The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-24
BLISS CO.. NOW FACES
HIGHER PAY DEMAND
MachiniStS. Not Satisfied With
shorter Hours. Again
Threaten strike.
LABOR LEADERS ELATED

Tire International Association Of
Machinists. whose officers have planned
"A general eight hour minimum wage
campaign throughout New England and
other Eastern States. made 1t plain
through local representatives yesterday
that the capitulation OF the T.. W. bliss
Company. the first point OF attack III
New York. on the eight hour question
would not he acceptable unless 1t was
coupled with an increase OF wages.
The union heads want a wage scale
established that will compare favorably
with the 20 per cent. increase granted
to the workmen In the Remington Arms
shops Mt Bridgeport. As long as the
Bliss company has yielded without pres
sure on the hours OF work the
machinlsts dc not anticipate much oppo-
sition to their wage demands, which
have NOT yet been formulated
r. ]. Dcering. business agent of the
organized machinists IN the New York
district. said yesterday that the pres
entation us the demands for increased
pay to the Bliss company awaited the
/ ttlu1n q u a. N'll'A'Nf
yice-president OF the machinists, who
was In bridgeport comforting win sam
uel Gompers and other labor leaders.
Eeppler is expected at the machtnists
headquarters, ll6 Nassau street, some
time to-day.
According to present plans. unless the
Bliss company makes wage concessions
in the meantime. keppler VIII leau u
delegation 10 the 'compauN's cniees' NJ
Adams and Plymouth streets, BrooRayh'
early neNt week. None Of the employees
of the company will he in the delegation.
80 Per Cent. t~niOniscd.
peering said about 80 per cent. OF the
1000 iuachinists employed at me uS
Brooklyn plant. which IL bullding hlte-
head turpedoes FOR The United states
Government and manufacturing otner
war supplies for foreign countries. are
,ni,rizsd and tina, they are enthusiasts
for , strike. Secret meetings have beei
held during the last few weeks ana Deer
ing believes the ~uon-union men VIII VAIN
our with the union workers when inc
call comes. ~,
mouldsrs. pattern makers bIacksm1'hs
and sheet metal workers nave ASSURE
in. machinists of support and 'oopeIa
80, II "A strike becomes necessary Inc
n,acbiuists plan a complete tieup OF we
entire works unless they get 'heli oe'
mands. continued
9Th. Bliss company. continue
pesrine. "is merely trying 10 tores'a'
~ nv granting a forty-eight hour week
hut that won't satisfy us. Conoit'on'
&, the Bliss shops are awful. III lsh
a question Of hours now. we WAN
- NOR, paw. We are AFTER the sam
terms that we got In Bridgeport
minimum wage OF II cents an hour To-
an eigh, hour day. with overtime. NO"
that We nave a promise Of eight hours !
will b.. easier. probably, TO make then
rive ms more pay. II they don't wef
e,Jy TO strike next week. We've go
tie thing started secretly already. why
some Of the men over there get oh''
Is cents an hour. Here is a letter
ius, got from a man who used to Wori
there
The letter stated that the writer nae
gon. To work on July . ae a ann pres
operator. working sixty hours in nv
nights. one weeks pay being held pack
The most experienced men, he "rot" u
I p..ring. &c; only .; cents an hour. ah'
1.-The bench workers and machiuists help
ers get 49,. cents an hour. lie charge'
tina, machines for 900 men are emp'!
, because OF the poor pay, and that IN
I workm.n are blamed for machine
I breakIng down. even though they ge
bad tools with which to work