New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
|C()RBIN SCREW SHOP HIT HARD, ONLY 200 
 REPORT FOR WORK
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ss5trs < - tomorrow morning at Turner. hall al
 10 o'clock at which 1t is expected that
 President Johnston of the 5Interna. tional Machinists Association of Amer. ica will be the principal speaker. Prior to the opening of this morn ina,s meeting young man who evi- dently brides himself in his oratorica1 powers, mounted the stage an an nounced that no reporters would be s admitted to the meeting. He said if they appeared in the hall they were to be shown the door, and if this pro-
 cedure did not have it's desired effect they were to be thrown out.
 ~T Street Parade.
 The city had it's first view of a labor street parade of strikers this morn ing, when over 200 of the striking g A employees of the New Britain Machine company met at their hall in Beloin's s block, Church street, and formed a parade of two men platoons and marched to the meeting of the Corbin 5 Screw corporation strikers. Many of ! the strikers refused to join in the pro- cession, choosing to walk on the side walk It was a well behaved crowd and no disorder prevailed, the men paying strict attention to the ofders of the leaders. VI
 Striking Molders Return.
 What appears to be the breaking n of the backbone of the strike at the Annex of the P. & F. Corbin com- paGy, occurred this morning when the striking molders at the foundry who went out early last week, return- ed and commenced work again. This \ information was given reporters this .. morning by Vice President c. B. Parsons Union men and those in terested in the strike when asked con- cerning the matter denied that this was a, fact MT. Pease also stated that the places of the striking foundry < helpers had been filled. There have been no further demands made and everything was working smooth E " today. MT. Parsons and Super N intendent Fletcher spoke to the men S early this morning.
 Girls Back at c. c. IL.
 A number of the girl strigers at the Corbin Cabinet Lock company returned to work this morning leav- ing about twenty eight still out. The strikers are employees of Foremen Davis and Whites departments and. according to the officials, they had made no demand for increased wages or any concessions.
 Machinists Returning.
 The opening of the Weeks work s at the New Britain Machine company < shoWed an increased force, accord ing to Treasurer H. H Pease. He said he estimated that 100 or more men have returned to work, but a number of these men were never con-5 sidered strikers, having simply dis continued work with the others. He said the present force was about 25O. He also said that there had been no n9W demands or concessions made by either side, and the situation as far as the company was concerned show z ed no change.
 The strikers at the plant have en- tered general denial to the rumors X that the men are returning, and in timate that their ranks show an in creased number instead of a decrease.
 Union Works Busy.
 The foundry force at the Union ,,. Manufacturing company was doubled < thg morning by the return of a num- Der of the striking molders who went out last week. President Corbin said that the force was greatly increased today and that there was no new de- velopments
 S NO lEOuDlc at N. (E J. Despite the rumors that have been afloat over Sunday that general strike would be called at North & x Judd's Manufacturing company today, 1t failed to materliaze and conditions remain the same. The foundry is still closed down with no signs of reAaming immediately.
 At the Stanley oWrlxs
 4 the Stanley Works today stated that there was no trouble of any nature at the factory. It had been rumore5 tl9at strike was impending. but. it evidently failed to materialze. v Ready to Compromise? It is said the Machine company is ready to compromise with it's strik- CTS. For a short time previous to Y the strike, the night force received a lbonus of twenty per cent. It is said E the company is now willing to put three eight-hour shifts to work and < give the men in each shift a bonus. It was rumored on the street today that 8 conference had been planned between the officials and a com Gittee of, the strikers. No confirma- tion of this could be secured, Treas urer Pease branding it as false
 Paint Factory Windows.
 At the F. & F.. Corbin plant yes terday workmen were engaged in giv- ing the inside of the panes of glass in the press room windows a coat of paint. It was from this room 0p0hat number of girls struck last week and the paint renders it impos- sible for outsiders to look into the