Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-17

the representatives of the machinists
tomorrow.
The meeting of the machinists last
ed more than two hours. When the
final vote was put the motion was
greeted with great enthusiasm.
According to the decision the execu-
tive committee was empowered to sub
nit to the Remington company first
the proposition that the striking mill
wrights be taken back to work with
cards of metal trades union instead of
carpenters cards, and should that de-
mand be refused the board was given
the power to make other demands.
These, it was said, after the meeting
tonight, included double time for over
time, an eight t-hour day, union recog-
milton and a minimum wage. TIN
board further was empowered to call
strike at about a score of sub
contracting concerns doing work for
the Remington company, should the
company refuse to meet one or the
other of the alternative demands.
Should the miIlwrights be taken
back with metal trades union cards 1t
would mean they would receive as
wages $5 per day instead of $3.75. In
the event of the Remington company
declining to meet the demands of the
ynachinists, it was said, the members
of the Union would be called out on
strike early next week.
Companies Firm.
Ohicials of the Remington company
and of the Stewart Construction COM
pany which is erecting for the former
the largest small arms plant in the
world, where contracts made with the
| warning nations of Europe will be ex-
ecuted, said tonight that they would
not go back down from the stand they
had taken. They added that they con-
sidered the present difficulty more in
| the nature of family labor quarrel
over the question of jurisdiction and
that the question was one for the un-
ions to settle among themselves
Fight to Finish.
J. J. KeppIer, international vice
| president of the machinists. had this
to say after the strike vote had been
| taken:
IF the Remington people take back
| the millwrights without our terms to-
morrow, peace is assured. Their re-
fusal to do so means fight to the
finish
| 1t was said by other union officials
| that should the strike go into effect
it would be a question of few days
before practically every factory IN
Bridgeport would be affected. Ques-
toned about the possibility OF the
strike spreading sympathetically tc
other New England manufacturing
/
er officials said that in the event OF
/ the strike in Bridgeport becoming gen:
/ eraI such a move was more than prob
| able.
| 1t was pointed out that with the ma
| cfinists, die sinzers and other kin
/ dred trades out on strike the factories
could not hope to remain open long
The labor leaders admitted, however
that the withdrawal of the machinists
| tool makers and die sinkers would 1eoi
cause the plants to close down at once
| but they declared that in few days
a complete paralysis would be effected
/ by reason of their being no men tc
repair disabled machines. Such g
strike it was estimated by labor ON
cials might ultimately throw 10000
people out of work.
MacFinists Expect Membership Gain
| ThAe are 1000 machinists in Bridge
1 port and the labor officials estimatt
i that 10 per cent. OF that number be-
/ long to the union. They estimated
] that within a week the percentage OF