The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-16
Demonstration Of Confidence In Girl Leader Miss Robinowitz Offers to Resign If Workers
 Desire
AFFIDAVITs SHOW
 WOMAN MALTREATED
Strike Breakers Apply for Work Tn Mills, But Few
 Are Experienced
By Our Stan Correspondent )

{By Our Stan CorreSpOnQent.)
 Shelton Jan. 16-Information today reached the textile workers at Shelton that arrangements had been completed to bring to Shelton a large force of strike breakers secured from recently closed mills in Philadelphia. Tnnne- diate steps to check-mate this move on the part of the factory owners was taken by Miss Matilda Rabinowitz. leader of the strikers. who petitfoned Simon Kneber, an I. W. W. worker Of that city. to spread the news of a strike broadcast.
 A labor meeting is to be held in So- kol haH Derby. tonight. at which i50 views of strike conditions in Fall Riv- CT, Mass, and Little Falls. N. F. win be shown.
 morning Miss Rabinowftz delivered an address in which she made public the l Einuuendos &ad aspersiohs cast against her Engagement nf the strike. offer ing to fesIgs unless her direction was considered to their best interests A. roI1sing demonstration of confidence was offered at the concIusion-
 New Haven Local No. 40. I. A., o. M., at their meeting last night made formal protest to be Forwarded to the Central Labor union of Boston against the action of Harry punder-
 
 ployment bureau (also secretary of the Central Labor Union) in forwarding a number of strike breakers to She1- ton.
 A meeting is scheduled for Friday, January g, of the Central Labor Union of Shelton, Derby and -Ansonfa, when it is believed the same action will be taken. Local 259 of Derby will act on the matter Monday night.
 It was learned this morning that four af1davits were sworn to yes- Iterday before Patrick B. O'Su1livan, counsel for individual strikers to be given to Prosecutor Shapiro in con- nection with the recent alleged beat ing of Mrs Joseph GIdwacki, 1a4 Center street, by Deputy Sherin Will liam Donovan They were signed by Mrs. G1owacki, Mrs. Annie Roska, Mrs. Mary Kruszeska, 45 Long Hill avenue, and Willie Pietreniask, of the same address.
 One of the affidavfts alleges that on Friday, January g, after Donovan had proceeded, he struck her three times. Another affidavit said that the woman would have fallen into the street if another woman had not caught her. Still another alleged that Officer John Donovan told the sheriff to "Give her a good kick, perhaps she will move faster if you do.'' The husband of 
 told him of the beating he hastened home and found his wife sick and that she remained in the same condition from Friday until Wednesday, under the care of Dr. M. A. ParIato.
 Criticism of Prosecutor Shapiro in having failed to take action against the officers cleared this morning when it became known that after listening to the strikers stories and disrniSsing the case as one lacking essentials for prosecution, he had again reopened the matter with Attorney O'Snllivan and had asked that witnesses be sent to his office for further questioning. He this morning, called O'Sullivan's of flee by telephone to ascertain why the witnesses had not been sent to him.
 Fourteen strike breakers arrived on a trolley car from Bridgeport last night and went into the plant, accord ing to the pickets. It was later re- ported that seven, Syrian speaking people, came out again and did not go to work Reports that t1lirtya oth- CTS were taken into the factory with out knowledge of the strikers is de- nied today at I. w. w. headquarters.
 Practically mo disturbance was rec orded last night or today with the ea- ception of stone throwing last night at strike-breakers' automobile, and this morning in the East End of Derby where a number of strikers surround l ed the house in which it was believed four strike-breakers were stopping. | Autom piles sent for their conveyance l were refused, and though the police 1 were called to protect the men on their way to work, when the police 1 arrived they declared they did not want to go to work and the autonao- bile was dismissed. The strikers were jubi1ant over their victory.
 Inquiry among the strikers, by I. w. 1 w emnlissaries, failed 70 disclose, it | is declared, any evidences Of extreme ] I5rivation among the striking workers 1 contributions from outside cities as well as those daily being received 1 from merchants and sympathizers in the adjacent towns coming to relieve the wants of those holding out.