The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-14
MILLWRIGHTS IN STRIKERS RANKS
 AT<ARMS WORKS
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of Labor is explicit as to which or ganization the naiI1wr1ghts belong The 1914 book classes them among the carpenters. That is all there is to 1t, except that the men who are bringing tjhis trouble on in Bridgeport are 8 lot of soreheads. In my estimation they have not got more than 100 men out on strike
 Major PenfeId, when seen at the Arms Company's plant said: Let it be understood once and for all that the Arms Company which represent jurisdiction. We are putting up buildings and have contracted wifh the Stewart Company to erect hhenn- The Stewart Company is a closed shop, paying union wages and giving union hours There has not been one man employed on the work who has made any kick against the wages or hhe hours As we have nothing to do with labor differences beyond paying the men and giving them the hours, we want to know why theSe labor heads have called 8 strike on us. have reason to believe that German money is involved, butt if not, it is up to the labor leaders to explain to us why this strike has been called under the conddtions.''
 Though Samuel GonperE, head of the A. F. of L., has announced that he had received unofficial request to come here and settle matters 1t IS not admitted by heads of hhe arms or construction company that either had 1 requested him to come andsft is likely that unless officially asked to do Soseby labor leaders he will not come to Bridgeport
 The official statement of che Rem | ington Arms and Ammunition O., covering the situation, takes an op-
 
 l fairs take a decided tarn for the worse, there is not likely to be more than the present number, 250 men. involved in the strfke. Here is the statement:
 Bridgeport, Conn, July A, 1915
 The statement appearing ip the l newspapers yesterday and to-day covering the labor troubles at the 1 plant of the Remington Arms and
 Ammunition Company take a
 much more serious view of the | situation than is warranted by
 the facts. One report ernanaffng from New York, conveyed the im- pression that 10000 men were on the verge <of quitting work. This,
 of course, is ridiculous, as not more than 250 men are so far in
 vo1ved and unless affairs take a decided turn for the worse, this
 is about as far as the trouble is l likely to spread.
 i The New York Times intinaat-
 ed this morning probability that
 the manufacture of arms and ann
 munition at Bridgeport, would be brought to a. standstd11 and that l. most serious Consequences would | result. This is the impression 1 which the labor people are most
 anxious to convey.
 But the whole affair so far is
 like a tempest in @ teapot. No
 sane reason can be given for this
 strike of the ironworkers or for
 any contemplated strike where | men are engaged under union
 rules, paid union wages and gtv- i en continuous work, and when
 they admit they have no griev-
 ance against their employers. The affair does not admit the proba- 1 bility of any serious disruption
 unless there have been hidden in
 fuences at work which may only be conjectured. All the proposed
 trouble is expected to come to
 naught in a very short time. I The labor leaders are quoted as asserting that matters would
 have adjusted themselves had not
 either the Remington u. M. c.
 or the Stewart Construction com
 pany heads attempted to force
 the rni1Iwrights into the carpen-
 ters union.' The assertion that ! either company made any at
 tempt to Influence the mill
 wrights one way or another is
 emphatical1y denied eby the re-
 presentatives of both concerns.
 This is a quarrel between work
 men in which the employers k ba1zaz p0 pazta end = into Nshich rv