer. D. P.
Olmstead, S. NJ. Jacobsen, Louis
Kreielsheimer. George F. Reynolds
and Secretary George st. Andrassy
of the Board of Trade, conferred
with General Manager Fowler last
night. Prior to this they held
meeting and heard the situation de-
scribed by labor men and Acting
Mayor Garretson. The Board was
told that only a few men had been
raised in pay June /, and that the
Barber officials had baked on their
original offer of June 10, to grant
Smelling and Refining Company was
willing to grant.
Pay Roll is Exhibited.
A talk with Mr.. Fowler and exhi-
bition of pay roll and other records
proved that there had been a misun-
derstanding and that all men except
ing those getting more, had been in
creased in pay to seventeen and
half cents an hour. The Trade
Board members Immediately called
upon Arthur A. Quinn. vice presi-
dent of the International Brother
hood Of Carpenters and Joiners Of
America, who had spoken to them at
their meeting. He came to the office
of Mr.. Fowler with Special Organ
izer Joseph Tylkoff, of the American
Federation Of Labor. and seemed
surprised when confronted with con-
vincing records and told that all la
borers in the Barber asphalt works
received increases to seventeen and
a half cents an hour.
To Address the Men.
Mr.. Quinn declared the men>would
be assembled at 2:30 o'clock this af-
ternoon to hear the situation prop
erly explained and be urged to re-
turn to work. Mr.. Tylkoff will speak
to the men in their native languages
and thoroughly explain the sltua-
ton at the meeting being held this
Refused to Vote Yesterday.
1t greatly displeased the Barber
twice met and decided not to vote
on the proposition Of returning to
work at the new scale of seventeen
and a half cents an hour. Acting
Mayor Garretson met with the men
n the morning and again yesterday
afternoon. He produced ballots such
Is were used by the A. s. and r.
men and up to the time of voting
he men seemed eager to take a
ballot, but when the time arrived
hey refused to vote.
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