Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-29
DANELSoN

Danieison has more than a passing inc tarest in the fact that 700 employees of the mills of the Aldrich Manufacturing company at Moosup went on strike We'd nesday. nanielson Is interested in the situation from more than one important viewpoint
 It Is interested because the strike at Moosup Is the first consolidated effort of organized textile workers in this part of eastern Connecticut to obtain recognition from an employing company. It is inte- rested because Moosup Is an important industrial center from which much trade comes to Danieison, and a long drawn out strike would make its effects felt in bus iness circles here. it Is interested be- cause some residents of Dauislson and ether surrounding places gre numbered among the strikers
 10 was clearly stated Wednesday from what seemed a thoroughly reliable source that the McCsup strike Is not a strike definitely against wages. hours of labor ur ccntiticns under which the employees labor. but a drive that has sofhethlng of a personal grievance and an insistent de uirs for recognition cf the union back of lt as impelling forces. Sympathy with the striking textile workers in the Paw tuxet valley also figures in the situation, h appears.
 The strike came as suddenly as the bursting Of a shell, and made residents of an the textile centers in the busy man. ufacturing area along the Quinebaug Valley immediately regard 1t with inte- rest
 This strike comes in territory where union textile labor has had practically 10 influence through all of the long man. ufacturtnis history of Quinebaug Valley towns CT adjacent territory. It quickly follows the formation of textile unions in Moosup. following the wallkout early this EprinE in the Pawtuxet valley and other Important cotton mill center in New EnEiand.
 There are straws to indicate that man. uf2cturers regard 1t as ominous, not be- cause there Is the slightest indication that the strike will not be a peaceful and orderly one. but because It's portends The advent of unionism into field that has been almost entirely free of organized textile workers-and also. 1t may b, truthful said. of all except extremely minor strikes and these at widely sepa rafed intervals. Labor troubles have de veloped at mills in the territory iron lime tc time through the years of course but there has not been a serious or lonl drawn out strike within memory.
 At MoosuD Wednesday the big UnIol mills. as the plant of the Aldrich manu facturing company is familiarly lxnowi were closed and silent. The strike Ger lainly was no halfway matter on tn, drst day. which was marked by meeting Of the strikers and conferences that i was hoped would lead to successful arbi lratlon- There was no disturbance dur lnE the day. The strikers were orderl. and not inclined to be otherwise, Eticl vas a hopeful sign in the situation.
 Late in the afternoon strikers declare, they would hold out for recognition o their unions. No definite statement wa forthcoming at the offices of the mil company. where, apparently. a policy o watchful waiting has been adopted. Con ferences between representatives of tn strikers and representatives of the mil company are hoped for today, 1t wa Etated Wednesday evening.
 The strike at Moosup was regarded a sarly as Wednesday evening as the frs test of strength ever made in this ter tory between unionized textile worker and a manufacturing concern. Wher hours of labor and wages are not involv a in a strike and the principle that tn union must be recognized is a paramour issss 1t will be readily seen that tn rtrike Is somewhat out of the usual ru pf such affairs.
 The outcome will be watched with tn teenest interest-by thousands of textil workers fin this territory and by the d ,scting heads of the big manufacturin concerns that employ them.
 Leaders skilled in directing textiI ttrikes were in Moosup Wednesday fror New Bedford. Fall River and Rhode Is