New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Turin W oolFactories, 200
Milan Chemical Plants.
Residences Occupied;
GiOlitti Hears Protest
Peace Conference
MakeaNo Progress
Employers Offer Increase
i'm Wages; Men Demand
Management of Works

TURIN, Sept. 1O.--Workmen have
occupied three textile establishments
belonging to woolen manufacturer
who has no connection with the metal
industry. One of the establishments
was occupied in most dramatic man.
ner. The building was surrounded bv
workmen, some of whom carried revol-
vers. They entered the Offices and
guarded all exits. Girl clerks and twp
lists tainted. during the scenes of terror
which ensued. All of them were
searched by women workers. Member
of the clerical and technical stats were
gathered together and adjured by a
workingman orator to join the move
ment.
Forty leading employers who mo-
tored to see Premier Giolitti at Bor-
donecohia told him not only of the in
vasion of their works, but declared that
about fifty private houses, adjacent to
the works, were entered. Their wives
and families, they said, were compelled
to leave, as the workmen threw fur
nlture from windows and settled them
selves in the houses.
Official protest has been lodged with
the Italian government by the French
Consul General against occupation of
the Michelin Tire Works by the work
ers, as it belongs to French company,
The protest sets forth that the occupa
tion is in violation of the law guaran-
teeing the property Of foreign subjects.
200 Chemical Plants OCCUPIED
MILAN. Italy, Sept. ii (By The AS
sociated Press).-More than 200 chenai-
cal works here were occupied by work
men late yesterday and red flags were
the Chamber of Labor.
The chemical plants were occupied
simultaneously at a signal of three
blasts on siren. The workers seized
the factories despite the fact that they
recently got wage increases of from 66
to 70 cents day.
The Chamber Of Labor, in explaining
the seizure of the chemical works, said
that the move was not in the nature Of
a real occupation OF che plants, but
was simply a measure which was nec-
cs3ary to guarantee metal workers the
materials they need to carry on their
industry.
Decio Bachi, representative of la
Dor unions, and Carlo Bazzi, delegate
Of the National Syndicate of Coopera-
tive Societies, have presented to Sig
nor Labriola, Minister of Labor, a
memorandum urging the necessity of
forming a kind of national bank of
pirate land from it's owners and indus
trial works from employers.
Under this plan the land would be
divided among small holders, who
would be given unlimited contracts
which would extend to their heirs.
The Railwaymen's Syndicate has
met at Bologna and decided to show its
solidarity with the striking metal
workers by preventing the departure Of
any train transporting police or troops
toward northern Italy from Bologna. a.
Instructions to this end were imme-
diately sent to all railway centers.
In consequence of this order train
from Rome to Milan was not allowed
to continue until car in which Royal
Guards were travelling was detached.
The next train from Rome, also to
Milan. was stopped because it carried
thirteen carabinecrs. Other trains
were treated the same way at other
stations.
Negotiations at Standstill
Scgotiations between the employers
and the metal workers for an adjust
ment OF their differences appeared to
be at a standstill this morning. despite
concessions on the wage question by
the employers.
The meetings Of the Socialist Depu-
ties. representatives of the metal
workers and officials oe the General
Confederation Of Labor were con-
tinuing on the one side, while the
masters met on the other. The latter
have gone so far as to concede a raise
in wages of from 60 to 80 cents daily
on condition that the works be i'm
mcdiately evacuated
The men, however, declared by OBJ
servers to be egsed on by the ultra
radical element among them, are in
sisting that they be given the manage
CONTINUED on paeo scven)