The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
SHELTON ACTS AS BOROUGH 10
 END BIC STRIKE
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uIdly WG0txS. f1S QGCHare0 the con duct of the strangers known as the BlI1rnenthal, or O,B4aen guards, vEasF scandal to tIre cofnfnunity and intro dllced a resolution calling for theil restraint, or their being ordered from the town.
 He asked Warden Barlow why hs had not aPpointed residents of sShe1toT to exercise police duty instead of i'm porting special deputies. and Barlow replied that he had no such autaaority Beardsleys took Issue, and quoted law. which he claimed empowered the war den to, swear, in residents Of Shelton for police dutysz
 It was in this connection that he inquired as to the expenses of tns town When Warden Barlow told thu meeting that the Shelton officers wer, receiving pay at the rate Of ss pel day, and the special deputies were gettipg s6s50 per day there was a how of protest.
 How many men are now on duty 2
 There are at present P deputies five local police and F special police said he.
 MT BeardsIey's motion, on whicf there was acrimonious debate, was a follows:
 Whereas: Tile employees of the
 Sidney Blum eEtfla1 company laav-
 ing been on strike for the last ten
 weeks, for. better wages, shorter
 hours, better working conditions
 and terms of employment and,
 Whereas: The sidney B1unnen-
 thai company having bFeught into
 the Borough of Shelton a n41niber
 of deteGtfves and guards for the
 purpose of guarding the property
 of said company, and,
 Whereas. We believe that the
 presence of these men upon the
 public highway is menace to the
 peace and quiet of the Borough of {
 Shelton, that their presencef may
 cause riot atany time, and s.ss Whereas:s We: believe that the I regular police force Of the .Bor7
 ough of Shelton and such addi-
 tions as the warden may appoint.
 under the Borqugh Charter. arel
 capable Of Handling the present
 situation pr any that may arise.
 Be it Resolved: That we, the
 freemen Of the Borough of Slael- ton in Thorough meeting assembled,
 do hereby demand that the guards
 Of the Sidney Blum nenthal Co. be
 kept within the property of said
 company, or that they be ordered
 to leave said Borough Of Shelton.
 and, 51sss # ~ \
 aBe it further resolved; That we
 hereby gslarantee ample protec-.
 tfon to every person in the Bof-
 ough of Shelton through the duly s authorized police forces of the $ Borough Of Shelton and the coln- -uty of FairAel4- also to the prop
 erty1ofszevery person in said bor-
 ougt.
 The Shelton voters regarded the res ois1tions as a lLttIe too radical and vol eci to table them. Believing one O MT .Beardsieyss sallaess, W ifdsIn Hea ley moved that Mfr. Beardsley be. del egated to settle the strike. But tn presented itself, and the result of tn meeting was the appointment Of tn scommit ttee of five, on. motion Q Charles MpttraIp. sis sz44zss#5.
 The co4n1nittee agreed to wait ol the strikers committee this forenoon and to see the Blunenthal people thi afternoon
 v The strikers sttH adhere to the 20 ss4ion that before they consent to re turn there must be a discussIon q their grievances, while until now tn mill has maintained that the striker ---or- some of tlern--wfl i'll be taken DacA a nd their grievances ad1usted later.
 While the borough meeting was T progress last night, the Central i1aspo Union Of Ansonias Derby nd s91eito' 2 was in session and there was a meel ing of the Socialist party. at both 2 which gatherings the strike fonulltloh s9 were discussed at length.
 As a result of the agreement mads among the eomnnittee last night tWe Of the members. Beardsiey and Pres- ton. conferred with the strikers com mittee this mornipg, and peIoFe . z : ing for the Blilnsnthal plant this af- ternoon said that they were cenhdena . settlement could be effected. now that the sentiment of the communits has been reflected in concrete ac- ton. A
 Considerable anu usement prevailed IT legal circles here today when story cif.c,11ated of the experience of At torney Howard B. Peek, president o' the Derby and shelton Board of Trade Some Of his fraternal associates de clare Peckss bravery, sas shown by h1s action Of last night entities him tt consideration by the Carnegie Herf Commission.
 Peck, visited the strikers. hall last night and asked the privilege of the floor. This whs granted. Then he asked the tussah workers, forty of whom swere the first to quit work al the inception Of the strikes to go bacE to work, Thus he said the strike could be brought to an end. Just what NIT. zH3CKS GSA0 III l111lt4s LIZ St4 CTS didn't learn, for there was such a. storm when he voiced these senti- menfs that he lied in disrnay. Peck narrowly escaped with his life, accord ing to the story cirouIated at his ex- pehse about the streets of Derby and Shelton today
 At the C. l.. gJ meeting last night Mayor Sullivan of Derby delivered a brief address. He said he would moi interfere with thea meetings of the strikers in any of the fhalls in Derby so long as the meetings continue te be peaceable. William Larkin, nt Bridgeport. organizer and business agent of local No. 30, I. A. M, ad- dressed the meeting
 One of the interesting evelopments of the meeting was the appearance of a. well known Derby merchant whose trade has suffered visibly since the strike began, because of what he deems is concerted effort to with draw patronage from him. He got the privilege of the floor to explain thai he didn't want to have remarks