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"Union spokesmen have consistently offered to submit the dispute to any arbitration board and abide by the decision. . . . The company . . . will not arbitrate the terms of an agreement. . . . Since the inception of the strike, their relationship has progressively worsened."
The Stamford Advocate, older than either company or union, conscious of both tradition and change, issued a front-page call to landowner and freeman alike:
"The strike . . . spells bitter privation and want for the families of three thousand of our workers. And it deprives the Company of today's profits and the customers of tomorrow. It slows down the business of the whole community. And it fans the flames of class antagonism and makes enemies out of old friends. ... In the name of Stamford, we call upon [labor and management] to measure up to their grave responsibility."