Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-19
5. D. WARREN PAPER
MILL employees
OUT on. STRIKE
Company Refuses to Recognize
Paper Makers Union and 600
Employees Walk Out

Portland, Me-. Sept. 1S.-Between
600 and 700 employees Of the s. D. War
rem Paper mills went out on a strike
at o'clock today after the officials
Of the mill had refused to recognize
the International Brotherhood of Pa
per Makers of which over 900 of the
Warren Mills employees are members.
The walkout means that the mills will
be closed within a few hours and tits
probable that men employed in the
Yarmouth mills owned by the same
company will also go out on strike.
While the 200 or more girls employed
In the Warren mills at Westbrook are
not affiliated with the Paper Makers
Union, 1t was rumored this afternoon
that they would go out before night.
Cheers for Strikers
Long before l o'clock the strike
sympathizers assembled at the farther
end Of the Cumberland street bridge
at the entrance to the big paper mills
and as the strikers walked out of the
big plant with their dinner pals in
their hands they were given a rousing
reception. BY 1.30 practically every
union man of the big plant had quit
work and there were only two of more
than a dozen paper making machines
in operation at this time and by
o'clock when the set-up crew is sup
posed to go on duty every wheel in
the largest book paper-makipg plant
In the world will be at standstill.
The strikers are represented by J. T.
Cary of Albany. N. Y, president of
the International Brotherhood of Pa
per Makers. NJ. H. Parker, fourth vice
president of the International organ
ization, and Charles Roux Of Portland,
representing the Carpenters District
Council Local 273. These three Off
cials with committee of "a from
the Local los International Brother
hood of Paper Makers went to the
main office of the paper mills in
Westbrook this morning and were in
conference with Joseph A. Warren, the
mill agent, for more than two hours.
They were unable to reach any agree
ment and according to the strike leaders
Mr.. Warren positively refused to recog-
nize the union. When seen by a report
er Mr.. Warren said: II don't care to
make any agreement with tho union, as
do not think it would be for the best
interest of the mill" Further than this
he refused to make any statement and
said that he could not give at this time
any idea Of the number Of men who had
gone out on strike.
Call For Police Reported
M. H. Parker, who has been here for
several months, and Charles Roux, speak,
ing for the strikers said this afternoon
that they understood call had been sent
to Portland for police officers for strike
duty. They said that such a move was
unnecessary and said that the strike
would be conducted along the same lines
as that of the Portland Carmen's Union,
that the men would be orderly and that
there would be no violence Of any sort.
The strike leaders were particularly en-
thusiastic and claimed that not only
would every union man come out, but saio
that already many men who had previ
ously refused to join the union had QUIT
their work and joined the strikers this
afternoon. Shortly before 2 o'clock this
afternoon the strikers formed in line at
the entrance Of the big paper mill and pa
raded through the streets of Cumber-
land Mills and westbrook cheering. Later
In the afternoon big mass meeting was
held In Red Mems hall and tonight big
open air meeting was held at Riverbank
Park, where the men were addressed by
strike leaders.