Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-26
LOOKS OVER STRIKE
 SITUATION IN WATERBURY

Waterbury, Conn.,, June Ex-Governor Marcus H. Holcomb of Connecticut, to- gether with Major General Lucien F. Burpee paid this city visit today to LOOK over the strike situation, and to review the many unfortunate occurrence es which have taken place here within the past few weeks. The strike of 20,0U0 unskuIed laborers and machinists has en- tered its tneth week, and apparently both sides have locked horns with settle- ment no nearer today than it was 10 weeks ago. The strikers spokesmen de- clare they will hold out tor a year if necessary.
 Governor Holcomb today conducted an inspection tour of the state guard station ed at three different places, the municipal garage, power house and armory. The governor explained to the men why they had been called out saying that condi- tons were such that the police needed help in case or an emergency. No furth CT trouble was expected he said, but in the interests of law and order, it was necessary to maintain adequate pro.ec- 1 tion
 | Arrangements have been completed | the governor announced later at Mayor | William Sandland's office, whereby the rest of the state guard will begin to | | the 800 men on duty prove insufficient. l Governor Holcomb assured the mayor | that the entire state and it's troops were | behind Waterbury in the interests of law and order
 The mayor denied the statement that | the governor had considered the advisa- | bility of placing the city under martial
 law. If martial law were necessary, the
 mayor continued it would be necessary
 for the mayor to surrender the city to
 military authorities. Mayor Sandland
 said he had no intention of doing this
 even though the New York papers would
 have it so."
 We are going to keep law and order
 in the city of Waterbury" said the
 governor. My visit here has no other
 purpose than to assist in accomplishing
 this object l am here with Majol
 General Burpee and save for making :
 little trip and getting the air, that is tht entire purpose of my visit to the Bras: city"
 No particular importance is attached [ by residents to the meeting of machin , ists to be held at the Central Labo
 Union hail tomorrow morning in spite 9 rumors to the contrary. Following th
 regular meeting of the employees of lh E. J. Manville Machine Co.,, a coset meeting was IN u Tor the purpose 0t Sc
 lecting a committee to meet the genera superintendent of the plant. Rumo2
 that the company contemplates transfer :. ring contracts to a Providence plan
 were ridiculed by workers as ''propa
 ganda." Luigi Scalmana, president o
 the New England Workers associaticr
 had no statement concerning the situa 5 tion.
 Threats of violence were said tonigh . to have followed AIbine Ribas, tenant a g 1-2 Railroad Hill street, where bomb wrought havoc early this morning Ribas moved his family and belQng!n
 from the wrecked tenement 10 anotho
 part of the city. The police tonieh s said they. have been warned that a ne' j.. danger looms ahead of the man who fa t refused to join the strikers ranks. The police are convinced that the ez
 plosion was the work of strikers. Michel Titee. a Russian who rooms on Railroa
 Hill street, was taken into custody b
 the police as he was standing close b E the scere of the wreck4ge grinring H
 was sentenced in the city court 10 ser1 ,- six months on the charge of intimidation Il Bail was fixed at $500. The police sl Q huntnig for another man who is said = have threatened to use an axe on Ribs v if he continued to work.