Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22

wages. All the firms affected by the strike
Were notified of our demands on July g."
The formal demands made by the union
are as follows: Fifty cents an hour, or ~
an eight-hour day for boilermalers: thirty
seven and half cents an hour, or 50 day
Tor helpers ffty-five cents an hour, or $40
day, for fange turner's, and $3.50 a day
Tor Held workers, with 81 day bonus for
men employed thirty-five feet above the
ground.
FLYING SQUADRON" FORMED
mass-meeting of the strikers was held
today In the headquarters of the Cigarmak-
ers' Union, 232 North Ninth street. About
l20 attended They were cautioned to alb.
stain from all violence, but to picket as
much as possible. A flying squadron"
was formed, consisting of about fifty men,
to do picket duty throughout the city.
The Boiler Manufacturers and Plate
Metal Association, which is the employers
organization. will hold a meeting tomor.
row night in the Manufacturers Club to
discuss the demands of the strikers w. NJ.
Connery, president of the employers body
and head of one of the plants affected was
IN New York today, but attaches of his
| Office denied that his trip had anything TO
| do with the strike.
Robert A. Rutherford, manager of the
| Bailey plant, who made the charge that
| German propaganda was responsible for the
Walkout, has not made any formal COM
| plant to Government officials When asked
II he would seek an audience with Special
Agent Garbarino or District Attorney Kane.
| he said no. When asked If he had any
| evidence of German plot he admitted he
| had not
In hepy to a question as to what he
based his charge of conspiracy on, he said :
| only a short time ago the brotherhood
| was bankrupt. Its members were deserving
| suddenly the organization was resurrected
It,N 90
The latest we hear is that the leaders OF
the brotherhood. from all parts of the
| country have 1ocked to this city and are
| quartered in fine style at various hotels
here. 1t might be we'll for them TO explain
where they obtained their recent contribu.
tions, which, I am told, run into the thou.
sands. | have also heard that the |. w w
is cooperating with the local here in this
trouble"
KANE MAKES NO MOVE
United States District Attorney Kane
said that he had received no advices from
Washington instructing him to make an in.
restigation of the strike. He added how.
ever, that If he should receive informatio
that the l. w. W. was involved, he would
take steps to proceed against them.
| Officials of the Chester ShipbuildinI
plant were in conference all day at the
plant at Third and kerlin streets, and woult
; not discuss the situation 1t was learned
however, that fully 1900 men had quit work
more than half the total number employed
About half of the strikers are riveters
! Iheir chief grievance is about wages The.
: say they do not insist on shorter hours.
massmeeting was held late this afternoon
IN Cupler's Hall, Third and kerlin streets
NO picketing was done by the strikers, an
there was no violence of any kind.
number of pipefitters who struck with tn
rlVeters went back to work today after rt
ceiving concession I'm the wage schedule.
In discussing the walkouts throughout tn
, East, Secretary Daniels today said:
3 Realizing that wages have increases
, greatly since the wage scale for this yea
{ was fixed by the Navy Department, step
t | we're taken several weeks ago TO head OF
Y widespread tie-up of navy yards throug
1 strikes
e Representatives of three departments
War. Navy and Labor-have been inves
, | tigating for several weeks the wages pal
= by private employment near navy yard
s and arsenals. Under the law we must pa
the scale of wages prevailing in the lo
1 ! calities In which the Government plant
= are located.
INCREASES JUSTIFIED
, Il expect that the final report Of III
> commission will be finished by August ?
| and that early in September tn 'rcreaSe
: will become effective. There fs no dout
, | that increases are justified in Certai