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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
new HAVEN FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES ORGANIZE
Revenue and Other Government
Men Get Into
Union.

Preliminary steps are being made in
this city for the organization of a
union of federal employees such as have
recently been organized in many other
cities of the country. The organiza-
ton will include all office holders either
under appointment or under civil serv-
ice A charter has already been ap-
piled for and will be granted very soon
it is expected.
Weather Forcaster Leonard M. Tarr,
who has been one of the leaders in the
organization in this city, is expected to
become the first president of the New
Haven branch. He presided at the
initial meeting which has Just been held.
United States Marshal William R.
Palmer is one of the members as is also
Deputy Collector Terrence Kelly of the
internal revenue department. There
was an attendance of about 80 at the
first meeting just held in the Federal
building but it is expected that the num-
Der of members when the charter list
is completed will be we'll above 200.
Members of the postal service will
not be included in the organization but
all others under federal salaries in this
city will be included.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
PRAISE FOR GOMPERS AT
CIGAR MAKERS SESSION
Cleveland Mayor Warmly Ap-
plauds the "Old Man" and
His Good Works.

Praise for Samuel Gornpers and his
works, coming from the mayor of
Cleveland, Ohio, marked the opening
of the annual convention of the Inter-
national Cigarmakers Union in that city
on Monday. The praise was included
in the address of welcome to the dele
gates and according to the reports sent
back by the delegates from the New
Haven local was heartilJ agreed in by
the thousands present. Mr.. Gompers
was in attendance and got a great re-
ception. The local delegates in at
tendance are Fred CRUDE and John
Duetens.
Cigar makers locally were much ac-
tive this week, with d visit by William
Standcumbe, president Of the New
England Label League. Mr.. Stand
cornbe with the local Label League
committee visited many stores where
non-ur2ion cigars are being put out and
explained the conditions under which
they are made and the superiority of
union made goods and secured many
converts to the cause.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
COOP. STORE PLAN
FULLY EXPLAINED
TO BIG MEETING
Two Schemes Submitted to Work
ers, Who Show Great .
Interest.

Trades Council hall was packed last
night with Organized and non-organ-
lied workers interested in the project
of cutting down living expenses through
the medium of. cooperative store or
stores. Two projects were presented
before them, one the plan under which
committees appointed by the Trades
Council have been acting to establish
such society here, and the other plan
starting in Bridgeport and backed by a
number of prominent men of the state,
for chain of cooperative stores
throughout the state. Both sides were
plainly and interestingly presented and
it is now up to the workers to decide
which one they will adopt.
The Trades Council plan was ex-
planned by representatives from the
Cooperative League of New York
while the Bridgeport plan was explain
ed by men from. that .city.u..T They set
out that the fist of those already in
included Lieutenant Governor Wilson,
Justice George W. Wheeler and others
and that the purchasing would be done
on gigantic scale through Peter Davey
who already runs successful chain
store system. Both plans had much to
appeal to them and it was left to the
individuals to decide.
That the worker generally is much
interested in the cooperative plan was
evidenced not only by the attendance
at the meeting but by reports to the
Trades Council on Thursday night
Delegate Pede of the Cigarmakers
Union, who is a member of the COM
mittee appointed to visit the various
locals and explain the proposition to
them, reported visiting about dozen
organizations and everywhere being re-
ceived with the greatest interest. Other
delegates reported likewise so the CO.
operative stores plan, under one way
or the other, will soon be fixture here
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
HARTFORD STRIKE
LEADER TO TAKE
FACTORY CENSUS
Bransfield, Fired Under Subter-
fuge, Gives Manufacturers
a Shock.

Manufacturers of Hartford county
woke up with a start when Chief Agent
William A Gountryman of the federal
census announced his list of agents for
Rhode Island and Connecticut The list
includes the name of Edward R. Brans-
field, the leader of the Underwood
strike.
The strike lasted eight weeks and the
men all went back to work at more
pay, Bransfield Included Then All of
was considerable stir and some wanted
to "pull' a strike in protest. But this
was considered too rash procedure in
the middle of winter. The U. S. De-
partment of Labor was called in to
investigate and the probe is still on
Bransield had organized the Type
writer Local and had done great deal
of hard work for the strikers. The
reason given for the discharge of
Branshe1d was that he had been late too
many mornings at the Underwood shop
Illness of his wife was the excuse given
by Bransheld, but it did not meet the
desire of the company to get rid of him.
Now he is in a position to find out
lot of interesting things about Hart
ford county manufacturers. He was
formerly an insurance man and is cap
able of doing the clerical work neces-
sary. Subjects to be investigated are
investments in buildings, tools, machin-
cry, and materials, the salaries of Off
GERS, wages of employees, cost of mater
iE} Bransfie1d a did not work for the
American Labor party during the re-
cent campaign, but was loud in his
praises of Mayor Kinsella as opposed
to Alderman Brainard because of Mr..
Brainard's anti-union views.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
HARTFORD HOD CARRIERS
ACCEPT rs CENT OFFER
Call Off Strike When Taken Into
Building Trade
Alliance.

Hartford, April 16.-Mason tenders
who had been striking since April l for
80 cents an hour, decided to return to
work yesterday when an agreement was
reached with the contractors whereby
their union will be taken into the Struc-
tura1 Building Trades Alliance The
men will receive IS cents an hour. The
mason tenders had been receiving GO
cents an hour and asked an increase of
20 cents an hour.
On Monday the contractors had de-
clared the jobs of the men vacant and
advertised for 1aborers to fill the
places, but with little success. The
strikers had rejected the Is cents COM
promise but at another conference,
Wednesday, at which other concessions
were granted, accepted.
The union is an independent body and
is not i'll any way connected with the
Structural Building Trades Alliance,
which has not had a strike since 1907
and has made an agreement on the
wage scale, for the various trades rep
resented, with the employers.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
ORGANIZED LABOR
ANSWERS QUERY ON
POLITICAL POLICY
Use of Injunction One of Strong
Claims, It Tells Repub-
icans.
SCORES THE KANSAS LAW
Anti Strike Movement Will Not
Be Tolerated, Is
Declaration.

Organized 1abor's views on industrial
problems likely to enter into the COM
ing political campaign are presented in
detail in reply to QUESTIONABLE sub
mitted by the advisory committee on
policies and platform of the republican
national committee, made public this
week. The reply is signed by Samuel
Gompers, Matthew Vol and Frank
Morrison as members of the platform
committee of the National Non-Parti-
san campaign of the Federation.
Acceptance of the principles enun-
Grated IN the reply was regarded by
political observers here as determining
organized labor's support of candidates
in the November elections. These prin-
ciples include:
Acceptance of the eight hour day
and the six day week with Saturday
half holiday
Recognition of American wage earn
ers' right to organize in accordance
with their own judgment
Continued exemption of labor orr
ganizations from antitrust laws.
Acceptance of the right of employees
to choose their own representatives
from within or without the plant.
Recognition of the right of employees
to strike.
Abandonment of the use of the in
junction in labor disputes.
Establishment of free federal en-
p1oyment agencies in the administration
of which labor would have voice.
Payment of such wages as to render
old age and retirement pensions un-
necessary.
Equal pay for equal work
Minimum age of 16 years for en-
ployment of children.
Extension of the federal workmen's
compensation act to all wage earners
not protected by state compensation
acts.
Elimination of company welfare and
uplift organizations and substitution of
welfare work as conducted by labor or
ganizations.
Other phases of the industrial situa-
ton covered by the QUESTIONABLE and
labor's replies include the principles of
the Kansas court of Industrial relations,
the function of the secondary strike or
boycott, right of government employees
to organize and to strike establishment
of federal arbitration boards and en-
couragement of thrift among wage
earnerS.
The general principles in what is
known as the Kansas court of indus
TRIAL relations law" the labor commit
tee asserted, "are principles that are
SO anti-democratic as to be reprehensi-
Bile in the extreme and repugnant to
every American concept of justice, free
dom and democracy"
THE secondary STRIKE" or boycott,
the reply stated, "has resorted to and
will be resorted to only when tactics
of employers leave to labor no other
course"
Defending the right of government
workers to organize, the labor commit
tee said the right of such workers to
strike should be maintained but tehre
should never be occasion to use it."
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
new HAVEN PAINTERS
WIN 81 DAY DEMAND
Agreement Also Provides for 81
an Hour on September /,
This Year.

After a series of conferences ending
on Wednesday, the two local unions of
Painters and Paperhangers, won out in
their demands for increased wages and
dating from April IS to September /,
the wage scale in the New Haven dis
trict will be 81 day. After Sept. /,
the scale will be automatically increased
to ST. an hour or So rate, the painters
winning out in their contention for both
agreements.
While the conferences consumed
much time. and on occasions nearly
came to naught, the master painters
finally saw their way clear to meet the
demands and gave in. Meantime
through series of open meetings the
unions had increased their membership
SO largely that any hope that might
have been held of securing sufficient
non-union men to carry on the work
was lost.
The painters are now organized in
fine shape and large number of ap-
p1ications of men not heretofore afili-
ated are pending action so that it is ex-
pected the city will soon be 100 per
cent. organized in that line
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
SAM LAVlT QUITS
STATE TO ACETATE
In OTHER FIELDS
Bridgeport Radical Goes to New
York Radical Organ
ization.

Bridgeport, April 16.-Samue1 Lavit,
for several years Bridgeport's most
spectacular labor agitator, has quit
Connecticut-temporarily, at 1east-to
undertake organizing duties with a New
York union generally credited with be-
ing more radical than the bodies incor-
porated in sthe American Federation of
Labor.
Bridgeport's conservative element
probably said or thought good rid
dancer when they learned that Lavit
was to leave the state. For sensational
Sam" had many strikes in the Park
City and was aggressively in conflict
with the authorities many, many times.
Indeed, Lavit proved too radical for
the American Federation of Labor
from which organization he and his
henchmen of Lodge 80, international
Association of Machinists, were expell-
ed last summer This came as the
climax of a bitter internecine labor
union feud in Bridgeport between the
so-called radical and conservative union
machinists.
After. expelling Lavit and his follow
ers, the l. A. M. of A. F. L. organized
Lodge 116 in Bridgeport. Ever since,
there has been membership and allie
SlanCe Quel between Lodges Ito and 81.
AT first, the latter had the largest and
most active membership. But Lodge
80, cut off from the Internationa1s sup
port, soon languished financially and
conservative Lodge 1l6, on the con-
trary, made steady progress.
Lavit hung on tenaciously for sew
eral months. He waxed as militant as
ever, denouncing the manufacturers
methods, Lodge 1l6, the expulsion of
himself and his friends as union out
laws, and the alleged "finks" (spies) in
Bridgeport labor circles. At times, he
threatened strikes-some cynics said to
arouse the morale of Lodge 30$when
finances were falling low and dues were
not coming in regularly.
Finally, Lavit made an elaborate eff
fort to secure the reinstatement of him.
self and Lodge 80 in the International
A hearing was held; but the ban still
stuck on the radical rebels At last
Sam" heard the call to other fields
He may not concede it, but his fight
was lost in Bridgeport
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
FUSE MAKERS STRIKE.
Object to Unskilled Foreigner
Doing Their Work.

Simsbury, April 16.-Forty workers
of the fuse making department of the
Ensign-Bickford Company went out on
strike this week when the foreman OF
the department started to show an un-
skilled Italian woman how to operate
one of the fuse making machines. 1t
has been an unwritten law of the work
ers Of that department for some time
that no other than Americans should
he allowed to work this particular
line The fuse makers in the depart
ment are all women. Some of the men
employed as powder carriers went out
in sympathy with the women and say
they will not return unless the terms of
a,y1nIovrnent of foreigners is agreed to
bv the officials of the company.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
TRoLLEYMEN PROTEST.
Bridgeport Men Declare One
Man Cars Dangerous.

The trolleymen's union of Bridgeport
has made formal protest against the
one-man trolley cars in that city, and
will run them only under protest. The
final settlement of the matter will be
made at a conference of the trolley
representatives and the Representatives
of the company which will be arranged
but the date of which has not yet been
announced.
Trolleymen in this city have not thus
far registered any protest against these
tro1leys which have been running on
several lines. The reason given by the
men for the objection is that it is inn
possible for them to give their atten-
tion to so many details as is necessary
in running these cars.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
SHOP WORKERS GO OUT
FOR A NINE-HOUR DAY

augurated at the plant of the Fitzgerald
Manufacturing Company this week
when the company refused to grant a
nine-hour day with pay for 10 hours.
The company stated that its products
had been sold at contract price and
was unable to make any concessions at
the plant at this time. The company
reported that about 90 men were out
while the strikers claim that about 90
per cent. of the help joined the strike.
Thirty-hve section men employed on
the c. N. E. railroad between Winsted
and Ca%en have notified the company
that they want eight-hour day with
pay at the rate of so cents an hour and
time and half for all overtime.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
NEW DELEGATES.
Representatives of Several Unions
Seated by Trades Council.

Delegates from Local 4O5, Hotel and
Restaurant Employees International
Alliance, were seated at the meeting of
the New Haven Trades Council,
Thursday evening, as follows: Charles
Dewsnap, Charles Vincent, John Rath-
gerber, Charles Paine and Maxim Vox.
Leon Mariana was seated as dele
gate from the BARRIERS union, succeed
ing Fred Petrelle, resigned
A. J. Mcdonald was seated as dele
gate from Local 70, Carpenters and
Joiners, succeeding w. J. D. Flood, the
deceased president of that local.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
WOMEN WORKERS.
Must Not Become Underbidders
in Labor Market.

The New Haven Trades Council re-
ceived at its meeting, Thursday even
ing, an invitation to affiliate with the
National Women's Trade Union League
of America which has for its platform
the organization of all workers into
trade unions, equal pay for equal work
ers regardless of sex, eight-hour dav
and 44-hour week, living wage and
full citizenship for women.
panying communication, "in justice both
to themselves and their brother work
ers, become the underbidders in the la
Dor market"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
BAKERS WANT MORE.

Hartford, April l6-At meeting of
the Bakers Union Saturday evening
there was considerable discussion of the
wage scale which the bakers hope
will go into effect May 1. 1t is the
custom of the bakers to make an agree
ment with their employers once each
year. At present, the average wage re-
ceived by bakers is about $50 weekly.
However, many of the union men do
not consider this sufficient, as most of
the bakers are on night shifts.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
BREWERS MAKE DEMANDS

Brewery workers in New Haven
have submitted a new wage scale to
their employers and conference will
be held on them next week. The scale
ranges from $50 for teamsters to $35
for "frst cel1er, kettle and like en-
ployes and $34 week for others. The
scale was read to the Trades Council
on Thursday night and approved.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
COAL DRIVERS STRIKE.

About 20 employees of the Middle
town Coal Company, all employed in
the company's yards, went on a strike
Monday demanding SIS day. The men
now get $40 per week. The company
will fight the demand, advertising for
20 men in the local evening paper.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
BREWERY WORKERS SCALE

The new wage schedule of the Brew
ery Workers union was endorsed Dy
the New Haven Trades Council at Its
meeting, Thursday evening.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-17
HOD CARRIERS
WANT 81 HOUR

New Britain, April 16.-Hod carriers
of the city have made demands for 81
per hour, effective May l. Notice was
served on masons and builders to this
effect today. No action has been taken
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-26
CLOTHING CONTAINED
IN TRUNK IDENTIFIED

Detroit, Mich, July 25.-Cloth-
ing contained in the trunk In
which the body Of woman was
shipped from Detroit to New York
was positively identified tonight as
having been the property of Mrs.
E. Leroy, according to detectives
assigned to the case. Patrolman
Leo Trumhull, member OF the
Detroit police force, and close
personal friend of the Leroys. was
said to have made the identifica-
ton.
Trumbull also stated that Mrs.
Leroy was formerly Miss Kather-
inc Jackson. a southern girl. and
that she and her husband lived at
los Harper avenue, Detroit, the
address given on the shipping bills
for the trunk.
Trumbull will be sent to Chi
oago. it was announced, to assist
in the Identification of a man who
gave his name as Roy Millen, and
who is believed by the Chicago po-
lice to answer to the description of
Leroy.
Mrs. Trumbull. wife of Patrol-
man Leo Trumbull, said that Katil-
crime Jackson married Leroy here
in the fall of 1919. Their married
life. Mrs. Trumbull said. was un-
happy and on one occasion Leroy
threatened his wife with dagger.
according to a story told her by
Mrs. Leroy. Mrs. Leroy confided.
Mrs. Trumbull said, that she had
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-26
DEBT OF LEGION
IS L|QU|DATED,
TREASURER SAYS
Amount of S270,OO0, Bor-
rowed for Preliminary Or
ganization Work L ast
Summer. Has Been Paid.
tsrser.r o,sr.rcn TO ~oss,se JOURNAL,

Indianapolis, July 25,-The Am
erican Legion's old indebtedness
of $257000 borrowed last summer
by the temporary national execu-
tive committee for preliminary
organization work and to meet the
initial expenses incident to start
ing the American Legion Weekly
in preparation for the first nation
al convention in Minneapolis, last
November, has now been paid in
full, Robert II. Tyndall, national
treasurer of The Legion. an
nounced today,
The money was borrowed from
approximately 400 members of
The Legion In the different Fed
eral Reserve districts and served
to establish on a firm business
foundation the tentative organiza-
ton out of which the present Le-
gion has grown.
The Legions only debt at the
present time, Mr.. Tyndall said, is
the current Indebtedness incurred
during the first few months of
this year before it was possible to
place the weekly on a self-sustain-
ing basis. .
1.-The collection of national
dues" he added, has progressed
so satisfactorily and the. official
magazine has now reached such
a firm business and financial foot
ing that it has been possible TO
pay off this old Indebtedness III
full. together with interest to date.
The weekly at present is not only
self-supporting but Is beginning to
show a small profit.
"As a result of the Legion pol
icy not to accept gratuitous con-
tributions from individuals, the
of interest on the loans
gave rise to a situation probably
without parallel in the history Of
any similar organization In Amer
lea. Many holders of the notes
the checks, saying they
were glad to forego interest and
felt free to accept payment of the
principal only. In all cases, these
returned checks have been sent
out again and in some instances
the matter promises to develop
friendly controversies with both
parties refusing to accept the
The borrowing of the money
was approved by the last national
of the Legion, which
assumed the obligations incurred
by the temporary executive COM
mittee.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-26
SEEKS
PEACE, BUT NOT
At ANY PRICE

Warsaw, July "a Saturday. =
Polands first coalition cabinet
took office today soon after it was
announced that the Russian soviet
had accepted Poland's armistice
proposals.
Vincent Witos, leader of the
popular peasant party. and presi-
dent of the Polish parliament, is the
new premier, IgnaGe Daszynsk. So
cialist leader. vice president; Prince
Eugene Sapieha, minister of for
eign affairs; General Leszniewski,
minister of war; Ladis.as Grabski,
minister of finance, and M. Skulski.
who was premier succeeding 1gnace
Jan Paderewski last December,
minister of the interior.
Changes appear among other
chiefs of home affairs. The cabl-
net Is known as government de-
string peace.A
Extra newspapers announced the
bolsheviki acceptance of the armis-
tice proposals and Warsaw was
perceptibly relieved.
Witos, as premier, made his lnl-
tial bow to the diet
M. Witos said the new govern
ment was prepared TO conclude
peace based on the principles OF
justice and freedom, otherwise the
entire nation would unite to fight
for the republics Independence.