Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-05-07

Claim They Have Not Had Square Deal at
Hands of Newspapers, Captain and Public,
Who ''Have Not Understood Their Position"
Men Appear Before Chamber of Commerce Direct
ors.-Harmonious Meeting Ends In Conference Between
Committee and Superintendent Lown.

fired" and to do their talking after
ward
Discharged Man Whose Wife Was Ssch
1t was also ehazged that this over
seer discharged man because he
stayed out from work when his wife
was in a delicate state of health. The
man said he had met Mr.. Lown on the
street and told him of the incident and
that Mr. Lown said he would Fix u,
but nothing had been done.
Mr.. Lown stated that he had no
recollection of the occurrence.
Mr. Vannose said that he thought
the wage schedule was too low. He
told of making as high as $56 ons
week. but explained that he worked
from 73 to "a hours for this, including
wo evenings, Saturday afternoon, and
then helped scrub floors Sunday
morning
Ovila Guertin quoted from the price
list paid in the Connecticut mills.
Danielson, and in the Goodyear mills.
to show that these min paid higher
scale than the Manhasset. He told OF
one man, good weaver and steady
worker, whose average pay for the
year was 1872, including overtime
work. 1t was also stated that the
weavers were forced to work overtime
whether they wanted to or not on the
threat of losing their jobs If they did
| MT
Supposed His MIL Highest
Mr., Lown said that he supposed his
company was paying the highest wage
schedule. The other mills mentioned
had accused the Manhasset of getting
their help by paying the highest wag-
es. There was an understanding that
the mills would pay the same wage for
the same class of work, and he suppos-
ed they did.
Night Work Hard
Another striker told of the hard
work done by night weavers and the
/ fact that no man could stand It .
great while TO work from six in the
|evening until six in. the morning with
a cold luncheon at midnight, some mot
even stopping their looms to eat. 70
anxious are they to make additional
money.
| Several of the men mentioned the
fact that the Manhasset Company had
the reputation for making the best
tire duck in the country. Don't YOU
think, Mr. Town." said Mr.. Guertin,
"that you can afford to pay as much
for first class work as these other milh
are paying for second class?"
| Mr. Lown said that he was proud Of
the class of help in his mill and of the
product manufactured there. He I'M
derstood that he was paying the same
rates as other mills and had been nc
cused of paying more.
Said Patriot Refused Statements
Mr. Caisse said that he had pre-
sented statement to the editor Of
The Patriot and that the editor had re-
fused to print it even as an advertise
ment and he, Caisse, charged that the
editor said he would publish nothing
coming from the strikers.
Might Get Together
Mr. Padgett suggested that as both
had expressed regard for each other
he thought they migs.' meet and talk
things over. Mr.. Lown said he was in
his office from early in the morning b
late in the evening and, he said, "The
latch string is always OUT 1t was
suggested that there was no time like
the present and Mr.. Lown and the
committee retired to an adjoining
room for conference.
In half an hour they came out and
it was reported that progress had been
made and that the committee would
meet Mr. Lown again Wednesday
morning.
The strikers thanked the directors
of the Chamber Of Commerce for CALI
ing the meeting. President Dean re-
piled: II am glad you came up; ! hops
we have been Of service to you.'