The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-02
CONCILIATOR TO TRY TO SETTLE
 BRYANT STRIKE
Daughter of Secretary Wilson Says Federal Agent Will Be
 Sent to Bridgeport.
MASS MEETING TODAY
Secretary ornburn Arranges for International Committee
 of A. F. of l..

Bridgeport, Aug. 1.-Secretary Ira M Ornburn of the Connecticut Federation of Labor has arranged for big mass meeting i'll Colonial Hall at o'clock Saturday afternoon of the striking Graphophone company employees. Rep resentatives of the international com mittee of the American Federation of Labor will address the meeting.
 A special meeting of the Remington Yost strikers was held i'll Colonial Hall this afternoon to hear the report of the committee which has been confering with officials of the company relative to settlement of the strike at that plant
 One dollar an hour is the goal which machinists of the Lake Submarine com pany hope to reach within the next few months, according to statements made at the meeting of the Lake men at Machinists' Hall last night.
 President John Egan of the Central Labor Union urged the men to become 100 per cent. organized throughout the plant if they would hope to successfully achieve the increased wages The men are now receiving 80 cents, an hour and working A hours week.
 A telegram was received from Miss Agnes H. Wilson, daughter of Secre- tary of Labor Wilson, saying that a federal agent would be sent to Bridge port at once to act in settling the strike of the Bryant Electric Company em- ployees. The strikers held 6 mass meeting this morning. @
 Slight trouble in one department at the Warner Brothers Corset Company was reported last night. The A hour week went into effect there Tuesday morning. Some of the girls who did not join the American Federation of Labor yesterday decided they wished to continue to work. AS hours week pro- lviding they received time-and-one-ha1f for four hours work Saturday, accord ing to the report received from the plant. They decided on wa1k-out to enforce their demands. Officials of the American Federation of Labor were called in to adjust the matter and it Is expected that report of the trouble will be ready for the meeting of the Corset Workers Union Monday evel- lns. z z4-.s ss
 - Connecticut Elec sle Manufacturing company eTnPleyees met at Machlnists' Hall yesterday afternoon and drew up demands for a 44-hour week and 25 per cent. increase in pay which their committee will present to the officials this morning. A report as to whether the company will grant or reject the de
 nands will be, made by the committee this afternoon at Machinists' Hall
 Calling in of the government eoncil- iator followed the refusal of c. w. Goodridge, general manager at the Rry- ant company to treat with the com mittee of the workers on the grounds that all members of the committee had not been employed by the company for at least one year The workers main tained that their committee had been regularly elected under the auspices of the National War Labor board, and in sisted that this committee be recog- nized A deadlock e1sued which it is expected will be broken with the arrival of the federal mediator. An early set tlenent of the strike is looked for now that the government has consented to take hand in the case.