The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-28
TRY CANCELLATION

 concaon the strike of the Graphophone Company employees has come to it's present unfortunate state.
 In the beginning, this quarrel at least easy to set been settled.
 A little common sense exhibited upon both sides would readily bring the strike to end.
 Two methods have been used in the recent Bridgeport strikes the method of discussion and conciaon notably exhibited in the Warner Brothers settlement the Brass Com pany settlement and half other settlements that have been made.
 Tthe other is the method of hammer and tongs combat which has been used in the Gaphophone stre which has failed and which should finally succeed and the strikers return through being utterly out and impoverished will not be good settlement for the company because suen work do not make for good production.
 settlement is a plain, agreement which leaves both parties good naured and makes for so dariy effort when the wheels of the industry begin again.
 If the directors of the company will themselves come t Bridgeport if they will send negotator to the work who mastered the first principles of labor they will be able to close up the strike in a few hours.
 The trouble is two fold There is Mr. shenkan wo be- he cannot have his way strike, neither he his followers a rap about Bridgeport
 And there the companys negoators who, moi having their way in strike, proclaim, that they will their plant, not giving rap for Bridgeport
 Shenkan of the w. U and Roberts of the A. c. Co., concerned with getting their They don't care what happens to Bridgeport
 When the Graphophone Company elected to tal it would leave Bridgeport unless the strike settled it either meant what it said, or it didn't
 It has squandered the advantage it for time had and has contrved matters that not single concerned in the strike be induced believe that the company going to Ieave until he actually empty factory building.
 This strike is far from hopeless It can be settled in few by methods difficult than the settlement of the other strikes begun at the time.
 be settled any profit city Bridgeport to the American Graphophone Company through the unconsdered crude and illegal methods which have been freely employed
 cept the published offer of the company which fairly presentaivc of the acceptable better than of those settlements
 The company has been wrong in this, that withdrew its oer and in place of conciaton substituted ancient strong methods, which played out, injurious only industry that them.
 Here the situation it appears any unbiased c- The company willing to stay in Bridgeport if the strikers would receive it's advertised proposal.
 Then the company its advertised proposal not being cepted withdrew its offer stay Bridgeport under any circumstances
 Again, the company would stay Bridgeport would back take wage adjustments later and submit to discrimination against fifty of their number
 These three propositions taken together rightly wrongly convince everybody company prefer Bridgeport place to do business which Bridgeport is grateful.
 Suppose then that the company adopting policy of y advertised abandoning policy of discrimination what happens.
 Bridgeport company going to try 10 live together everybody wants big producon which other things contented workers
 It would be much better if the next wage adjustment should be for with barring oclous and strikes for term, say of two three years.
 It may be that the principles of collective bargaining not yet well enough understood in this negborhood permit such rational method the contract which gives stability and prevents interruption of industry.
 There cities in America which provide brilliant examples of successful adjustments of this sort.
 strike is breach of the peace. ought supervision of public law. In the public should be subject to adjudication settlements for term say two years.
 Everybody would such public control More would be produced In the absence private intelligence must do the best it The company wants to do business The comPanys ployes want to work. The separation msunder standing which sympathetic negotiator representing should be able to with little effort waste of time.
 Try conciliation.