, 1875-09-28
The Mill. Hen Mako Their Terms, and
tho Operatives Make Vigor-
ous Protest.
Some Rioting Ensues. but Little Damage
IL D0nr.
Militia Called 70 tho 9cene.-Incendiar7
Threats.
No Serious Disturbance Had Occurred
at Last Accounts.

Tie tollo"lnE Dispatch from FAIL Itves,
Tbs esciternont hero so-daY aas \. very
hgh Pitch Il ON o'clock this morning nutfl af-
terhoon. Tho ttmn when tho militia appeared.
Thn operatives commenced to gather At tho park
SheFe maas-rneot,ng Has ANNOUNCED to DO held
in tho vicinity Vt ono OF tho lnillA. At an
early hour clusters Of operatives woso
gathered. and thc7 could DO heard TO Bay.
"Ho Will nevor sgn tno agsccment." and, upon
nsking them what part Of IL WAS Objectionable,
morn than half OF thou1 would refor TO tho clause
WHICH they aald. allowing they had wor4od
s~ou,y.thteo days In a month and committed
sosno violation Of tho corporation faws on the
tnenty-fotlEth day. that tho managers could 6!s-
chargo then. and tue operatives forfeited the pay
Que them for the twenty-three dayu. Hundreds
OF them
HAVE not SIGNED TIE DOCUMENT
Hmplr becauHo they DO not understand 1t cor
rectIy. nnt theEo arc many Who under their
present foelings would not 20 In II thoy wero
ahked to sign slip Of blank paper. Tho baso
idea Of being obliged to aisn ANYTHING at all
goes egaius. thom, bnt tho manufacturers say
that something OF this sort muss be doue. un.
der tho arrangements which they lxye boon en-
ployo1 heretofore they
CANNOT WITH SAFETY MAZE 4 cosTEAcT,
for thor hayc no guarantee that they can pro-
dncc tho goods, because thore ia no knowing
sshcn the operatives will tako It into thor Aends
to stop work. which seriously cmbarrasses the
manufacturers. Tho operatives haTo taken tho
advantage Of tho manufacturers being under
contracts heretofore to carry their pout, but this
t,mn 'ho manufacturers had made no contracts,
and thny uto prepared to act tlecisirely. Ther
Fty IT thero wis any alternative tbau Ia impose
this agreement upon the operatives thoy would
adopt It, but there is mono. They arB obliged
.oprotcct themselves. Tho operatives by their
tions to.dar would have Bono nympRtl,v hal tboao
that obiectrd to signing mt interferrd by thtea.a
OF tho most extreme violonco those WHO woso
willing to sign. afore than half Of every mill In
town would lare 6eon in operation this aftcr-
nom. aud BY tho last Of tho noek theto 1a no
dnubl hut MI Of tho mills would be 1uuning in
full, for cor tainlY thu Rgreoment IL Rt pres
ont simply bugbear 10 many OF tho heip.
Many
THnEtrs 70 BUnS PROPERTY
havo boon made to-day; aad it is reported that
elegant structure not completed. was vet
pI placea, A'' but A'' fortunately extinsuished
before tho flames had gained any serious hesA.
way. On the cornor of Pleasant and ssrenth
asrcots, this morning: paper waa posted, writ
ton on as follona: Nov, baT5 burn out Rock
street. Mako work for somebody. Como down
Oh every .a.eout's houge ln town" Another
near tho Wasnponoag 11ill read 80 fo'losa:
Btrcet first" The residences on Rock street
arc owned IN great measure By 1nlll-o"uers.
These threats naYo boen undo before. aud,
aaido from II barn or tTo Lolug burned, rory
little has boon done.
TUE MILITIA.
1t is Understood. Aro to remain nuder ntms until
the rnl'ls arc oishoz running full or shut dorm
agaib for another indefinite period. Tho manu-
facturofa say thnt they vii not w1thdta" tue
r0,,9;firfa thnf fhe faf1 n n n r1HA
no other circumstances.
iteihs 4 As'oes1sna fTtss.'
THE npkHATIEEs AsaEMrIE.
FALL hIsaa, hnbs.. ssp'; 33,-At = O'Clock this
and botIa sounded from tue d!hefe1t mills The
manufacturers throwing open taet doora 70 tho
operatives. ~ thoY presented thomeoIYos NJ thelr
respective mills they "eso atRco II tboy would
or would noe. algn IN Agreement. Those
"Ao valid nut woro requested to d!apatso, and
tlloae VIE n.gned PASSED INTO tho nlilla several
OF tho mills did not have enough helP to make It
M ob1ect to stArt up. Inoy sto ready, however.
when incs opnn q su1ac1ens hampes OF men 20
mike 1t &uVsnablo.
Ar TIE MILE
Two OF tue uurloo mills ara running on
twel7e ra!ra " 1n.!tes-about 25o !oon1s-aoous
oI9.o:ghth of tho 1u!l foren being It VOTE; nm
Ine hcnas" ;,S, nHoeao m..s stas!oa " "lsa NY
Broolerss aud tho carting room WA nearly full.
About ha't-pnat o'clock so'no !, ,oo0 operatives
nar'haa aa"h 20 th1e n'1ll, msHinG III httempt
to enter tue yard, but were met ~ tho superin~
tandont and nserSeor OF tho weaving department,
WAeHl lney stonea' but Ecso
anrT At "AE.
ana Tue Cate8 "crs closed agaInst thon.
Ighs illuminated large n9mbot Of "tAvers.
who then iefs tho mills. aud 1t IL now running
| about 35q loo1ns. =.
THO run 1ttycr MannfacturlnR Company's mill
| Started With Iou LOOMS an1 airs OF mules. Tbs
I Hpo9!tnE department 10 full, aud there RIa fair
reHroEo1taisongm a. 10 tho other departmenta.
Tho s'ade, Wettaniac. Alocthntca'. barnard.
and Granite m!sls '1ad small representatives. u
cach tIcpAitInant. nnu Ill continue 10 run excop&
the hlade. Tlo help there having besn thfeaten.
Cd with tho taking OF their lisas, nAny withdrew,
nnd tho MI! i'll HUT aown. a woman. having
several GlI!ldron ~ this mlil. "aA visited bT q
mob or wy or 1p operatives Hho tosd hor that
| II her chllafeh "efo noe takcn IRON the mill
| TnEY "outn III KILLED
when they canio ont' ana made smsar threats to
tho oFerat!so ol tl's cn1co aud other mills.
| Az taloY t'iascd tho AoutauA mill, stones wore
thrown IT. II; smashing Homo thlrty or iort1
| s4uatcH u Rass,. a huubor wore also broken
Al tho 0abotn mill.
| Operatives Visited Mayor Davenport thik