Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-03
WAR MUNITIONS
STRIKE HERE IS
At STANDST|LL
Mas & Waldstein Says mo
Strike"-PoIice on Guard.
Strikers Under Cover.

The war munitions strike de-
clared by workmen in the bay
front plant of the Mas
Waldstein Company is at a stand
still today. Four policemen, two
of them mounted. were stationed in
front of the factory, while strikers
kept out of sight. At Millers Hotel.
where the men made their head
quarters yesterday, it was said that
there was no need for their appear
ance today until the night force was
about to go to work at 6 o'clock. At
the factory it was said the strike was
over.
A report that a strike had been in
augurated among the Workmen of the
Mas & WaIdstein Company at it's
Riverside avenue plant was denied
at the factory and no evidence of
strike was to be seen.
M. +. Tufts, superintendent of the
day shift, said today that only about
thirty of his men went out yesterday
and that half of them had asked per-
mission to come back today and had
been hired. The places of the other
strikers mad been filed he said, and
the men who were out would not be
taken back. Later he modified this
statement to the extent of saying that
he had told those who had not been
taken back that he would be willing
to talk matters over with them in a
couple of weeks. t-
The status of the night force could
not be learned all inquiries in that
line being referred to the night super
lntendent. who was not about the
plant. John Schrink and Patrick
Manion, the leaders of the strikers,
were not on the job this forenoon.
The men who went out were en-
ployed at dipping cotton in acid
They worked i'm two shifts twelve
hours a day and were paid twenty
five cents an hour. They asked for
thirty cents.
The other strike in that neighbor-
hood. that of the carpenters labor
ers employed on the seven new
buildings which will constitute the
plant of the American Synthetic Dye
Works, also seemed to be at a
standstill, All information was re-
fused at the office of the Jarrett
Chambers Company, the contractors
engaged in the erection of the plants,
the guards at the door even denying
that the company office was located
there
Admit Carpenters Quit.
1T was admitted that some of the
carpenters were not working today,
but the rain was given as the cause
for their absence and not the lack
of helpers. These strikers are maxi
ing their headquarters at Madlingers
place, on the Plank road, where ii
was said that the only handicap
the strikers was suffering from was
the willingness of some of the union
carpenters to do laborers' work.
The strikers on this job were work
ing nine and one-siXth hours per day
at the rate of twenty cents per hour.
They asked for twenty-five cents
per hour, one half of the pay of the
union carpenters they serve. The
strikers this morning said that as
soon as all the carpenters are forced
to refrain from doing laborers' work
they will have the situation in hand.
These men are inclined to place all
the blame for the trouble on Super
intendent Crowell's refusal to trans
nit their demands to the office of the
company The strike of the laborers
was the second on that job within
a week The first was when seven
young men employed as water car
riers quit when they were refused
an increase of wages from twelve
and one-half cents per hour to fif-
teen cents. Only one of the seven
have gone back to work thus far.
IronwOrkers Close Headquarters.
When call was made at the head
quarters of the inside iron workers at
1856 Spruce street this morning, the
Headquarters sign had been removed
and the hall was locked up.
The man in charge of the hall stat
ed that the sign had been removed
by the iron workers last night and
he had been informed that they would
not need the hall any longer. He
said that most of the men had re-
turned to work in the shops that had
signed the schedule, which goes into
effect on September l.
1t was learned that no effort had
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