New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1915, Page 1

L5 8 4 PRICE - THREE CENTS. { NOON WHISTLES SIGNAL FOR ._BRIDGEPORT MACHINISTS TO . HALT WORK ON MUNITIONS 1,000 Men Lay Down Tools and Walk Out from Jobs, in Works of Remington Arms Company and Four Sub-Contractors--No Disorder Reported. CERS DENY KNOWLEDGE OF ARRIVAL OF ANY, AMMUNITION MILITIA C__. Omkus Demand an Eight Hour Day, Double Time for Overtime Recog- nition of the Union and Settle- ment of Jurisdiction Over Mill- wrights — Laborer - Atticked By ‘Guards Wants Them Arrested. Bridgeport, July 20.—Approximate- /1y one 'thousand machinists, according to the estimatés | of labor leaders, went on striks this afternoon at the works of the Remington Arms and “Ammuniion company and four usb- icomtractors. The men walked out at their lunch hour and the labor leaders asserted they Wpuld not go 3 s were made for the men ' on [ strike' to 'attend a mass meeting later ..in; the day. where they would ' be placed on the strike benefit payroll : ‘week. Among'the sub-con 1g firms admitting that- their had struck were the Gaynor 4 manufacturing company, making bul- 7 lets:for'the armies of the allies, and the Columbia Nut and Bolt Co. < i:There concerns employ betwaeen them less than two hundred men. { No Sign of Disorder. The walk-out. ‘was “accomplished Syithotit ' the slightest sign “or, aid- | order. 'Just Lefore if place,’ John ' fy agent of the | ] n . reply . to | to the entions of the. ‘<mt‘h‘b _could aay | : that a “state- «later in the The'men’on stikeé démand an eight ~hour day, doublé time for overtime, recognition of the union and settle- ment of the millwrights, Another hundred brickla; e layed off a: the Remington plant this | afternoon. g < “Two hundred of the five hundred - originally employed there have “Been discharged. . They have worked up to where the “structural ron workers left off when they wenj n strike. ;s o In a statement today J. J. Keppler, Vice Presidént of the . Machinists Unfon said that it was not/intended to call out any of the . machinists working for the Lake Torpedo boat company, which: is ‘building submar- ines for the United States govern- v« ment, _. No Dispute With Lake Company. e “We have no digpute with the i;Lake concern,” said he. R/ " During the noon hour large crowds ®athered outside of all tae . shops, dere ‘the strike had been cailed. The ‘Jafgest crowd was at the plant of' the n It was com- 8 rious persons and ‘some ! workers.” Many said they had gone ‘the plant to see “What was going to €rs were p 2 onte, a laborer, who claims S he/was beaten by guards at the Rem- | Ington ‘plant last week, appeared in t today and asked that warrants | be issued for the arrest of five guards. 4 Monte was in a fight with a brigklay- ; e when he claims the giardsinter- -~ i fered. The warrants were refused un- s &3 | til Monte should be able to prove the alleged assault. His case was con- tinued. | Officers of the militia, this afternoon < ! denied that there wasany foundation for the statemént that special in- structions had been passed on to the members of that organization. They ‘also’ disclaimed knowledge ‘of the ar- | rival of any ammunition. 5 Difficulty Experienced. While Tabor leaders announced to- . day that approximately 1,000 machin- h‘tl\gq,plowed in the shops of the Remifigton Arms and Ammunition copany and four sub-contractors had walked out on strike, indications were that difficulty in aceomplishing the aim of the union men had been 3 lenced in some of the plants. .. An official of the Remington com- pany denied emphatically that any n in- that plant had walked or had it that Major W. A. Pentleld had offered ‘the machin- ists an eight hour day with an agree- ment, §1 a day raise in pay if they agreed to stay. Sub-contractors on the other hand, admitted that all of their machinists had waiked out. Not on Strike. “‘John A. Johnston, vice president of fi:?fhifiauczurfl Iron Workers, and a ‘the Jurisdiction dispute over |- NEW BRITAIN, which went to the Remington com- pany plant to present demands on Saturday, admitting this said that the machinists in the main plant of the Remington company were not on strike. “The machinists did not walk out,” said he, “they were locked in the | plant,” we think, I too,” heard the rumor that ‘Major Penfield had talked to the machinists and had offered them $1 a day extra and an eight heuir day with an agreement. I do not know 'how true that is. I do know, however, that the machinists dié not get out of the plant during the lunch hour to talk with us, We did not see them. But you can de- pend on this: We will get them when they lay off at 6 o'clock, We will set them then or know why. d The situation is all up in the air, I know that men walked out at some of the sub-contracting plants.” 1 The Bridgeport Enginering com- pany was said to have had a.portion of its force of machinists walk out. The management of the Bullard Ma- chine Tool company denied that any men had quit. ‘It was said earlier in the day that the Columbia Nut and Belt company admitted the walk out of its*machinists. This, however, was later denied by an official of the com- pany. ‘Walkout Successful. Labor leaders asserted that the walk-out was successful at the branch of the Remington ' company, known ag the. Middlestreet ' ‘plant. Thirty en quit there, it was said. b B 0 lfi?ppl#&i&anmanu vice- pregident of ‘th hists union was seen in. th ic’s (hall, where 4 spacial m the structural on Workeérs was in progress. He id he wab ‘taking things coolly and awaiting returns.” Then he continued as follows: v “I can make mno definite estimate 10,000 IN FIVE YEARS Census = Bureau Estimates Population at 52,203 on First of Présent Month. New Britain is credited with a gain in population of almost 10,000 since 1910 by 'the United States govern- ment census bureau, Official esti- mates prepared: by this buréau show_ that at the'beginning of July the pop- Ulation of this Hardware City was| 52,203 'as compared with 43,916 in | 1910. . This growth is ' exceedingly | gratifying and should it continue .on the same scale it can readily be seen that ‘within th next few years New Britdin’s. population will be such that this city will rank Wwith the foremost | in the country. Meanwhile other Connecticut cities | are also increasing. Harfford, New ! Britain's largest suburb, is credited with having a population of 108,969, a gain of 10,000 in the last five years. New Hayen still maintains, the lead | in Connecticut' cities with ‘a. popula- | tion ‘of 147,095, gaining 14,000 since | 1910. ! Bridgeport is given a . population of 118,434 while other cities are re- | corded as follows: Bristol 15,536, An- sonia 16,454, Danbury 22,182, Meri- den 28,820, Middletown 13,044, Nau- gatuck 13,872, New ndon 20,471, Norwalk 26,486, Norwich 21,128, Stamford 29,958, Waterbury 84,745, Torrington 19,238, Wallingford 9,719, Willimantic 12,438, | Perusing these figures it may be | séen that New Britain is the fifth | ranking city in size in the state and Hartford, the capitol city, ranks only | | | of the numbér of ‘men out until my leutenants return. 1 ‘will say this, however. I am not afraid of the out- comé. . Failed in Work. “In regard to the big plant of the Hemington company: The situation has been so beclouded by the state- ments of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor and others that it is mo wonder the men there did not know just where they stood. When _they walk-out this evening they will stay out, It is apparent that the men supposed to have acquainted the men in the big plant failed in their work. 'We will gee to it that they thoroughly under- stand the situation when they leave the main plant of the Remington com- pany tonight. None of us at all are afraid, of the ultimate outcome. ' Millwrights Not on Strike. G. G. Griest, General Manager of. the Stewart Construction company, which ' is erecting for the Remington company the largest plant of its kind in the world, issued a statement to- day in which he denied that the mill- wrights were on strike. He said that the millwrights has come to the com- pany and asked to be relieved from their work until their status should be determined by the American Fed- eration of Labor. It was a dispute between the machinists and the car- penters over the status, of the mill- wrights which precipitated the pres- ent trouble. ' Mr. Griest said, further, that the Stewart company. would finish the new buildings as far as possible and ‘then turn them over to the Remington company. This in- dicated that further work on the new buildings might be delayed in- definitely. Mr. Griest said the propo- sition to use wood instead of steel in' completing the buildings had not been considered. A number of hod carriers and tile layers were layed oif this afternoon because there was no work for them to do. In addition to the mewplant of Rem- ington Arms and Ammunition Co., strike calls were today issued for the machinists working in the Bridgeport Engineering company, the Columbia dut and Bolt company and the Gay- nor manufacturing company. The men were to walk out at noon, Less than five hundred machinists are em- ployed .in the three last named plants. At the Bridgeport Engineering company, the men demanded that they be given the strike call because they said they were dissatisfied with working conlitions. ' Makes Rifle Bullets. The Gaynor Manufacturing com- pany is engaged on making rifle bul- lets, for Great Britain and her allies. When announcement was made that the men in these three plants would walk out all was in readiness (Continued on Eleventh Page) third. - The five largest cities rank as follows: New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Wateérbury and New Brit- ain, £ Hartford county still has the larg- est population, there now being 279,- 569 souls here, an increase of about 30,000 in the past five Vears. Other counties in the state except Windham and Tolland also show an 'increase. New Britain can lay claim to be- ing one of the forémost cities in New. England. ' Showing a gain in popula- tion of "over twenty-three per cent in five years is in itself n small mat- ter. /With the largest bardware manu- facturies in the country located here the claim is further strengthened. TO HAVE CLEAN MILK. ! Health Dept. Pursuing Stringent Methods to Rid City of Tainted Kind. Superintendent Reeks of the health department and Food and Milk In-! spector Dr. D. B. Radcliffe, are con- | ducting a stringent investigation ' of manner in which milk déalers ¢conduct their stations and also the cleanliness of the fluid. A numbér of samples were shown reporters this morning by Dr. Reeks, and it is a surprising thing the filth and dirt that some of the milk sold about the city contains. Heretofore there has been but three or four analyses of milk made during the year, but in the future, it 'is the intent of the inspector to conduct ex- aminations of milk more frequently. ‘When a dealer is found that has milk which is not up to a certain standard, he will be watched very closely, and { if he continues to sell the milk his | license will be ‘suspended. | The milk dealers are fortunate that no law is mentioned in the statutes\! that prohibits the sale of unclean milk | but if a license is suspended and the dealer wishes to take the matter to court, it will be fought to a finish by the health department. ' SLATER'S CASE CONTINUED. * —— Architect Receiving Compensation of $10 Per Wceek from Company. Compensation’ Commissioner George B. Chandler yesterday continued the case of Edward Slater of this city ver- sus the New Britain Trap Rock com- pany subject to his call. At present Mr. Slater is receiving $10 per week | compensation, but his earning capa- city is $35 per week. Mr. Slater, who is @ well known architect was Injured last ‘winter .and at the time his at- tending physician declared that his hand would always be stiff, while the insurance company’'s doctor thought otherwise. 1 It is to determine positively if Mr. | Slater will be permanently disabled that the continuations have been or- gered. | Some changes suggeésted { careful revision by Secretary Lansidg, 14 CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915 —TWELV LATAPIE'S ARTICLE DISAVOWED BY POPE Interview Neither Represents Pon- tif’s Ideas Nor Words and Was Published Without Permission. Paris, July 20, 3 p.m .—An auto- graph letter from Pope Benedict to | Cardinal Amette, archbishop of Paris | contains the following: i “We absolutely disavow Lalapie's‘ article, which represents neither ‘our ideas nor words and was published without our revision or permission.” The Pope repeats his previous dec- laration that his views are to be found in public official statements and nou in accounts of private converszatioa. { To make his attitude still clearer, the Pope enclosed a copy of an interview | given by Cardinal Gasparri, Papal | secretary of state to the Corriere in | Rome and the letter of the Cardinal to the Belgian and British ministers to the Vatican, the former condemn- ing the invasion of Belgium. and treatment of the clergy and the lat- | ter affirming that the Pope never pronounced against the legality of the blockade of Germany. 8 Pope Benedict's letter was in reply to a letter from Cardinal Amette, who ° said that the Latapie interview haa produced a painful impression ' in France. La Liberte of Paris published on June 1, 'what was declared an inter- view ~ with Pope Benedict, obtainea by Louis Latapie. The report was reported in this ar- ticle as declining to comiment on. the invasion of Belgium, on the ‘sround that it occurred under-the Pontificate of Pius X; as taking the position. when questioned as to reparts of a leged cruelties on the partiof’ Ger- mans, that siilar acts were said ito have been committed by other. nations and the Vatican was not a court is give judgment on contradigtory as- sertions; as asserting that the Italian government had taken twenty mem- bers of the Vatican guard and that lettérs addressed to the Vatican hai been opened by censors. FINAL DRAFT OF NOTE T0 GERMANY APPROVED President Wilson and Cabinet Discuss Document for Two Hours. 20.—President after approved to Germany. Washington, Wilson and the hours discussion today, final draft of the note July cabinet two a Cabinet officers refused to discuss its | contents or to intimate how the. in- sisténce of .the United States should require a definite answer to its de- mands on submariné warfare. The new note will be ready in ‘& day or two for despatch to Berlin, in today’'s meeting will be incorporated and after it will be cabled to Ambassador Gerard. Publication will be withheld until the note actually has been fé: ceived in Berlin. It was the first cabinet meeting in a month, and the secretaries return- ing from different sections of the country brought to the president their views of public sentiment. Generally, it was for taking a firm : 1 stand. ‘No announcement of any kind was made at the White House where it was indicated that the charactey of the note had not yel been finally de. termined. 1 There, were no manifestations of | tension in official quarters, the con- fidence prevailing that in the absence of any new violation of ‘American rights, the situation would not be- come immediately dangerous. . Some officials were impressed however, that tiie attack on the steamer Orduna, the endangering of a score of Americans had now offset circumstances, show- ing that even on voyages from Europe to the United States submarine war- fare as being waged by Germany gub- jects neutrals to constant risk. ‘Tt is not certain, however, that any refer- ence to the Orduna case would be made in the new note. MAY VISIT NEW BRITAIN. Governors From = All Over Unitea States to Inspect This City. Tt is not-at all unlikely that before fall a delegation of governors from all over the United States will wvisit New Britain in a tour of New Eng- land. Governor Walsh of Massachu- setts is trying to arrange for such a trip through the New England states and should the visitors come to' this | state the Conecticut Chamber 7 Commerce will endeavor to have them include the Hardware City in their itinera. Last 'year the governors of the dif- | ferent ‘states in the union met in the , west and this year they are to hold | another conference, Boston being de- cided upon as the place and it is while they are there that the tour will take place. e e WEATHER, Hartford, July 20.—For Hartford and vicinity: fair tonight and Wednesday, | of drunkenness. | a realization of where he was he was E PAGES. 15,000 STANDARD 0L - EMPLOYES STRIKE| Practically Every Workman in | - Bayonne Plant Quits Job. Walk Out Stops Loading of Case and Barrel Oil for Europe—Men in Other Plants of Company May Join Stirikers. | New York, July 20—Virtually every | workman employed by the Standard Oil company at its ‘constable hook day. There are now about five thou- sand men out. | At the adjcining tide water oil | Plants, the men are still at work, but they are s3id to be restless, and the strikers say that they will shortly join them. If they do, | production of cils and gasoline and naptha as well as the by-produc will stop. Some Disorder Reported. There was some disorder at Standard Oil plant early today when a few of the men insisted upon going to. work. The police made six arrests. . The trouble at ‘the works first appeared last week - when the. still cleaners went out because their demand for an eleven per cent-inerease in wages was -not granted. They were followd in.the ‘men in the Barrett shop’yes- lenday, 500 in number who had.asked for-18 per cent. incredse. Today the | in the works, Strike Hits Europe. The strike puts an end for time being to the loading of ¢ and berrel oil for Europe. There are SiX "steamers in various stages of loading now titd up at the piers in the Kill Von Kull, which skirts the ! plant. { ~The men who struck today made | no “demund for increased wages but if is though likely -that they will do 80" before ihey returm to work. Al present the strike is'of a sym- pathetic nature. the FRANK NOW ABLE T TAKE ! bl ol i N cumstances—Removed from Pri- son Hospital to I'rivate Room. Milledgeville, Ga.. Julv 20.—Phy- sicians attending Tco M. ¥Frank, whose { throat was cut by another cenviet at | the prison farm nere Saturday night, | sald today that Frank has passed a restful night and,that they considered { his condition good uhder the circum- | stances. He is abic to tuke nourishe : ment. oo | - Physicians attending Frank issued a statement at 9 ‘a. m. saying Frank’s ;tempernure at that' hour was 100; | pulse 80 and respiration 20, | - Frank lpdl was removed from the R 3%“‘3‘*" faogtore. | ELECTED STATE DEPUTY. : e | W. C. Kramer Honored by Appoint- ment in Eagles by State President. | ‘Past Worthy President William C Krainer of the New Britain Aerie of Eagles, has been honored - by State President Thomas F. Ahearn of. tio state aerie, by the appointment as state deputy of this district. Deputy | Kramer. will have jurisdiction over ; New Britain, Bristol, Southington and Terryville. He is one of thé most popular and enthuéiastic members of | | the order in the state, | N T A | NO BAND CONCERT TOMORROW. | The Herald has been the recipient ! | of a: number of telephqne calls. within the past few days, concerning whether | or mot there would be a band concert Wednesday evening. . Mayor Quigley, wasasked regarding the matter today, | and he atocéd that theré was no.pos- 1 sibility of & concert being held tomor- | Tow evening. but that later several coneerts would be given. He said that he regretted very much that A. N. Abbe, who proved to be a fine worker last year, would be unable to act on | the committee this year. The mayor { has not as yet heard from E. W. Christ,”’ who has been named as a member of the committee. ALLEN SUMMONED TO COURT. David A. Allen of 11 Ash street has been notified to appear in court to- morrow morning to answer a charged of ‘reckless driving. It is alleged that his auto, driven by Miss Hattie Nolan of Chestnut street, ran into Stanley Baranowski of 216 High street, on Orchard street yesterday noon and failed to stop to ascertain the extent of the man’s injuries. As owner of the car and in charge of it at the time of the accident, Mr. Allen is liable. “BITE” HIGGINS ARRESTED. As he was sleeping peacefully on one of the benches in front of W. J. Dunlay’s Main street store this morn- ing, John (Bite) Higgins was arrested by Officer M. J. Cosgrove on a charge When Bite awoke to e e e e safely lodged behind police station. the bars in the POLICE' MAKE SIX ARRESTS. plant in Bayonne went on strike to- | the entire | the | | rést of the employes refused to go { NOURISHMENT ! Condition Considercd Good Under Cir- | | ment today sald officers thought it EFFICIENCY PLAN FOR LEGISLATURE ¥. H. Johnston of Chamber of Com- merce Would Have Special Com- mission Named (o Consider Bills. President Frank H, Johnston of the Connecticut Chamber ¢f Commerce has a new plan in mind which he has taken up at length with various prom- inent men about the state which, if carried out, would do uway with so much hurried legisiztion at the close of each session of the geueral assem- i bly. Mr. Johnston nas noted the in- | creasing number of bills which bur- jden the legislature, many of which are valueless and are covered by other statutes, and has noted that the clos- | ling cays of the session eve occupied | by the passage of 1l ndyised and hasty | legislation which is not thoroughly | ! discussed but which is ajven the bene- | fit of the doubt. The local man’s plan for alleviating | this stampede of bhiils is 1 have the | governor name a standing committee with the attorney generai at its head, ; which would be in session from the | | close of one legislativa session to the opening of the next. This commit- tee would receive hilis al any time ! and no bill which did not pass the | scrutiny of this board would ever | come before the legisiature. 'THREE WYSTERIOUS FIRES ON OKLAHONA Damage to Battleship Not| Estimated—Rigid Inves- tigation to Be Made: Philadelphia, July 20.—Not until ! the flooded compartments af the bat- | tieship Oklahoma have been emptied | and a careful examination made will the extent of the dumage caused hv | | three mysterious fires zboard the ves- sel last might at the vards of the New York Shipbuilding Company in | Camden be known. Firemen from ! this city and’ Camden continued until ! an early hour tbday to pump water | dense clouds of black smoke issued. | The first smoke was seen shertly | after the workmen had'Jeft the yary at 6 o'clock last night. The fire ap- | parently was gotten ¢ Ut ?flqohf tmok,:wu 3 hréde hours I later. After thé second fire was final- 1v extinguished smoke was discoveréd in another part of the vessel at night. 8. M. Knox, presivent of the com- | pany which constructéd the sliper- dreadnought, was unable to . explain the origin of .the firés and declared that a rigid invesigaticn would be made. AT The Oklahoma wa¢ launched —on for a trial trip prepuratory to being turned over to the United States sovs | ernment in September. She cost | $4.000.000 ‘and her s-mament, whica includes ten 14-inch guns, an addi- | tional, $3,000,000. Washington, July 20.—The fire last night aboard the dreadnaught Okla- homa is believed to have originated in wooden supports and other inflam- mable material in the magazine space between the two forward turrets. | Reports reaching the naval depart- likely a cigarette stub or burning | match had started a smoldering fire which was not discovered until night. | It may have been, however, due to electricity. 5 ~ Navy officials do not believe there is anything to Indicate the work of an ! incendiary either in the fire aboard the Oklahoma or in récent fires on the | New Jersey and Alabama ICE TO MILK STATION, | Harry Sperry Makes Gemerous Dona- tion for Benefit of Babies of City. Harry Sperry, ' proprietor City Ice company, announced (-‘l"l‘ of into the compartments from which | oW, ¥ March 23, 1914, and was about réady | of Gen. Yon Gallwit S $750,000,000 1 House of Comni Asquith—Wales tled, ¢ The great German | cast is shown in the ports to be seriously Russian possession of W ation of the Polish far distant in the military observers, nerth and ' the | preesure is b ingly trresistable In the center Griven the defenses of 2 port claiming 4 within twenty (3 5. To the southe mans are pressing railroad line. ceal strilke as ove ing been appn cution cou pected to endo irgs tonight d Thursday. Thé i ral Radetzicy submarine.’/ unhurt, s th s ik > B & Ni Premier 4 v | vote pltcflflh‘ RS { Genéral be standing in force line southwest one of the .elan prisoners. Test of The comm: “In the western “In the district of a comparatively quiet became more night. A Souchez - repuls Bouth of W‘_ our fire. 4 b “On the (ront bet Argonne there and mine figh tacks in ‘the unimportal \ Advan “On_the the 0 KK that from now on he would supp’, the New. Brifain Milk station with as| much icé as réquired frée of ‘charge. As many babies are cared for at this station the ice used there is consid- | crable and Mr. Sperry’s generous act will be appreciated, Originally the city had intended to keep the milk station supplied with municipal ice but subsequent events in which tie city's ice business went bad killed thesé plans. PHALANX PLAN OUTING, Company Will Go to Fenwick Automobile Trip July 2. All arrangemenis have béen made for the annual summer outing of the Putnam Phalanx to ‘the Hartford Yacht club Station at Fehwick, It is expected that fully fifty couples wil go and fwenty-five automobiles will be pressed into service. Wednesday, July 28, has been set as the date The auto) purty will leave the ar- mory in Hartford at 9:30 a. m., and a shore dinner will be served at Fen- wick at 2 o'clock, There will also be be boating and dancing apd return- ing the trip up the Connecticut Va:- ley will be made by moonlight. on | RUSSIAN STEAMER SUNK. London, July Russian steamer was torpedoed and sunk by submarine on July 17, Her crew af 22 were seved. of Eparges and 0 Successes. Our 1 “cal advants, ob. the 17th, but ficers and three “In the Ru “‘German and captu seaport in O sea at the t river, 100 miles Russian “East of the fighting co “Between the the Russians which had heen penets eral points by our try retreating toward the. wos oy b German reserve land ' fighting in this district o marshy ground, which favorable to the emy, accomplished * The army of Gen wadvancing further, with all its troops southwest of L Georglevake. Nowp. strong foviresy west of Wi the Vist sians their, = Ly Nerew joins the ! miles north of Warsaw.) ber of, prisoners taken (Continued on Eleves