Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-18
8 STRIKES OVER At
ROOSEVELT PLANTS
Amicable Adjustments Made
When Men Get Increase OF
Three Cents an Hour.
Special TO the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS
Roosevelt, Aug. 1S:-Threes OF the
four strikes in progress here were
settled yesterday with am1caDle ao-
justments made between the employ
ers and employees. Men received an
increase of three cents an hour and
other concessions, after which they
returned to work in the Goldschmldt
DEFINING Company's plant. About
TWENTY-FIVE men of the international
Phosphate Chemical Company were
granted their demands of time and
half for ordinary overtime and oou-
BILE time for Sunday work.
About fifty employees OF the Ben
jamin Moore Company, manu1actur-
ers of paints, who struck early yes
terday afternoon, returned thls
morning, having been granted an lh-
crease of three cents an hour, prlns-
ing their rates of pay up to between
twenty-five and twenty-five cents an
hour. Men are still out at the
Wheeler Condenser Engineering
Company plant. Indications are
that they will be back at work with
in the next few days. There is no
sign of any disorder, and conferences,
which tend to lead to settlement,
are daily under way.
Mayor Hermann and Chief of Po-
lice Harrington played prominent
part in the settlement of the Gold
schmidt detinning strike and the po-
lice chief was largely responsible for
quick settlement of the Benjamin
Moore strike, it was stated here to-
day. The Goldschmidt defining
strike was settled about O'Clock
yesterday afternoon after the COM
pany's officials had held conference
in their offices. superintendent Cen
sheimer called the strikers together
at the instigation of the mayor and
police chief and told them that the
company would split the difference in
| the demand and offer, and grant a
raise of three cents an hour, with the
same hours of employment prevail
| ing, nine hours for day workers and
thirteen hours for the night shift.
| The men appeared satisfied with the
hours and pay, but asked for indi-
vidual lockers, which were granted.
Some one in the assemblage said
shower baths were wanted and these
Superintendent Gensheimer said
they could have. He also agreed to
furnish soap.
The superintendent requested that
| in the future the employees go direct
| ly to the office of the company if they
| had any requests or recommendations
to make, and that they refrain. from
walking out and leaving the COM
pany and officials in the lurch. He
said the men would receive full con-
sideration at all times and with each
demand he would take the subject
up with the men higher up at New
J York and if the requests could be
consistently granted, they would be
| forthcoming
| The superintendent asked the men
/ If they had any grievances against
any of the factory foremen. They
replied in the negative The day
shift then started work Immediately
and members of the night shift left
for their homes to prepare for report
at 6 O'Clock last night.
| 1t was declared to be through the
efforts of Chief of Police Harrington
that q basty settlement of the Ben
jamin Moore Company paint strike
| came about. About fifty men struck
4 there in the afternoon. The police
1 chief got the men organized suf1.
ciently to lay their case intelligently
before Plant Superintendent Benja-
min Bailey. He offered an increase
/ of three cents an hour, with the
same shift of ten hours a day pre-
vailing. The nen said they were
satisfied and returned to work this
morning.
Likewise was little difficulty expe-
rienced in effecting settlement OF
| the strike at the international Phos-
phate Chemical Companys works
The men, numbering about twenty.
five, went back this morning satisfied
with the concessions for time and q
half and double time made.
In giving their assistance to bring
the strikers and employers together
| both the mayor and chief of police lei
1t be understood that they would no,
| Icountenance any breach of the peace
such as occurred at the last big fer
tilizer- strike. They were firm In is,
| suing orders, but at the same time
they lent both sides every assistance
in efforts to have amicable adjust
/ ments made.
1t is now claimed that the borough
of Roosevelt has been rid of strikes
Men of the Wheeler Condenser plant
are not working, but they claim that
they are only on lay-off, pending ad
! justment of misunderstanding
4 Vice President and General Manager
J. J. Brown said today that he want