The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-24
Completion of Vast Building Work, Halted By Labor Troubles, Now Promises to Be Realized At Record Speed Keppler Promises Signed Agreements.

With a meeting of the Bridge port Local, No. 30, of. the I. A. M. tonight, to vote to call off the strike at the Remington plants-a move that was pre- dicted to-day as practically eer- tain by the labor leaders Rridgeport's strike is about at an end
 To-day the structural iron workers voted to call off their strike, and on Monday morning they will be back at work on the monster buildings that were be- ing rushed to completion for the Remington Arms & Ammu milton Co, before the strike was called
 Good feeling prevails in un- ion circles to-day at the pros pect of a general eight hour day in Bridgeport machine work as a result of the strike
 
 aHondak morning, according to 3ndica-' 4ions and partial action taken today, the eight hour day and jurisdictiona1 disputes being settled at least for the time being
 The Remington companies will be in the position of having the gratitude of union labor as being the first of the big New England manufacturers to accede to inc eight hour demands and there win be no question but that all the needed labor in the future will be instantly supplied by the labor heads.
 Bridgeport will gain by the fact that while England is taking all nachinistS that can be secured from America un- der eight hour conditions and good pay, the action of the Remington Arms organizations will supply the best class of mechan7cs to this city who will bring his family here and make permanent homes.
 It is asserted by the labor heads that following the war there will be no dinninution of the work at the big plant because of the fact that America will be called upon to practically make all the machinery needed in England and Germany and that these plants s717 the big force of machinists which will be drawn here during the year 1915 will gets its share of the business.
 The settlement of the strike was ar ranged by J. J. Kepp1er. head of the International Association of Machin- tsts, assisted by J. A. Johnston, head America. It required. ratification by the Remington Arms 6 Ammunition company, the Stewart Construction company and the MachinIsts', Iron workers and Cafpenters' Unions.
 These details were concluded in New York on Thursday night and the American Federation conference in this city yesterday had nothing what soever to do with the settlement other than to inquire into the fact and set its seal of approval upon the demands.
 A Seperate tentative agreement covering the Jurisd1ctionaI dispute over the mil1wrfghts was entered into between the Ironworkers', Machinists' and Carpenters unions on Thursday, whereby the mi11wrights could also go back to work on Monday, it being agreed that the terms of the Sa n Francisco convention should be the basis Of a future definite agreemen It was further agreed that in reaching 2 this definite agreement to jurisdic- ton, should any differences of opinion arise as to the interpretation of the San Francisco agreement signed in January, 1915, the American Feeder ation of Labor should act as tF7e med tator in determining that in-~1preta- ton.
 The signing of this separate agree nent involved not only the signatures of the three unions involved but the Stewart Construction company and
 the Remington Arms & Ammunition company as well. as pending the set tlement the work of installing ma- chinery would have to be paid for by the individual companies.
 Though the signatures of the con fracting parties were not to be af- fixed formally until a late hour this afternoon, so. certain is the full settle n1ent that the ironworkers in commit tee and convention today fully srati- lied the agreement and will be at the works bright and early Monday morn