New Britain herald., 1915-09-24
TRUMBULL'S HELP
 PREPARE DEMANDS
Department I'M" Employes Want
 Shorter Hours With Same Pay WILL GIVE A WEEKS NOTICE

Ultimat,m-Stril1eF Fever Seems to
 Have Hit Tosyn-Relations Between
 Company and Employees Cordial.
 While officials of the conern deny having Knowledge of any dissatisfa;- tion on the part of their employers, it was sad today that the men in the press and machine departments of the Trumbull Electric company's plant have prepared demands for Il fifty hour week, with sixty hours pay, time and a half for overtime and double pay for Sundays. One of the men back of the ultimatum :. / ta's, morning that the company will be given a week in which to consider what action it will take, the employees delaying the calling of strike until the expiration oi that period.
 The spreading of the strike fever to PlainVille occasions no special surprise, few believing that the town was immune from contagion. Even the manufacturers have been keeping their ear close to the ground, fearing that the cssension in a large number of factories throughout the state would make the men in the local concerns uneasy. ..
 According to the statements of an cmploye of the press room at the Trumbull factory, the petition for shorter hours and more pay was sign" ed by all the men in Department M, with the exception of seven. Unless the company acedes to the de- mands of the men, it is said they in tend to go on strike in week. When questioned regarding ths report this morning, s. s. Gwillin, superintendent Of the company, de- nied having received any petition from the men.
 What the attitude of the company will be concerning an increase Ill wages or the reduction of working hours is not known. J H. Trumbul, president of tn" corncern, is expected home tomorrow or Sunday from New York, where he has been receiving treatment in a private hospital for the past two weeks. Until he returns it is doubtful :f any action would le taken regarding demands of the ern- p1oyes.
 The Trumbull company has never had any trouble with its employees. The general belief prevails that the concern has always been most con- siderate in dealing with the men working III the plant. The treatment accorded the men apparently has been very fair and the relations be- tween the officers and employees have heretofore been most cordial.
 At the factory, local workingmen state the wages gre better than those paid in most places in the state. The conditions under which the work is done are also letter than the average and situations ill the Trumbull plant are always in demand.
 For the past few years the company has been giving the employees an an- nual outing, paying all the expenses of d trip to Savin Rock and the social features attending. Tn many other ways special consideration has been shown to the help, and it is not hought that there will be any serious break at this tiiue.
 Local Pastor in Bristol.
 Plainvile ministers have enlisted in the temperance cause ir Bristol anc they have arranged to help the pro- hibition forces in their efforts to keep the city dry. The no-license people are prosecuting vigorous campaign and they aver there will be no let up until election day.
 Noon rallies V the factories were inaugurated today. ministers advocat- ing the cause nf temperance as the Workingmen were returning to the mills.
 Rev. J. w. Denton, pastor of the Advent Christian church here, was among the speakers MT. Denton gave an address at the plant of the Wal lace Barnes company.
 Sixty Days for Parkinson.
 Harry Parkinson of this place, bound over by Justice Condell as ] common. drunkard, was given a sixty day sentence when he appeared before Judge Futile ill the superior court yesterday. Parkinson has entered plea of guilty and the states attor- ney did not insist on a heavy penalty.
 Fred Foster, fined $5 and costs for allowing his auto to stand on the highway in Pla;nv:lle at night without having a rear light burning, changed his plea to guilty when he appeared before Judge Futile. The court couldn't understand why an appeal from the decision of the PIainv1l,e justice had been taken in view of the plea made by the accused. The judgment of the court here was sus- tained and besides having to pay the fine. Foster will have to settle the cost of prosecution in the higher trib unal as we'll as in Plainville.
 Business Mems Barbecue.
 The annual outing of the Business and Improvement association, which will take the form of sheep barbe- cue, will be held tomor afternoon at Lake Compounce and, according to the report of the committee of dr. engagements there will be a large at