New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1915, Page 11

RICHTER & C MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXO Represented by E. W. I-My New Britain Nat. B Hartiord Gas to Yield 5.80% This stock has paid dividends sin (Continued from First Page.) ed with the work of the pickets at | e Remington plant, “Everything is runing on sched- fl!e, he declared ‘we have profited Qy the mistake made vesterday. From @ow on we will pull the men out of !unt one shop .and then another. This, Is a big job Wwe are doing.’ We can't do everything at once. ke % Tie-up Complete Saturday, # ‘“We expect the tie-up wil be com- Pplete by Saturday.” © It was learned here today that many of the machinists employed by the Remington company were visited &t their homes last night by commit- tees who requested them either to Suits for Stout Women a Specialty, BOODY McLELLAN & MEMBERS NEW YO RK STOCK EXCHANGE. 111 Broadway, New York. Established 1879. We will execute your orders for any listed securities eamount from one share ap. We give the same earcful attention to the one share stay from the plant entirely today ‘or éed ‘the instructions of the pickéts front of the plant. A number. of achinists according to’ Thomas J.. vagé, member of legislative. board the International association of achinists in charge of the situation during the absence.of J. J. Keppler. yicé president, did not go to the orks at all today. ' Women Organizers Present? . £ It was reported in labor circles to- that women organizers had been mt to Bridgeport from New York | orgatize the women and girls work- & in all the factories here. Many irls are employed by the Remington concern, while others are working In' orset and waist manufactories. De:- inité confirmation of the report could uflt rbe obtained. Pollcemen were stationed in front the Remington plant today. Sever- timés they dispersed crowds of men any of these admitted they were ner pickets or strikers. One man o said he was a union organizer, fused to move on when told to do by a policeman. He was threatened h arrest. - Hé informed the police- an what he knew about the laws of state and that if the policeman ried out his threat he was likely find out that he had made a mis- ke. . He was not forced to .move on: Dirt wagons. again made their ap- rance in ‘the road in front of the lnt Qodly. As was the case last ening. '!'htg were driven up ana The crowds were ] i wn' the roads rced to the side. | Keppler Not in Bridgeport. 1 J. J. Keppler had not returned to dgeport this forenmoon. When he | Here yesterday he said he was ding to dftend confeérences in Neéw fork and that he would return late night or early this morning, One " the conferences, he said, had to mfihof difficulties in the orthern New York. The to Mr, Savage, had b do with the strike here. Mr. Sav- \ge said lll strike plans were subject ow the o urn where- - said ome;time the hod carriers, was not Tt today. It was said he ‘ld't ‘Washington 6%!:4 night| re he was to confer wit the ‘pres of 'the organization, who would | to.come to Bridgeport to thoroughly organize: the "hod- riers who did not walk out at the !or the machinists’ strj ‘ke as they nally ‘proposed to do. Admitted Walkout. An ‘official of the Coulter and Mac: fenzie company admitted that a large ¢ of his men had walked out. He | ‘that becausé of the extent of the in the plant the manage- been unable to determine actual number that had gone on jke: | He said ninety men might walked out, but that he thought | a fit\u‘e was a little large. . ht‘e crowd gathered outside the while the walkout was in prog- "It was joined by strikers, who from the buildings. Some of the | chinists refused to leave. Cries ‘of “S¢abs’ Heard. of “‘Scabs!” and ‘“come out for For . t hours a day” were heard. In the accompanying illustration is shown French artillerymen loading i LOADING FRENCH GUN IN ARGONNE _'FO)?EST one of the heavy guns of the French army in the Argonne forest. This photograph has the stamp of authen- j ticity, having heen designated by the | French government as one of the | official pictures of the war. not to walk out unless the officers of the organizaiton authorized them to, No Conclusion Reached. Wash!ngton July 21.—Officials of trade ‘unions interested in the strike at the Remington Arms plant Bridgeport, Conn. met heére today with Samuel Gompers, the American Federation of Labor, but . reached no conclusion on what course to pursue and adjourned to meet . again Friday morning Bridgeport. In the conference with Mr. pers were J, F. Anderson, first vice president, and Edward Tucker, the' bxemmvu bodid bfhm bl il Gom- I-‘Lynn, «of ‘the, exécutive board of the Joseph ‘McClorey, president of the ! Bridge 'and Structural Iron Works; ‘William J. Spencer, representing the Building Trades Division of the Feds “eration; Thos. K. Tracey, of the Union 'Lfl;gl Deplrtment and Secretary' | /Frank Morrison:. & President Gomper’s: Statement. " The ‘foltowing statement was sued by president Gompers. ““There is oniy this that I can see: “We bave had & conference here in | | which representatives of the Interna- ptioral ~ Association of Machinists, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, and Officials of the American Feder- ation of Labor participated. ‘“The entire situation as it exists at Bridgeport was fully discussed and it was concluded that we take a recess to reconvene at Bridgeport Friday morning. “ . ‘Keppler Not Present. All the other participants declined to talk. J. J. Keppler, vice pre!ident of the Machinists, in charge of’ the strike, and who was asked by Vice President Anderson to attend today’s conference did not come. . Mr. Gompers was asked if consid- eration had been given to allegationé is- ‘:s fime it appeared that there might | that foreign inuflenice had stirred up further disorder, urthéf trouble was feared. tfié abeence of the general man- , he telegraphed to a state- on | tional Association of Machinists at.' Fleming company of No. 17 Madison ~of the Grant company, it ds te the number of men ¢ was refused. It was admitted, The crowd dispersed by the police, an official ; ‘company said. He added that |say,” industrial strife at Bridgeport. ‘was his reply. | early from Elmira; N. Y. J. . Last night J. Keppler, president of ; i 7 o } the headquarters of the Russian army i | | tion of "Mush (Asiatic Turkey. { A | “I have said absolutely all I ca,n 8§ | second Vice president of the lnterna—‘ | Bri@geport in charge- of the machin- . ga, “banks and court records, were taken den with flour. ~ together with the ones of state to Petrograd Monday of the German advance. Government officials have been advised to be ready. to depart. It is said more than 10,- at | 000 inhabitants of the. city fled: last week. 69 Turkish Boats Sunk. Petrograd, July 21, via London. 12:30.—The following official com- munication - has been received .from of the Caucasus: ‘‘Our destroyer flotilla destroyved a fleet of 89 Turkish sailing vessels'la~ “A battle. ia raging in the dir east of Erzerum) we captured Nozyk, in the course of the fighting.” A despatch from Sebaspool to Lon- don last night reported the destruc- tion by the Russians of 5% Turkish sailing Vessels. Frénch Official Report. Paris, July.-21, via London, 3:55, p. m..—The following communication was- issued today by. the French war department: ““In ‘Artois, the night was marked ! by a cannonade in the vicinity of ! Souches”and from Neuvville, Soissons was bombarded during the night. “In the forest of Apremont, the enemy attacked out positions at the Cow's Head and .at La Vaux Ferry and were' completely repulsed. NON-UNION MEN DRIVEN FROM JOB | 1,000 Workers on Sewer at Greenwich Quit and Laugh at Police Over State Line, Gréenwich, Conn,, July 21.—A trike of laborers is on from Stamford to Mamareneck and much public and private watrk is held up The trouble followed when the Lincoln-Steele- avenue, New York, brought fifty Wever, that some men had waxked‘ iets’ strike there, asking him to come | workmen from New York for the East Police Push Crowds Back. When .the police arrived in front of, %fllflt they cleared the street. for | blocks. The policemen ther. to Washington ' today. “I have received no reply | telegram,” said Anderson ‘“‘but I un- derstand Keppler left Bridgeport last | night for New York. But he has not formed ’ arrived here, so far as I have been able and forced the crowd back two | s in ‘one direction and three in The crowd retired somewhat | tantly, but the operation of the ‘completed without rouble. to learn.” TEUTONIG FORCES police were busy clearing e girls in the fdctory, ac- FAIng to some of those who walked held & meeting. The machines 84id to have shut down, but this d not be confirmed, | At Béth ‘ends of the street ‘large | d;;:l: strikers and sympathizers ke \ked lp. The street was kept ed_and the few pedestrians ada’ (Continued | tured by the - Austrians, tacks gained themgnothing. Along the Bessarabian front ARE NEAR WARSAW { nagan and Tobin and Deputy from' First Page.) Their = at- d to.the closed area were forced | the Russians.are on the offensive have n 9 the sidewalks and keep | “As soon as the. police de- | *dithat a pedestrian - had = no ith the U. M. C. pla ‘out of the closed area Btitish Engineers su-uxe,’ ll.l'mr aders said ing made tions in one p! elsewhere, the to make gains. According. t the last four nights. in breaking into the forces were captured, desperate attacks during They succeeded Austrian posiz but the attacking and here, as Russians were unable The battle of Monday lace, .| night lasted six hours, during which ‘the' Russiatis” made ‘eight 'assaults at a many, points. Inhabitants Flee Riga. o0 despatches reaching also, | | Port Chester sewer job in Greenwich, | zng -then to. aniwy i paying them $1.60 and $1.80 per day. i The prevailing wages hereabouts is ! $2 for eight hours, and the local labor union. called a general strike .yester- day, which is said to involve more than one thousand men Armed with clubs, about 300 mem- bers of the General International Union of America, invaded Green- which yesterday and drove off all the non-union men. bot, Sergeant Fafiey; Policemen Flan- Sherift Allen hurried to the scene. When their automobile stopped at the bridge which divides the states, the union and non-union men on the New York state side laughed at the officers, No work was done yesterday and if the company brings other laborers to BEast Port Chester, as it is said to plan, a general riot is likely. PRESENTLD WITH PIN, At a recepticn given in honer of his having passed the New Hampshire state board medical examination, Jor. Frank J. Dickinson was piesented with an opal pin hy J. W. Lynch i evening. The sfiair was held at home of Jessc 4 vater at 40 Hart n street and was ationded by alous S_ernn. all the officials arriving in R;.lm'cnlpflve friends of Dr. Dickinson, in antjcipation | south | Chief of Police Tal- | 'BAYONNE STRIKERS | GLASH WITH POLICE (Continued from First Page,) was city property and the . city was guarding the Standard Oil plant. No Additions to Ranks. There were no additoins striker’s ranks today. :No one went in,or. out of the Stand- ard plant today. The company’s em- ployes” who remained on duty to j guard against fire and keep things in shape come and go by the water front | where they can be put upon tugs, | | thus avoiding of the gates which | generally are surrounded by crowds The three men wounded in the first encounter were taken as prisoners to a hospital. Two of them were wound- ed ‘in the leg and the other was hit in the arm. Inspector’s Horse Shot. Inspector Cady's horse was shot but Iflid not fall. General Manager Clifford of the plant repeated todav his statement, j that the company would listen to any request or demand of its emploves, i but had received none. The strike, ‘he said, had been fermented hv out- |s\de forces. “We stand ready | past to consider any | requests of our men,” ford, will we deal.with outsiders. we ‘consider any ultimatum requir- ing an answer within twenty-four | hours or- any other périod, such as to the I | now as in the complaints or said Mr. CHLf- “but under mno circumstances Nor Wiil 1 was recently presented.” Sheriffs Guard Plent. Seventy-five deputy sheriffs, 150 special policemen and a large squad of Bayonne men, were on guard af the plant which was closed yesterdav afternoon at the strike of several hundréd emplovees, followed by riots. Between 5,000 and 6,000 men ar2 thrown out of work. Mayor Wants [iroops. “Trenton, July 21.—Mayor Pierre P. Garvan, of Bayonne, asked the gov- ernor's office here today to send troops ! to Bayonne, The Tequest was not granted and no troops will be sent un- less a- request comes from Sheriff Eugene -Kinkaid of Hudson county only after every local remeédy has been exhausted. WABASH RAILROAD . SOLD UNDER HAMMER Robert Goelet, Bidder for Purchasing Committee of Joint Reorganiza- tioned Board Buyer, | St Louis, July 21.—The property, franchise and all other rights of the Wabash railroad. a $220,000,000 cor- peration were sold under the hammer ) for $18,000,000 to the joint reorfgan- | ization committee of the Road’s credi- ttor's here today to satisfy a $41 600,000 mortgage of which the Equit- able Trust company of New York is | trustee. i The road was knocked down to | | i Robert Goelet, who bid for the pur- | chasing commitee of the joint reor- ganization ‘commiftee As soon the Federal Distric: Court Lfinflrm!; | the sale the road will be turned over to the purchaser. Plans for reorgan- { ization having in view a termination of receivership then will be worked | out. Biddere were réquired to put up | $1,700,000 0/® Wabash bond to amount popular than ever this year. | style and .model; { it anyone—and do it better Komfortable. | these hot days, in one of our feather- | weight H. O. P. Summer Suits. These Worsteds, Serges. Linens, Mohairs and Falm Beaches are the | things to wear these hot days. | Unlined, light as a feather, fitting and comfértable, these two and three-piece Suits are easy- | thin | more You'll find the best of them here; | hundreds to seleci ifyom; every good | al¢'sizes. We can | than | almost any tailor. Come and see. These Worsted and Sereg Suits $15.00 to $25.00. Plain Beaches, Mohairs. etc., $7.50 to $16.50. Flannel and | Serge Trousers, $2.98 to $6.50. ; i | | | | Closed Friday Afternoons till Further Notice, [ Personal | Fritz Anderson, of Detroit, has been visiting his old home in this city. Harry Bronstein is spending week in Atlantic eity. the Mrs. Jolin ILeonard of _Cottage Place is entertaining her daughter- in-law, Mrs. James Leonard of Phoe- nix, Arizona. | City items Emplovees of Marlow & com- pany, held an outing this afternon at Lake Compounce The Stanley meet The Foreign Missionary society of the Swedish Baptist church was en- tertained at the home of Frank Ask- and last eveming. A marriage license has been ' isstiod to Joseff Kulak of 126 Broad street and Allbina Kumwaku of 136 Cleve- land street. g A deed filed with the, town clerk records that Charles L. Barnes Has sold land on May street to Augustu Johnson, The special committee on sewer in. vestigation will make a trip to Fitch- burg tomorrow. A business meeting of the Barbers’ Union, will be held tomorrow evo- ning. At tonight’s meéting of St. Elmo lodge, K. of P. arrangements will be made to attend the Pythian perform- ance at Fox’s theater Friday night. | W. L. Morgan lodge will attend as well as the Pythian Sisters. Councilman Walter Pohiman, who has been confined to his home with an injured leg, is again able to attend te- his work, C. OF C. Quarter this evening. Bird club, wiil OUTING TODAY. Civic Bureau Téam Is Fifth hining. Undapnted b the inclemency of the weather a gcod sized delegation left the eity for iLake Compounce early this afternoon to attend the first an- nual outing of the New Britain Cham- ber of Commerce. As the first part of the ‘afternoon was to be devuted to -outdoor sports and other amuse- ments, a number waited until later hefore going over, planning to arrive there in time for the dinner which is to be served in the pavillion at 5:30 o'clock. In the fifth inning of the baseball game between II. H. Prior's eivie bi- reau players and James Naughten'’s nine the scare yas five to four i favor of the Bureauiste. Judge Man- gan and Fred Monier is the battery for the civic bureau and Bluecker and Stewart are doing rhe honors for the other team The features of the game have been n double play, Prior to Dr. Dunn and & three base wallop by Judge Mangan MRS. LARSON GIVEN HEARING, The claims committee of the coun- cil gave heuring last evening to Mrs. Louis Larson of 325 Chestnut street on her claim for damages re- sulting from injuries she received on April where she fell on a defec- tive walk in front of 273 Chestnut street. The committee will meet this evening wich the corporation counsel Ahead In 5 a of $3,500,000, to discuss the case. Vigorous - Trading Renewed in| | was renewed at the very outset of to- | | Mex Petroleum the larger customer. We will buy any mumber of sha res from one wp for ‘We will buy ten shares or more oun conservative & DIRECT FRIVATE WIRE TO NEW YORK NEW BRITAIN OFFICE, 309-310 NAT'L BANK Telephone 1013. ¥. T. FINANCIAL NEWS NFW HIGH PRICES 'ON STOCK MARKET! Specialties at Today’s Session | | | New York, July 21, Wall Street, | 10:30—Vigorous trading in specialties Bethlehem Steel and American Can scoring new high pirices i at 199% and 55, respectively. Cru- | cible Steel, Westinghouse and Allis- | C hslmers Tose one to almost 2 points | and U. . Steel advanced 3-4 on a sale | of 1200 shtrel These gains were soon extended, Bethlehem Steel Louch- ing 200 a price almost unequalled by a non-dividend stock, while Crucible | gained over four points. Trading was very active, but railway shares day's trading, i 1 West. Main str | Bernat TO WED ON AUGK E. Welles I’A‘) > Whittlesey to Be Ma On August 12 K of Mr. ana Mre $iford . et, will B Miss Clara Whittlesey of the bride's molher 8. Browns at Sea Gate, ceremony will be perf: op Faulkner and the aff be Miss Priscilla Bro the bride, and sunln brother of the Bros The ushers will b Edward Roberts, Waj throp Haviland, Still all of Hartford; Bridgeport. William New Britain; Charles ¥ Waterbury, and Harol l‘hllld!lphll Pa. SWEDISH R DIES A' August Johs which were lower in London were n;axn delegated to competitive obgour- ity. Close—-Crucible and Westinghouse Wwere the foremost featurss of the fi- nal hour, the former at' 49% and Westinghouse at 108%. Other is-| sues of this claes held most, if not all, their gains. The. closing was stro e New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnigshed by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy, National Bank building: July 21, 19815. High Low Close 483% 48 48 4% 73y 72 34% B4% 34y 57% 56% B6% 588 55 uw.‘ 105% 105% 10614 | 501% 49 49% | 9% 79 9% (108 108 108 | J121% 121% 121% | 35% 34% 34% | 100% 1008 100% | 78 7% 178 | eegees 204 198 201% Canadian Pacific .144% 1413 142 Central Leathe: 43% 42y 427 Chesapeake & Ohwc 38% 394 383 | Chino Copper 45% 453 Chi Mil & St Paui 8§1% i | Cons Gas L127% 126% Distillers 25% 259 Erie 268 257 Erie 1st pfa LooA0% 10y, General Electric .167% 166% Interborough 193 Interboro pfd 73 Lehigh Valley 142 2% 62 86 % 14% 57% 27 105 10314 108 % 4" 25% 147% e S414. 14% 37y 1274 661 as 6433 33 % 10919 69 Am Bet Sugar . Am Copper Alaska Gold ... Am Car & Fay . Am Can ... Am Can pfd Am. Locomotive Am Smelting Am Sugar Am Tel & Tel . Anaconda Copper* A TS Fe Ry Co. B&O ... Beth Steel l Sec 165 19% T2% 142 2% 621 863 14% 571 105 1033 106% 4 227 147% 1464 o2 9134 §5% R4 143 14% 38 3714 1278% 126% 67 663 A5%, 44y 645, 631 33y 31 1103 101% 691 69 National Lead N Y C & Hudson Nev Cons NYNH&HRR N Y Ont & West . Northern Pacific orfolk & West Penn R R Pressed Steel Ray Cons Reading i Rep I & 8 pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tenn Copper Union Pacific . Utan Copper U 8 Rubber Co U S Steel Va Car Chemical Westinghouse Western Union 27 105% 108 Car 50% | tion, Street Passes | “Berndt A Grove l"-l morning at Iulnen of t-lo m clerosis will- be held 2 o'cloek z | 2:30 o'clock fro eran church. The ert of Hartford, terment will be in Mr. Johnson was & 'A nine months and tw having been horn. in tober 1, 1850. He came § try in 1878 and settied Conn., where he was o the Middiesex til fifteen vears ago to New Britain and ploy of the Corbin! remaining *there iliness. He was { | Kig tellow workmen and ok was a lifelong member o ish Lutheran church. Besides his wife | leaves three children: son, Mrs. L. E. Martin Johnnon o~ Mre. Carolyn Hayes The funeral of ‘l'q‘ Magnell of Cariton, from 8t James' ch Manchester this “norni ment was in that ... the family acted as patl | The safety board, of o agnell 1= clerk, sent & as a token of thelr bereaved and other city as well as in also sent floral offer The funeral of Mrs. Cue, wife of Thomas. Seymour street, was Mary's church this o'clock. Rev. Johm brated a requien George Kraume was J. L. Sullivan ' sub. ‘bearers were . John, ward Lynch, ‘Wil MeCue of Windsor Banning of Indian Banning of Indian- thur Faulkner were the fi ers, e INJURED AT ST Frank Parire, Rn ' # Stanley Works, was the factory this morning W left hand got vaught in & machinery on which W He was gziven first ald Mins and dance. 1t was found ni amputate two fingers. BANK CONTRACTS LET OUT. The Commercial Trust company has let out all the contracts for its new avarters in Le Witt's block. The con- tract for the mason work. marble tront, carpentry and plastering has been given to John E, Downes and company of this city. The contract for screen and cabinet work has been awarded the Cairnse Woodwork- ing company of Hartford and the contract for decorating has been giv- en to S. L. Mortesen of Boston, Mass. The contracts require a completion of the work by August 21 or a for feiture of $25 for each day thereafter. INCENTIVE TO As an incentive to named Sperrin of Abraham Cantervitch avenue a reward of 4 for returning "‘ APPROVE PENSION SYSTEM comanse e New Haven, Conn., July 21.-The < board of directors of the Winchester . and whil Repeating Arms company today ap- proved the establishment of a pension system for the emploves of the coms pany The system which went into effect today, applies to about 12,000. b