The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-17
REMINGTON co. r.
and STRIKERS AT
ODDS over PAY
Statements Conflict and
Workers Say They'll Wait
Until Approached.
WILL PREFER CHARGE
AGAINST POLICEMAN
Complain of Guards, Super
intendent, and Condition
of Floor In Room.

| Drop forgers and die sinkersA who
went on strike yesterday at the plant
| of the Remington Arms & Ammuni-
| ton Co. announced this morning that
no overtures will be made to the COM
pany; that the men wA1 wait three
weeks, and then. unless their griev-
ances are adjusted, all will leave the
city for other jobs, which they say
are waiting for them.
Members of the Drop Forgers' union
began preparations today for pre-
fering charges against a policeman in
the employ of the city of Bridgeport.
It is asserted he used unlawful force
and insulting language in assisting to
discharge Remington emp1oye.
A meeting of the strikers was held
this morning at 119 Wall street, Bar
tenders union hall. A statement given
out there said that all the men in the
drop forging room of the Remington
plant are out, that all the die sfnkers
have quit and that the bayonet
straighteners were locked out of the
plant for more than an hour today.
1t was estimated $50 have quit. On
the other handj an official statement
from tn company say that half the
men in the department involved, are
out.
Complaint is made against the
guards of the Remington shop, against
.RO~-OO-AAS~A-S
E1hngham and others.
The grievances of the men concern
working conditions and spoiled work.
They protest that they have to pay
for bayonets that are spoiled. They
say they are willing to pay for them,
provided they may then become the
owners. They said this morning that
the resent losing their piece work
wage on spoiled work, and then buy
ing the material. and not receiving it.
suggestion was made to Superin-
tendent El1ingham, they say, that they
be allowed to cart the material away
after buying it, but this was refused,
they say. ir---7ss-.-zs4
4 I'VE have to throw those bayonets
in the scrap the company off1cials
said today in a statement. ''The ma
terial costs money and we can't afford
to have the men spoil such great
Quantities
The company's position on this mat
ter, as stated today is: These men
day, and in the desire to increase their
earnings, they work hurried1y. We
cannot accept care1ess1y treated bayo-
nets, because the inspectors reject
them. Then they go into the scrap.
several wekes ago we called a halt.
We told the men that this couldn't go
on-so great quantities were being
ing to. wipe the slate clean, but from
then on they would have to pay for
the work they spoiled. Later we said
we'd divide the loss, they to pay half
for the material and the company the
other half. They objected, and want
ed to go on turning out defective bay
onets and having the-company pay for
the material spoiled.
"On the wage matter, we guaran-
teed them day and a quarter pay.
Thus, if things were slack, and they
had reached the minimum figure they
could go home. The claim that the
men make that they work som etimes
all day for nothing is untrue.
Regarding the assertion that the
company is advertising 10 cents an
hour, and then~not paying it-this is
We advertise that we'1l
pay as high as 10 cents an hour. There
are die sinkers and die sinkers, just as
there are painters and painters. An
artist and fence painter vary in skill.
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