The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12

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 Threats Given
 Acceding to alleged threats that the non-union employees might be troubled on their return trips the out-of-town employees refused to handle their loads, according to Clark Lewis, president of LeWs Brothers Company.
 MT. Lewis said that he favored the regional contract conference scheduled for tomorrow at Hartford, adding that this would be the only fair way of adjusting the union matter. He said that the produce dealers had agreed to wage increases and that the strike no longer in wolves money, only the union de- mand over closed shop" to which the produce dealers will never agree" several of them have de- clared.
 Out of Work
 The two Lewis company employees, John Steinman and Richard Gran ger, who were beaten by strikers the night before last, were unable to be at work today, MT. Lewis said.
 Meanwhile, the cases of three of the alleged assailants of Steinman and Lewis, Patsy Sylvester, B, of 124 Savings street; Joseph Palmen- to, 9, of ITO Ward street; and Jos eph Barra, A, of 83 River street, were continued with the four others today by Judge Edward Mascolo in city court.
 All seven of the alleged assailants of the Lewis company employees will be arragined January 25 on charges of assault and breach of the peace. They are at liberty under bonds of $1 1,OO0 each, the last of the seven making bond late yesterday with Domenic Barbieri, president of the Italian Young Democrat club, ap- bearing as surety.
 Conspiracy
 Whether the charges will be changed to more serious allegations remains consideration of the po- lice who are Investigating the aspect of conspiracy in the sortie made by the attackers to Freight street Tuesday afternoon when the non- union employees were beaten.
 Representatives of the union and employers will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at Hotel Bond, Haltford, when outline of a re- giotaal contract for drivers, help CTS and platform men will be dis cussed, affecting an area in Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island and Con- necticut.
 The Waterbury produce men fa- vor such contract which would take union matters out of the hands of local chapters and would, they say, make for fairer agreement in its affect on their employe dealings what with much of their business including dealings with out-of-tow drivers and helpers.
 No Closed Shop
 So far as local consideration of the demand for the "closed shop, the produce dealers are agreed that ttis will never be met" that they twill go out of business before ac- ceding to such an un-American agreement"
 One of the factors of their op- position to this union demand is the situation which obtains locally in the cases of small shop keepers who have been unable to meet bills to the larger companies and, habi- tually, work out" their indebted ness to the wholesalers when such agreement is reached. In the event of closed shop" contract, these men would be excluded from such employment to pay off obligations and they, with others, would have no recourse to employment.
 Coercion
 Several of the produce dealers have remarked that their employees were threatened with loss of their jobs if they did not "join the union and Investigation of coercion in the present strike may form part of the proceedings against the seven in- volved in the charges of attack on the Lewis company employees, it was inferred.
 Boston Strike All Over
 Boston, Jan. 12-(UP)-Terminals glutted with millions of pounds o1 foodstuffs and other merchandise were cleared today following settle ment of Boston's week-long truck strike.
 The rumbling of trucks through the market district symbolized the end of food shortage that rapidly was becoming acute in central anc northern New England.
 The million-dollar strike ended formally last night with the sign- ing of a stipulation for drafting of . new contract by 400 employers and local 25 of the American Fedora tion of Labor's International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf- feurs, Stablemen and Helpers of America.
 S No4AASAs AAOWCtCI, IklC OUUu striking drivers had returned to work and once again huge vans and light trucks moved through Boston streets. The drivers had waited only until they had verbally approved a compromise calling for a $2-a-week pay increase.
 Truck Owners to Meet
 Hartford, Conn, Jan. 12-CUP)- Truck owners from Rhode Island. Massachusetts and Connecticut were to meet here Friday with union truck drivers to discuss possible drafting of regional union con- tract.
 Employer and employe represen- tatives were expected to be here from Worcester, Taunton, Brockton, Fall River, Springfield, Providence and Connecticut points.
 Myles W. Illingworth, manager of the Connecticut Motor Truck asso- citation, Inc, said "a new regional contract would create better uni formity of working conditions and Wn0Ac fhoyH ASfCfc