The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

This is the notice posted in the Lo- comobile plant TO THE ENTPLOYES OF THE
 LOCONOBIIE COMPANY OF
 AMERICA:
 Some of the labor leaders in
 Bridgeport have been agitating an eigat-hour day. and have been trying to influence our ern-
 ployes by stating that the profit sharing plan is not going to work ' to their benefit, even threatening
 to tie up our plant with a strike.
 This company has only had one
 strike since it has been operat-
 ing This was over 13 years ago.
 We are not in the habit of quar- , reling with our workmen and
 do not intend to. If we find
 after the @Profit-sharing Plan has
 been in operation that the men
 prefer a work week of shorter
 hours, we will make our arrange
 ments to operate the plant on a
 basis of eight hours day.
 THE LOCOMOBHE COMPANY
 OF AMERICA.
 s. T. Davis! IT,. President. ' About 500 workers of the Locomo- bile plant gathered in the court at noon. While there was a general dis cussion of new concessions offered by the Locomobile heads. no attempt at open spea king was attempted, under instructions from William H. Johns ton, president of the International As sociation of Macfinists, who had come specially from Hartford to be present at teday's meeting.
 Ex-Alderman Frederick Cederholm, George Bowen, agent of the Machin- ists' union, Louis Nelson and other labor speakers were present in large numbers today to continue. the agita- ton
 A,rc,,,,,.< ,.,,s, the 500 or more workers who had gathered in the lot that a general discussion of the situation would be heard at Machinists' hall, Cannon street, tom morrow night at o'clock, following which a vote of the em- ployes would be taken as to further action.
 When the notice posted at 11:45 on the time clocks throughout the Lo- comobile factory was read, many of the workers were inslsCent that a straw vote at once be taken to approve or condemn the bonus proposition. This is not favored by the majority.
 When the men passed out of the Locomobi1e gates today they were met by an increased detail of police under command of Captain John Regan.>
 When the curious and expectant throng that assembled on Henry street near Seaside court became large they were@ invited into the yard hired by the labor men. The police follow ed.
 There was some talk of having the police invited to step off the property until they. produced warrants or there was public speaking real disturb ance to bring them on. Wiser heads overruled these suggestions.
 aDuringfthe rest of the hour the men stood in groups and discussed their affairs while the surrounding yards were filled with men, women and children who had gathered to hear the speeches or witness any further ar rests.
 President William H. Johnston said to Farmer reporter today:
 When I heard of the arrests here yesterday I was thunderstruck at the action of Mayor Wilson who has evil dently overstepped the mark in this situation"
 When our leaders preach sedition, then will be the time the police will have a right to act. If we liable amy one in these meetings on private prop ertJ-, there is recourse through the courts"
 The arrests of yesterday have done not have done for ourselves. No amount of agitation would have had the result that yesterdays action had, for am told that practically the sup port of every nlachinist in the Loco mobile plant has been pledged to the local union and hundreds of others not machinists are likewise in sympa-
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