The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-01

basement door to keep a Saturday
night rendezvous whit their boy
T. ends. They had been let out by
g.ock-room boys who have pass keys.
Dahlquist said he did not know
when the union would ask for q
conference with the management.
II, added that he would agree to
confer whenever the workers rep
resentative: fixed a date. About 1000
workers ara employed in the met
ropolitan area. fi
A meeting Of the strike commit
tee, at which plans for extending
the sit-dow were to have been dis
clssed, was postponed last night
without explanation. 1t was said
that Lowe would confer with other
union representatives today.
Waukcgan Plant Delays
Waukega:,, Ii.., March l--(U.P)-
The Fansteel Metallurgical Corpora
ton today took to court Its fight
against John L. Lewis's committee
for industrial Organization as mass
picketing delayed preparations for
reopening strike-battered factory
buildings.
The company had planned to send
100 non.union men into the plants
at dawn to inspect and repair
equipment, replace shattered vim
dow panes, and sweep out hundresd
Of tear gas bombs that were used
TO drive out go sit-down strikers
last Friday.
In the face Of an announcement
that 500 members Of the Analga-
mated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
and sympethizers would picket the
Fansteel grounds, President Robert
j. Aitchison postponed the reopen
ing preparations, pending court
hearing on F'ansteels application
for an injunction agaisnt mass pick
citing.
"Why not wait for the judge to
have his say" o Fansteel spokesman
commented. another day won't
make any difference"
While approximately 100 pickets
carrying banners, with red, white
and blue ribbons In their lapels.
paraded before the F'ansteel gates,
the United Press Correspondent
gained entrance and was permitted
to tour the buildings which had
been q strikers fortress for nine
days. n-h t'4 Nea
The correspondent found nine
workers, including one woman,
starting TO clean up debris.s 51 v
Hosiery Workers Strike.
Reading, Pa, March i--(U.PJ-
The hosiery workers called q union
strike today intended to- sclose ~
mills Bereks County that employ
$4,000 workers. Last-miEute at
tempts by state mediators to pre-
vent the strike proved futile. Emil
REEVE, nat: nal president of the.
hosiery workers, said the strikes
would be sit-downs.
Primary purpose was to force
other manufacturers TO exert pres
sure on the Berkshire Knitting Mills
TO settle n strike II, progress since
October !. Other union demands
included the check-off system : of
paying union dues. maintenance of
present wages scales. and recogni-
ton Of, the A. r. H. w. as the sole
bargaining agent for all workers. N
The five-inonth-old Berkshire
strike resulted In almost weekly
violence. One man was killed and
scores hur' In clashes between pick
cts and loyal workers. State police
were required from time to time as
bitterness between the factions in
creased. 1880
The 9Th largest plant In the
county, oak Brook. near Reading,
opened an hour late with many Of
Its employees ct work. ,
A score or more persons were on
O sit-down strike in the North Mont
mill. near Reading. but o large
number continued work.
Union leaders said they intended
to close only few mills today
and gradually cripple" the others
during tho week.
Plan For Ohvysler
Detroit. March l--tU,P.)--A four,
point collective bargaining program
was drafted b. the United Aut0fnO-
bile Workers s0day fov presentation
IN the chrvAlkr, Corporation we'd
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