The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-26
Remington Plants
 Close Doors Against
 Returning Machiriists
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\ announced tby labor men tlds after noon that all such negotiations are off, until the Remington plants mat ter is settled.
 The Manufacturers association an nounced today that the organization had retained Ben AtwelI, formerly a theatrical press agent and a news paper man of wide experience. to handle it's publicity matters. F. B. Bennett, secretary of the association. had been in charge of that part of the associations business, but that ar rangenent proved unsatisfactory.
 While I am not in a position to speak with authority,'' MT. Atweu said today, T understand that a manufac- turer said no formal demands had been made upon. them.''
 The statement of the Manufactur- CTS association issued this afternoon. is much more complete and detailed than any yet made by the association It follows:
 P. Ms July. 26.
 The developments of the day
 have come as a surprise to the
 association, for the reason that it
 had been led to believe through
 newspaper reports that any
 causes for friction had been elim-
 inated and that wherever there
 had been an. Interruption work
 was to have been resumed today.
 The daily press of Bridgeport is s given as the authority for this
 view, as neither the association
 nor it's members have had any
 negotiations with any union or
 any official of any union.
 Work at all shops is progress
 ing as usual save for the fact that
 there are still a few employees out.
 Some returned today, as has been
 the case every day since the first
 suggestion of any misunderstand-
 ing was heard.
 Following is a, statement of the conditions in the shops of the .
 members:
 Employing concerns and number of men who went out
 Bridgeport Engineering Co.
 Grant Mfg & Machine Co, B
 Coulter & Mckenzie Co. 72
 Employing concerns and number
 of men out at this time
 Bridgeport Engineering Co.,,
 Gaynor Mfg Co.,
 Grant Mfg. & Machine Co, 12
 Coulter 6 Mckenzie Go. :. .bs6O
 The Remington Go. is not a
 member of the association.
 There was no meeting of the
 association today other than a
 meeting of the press committee
 to compile this report
 According to union mems estimates 300 were turned away at the factories of the Remington Arms plants this morning and 200 who had not gone on strikes were at work. Of these 200s it is expected some will be con- verted to. the union campaign. While the Remington Arms plants officials are not affiliated with the Manufacturers association, it has been learned that the claim is made to the association that there are only 28 men out of the U. M. c. Co. build ings on Barnum avenue and AZ at the Arms works on Boston avenue. These figures are considerably less than those from other soGrces.
 Men who had refused to leave the Remington plants in the strike of last week, gathered at Machinists' head quarters Saturday evening ito see where they stood" according to union men. Shouts indicating how bitter is the feeling against them resulted in their being driven out
 At Machtnists' headquarters late this afternoon it was said that a com. rnittee of the striking machinists had visited all the sub contracting fac tories where men had been pulled out on strike and that it was found the conditions remained the same as re. ported last Saturday with the excep- 1 ton of Coulter & Mckenzie company ] where a few machinists' helpers were found to have gone back to work. |