The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-11
Kennedy Also ChargedMaster
Plumbers with Being in
Combination
LOYALTY URGED IF
STRIKERS RETURN
Clapp, Now Master Plumber, Unable
to See How Strikers Can Succeed
Said Masters Tried to Keep Men
Meeting Last Night.

BuSy-Meetlng Last Night.
The invitation of the striking
plumbers to have three Of the master
plumbers, a committee from the board
of trade and a representative Of The
Reformer meet with them at Union
hail on South Main street last evening
resulted in one master plumber, Pearl
7. Glapp and a representative of The
Reformer attending with Is journey
men and helpers. z. +. Kennedy,
chairman of the plumbers committee
which has organized the strike, pre-
sided at the meeting and did most OF
the talking.
4ir. Clapp, when called upon and in
answer to direct question, said that
he did not see, from what he had learn
cd Of the attitude Of the master
plumbers, how the iourneymen were TO
/ succeed iii their strike. He said that
/ he was between two fires in that he
| had signed the paper with the others
! and since that time had stepped into
i the ranks OF the master plumbers,
where he has yet to win his spurs.
! Although he had changed his habits
/ he had not changed his feelings, for
1 Ee had been workman too many
wears not to svmpathize with them
! lie said that he had told those con-
neeted with his establishment that iii
they came back there would be some
concessions. lie had hoped that 2
compromise would be possible
Mr.. Kennedy, in opening, said he
was disappointed i'm that Gully one Of
the master plumbers was present and
the board of trade had failed 20 have
interest enough in the matter to send
n committee of the board 8 own
choosing. lie declared that the plan
of such an open meeting to discuss the
grievances was without precedent, 50
far as he knew, in the country.
The master plumbers, he said, have
had three weeks to straightcn ont the
matters, but have taken no steps. The
iournevmen have more hardships III
the plumbing trade than ia any other
of the building trades. He bitterly
denounced one of the master plumbers
whom, he said, had been quoted a,
saving that the masters would starv,
: the journevmen back to work at the
] old terms.
} Mr.. Kennedy then pictured the con
dition of the journeymcn who 10 no
j have a half holiday or a sunday K
2 themselves without being subject I,
3 call = We want a half holiday, h,
said, that is our own TO 40 with a
I we please. He said he became chair
q man OF the committee BIZ appointment
e and had tried to 10 his best. III
urged all 10 trust one another and sal,
the situation is now UP to the jour
!. nevmen to stay out. Having take
the stand they must stick to it an,
a not let the master plumbers starv
n them into submission.
Wage prices in several places wer
quoted by Mr.. Kennedy, including -
i lem, where the journeyman s wage
s5.6S for day of eight hours an
Saturday half holiday; Boston, $6.4
!, for the same working time; Lynl
. $4.50; Holyoke, 1919 and Greenfel
$3.50 with the half holiday Saturda
to come later. He said he hoped
, vote would be taken to the effect tina
i the iourneymen viii not further wa
= upon the master plumbers, but L
N them 10 the negotiating in the futUr
II J ohm J. O'Neil said that if the
were to win they must stick togethe