The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-23
SHAPIRO NOW TRYING ID END SHEL TON. STRIKE Has Long Conference on Situa- ton With Executives of
 Blumenthal Plant. c. l.. U. WILL HEAR OF
 EFFICIENCY SYSTEM Labor Men will Meet Tonight More Instances of Bru-
 tality of Special
 Officers.
By Our staf ooqrespondent.,

shelton, Jan 23.-Joseph Shapiro, prcsecuting attorney Of the Shelton town court was ctoseted for a. long time yesterday with Fritz Stolzenberg, the superinfendent of the Sidney Blu menthal & Co. textile mills here, with a view to bringing about a. settlement of the strike that is now in it's tenth lreeaz-
 had visited the plant for the purpose Of going over the strike Situation with the officials of the concern. and said he was hopeful that something could be done He added that there was not likely to be any immediate result forthcoming. but that in a few days there might by something Of interest fo dfscaose Sidney BIumenthad, pres ak7ert of the company. was not in the rcngerence. but besides MT Stolzen- terv there were several others holding xeeutiv positions waeh the plant
 win a view to terndnating the trosa- ,h1et if possib1e's said 1Tr- Shapiro to Taae Farmer. today
 Aired c Baldwin, counsel TOT Frank Pinto. the bartender now under *s.6oo bail for attacking Alex Hav- rillla- will introduce evidence to snoM tt7nE HavrzlIaz was demented before 4ne beating. Harrilla remains in the 1FIdd1etown asylum, while Pinto IS 1odEed in the Bridgeport saHs Tn de- fz.1It of bail of s5s0o0. His friends are stzn striving to raise the neces- nary bail
 There was furry or excitement at the east end of the bridge from He<bv to Shelton this afternoon when fu-o men. returning to work. were 1n- tercepted by about a score of strikers The Derby police dispersed the croWus mnn the men turned back to their homes. abandoning the idea Of fur fhe< work in the mill today
 Hast night, 41Efla SHiafek. of Hous- nto1ic- azeHAes Darb5s young woman. who returned to work in the mills xrah sent by her sister, Mrs. John, Krnmnak. 142 Main street, Derby. to a store In Caroline street rTN-r her home Strikers saw her and sur rounded the store Stones were thrown at the girl, also at her sister who soon appeared on the scene Chief OrDel1 sent police 10 the scene and the crowd scattered Mrs John CmmpIa, owner of the house, then expressed fear that the strikers would Etone the homes and she sought to have the family move out at once
 LdgEna WarretE Main street. Der hy. wants the Shelton authorities to stop the brutality. of the mill guards and the special police. He claims that. o11a of the New Haven sup pernum er- Rrw cops beat him so that he has been unable to work for several days This Es one of several instances of com pEsznts of brutality by the outside au- thcr1t1es who are being highly paid fo eprotecti' the citizens of Shelton.
 One of the mill guards went out Of town yesterday so badly crippled that Ne was unable to carry his grip. The
 1rY prevailed here today that he was missing when the superiors of the guards looked the squad over. and that he was found in an intoxicated condition and beaten by one of the Euperiors- The beating was so se- were that he couldn't carry his be- longinEs-