The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-09
NUMBER DOUBLED SINCE THE
 SHOPMEN WERE LOCKED OUT These and Other Important Facts Made Known at Enthusiastic Meeting of Shopmen- Traffic Conditions In Hartford Laid Bare
 By Traffic Experts.


 bonds pending trial in the Superior court, was the principal speaker at the mass meeting of the striking shop men, held in Music Hall, last evening at which more than 800 members o1 the shop craftsmen and their friends were present. Reading a letter from MT. w. R. Price addressed to MT. C. C. Butler of the New Haven road in which he tells of the poor service given by the road to factories in Hart ford, he cited one case where a car had arrived at East Hartford on the I7th of February and had not been delivered in Hartford on the date of the letter making a period of nine days in which the New Haven road was unable to take a car from the East Hartford yards and move it across the river, a distance of not more than five or six miles.
 An extract from a report filed by the Interstate Commerce Commission and which appeared under date of February 26 in the Congressional Record was also read by MT. Schlei- fer. The report of the 1. C. C. was based on an examination of the loco motives during the six months period beginning with January, 1922, and ending June 30, during which the men now on strike were employed by the New Haven and it was found that the number of defective locomotives was found to be 3I@o. On the other hand the period from July Ist ito Novem- Der 30, of the same year, an inspec- ton by the 1. C. C. showed that the number of detectives had jumped from 3I9o to 6o% and where only "A locomotives were ordered thrown out of service during the first six months of the year so were ordered out of service after the examination con ducted during the latter period.
 MT. Schleifer then pointed out to the men that even though the manu- lecturers are satisfied and doing ev- erything in their power to help the railroad in it's efforts to break the strike conditions were now becoming friendly toward the road in se1f-de- fense they will have to call for some kind of a show down in the very near future as the letter from MT. Price indicates.
 Senator Joseph Tone acted as chair man of the meeting and after intro ducing Jerry Carey of Springfield, Mass, vice-president of the Black smiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers Union, who gave a short speech in which he told the men about the con- ditions as they existed in Massach1- setts and the efforts being made by the general public to force the New Haven road to settle the differences with the men now on strike so that the very poor service which has been inflicted on them for the past few months could be remedied.
 fho from the Congressional Record re- ferred to: Copy to MT. J. A. Beahan, A. c. F. A.,
 (PersonaD N. Y, N H. & H. R. R., New Haven, Copy to MT C. A. Mitchell, Supt.,
 (PersonaD N. V, N. H. & H. R. R., New Haven,
 Conn.
 February 26 1923. MT C.. C. Butler, (PersonaD
 co N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,, New Haven, Conn. My dear MT. Butler:
 You fellows in New Haven do not l yet realize just exactly what we are up against here in Hartford. Since 1 talked to you, the situation, If any thing, has become worse. I am frT nk l  happens in the very near future which l will enable us to get raw material, l etc, we will have to temporarily go 1 out of business. This situation is l serious, and it not only confronts us but is confronting a lot of other peo- pie in and around Hartford.
 Take for instance, B. & M. 6I5I3, which got into East Hartford of the 17th Our supply of articles in this car is absolutely exhausted, due to no fault of ours. We have taken it up with your superintendent's office, namely, MT. Coleman, on four occas- ions. In each instance he has prom ised to do something but so far the car has not been placed on the sid ing.
 Some of us talked to representa- tives of concerns doing business on the Shore Line, with the result that the impression given us indicates that the New Haven Roads motive power in that district is absolutely adequate and that it extends not only to cleo tric engines but to a plentiful supply of steam locomotives. The impress sion that the boys have got here in Hartford iS that under the DreSent