The New York herald., 1870-08-29

the ctty The eneot was q large throng crowded
Ground the Durfce mills In the evening, and the CITY
ponce. sixteen In number had to muster for the IAN
cled protection Of the working operatives. Rewards
proclamations and nightly crowds followed. On
Wednesday evening much larger crowd, some-
what noisy aud unrnly, collected again at the Dur
fec mills. Nj. D. A. Brayton hit upon an expe-
sso cas cSoa NJ rpS4 s4uoe e' Ss s is IRE sm
nal, and instantly the, engines were rattlinxx
oy6r the street TO the mill property The sound or
tory were packed with people. IL was false alarm,
given to arouse the fire department The men claim
They assert that Mr. Brayton exclaimed in the heat
OF disappointment, TO the Chief OF Police
'Lo0K HERE, EIGHT o'CL0CK--NoT A MAN ARRESTED
YET.n
The stream OF water was soon turned on the
crowd, and under a free ducking from the hose 1t
papidly dispersed The citizens and innocent peo.
pie became highly indignant at the outrage, ana
this again intensified the bitterness or the opera
tive9.
ON THURSDAY
two companies OF militia arrived from Taunton, two
being IN the city already, together with eighteen OF
the State consiabulary, under Colonel Jones (and
who possess extraordinary powers); one hundred
special policemen. with white ribbons to that effect
and the sixteen city gendarmes. On Thursday
evening was told there was no serious resistance
and the grand army from Taunton took up It's
homeward march to-day, with Its
KILLED AND WOUNDED
THE WAY TIE OPERATIVES LIVE
IL not suggestive OF u very advanced civilization.
There are over 500 tenements. owned 10y the mill
corporations, or wooden structure, small aud even
more sguaiid and wretched than the pens OF misery
In New York. the men are paid once month, but
now, or course have received no funds from the
mills since the strike began. They complain that
the mil owners try TO make them pay Tor repairs on
the tenemens. and that the leases are not kept III
good faith by the proprietors. The process OF sell
Ing their pay" is much In vogue here, and Is very
mischlevOus. The men desire the proprietors pay
them once week or once In TWO weeks, and by
this means they can save margins paid tor Israel.
itlsh accommodation. Cooperative stores abound
everywhere here. For an advance OF three per cent
on wholesale prices goods can be obtained by par
ticiyants at pleasure.
WAGES AND THE PRICE or LIVING.
Spinners, average per day ................. 81 90
Weavers (sIx-lOOm weavers,, per week. 90
Laborers tall cassesI, average per day. so
Boys IN mule roonl average per week ....... 90
Female weavers, average per week. k.......... 90
Carders, average per week (males. .......... S so
Female cardwomen, per week. ................. 90
Slasler tenders per day. ay..................... %
Dresser tenders, per day. so
Rent of families. average per month. ...... 10 90
Groceries, meat and provisions, per month. for
four persons. two adults and two children. 50 90
Margin for clothing 50 90, very small.
will thus be seen that man who makes 81 so per
day-that working only twenty-six days month
has an income Of $50 per month. Out OF this comes
$2a less than 81 day-he has to clohe himself and
family, feed them ana attend 10 sickness, and so on
with such liberal wages there are no miliiOnnaires
among the industrious operatives; in fact 1t Is q
hard struggle for the plainest existence.
Coin Going to work Is now question OF principle
wn ns %sa s%a one Of Discipline win the
entering into the present attitude of both
paroles. IL looks as II this trouble would
have remarkable political Significance The opera
tiyes are friends to the aspirations OF Wendell
Phillips the labor candidate for Governor OF Mas.
sachusetts, and this diniculty will undoubtedly
overthrow the present city government at the next
election. Shrewd politicians declare that they have
no doubt that Phillips will be elected and confess
ediy their predictions have good basis If the labor
question throughout Massachusetts eXcltes the
same profound interest now evident In Lynn and
Fan River.