Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-03
PREDICTS STRIKE PERIOD
 COMING IN CONNECTICUT

w Q 0O not want 10 see laDOr 0l- vided at this particular time, said Ira
 N. ornburn of New Haven, secre-
 tary of the Connecticut Federation of
 Carpenters hall in the Majestic
 building by the Central Labor Union
 Tuesday evening. We w2nt to see nominated on both tickets men who
 are friendly to the wage earner, he continued. MT. Ornburn, during the course of his remarks, predicted more strikes in Connecticut during the coming spring and summer than ever
 before. giving as the reason the fact that the men and women workers are greatly agitated. They are asking | they are right in asking for more money because wages have not kept pace with the high cost of living.
 | The meeting, which had a large at | tendance. was presided over by Vice 1 President James Mulcahy in the ab-
 sence of the president. After the us- ual routine business rnaiters had been l disposed of Mir. Muicahy introduced 1 MT. -Ornburn.
 If there ever was time in the history of organized labor when unit
 ed action was needed, it Is now. said MT. Ornburn. Continuing, he said l OllAcI lSWSPdp pcIS all over the country have swayed the public against organized labor
 Speaking of the coal strike that at- l tracted such universal attention, he told of a conspiracy to keep coal cars from the mines in order to keep the price of coal as high as possible | While the war was on the coal min- CTS avera ged 190 days work during
 the year and in wages they averaged between $500 and $so0 a year, he said
 During the time our country was
 at war there were 5oooo miners idls
 and the public was suffering iron
 lack of coal. Why do we need brol1.
 CTS for such a necessity as coal? Inc
 asked. They simply buy the coal from
 the mines and all the coal coming tC : New England must be purchased through them. N They get immensely rich at the expense of the consumer MT. Ornburn went on to tell of tn,
 formation of committee and of { , million dollars raised in one night il New York city to carry on propagan da against organized labor betweer now and the election next fall. The,
 are working now and have over 4oo , 900 names on their mailing list. The,
 are also working with the women /. The newspapers. too. said MT. Orn burn. are work ng. although not open
 ly. They are carrying on propagand; 5 through editorials and news articles. Il We expect to have supporters il
 every locality where there is a local Every town In Connecticut regardles s of its size, has two representative : By this unfair representation tn ] farmers, joining forces with the man 0 ufacturers, can defeat any legislatio v they want to in the house of repre- = sentatives. We want you to go ou
 and build up your organization t In closing, MT. Ornburn said that 1 the last few months the Connecticr : Federation of Labor has organized 1 S this. state over 10000 men and VIC s men. He was given a rising vote
 thanks for his interesting talk
 There was one other speaker dui
 ing the evening. Hugh J. Garland ( 7. New Haven, Connecticut represents l, tive of the International Ladies Gal q ment Workers. After heartily CT g dorsing the talk given by MT. Orr : burn, he said he was present at u t meeting to ask the cooperation of u T Central Labor Union in his plan = organize the corset workers in. tn
 city. He told of the. fiourishing o g, ganization the garment workers # Bridgeport have formed and said il e same kind of an organization can al il should be formed in Norwich. IT t. meeting gave him a rising vote t. thanks for his talk, which was bri s but to the point. l., After the meeting adjourned, co n fee. sandwiches and doughnuts we of served.