The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-15

this city tomorrow the SlT1kS VOtS O1 the machinists is to be taken at the machinists' club on Cannon street at 8 o'clock Friay night
 | While J. J. Kepp1er, first -vice-pres- ident of the Machintsts was out of ] town today and could not be reached in an effort to ascertain how far back this naovemeriti had been planned, other high labor officials including J. 1 A. Johnston, first vice president of the Structural Iron Workers Union who said This strike as have pre- v1ous1y tntimated is likely to he one of the biggest Bridgeport has ever seen. It's significance is far reach ing as it involves national labor prob lens.'s
 Though the Remington M. c. Of ffciaIs yesterday attempted to fore ] stall such an action by reducing the schedule time by two hours in accord ance with union rules, they will un- doubtedIy be tied up with the other factories owing to the technical grounds of the striking nni1lwrights ! who are the keystone of the strike arch.
 Won't Invoke E,noa.
 Fred Enos, head Of the local Board of Trade, has not as yet been appealed to in an effort to effect a settlement 1 of the strike conditions Labor lead l CTS yesterday had indicated their in$ tention of making this move but it is positively asserted today among the various labor organizations represent would be unavailing on jurisdictional matters pertaining strictly to the American Federation of Labor.
 Additional Precautions.
 The Bridgeport Arms division of the Remington U. M. c. company is talk Ing additional precautions to protect their property having erected nearly  west side of the plant so as to illurnt- nate the entire western fence bound ary Of the coppany's property.
 Hard Day For Grefst.
 It was a hard day for George e. Grefst, superintendent of the Stewart Construction Company. Conference after conference was held Sin his of fee, beginning with the delegation of five Ini1Iwrights who went to his office | to explain their demands in striking in sympathy with the 1ronworkers- 1 Though an effort to get them to re- turn to the work and thereby con tinue the work of installing machinery i which is practically at a. standstil1 no agreement was reached, but another conference was arranged for 4sSo I o'clock this afternoon. The de1ega- l ton from the hoisting engineers was next in line and they stated their in- tention of calling out the 25 men now at work on the plant. It is expected that they will go out before nightfa1l, in which event the raising of brick and lumber from the ! ground to higher elevations will stop, | throwing out of employment the many bricklayers and carpenters now en- gagged to the number of about 1.500. ] It is said that the hotsting engineers 1 are in sympathy with the structural tironworkers with whom they are aI- lied in the metal trades.
 Kane Scores NTflIwzighfs.
 Carpenters and Joiners Union said that | today there were but $50 carpenters | employed on the works, and again reiterated, his statement. that it was a sshame that this strike should have been called upon plant where the heads were willing to pay full union ! wages and grant union time.
 ttIt is not a question now of whether 1 the rniI1wrights will ever get back into the Carpenters union that they have left but whether. those who struck on this job will ever get back into any union"
 o. L. D. Takes Action.
 At a meeting of the Central Labor union last night the question of the stroub1e at fne Bridgeport Arms divt- sion of the Remington U. Mr c. com pany was introduced with the result I that it was decided to submit the af- fair to thoseSat the head of the Amer
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