The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08
Labor Leaders Bury
 Ratchet I'm Efforts
 To Win Graph Strike
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 and they came to an amicable agree ment to join forces and insist on their demands.
 The meeting between Superintendent Roberts and the strike committee of the Federation of Labor strikers at Charles J. Fury and L. R. Thomas was
 ot productive of any progress in the -ettlement of the strike as Superin-
 ndent Roberts explained that he had gone his limit when he offered a A hour week and an increase of 12k% in wages. He said, however, that he would take up individual grievances and rectify any injustice in the treat ment of the employees.
 Conciliators Fury and Thomas held a conference with G. W. Goodridge of the Bryant Electric company this forenoon and obtained an assurance from him that if the workers went back he would increase their wages even more than they asked. The Conciliators informed him that if they were successful in getting the em- p1oyes back and these assurances were called in the Bryant factory that would put it out of business, =.z
 The Conciliators also conferred with the management of the Locomo- bile company and the company desir- ed two weeks in which to make scale of wages which they would be willing to pay their employees.
 The management stated that they would pay the men more than other factories in the same line of business were paying their men and would make the increase retroactive as of August 4.
 According to Ira N. Ornburn, Secre- tary of the State Federation of Labor, the management of the clothing fac toory of Wolf & Abrams had inform ed him that they willing to arrange for a settlement of the strike at their plant through the officials of the Federation of Labor but would not have anything to do with the Anal gamated Clothing Workers of Amer ica who have been organizing their employees
 There are conferences today be- tween the Federation officials and the management of the Garfield Rubber Co.,, The Atlas Shear Co. and the Acme Shear Go.
 Conciliators Fury and Thomas will leave the city today and will return on Monday.
 It Is expected that there will be a high old time at the meeting of Local No. 80 tonight when the expulsion of Samuel I1avtt as member of the union will be up for discussion.
 A large number of the members of the union claim that I.avit cannot be expelled without first having a hear ing before the local to which he be- longs, and thak the charges against him must be proved before the local by those bringing them.
 Lavit says that if the Grand Lodge has the right to convict him without a hearing he is practically denied the chance to obtain vindication as the only way that he can proceed would be to take the matter before the next convention of the I. A. of M. which in all probability will not meet until. 1922, and the cost Of a referendum would be between s4,oo0 and s5,ooo. Iavtt's friends will attend the meet ing in force and talk among the !! members today would indicate that | Secretary Davison and his friends would be kept busy explaining why | they should at this time when there i are strikes throughout the city, come i in and attempt to disrupt and disor- | ganize' the strikers.
 The meeting will be held at Colonial | hall and many of the strikers who | are not members of the Machinists' l Union will be present The 45 tool makers and machinists | in the Black Rock Machine !! company walked out this noon in an | effort to enforce their demands for q l A hour week and increase of pay. l The men are 100 per cent organized ] and Cid not await the sanction of the | irand Lodge but struck when they | 'elt their demands would not be ! granted.