The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
STRIKE AREAS IN SULLEN CALM AT
 PRESENT HOUR
Rings of Bayonets in Some Sections - Leaders In=
 timate More WalkOutS

WdSnlnSton, sept 1S.-(OHJ-
 Sulien calm prevailed on3 the l.
 600-mile textile strike front today with little indication of an immin-
 ent break in the giant industrial conflict.
 Rings of bayonets in the hands of National guardsmen protected mills where trouble was feared
 while attention centered on a re- port by the presidential mediation
 board headed by Gov John G.
 Winant. It probably will be made within AS hours.
 The report, reviewing conditions
 in the textile industry which led
 up to the strike will be the basis of further peace efforts. Until it is presented there was little like-
 lihood of change in the strike lines. Definite recommendations cover- ing procedure to be followed to restore peace to the industry are
 expected. The report will be re-
 layed to President Roosevelt by
 Secretary of Labor Frances Per-
 kins.
 The strike committee headed by
 Francis J. German today held au- thorization to call another 100000 allied workers in the rug, dyeing, underwear, rayon and corset in- dustries from their jobs. German rintimated the allied workers would be called out by the
 end of the week unless industry
 makes some move toward arbitra-
 tion. The authorization was voted by the executive council of the United Textile Workers. The number of idle workers re- mained virtually unchanged Mill
 owners reported four more Georgia mills and 10 in North Carolina had
 reopened under protection of mili- tia. Against this was balanceds the closing of the great Pepperell mills at Biddeford, Me. These mills.
 largest in the state, employed $500 operatives.
 Strike leaders maintained that plants which had resumed opera tions in the south had only skele- ton forces. They said they were holding their lines in the face of
 an intensive drive by mill owners to break the walkout.
 Martial law was threatened at Belmont, N. C., after two strike pickets were bayoneted, one crit ASaAAys Oy h0tAOhol nC casualties occurred when the guard sought to break up a crowd of 1.500 pickets.
 Quietness of the New England front was reflected in the demobil- ization of the Connecticut national
 guard. However additional guards
 men were called to duty in Maine. Trouble was feared again in Rhode
 Island. The Sayjlesville, R. l.,
 mill. scene of some of the bloodi- est strike riots. planned to reopen
 today. Joseph Sylvia, Rhode Island UTWA leader, ordered pick
 cts to assemble outside national guard barricades.
 Conflicting views of the strike
 were presented in addresses here
 and at New York.
 President Henry I. Hartman. of
 the U. s. Chamber of Commerce characterized the walkout as "vici- | ous and unwarranted." Secretary
 Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor blamed the
 cotton Textile Institute with fail-
 ure to, cooperate in settling the strike.
 "There is indisputabie evidence"
 said HarriHan. "that the majority
 of the workers in the textile trades
 did not desire to strike. The strike
 has resulted in open and frank
 cooperation between the strikers and the forces of unrest"
 "The workers were willing 10
 accept any decision the board
 might make" said Morrison refer- ring to the Winant body. Mot %
 the employers and it is upon them
 that responsibility for violence