The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-17
Reject Terms of Canfeld Company When Overtime Demands and Recognition of Shop Committee Elm ployes Are Not Met By President.
Hard Rubber Go. Employees Vote to Con- tinue Strike When Com pany Presents Unsatisfac- tory Offer -Graphophone Strike May End Soon.


 Conferences yesterday be- tween three employers and the committees from their factories failed to settle strikes that have ! been in progress for some time
 The workmen today turned down all the offers because they did not incorporate aJh they asked.
 Strikes will be continued, an a result, at the Garfield Rub Der Co.,, the Star Shirt Go. and the Siemon Hard Rubber Go.
 A. H. Canfeld. president of the HS o. Canf1eld Go, offered the committee of employees am agreement that. conei tained concessions of the eight houA day and 12 1-2 per cent. increase NC overtime adjustments were allowed and in reply to the request for a grievance committee. the usual pre- i1ninary answer-that the way to the presidents office is always open-Was received.
 At the meeting of the CanheId em- p1oyes today, these offers were not ac- ] been asked instead of 2 1-a per cent. Time and one-flalf for oVsrtirne st.4d double time on Sundays and holidays is vital. say the employees because the eight hour day would have no signifi- cances if they work two hours over time for nothing. Inasmuch as a foreman can -'hire and ffre,'' no ir- dividua1 wants to go to the president with his grievance and they insist on a grievance committee for self-protecs ton.
 Ten women workers of the Canf1eld trimming department quit this morn ing and joined the strikers.
 At the meeting of the AmericaI Crap phophone Go. employees this morn ing the workers were optimistic that 2. speedy settlement will soon. be made by the company because orders are piling up at the factory.
 The Graphophone Go. has con tracts with many publishing houses for putting out new songs on ten cent records. One man can turn out 500 of these in a. day As the company receives a, list of the new songs 30 days befcre they are released, and has ta month in which to turn out the records the workers say, it may be seen how work is piIing up at the factory. The issue of September J. is more than a week behind time, ana thousands of dollars are being lost.
 So strict is the employees committed regarding keeping the peaces thaS despite the number of pickets around the factory every morning, not one man or woman has addressed Presi- dent F. T. Dodge, although his car has driven past them hundreds of times Not. only do the workers re- flute the charge of President Dodge that some of them left the factory be- cause they feared violence, but ar engagements are being made this af- ternoon to send each ernbloye to his home as soon as he receives his pay envelope.
 The Star Shirt Go. employees held a meeting this morning. A committee met Superintendent Thomas Purdy but nothing tangible developed.
 The Siemon Hard Rubber O. em- pIoyes turned down an offer of the 5o-hour week with 50 hours pay, this morning. They met Carl siemon yes terday but he refused the shop com nittee recognition, refused overtime rates and wage increases. The work. men are merely waiting for further offers.
 "A mass meeting of corset cutters will be held at 8 o'clock tonight iP Eagles hall.
 According to Henry Sipos, an or- ganizer of the Hungarian-sp speaking persons, the women core makers of the Crane plant are likely to strike again He said they received a. cut in wages, since they returned to work.
 The grievance committee of thG Rryant Electric Go. employees called on the factory officials this afternoon to determine why one of their number, discharged for activity in the union had been let go. If a satisfactory answer is not received, a mass meet ing of the employees will be called to consider the matter.
 The machinists and tool makers of the American Tube & Stamping Go. will meet at O clock Thursday night in Machinists' hall for the purpose of com pleting their organization.