The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
MACHlNlSTS IN
 TWO MEETINGS
 ON 8-H0UR PLAN
Executive Committee Pre- pares Reports and Union
 will Make Program.
WORK STILL HALTED
 AT MACHINE SHOPS
Amicable Adjustment of Present Strikes Expect
 ed At Once.

Termination of the labor troubles in general of the plants which be- came inNolvH1 with the Remington plants strike. is expected to result from an executive committee meet ing. at so clock this afternoon, and craft, ats o'clock tonight, in the Ma chfnists' hall, Cannon street.
 Satisfied with the conditions pre- vaming in the Remington plants. and with assurances hat future difficulties there will be obviated lby a more com CT and emp1oye, the nnaehinists are giving thought. now. to the working conditions in factories outside of the Remington plant, and the meetings today and tonight will sfbe devoted chiefly to discussion of ways and means to bring into being the eight hour day. which becomes effective in the Remington plants on Monday.
 Determination to get the eight hour day through out the city was express ed by d number of the leaders. especi- ally John J. Keppler, the strike lead CT and international vice president of the organization. The nachinists ex- lpect toni hit to have satisfactory working conditions arranged in most. if not aM of the plants where strikes are now in progress, and are hopeful that work may be resumed in these plants. by Monday at the Iatest-rE
 An interesting feature seen fbyt1hose who profess to be in close touch with the situation h fire is the probability that nachinists caIled-out on strike from the BT4dgepofe factories will at plant or sent to other cities where there is crying need for good men.
 J .Kepp1er. when asked today if this was the ultimate aim in de- manding the eight-hour day general 1yi refused to either confrnni or deny fl. saving, The future deyslepr praepts alone can teII what trend the r1ove- n1en Nsi1 take can, however, say tafs Bridgeport manufacturers and merchants today have the opportunity of making this city a greater factor in the industrial world than ever be- fore in it's history. I believe that the Remington Arms Go. has come here to be permanent addition to the community, as its treatment of la bor and desire to baaild permanent homes for it's employees shows con cIusively. If the other nanufactur- CTS in this city who have for many years given their employees a ten hour day. while elsewhere the nine hour day has been in force. and have taken Ing their profits cannot see the light
 
 see where they are going to gain a golden harvest through the ad ditionaI contracts thalt will How here ehrough tho confidence of the big nlunition plants that no labor troubles will ex- 1st. then. of course, the many will lose through the attitude Of tine few 's
 For the first time during the re- cent troubles here the name of the LocomobIIe Company of America. has entered seriously into the dispute. All throughout labor circles discussion was held over an alleged attempt to keep machinists in the employ of that company through the medium of a. pension system
 This system it is declared contem- plates continuous work over a period of thirty successive years before it is granted In commenting upon such a course, one high labor official today said tsHhen it is considered that many large companies today will not Rccept a rnachfnist who is over 45 years of age, any sinpIe-minded man will realize that an emp1oye of a company granting pensions after 30 years. will have to begin in his early beyhood days and work under any and all conditions to gain the reward. The average man will die, before he gets ft.'
 It is understood that conditions at the Iocomobf1e company are further complicated by the reported recent discharge Of a union no1der promi-
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