The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-30
MERIDEN LABOR IS . PLANNING TO HOLD
 MONSTER FIELD DAY
Committee Looking Into Details of Event to Be Held About
 Labor Day.

Merlden, June 3O.-l ne N. l.. U. has committee out looking into the advisability of holding a field day on or about Labor Day. The event if it will be held in either Hanover Park or Starlight Garden. The Community Playhouse has raised it's prices again to 25 and 40 cents. Just prior to the withdrawal of the union men employed there the prices were lowered to $ and 25 cenfs, then came the proposition to cut the workers purchasing power, which was not accepted hence the withdrawal and now comes a return to the prices existing before the attempted cut
 After a search a store was located when union made straw hats can be purchased. Several of the stores sell Panamas, etc, with the union label in them, but Farrel & Deskin's store on West Main street, in Derecktor's s new stores, straw hats bearing the Hatters' Label can be purchased It is expected that when the new by laws are adopted the C. l.. U. will have a committed to keep members informed as to the merchants that sell Union Made goods bearing the Union Label and the specific articles of this kind he sells. The non-parti- san political movement also will get under way immediately after the by laws are adopted.
 A determined effort is being made to introduce a certain anti-union firm engaged in the plumbing and steam fitting work but as the men do not like the idea the attemptIs very like ly to fail. The electrical workers IL, q employers have been advised by sew to continue with members of Local GAP. It is expected that several ad ditional employers will be gained in the near future.
 The New Departure is expected to start soon and also rent and living derful production of non-union coal boasted of by the operators don't reach what 1t was represented to be in a circular that recently reached this C. L. U.
 The following speaks for itself: Editor, Meriden Morning Record:
 "Under date of June 2oth you pub lished an article carrying the impress sion that the striking employees of the Community Playhouse did, or at tempted to cripple, the equipment of that place. Your article carries the impression that dust was thrown in to the electrical equipment which is gross falsehood. As such action would be sufficient for the immediate expulsion of any organization that tolerated it by any of it's members; an effort to learn the facts connected with the incident has been made by the Meriden Central Labor Union.
 We find that the manager of the Community himself ran the picture machine after the men had left the property and it ran o. K. We also find that the reason for the stoppage but to the blowing of the fuses on the power line at the playhouse. The probable cause for this being that an inexperienced person was attempting to operate the house. Naturally with no current the motors would not run.
 "We class as underhanded the at tack that has been made upon %he striking employees of the Community Playhouse.
 We respectfully request that you give this an equally prominent place in your paper as you did the article referred to.
 Trusting that this is not asking too much of you, we are,
 Respectfully yours,
 "Meriden Central Labor Union,
 "H. A. c. GEES, Sec'y."
 The Connecticut Co., has discharged William F. Moore of 4o5 Colony street, motorman of the one-man troll ley car which ran wild down the city hall hill on East Main street, follow ing the filing of a report of the acci dent by Superintendent Robert P. Lee at the company's headquarters at New Haven. The superintendent's re- port alleged that the motorman, even if the air brake failed to work, failed to make use of two other devices at his command to stop the car, either by using the hand brake or reversing the motor The Meriden local of the trolleymen's union has taken up the cudgel for MT. Moore and it is un- derstood that their executive commit tee will ask for his reinstatement as conductor on the strength of his previous record of about five years without a SerOiuS charpe against him