The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-28
Minimum Wage Is
 Established For
 Bridgeport Plants
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the government, which is directly concerned in the output of the Bridgeport industries. The workers demanded that they be classified as toolmakers, machinists. specialists and machinist helpers and that minimum rate of pay be established for each of these classifications.
 In addition to the selection by workers of committees to represent them in their dealings with the man. agement, the decision provides that local board of six members be estab- lished. Three of the members are to be chosen by and to represent the workers of Bridgeport; and three to be chosen by the employers. The function of the board will be to ad- just such future differences as cannot be settled between employer and em- ployes.
 The award of MT. Eidlitz has been duly made the award of the board.
 When George S. Hawley, secretary of the Manufacturers Association, was ased about the decision of the War Labor Board in Washington, regard | ing the machinists' wage dispute he | said he was gratifed to hear a decision 1 had been reached by the honorable | body, but that as the Manufacturers | Association had heard nothing offi- cially about the matter, no statement would be given out regarding the mat | ter.
 | A similar statement was made by | the heads of the Remington Arms Co., who immediately upon being informed a decision had been reached by the | Taft-Walsh board upon the advice ot | Otto M. EidlitZ, the umpire who was called in when the body became dead 1 locked, communicated with Washing l ton to get the official announcement ] of the details of the award.
 While no official statement would be | made by the management of the Arms | company 1t was pointed out that the award would effect a large per cent age of the workers in the U. M. c but only a small number of the thous. | ands employed by the Remington Arms as the latter in a great number of cases have been and are getting d the present time more than 78 cents an hour for their work.
 
 | Gen. c. c. Williams made the awart which gave the machinists an increase of pay ranging from three per cent 1 to fifty-five per cent, mistake hac been made, because it effected onl! the machinists and they represent onl! about ten per cent. of the people em ployed by the company. This nis take was officially rectif1ed later whe1 Secretary for War Newton Baker re
 scinded the order.
 When the terms of the award were made known to the members of the ters general dissatisfaction and disap ters general dissatisfaction and risap. pointment at the result of months o1 deliberation by the War Labor Board was expressed.
 When asked what attitude the ma chinists would adopt, it was said "The men are disappointed and dis satisfied with the award and a mass meeting has been arranged to takt place at the State street Casino to- morrow night at 8 o'clock. We vii decide at that meeting what course to adopt, but until then we have nothing to say except that we asked for a minimum scale and did not ge it."
 This action on the part of the ma chinists was somewhat expected as z great number of them are now get ting more than 7S cents an hour ant therefore will not be affected by tht laward