At 7:45 a.m., when workers
for the 8 o’clock shift began to
arrive, a second outbreak flared
up, but was quickly squelched
by police.
Those arrested during the sec-
ond outbreak did not resist
being taken to the police station,
as the first group had.
Two union vice presidents
were among the 43 arrested.
Raymond Mengacci, 47, 37 Fair-
child St., of Local 45, and Cyrus
J. Blanchard, 46 Hill Rd., of Lo-
cal 218 at the Chemical Plant
were arrested along with Clif-
ford Owens, 57, Wooster St., a
former Local 45 president, and
Fire Comsr. Jose Pinho, 37, 129
Aetna St.
Mengacci would not comment
on the arrests, but did say that
the union members “would com-
ply with the law. . .if an injunc-
tion is served on us.”
Rumored Injunction
As to what would happen Fri-
day, when office workers and
supervisory personnel are to re-
turn to work again, Mengacci
said, “We haven’t got the slight-
est idea. We have been con-
ferring with our attorneys, and
we expect to play it by ear as
we go along. We have heard
that we will be served with an
injunction, but have not re-
ceived any word to date.”
A public relations agent from
the New York office, Frederick
Chapman, said today that no
word had been received on the
possibility of an injunction.
Chapman said that if the pick-
ets continued to prevent super-
visory personnel from entering
the offices, a restraining order
would definitely be sought.
The public relations agent cit-
ed an agreement between union
and management groups prior
to the strike, which stated that
supervisory personnel would be
admitted to the plant during the
course of a strike.
To get a restraint order, said
Chapman,, it would have to be
proved that pickets were pre-
venting supervisory personnel
from entering the offices.