New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-22
All Day Picketing, Super
vised by Police, Nets
Small Gain.
KEPPLER DENIES
SPREAD OF TROUBLE
Vice.President of Machinists'
Union Says Penfields
Truce Will Win.
lnr 1elcrtsrh to The Tribune J

I I OmndnN InlS AFTERNOON 49, N.
| by the company, according to It's ON
Gals, Bridgeport tonight Is Oh '"e
/ edge of a labor volcano.
The manufacturers say they have the
situation well in hand, but the spltt
/ Of unrest is spreading, and IN the
ranks of the Manufacturer Assocla-
! tion the feeling is that the Remington
! company. by concedng the elght-hour
dav has paved the way for similar sue
/ ceseful demands by the thousands EN-
ployed in the scores of independent
! plants in the city.
This one fact stands out in day
/ of excitement and confusion. OF state
ments and counter statements, ana ap-
parent differences of opinion DIV the
| international officers of the unions IN
volved. OF the leaders, John >. hep-
pier, vice-president Of the lnterha
! tional Association OF Machinlsts, sara
this afternoon that truce had Deen
declared and that probably all the men me-,
would be back at work Monday. lie
added there would be no more strikes
declared and that there would be no
more picketing tomorrow.
After this announcement ne depart
ed for New York, leaving Thomas j.
Savage, of the international executive
committee Of the machinists, and j. u.
Johnston. Of the structural iron work
ers, in charge. Savage said Keppler
! did not know what he was talking
about. that the original strike pro
gramme would be followed and the
battle fought out to the bitter end.
Women Urged to Strike.
= In line with this policy, the machin-
lists tonight are trying to get the
in IN hifr mi
. plants TO strike. Tonight $50 OF the
400 employed in the finishing room of
the old ammunition plant met in St
Joseph's Hall and arranged 10 go on
picket duty in the morning. Tie wom-
er's auxiliary of the macrinists' union
meets tonight for the same purpose
The sheet metal workers are also in
session.
That the manufacturers are worried
+, clear from an all night conference
held in a nearby town last night. II
was decided to call on the National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers for assist
ance and advice. Daniel Davenport.
of counsel for the national body and
also counsel for the American Anti
Boycott Association, is here tonight
| comforting with some Of the manufact-
urers One result Of last nights meet
ing has been an appeal to manufact-
urers in other sections to cease hiring
men in Bridgeport.
Early this morning the trouble began
at the mills of the company. At 6
o'clock the pickets of the machinists
gathered about the new plant where
Yesterdays fzzle occurred. As result
Of their labors 1875 men who on Tues
day took part in the meeting that voted
to stand by the company and thanked
Walter G.. Penheld, the eX-army officer
in charge, refused to 90 to work. With
the 70 who failed to work Monday night
this made 200 machinists on strike at
the plant.
Bricklayers Back at Work.
To the amazement Of the pickets the
bricklayers who had been laid off Mon
day were at work This was made pos
sble by the company smuggling
strike breaking ironworkers into the
plant during the night, who put up suf-
fcient iron to allow the masOns to pro-
coed. Johnston, of the ironworkers,
said that the ironwork in due time
would come down.
At noon crowd of 10000 gathered
about the old plant of the Remington
Company. At first il was orderly, but
when the machinists, marched from
their hall on Cannon Street with Don't
be a scab." cards in their caps, and
with the crowd at its heels calling upon
the girls in the works o quit, it began
TO look like trouble. he police kept
the crowd moving, ana Superintendent
Birmingham sent out call for every
available man to report at the plant at
once. Jitneys were Communicated on
the streets, their passengers dumped
out, and the drivers ordered TO make
full speed to the plant.
Meanwhile, the girls showed signs of
quitting. Many of them could be seen
removing their work clothes and making
for the dressing rooms, but few reached
the street. The strikers said the girls
were locked in The company denied
this. The fact was that forewomen
held the girls in by force that just
lacked being physical.
The manufacturers association.
which is talking for the Remington
people, said that only fifteen women
went out Of the old Remington shop
and only twenty-one men. Only TWEEN
ty-three, they said, left the new plant.
and that in all l4S persons. about 4
per cent Of the names on the payrolls,
were out.
Police Hold Pickets.
As Savage had predicted, the pickets
were on duty at the new and cd plants
of the Remington company at quitting
time tonight At the old plant per-
laps 5000 persons gathered. but the
b police had little difficulty in handling
them. The girls who had struck earlier
i'm the day were on deck urging their
q sisters to quit, but without success.
The only disorder at the new plant
81 was when the bodyguard Of Major
Penfeld assaulted reporter who
o. sought to get near his automob lie.
Penfeld. since trouble began IN Bridge
port. has been guarded much more
closely than the President OF the
United States. Wherever he goes two
husky gunner accompany him.
There is heavy guard about his
house. and even in the factory, sur
rounded as il is by two hundred eX-
soldiers and three hundred detectives
furnished by New York agency, he Is
guarded.
Late tonight it seemed that the
strike situation would simmer until al
ter Fridays meeting with Gompers
and Others Of the international lead
ers here. Major Penfeld, who, the labor
men declare, is responsible for all the
trouble that has occurred here, will, 1t
is understood tonight, meet with this
committee by orders from New York.
Should he do so, a demand will be
made that he submit proof of his
charges that German bribery is re-
sponsible for the trouble in his plant.
Gompers. who is credited with making
like statements, will also be asked sim
liar questions.
Labor Leaders Confer