remington

The buildings (or some of them) apparently still existed until recently but had been abandoned. See www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/ The page has a Google map -- images from 2008 show the dilapidated plant clearly.

But in 2010, partial demolition began after a fire. See www.ctpost.com/news/article/Demolition-of-Remington-Arms-... August, 2012 saw another fire. www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Fire-at-Old-Remington-A...

Bridgeport Strike Reported Settled; Machinists' Leader, Keppler, So Announces, but Other Union Leaders Say It's Still On. Gompers To Visit Scene. Result of Washington Conference -About 500 More Munition Workers Go Out, Making 900 in All. July 22, 1915 Bridgeport, Conn., July 21, 1915. Through a haze of uncertainties these developments of today stand out in the Remington arms strike situation ...

thanks for the additional information. We may add it to the record.

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Bridgeport Strike Reported Settled; Machinists' Leader, Keppler, So Announces, but Other Union Leaders Say It's Still On. Gompers To Visit Scene. Result of Washington Conference -About 500 More Munition Workers Go Out, Making 900 in All. July 22, 1915 Bridgeport, Conn., July 21, 1915. Through a haze of uncertainties these developments of today stand out in the Remington arms strike situation ... J. J. Keppler, International Vice President of the Machinists Union in 1915 John A. Johnson, International Vice President of the Ironworkers Union in 1915

I knew there was more to the story than just "Old Fashion Doughnuts and Crullers!"

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The New York Times Current History: The European war, Volume 4, 1915 books.google.com/books?id=DLjBshFw3ZIC&pg=PA953&l... indicates that these two "inaugurated" the big strike at the Remington Works in July 1915. It is hard to work out whether it should be Johnson or Johnston. This NYT History volume uses the "t."