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Pickets, Police Scuffle At Borough Rubber Plant

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Pickets, Police Scuffle At Borough Rubber Plant

5-3-67 [handwritten date]

NAUGATUCK—At least two attempts by police to crash through picket lines at the Uniroyal Footwear plant failed this morning, causing office and supervisory personnel to return home.

The 150 persons, mostly women, who attempted to get through the Maple St. gate at 6:40 and 7:40 a. m. were turned away by the picket line, which was nearly three times the size of the line Tuesday.

However, no injuries of any type or any serious physical violence resulted, according to police. There were no arrests made.

According to highly placed sources, the picket line was increased when word was received from management that shipping would resume sometime today. The lines were set up at night, when supervisory and office personnel were reported entering the plant with suitcases, apparently planning on staying for a duration of time. No one entered the plant this morning.

Rumors Circulate

The increased size of the picket line lead to rumors that management may seek a court injunction restraining the size of the picket line. Fred Chapman, spokesman at the New York Office of Uniroyal, said today that he believed his legal department was checking into the matter, although he could not confirm or deny that an injunction was definitely being sought.

The presence of a photographer in the building, taking pictures during the police-picketline scuffle, added to the rumors of the injunction. Such photographs could be used as evidence in seeking the restraint.

Atty. William Larkin, counsel for Uniroyal operations at the Naugatuck plants, declined to “Make any comment whatsoever concerning Uniroyal.”

Pickets

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Pickets

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contact Thomas Nelligan of the
firm’s industrial relations de-
partment, but his calls to the
plant were stymied. He was also
unable to reach Plant Mgr. John
M. Smith.

The Footwear Plant switch-
board is not open today, and the
heavy flood of calls had
swamped the alternate in-com-
ing phone system at the Maple
St. gatehouse.

The mayor said that there ap-
peared to be a good chance that
peaceful picketing would contin-
ue during the remainder of to-
day.

Police in Waterbury and Bris-
tol, where Uniroyal also main-
tains warehouses, said that the
picket activity was normal, with
no incidents. State Police at
Bethany Barracks said that
picketing was normal at the
firm’s Beacon Falls division.

UNUSUALLY HEAVY pedestrian traffic was noted this morning at the Maple St. gate of Uniroyal in Naugatuck as Local 45 members — on strike now for over two weeks — suddenly decided not to allow office help into the building. Naugatuck’s new Town Hall can be seen in background.—King Photo.

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UNUSUALLY HEAVY pedestrian traffic was noted this morning at the Maple St. gate of Uniroyal in Naugatuck as Local 45 members — on strike now for over two weeks — suddenly decided not to allow office help into the building. Naugatuck’s new Town Hall can be seen in background.—King Photo.

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, Naugatuck policemen and Local 45 Footwear Union members at the Maple St. gate each tried to go their way. The police had attempted to get office help into the plant. The union attempted to prevent it. Company officials sent the office help home to

Minor Scuffling At Struck UniRoyal Plants

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Minor Scuffling At Struck UniRoyal Plants

5-3-67 [handwritten date in top right]

By RUTH NICHOLS

Scuffling and shoving erupted this morning on the picket lines at the struck UniRoyal Footwear Plants in the borough as a result of the announcement by management of its intention to start shipping to critical customers.

The surge of activity began last night at approximately 8 p.m. when UniRoyal began to move personnel with suitcases through the gates.

John Smith, Factory Manager of the Footwear plant, verified the fact that management had notified the union yesterday of the company’s intent to ship to critical customers. Smith said that everything was quiet at the plant late this morning. He had no comment to make as to what number of persons were within the plant.

An all-men picket force was thrown around the gates of the plants last night, continuing through this morning. Scuffling and some incidents ensued early this morning as white collar workers attempted to cross the lines.

However, police report no arrests made. In most instances, police were not successful in escorting personnel through the line.

The heaviest picket lines were in front of the Central Office on Maple St., and the Warehouse located on Rubber Ave. Most of the activity centered around the main warehouse building on Rubber Ave.

Police reported that one group of four was successfully taken through the line. Pickets allowed a nurse and an attorney to enter the warehouse without incident this morning, according to reports.

A special police force of 24 men was put on duty today. The officers said that raincoats were torn and clothing damaged as a result of the early morning activity. Capt. Joseph Summa, in charge of the special force, was kept busy this morning checking the action at the gates to insure the situation did not get out of hand.

Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, said late this morning that picketing was “orderly” and that a picket line had been set up at all gates. He added that today the union was not allowing any white collar workers through the lines.

Mengacci stated that the union was told yesterday of the company’s intention to start shipping materials out of the plants.

President of Local 45, George Froehlich, was called in Cincinnati today and informed of the situation in Naugatuck. Froehlich informed Mengacci that one of the companies, not UniRoyal, was “close” to settlement.

An executive vice-president of the company had been brought into the negotiation sessions. This is the first good sign since the strike was called at midnight Thursday, April 20.

Rumors are circulating the borough that UniRoyal is attempting to seek an injunction against the “lock-out.” Mengacci told the NEWS today that as yet no papers have been served on the Union. No confirmation could be obtained from the company as to the veracity of this statement.

Office workers reported for work at their usual time this morning but were not allowed to enter the buildings. Shortly after 8 a.m. management announced via a bull-horn that the workers were to go home and try again tomorrow morning.

Police Chief Frank Mariano is watching the activity closely. He said, he has had no additional information but that at present the local department was able to handle the situation.

Mayor Joseph C. Raytkwich is keeping a close eye on the strike and conferring with officials in an attempt to keep on top of the situation.

OFFICE WORKERS waited outside the Central Office of UniRoyal and across the street at the Maple St. gate this morning, uncertain of the next move. The pickers refused to allow them into the buildings this morning for the first time in the 13-day old strike. Shortly after the photo was taken, management announced they were to go home and try again tomorrow.

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OFFICE WORKERS waited outside the Central Office of UniRoyal and across the street at the Maple St. gate this morning, uncertain of the next move. The pickets refused to allow them into the buildings this morning for the first time in the 13-day old strike. Shortly after the photo was taken, management announced they were to go home and try again tomorrow.

—(News photo by Nichols)

Four Retire Recently

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Page 4 CHEM-TEXTS Vol. 9, 1975

Four Retire Recently

[PHOTO]

Martha Karbowicz, right, retired from R&D after 46 years. From left are Walter Budd, Josephine Wailonis, and Martha.

[PHOTO]

George Aspell, third left, cuts cake on his retirement from R&D. Observing at left is Francis Sordi, Aspell, and Richard Tweedie.

[PHOTO]

Thomas Lee, right, is congratulated by Joseph Bucciaglia, Superintendent of Chemical Production, on his retirement after 33 years service.

[PHOTO]

Julius Cohen, left, retired after 24 years service. Congratulating him are Daniel Shantz, right, and William Borden, left.

U.S….

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ert Kindle, Robert Barnhart and Dr. Philip T. Paul (retired) for a Vulklor®—Bonding Agent R-6™ which improves the adhesion of rubber to steel tire cord; Dr. Francis O’Shea for weathering resistant grafted Royalene® for use in Kralastic® ABS; and Dr. Zaven Ariyan for pharmaceutical anti-inflamatory agents who has since resigned from the company.

28 inventors received one or more of the 34 patents. Dr. Stephen Cantor received 5 while William Fischer (retired), Leland Dannals and Dr. Howard Hageman received two each.

Dr. Byron A. Hunter was awarded the thirty-eighth patent of his career—the highest number for any person in the Chemical Division.

Other Chemical Division inventors who received U.S. patents were R. Ames, J. Barron, Dr. W. Batorewicz, Dr. T. Brett, Jr., W. Budd, J. Chin, K. Hughes, M. Kleinfeld, R. Quint, Dr. A. Smith, A. Soboleski, Dr. B. VonSchmeling, J. Corkins, J. Hartley, A. Heinrichs, Dr. E. Kontos, W. McIntire, and R. Stark.

Conference: a meeting where people talk about what they should already be doing.

Al-Anon Helps the Families of Alcoholics

If you are concerned about someone in your family with a drinking problem, the Al-Anon program can help you.

Al-Anon is an established resource for the families of alcoholics. It provides important information and help for the family whether or not the alcoholic member seeks help or even recognizes his or her drinking problem.

Al-Anon is an outgrowth of Alcoholics Anonymous, with the same basic 12 step structure of AA and is a completely separate organization. The only requirement for Al-Anon membership is that the person either has been or is being affected by someone else’s drinking problem.

Alcoholism directly affects the individual who is its victim, but it is in every sense a family and social disease. The magnitude of the problem may be seen . . . in family tragedies, industrial costs, highway and other accidents, crime and delinquency, and countless other human problems.

Al-Anon offers a constructive approach to this family and social illness. It assists in the recovery of those persons already damaged, and helps prevent some of the tragedies that occur as a result of the destructive impact of alcoholism on the lives of those involved with someone else’s drinking problem.

Al-Anon publishes over 60 pamphlets on alcoholism and how families should treat this problem, a monthly publication, and a cartoon booklet.

Further information on Al-Anon may be obtained by contacting: Connecticut Al-Anon, Public Information, P.O. Box 888, New Haven, Conn. 06504. Tel: 787-0115.

94 Honored…

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[PHOTO]

Advanced to the 35 Year Group: Dr. McCleary presents 35 year pins to Catherine Sullivan and George O’Brien.

E. Semaskvich, W. Schlesinger, H. Smith, F. Tabone, L. Thompson, F. Tigeleiro, K. Urbsaitis, H. Vagt, H. Venslow, and R. Volz.

30 Years Service

E. Anderson, L. Anderson, R. Baker, M. Banik, P. Benson, T. Dalton, M. Foy, S. Korpusik, R. Olson, N. Patrick, J. Rabetsky, J. Rotella, M. N. P. Silva, J. Speck, and G. Stone.

35 Years Service

N. Benson, F. Clark, M. Cob-

[PHOTO]

Advanced to the 30 Year Group were Gracie Stone, Mary Foy, and Edward Newell.

bol, N. Gibbs, Z. Kirdzik, R. Magnanimo, W. Mariano, Dr. C. McCleary, K. D. Nelson, G. O’Brien, C. O’Sullivan, T. San Angelo, J. Schumacher, E. Szesziul, and R. VanAllen.

40 Years Service

W. Budd, D. Cowan, C. Drapko, C. Gates, F. Lynch, A. Nauges, H. Scullin, and A. Zapatka.

45 Years Service

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Waterbury, Gould applied the theories of supervision to the practical aspects of daily situations that occur in an industrial plant.

Prior to the new program, many of the people promoted to supervisory positions did not have an extensive background in the managerial responsibilities of their new assignments.

Participants in the second class were A. Piooli, S. Aloise, M. Banik, W. Budd, C. Bulka, H. Campbell, W. Connelly, D. Cowan, F. Rodrigues, A. Soares, G. Baktis, J. Burke, W. Rek, R. Clark, G. Bachinsky, I. Broderick, C. German, F. Giordano, S. Korpusik, J. Mambrino, P. Murray, T. Engle, A. Grant, W. Kirkendall, R. Magnanimo, K. D. Nelson, and R. Valentine.

A new course, the Techniques of Management, is now being planned and will be given in the Fall of this year.

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Family Picnic Planned

The Uniroyal Chemical Management Club will hold the annual family picnic for its members on Tuesday, August 12, at Lake Quassapaug in Middlebury. The entire family is invited to the picnic which starts at 5 P.M. and will feature a wide variety of menu specialties. The park offers amusement rides and swimming facilities.

Other summer activities scheduled by the club are a night baseball game at Shea Stadium

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Appointments Announced

John Tierney has been named Assistant General Foreman for the Materials Department.

Arnold Nori has been named Second Shift Production Foreman for 80 Bldg. Roylar operations.

in New York on Friday August 29 to see the N.Y. Yankees play the Kansas City Royals.

The final summer picnic will be held on Thursday, September 4, at Lake Quassapaug.

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43 Arrested in Strike

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43 Arrested in Strike

Clash at Uniroyal

5-1-67 [handwritten notation in top left corner]

[Left photo caption:]
Naugatuck Police Capt. Joseph Summa moves in to remove Uniroyal striker confronting Mayor Joseph Raytkwich arriving at City Hall.

[Right photo caption:]
Uniroyal strikers are booked at Naugatuck police headquarters on charges of breach of the peace. Pickets and police clashed as management employes attempted to enter Maple Street gate at 7 a.m. today. One picket suffered a suspected heart attack.

(Sentinel Photo by Cotter)

Naugatuck Police Escort 200 Through Picket Line

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Naugatuck Police Escort 200 Through Picket Line

5-4-67

Other Picture, Page 13

Naugatuck police arrested 43 men this morning after a near-riot in front of the Maple Street gate of the struck Uniroyal plant in Naugatuck.

Police Capt. Joseph Summa said the struggle began about 7 a.m. when 200 supervisory personnel sought to cross a picket line to go to work.

An escort of 20 policemen formed a wedge to conduct them through the picket line.

The disturbance became so threatening that Summa three times read the “riot act.” To pickets in front of the gate he read sections of the statutes pertaining to rioting.

Cy Blanchard, vice president of Local 308, Chemical Workers of America, and Raymond Mengacci, vice president of Local 45, United Rubber Workers of America, were among the 3 arrested.

Three of those arrested were Seymour men:

Henry Hook, 37, of 167 West Church St.; Donald Miles, 33, of 84 Grand St., and John Sharkey, 37, of 17 Martha St.

All 43 were charged with breach of the peace and released on their own recognizance. They are to appear June 8 in Waterbury Circuit Court.

No serious injuries were reported, but one picket was taken to St. Mary’s hospital in Waterbury in a police ambulance.

He was suffering from a possible heart attack. He is Nunzio Finateri, 51, of Naugatuck.

After treatment at the hospital, Finateri was released.

Pickets also marched in front of City Hall. They taunted police with such charges as “wait until you want a raise,” how about protecting us,” “we pay taxes too,” “strike breaker,” and “you favor management.”

When Mayor Joseph Raytkwich arrived at City Hall, the strikers swarmed around his car. Police had to move in to protect him. The pickets were protesting the action of the police in arresting the pickets.

About 30 pickets were on duty in Beacon Falls. Although no police were in the vicinity of the Uniroyal plant, state troopers were out in force in the area of Route 8, available to move in if trouble developed.

Maple Street from Water to Church Streets has been closed by police to through traffic.

In Beacon Falls today there was no violence.

Local Uniroyal plants in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls have been strikebound since April 21, as have plants in Waterville, Waterbury, Bristol and elsewhere. Locally, some 5,000 workers are affected; the national total is about 50,000.

The union is seeking a wage increase, plus increased unemployment benefits and other fringe benefits.

The union stepped up its picketing yesterday at the local plants and elsewhere after the company announced that it would seek to resume the shipments of manufactured products today.

The company had not started shipping by noon today.

Naugatuck police said additional patrolmen brought in today to insure order among the 200 to 300 pickets swelled the number of police to 25.

Early today the pickets were warned to resume their orderly march, police said. But when some of them began pushing supervisory employes moving through the picket lines, the police moved in and arrested them.

In Washington, the administration has not yet become heavily involved in the two-week strike against Uniroyal (formerly U. S. Rubber), Firestone and B. F Goodrich. The Shelton and Derby B. F. Goodrich plants are not affected.

Rubber stockpiles are plentiful and no shortage is iminent.

TELLS PICKETS TO MOVE ON

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5-4-67

TELLS PICKETS TO MOVE ON — Naugatuck policemen under the direction of Capt. Joseph Summa order Uniroyal strikers away from the front of police headquarters on Maple St., Naugatuck. Pickets quickly gathered when Mayor Joseph Raytkwich arrived at City Hall. They loudly protested actions of police in arresting 43 pickets after shoving match as police escorted management employes through gate at 7 this morning. (Story on Page 1).

PICKETS were outenmasse at the warehouse building on Rubber Ave. to ensure no one or nothing passed through the line

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5-4-67

NAUGATUCK NEWS (Conn.) Thurs., May 4, 1967 – Page 7

PICKETS were out enmasse at the warehouse building on Rubber Ave. to ensure no one or nothing passed through the line yesterday morning. Early in the morning several scuffles kept the policemen on their toes but no serious incidents were reported. –(News photo by Nichols)

[Visible on protest sign in image: “UNITED RUBBER WORKERS ON STRIKE”]

43 Arrests

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43 Arrests

The following 43 persons were arrested by local police in today’s scuffle at the Maple St. entrance to UniRoyal’s Footwear Division.

Charles Butler, 49, Mulberry St., charged with interfering with police; all others are charged with breach of peace.

Walter M. Scott, 36, 230 Pembroke Ave., Francisco DaSilva, 47, 20 Tolles Sq.; Henry Hook, 37, 167 West Church St., Seymour; Donald Miles, 33, 84 Grand St., Seymour; John Sharkey, 37, 17 Martha St., Seymour; Cyrus Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218; Franklin Mazoroski, 39, 63 Lester Dr.; Michael Kalinoski, 49, 39 Fairchild St.

Austin C. Cross, 46, 18 Lynn Cir.; Hugh Garahan, 29, 21 Elmwood St.; John Cartello, 37, 19 Baldwin St.; Joseph Kaczkowski, 57, 106 Morris St.; Lee Mattocks, 37, 18 Winchester St., Waterbury; Harold Soucie, 40, 376 North Main St.; Clifford Owens, 57, Wooster St.

Alexander Zdonick, 41, 57 Johnson St.; Harry Chofey, 42, 13 Surrey Dr.; John M. DelGrosso, 41, 66 Greenwood St.; Carl Ostrom, 32, 928 New Haven Rd.; Joseph Faroni, 59, 39 Florence St.; Raymond Mengacci, vice-president Local 45; Albert Gomez, 38, 40 Cherry

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HUSTLED UP Maple St. by Police Officer Thomas Hunt is an unidentified striker following a pushing incident in front of a Unioyal-Footwear Division gate this morning. The man was presumably booked on a charge of breach of the peace, one of 43 such arrests made this morning. The man resisted Hunt’s urgings and protested that he had done nothing. He lost his hat in the brief scuffle.

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HUSTLED UP Maple St. by Police Officer Thomas Hunt is an unidentified striker following a pushing incident in front of a UniRoyal-Footwear Division gate this morning. The man was presumably booked on a charge of breach of the peace, one of 43 such arrests made this morning. The man resisted Hunt’s urgings and protested that he had done nothing. He lost his hat in the brief scuffle. –(News photo by Jensen)

Uniroyal Warehouse In Bristol Picketed

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Waterbury Republican, Thursday, May 4, 1967—45

Uniroyal Warehouse In Bristol Picketed

BRISTOL—Pickets appeared in front of the Uniroyal Inc. warehouse on Center St. Wednesday just after midnight when it was learned that management was going to try to ship from the local warehouse.

The pickets represent Local 45, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of

Bristol

America, who have been on strike since midnight April 20 against Uniroyal Inc.

Three pickets took up their posts in front of the warehouse about midnight and by the time mid-morning rolled around, there were 11. Early in the afternoon there were six.

Four members of management were in the office this morning. When they arrived no one knows and Bill Clisham, manager of the local warehouse, declined to say. Sitting it out with Clisham were Richard Quatrano, assistant superintendent of the fabric shoe mill, Naugatuck; Francis Schildgen and Charles Lodge, foremen at the Naugatuck footwear division. Clisham would not disclose how much stock in the warehouse was ready for shipment.

The pickets were firm about not letting any more members of management into the warehouse. They will however, allow those already inside to leave. They have to keep their hands in their pockets, they said, but that doesn’t keep them from lining up shoulder to shoulder to form a solid line or keep them from using their feet.

According to one of the men, the union had agreed not to picket this warehouse or the one in Beacon Falls, but when they heard that management intended to break the freeze on shipments, they felt justified in picketing the Bristol facility.

According to reports Wednesday night, picketing had ceased around 9:30.

BRISTOL WAREHOUSE of Uniroyal Inc. was picketed Wednesday by members of the United Rubber Workers Union, which struck the firm April 20. Reports of a possible shipment from the building prompted the picketing. — Rosenberg Photo.

[Visible on picket signs in photo: “UNITED RUBBER WORKERS ON STRIKE”]

Mass Arrests In Borough

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Mass Arrests In Borough

NAUGATUCK POLICE this morning cracked down on striking Local 45 members picketing Uniroyal, arresting 43 on charges of breach of peace when the union members refused to allow non-union office help into the building. Top photo shows policemen leading two of those arrested away from the Maple St. gate. Bottom photo shows parade of police, each with man to be booked, crossing blocked-off Maple St. from the plant gate, off to left, to conveniently-located Police Headquarters, off to right.—King Photos.

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43 Pickets Arrested By Naugatuck Police

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43 Pickets Arrested By Naugatuck Police

NAUGATUCK— Forty-three union pickets were arrested on charges of breach of peace this morning, when police and strikers at the Footwear Plant of Uniroyal Inc., clashed for the second day.

The entire police force was called in, plus supernumeraries, to force their way through the 100-man picket line at the Maple St. gate, and provide a passage way for office and supervisory personnel. Office personnel eventually made their way in.

The first group, arrested about 6:45, had to be physically forced to the police station, across the street from the trouble spot. Only after Police Capt. Joseph Summa read the riot act in the state statutes over a bullhorn to the unruly crowd did the comotions begin to settle.

Women in the picket line and in the group trying to get into the plant began to cry as the tension mounted, and the evidence of possible physical violence rose. Police blocked off Maple St. to all traffic during the height of the scuffle.

The first conflict occurred when non-union personnel, as directed by the company Wednesday, reported for work for the 7 o’clock shift. The picketers, mostly male, refused to allow them to enter, and police formed a line to provide safety for the workers.

Although police did not use clubs or other devices to restrain the picketers, several minor injuries were reported. One striker, Nunzio Finateri, 52, Union City Rd., was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, where he was X-rayed, treated and discharged. According to hospital authorities, Finateri said he was knocked down in the scuffle, and complained of pains in his chest.

Several policemen and picketers were bruised in the clash, although there were no reports of medical treatment other than Finateri’s.

The pickets were firm about not letting any more members of management into the warehouse, a spokesman said. They will, however, allow those already inside to leave.

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The pickets were firm about
not letting any more members
of management into the ware-
house, a spokesman said. They
will however, allow those al-
ready inside to leave.

In addition to Mengacci, Blan-
chard, Pinho and Owens, those
arrested and released without
bond for Waterbury Circuit
Court appearance June 8 are:

Frank Rodrigues, 36, 119 Wal-
nut St.; John A. Gandolfo, 36,
Narcissus Rd., Middlebury;
Robert G. Irving, 23, 19 Lines
Hill Rd.; Ronnie J. Kezelevich,
23, 16 Melbourne Ct.; Robert J.
Mikulskis, 26, 29 Fern St.; Jo-
seph J. Foley, 40, 190 Cherry
St.; Michael Kalinoski, 49, 39
Fairchild St.; Franklin Mazu-
roski, 38, 63 Lester Dr., Water-
bury.

Charles J. Butler, 49, Mulber-
ry St., John Sharkey, 37, 17
Martha St., Seymour; Donald
Miles, 33, 84 Grand St., Sey-
mour; Henry Hook, 37, 167 West
Church St., Seymour; Francisco
DaSilva, 47, 20 Tolles Square;
Walter M. Scott, 36, 230 Pem-
broke Ave., Waterbury; James
R. Dowling, 23, 87 Quinn St.;
Guido Boschele, 56, Pond Hill
Rd.; Albert Gomez, 38, 40 Cher-
ry St., Waterbury.

James Faroni, 57, 39 Florence
St.; Joseph A. Sciarretto, 46, 19
Baldwin St.; Carl Ostrom, 32,
928 New Haven Rd.; John M.
Delcrosso, 41, 66 Greenwood St.;
Harry C. Chofey, 42, 13 Surrey
Dr.; Thomas Lagonick, 51,
Cande Rd.; William D. Mariano,
52, 31 Yale Ave., Middlebury.

John Brazil, 43, 51 Alma St.;
John Dillon, 57, 149 Wedgewood
Dr.; John Henao, 30, 194 Maple
St.; George Petro, 30, Bradley
Lane, Prospect; Nicholas Cesar-
ello, 53, 132 Norton St., Waterbu-
ry, Alexander Zdonick, 41, 57
Johnson St.; Harold Soucie, 40,
376 North Main St.; Lee Mat-
tocks, 37, 18 Winchester St.,
Waterbury; Joseph J. Kaczkow-
ski, 57, 106 Morris St.

John Cariello, 37, 19 Baldwin
St.; Hugh R. Garahan, 29, 21
Elmwood St.; Austin C. Cross,
46, 18 Lynn Circle; Ernest Kin-
sey, 31, 79 Dikeman St., Water-
bury; George C. Sporbert, 34, 19
Goss St., Waterbury; Earl C.
Matthews, 34, 8 Pond St.

50 Arrested In Uniroyal Strike

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50 Arrested In Uniroyal Strike

5-4-67 [handwritten]

By PATRICK KEATING
and
JAMES FLEMING
Register Staff Reporters

NAUGATUCK—Some 50 pickets were arrested this morning and charged with breach of peace following a near-riot with police at the Maple Street gate of the struck Footwear Division of Uniroyal.

The outbreak came after several hundred pickets barred the entrance to the plant to prevent management personnel from entering.

Several pickets required medical attention as a result of the scuffling and one, Nunzi Finatera, 45, was rushed to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, suffering from an apparent heart attack.

Capt. Joseph Summa, heading a detail of 25 patrolmen including regulars and supernumerary patrolmen — about half of the town’s entire department—issued a warning through a bullhorn to the pickets shortly before 8 a.m. telling them they were “guilty of unlawful assembly.”

Summa ordered them to remain silent and read the official riot act to the workers three times.

The policemen’s order was met with catcalls and as office employes attempted to cross the picket line, pushing and shoving broke out between police and pickets. Twenty arrests followed and when the fighting continued, wholesale arrests were made. It took police an hour to disperse the crowd.

All were brought to police headquarters across the street and released without posting cash bonds for appearance in circuit court in Waterbury June 8.

Among those booked was Raymond Mengacci, executive vice president of Local 45, of the United Rubber Workers which authorized the picketing. Mengacci charged, “Footwear management used poor judgment in the matter.”

He said an injunction should have been served on him to have the union desist from stopping office and supervisory personnel from entering the plant.

Mengacci indicated he would have obeyed an injunction and as a result the outbreak would not have occurred.

Later, at about 9:30 a.m., Mengacci returned to police headquarters with attorney Dan Baker, and they conferred with Chief Frank Mariano, Mayor Joseph Raytkwich and attorney Henry Marlor, chairman of the Town’s Police Commission.

Joseph Pincho, a member of the executive committee of Local 45 and a borough fire commissioner, was also arrested.

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[PHOTO CAPTION]: Arrested strikers are booked at Naugatuck Police Headquarters.
Register Photo by Photo by James Fleming

Reds At Marines

SAIGON (AP) — North Vietnamese regulars who streamed across the demilitarized zone recently locked with U.S. near the Laotian border today. Other Communist troops inflicted heavy casualties in an attack on a U.S. Special Forces camp six miles away.

As the ground war intensified in the northwest corner of South Vietnam, U.S. Air Force pilots trying to wipe out North Vietnam’s air arm hit the Hoa Lac MIG base 20 miles west of Hanoi Wednesday for the fourth

Strong Cor Would Cu

By WILLIAM E. KEISH JR.
Register Staff Reporter

STATE CAPITOL —A strong Corrupt Practices Act, which would curb the use of testimonial dinners and tighten up the method of reporting campaign finances, has been fashioned by Democratic leaders and is expected to gain a favorable report today from the General Assembly’s Elections Committee.

State Sen. J. Edward Caldwell, Bridgeport Democrat, confirmed that a substitute bill for one sponsored by Secretary of

Strike Benefits To Begin Today

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Strike Benefits To Begin Today

NAUGATUCK—United Rubber Workers, Locals 45, 218 and 308, will disburse strike benefit checks Tuesday and Wednesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Members of each local are asked to report to their respective local headquarters to receive the benefit checks. Those members who have either performed or made themselves available for strike duty are eligible for the checks.

Local 45, Footwear plant, will disburse benefit checks according to employe clock numbers as follows: Tuesday 9 a.m., clock numbers 1 to 3,000; Tuesday noon, numbers 3,001 to 7,000; Wednesday 9 a.m., 7,001 to 11,000; Wednesday noon, numbers 11,001 to 15,999.

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Arrest 21 Pickets

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Arrest 21 Pickets

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A potentially explosive situation between management and members of striking unions against UniRoyal was averted this morning as pickets allowed male management and office workers to pass through the lines into the Maple St. entrance to the Footwear Division.

The situation was not relieved however, before 21 more pickets, mostly all members of Local 45, URW, were arrested on charges of breach of the peace. They were cited at about 7 a.m. when a group of management personnel attempted to cross the lines.

A large group of office and management workers were later booed by strikers as they filed quietly into the gate on the south side of Maple St.

Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, explained the situation to the strikers over a police department bullhorn.

He said the local police would be augmented by State Police if any violence ensued on the picket lines. He said State Police would have in their possession “riot guns and tear gas.”

Mengacci said he would leave the decision of what the strikers would do when management personnel came down Maple St. from The Green up to them. He explained, however, that any violence would lead to the participation of State Police.

Mengacci told the large crowd that he was due in court in Waterbury at 2 p.m. today to appear at proceedings in which UniRoyal is seeking an injunction regarding the amount of picketing.

Mengacci said the company wants to limit picketing to five persons per gate.

“If the company wins that match,” he told the crowd surrounding him on Maple St., “there’s nothing we can do.”

Some of his remarks were met with jeers from strikers who wanted to continue fighting management and keep them from entering the firm.

RAYMOND MENGACCI, vice-president of Local 45, URW, on strike against UniRoyal, Inc., explains today’s tense situation to pickets at the Maple St. entrance to the company over a Police Department bull-horn. Mengacci said local police would be aided by State Police “with riot guns and tear gas” if there is any violence as management and office workers file into the factory grounds. —(News photo by Jensen)

One man said, “Let’s make this our ‘Custer’s Last Stand.'”

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One man said, “Let’s make
this our ‘Custer’s Last Stand.'”
A few others jeered the idea of
letting male workers inside.

Mengacci asked, “Do you all
want to go to jail?” The ques-
tion was answered by a number
of persons with a resounding
“Yes.”

When male management
workers started filing through
the gate, however, there were
no incidents except for scat-
tered booing. The long line
reached from the Maple St.
gate almost to Church St. inter-
section. Traffic had been
blocked off on the street.

Earlier, Factory Manager,

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Strike Benefit Checks Given Tuesday, Weds

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Strike Benefit Checks Given Tuesday, Weds

United Rubber Workers local unions, Local No. 45, Naugatuck Footwear, Local No. 218, Naugatuck Chemical, and Local No. 308, Naugatuck Synthetic, will disperse strike benefit checks commencing Tuesday and Wednesday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Members of each respective local should report to their own local union headquarters for strike benefit checks.

Those members who have performed or made themselves available for strike duty will be eligible for strike benefit checks.

Local No. 45, Naugatuck Footwear, will disperse benefit checks according to employee’s clock numbers as follows: Tuesday, 9 o’clock numbers 1 to 3,000; Tuesday, 12 noon, No. 3001 to No. 7000; Wednesday, 9a.m., No. 7,001 to No. 11,000; and Wednesday, 12 noon, No. 11,001 to No. 15,999.

HOLDING THEIR hands up for silence, aids of Raymond Mengacci, with bull-horn, vice-president of Local 45, URW, stand beside their leader as he explains the strike situation to pickets.

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HOLDING THEIR hands up for silence, aids of Raymond Mengacci, with bull-horn, vice-president of Local 45, URW, stand beside their leader as he explains the strike situation to pickets.

CY BLANCHARD, vice-president of Local 218 talked to his men who were assisting on the picket lines on Maple St. this morning while Ray Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, stands by.

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PICKETERS ARE shown at the police station yesterday morning where they await their turn to be booked for breaking of peace. Yesterday morning 43 persons were booked following incidents on the picket lines on Maple St.

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[P]ICKETERS ARE shown at the police station yesterday morning where they await their turn be booked for breach of peace. Yesterday morning 43 persons were booked following incidents on the picket lines on Maple St. The lines were opened up to allow personnel to report | to work after a day’s vacation. UniRoyal sent the workers home Tuesday when the union refused to allow them through the line. However, yesterday following an early morning scuffle resulting in several arrests workers entered the building. —(News photo by Nichols)

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Mengacci, vice president of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, warned strikers that state troopers would be called if the office help were not permitted to enter the plant. He said, “The union had come to an agreement to let male office workers in, but 15 women office workers would have to go home.”

“No, no, we won’t let them in,” was shouted by many of the strikers. Mengacci warned there might be “bloodshed” it became necessary for the State Police to restrain the workers. One angry worker retorted, “Custer made his last stand; we’ll make it here.”

Mengacci said any violence would be useless, since the company was trying to get an injunction to prevent the pickets from blocking employes who wanted to enter the plant.

Cyrus Blanchard, vice president of Local 308 at the Uniroyal Chemical plant across town also pleaded with the strikers. The male salaried workers began filtering into the plant with little resistance at about 8 a.m., although some were bumped as they passed pickets. The women workers had already started home and did not try come in with the men.

The scene then quieted, though the pickets and other striking employes maintained their vigil outside the gates.

Seventeen of the 21 arrested today were charged with breach of the peace and were released on cash bonds of $150 each, posted by union officials. On Thursday, arrested employes were freed without posting bond.

In contrast to Thursday, when all of those arrested walked over to the police station a block away, today four had to be dragged, although most went quietly. The four were charged with breach of the peace by assault, and their bonds were $200 each.

Mengacci and William Fernandes, a union representative, will appear in Superior Court this afternoon, when the company seeks to obtain a restraining order.

The strike is in now its 15th day. Negotiations are being conducted on a national level in Cincinnati where issues involve a guaranteed annual wage.

To maintain order, Chief Mariano has brought in added policemen on an overtime basis as well as supernumeraries. Many of the policemen involved in the fighting are related to the strikers and one patrolman said, “I have half my family working there.”

A number of the policemen complained about being caught in the middle between the union and office personnel.

Yesterday’s scuffling stemmed from union concerns that Uniroyal would try to ship merchandise from a struck warehouse. In the morning, pushing began as office employes tried to enter the building. Later in the day, a U.S. mail truck was blocked when it tried to leave the company grounds. The pickets converged on it but let it pass after a few minutes’ delay.

William Battles of Waterbury is dragged away from the Maple Street plant at Uniroyal by police after fighting broke out there today when strikers prevented office employes from crossing picket lines.

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William Battles of Waterbury is dragged away from the Maple Street plant at Uniroyal by police after fighting broke out there today when strikers prevented office employes from crossing picket lines. Battles, who was charged with breach of peace by assault, was later taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, where he was treated and released.

After the big rush to open the picket lines yesterday, calm was restored in front of the Central Office of UniRoyal

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AFTER THE BIG RUSH to open the picket lines yesterday, calm was restored in front of the Central Office of UniRoyal.
A few pickets were left on duty and some interested strikers stand by to watch the activity at the gate across the street.
—(News photo by Jensen)

POLICE WATCH as pickets allow personnel to pass through the line at the Maple Street gate, yesterday. The line had been opened out shortly before the picture was taken.

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POLICE WATCH as pickets allow personnel to pass through the line at the Maple Street gate, yesterday. The line had been opened out shortly before the picture was taken. –(News photo by Jensen)

WHITE COLLAR workers were streaming through the gates at Maple Street following a day’s vacation. Female employes waited on Church St. until calm was restored before trying to report to work

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WHITE COLLAR workers were streaming through the gates at Maple Street following a day’s vacation. Female employes waited on Church St. until calm was restored before trying to report to work —(News photo by Nichols)

IN SOLID MASS, non-union employes of Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck head for work at 7 a.m. today, after assembling on The Green, in background. Police halted the crowd and sent back to the Green. The company proposed that the women be sent home and the male employes be allowed through the picket lines, but the union rejected the idea. It was shortly after that that violence erupted again.—Coviello Photo.

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IN SOLID MASS, non-union employes of Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck head for work at 7 a. m. today, after assembling on The Green, in background. Police halted the crowd and sent back to the Green. The company proposed that the women to be sent home and the male employes be allowed through the picket lines, but the union rejected the idea. It was shortly after that that violence erupted again.—Coviello Photo.

The others arrested were:

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The others arrested were:
Vincent Albano, 40, 144 Division
St., Waterbury; Leo Klonis, 25,
92 Wilson St.; Henrique
Marques, 40, 197 Lincoln St.;
Gary A. McDonald, 20, 69 East
Clay St., Waterbury; Jerro Tar-
laglia, 43, 424 Lincoln St.,
Waterbury; Charles H. Tillot-
son, 44, 59 Meadow St.; Mario
Carneiro, 26, 18 Bridge St.;

Raphael Dangelo, 44, 41 Sum-
merfield St.; Adam Swierbitow-
icz, 41, 150 Prospect St.; Ralph
A. Marrello, 43 Long View
Terr.; Walter Nelson, 36, 39
Hackett St.; Bernard Borzino,
45, 190 Hewey St., Waterbury;
William Woermer, 47, Warren
Ave.; Joseph Marco, 27, 495
Cherry St. Ext.; William Cooke,
27, 28 Washington St., Waterbu-
ry; and Robert Sequenzia, 51,
440 South Main St.

Three women pickets who
were brought to the station were
released by police without being
formally charged.

One minor police casualty to-
day was Patrolman Jerry Siri-
ca, who was bitten on the finger
during the melee by an unidenti-
fied picket. The injury was not
serious and he did not require
medical attention.

Officer Robert Carriero
turned up for duty today limp-
ing from an ankle injury receiv-
ed in Thursday’s scuffle. He was
sent home.

Also complainnig from minor
pains from today’s pushing and
shoving were Patrolman Robert
Sawicki and Henry Kucinski.
Both remained on duty.

Today marks the end of the
second week of the strike as
negotiators in Cincinnati, Ohio,
failed to reach agreement on a
master contract covering Uni-
royal’s more than 20,000 union
employes in plants across the
country. Talks, however, are
continuing.

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officers was on hand near the
gate, but wasn’t needed after
the 7 a.m. incident.

Fewer than 30 women office
employes left the plant at about
9:30 a.m. under another special
arrangement with Police Chief
Mariano acting as intermediary.

Fifty or more pickets had
been clustered by the office
doorway, but pulled back, leav-
ing just a few placard-bearing
women who marched back and
forth as the office help walked
out in two’s and three’s.

Fernandez said that the wom-
en hadn’t entered the plant this
morning and “I don’t know
when they went in or how long
they have been there.” Others
thought the women did go in at
7 a.m.

Divert Traffic

It was a balmy day as a
crowd of a couple of hundred
pickets gathered at the Maple
St. gate, while police diverted
traffic around Maple St. to Rub-
ber Ave. and Water St.

Mayor Joseph C. Raytkwich,
on an errand from Town Hall to
the fire station across the street,
shortly after the hubbub had
ended, was greeted with a cho-
rus of boos from the pickets.

He looked around, seemingly
startled. He was reelected only
Monday to his fourth term.

Police said all of the pickets
arrested today were released
without bond except four who
were arrested for the second
day in a row. They had to post a
$50 bond each.

These four are: Robert G. Irv-
ing, 23, 19 Lines Hill Ext.; John
P. Henao, 30, 194 Maple St.;
Ronnie J. Kezelevich, 23, 16
Melbourne Ct., and Nicholas
Cesarello, 53, 132 Norton St.,
Waterbury.

Also taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, was Martha Jones, 40, 26 Sparks St., Waterbury, for treatment of a cut knee, she said she received during the pushing and shoving in front of the gate. Both are members of Local 45.

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Also taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, was Martha Jones, 40, 26 Sparks St., Waterbury, for treatment of a cut knee, she said she received during the pushing and shoving in front of the gate. Both are members of Local 45.

Another 150 supervisory personnel showed up for the 8 a. m. shift and were told by Capt. Summa to congregate on The Green on Church St. to await further instructions. In the interim, Mengacci, and Cy Blanchard, who is Local 218 vice president, met with Police Chief Frank J. Mariano and Police Comsrs. Henry S. Marlor, William E. Simmons and Paul Anderson to work out an agreement to let the supervisory employes into the plant.

Mengacci, addressing the pickets over a bullhorn, asked if they would allow all male supervisory personnel to enter the plant without incident.

His question was at first answered with a resounding “No.” However, the pickets were persuaded to comply with the agreement.

The men lined up, but about 50 women in the group departed for home on orders of Capt. Summa.

“It was a concession on our part.” William Fernandez, Jr., International representative for the union, said. “It was our last concession and I have told the Police Department there will be no more concessions,” Mengacci added.

“We’re not taking another backward step,” he said.

The entire regular force of 33

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NAUGATUCK – Another 21 Picketing United Rubber Workers Union members were arrested this morning in the third day of clashes between police and strikers at the Maple St. gate of the Uniroyal footwear plant.

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NAUGATUCK — Another 21
picketing United Rubber Work-
ers Union members were arrest-
ed this morning in the third day
of clashes between police and
strikers at the Maple St. gate of
the Uniroyal footwear plant.

Police first charged four of
the pickets with assault, but la-
ter dropped this to breach of
peace, the charge levied against
the other 17.

Union officials charged the in-
cident, at about 7 a. m. was del-
iberately provoked by the com-
pany, which had been taking
pictures at the scene to bolster
efforts to get a court injunction
against mass picketing.

The union leader, Raymond
Mengacci, vice president of Lo-
cal 45, said he has to appear in
court in Waterbury today at 2 p.
m. An injunction will be sought
by the Uniroyal firm at that
time.

Today’s flare-up came as 50
office and supervisory employes
showed up for the 7 a. m. shift.
Pickets ignored police warnings
to disperse and resisted efforts
of the officers to wedge into the
plant.

Riot Act Read

Capt. Joseph Summa, head of
the police detail, read the state
statutes’ riot act for the second
day. The pickets, however,
formed a tight line, refusing ad-
mittance to management per-
sonnel.

There was about 15 minutes of
pushing and shoving before po-
lice began making arrests. Most
went along with police willingly,
but three had to be carried and
one was dragged.

Police Brutality

“Police brutality” came from
a chorus of voices, predominant-
ly female.

As relative peace returned,
the supervisory and office em-
ployes went into the plant.
Among those arrested was Wil-
liam Battles, 37, 486 North Main
St., Waterbury, who lost his
shoe and some change in the in-
cident and was later taken to
Waterbury Hospital, complain-
ing of stomach pains. He told
authorities that he was struck in
the stomach.

LOCAL 45 Vice President Raymond Mengacci, with bullhorn, passes along company proposal to union pickets that male non-union employes be allowed into Uniroyal’s Naugatuck Footwear plant this morning. It was rejected. Police Capt. Joseph Summa is at left, and International Union Rep. William Fernandez, Jr., is in center, with hat and glasses, just behind Mengacci.

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LOCAL 45 Vice President Raymond Mengacci, with bullhorn, passes along company proposal to union pickets that male non-union employes be allowed into Uniroyal’s Naugatuck Footwear plant this morning. It was rejected. Police Capt. Joseph Summa is at left, and International Union Rep. William Fernandez, Jr., is in center, with hat and glasses, just behind Mengacci.—Coviello Photo.

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Picket Hauled Away By Cops

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Picket Hauled Away By Cops

FOR THIRD DAY in a row, pickets at the Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck refused to allow non-union employes to cross their lines into the plant. This morning, 21 were arrested, including this unidentified man being dragged up the street to Police Headquarters.—Coviello Photo.

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Strike Violence

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Strike Violence

Naugatuck police forcibly restrain picket (top photo) who attempted to prevent supervisory personnel from entering Uniroyal this morning. He was arrested and charged with breach of peace. Two persons were reported hurt in the near-riot, a woman with a cut on her knee and a man who said he had been kicked. Newsmen were also pushed. Twenty – one persons were arrested increasing the two-day toll to 64. In photo, right center, Rubber Workers Union veep Raymond Mengacci warns employes on picket lines that state police will be called unless violence ends. Policeman (lower right) escorts woman picket from in front of company. (Sentinel Photos by Cotter)

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He ordered the pickets off the street.

Things were peaceful for about a half hour. Then the supervisory personnel started en masse down Maple Street to the main gate. The pickets quickly massed to block their path. The police moved in between. It was a tense few minutes until the company personnel were ordered back to the green.

After another conference it was announced that the union officials had agreed to allow the male employes to pass through the picket lines.

“Don’t let them pass”, pickets shouted. Mengacci then took the bull horn from Summa and appealed for calm.

The pickets then agreed to allow supervisory personnel to pass through in single file.

200 Cross Line

About 30 supervisory personnel remained in the plant overnight. They were joined by about 200 others who crossed the picket line this morning.

Two union officials helped calm the disturbance, which broke out about 7 a.m.. They were Mengacci and Cy Blanchard, vice president of Local 218, Chemical Workers of America.

They appealed to union members to allow supervisory personnel to enter the plant.

They told the strikers that more violence would force the Naugatuck authorities to summon the state police, who might use tear gas, riot guns and other weapons to restore order.

“The purpose of this appeal is to prevent violence,” they said. “We want to cooperate with the local police.”

Their appeal was credited by Naugatuck officials with averting further violence.

Police Chief Frank J. Mariano, Capt. Joseph J. Summa and Police Commissioner Henry S. Marlor told The Sentinel today that a more serious disturbance might have arisen had the union officials not appealed for calm.

Beacon Falls, site of a Uniroyal warehouse, remained quiet today.

Three locals of the United Rubber Workers, representing about 5,000 employes, have been on strike since April 21 as part of a nationwide walkout affecting 50,000 workers.

Tension among the pickets had grown during the week as a result of reports that Uniroyal planned to resume shipments of manufactured goods.

The shipments have not been resumed.

The Naugatuck Police Department pressed all available men into service, including supernumeraries. About 30 officers were on duty this morning.

Two persons were reported hurt in today’s near-riot — a woman with a knee cut and a man who said he had been kicked.

William Battles, 37, of 486 North Main St., Waterbury, was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, by Naugatuck police ambulance to be examined for bruises. He was released by the hospital.

Newsman Felled

An Evening Sentinel photographer was knocked to the pavement. A second newspaperman was pushed.

Battles and three other strikers were charged with breach of the peace by assault. Seventeen others were charged with simple breach of the peace. All were freed in $200 bail each.

Just before noon today there were from 4 to 12 pickets at each of the seven plant gates.

Under a reported company-union agreement, male supervisory personnel were to be admitted to the plant. Women, except nurses, were to be excluded. Women who had entered previously left the plant without incident this morning.

Maple Street was closed by the police from 7 to 8:30 a.m. from Church to Maple Streets.

One hundred state police trained in riot control were at the Bethany State Police Barracks, ready to move into Naugatuck if needed. They were under the command of Command of Commissioner Leo M. Mulcahy. Two buses were standing by, ready to rush troopers to Naugatuck.

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Violence, which began Thursday at the strikebound Naugatuck footwear plant of Uniroyal, continued today as 21 arrests were made. At left, Raymond Mengacci, vice president of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, with bullhorn urges striking employes to allow male office workers through the plant gates this morning. At right, office workers begin marching toward the company gates after waiting on the Naugatuck Green while company and union officials conferred about allowing them to enter. Some 25 policemen rushed between them and the strikers to prevent fighting. (Story on Page 1).

Pickets Arrested

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Pickets Arrested

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NAUGATUCK—Among those arrested by the Naugatuck Police during the near riot Thursday at the gates of the Footwear Division, Uniroyal, were:

Raymond Mengacci, 47, 37 Fairchild St.; Cyrus J. Blanchard, 45, 46 Hill Road; Clifford Owens, 57, Wooster St.; Jose Pinho, 37, 129 Aetna St., all of Naugatuck.

Also: Frank Rodrigues, 36, 119 Walnut St., Naugatuck; John A. Gandolfo, 36, Narcissus Road, Middlebury; Robert G. Irving, 23, 19 Lines Hill Road; Ronnie J. Kezelevich, 23, 16 Melbourne Court; Robert J. Mikulsis, 26, 29 Fern St.; Joseph J. Foley, 40, 199 Cherry St.; Michael Kalinoski, 49, 39 Fairchild St.; Franklin Mazuroski, 38, 63 Lester Drive, and Charles J. Butler, 49, Mulberry Street, all of Naugatuck.

And: John Sharkey, 37, 17 Martha St., Seymour; Donald Miles, 33, 84 Grand St., Seymour; Henry Hook, 37, 167 W. Church St., Seymour; Francisco Da Silva, 47, 20 Tolles Square, Naugatuck; Walter M. Scott, 36, 230 Pembroke Ave., Waterbury; James R. Dowling, 23, 87 Quinn St., Naugatuck; Guido Boschele, 56, Pond Hill Road, Naugatuck, and Albert Gomez, 38, 40 Cherry St., Waterbury.

James Faroni, 57, 39 Florence St.; Joseph A. Sciarretto, 46, 19 Baldwin St.; Carl Ostrom, 32, 223 New Haven Road; John M. Delcrosso, 41, 66 Greenwood St.; Harry C. Chofey, 42, 13 Surrey Drive; Thomas Lagonick, 51, Candee Road, all of Naugatuck.

And: William D. Mariano, 52, 31 Yale Ave., Middlebury; John Brazil, 43, 51 Alma St.; John Dillon, 57, 149 Wedgewood Drive; John Henao, 30, 194 Maple St., all of Naugatuck; George Petro, 30, Bradley Lane, Prospect; Nicholas Cesarello, 53, 132 Norton St., Waterbury; Lee Mattocks, 37, 18 Winchester St., Waterbury, and Joseph J. Kaczkowski, 57, 106 Morris St., Naugatuck.

Alexander Zdonick, 41, 57 Johnson St.; Harold Soucie, 40, 376 N. Main St.; John Cariello, 37, 19 Baldwin

rahan, 29, 21 Elmwood St.; Austin C. Cross, 46, 18 Lynn Circle; Earl C. Matthews, 34, 8 Pond St., all of Naugatuck; Ernest Kinsey, 31, 79 Dikeman St., Waterbury, and George C. Sporbert, 34, 19 Goos St., Waterbury.

The arrested men, all members of the United Rubber Workers Union, AFL-CIO, were released without bond and will appear in the Waterbury Circuit Court, June 8.

Hugh R. Ga-

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Judge Warns Union On “Interference, Violence” Here

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WATERBURY – A warning to refrain from any violence and interference with the operations of UniRoyal’s Footwear Division was given yesterday to the United Rubber Workers (URW) Union by Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney.

The court issued an order to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be issued in favor of the rubber firm. Judge Gaffney gave the union until 11 a.m. Tuesday to prepare its case.

“In the event of interference with the plaintiff’s operations at its plants in Naugatuck,” Judge Gaffney said,” or any acts of violence between now and the time the court rules on the company’s motion, upon show of facts, a restraining order will be issued forthwith.”

Atty. Daniel Baker, counsel for the URW, asked if this included “peaceful picketing.”

Judge Gaffney said it did not in any way restrict peaceful picketing.

But he admonished all those present to look up the definition of “peaceful picketing.”

Atty. Edgar Bassick represented UniRoyal in the proceedings.

Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, was present with other union officials. Four or five UniRoyal executives attending the brief proceedings, led by John Smith, factory manager.

Set for 2 p.m., the court was not called to order until some

Conferences between attorneys and their respective clients and conferences between the attorneys and Judge Gaffney took up considerable time until the brief proceedings got underway.

In effect, the Judge gave union attorneys until Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock to prepare a case against the granting of UniRoyal’s injunction request.

His remarks about “peaceful picketing” and mention of “violence” in regard to the quick issuance of a restraining order

brought to mind to those present the more than 60 arrests and scuffling that has gone on in the past three days at the Footwear Division in the borough.

UniRoyal attorneys sought the injunction on the grounds that union members have “engaged in mass picketing…intercepted and blocked persons who approached the plant and plant premises by foot or by vehicle, pushing and shoving such persons, kicking them, stepping on their feet, calling them names in loud and menacing manners.”

The strikers “have congregated in large and unruly masses in attempts to block entrance to or exit from the plant by threat of force or violence” and have “obstructed the police in the performance of their duties and made the employment of force and large numbers of police officers necessary, resulting in breaches of the peace and creating an atmosphere of fear and tension.”

By reason of such “unlawful acts and threats” the company claims it “has been and will continue to be unable to perform functions vital to its operations and will continue to be unable to handle contracts with its customers, among which is the Defense Department of the United States Government for items needed in national defense.”

The rubber firm wanted the

Train Tragedy Narrowly Averted

A number of pickets and police at a gate of UniRoyal, Inc., on Elm St. narrowly missed being struck by a train backing into the firm’s warehouse yesterday afternoon.

Policemen came close to being hit by the train, apparently operated by supervisory personnel of the New Haven Railroad.

A number of pickets blocking the tracks of the railroad apparently thought the train was going to stop when the end boxcar reached the picket line. Police on duty also apparently were of the opinion the train would stop.

As the train drew close to the pickets, police moved in to move them aside and allow the train to pass. Some of them with their backs to the moving train narrowly missed being hit, as well as pickets.

At least one person was slightly injured in the incident.

than 60 persons arrested.

Pickets of Local 45, URW, had been notified of the attempt by UniRoyal to get some boxcars into the warehouse.

At about 1 o’clock, when the incident occurred yesterday, only a handful of pickets were at the warehouse. A call quickly went to union headquarters and the number of pickets increased considerably.

As soon as it was evident to the pickets the train was moving toward the warehouse, they began milling in front of the gate. Police had arrived at the scene only minutes before.

When the train went through the gate without regard for the men standing around it, police and pickets alike were astounded.

Everyone standing near the scene was visibly shaken by the incident. Some pickets said the train went by at an alarming

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rate of speed, considering the situation.

It was believed the train was being operated by New Haven Railroad supervisory personnel. The train had been seen stopping earlier on the mail line next to the UniRoyal warehouse.

Some men got off the train and others got on it. When the train backed into the UniRoyal warehouse siding, the man hanging on the side was dressed in a business suit and not normal railroad trainmen garb.

It was said later that the regular trainmen on the switch engine and four or five boxcars refused to operate the train through the picket line.

Pickets were visibly disturbed by the actions of the switcher engine and its operators. They gathered around the trainmen as they left the warehouse property after leaving off the box-cars.

Although there wasn’t any violence, there were cries of “Hope you sleep well tonight” and “Hope you are proud of yourself.”

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court to issue an order restraining the pickets from engaging in mass picketing, from blocking entrances and exits to and from the plant and “from in any way injuring, damaging or destroying its plant, machines, equipment or stock of materials on hand.”

NEW HAVEN Railroad switch engine enters warehouse property of UniRoyal, Inc., yesterday afternoon to unhook several box-cars. This photo was taken shortly after a number of pickets and police darted out of the path of the backing train.

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NEW HAVEN Railroad switch engine enters warehouse property of UniRoyal, Inc., yesterday afternoon to unhook several box-cars. This photo was taken shortly after a number of pickets and police darted out of the path of the backing train. -(News photo by Piscitelli)

Calm Returns to Uniroyal After Warning by Judge

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Calm returned today to Naugatuck’s Uniroyal plant after a Superior Court judge said yesterday he would not allow violence to continue.

Judge Leo V. Gaffney told leaders of the striking United Rubber Workers in Waterbury that he would issue an immediate order prohibiting mass picketing if rioting recurred.

In picket-line violence Thursday and Friday 64 strikers were arrested.

Hearing Tuesday

Judge Gaffney ordered union leaders to attend a show-cause hearing at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Waterbury. They were directed to show cause why an injunction prohibiting mass picketing should not be granted.

Such an injunction has been sought by the company.

The judge said he would not tolerate interference with office or management personnel reporting for work, or with members of the public entering or leaving the plant.

If there is “any interference” with the operating of the Uniroyal’s business or “any violence of any sort between now and Tuesday,” the judge ruled, he would issue a temporary restraining order at once.

That order, like the injunction sought Tuesday by Uniroyal, would prohibit mass picketing, “circular picketing and picketing shoulder – to – shoulder or otherwise close formation” on sidewalks and roadways near Uniroyal.

The officers of Local 45 who appeared before Judge Gaffney were Raymond Mengacci, vice president; Antoinette Zuccarelli, secretary, and Rita Ruggero, treasurer.

Picketing Reduced

Picketing today was much reduced. Each gate at the Naugatuck plant was patrolled by two to six pickets — a great contrast with the mass picketing of yesterday and the day before.

After the picket – line violence of yesterday morning, when office and supervisory personnel entered the plant, there was relative quiet until afternoon.

Then there was a scuffle at the Elm Street gate when pickets tried to prevent five railroad cars from entering the plant.

Pickets and police officers suffered minor bruises, but there were no serious injuries.

It is believed that the company will load the cars with finished goods and attempt to move them out of the plant.

Union and town officials met last night at Naugatuck Town Hall in an attempt to forestall further strike violence.

They were Mengacci; Mayor Joseph C. Raytkwich, Jr., Henry W. Marlor, chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners;

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