The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-15

The meeting Of the mlanu acturers xVas in progress this afternoon when
 Bowen business agent of the Br1dgeport local, No. 30, I. A M, clearly outlined to the Farmer the plans Of the local It is its aim nosy, to get for all tlae naachinHists of Fridge poFt am eight hour day. MaIu9actzr- CTS discussed the problem. with much earnestness this afternoon. Several Szepe favoxabay ddsposed towards the eight hour day.
 Touorroyv night there win be 2 strike vote polIed at AEachandsts head- ss.sarters, on the question of whether fIle union n1acFlfnists in the Renling- ton plants shah join the striking nlil1- S1riRaats. Wages and working hours do not enter this quest40 only v9zrssfzlez. 111flKxsrie1Hs should be class ed as carpenters or n1ackl1nists.
 ksscs1sallsts union members, tzc1Ia<z- inn pr6HnAment officers, were agreed t7sz.4 f71e vote t0naoxr0Ev night would f7e in fmvor of a strike of naacl1znists at the arms factories Following this there win be agitation towards a gen. eral strike Of machinists in other fac tories tEaroughout the city, to get the eight hour day now announced for August 1 by the aznEIltl1ld taon plants.
 Tho announcement Of the Rening7 fon-U. M. c. company that 1t would on August 1st grant the eight hour day in all departments is said to have been occasioned by advance knowl7. edge of what was coming, but owing to tfe fact that the nafI1Wrights will technical1y stand out until the juris- dictional fight between the carpenters and allied metal trades is settled in Washington the posted encouragement of the company w11 have little avail.
 Tt is predicted in labor circles to-day that tho machinists will be called out -S--E- rrw1I% rln fH4ra vote to be taken then. The next ac- tion of the organizers here will be to call ont the uaachinfsts working in the 20 factories throughout Bridgeport doing U. M c. sub-contract work.
 These will be called out on a sym pathetic strike, it was stated, but be- Eore any of the striking bodies that may later become involved in the gem Bra1 labor troubles return to work they will have to be assured full union pay, Bherter hours, and full reinstatement Df all men who may enlist in the gem era1 cause.
 J. D. Bowen, business agent of the local machinists when seen to-day by D Farmer reporter said: There is not a trade on the Remington Arms work that is favorable to the carpen- ters. If the carpenter goes on strike but all other trades favor the naachin- lst and the structural iron workers
 The real situation in relation to sthe strike at the arms factory is this: There is only one factory in Bridge port granting the eight-hour day. This IS the Lake Torpedo Boat Company. This is a result Of our fight to secure nat1oual recognition of the union hours. I should quality this state 1nent by saying that there is a part of the American 6 British company. manufactuEing government supplies -4r~J-& l. 8orce, and the American Graphophone Eompany stands ready at any time to grant the eight-hour clause.
 There are twenty factories here working on this kind of work (subz e0ntracte for the U. M C0 WE ARE sEHOPS UNT1LNEE SECURE EIGHT HOUR FACTORIES and then it will be easy enough to line up the rest of the factories in Bridgeport.
 The probabilities are that a strike of the naachfnfsts will take place in Efhe Remington U. M C. plant and their machine departments cleaned out within less than a week. Then we win go after the others.
 The object of this strike will in- e1ude all of theAmi11wright demands and that all men on strike be rein stated under better conditions. The strike will not be settled until all trades involved in the general strike are satisfied. These trades will in- iclhde the rnfIlwrigh structural iron worker. nnachinfsts, hoisting engineers, 1lae hod carriers if they see fit to strike and any other body that may s5ofn.ss
 It is estimated today by labor. lead CTS that as high as 10000 artisans could be. involved in such e. general strike. but about 1000 of wf1f cf would be union machinists. While there are about 5000 machinists in Bridgeport but afthdrd have been organi zed.
 With all the International heads in