The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-26
Ignore Request
 Made By Secretary
 of War N. D. Baker
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 are compelled to either leave town or they part their hair they cannot ob- tain work elsewhere in the city and change their names before they can work to enable them to live.
 The strikers claim that if the gov ernment did away with the petty tyranny in the shops alleged to be exercised by under bosses, the men would not be so anxious to grasp every opportunity to strike and would be 100 per cent. efficient.
 When seen today by a representa- tive of The Times, George S, Hawley said: we have no official statement to make regarding the labor situation in this city. The matter has been taken out of the manufacturers hands by the telegram which was received l in this city from Secretary Baker last night, by the representatives of the Machinists' Union, We have nothing to say"
 | Officials at the Remington Arms company's plant were emphatic in their statements today regarding the effect upon their shops which are turning out the Browning machine guns for the use of Pershings soldiers in France. In the course of a discus sion upon the subject of the strike, it was said: "The men are not in- l turing us, they are striking against the government of the country, and by so doing are holding up the pro- duction of arms and ammunition which are vital to our troops at the front. The cry comes from France for guns and still more guns. It is up to the men at home to supply them. The men in Bridgeport by blindly following agitators are not Sui lying the much needed guns.
 We have no comment to make further than this and the belief that the men will return to work immedi- ately they realize the enmority ot their mistake. We are sure that al the worst only about fifty per cent. ot the toolmakers and machinists will drop their work at the order of the agitators and that even they will sec the folly of their ways and return to their lathes and benches before many hours. At noon today every man quit stating that they were going to at
 tend the meeting at the State stree
 Casino, but I expect that they will al
 be back tomorrow morning as the
 telegram from Secretary Baker leave
 no room for doubt as to what tht Government of the United States ex
 poets from the men who are essentia , to the final victory over the Hun.''
 At the Bullard Machine Co.'S plan
 there was big walkout, and the samt thing happened at both the Libert! Ordnance and the Bridgeport Bras Co.'S plant.
 The only two plants in Bridgepor
 or vicinity not affected are tn American Graphophone Go. and tn
 Trumbuu Company, which the strilo CTS claim, have acceded to the de
 mands of the strikers and will no be affected by any labor difficulty
 The American Graphophone Co. is
 non n-essential plant according to !, statement made by an official toda and the men remaining at work ther
 will not remedy the matter of muQi tion production which faces a seriou }. tie-up if the men decide to folloy ;, their leaders and remain on strike. Up to noon today it was not an nounced if any officials from the Taft l. Walsh board of adjustment in Wash
 ington had arrived on the ground, bu > it is understood that a, large numbe Y of government officials are about t '- come to Bridgeport in an effort t s' keep the men working while the CT d tire wrangle is being strengthened ou
 in the capital. @ Another contention which th S. manufacturers put forth is that ther are many representatives of tn
 unions on the board of adjustmer
 in Washington, and that it is the 5, desire that the men remain at wor during the settlement of the disput and that by going out on strike tr le men are not alone going against tf IS wishes of the government, but als n, against the wishes of their own leat le CTS,