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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N., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1967 THIRTY-TWO PAGES 7c PER COPY 42c WEEKLY CARRI

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.

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.

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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.

Pickets

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Pickets

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lated among Uniroyal management, was neither confirmed nor denied by top level Local officials in Cincinnati.

The statement claimed that although Uniroyal had offered to continue negotiations on a day-to-day basis after the strike was called, the URW had turned down the offer, “with the result that 22,000 of our people are losing more than $500,000 per day in wages and benefits.”

The circular also stated that “although major economic proposals were submitted on April 12, the union did not present proposals on the labor contract until April 19, one day before the contract expiration deadline.”

It was further claimed that the union’s proposals were “unrealistic and prohibitive, and to date, (April 28) the union has made no changes in these demands.”

In Bristol, pickets appeared in front of the Uniroyal warehouse on Center St. Wednesday just after midnight when it was learned that management was going to try to ship from the local warehouse.

Three pickets took up their posts in front of the warehouse about midnight Tuesday 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.

Asked why white collar workers had attempted to enter the plant Tuesday night, Chapman answered that they had been instructed to get out shipments to critical customers.

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Asked why white collar workers had attempted to enter the plant Tuesday night, Chapman answered that they had been instructed to get out shipments to critical customers.

He added that management had asked Local 45 for four men to help get the shipments out; the local turned down the request, he said, and some of the supervisory personnel was then sent in to get the shipments out.

A statement concerning the negotiations in Cincinnati, circu-

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.

See UNIROYAL Page 2

[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.

[Handwritten notation in top right corner appears to read: “12-5-5” or similar]

Arrest 21 Pickets

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Arrest 21 Pickets

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

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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Also at times they broke into song, singing “America,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and others. At one point they chanted, “You ran out of gas.”

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Also at times they broke into
song, singing “America,” “I’ve
Been Working on the Railroad”
and others. At one point they
chanted, “You ran out of gas.”
Perhaps this was in reference
to the situation in the borough
about a year ago when local
police vehicles were grounded
for about 24 hours when it was
determined there was no funds
to purchase more gasoline for
them.

Whenever a person attempted
to enter the Central Office
Building, picketed soley by wo-
men, groups of men would come
to their assistance. There were
few instances where anyone
made the attempt and few in-
stances where anyone was suc-
cessful.

John Smith, was hustled into the Central Office Building by local police who pushed their way through a group of about 20 women pickets.

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John Smith, was hustled into
the Central Office Building by
local police who pushed their
way through a group of about
20 women pickets.

Once safely inside, the women
resumed their circling in front
of the door.

At one point, they chanted,
“Talk it over, Blue-Coats, talk
it over” at a group of about 15
policemen standing a few feet
away.

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.

Handwritten notation in margin: 5-5-67

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)

UNIROYAL

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UNIROYAL

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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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United States Rubber Company
Naugatuck Footwear Plant

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LIMIT
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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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Single file, Uniroyal supervisory personnel are allowed to pass through picket line to enter plant this morning in Naugatuck. Union agreed to allow male employes to enter but women were to be kept out.

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Single file, Uniroyal supervisory personnel are allowed to pass through picket line to enter plant this morning in Naugatuck. Union agreed to allow male employes to enter but women were to be kept out.

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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Strike

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Strike–

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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.

For Second Day At Uniroyal Plant

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For Second Day At Uniroyal Plant

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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-

Safety from the middle of the tracks.

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safety from the middle of the
tracks.

Mario Carneiro suffered two
fractured ribs and Robert Se-
quenzia was heavily bruised by
a brush with the cars. Both
were treated at St. Mary’s Hos-
pital in Waterbury and dis-
charged.

It is expected the union will
continue to picket the factory
over the weekend. However,
union officials said, they would
obey the restraining order as to
conduct of picket lines.

Meanwhile in Cincinnati, the
negotiations over a new master
contract will be recessed over
the weekend. The strike against
Uniroyal is now in its 16th day.

Strike Subject Of Meeting In Mayor’s Office

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Strike Subject Of Meeting In Mayor’s Office

A “round robin discussion” behind the closed doors of the office of Mayor Joseph C. Raytkwich took place last night in the Town Hall between the Mayor, members of the Police Commission and representatives of the United Rubber Workers Union.

No statements were issued by any of the parties regarding items discussed, but it was apparent the current UniRoyal strike was the topic.

Present at the meeting were Mayor Raytkwich, Police Chief Frank Mariano, Police Commissioners Henry Marlor and William Simmons and union representatives.

It was reported that Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45 and top union man in the borough for the Local since its president, George Froehlich, is attending negotiation sessions in Ohio, did not attend the meeting.

The Mayor’s only comment following the meeting was that the group held “a round robin discussion.”