The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
Other Concerns Affected.

otnef CONCERNS AuecteOs
Factories holding ~sub-contracts from
the Remington company II which
might be affected are.
Harris Engineering Company Billiard
Machine Tool Company. which with the
Bryant Electric Company and the Har-
vey Hubbell Company to-day promised
an eight hour day to employees Coulter
4 McKepzie Company standard
Manufacturing Company Gaynor Manu-
featuring Company Bridgeport Brass
Company Smith and Egge Manufacture
ing Company Bridgeport Engineering
Company Remington Yost Company {.
Bruel Manufacturing Company Baird
Machine Tool Company Columbia Nut
and Bolt Company Burns & Bassick
Company Bassick Machine Company /,
Automatic Machine Company. and sew
eral others, about twenty-five in all.
\ strike of the machinlsts will bring
with il a sympathetic strike of all the
members OF the metal trades, about eigh-
teen bodies In all. Even before the meet
ing tonight. arrangements had been
made to marshal the union forces
throughout the Bennington plant and the
factories on subcontracts. The labor
leaders will have "A man in each plant
who can be relied upon to call out the
workmen at n signal from his chief, II
me entire tOl1IpNflSs 10
ever, and the union demands are granted.
Keppler said tonight, II will be a settle
ment Of the most complicated situation
he has had to deal with In fifteen years
experience.
j. J .Keppler. international vice.
president of the Association of Machin-
lists. on whom rests the threatened gen.
eral strike, and John a. Johnson, vice.
president of the International Associa-
ton OF Bridge and structural iron
Workers, who attended the New York
conference with Gompers, threw down
the gauntlet TO Major Walter G.. Pen
field. general manager of the Remington
Arms and Ammunition Company. as
sorting that he could settle the issue
peaceably in twenty-four hours.
Major Penfeld, however, refused to
take the challenge. Personally and
through his representative. John NJ.
French, he insisted that the Remington
ompan has no labor troubles and will
not be dragged into the matter to settle
n family row between the labor men.
He passed the issue to the Stewart COM
pany. saving that an Investigation had
proved to him that the order to the
millwrights to join the carpenters union
the order which brought on the pres
ent diniculty-had not come from a
Remington official.
Puts Issue to stewart Concern.
1--WE shall take no cognizance of the
matter said Mr.. French for Major
Penheld, until our W men go on
strike. This matter is entirely one for
the Stewart company. III We were 10
side with the machinists we would lose
the carpenters, and vice versa. We are
between the devil and the deep blue sea,
But our own men are working regularly
and unless the Stewart company does
not finish our new buildings as per con-
tract We have nothing To do with the
case. Major Penfield refused to take uT
the question with the labor leaders yes
terday.' .
General Superintendent George }
CREST of the Stewart company met q
delegation of the striking miilwrights
to-day. Different versions of the con
ference resulted. The millwrights lei
with the understanding that everything
would be $ tiled by Monday. They sale
they were told to hold their hundred-odo
men together. and they so reported to q
meeting this afternoon. While theS
we're taking with Mr.. Greist upward OF
a dozen millwrights employed on another
Remington plant, the old Read Carpe'
Company, which is being rebuilt FOL
rifle barrel making, walked out.
Sees settlement by Monday.
Mr.. Crest told the newspaper me
that he thought everything would l.
settled Nv Monday and that the statu
of the nlllwrights would be determines
by the labor leaders. lie added tina
he was mot going to settle anybod
else's scrap" He said ne Thought III
men would see the wisdom OF Keel
ing "the best Jobs they over had IL
denied that he had given orders to n.
superintendent, a, Il. Taylor, to te
the millwriehts to Join the carpentcr'
union, although one of the millwrgh
foremen asserted positively That TaS
lor. when he ordered them last Frida
to Join tn. carpenters or quit. said II
got orders from higher vi.
Keppler and Johnson when they can
pack from New York were bite
against Major Penfield.
II have come here TO stay until tN
war is over" said Keppler. w hol
Major Penheld responsible for III
trouble and we propose 10 call our 81