Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-26
HATTERS WARNED
TO RESUME WORK
Orange Firm Will Hold Men Re-
sponsible in Case of
Monetary Loss.

As a result of the action of union
hatters calling off the men in de-
partment in e. Y. Connect & CO..
hat factories, in Orange, on Wednes-
day, because a foreman held UP some
work that was considered unsatisfac-
tory. the firm today issued formal
statement warning the unions and
the individual members that they will
be held responsible for monetary loss
if the work is not Immediately re-
sumed.
If the men are not at work by
Monday morning, 1t was stated today
by a member of the firm, the board
of arbitration, which includes State
Senator Austen Colgate, Robert
Drew. a hat manufacturer and Mi
chael Lawlor, a union officer, will be
called in session at once, and the
grievances laid before the officials by
the hating concern. Despite the dull
ness of the last several years, the
firm secured a batch of new orders
for immediate delivery and fear that
these orders will be countermanded
unless Immediately filled has caused
them to resort to drastic action.
The unions and men viii be In
formed OF the details of losses, and
while the firm feels it will be a hard
ship to prosecute the hatters, many
of whom are earning the barest of
wages, it Is determined the agree
ment with the hatters must be lived
up to.
The formal notice served to the
| hatters today by the firm is in part
as follows;
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the second sizers Cboth
hand and machine) in the hat factory
of the undersigned, in Orange Valley,
have, in violation of the arbitration
agreement made in 1909. stopped
work. and that such stoppage of
work was dcne under the direction
and under the orders of the officers
of the said local.
you are further notified that such
stoppage of work is a direct violation
of the said arbitration agreement,
which was in writing. signed by all
the manufacturers and all the locals,
as well as by the natioanl officers of
| the United Hatters of North America,
and that the said stoppage of work is
causing us a large money damage for
each and every day that the said
hand and machines lzers refuse to
work in our factory.
you are further notified that we
hereby demand that the said shops
crew shall be put back to work inn
mediately, and that the arbitration
agreement shall be lived up to.
You are further notified that I'M
less the said arbitration agreement is
lived up to we shall be obliged to take
| legal proceedings to enforce our
rights under the said agreement
against the said local and each and
every individual member of the said
| local"
Attention is also called by the firm
to the arbitration clause.
| An officer of the hatters' union to-
day gave the union mems version Of
the trouble at the Connect factory.
He declared. the hatters after five 10
six hours work, had earned less
than $1.50, and when the next day
nearly two dozen of the hats were
returned to them for more labor and
attention they declined to do the
work and quit. They later told their
officers. who supported their reasons
for refusing to tackle the hats a sec
ond time for the pittance offered
them.
I'VE have no trouble with the other
! factory owners, and we want none
with the Connect firm. But that
concern suffers from what has been
termed absentee owners" said the
union man. THE firm members are
in the factory for a few hours each
day, hence do not always know per-
sonally some conditions that exist IN
relations between foremen and the
employees"
Michael F. Green, one of the union
officers of the union. said he and
Thomas Cunneen. another officer.
spent three hours in the factory on
Wednesday trying to adjust the diff
ferences. but without avail. The firm
he said. has made no effort to come
to settlement expecting the men to
do something impossible,