Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-20
LOCAL STRIKE
CRITICISED BY
UNION OFFICIAL
John F. Anderson Says Sloan
& Chace Strike Not Prop
erIy Handled.
"UNORGANIZED EFFORTS
ARE NEVER SUCCESSFUL"
Is Also Against Monday Morn
ing Walk-Outs-Wants Men
to Organize.

Declaring that the history of the
labor movement showed that few
strikes, unorganized, were ever car
ried to successful conclusion, John
F. Anderson, vice. president of the In
ternational Association of Machin-
lists, severely criticised the men who
engineered the strike at the Sloan q
Chace plant, which has been in prog
ress for two weeks. He also init
mated in his remarks that the strike
was lost to the worlImen, although
urging them to stick out for their de-
mands just the same.
"And I want to tell organizers out
side our union," said Anderson, that
from now on we will refuse to allow
our members to take part in any un-
organized strikes. We are opposed to
Monday morning walkouts.' Our
union has a definite plan for securing
the eight-hour day that is going to
be carried to a successful conclusion" +"
The meeting last night was held in
Oraton Hall, Broad and Bridge
streets, and in the words of Secretary
Hugh V. Reilly, business agent of the
association, was somewhat of dis
appointment in view of the enthusi-
asm which was shown at the previous
meeting, when everyone present stood
Up and said that he would bring at
least one new member to the next
meeting There were about 200 people
| in the hall when the meeting was
opened by Timothy McElligot, chair
man of the organizing committee of
Newark Local No. $40, International
Association of Machinists.
Secretary Reilly was the first
speaker. He said that the size of the
gathering was disappointment. in
comparison with the meeting held
partly be due to the fact that many
of the local manufacturers had noti-
| fed their employees through the fore
man that if they were seen at the
meeting they would lose their jobs.
This is especially true of the Split
dorf Company" he asserted, "in which
shop the worlmen were told that if
they attended the meeting they would
be discharged.
Scheme to Prevent ReprisaIs.
The speaker urged that all work
men in the shops where they were
being watched to prevent them from
| joining the union, to send in their ap-
plications by mail to the organizer.
Mr.. Reilly told the gathering OF
what he considered splendid results
that had been achieved in other cities
in this State i'm securing the eight
hour day and said that there was no
time like the present for getting to-
gether and making a demand upon the
bosses.
There is a demand for skilled
workmen throughout the country"
he said, land plenty of work to be
done, and united move on the part
of the machinists will bring results" F"
Secretary Reilly referred to the
Sloan e. Chace strike as an unor-
ganized effort to secure recognition
and said that If 1t was not for the
members of the association who were
active in the strike, IL would have
been broken long before this time.
Say Men Are Indifferent.
Vlce-President Anderson, who fol-
lowed Reilly, did not mince words In
saying that the indifference of the
local machinists in the present eight
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