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The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
MEETING SUNDAY
FOR ORGANIZATION
OF COOP. STORES
Important Session to Be Held at
Trades Council
Hall.

At mass meeting to be held at
Trades Council hall on Sunday after
noon at 3 O'Clock, to which every or
ganlzed labor man and woman in the
city, as well as outsiders who are in
terested in the formation of the pro-
posed COOPERATIVE Stores Society is
urged, detailed plans for the organiza-
ton and start of the society will be
made and final preparations for the
start of business presented. The pre-
llminary work has now progressed so
far as to warrant the calling of such
meeting and therefore everyone who is
or desires to be interested should be
present and take part in the discussion
and probable organization.
After listening to the arguments of
agents of a proposed Chain stores"
who sought to induce the workers to
invest in their plan, the majority de-
cided that while the plan was good per-
haps from an investment standpoint, it
was not cooperative stores plan such
as they desired and decided to go ahead
with their own affair. Stock subscrip-
tions have been coming in fairly we'll
with a fine prospect of an immediate
large increase. The results attained so
far will be presented in full to the meet
ing on Sunday and the meeting decide
upon organization.
Incorporation will be the first action
necessary, to be followed Immediately
by complete organization. Under the
plan no one person will have more than
one vote, no matter how many shares of
stock he may own and it is therefore
very necessary that everyone holding
stock or intending to get in, be present
at the meeting.
The Trades Council movement has
met appreciation outside the New Ha-
ven Civic Federation, several prominent
attorneys, and other persons having
volunteered to Cooperate in every way
possible in perfecting the organization
and making it a success. There is
therefore little room for doubt but the
venture will prove a success from the
start.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08

is much larger and more solid than the
American bread and yet there has been
no need of raising the price even though
the bakers buy their -four In far less lots
and at much higher prices than do the
big American bakers In all the other
big cities of the state the master bakers
have granted the increase asked and
haven't attempted to raise the price of
goods to the public so there would seem
to be no good reason for doing so here.
The workers point out that granting
the master bakers pay $13 barrel for
1our, which is decidedly not SO as many
OF them have -four that they bought in
carload lots at not more than 50 or $40
2 barrel then adding 81 as a maximum
Iof fhe other ingredients going into the
pssfrei fn making dough, brings the price
OF material up to SIS a barrel. Milk
and sugar and pure shortening are SUP
posed to be part of these ingredients
and sometimes they are-if ANYBODY IS
around that it is necessary to impress
with such purity.
/ Now each barrel of -four will when
made into dough weigh as mean
weight about SIS pounds, but generally
much more: Allowing 10 pounds for
snrlnkage IN evaporation and baking
makes zo5 loaves of bread from each
barrel. This is sold at minimum
charge OF lO cents a loaf to the trade
making return of at least S2S tor each
barrel or profit of $13 over the cost
OF the material used Each hand baker
can turn out from five to seven barrels
a day while the machines are capable. of
turning out from so to IS barrels a dav
winch with $13 profit on each barrel
leaves a handsome majority out of
winch to pay for the cost of labor. fuel
and overhead expenses. If there is anv
need tor raising the price of bread, the
working bakers would like to he told
where it comes in.
They are determined never to 90 hack
at the o'clock hour and will not now
agree to any reduction in the wage de-
mands, although before the lockout of
Saturday they might have been willing
to compromise. Twenty-Five bakeries
scattered all over town have signed I'D
and are doing a land Office business
while the big fellows work with their
garage and stable help.
Those signed up and which should
be patronized by all Organized Work
ers are:
E. E. Halteen, Dixwell avenue; Old
Homestead, Congress avenue; VIM.
Kramer, Grand avenue; Wolfe. Camp-
bell avenue, West Haven; French
Baker, Congress avenue; Karl Heclller,
Washington avenue and Dewitt street:
Mohican Co., State Street; Williams.
Morris Cove; Otto Schenk, DixweIl
avenue; Barker System, Chapel street.
Spoonheimer, Seymour; Koelping, Dix
well avenue; Christenten & Harr, Grand
avenue Mory, State street; E. E.
Kuhn, Elm street; Wins1ow, Garden
street; Kahn, Winchester avenue; Emil
Blau, Broadway; Quinn McNulty.
Howard avenue; Emil Bauer, Win
chester avenue; Martensten, Ferry
street; Otto Winzar, State street.
Those not signed are: Roots, Nc
-eman & Nicholas, Hecklinger & Frank,
Seeks, Kelly, Harrington, Emanuelson,
iilberts, Blanchard's, Kreygenbohn,
ochaffer, Mailey's, Chamberlain's,
Thompson, Shartenberg, Bertram.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
PLAN THOROUGH
ORGANIZATION OF
FACTORY WORKERS
State Conference Called to Make
Plans for Cam
paign.
WILL COVER THE STATE
Individual Unions Unable to Cope
With Problem, Results
Show.
WILL COVER THE STATE

A concerted effort to organize alllthe
| metal trades and factory workers in the
state for the bettermenr OF the trades
and workers generally through the aid
of organized metal trades unions will be
made at the coming convention of the
Connecticut Federation of Labor in
Waterbury. To that end circular let
ter has been sent to all metal trades
unions in the state by Secretary Ira NJ.
Ornburn of the State Federation, invit-
ing the locals to send delegates to a
conference to be held at Machin1sts' hall,
Waterbury, on the Sunday before the
convention. The letter is self-explana-
tory and is as follows:
Dear Sir and Brother:
you are hereby advised that a con-
ference of Metal Trades Mechanics will
be held in Machinist hall, 100 Bank
street, Waterbury, Conn.,, Sunday, May
23rd, at | 80 p. m. Your local union is
urged to be represented.
The purpose of this conference is
to try and bring about concerted effort
to organize the workers in the factories
of our state For number of years
individual campaigns have been con-
Quoted by representatives of interna-
tional unions, which have proven a fail
ure, therefore, in view of this fact, the
writer came to the conclusion to invite
your organization to take part in a con-
ference to assist in formulating a dehn-
ite program for a united campaign of
organization.
The A. :. of L. is willing to CO.
operate in every way possible in a gen.
era1 campaign. At the present writing,
there are four foreign language inter-
prefers working with the State Fedora
ton of Labor.
AN invitation has been extended to
each international metal trades organ
ization and to the Metal Trades De-
partment of the A. F. of l. to be rep
at the above conference This
conference will precede the 35th annual
convention of the state branch and it is
expected that every metal trades or
ganization. who will be represented at
the convention, will take advantage of
this conference by being represek1ed.
"Fraternally yours,
Il. M. ORNBURN,
Secretary Connecticut Federation of
Labor"
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
WATCH OVER WORKERS
NEAR CAUSES STRIKE
Organizer Garland Manages to
Settle Trouble in Warner
Bros. Shops.

Bridgeport, May 7.-Trouble that
portended when a watch system
somewhat along the lines of the Taylor
system was put over the workers in the
cutting and other departments of the
Warner Brothers factories here was
averted this week when through the
efforts of Organizer H. J. Garland of
the Garment Workers Union, the
"watch" was removed. The workers
were all members of Local "a of the
Ladies' Garment Makers Union and OBJ
jected to the system as other workers
object to the Taylor system installed by
some manufacturers.
While ostensibly put on to 'get an
average in costs" the watch or clock
system is considered by workers as only
means Of goading them up to higher
production under penalty of a wage cut.
The pace is intended to be so high that
the workers claim it is injurious and re-
fuse to work under it.
When the Warner Brothers installed
it the workers at once protested and
were about on the point of quitting
when Mr. Garland was called in. 1t
took three conferences with the en-
p1oyers to adjust the matter but the
clocks were finally removed and work
goes en- apace as before.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
TRADES COUNCIL
ELECTS ORNBURN
A..F. |. DELEGATE
President to Again Put New
Haven on Labor's
Active Map.

President Ira NJ Ornburn of the
New Haven Trades Council was elect
ed delegate Thursday night to represent
the Council at the annual convention to
be held at Montreal, Canada, starting
June and continuing until the business
is finished. The election was unani-
nous, no other candidate being present
ed. The call for the> convention was
read and outlined matters to be dis
cussed that will make the convention
perhaps the most important ever held
by the Federation in It's 40 years of ex-
istence. The we'll organized campaign
now being waged the country over, to
disrupt organized labor presents prob
lens that the labor leaders will have to
seriously consider, so it is meet that
every affiliated organization be repre-
sented at the meeting
New Haven being represented at the
convention a year ago, brought forth
action on conditions in this section of
the country that were growing intoler-
able to the worker. The result has
been that these have been much rem
edied and with continued action will
soon be cured. The Council after the
election instructed the chair to appoint
a committee to draft a resolution to be
presented to the convention, calling for
the release of all political prisoners now
under arrest.
The call for. the convention of the
Connecticut Trades Union Liberty
League which will be held at Water
bury on the day preceding the conven-
ton of the c. F. of L. was also read.
In accord with the custom of having
the delegate to the c. F. of l.. con-
vention also represent it at the Liberty
League meefing, the Council elected
August F. Striby as delegate.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
MERIDEN TYPO. UNION
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Neebe Chosen President of Or
ganization and to Con-
vention.

Officers were elected at the regular
meeting of the Meriden Typographical
Union, No. 314, held Monday afternoon
The officers are as follows:
President-Frederick L. Neebe.
-President-Ralph G. Quinn.
Secretary and treasurer-H. c. Mayd-
well.
Auditors-C. c. French, Jennie Wat
son and Emil Thomas.
Delegates to Central Labor conven-
tion-W. p McAllister, A. L. Barnes
and Ralph G. Quinn.
Delegates to Allied Trades-F. L,
Neebe, w. F. Powers and H. {. Mayd-
we'll.
Delegate to State Federation of
Labor convention at Waterbury May
24-27-F. L. Needle.
Delegate to New England Typo
graphical Union convention at Burling-
ton, VT, June 24-Miss Jennie Watson.
Delegate to International Typograph-
ica1 Union convention at Albany in
August-H. c. Maydwell.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
WATERBURY mess
NOT STARTED BY
A. F. |. MEMBERS
Trouble in Brass City Due to
lone Big Union 4
Disturbers.

Waterbury, May 7.-While armed
policemen and guards with machine
guns may be patrolling the zones about
the shops struck against in this city,
and efforts to have the governor cali
out the Home Guard to patrol the town
are said to be in the works, the strikers
connected with the American Fedora
ton of Labor are not concerned in the
trouble and have had nothing what
ever to do with the disturbances that
have arisen here in the past week. In
every case where conflict has arisen the
evidence has shown that the men in
volved were those connected with the
"One Big Union" idea, intended to dis
rupt and discredit the A. F. of L.
The organizations formed by the A.
F. of L. are growing rapidly, the work
ers gradually coming to learn that their
only hope lies with that organization
and that the small local, or the proposed
"One Big Union" idea cannot possibly
do otherwise than to hamper them.
They are therefore. steadily embracing
the Federal Workers union of the A.
Fl of L. and are conducting themselves
in thoroughly orderly manner.
Aside from Secretary Ornburn of
the c. F. of L. and other Connecticut
the American Federation
has sent three organizers here who can
speak to the men in their own langu-
ages. These are Organizers Laberta,
Sakolowski and Zeranko and they have
been able to counsel the men directly
and thus hold them from any outbreak.
Their success is goading the disturbers
who are starting trouble at every op-
portunity in the hope of discrediting the
entire cause and breaking up the A. F.
of L.
The organizers are also working in
Seymour, Torrington and other Valley
towns, the one idea being to maintain
order during the efforts of the workers
to secure living wage. They are meet
ing with considerable opposition from
the employers who are making it diff
cult to hold meetings but are neverthe-
less making good progress. The strike
is already having effect elsewhere,
Wall Street today taking gloomy view
Of the outlook for further speculating
in Brass stocks while the strike con-
tinues Meantime there are no indi-
cations of settlement.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
WILL PUT PLAN
FOR CITY MANAGER
BEFORE WORKERS
Trades Council Opens Next Meet
ing to Hear Civic
Federation.

The campaign for the institution of
the City Manager" plan for New Ha-
ven, which is being fathered by the
Civic Federation and in which the
Trades Council was asked to take part,
will be the subject of special order of
business at the next meeting of the
Trades Council. On motion of Hugh
J. Garland, chairman of the commit
tee appointed at the request of the
Civic Federation to discuss the subject,
the matter was made the special order
Adams, secretary of the Civic Fedora
ton, who has been prominent in urging
the plan, will address the Council and
explain just what is sought.
Mr. Garland reported on Thursday
night that the committee had attended
several meetings with the Civic Fedora
ton committees and wau of the opinion
that the subject should be brought be-
fore the Council entire before any
action was taken. He suggested that
the privilege of the floor be given to
Mr.. Adams at the next meeting and he
be allowed to go into the plan for the
benefit of all the delegates and not have
them dependent upon the report of the
committee on which to base their
action.
The City Manager plan has been ad-
vocated by the Civic Federation for
several years and the late Mayor Rice
appointed a committee to look into and
report on it. After several years this
committee, long thought out of exist
ence, filed voluminous report about
a year ago. Prominent members of the
Civic Association made up the report
but as it had no official standing moth
ing was ever done about the matter.
The delay had caused interest, once
keen, to lapse but the Civic Federation
again took the subject up and has been |
quietly working on it since. There are
many different kinds of City Manager |
plans all calling for drastic changes in |
the method of conducting city business. |
Which one. of these the Civic Fedora
ton favors,, and where It wifi benefit |
will be put before the Council.
In order that workers generally may |
also be acquainted with the scheme the
meeting will be open to all organized |
Iabor men at the hour of 9 o'clock. |
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
MILL WORKERS WIN
"48 HOURS" STRIKE

Willimantic, May 7-As result of
a conference last night between strike
committee and Walter B. Knight, agent
of the Quidniek- Windham Company,
the $50 striking operatives of the COM
pany who have been out for nine days.
returned to work this morning.
On the other hand the strike in the
carding department of the American
Thread Company was augmented this
afternoon when employees of the spin
ming, spooling and shoe thread twisting
departments left work in sympathy
with the carders.
The Quidnick-Windham Company
operators returned to work on a 48
hour schedule a week with 48 hours
wages and time and one-half for over
time, the company agrees not to dis
criminate against union employees and
to give hearings to them through auth
orized committees on grievances.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
BAKERS ARE LOCKED OUT:
INSTEAD OF BEING ON STRIKE
WHY THE PRICE OF
BREAD SHOULD
NOT BE RAISED

These figures are given by
competent journeymen bakers,
who know whereof they speak:
Flour (highest cost -$13 a bbl.
Other ingredients, (sup-
posed to include sugar q.
and milk k).......... 81 a bbl
Total cost of material. SIS bbl
Each bbl. makes at least
285 1oaves of bread
sold at 10 cents each. $3.50
Profit on each Dbl. .$13 so
Capacity from each baker is
from five to 20 barrels a day.
leaving a gigantic balance from
which to pay for labor, fuel and
other expenses without raising
prices anywhere.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
BERRY IS AGAIN
ABLE TO CONTROL
PRESSMEN'S UNION
Although Defeated By Vote, Unit
System Saves
Him.

Final returns of the election for
president of the International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants Union shows
the following results:
Guy Swallwell. 1902
George L. Berry. .... o,307 -
To members of the Typographical
Union or any other democratic organ
iZation these figures would show Guy
Swallwell to be the choice of the men,
bership. Due, however, 70 the un-
democratic method of apportioning
votes George L. Berry defeated by the
votes, still retains the presidency.
The unions vote as units. A candi-
date or referendum proposition receiv-
ing a majority of the votes of a local
union is credited with its full quota
of votes. Unions of so members or
lesssare entitled to one vote, while 10
is the maximum number of votes that
any union may have. Hence 10 small
unions of a total membership of 100
have a voting strength equal to the
New York union, which has more than
2,700 members.
According to the electoral system of
voting Berry received 200 votes and
Stallwell III The number of unions
that voted for Berry was ia, while
88 voted for Swallwell. Unions of less
than so members having total MEM
bership of 2,082 gave Berry l18 votes,
while 102 unions with a total member
ship of 824 gave him 102 votes. In
other words, unions having 2,oOo MEM
bers gave Berry 22O of his 200 votes.
Practically all of the larger unions
which comprise at least 20 per cent. of
the membership are opposed to Berry,
but so long as he keeps his hold upon
the small towns he can retain himself
as the head of the l. P p. and A. u.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
NON-UNION MEN
STRIKE TO HAVE
UNION MAN FIRED
He Is and Brings Suit Against
Others for Inter
fering.

There have been many cases of Union
men refusing to work with non-union
men and going on strike rather than do
so, but for the first case of non-union
men striking against a Union man be-
ing employed in the same factory has
come to light. AS result of such
alleged conduct Abraham Isenberg. a
block dinker, members of Sole Leather
Workers Local No. So, u. S. w. of
A, has started suit against Elmer F.
Snow, Frank T Leavitt, Harold Flow
er, David Gates, Charles Devine and
William Cass, all employed at the fac
tory of c. H. Johnson Co. on Wash
ington street in Lynn, Mass. ~.
'Isenberg seeks to recover $4,000 for
alleged interference with his contract
with the Johnson firm. His story is
that he is a member of Local So and
as he could not obtain employment at
that time in a Union shop he took a job
in the Johnson factory, which is an
open shop. He charges that the men
made things disagreeable for him be-
cause he is Union man and because
of his race
Isenberg also charged that he went
to the foreman and told him that he
would have to quit as he couldn't
work with the men nagging him. The
foreman, Isenberg states, told him that
his work was all right and he didn't
want him to get through. When he
finally decided to quit, the foreman told
him that if he didn't get another job
within few days he might come back.
After a few days, during which he
found it impossible to get another job,
Isenberg states that he returned to the
Johnson factory and resumed work.
The six men named above, he alleges,
demanded that the foreman discharge
him. This the foreman, refused to do
as his work was all right. The men
then quit and stayed out until finally
he foreman discharged Isenberg.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
PAINTERS STRIKE
FOR 81 AN HOUR

Derby, May 7.-Painters of Shelton.
Derby, Ansonia and Seymour struck on
Monday for ST an hour. This would
be an increase of rs cents an hour. On
Saturday they offered through a COM
mitttee to compromise at 90 cents an
hour and the master painters refused
to accept. The committee was dis
charged and the men then demanded
the full increase.
Plumbers of the four places were
given 90 cents an hour by their en-
ployers, and while they wanted ST. an
hour, they accepted the offer.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
THEY STOPPED WORK WHEN BOSSES
GAVE Them THE DOUBLE CROSS
HAD REMAINED ON JOBS MAY / PENDING MEETrNc tn
ARBITRATE, BUT MASTERS THEN REFUSED TO
RECOGNIZE THEM SCHEME PUT SMALL
BAKERS OUT BUSINESS

NOT strike but locked out the position
OF New Haven despite all the claims of the
statements published daily press that tbe mon orc
STRIKE and refuse o arbitrafe. - -
The not only agreed arbrate day
1he time limit May and that master bakers refused
to even discuss with the be
work. = - - - --oAn
The claim of the bakers that the men
would mean the bread
who b actual figures show the profits
beng made by the master bakers indicating price of bread
could well be reduced after been
Inc controversy now going to nish the
dong possible through the granting demands TO
Keep the city supplied with bread Cake baking practically
stopped by big fellows and
ana other abore taken into the shops
and baking OF bread Even with such
having their dcultles but they showdown
-
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
VACATION WITH PAY!

Woonsocket, R. l., May 1.-THE
Woonsocket Rubber Company, a branch
of the United States Rubber Company
footwear division, announced today
that it would give its 200 employees in
the Alice mill here and its plant at
Millvil1e, a weeks vacation with pay,
from July 81 to August g. Hereto
fore the plans have been shut down for
two weeks during the summer without
pay to the employees.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
BIG BIZ, HAS BAD MANNERS.

New York, May 7.-When the United
States Chamber of Commerce shouted
down Vice President Woll of the A. F.
of L., who was discussing the Kansas
law forbidding strikes, says the New
York World, "it paid no compliment to
Governor Allen, who was present, and
it answered none of the arguments of
the speaker.
Unless the United States Chamber
of Commerce can develop willing
ness to consider both sides of the con-
troversies in which it takes a part, it
should change its name"
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
COMPROMISE ON
CARPENTERS WAGE

Torrington, May 7.-Torrington car
penters who went on strike Saturday
to enforce a demand for a uniform
rate of pay of 81 per hour returned to
work Tuesday, it was announced a
compromise of IS cents per hour having
been effected. The previous rate was 90
cents,
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-08
ROCHESTER STREET
CAR STRIKE ENDS

Rochester, N. Y, May 7-Rochester's
street car strike ended at midnight
Monday. Members of the Rochester
Division of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America, after once vot-
ing down the proposal to return to work
and arbitrate their demands, reversed
their decision and voted to return.