**Date:** 5/16
**Source:** Unknown
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Naugatuck police arrested 21 men this morning after the second scuffle in two days outside the Maple Street gate of the struck Uniroyal plant. One man was taken to a hospital.
Officers of the striking United Rubber Workers of America, Local 45, were ordered to appear this afternoon in Superior Court, Waterbury. They were to respond to an order sought by the company, directing them to show cause why mass picketing should not be prohibited.
The three officers of the Rubber Workers’ union summoned to appear are Raymond Mengacci, vice president of Local 45; Antoinette Gucciarelli, secretary; and Rita Ruggero, treasurer.
Forty – three strikers were arrested yesterday. Today’s disturbance, like yesterday’s, broke out when pickets tried to prevent office workers and management personnel from entering the plant. Women pickets shouldered to shoulder were on the north side of Maple Street. Male pickets were on the south side, also in tight formation.
Supervisory personnel milled around on the sidewalk on the south side. When some of the supervisory employes attempted to enter after Capt. Joseph J. Summa had read the ‘riot act’ warning the pickets to disperse, the battling between police and pickets began.
The women pickets were singing. The baiting continued until Police Chief Frank J. Marion and company officials together and they went inside the plant.
When they came out, Summa ordered all the company personnel to leave Maple Street and assemble on the nearby green.