The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-19
MANUFACTURERS WILL SUPPORT
 ARMS PLANT
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| fSOnCIAu6Q 1IOII 6ak<0 lsponsibility then of course Penfield is not responsible. Up to this time neither will assume this and there fore we must hold the major respon- sibIe as head of the Arms Company
 Twill picketing be resorted to in the event that the machinists are called 1 out at the U. M- c. tomorrow? You are right that picketing will be resorted'. to was the emphatic re- 1 ply. And not only at the works themselves but all throughout the I city. That is one of the fundamental rules of our organizations" said Kep- l pier.
 +I do not anticipate that the com pany could get many strike breakers I to come to Bridgeport for in Hart ford where the Capewel1 horse shoe nail works has been tied up with all the influences of other manufacturers there towards rendering the Capewen people assistance they have not been able to fill the places of the strikers. l Keppler further said that he did not expect jany violence in this city as '.the people of Bridgeport seem to bs a higher class than are encountered l in the average factory town. He intimated that he believed if this were 1 a steel town there would have been plenty of troub1es already.
 J. J. Keppler, vice-president of the international Association of Machin- 1 1SLS, gave to A6WSpaP0T z116A e1L 5uANS o'clock yesterday afternoon his plans for the opening of the big strike. An hour later John A. Johnston, interna- tionaI head of the structural iron workers, returned to Bridgeport from 1 New York, held a. hurried conference with KeppIer and the latter 1rnmedi- ate1y afterward recalled all his state ments to the reporters
 ssNot a man will be called out on strike tomorrow Keppler said. and 1 Johnston nodded assent to this remark. Some one-I can't give you his name in New York will attempt arbitra- l.tion tomorrow We have agreed to wait until noon for a report from him, but we do not propose to go through with the strike action tomorrow for we do strike, to start in the morning and call the men out before they have begun their day's work.''
 MT. Johnston went to New York ear- ly yesterday morning, and at his offices there found a message from a New Yorker asking him for postponemenf of the strike and urging Johnston to see him at once. MT. Johnston met this man, talked with him several hours and then agreed not to call the strike tomorrow as originally planned, but to await the result of arbitration the New Yorker wished to attempt.
 MT. Johnston, speaking for himself and MT. Kepp1er, said last night:
 ..I left Bridgeport yesterday after noon and went to New York. As soon as T reached my office there I found a telephone message from a friend of mine, asking that T get in touch with him immediately. T did SO. am not at liberty to divulge the name of this man at present.
 '.I can say, however, that he is not connected with any labor organization and that he is not connected with the Stewart Construction company or the Remington Arms and Ammunition company FIe has large interests in other manufacturing concerns in Bridgeport.
 .sHe told me that he believed he could do something that might help settle the difficulty. and said that it would be a favor not only to him, but to Bridgeport business. men in general and to me, having interests in the city, to hold off for a day or so until he could see what could be done. We want to do everything we can to avert a general strike We do not want to call the men out unless we have to- We would much rather have the thing done peacefully. Therefore, told him that we would do as he requested. The men will not walk out tomorrow
 In reply to a question as to how he had been informed that the difficulty might be settled. MT. Johnston said that during the conference in New York he had understood that an effort would ibe made to have Major w. G. Penfeld, works manager of the Rem ington Arms and Ammunition com pany, enter into conference with the labor representatives.
 MT Johnston said he did not know whether the man he conferred with planned to see Major Penf1eld, or whether he planned ito see some one higher up in the company"
 
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