Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-06
CROKER WHEELER
EMPLOYEES MET
BY ORGANIZERS
Agitators Start Activities to
Provoke Another Demand
for Eight-tIour Day.
ONLY FIFTY MEN AT WORK
AT SLOAN & CHACE SHOPS
President Threatens to Sell
Business and Refuses to
Hear Committee.

odohlCoo dilu NSluS6S 10
Hear Committee.
The attempt of officials of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Metal
Workers to organize the employees OF
the Crocker- Wheeler plant at Ampere
at noon-day meeting today. the re-
fusal of Peter Weber. president OF
the Sloan d Chace Company to meet
a committee of the men on strike at
that plant. and the determination of
the men TO ask for wage increase in
addition to shorter hours If the COM
pany fails to meet their demands be-
fore tomorrow noon, and the settle
ment of a strike of the garment work
ers in two. shops were the develop
ments in the local labor field today.
A noon-day meeting of the en-
ployes of the Crocker- Wheeler Com
panys plant at Ampere was held to-
day at the corner of Springfield ave-
nue. and Thirteenth street.
The meeting was addressed by
Charles Heyde, general secretary of
the International Brothe Mood of
Metal Workers, the organization
which is in charge of the strike at
the Sloan & Chaee plant.
1t was estimated that there were
between 500 and 600 present at the
meeting, the great majority being
employees of the Ampere plant.
Heyde told the workers of the gem
eral demand being made through the
country for an eight -hour day, and he
urged the Crocker- Wheeler employees
to make demand for working day
of that length at the rate of wages
they were now receiving.
The men were told that another
meeting would be held at noon on
Monday, when a vote would be taken
as to whether they wanted a shop
meeting called for the purpose OF
drawing up demands to be presented
to the firm. Carl Larsen, organizer
of the Information Brotherhood OF
Metal Workers, stated that a large
number of the Crocker4 Wheeler EN-.
ployes were already members of the
organization.
At Sloan & Chace's.
The strike of tne machinists at tn,
factory of the Sloan & Chace Manu-,
featuring Company. al Thirteenth
street and Sixth avenue, continued
today with both sides declaring they
were satisfied with results to date
About fifty employees, practically al
skilled men known in the trade as
'specializers," were at work today
out of force of about $50. No at
tempt being made to keep the shop
going at night.
The appointment of a new shop
committee by the metal workers of
the Sloan & Chace shops, and the de-
cision to ask for an increase of 10
per cent. in wages, if the strikers de-
mands for an eight hour day were
not granted by tomorrow noon. were
the features of the meeting of the
strikers which was held at Smith s
Hall. corner of Fourteenth street and
Sixth avenue, this morning.
The appointment of the new com
mittee was brought about by the sug-
gestion that there were several men
among the strikers who were more
qualified to present the demands of
the men to the company than those
who were members of the committee,
and who could give<better argument
as to why the demands of the men
should be granted when they met the
company officials in conference. The
threatened demand for an increase in
wages was suggested as a possible
means of effecting a speedy settle
ment of the strike.
The new committee visited the shop
to see Peter weber, president of the
concern, but was informed that Mr..
Weber was out of town. William
Weber told the committee that his
brother would not deal with the men
while they were on strike, but if they
returned to the shop he would hold
conference with them relative to a
change in the working hours. The
committee told Mr.. Weber of their de-
cision to ask sor a 10 per cent. in
crease in wages unless their demands
were granted by tomorrow noon, and
then returned to strike headquar-
terS.
Previous to the visit of the COM
mittee to 'the shop, Charles Braun.
one of the strikers, stated that he had
been informed by one of the firm that
the reason Mr.. Weber would not deal
with the strike committee was be-
cause he did not know any of the
men, and Braun stated that he
though it would be a good idea to
place a number of the older work
men whom Mr. Weber knew person.
ally on the committee to go and see
him The suggestion did not meet
with the approval of the strikers.
Report of Picket Committee.
The report of the picket committee
showed that one of the men who went
on strike yesterday had returned to
the shop this morning, and that the
ranks of the strikers had been in
creased by two foremen who came
out when they were asked to go to
work on one of the machines in the
plant. The plant did not open last
night at all, although several Of the
men picketed the streets in the vi
cinity of the works all night. Every
stranger who appeared near the plant
today was given a card announcing
that there was a strike in progress
al the plant.
Organizer Carl Larsen, Of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Metal
Workers. who is in charge of the
strike, stated that any attempt made
by the Sloan & Chace company to
have work completed at other shops
in Newark would be stopped by the
union by declaring a strike in the