The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
Hartford Stagehands'
Strike is Settled

The strike of the stagehands, in
Guiding the carpenters and moving
picture operators, which has been
going on at the Poll houses in Hart
ford since November 20, was settled
by committee of the strikers and
Mr.. Polls representatives, at meet
ing in New Haven, last week. AS
the stagehands at the other houses
in the city, who went out at the. same
time had since returned to Parsons
and the Grand, the settlement means
the whole situation is cleared up,
though members Of the Hartford
branch of the International Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees did not
care to say anything about it to-day.
Louis Saga1 of the New York Of
flee Of Mr.. Poll was in town, with
a general statement from his en-
ployer.
He. said that while the men, who
went on strike, would go back to
work with increased pay. those re-
ceiving SIG to be paid $21, and stage
foremen receiving $22 to- be given
$26, he claimed that what increases
were decided upon, had previously
been offered to the men voluntarily
by Mr. Poll. The men, he added,
would work eight hours a day, and
would get double pay for Sundays.
His contention was that the strike
was unnecessary, as the raise had
been offered to the men. The prices
agreed on, at the New Haven con-
ference, he said, were the identical
with those prevailing in the Spring
field house of Mr.. Poll and in some
other cities.
AS the strikebreakers, who came
here from New York, did not do so
without being protected by an agree
ment, Mr.. Saga1 said they would
have to be released gradually, but
some of the strikers would perhaps
be back by Monday. The agreement
however, would date from January
1. He claimed Mr.. Poll has been do
ing business In Hartford for thirty
years, and that the two biggest
strikes he had had on his hands in
that time took place in Hartford.
The statement authorized by Mr..
Poll, and which MIR. Sagal brought
along with him, was as follows:
"Following a conference between
a committee representing the Hart
ford branch of the International AL
lance of Theatrical Stage EN-
ployes and S. z. Poll, held at the
office of the latter in New Haven,
Wednesday, a most amicable adjust
ment of the temporary differences
as between employer and employed
insofar as the two Hartford Poll the
aires is concerned, was arrived at,
and a working agreement which will
run course of several years and
which will obviate further misunder-
standings, was happily agreed to on
both sides.
"Mr. Polls interest in his Hart
ford theatres, his cordial relations
with press and public, and his desire
that the best entertainment be pro-
duced here without any Earring note,
found ready accord on the part of
the committee representing the stage
employees, and the present slight diff
ficulty< and it's adjustment are sure
to mean an entirely harmonious
working together for mutual benefit,
and in: that way for the benefit of
the theatre going public, both on the
part of Mr.. Poll, the Hartford man
ayers, and house staff and the en-
ployes.
"In short, the entire working
forces return with any differences,
real or alleged, forgotten. and i'm
bued with a better working. spirit in
every way than prior to the recent
troubles"
There were five Of the strikers on
the committee.