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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
TOBACCO SHIPPERS MAKE DEMAND FOR SIS A WEEK
Turn Down Increases Offered and Decide to Insist on
 Figures Set.

Rejecting the increases in wages proffered by the cigar manufacturers two weeks ago when they increased the wages of the cigar makers, the several hundred cigar strippers employed in New Haven made demand for an $10 week minimum wage and A hours work and at lively meeting in Trades Council Hall on Thursday night voted unanimously to fight 1t out with the employers, if necessary. A committee was appointed to present the demands as soon as possible and report back next week when decisive action to enforce the demand will be taken.
 The shippers, practically all women, did not consider the 10 per cent. raise offered, sufficient and in proportion to the increasing costs. It didn't make such a big difference to them as it did with the makers who have accepted 1t They sent their refusal back to the em- p1oyers and were offered another in- crease of about 10 per cent. swhich would bring their wage up to af aver age of about $17. This wasn'f satis- factory either and at the meeting Thursday 1t was decided to stick out for the SIS minimum.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
CONNECTICUT WILL BE WELL SPONSORED
 AT A. E. OF |. MEET
At Least Five From This State
 Going to Montreal Session.

Connecticut Organized Labor will be represented by at least five delegates at the convention of the American Fed eration of Labor, which opens in Mon- treal, Canada, on Monday. There may be another, from Bridgeport if arr engagements can be completed today to send a delegate from that city. The five surely to attend are President F. F. O'Meara ofsthe C. F. of L., who will represent the State Federation; Ira NJ. Ornburn, head of the New Haven Trades Council, who will represent the New Haven workers; John OHara and represent the hatters, and William Der mont of Hartfords who will represent the Central Labor Union of that city
 Delegates Ornburn, O'Meara, O'Hara and McCue will journey together to Montreal, going m Mir. Ornburn's new Liberty Six automobile delivered to him this week and which is a replica of the one to be given away in the New Haven Trades Councils Labor Temple cam paign. MT. Dermont will go by train to Bontreal, but all delegates will be there iri plenty of time for the convention. The automobile party will leave New Haven early Sunday morning and ex- poets to be in Montreal by nightfall.
 Connecticut will have many reso1u- tions to present before the big conven- ton, the state convention last week hav- ing adopted several recommendations to the A. E. of L., as published in The Connecticut Labor Press last week, and the local organizations of Hatters, Trades Council and C. L. U. also hay ing instructed the. delegates to bring matters of national and local interest before the convention. Among these are resolutions for the release of all political prisoners.
 The convention will undoubtedly be the most important ever held by the Federation and it Is well that Connecti- cut will be so ably represented. With the determined fight now on here against Organized Labor and which the delegates will surely bring before the big convention, there will undoubtedly be action taken to put the entire force of Organized Labor behind the battle now on here and carry the struggle to success for the workers.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
WORCESTER BAKERS
 NOT LIKE NEW HAVEN
Masters Talk With Men and Strike Is Speedily
 Settled.

Worcester, June 4-Round- table con- ferences between employers and em- ployes, system persistent1y advocated by organized labor as means for settl- ing industrial controversies, has again been demonstrated to be the proper thing.
 As result of two conferences held at Union Labor Temple this week be- tween committees representing Local 308 of the Bakery Workers and repre- sentatives of employers, an amicable ad- justment of differences was arrived at and the 40 members of the union who struck to enforce conditions two weeks ago returned to work at once.
 Through these conferences both sides conceded numerous points, and accord ing to officials of 308 a satisfactory agreement which guarantees a perma- rient wage scale, the 48-hour week, price and one-ha1f for overtime and better sanitary conditions have been effected, and which they say establishes good re- lations between employing bakers and the local union.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
TRADES COUNCIL ACTS
 ON CITY LABORERS' PAY
Wage of $2.75 a Day Not Enough Even For Old
 Men.

That $275 day is not living wage no matter If 1t Is paid to old and some feeble men, nor is $350 day proper compensation for younger teamsters merf and heads of families, the New Haven Trades Council decided at its meeting on Thursday night when re- port was made that that is the wage paid by the city to the employees of the street department. To ascertain wheth- CT this condition cannot be remedied, the legislative conmitte., was instructed to wait on the city fathers and endeav- or to have the wage increased. The board of aldermen sets the rate of pay, and while Director Lane of the Public Works department has been paying more when it was possible the rate established is up to the aldermen alone.
 The employees of the street depart ment are now fully organized and will be formally affiliated with the A. F. of L. at meeting in Trades Council hall. The employees of the sewer department were invited to join in by the street men, but as they get $4 a day and seem to believe that is as much as they could demand anywhere else they decided to go it alone.
 Considerable discussion over the old men in the street department was had and it was the unanimous opinion that even though old and not as active per haps as the general run of workers, these men mostly had given their best days and labor for the benefit of the city, state and country, and were now entitled to a wage that would ensure them at least a decent living m the1r old age.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
PROTEST TO PARTIES
 AGAINST PROHIBITION
Trades Council and Local Unions Ask for Repeal of Law or
 Amendments.

The New Haven Trades Council, in response to an appeal from the rew- cry Workers and other organized La bor unions at its meeting on Thurs day night instructed the secretary to send formal protest against the Pro- hibition amendment and the Vo1stead enforcement act as 1t now stands, to the chairmen of both big political parties with a request that the repeal of the prohibition law, or the amendment of the Volstead act so as to permit at least light wines and beers, be included in the party platforms. Local unions will also send similar protests and re- quests, the idea being 70 bring to the mind of the party conventions the fact that the workers are opposed to the taking away of their liberties.
 The delay in decision from the supreme court on the present laws and the activity of the prohibitionists in seeking to have the big party conven- tions declare for continuance of pro- hibition led to the stand of the workers to bring their views forcibfy before, the party leaders also It was stated that both parties will likely try to dodge the, issue unless a showdown is demanded by the rank and file of voters and there fore Labor declared its position as against the prohibition.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
NEW BROTHERHOOD OF PHONE WORKERS
 SEEKS A CHARTER
New England Wire Folks Separ- ate From the Electrical
 Workers.
APPEAL TO A. F. OF L.
Want to Run Their Own Affairs and Organize Thor
 oughly.

The International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers, composed of the mechanical employees of the telephone companies of New England is now an established fact and at the international convention of the A. F. of L., to be held in Montreal next week, it will apply for a charter giving 1t jurisdic- ton over telephone workers entirely separate and distinct from the electrical workers unions. A committee to bring this about was appointed at the organ ization convention of the new brother hood in Boston last week, and which was attended by delegates representing 2o local unions.
 By the forming of the new brother hood, the 1000 workers represented at the convention intend to automatically sever their connection with the Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers with which they were enrolled. The electrical workers are chartered by the A. E. of L. but to show that they do not desire nor intend to draw away from the A. F. of L., the committee was appointed to secure the separate charter immediately.
 There are more than 100000 te1e- phone workers in the United States
 
 fast and their work is so confined. that the New England men believed it time for a separate organization of their own A preliminary meeting was held in Boston some weeks ago and dele gates responded from all parts of New England in number sufficient to war rant going ahead with the organiza- ton. -7s =
 The committee is prepared to bring its application for separate charter to the floor of the convention ii the executive board does not act favorably on 1t.
 The action of the convention IS ascribed by its leaders to pressure brought to bear by their respective memberships, who are said to resent the present attitude of the executive officers of the I. B. of E. w., and the action taken at its last convention, when its constitution was so amended as to pre- vent, it is charged, possible organiza- ton of new unions of telephone work CTS unless they agreed to become part and parcel of unions of the interna- tional already in existence, in which they would have little or no voice.
 It is also alleged by officers of the newly created International Brother hood of Telephone Workers that no as sistance has been granted by the l. B.. of E. w. towards organizing the more than 100000 telephone workers of this country and Canada, although 1t IS well known to the brotherhood executives that less than 10 per cent. of them are now organized.
 The organized telephone operators Of the country are now enjoying self-gov- ernrnent within I. B. of E. w., as they have a separate department of their own, although still affiliated. In con- sequence, they did not participate in the present convention and have not stated their attitude thus far towards the new movement.
 The newly created international will take no further steps to extend its jur- isdiction outside of. New England until after the A. F. of L. convention.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
ELECTRICIANS GO OUT WHEN BOSSES
 HIT CLOSED SHOP
Eight Firms Struck Against While Ten Others Keep
 Agreement.

Following the refusal of about eight electrical contractors to adopt the new working agreement scheduled for June l, and which had been tacitly agreed to at conferences held Tn April, about SO electricians employed in various shops about New Haven went on strike on Tuesday and will continue to stay out until their demand for a closed shop Is agreed to. The contractors agreed to live up to the agreement for wage of 821z cents an hour but when the time came for posting the agreement as to that and working conditions reneged.
 Ten of the shops of the city had de- cided to live up to the tentative agree ment and posted the new rules on June 1 and had no trouble The eight others who do considerable electrical work hereabouts refused and their men quit. More than dozen have already been put to work on jobs held by the con- tractors who have signed the agree ment and with new work piling in the others will probably be at work next week Only 30 remained on the "out" list last night
 The firms who signed the agreement and are living Up to it are: Gray & Ahrens, Riley & Adams, A. L.<Lapides, s. Jacobson, w. H. Han1on, w. J. Tennien, P. Ko1ominsky, J. J. Aeillo J. Amato and Karlson Brothers. Those who refused to live Up to the agree ment and whose men are out are: Stevens & Fitch, H. E. Francis Co.,, Crown Light Go, w W. Gale Co.,, Elm City Light Co.,, Nelson & Co.,, New Haven Electric Co., and Goldfarb & Scho1z.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
POSTAL EMPLOYES SORE
 AT CONGRESS- ACTION
Get a Raise and Then Have Third of It Taken Right Away
 From Them.

Incensed and justly so are the mem bers of the Postal Employees Unions at the action of Congress on the wage in- creases for employees of the postofice department A maximum of s week has been reported and acted on but while giving the s, whichsis admitted ly far too little, the Congress reached out with the other hand and took more than one-third of it back again. The raise isn't quite s week but say that it averages $50 year. Congress then turned about and provided that from $45 of this should be taken back for the employees payment into the recently enacted old-age retirement pension fund
 The attitude of Congress brought prompt action from the local unions of Postal Employees here and throughout the state Telegrans declaring the action an insult and demanding that better and more just action be taken be- fore Congress adjourns Saturday were sent to Washington That the tele- grams will have little effect on the pres ent Congress any more than have the millions of other protests made seems assured. Congress has to lay off now to play politics for its reelection so the postal employees and the other business of the country can go hang.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
STILL TRY TO BOLSTER
 UP LABOR PARTY HERE
Middletown Meeting Hears Glow ing Promises of Its
 Advocates.

Middietown, June 4.-W. w. Liggett, deputy commissioner of immigration for the state of North Dakota, address ed large gathering of labor party members in the Central Labor Union Hall Tuesday evening. He explained the growth of the non-partisan league in that state and said that it has ac- complished remarkable results despite adverse criticism. He said that during the second Liberty Loan campaign the state finished with the highest percent age of any state and that in the third and fourth loan campaigns the state completed its quota before any other
 M Toscan Bennett said that in order to push through repudiation of the. labor party at recent meeting of the New York Federated Unions, officers of the state and national federation of labor had packed the meeting with gun men.
 Timothy M. Crowley referred to an editorial in the Hartford Times, ap- proving the action taken in New York and said he wondered if "the editor of that paper would favor attempting to discredit the labor party by such means in this city" Jeremiah Sullivan, city party chairman, presided.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
TRANSFERS GET RAISE
 AND A HALF HOLIDAY
Union Steadily Growing and Get ting Concessions From
 Coal Dealers.

Even though they have not yet se- cured recognition of their union, the teamsters of New fYaven, especially those employed in the coal trade, have been steadily securing betterment of conditions. At the meeting of the Trades Council on Thursday night the delegates reported that an increase of five cents an hour and Saturday after moons off for the next three months had finally been secured from the employ CTS. At the beginning of the fall sea- osn the increase will go 10 10 cents an hour and then new working agreement as to hours will be sought
 The opening of the charter to the teamsters not already in the union re- suited in a large addition to the mem bership and with the continued activ- ity of Organized Kelleher, it is ex- pected that by fall nine-rentfls of the teamsters of the city will be in the union. Then they may De able to bring about the working conditions sought last winter but held up because the teamsters did not wish to injure the public by a strike during tne coal short age.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
TROLLEYMEN ALL OVER STATE REJECT
 COMPANIES OFFER
Increase Granted Marred by Re fusal For Flat Rate
 of Pay.
NO STRIKE THREATENED
Employees Constitution Make Ar bitration Proposal Compul-
 sorry Before Acting.


 By overwhelming majorities in all the large centers of the trolley business of the State, the trolleymen of Con- necticut in a referendum ballot have turned down the proposed agreement offered by the Connecticut Company following the. several days conferences with the State Conference Board of the trol1eymen's unions All the men ex- cept those employed in the Bridgeport division voted on Thursday, the Bridge port men voting yesterday. The senti- ment there was however even more strenuous against the proposal than in other cities and 1t was turned down flat. The vote will be formally can- vassed by the State Conference Board in New Haven today, its result told to the company and probably another con- ference arranged for.
 The turndown does not by any means mean a strike at present as under the constitution of the railway employees unions, strike cannot be called until the company has absolutely refused ar bitration. If another proposal cannot be secured from the company, grant ing the men not only more pay but other concessions they are seeking, a pro- posa1 for formal arbitration by outside arbitrators will be made. If turned down by the company, which is hardly likely 1t IS presumed, then strike vote
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
LAWYERS UNION TO REVISE RULES FOR
 A MINIMUM WAGE
Committee to Make Charges Fit the High Cost of
 Thinking.

A minimum wage-or call it fee if
 you like that better-is to be established
 in this section for lawyers, following
 action taken by the New Haven branch
 of tie strongest and most arbitrary union in the United States, at meet ing held in the court house this week
 and adjourned to await the report of a
 committee appointed to revise the fees. The union Is the Bar Association, of
 course, which, according to the proce-
 dure necessary to get into 1t, moves in
 circle that has everything III trades
 union lines skinned a mile"
 At the meeting the hopes of some SO budding spouters of Blackstone were taken under due and careful considera- ton and after many why's and where
 flores all but three were given permis-
 sion to take the examination that would
 permit them to become their brothers advisor. The three were hung fire for another week until committee could
 look them over some more and ascer- tain what kind of specs and horn sWogg1e rims they intend to adopt when they get their licenses to go ahead
 and hang out shingle without the aid of journevman carpenter.
 After this was done Attorney Will liam A. Wright, who being a United
 States Commissioner, has heard of the
 high cost of living just now through his official connection with alleged
 profteers, violated the supreme dictum
 of the New Haven Register by refer
 ring to the rising costs of living. He suggested that committee be appoint
 ed to revise the lawyers code of charges. It was 30 years since it has been re- vised here, said Mir Wright, which brought smile to some lawyers faces l inasmuch as they had done consider
 able upward revising on their own
 hooks. Nevertheless they were willing to have a minimum established so it will probably soon be presented to the
 clients for mutual agreement-not.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
Mooney Will Get
 New Trial Agrees
 New Dist. Attorney

Supporters of Thomas J. Moo ney to the number of 10000 have been able to convince the new dis trict attorney of San Francisco, Matthew Brady, that Mooney, who is serving a life sentence for complicity in an outrage dur ing the preparedness parade in San Francisco on July 2, 1916, should be given a new trial. It IS said that the new attorney gen. eral is free from the political machine entanglements of Frisco and has taken the entire case un- der advisement.
 T am satisfied that Mooney did not receive a fair trial under the law" Brady is quoted as saying. "I have not yet determined what Is the proper procedure in the case although 1 have several courses in mind"
 This will be interesting news to Labor Union members through out the country who have follow ed the Mooney case for the last three years.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05
BAKERS PREPARE A MORE STRENUOUS
 FIGHT ON BOSSES
Conference Again Refused, Lock. ed Out Men to End
 Negotiations.

Rejecting the final overtures by rep resentatives of the journeymen bakers of this city whom they locked out on May 1 when they refused longer hours of work, the Master Bakers associa- ton of New Haven, and their affiliates elsewhere, are now facing what is to be a. finish fight. Through Organizers Friend and Kircfler of the Interna- tional Union, a request for a confer ence was made on the bosses last Saturday and 1t was perernptorily re- fused, so steps are now being taken by the bakers to carry the fight to them.
 The journeymen have held off from seeking outside aid because they did not wish to see outside Unfortunate bread even coming into this city in business Of the local bosses One union firm is already enjoying a remarkably increased trade since the lockout and another gigantic, bakery fhss makes its gppds under union conditions is pre- pairing. to enter the field With these and the bakeries established and to be established by the local bakers, there will soon be sufficient union made goods to supply the city.
 The bakery established by the locked out journeymen on Hamilton street soon proved entirely too small to supply the demand, so another bakeshop has been secured in a nearby town and manned by the locked out men and all ready Is sending in supply of goods to this city. Another shop is being ar ranged for and by next week there will be three union operated bakeshops go- ing here.
 Individuals among the Master Bakers association this week told the execu- tive committee they were willing to give in but didn't dare to, intimating that the coercion they were undergoing through their own association was for worse than any that might possibly ensue in dealing with the union. With these feeling growing there may soon be a break.
 The bakers are now making per- sonal campaign among the other organ ized workers of the city, urging upon them the necessity of insisting on union goods and are meeting with fine re- turns.
 The men are still standing firmly to- gether, only one man having deserted the ranks He is Ernest Vo1and, who although baker and member of the union recently was member of the police department He resigned from the police few months ago saying it wasn't a fit job for anyone and resumed his place as a baker and within the union. He has now deserted the union and gone to work for Heck1inger & Frank as a strikebreaker, an appar- ently, to him, more fit job than being member of the city's police depart ment.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05

ne QemOnSGTaI1On was the Culm1na- ton of week marked with strenuous ity on the part of the police and the manufacturers association, both of whom are striving with every means in their power to break the strike Their efforts went so far early in the week as to have the city administration call out local companies of the Home Guard to break up and arrest members of gathering near shop in the Oak vile district. Next day a dozen or so of those arrested were presented before the court on fimsy charges of breach of the peace, followed by voluminous evidence" and they were sent to jail for various terms up to 90 days. Ap- pea1s were of course taken in every case, the New England Workers asso- ciation, of which they were members, taking care of that.
 Instead of breaking up the strike the tactics of the administration, the police and manufacturers only served to aug ment 1t. Hundreds of other skilled mechanics in the various shops who had not yet gone on strike, walked out, the strike spread to Seymour where a thousand or so are also now out and is spreading all over the Raugatuck Valley and through the enr1re brass and machine industry. There are now l5.OO0 or more men on strike, many enrolled