The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-21
STRIKE CALL Of
LABOR LEADERS
FAILS, ONLY 175
men RESPONDED
Had Planned General Strike
Involving All of New
England.
.AGITATORS ARE
STILL BUSY AT WORK
Hope to Persuade the Ma
chinists at Different
Plants to Quit.
AGITATORS ARE
STILL BUSY AT WORK
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Bridgeport, Conn, July 20.-The |
strike call for machinists of the Rem
ington Arms and Ammunition Com
pany and the four sub-contractor to-
day brought out one hundred and sew
enty-ive men, according to labor esti-
mates, and only twenty-eight, accord
ing to the manufacturers, who indi-
Gated there may be settlement.
Plans were made for the men on
strike to attend a mass meeting today
where they would be placed on the
strike benefit pay roll at So week.
The wallout was accomplished
without disorder. Just before it took
place, John w. French, publicity
agent sthe ensing.t0r 6oupanx, in;
reply to questions as to the conpanys
intentions, said he could make no
statement.
The men demand an eight-hour day,
double pay for over time, union recog-
milton and settlement of a jurisdic-
tional dispute over the millwrights.
Another hundred bricklayers were
laid off at the Remington plant this
afternoon. Two hundred of the five
hundred men originally employed
there now have been discharged. They
have worked up to where the struc-
tural iron workers left off when they
went on strike.
In a statement today ]. ]. Kellman,
vice-president, said that it was not
intended to call out any of the ma
chinists working for the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company which is building
submarines for the United States
government
eve have no dispute with the Lake
concern" said he.
OTHER STRIKES CALLED.
In addition to the new plant Of
the Remington Arms and Munitions
Company strike calls were today is
sued for the maehinists working in
the Bridgeport Engineering Company,
the Columbia Nut & Bolt Company
and the Gaynor Manufacturing Com
pany. The men were to walk out at
noon. Less than thousand rnachin-
lists are employed in the three last
named plants.
At the Bridgeport Engineering
Company the men demanded that
they be given the strike call because
of dissatisfaction with working con-
ditions. The call was issued for the
Columbia Nut & Bolt Company, j. J.
Keepler, international vice-president
of the machinists said, because a
statement attributed to Fred Atwater,
the secretary of the company that
"the work was less, and the money
more than the men deserved"
The Gaynor Manufacturing Com
i pany is engaged in making rife bull
lets for the allies.
/ When announcement was made that
the men in the three plants would
walk out, all was in readiness for the
beginning Of the strike at the Rem
ington plant. A member Of the local
militia said quantity Of riot aunu-
milton had been sent to the armory
here, and the nnilitiamen instructed to
hold themselves in readiness. That
could not be confirmed.
Extraordinary precautions to pre-
serve order were begun by the police.
Reserves were being held in all sta
tions.
/ 1t was announced just before noon
i that strike call also would be issued
for the Bul1ard Machine Tool Com
pany, where thirty-five men were dis
charged last week. It was said only
few machinists were working at the
Billiard Company now.