The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-04
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NNtU UtiIAfi rum iEe Cne.) officials of the Grand Lodge of Ma ci inists in carrying out their threat 70 revoke the charter of the local who refused to remove Sam Lavit as tAeir business agent.
 Strikers from the Craphophone and Bryant Electric plants refused to tale 1rr stock Tn the charges against Tavtt and unanimously passed q vote of confidence in him and requested him to continue as their adviser and representative.
 The sentiment of tho strikers throughout the city is almost unani- nous in favor of the dcposed busi- r-ss agent. but few of the older members Cf the -Tucbin,sts' union are Cvrrrssiuc tho opinion that no one r~1r should be greater than the or -..uizatirr md that ravit -hould get cu' if thr Grand Lodge insists.
 I.ayf taq retained Hugh Lsvery as ris counsel ard will fnziEt that charges bc made before the execu- i've c~r~rt!ttec of tho local where he ''r will have 2 chance to answer fdor,
 ,Gf~e1'r- 1ncc-i-g of tho Bryant T''-c:ric comu1rv strikers today Sam ~vtt G~-f91 s'i tho charges made r~rt1et ri-1 ty p. c. Davison of the C-rrd T.-dgn oe Nachinz:e and said: ''-ru aiI I--ow trat I hsJI nothing to ~ with calling a strike at your shop. -r1t when ypu clu'o out as an un- '-~arizod mo I invitci you Tn and t-'rd t1 organize and help you to F-aw up your demands. I had noth- i'~ to do with tho selection of your ~c7rn'ittoo that your boss Goodridse r-rt'sez t1 soc. But I have tried to c~-ru'-a you and got you in a posi- t'"r whore you would he able to get f-.tr~ r-~ -cg and conditions than YOU ~vs ha' IT that is Polshevism, :, --''~r ! r1pad guil.y to being a Bol- ey;st ' preached. too. against vio- 1~-~o. Ir tha. is Rolshevism then I r'rHd su,ity 10 being a Bolshevst. I { d you tc stand together and stick until your demands were granted. If t"1t is Roiarcvisn. I plead guilty to toinr q 'shcvist.'
 This strike is yours. Not mine. You are in America. remember. and ID man or two or three men no mat fcr whether they come from Wash irgton or Russia has the right to tell you that you shall go back to work unless you arc satisfied."
 Don't be divided by outsiders, by t,'e talk of agents of the manufoc- turers.
 
 --orrow morning at 10 o'clock after Reformation that no word has been r~ceived from l.. Tt. Thomas. the con- ciIiator from the Department of Labor who had arreed to attend this morn iug's sc-sion and report the result of his endeavors to have q. W. Good J.irc of tine Bryant Company meet win tho old committee of the Strik- er-. The meeting voted to retain the old committee to negotiate q settle r,ent and appointed q committee oi trre~ members to call on Goodridge pnd invite him to address tomorrow meeting.
 The strikers nt the Graphophone r,nnts are still out notwithstandinp the announcement of the management that the shops would open this morn i.s on A. hour week basis and giv- ing an increase of 127c in wages.
 F. Cauccieiri. an organizer of the Arnalgamated Garment Workers oi America, was in this city last week rnd stated that no member of the or ganizntion of which he was an officer allowed their members to work more than 44 hours a week, while the shoI in thts city was working 4s hours and was paying the girls only SIP weel for making 500 sleeves while for the came work in their New York factor, fN~y were paying S35