Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-07
WILLIMANTIC

above. A committee of three, Frank w Kraus, president of the textile council William Casey, president of the cotton workers local, and Henry Musiel, repre- sentative of the Polish workers, met Agent Knight about 4.30 o'clock while Mir. Knight was down town and the pro- position was offered him in the Chamber of Commerce hall on Main street. Agent Knight stated that the terms as told above were satisfactory to his company and final settlement was made for re cunning operations the coming Monday. The men had been out on strike for. over one week during which time there had been no attempt to resume opera tions on the part of company officials. The situation at the American Thread company became more acute Thursday when about 25O spinners, spoilers, and ! shoe thread twisters were called out by the union officials over 400 operatives of Mill No. of the plant now having left their work About 65 employees of the mill are remaining at their work, 3S in the carding department and 90 in the spinning department A committee rep l resenting the striking employees met with | Agent Don IT. Curtis Thursday morning | but after conference of one and one half hours the situation remained the same, the committee insisting that the ! non-union help be discharged and the plant officials stating that they could see no reason for discharging operatives l many of whom have been employees of the company for many years. The ten l employees of the carding department 1 whose refusal to join the union was l taken by the union employees as cause | for the walkout have been in the employ | of the company for from five to twelve | years eight of them being married Wo- men. During this time the company has had no fault to find with their work and the company refuses to discriminate between their union and non-union help i a stand they have always taken and tbey l intend to treat all their employees witt equal fairness, whether the workers be
 long to the union or not.
 Mrs. Augustus Cleveland Tyler (Cor
 nelia Osgood, formerly of Norwich) ore
 sented A. c. Tyler Camp No 8 U. S. w
 V. of Connecticut, photograph of hel
 late husband, Colonel Tyler. also a pic
 ture of her home. The Films, New Lon
 don. Members of the camp expressd,
 their appreciation of the gift from Mrs
 Tyler as the memory of the colonel un
 der whom many of the local member;
 had fought in '9S was still held dear II ] recognition of Mrs. Tyler's gift to tn,
 camp it was unanimously voted that sh,
 be elected an honorary member of Cam
 A. c. Tyler Camp No. s, for the rema in
 der of her life
 Windham High will meet the ball teau
 from Westerly high at Recreation pa Il
 this F'riday) afternoon Windham an, ] westerly have always been bitter rival
 on the field of sport and although Wind
 ham is putting her first baseball team il
 four years into the field the players ca,
 make things hum for the Rhode IsIan,
 boys. Lathrop on the mound for Wind
 ham has famed 40 opponents in thre
 games this season and has contributes
 much to the success of the locals. Tn
 lineup of Windham will be as usual
 Engine Company No. was called ou
 about 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon f extinguish q chimney fire at the home q
 Mrs. Ellen Sullivan at 54 Elm street The blaze was quickly conquered, si gallons of chemical being used. Tn
 building is frame structure owned b Mrs. Sullivan.
 But one criminal case was assigne
 Thursday morning at the session of tn Windham county superior court. that C , Carrie Marcello. formerly of Windhan l now of New York, charged with the the1
 of F chickens in October, 1919. Ther ! ! have already been one or two continu
 ances of this case for various reasons f At first it was desided to let it lie unas I signed on the list. but later Tuesday, Ma D l 18th, was fixed for the trial The la, , postponement was due to the illness ( Mrs. Marcello's children. Mrs. Marcello T T original bond was fixed at s200 but no, i is for S100. Members of the jury hay 2 been excused until that date. announce ! ment being made that naturalizatio 9 would take up the attention of the coul this coming week. Tuesday in Willimar tic. and Wednesday and possibly Thurs ' day in Putnam. Court adjourned shortl . before II o'clock until 1920 this (Friday c morning. when short calendar session
 to be held.
 1:le Connecticut company annOune,
 that, beginning today (F'riday), May