New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-07-21
POLICE RESERVES
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Dy the mistake made yesterday. from
now on we will pull the men out of
Just one shop and then another. This
is a big job we are doing. We can't
do everything at once.
Tie-up Complete Saturday.
eve expect the tie-up vii be COM
plete by Saturday.
It was learned here today that
many of the machin1sts employed by
the Remington company were visited
at their homes last night by commit
tees who requested them either to
stay from the plant entirely today or
heed the Instructions OF the pickets
In front of the plant. A number of
machinists according to Thomas j..
Savage. member of Legislative board
Of the International association of
Machinists in charge of the situation
during the absence. of j. J. Keppler.
vice president, did not go to the
works at all today.
Women Organizers Present?
It was reported in labor circles to-
day that women organizers had been
sent to Bridgeport from New York
to organize the women and girls work
ing in all the factories here. Many
girls are employed by the Remington
concern, while others are working in
corset and waist manufactures. DEF
Unite confirmation of the report could
not be obtained.
Policemen were stationed in front
of the Remington plant today. Sever
Ill times they dispersed crowds of men
Many of these admitted they were
either pickets or strikers. One man
who said he was a union organizer
refused to move on when told to do
So by policeman. He was threatened
with arrest. He inform ed the police
man what he knew about the laws of
this state and that il the policeman
searried out his threat he was likely
to find out that he had made mis-
take. He was not forced to move on.
Dirt wagons again made their ap
pearance in the road in front of the
plant today. AS was the case last
evening They were driven up ana
down the roads The crowds were
forced to the side.
Keppler Not In Bridgeport.
~ j. Keppler had not returned to
Bridgeport this forenoon When he
left here yesterday he said he was
going to attend conferences in New
York and that he would return late
last night or early this morning. One
of the conferences, he said, had to
DO with settlenentso f difficulties in the
pulp rails Of northern New York. The
ether, according to Mr.. Savage. had
fo do with the strike here Mr.. Saw
age said all strike plans were subject
toEcancellation,stit being within the /
range of possibilities that Mr. Keppler
might Re some settlement arrange
rnent Ia IS = sIL 4 hoE y 3sa defs7 tessiI
Nay prof essed not to know the where
abpiits of Mr. Kepplert They said
dnrfng the day.
Vincent De F'alco, international or
xanizer OF the hod carriers was not
I'll bridgeport today. It was said he
had left for Washington late last night 4
where he was to confer with the pres
i6Snt OF the organization, who would
be asked to come to Bridgeport to
more thoroughly organize the hod-
carriers who did not walk out at the
call for the machinists strike, as they
originally proposed to do.
Admitted Walkout.
An official Of the Coulter and Mac
Kenzie company admitted that large
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Leaid that because OF the extent Of the
dperations in the plant the manage
111ent had been unable to determine
the actual number that had gone on
stffke He said ninety men might
have walked out, but that he thought
such figure was little large
( IA large crowd gathered outside the
plant while the walkout was in prog
Tess. IT was joined by strikers. who
.sarne from the buildings. Some of the
machinists refused to leave.
ssgs Cries Of ascabs'; Heard. S
Cries Of aScabs!'' and .come out for
eikl1t hours day. were heard For
time It appeared that there might
be some further disorder. The crowd
yas dispersed by the police, an official
Of sthe company said. He added that.
nofurther trouble was feared.
In the absence of the general man
ager of the Grant company, state
nieut as tc the number of men on
strike was refused. It was admitted.
however, that some men had walked
ont
Police Push Crowds Back.
When the police arrived in front of
the plant they cleared the street. for
AEe blocks. The policemen formed
lines and forced the crowd back two
blocks in one direction and three in
anther. The crowd retired somewhat
reluctantly, but the operation Of the
police was completed without rouble.
8 While the police were busy clearing
me street the girls in the factory, ac-
00rding tossome of those who walked
gut held q meeting. The machines
were said to have shut down, but this
could not be confirmed,
AZ both ends of the street large