Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-11

ME. Rooney. Mir. Perkins would say although I ana not technically bound arbitrate this matter. The men have offered to arbitrate on May 1st and 18th, but could not come te an under Let me say here that there is re animosity between MT. Perkins and myself, MT. Perkins met me on the
 Mr perkinsea We have had no h. Mr- Rooney told of, the meeting held claimed that MT. Rerkins When called np baffled the public with maze of figures. MT RaeHey then produced q copy of leeal paper in which ap- peared a statement from MT. Perkins and went on to take up each point. Referring to arbitration propositions, Mr. Rooney said that the men would go back ip. tive hours if the officials In answer to that part of the adver- I tisement saying that the company had offered the men the chance te try the ! matter before jury of l7. MT. Rooney said: If we are criminals we will adopt
 !, this method
 When we were presented with the proposition that Governor HolcoTb apoint the third man of the arbitra- ton committee we objected because we feared the lobbying of the New York, New Haven and Hartford road.
 with which this company IS more or I less connected. This is our honest ob- jection to the proposition. After this MT. Rooney went on to tell of the meetings of the mediation committees and the conferences with the company officials.
 Mr. Rooney at this point hurled a l def at Mayor Morgan of New London, l saying that only two members of the were from the Saybroek division. If you have 14 names of those who will return to work. MT Morgan, why don't you put them on the cars? he I asked
 We are fighting for a square deal and a chance. to make an honest liy- I ing, Mf. Perkins. Let a man be what I he may and you will talk with him, I but let him join a labor orga HiZa ton and you think that he has grown horns.
 If the men running the ears now are not strikebreakers. then what are 1 of those on the cars. said to me: I Where have 1 seen you before? named several places where there had ] been strikes but he said no to each one. Then I asked him if it was in l New York at the time of the 1918 | strike, and he said yes. MT. Rooney l then referred to a list he had and without calling any names stated that some of the records of the men now 1 employed by the company showed they i had been discharged for various fea- l sons.
 MT. Rooney then claimed that sew eral of the meetings held in behalf of 1 the strike had been staged against the 1 trolleymen. He told of a meeting ! when the linemen conferred with the 1 company and Mr Humphrey of the l Eastern Connecticut Power comps ny. and that MT. StrattoH had sai at 10 50 o'clock in the morning that he couldn't do anything for them but that they l might be working for the Eastern MT, H4mDhreY was asked then what he could do. suDposing it was noon, and Hum phrey said he could give them ss0 week with a weeks yaea- d1ced letterhead and envelope. the I first of the Eastern Connecticut Power compaFy and the second of the Shore Line company, and read the office ad- 1 on Main street
 1 MT. Perkins. I understand, has said that MT. Rooney was the only stGm- 1 bling block. Now I'll gladly elimina te I will do the same If I've said anything 1 to hurt MT. Perkins' feelings then he himself is to blame,
 Here MT. Rooney launched his att tack on the newspa pers, saying that If they had come out in this question as pa Ders elsewhere had done the strike would be over. He accused the editors of not touching the subject strongly enough and in completing his talk on the rapers said: We invite the editors of the newspapers to inyesti- gate this matter and if we are wrong publish it, but if MT. Perkins is wrong do the same. MT. Rooney had all dur I ing his heated address called on the reporters not te miss this and to get that He failed to be fair enough to mention to his audience the lengthy sta dement's that the local Dapers have | published from him and MT McGlone. lH closing MT Rooney said: All we ask in this matter is q square deal and we are going to get 1t.
 Mr: Rooney's address closed the meeting.
 Previous to the meeting there was a parade in which about 25 women and 25e men participa ted The parade was ied by Tubbs' band which gave a short concert in front of the town hall