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The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
MUST DOWN LABOR
CRIES BANKER AT
c. OF c. MEETING
Would Have National Political
Parties Denounce Organ
lied Workers.

Labor" must be controlled and Cap
ital allowed to continue to run wild ap-
parently, according to- the view ex-
pressed by some delegates to the an
nual convention of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States on at
Atlantic City this week. All day
Thursday was given over to one
sided discussion of Labor" but before
that some delegates took occasion to re-
1ieve themselves of some pet-up feel
ings, when, as according to press dis
patches, speakers urged an organized
effort to combat the control the railroad
unions had assumed over the railroads.
Then listen to this:
R. H. Angel, banker and lumber
man, and acting mayor of Roanoke, Va,
who precipitated the discussion, de-
clared union labor now is in control
of the railroads absolutely, and if we
wait a little while they will have a
strang1e hold upon us from which we
cannot extricate ourselves"
Labor has made the challenge and
we should accept it, for this hight
which has been thrust upon us must be
fought out some time" he said. 1t
may as we'll be in 1920"
"The Chamber of Commerce should
make recommendations to both national
conventions in favor of platform planks
against union labor domination. The
party that will lead us to salvation is the
party that will save us from this trou-
ble''
The report of the railroad committee
signed by George A. Post of New
York, chairman, declared railroads are
entitled to receive from shippers and
passengers, rates that will pay them a a
living wage for services performed, and
it is the duty of the public to insist
that its representatives in city councils,
in the state legislatures and in the ma
tional congress shall establish by legal
T enactment a transportation policy that
is sound from a business standpoint.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
10000 MACHINTSTS TO
STRIKE In new YORK
General Walkout Planned Where
Wage Demands Are
Refused.

Plans for a general strike of 10000
machinists in New York city are an
nounced by officers of District No. IS
of the international Association of
Machinists. E. J. Deering, business
agent, issued the following announce
ment:
Preparations are now being made
for a general strike of 10000 machin-
lists in New York City. All machine
shops, shipyards and other places where
machinists are employed will be struck
where the demands of the machinists
are refused.
''The demands will be submitted to
the employers and we will, when we
get the replies to the demands from all
of the employers, order all machinists
on strike in all places in which the de-
mands of the men are refused.
THE demands of the machinists are
for $11O an hour for toolmakers, 81
for machinists and riggers, 80 cents
for specialists, Is cents for helpers, 90
cents for women helpers, 80 cents for
apprentices during the first six months,
and 40 cents for six months thereafter,
so cents for the second year, IS cents
for the third year and Is cents for the
fourth year, and the regular minimum
thereafter; double time for overtime,
80 minutes intermission before overtime
and single time during intermission, the
closed shop; night week to consist of
40 hours work during five nights and
Is per cent. over the day rate to be paid
for night work"
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
RAILROAD WAGES
DEMAND PRESENTED
TO EACH COMPANY
Individual Action Taken Wednes
day with May 20 Limited
for Reply.

The new wage demands by the work
ers on the railroad lines of the country,
were presented to each separate COM
pany in the country on Wednesday in
conformity with circular special let
ter sent to all railroad craft organiza-
tions by the general wage conference
committee representing the 10 individu-
al bodies among railroad workers.
This action was made necessary when
the bipartisan board conferences in
Washington were broken off by refusal
of the Railway Executives Association S
committee to deal with this matter col
lectively.
Representatives of the employees ex-
erc1Sed every reasonable effort to have
the railroad managers preserve the ma
tional agreement which was put in op-
Grafton during federal control of the
roads. This the management group de-
clined to do.
of uniform character for each depart
ment of the service, being the same as
the proposals submitted originally to
the national railroad administration and
then to the private railroad management
at the initial meeting of the bipartisan
board. They were handed to every
railroad, carrier Carrier includes ex-
press companies and sleeping car COM
panies), terminal and union depot COM
pany.
Failure of the companies to give sat
isfactory response within a reasonable
time will cause local committees to no
fifty the national officials of their re-
spective organizations that the railroad
managers have failed to comply with
Section 3O1 of the Transportation act,
Continued on Eighth Page.)
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
MILLHANDS STRIKE
FOR SHORTER WEEK
AND MILLS CLOSE
Willimantic Workers Want 48
Hours With Pay for
Full Time.

Willimantic, April 3O.-Willimantic's
first labor trouble in over two years
showed itself Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock when 325 of the 800 operatives
of the Quidnick- Windham Company
went out on strike for schedule of
48 hours a week with 55 hours wages.
The latter is the schedule of hours at
the plant and has been for a great
many years, because of force of the
state law for employment of women
and children ia factories and shops.
The two mills of the plant are shut
down. The operatives are not union
ized, but may be as at meeting of the
strikers held after the strike at Labor
Union hall an organizer of the Textile
Workers of America, was present and
talked to the strikers on, the forming
of labor local.
Last Saturday committee of the
operatives awaited on Agent Walter B.
Knight and demanded that the sched-
u1e of working hours be 48 hours, with
55 hours wages. The committee were
informed that the Quidnick Windham
Company could not meet the demands
of the local operatives as the hours
were the same as the company's mills in
Ouidnick, r. l., and practically the same
as all other cotton weaving plants in
Connecticut and Rhode Island. Agent
Knight put proposition to the commit
tee to the effect that the plant would
operate on a 48 hours a week schedule
at 48 hours rate of wages or work on
the preesnt schedule of S. hours. This
proposition was rejected.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
A. F. [. PROTESTS
CHEAP LABOR INFLUX
Asks Congress to Block Scheme to
Let Down Immigra-
ton Bars.

To prevent an influx of Mexicans and
Canadian laborers into this country
such as urged by manufacturers and
other ant1-labor organizations recently,
the American Federation of Labor,
through Frank Morrison, its secretary,
has asked Congress to take any neces-
sary action" to abrogate orders of the
Department of Labor permitting tenn
porary admission of Mexicans and
Canadians to work this year in the beet
sugar industry in Colorado, Wyoming,
Iowa, Utah and Nebraska. ~
Mr.. Morrison told the House inrni-
grafton committee that the 1aborers so
imported" would over-supp1y the gen.
eral market. He added that there would
be no shortage of labor in the beet in
dustry. if living wages" were paid
American workmen.
Overwhelming pressure" from
members of Congress, Mr.. Morrison
asserted. preceded the recent order of
the Labor Department suspending pro-
visions of immigration laws so that alien
laborers might be admitted, but he
argued that the situation had been
''misrepresented" to Congress
He submitted kilograms from central
organizations in cities of the five states
named, and that in California, Arizona,
New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas, de-
c1aring that Everyone claims there is
no shortage of labor"
Mr. Morrison declared that "advo-
Gates Of cheap labor want to draw on
Mexico for help" and he announced
that the American Federation of Labor
did not propose to permit the effort to
go unchallenged
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
c. F. OF |. UNABLE
TO GET ROOMS in
WATERBURY HOTELS
Convention Delegates May Have
to Bring Tents for
Quarters.

The executive board of the Connec-
ticut Federation of Labor is facing a
serious problem in connection with the
annual convention to be neId I'M Water
bury this month. To date Secretary
Ira M. Ornburn has been practically
unable to secure hotel accommodations
for the 500 or so delegates that will at
tend the meetings, not more than a
dozen rooms having been secured al
though he has for weeks been trying
to make reservations. A canvass of the
rooming houses is being made today
and unless successful, the matter will
be put to the executive board for solu-
ton.
While the arrangements for the con-
vention in Waterbury will probably
have to be carried through, the time
being too short to change it to any 9TH
er city, some way must be found to
house the delegates. The hotels which
have been religiously canvassed by Mr.
Ornburn and the Waterbury local COM
mittces whie not by any means adverse
to accommodating the Labor delegates,
declare that their regular commercial
trade is such that they cannot turn it
away to make room for body that
only meets there once in five years or
more and therefore do not desire to
make reservations.
Train and trolley accommodations to
Waterbury also are such as to make it
impossible for delegates to go to other
cities over the nights of the conven-
ton, SO the only hope now is in the
rooming houses
Plans for the convention itself are
now complete, the list of delegates from
the various affiliated organizations be-
ing compiled as the time limit for cleo
tions has expired. The convention
promises to be the most important ever
held, the conditions in the country at
large, the political situation and the
anti-labor movement being instituted by
interests, providing matters sufficient to
give the convention plenty of real earn
est work to do.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
CHANDLER BLOCKS VOTE
ON THE PEACE TREATY
Sidetracks Action of Chamber
That Might "Start Some
thing

An attempt to put through resolu-
ton on the treaty of peace at the
Wednesday session of the councillors
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce, at Atlantic City, was blocked
by George B. Chandler, secretary of
the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting was held at Youngs Mil
lion Dollar Pier.
Lazard Kahn, prominent manufac-
turer of Hamilton, O., moved for the
raising of a committee to draft reso-
1utions on the subject, but Mr.. Chand-
Ter promptly objected on the ground
that such committee would not re-
port to the body that created it. On
the other hand, he expressed the opin-
ion that it would be unwise to appoint
a committee with power to act on a
matter that is the subject of acute
political controversy. The Kahn mo-
ton was defeated and the entire mat
ter left to the discretion of the stand
ing committee on resolutions.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
CARPENTERS WIN
81 AN HOUR WAGE
in new BRITAIN
In Effect Tomorrow, But An
other Strike May
Stop Work.

New Britain, April 3O.-The union
carpenters of the city will be granted
their demands for a wage scale of ST
per hour, effective tomorrow, but the
action of the master masons, at their
meeting Tuesday night, when they
voted to reject the demands of the
mason tenders for similar wage, will
stand, whether the mason tenders strike
or not. This statement was made by
more than one prominent building con-
tractor and as near as can be learned,
the contractors are unanimous in their
stand.
|. They expect the mason tenders to
strike tomorrow morning and in such
an event, they will endeavor to get nom
union mason tenders put to work in the
striking mems places, on all local jobs
with the possible exception of Landers,
sFrary & Clark's new factory building on
East Main street, where about 80 mason
tenders are employed. In this case
other craftsmen may refuse to work
with them and the jobs be tied up.
The Torrington Building Company
has the contract for this job and it
is said that in the event of a strike,
work on the building may be stopped
for a few days, but eventually the
strikers will be replaced and the work
will go on. If the mason tenders do not
strike, they will be continued on their
jobs at the wage scale of Is cents per
hour with double time for overtime
but, according to the contractors, not
another cent increase will be given
There are about $50 mason tenders
working at present about the city.
The master masons will not have an
other meeting on the matter this week,
it was stated last night, as they have
gone into the situation thoroughly and
their decision is final, but meeting
of the master builders may be held this
afternoon. If the meeting is held, it
will be merely for the purpose of for
rnally stating that the carpenters will
be paid their demands, as the contract
ors individually are in favor of paying
ST per hour.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
FREIGHT HANDLERS ON
N. H. DEFER ACTION
Boston Meeting Votes to Give
Wage Board
Chance.

Boston, April 30s-Fo following meet
ing Sunday of the freight handlers
employed by the New Haven in Boston
in Wells Memorial building, J. Coyle,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Station Employees, with which the
New. Haven local is affiliated, expressed
the belief that his men will defer con-
ternpiated drastic action until the rail-
road wage board had had an opportun-
ity to act on the demands for an in
crease. of 20 cents an ho1r over the
present wage of 43 cents an hour
1t is understood that Chairman
Fisher of the state board of concilia-
ton and arbitration has sent letters to
the presidents of the. other FIVE local
unions of the freight handlers on the
B. & M. and B. & A. counselling against
hasty action until he had an opportunity
of placing their demands before the new
wage board. The men on the B. & M.
and B. & A. are affiliated with the In
ternational Longshoremen's Association
and include the men who struck a few
months ago and returned a week later
on pledge made by the director-gen-
eral of railroads that he would hand
down decision on their demands.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
STATE CARPENTER Is
RETIRED ON PENSION
Wilbur Gets Rest After 25 Years
at the Reform
School.

Hartford, April 30-Horatio F. Viii
bur, who has been carpenter at the
state school for boys in Meriden for
over Is years, was put on the state
pension roll at meeting of the state
board of control Tuesday Mr. Wilbur
went to the institution when he was 48
years old, and he recently passed his
18th birthday. Officials of the insti-
tuition say he was one of the most trust
worthy employees of the school, and that
he has given some valuable work to the
state.
The board took under consideration
the application for an increase in the
salaries of officials and employees of
the state industrial school for girls in
Middletown
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
BARRIERS TO IMPROVE
SANITARY CONDITIONS
Mass Meeting Decides to Get
After Refractions
of Laws.

AT a largely attended mass meeting
of the journeymen BARRIERS held Thurs
day night at Eagles hall, the BARRIERS of
New Haven iTaugurated campaign to
improve sanitary conditions in the shops
and to insist on the better protection
of the public and themselves. While
nothing was said openly about it, the
journeymen realize that the 'inspec-
ton" said to be made by the Board of
Health is little more than a joke in
many instances. They realize that with
the increased prices and the increased
wages to themselves, the public is en-
titled to protection and they are going
to see that it is granted.
This is not to be taken as evidence
that conditions in New Haven barber
shops are below a safety point. The
contrary is true in pretty nearly all
shops but there are some instances
abounding where sanitary regulations
are strangers and to correct these, pro-
tect the public and the trade, the move
ment is launched.
To get better understanding of the
New Working agreement, the meeting
was also held. More cooperation be-
tween employer and emp1oye and the
public was urged by the speakers, who
addressed the gathering in the several
languages understood by the workers.
Addresses were made by A. Quinto,
president of Local No. 500 of New
York city; F. Giroux, secretary of
Local No. l of New York City; T.
ACCORDING, T. Sensael and J. Perrotti,
organizers for New York city, and A.
Merlino, formerly of this city, but now
an international organizer.
Other meetings are to be held soon.
Several committees are to visit the vari-
Gus barber shops and see that the sani-
tary regulations are carried out by the
men,
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
new BRITAIN BAKERS
ARE TO Get INCREASE
Masters Are to Meet Demand to
Become Effective
Today.

New Britain, April 3o.rThe latest
demands of the Bakers and 'Confection-
cry Workers International Union, local
No. 1O7, for a AZ per cent. increase in
wages will be met by the master bakers.
A meeting of the New Britain Bakers
Association will be held Saturday night
and final action relative to the demands
of the workers and to their contracts
will be taken. Local bakery managers
had until Friday night, when the last
foreman leaves tt. shops, to concede to
the demands of the workers. 1t is more
than probable that the price of bread
will be advanced, or the loaf made
smaller, prominent baker said.
At present the foremen bakers re-
ceive a wage of $40 week, the dough
mixers, $40 week; the bench hands
$50 a week; the jobbers So day and
the helpers $28 a week, according to
contract.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
TYPOS GET READY
FOR ELECTION HERE
New Haven Local Nominates
Ofticers-I. Z. u.
Contest.

The New Haven Typographical
Union, No. AZ, will hold its annual elec-
ton, in conjunction with the Inter
national election, at Trades Council
hall, Wednesday, May 26, the polls be-
!, ing open from 4 to 2 p. m.
AT its last meeting, Sunday, nom
nations were made as follows: Presl-
dent, c. N. Ballard; vice-president
Thomas Poll; secretary F. r
Ottarson; auditors, Ernest Hintz
Israel Jacobs and Charles Schmidt
official correspondent to the /. I. y
Journal, E.. Shipman Smith.
Delegates to the Connecticut Fedora
ton of Labor conyention at Waterbury
May "a to 27 inclusive, were elected al
that meeting, the convention coming be-
fore the locals election. They are +
Shipnan Smith and Thomas Poll.
Delegates were nominated to atteno
the /. T. U. convention at Albany II
August one to be elected, from the
newspaper branch and one from the job
as follows:
Newspapers Thomas P Harkins, M
s. Montague and Harry E. Smith. job
Thomas A. Hutchinson and Thoma:
Poll.
Delegates, one to be elected from
each branch, were also nominated tol
the New England Typographical On1or
convention to be held at Burlington
VT, in June, as follows: Newspapers
John A. Myers and Miss Frances Ken,
dali. Job: Arthur T. Ringwood ane
William J. Comisky.
The chairmen of the various chapel:
were authorized to take the vote OF
their Offices and deposit with the teller:
as in the past.
The secretary was authorized to casi
one ballot for the election of nominees
for Offices for which there is no contest
Brothers Dahlquist, formerly OF Lo,
cal AZ, and Kelly of New York ad
dressed the members in behalf OF wha
IS termed the progressive ticket in the
/. T. U. election and reviewed the re re-
cent New York situation which result
ed in the launching of the tickets agalns
the present administration.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
THERE'S NEVER ANY
TROUBLE in OPEN
SHOP" GETS BUMP
Strike in Hartford Gives Man
ufacturers Claim Sort
Of Black Eye.
IRON WORKERS QUIT
Tie Up of Hartford Rubber Com
pany, Compulsory
"Non-Union.'

The loudly touted claim of the Con-
necticut Manufacturers Association
and other anti-1abor bodies in this state,
that there's never any labor trouble
in an open shop" got mean black
eye in Hartford this week when a big
job "conducted"' by one of the leading
promulgators of the slogan was and is
tied up by strike. And worst of all
that is a strike of a gang of absolutely
non-union men> who went into the
open shop" knowing full well what
they were doing but who apparently
couldn't stand the gaff.
The strike is on the job of the Hart
ford Rubber Works which is building
a big factory through the contract firm
of Stone & Webster. The ironwork-
ers employed on the job, all non-union
men or they couldn't have got the job,
quit work and managed to stay quit so
the job was necessarily held up while
the men enjoyed their vacation. Efforts
to minimize the strike haven't SO far
succeeded and it is still on, although the
Hartford Courant naively put it that
about 'seventy-fve quit work but some
of them have returned" The seventy
five who quit counted noses and as yet
have not found any missing.
The strike is not directly against the
contracting firm of Stone & Webster
which has in the past been willing to
give the organized workers $3.50 split
whenever possible. 1t is understood
among the workers, however, that on
this particular job, the firm was COM
PEELED to agree to do the work with nom
union help or couldn't get the job. It
did and therefore the job was started
and recognized all through as mon
union" one and none of the business
agents of any of the unions attempted
to interfere with it.
Interference wasn't necessary appar-
emily as a week ago, the non-union
ironmen on the job asked for an in
crease in wages so as to make it equal
to what others of their craft were get
ting elsewhere Stone & Webster
couldn't give it to them under the fig-
ures of their contract and when an adj
justnae1lt couldn't be reached the men
simply quit A number of the men out
have since been openly advocating affili-
alton with the Iron Workers Union and
this may yet be brought about.
Meanwhile efforts are being p1ade to
secure other non-union ironworkers to
take their places but with the building
rush now on all over the country and
the majority of skilled ironworkers en-
rolled in the union, the effort is not
making any big success SO far.
Anyhow the strike proved one thing
to workers about the state. That is
that there can be and is trouble in an
open shop" despite what the advocates
of that system claim for it.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
CALL GENERAL STRIKE.

Paris, April 30.-A general strike of
French labor was called today to take
effect May |. The call was decided
upon by the General Federation of La
Dor of France, when it Pounds its hand
had been forced by the action of the
railway federation in calling a general
railway strike for May Day. Thus,
against what is declared to be the will
and the judgment of the important lead
tween organized labor and the govern
ment seems about to be fought out
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
SOON WE DON'T EAT.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 30.-Flour
advanced so cents to $3.50 barrel in
carload lots at the market here today,
making the biggest single rise this year
and the highest price ever received for
-four here. The increase was ascribed
to the high wheat market.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
INSTALS NEW UNION.

Norwich, April 3O.-A new local of
the Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
was installed in this city on Thursday
night with more than 100 members on
the charter roll The installation was
by Secretary Orr1burn of the c. F. of L.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
PRINTERS WANT MORE.

Toronto, Ontario, April 30.-The
Typographical union has asked that
wages be increased to IS cents an hour
to meet the increased cost of living.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
HOOT, MON! DYE KEN?

Dunferm1ine, Scotland, April 80
The Scottish Trades Union Congress
has passed resolution in favor OF
liquor prohibition.