Show l AY of Calvert Leek Want a Day threatened be a strike anions among the of Calvert Leek brick manufacture cus of this place has bas bosh avoided for tor the present at least and amid s a I final settlement is expected to be effected at a conference to be held Sunday Sunda On 11 Tuesday the unskilled laborers employed i at the yards yard of the sent a corn com i to the officials with a demand for fora a da day The men continued at work all day during which numerous conferences were held No agreement was as reached however and yesterday morning the negotiations were resumed with the effect that the men worked time the day through on the basis of OO bricks for a days work This basis will apply I for the of the week and an effort will be made to settle the trouble at the Sunday The mands of the men seem to have arisen from the fact that on either side of tHe Calvert Leek works are brick es ca which are conducted by hand band The es of these plants corn com complete their labors e earlier than those em employed ed by Calvert Leek who opera operate te a machine plant This did not look exactly right to the men employed cd b by the latter concern hence their demands In addi addition addition tion to this the present is an era cra of pros for th brick manufacturers of Og den and the feel that they should share in this D C Garrett fore foreman foreman man of the Calvert Leek stat et eti yesterday that it was impossible at this time to say what the outcome of time trouble would be According to his state statement statement ment there has been nothing done except in a businesslike way with no ill feel feeling ing on either side He insisted that the thew they w were re operating on a per day schedule because aU alI machine plants are working on this basis is and said that the company had given their help an increase e of cents a day a a short time ago In hiS opinion it would be an easy m to supply men to take the places or of those mah making the demand If the they should decide to walk out which he hoped would not be the case The men are willing either to have hae a day irrespective of the number oI of bricks turned out or to work on a basis of OO brIcks for a days work |