The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-21
COMPARATIVELY FEW MEN
OBEYED THE STRIKE
CALL YESTERDAY.
Labor Leaders Say II Was Misun-
Outstanding And All viii BE
Out Today-Conference On.

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The strike call issued for the machin-
lists working in the plants OF the Rem
ington Arms and ammunition anG
four sub-contractors brought out TO-DAY
according to the estimates OF the la
Dor leaders in the n~eighborhOod OF
l75 men. The manufacturers through
the president OF the Bridgeport Manu-
~facturers Association. said that exact
ly 2s men ha6 walked out.
The labor men admitted tonight that
not a man had left work in the main
plant OF the Remington company At
noon today, They said the faiulre OF
the men to quit work was due 10 a
Misunderstanding but that they would
not 90 TO work tomorrow morning.
They added that the night force OF ma
chinists at the Remington plant had
failed TO go TO work tonight.
Pickets were at work tonight and
they were said 20 have been responsi-
BILE for the strike OF the night force.
Pickets. said the labor men. also
would be responsible for none OF the
day force going TO work tomorrow.
Thomas ]. Savage. member Of the ex-
ecutive board OF the International As
ISOLATION OF Machinists. stated that
about IS men were on the night force
that quit and that about 100 men in
the shops OF the sub-contractors had
walked out He also said that a con
ference was In progress In New York
City which might lead to a settlement
OF the difficulties.
Refused Details.
He refused 10 give any details OF
the conference in the absence OF ]. j.
keppler. international president Of
the machinists union. who left Bridge
port tonight with the expressed inten-
ton OF attending a conference TO set
tie a lobar difficulty in the pulp mills
OF Northern New York. He said he
woul dreturn to Bridgeport late to-
night or tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Savage also said hat he had
received information that Frank Jen-
nings and J. i p. Conlon. vice presi
dents of the rlachinists were at pres
ent engaged in determining what fac
tories in this country were making
supplies for consumption by the Run
ington company. with the view OF call
ing the machinists in these shops out
on strike.
Plans for calling out many more ma
chinists were made tonight by the Ia
Dor leaders. MFR. Savage said:
None VIII Work.
There will be no m-isunderstand-
ing at the Remington plant to-mor-
row. We will have pickets there ana
none OF the men will go to work. In
addition to that a strike call has
been issued for the old plant OF the
Remington company-the Union Me
tallic Cartridge company and the ma
chinists TO at least the number OF
two hundred will walk out there at
In a few days the whole plant
will be closed down. In addition 10
this We will call out the shop OF a
large sub-contractor. employing about
two hundred OF our men. That shop
also will walk out at noon"
Shortly after moo to-day 10 was
said that the walk-out had been &C
complished In all Of the shops where
e had been planned. This was
quickly followed by the news nat
not a man had left the Remington
plant. Rumor had 10 that W. G.. Pen
field. works manager OF the Reming-
ton company. had offered the men an
eight hour day. with a dollar a day
added 70 their wages n they would re-
main at work. The men were aid
u have accepted their offer. This
the labor leaders deny. They say no
offer was accepted.
Waited az Plant.
Late IN the afternoon the labor lead.
ers accompanied by a number OF men
who had walked out OF the sub-con-
%structing plants. went 20 the front Of
the Remington company plant and
waited there until the machinists came
from the factory As each man came
out he was talked 10 BY n picket.
Some Of the machinists said they
had held a meeting and agreed 20 stay
AZ work Others said that a foreman
told them they would be granted the
s hour DAY with ten hours pay.
Some Of the men who came out
stated that they had no intention Of
striking
The pickets remained 40 tho plant
until long after dark They instructed
nearly all the maChlnists to report im.
medlately at the hall In the center OF
me city Many N tho maghinIats went
to the hall where the meeting lasted
until after s o'clock Then Nr Saw
age made the following statement.
This strike Del not a failure Wr
merely made o. mistake and We will
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tho strike. We mot tho Remington
m%achInists az the meeting torIehf and
they aIi said that they would Doc on
the picket line tomorrow morning ono
hundred and fifty mon or ao promised
To- be there
Men Held IN.
During tho noon hour today fri
mon were held In Only two or three
got out and they were unable f0 find
Tho strike leaders outside tho plant in
order to cot tho call from them They
could not walk out without positive
orders Dr. ia perfectly obvious that
We could bot GOT tho raI .u t0 them
Tho mon aII received their Instructions
tUuIrhf
Hr Then aaid chat FL. mon we're out
az tho GaFnor Manufacturer ramuau,
Twenty matHIrIefa and helpers. hc
said bad Irn tho bridgeport Engineer
.nE company and 90 least had
walked uuf off tho Middle street branch
OF thc Hrminrf0n company. so mon