The New York herald., 1876-01-21
THE DISTRESSED OPERATIVES.
Raising Funds for the Relief
of the Suffering.
SKILLED LABOR RETURNING TO EUROPE.
The Mill Help Preserving a Firm Front
to the Capitalists.

meeting.
however, to-day would not convince any that the
strikers had any intention OF submitting, no matter
what the weather may be- 1t was determined band
OF men and women who met in Barry's Hail. They
we're enthusiastic but moderate their elaboration.
The HERALD correspondent informed by them that
they had not changed their minds They would remain
here reasonable length of time as long as their
funds would permit and then pack up and leave the
villages OF the company desolate and uninhabited
Their large mills would be obliged to stand idle
So far moderation has counselled all their efforts ia
get the reduction returned but when starvation starea
them in the face and they nothing but misery in
their families, who tell what they may be driven
TO do? Probably tho millowners look at It in this
light for this daily order Providence police
guard their valuable property. The fact has
boen the strike that many Of the
Lonsdae operatives desired work elsewhere would
be likely TO get 1t II there any vacancies in the
other manufacturing districts in this State or any
othor They skilled and better citizens than
the majority Of mill operatives They have remained
here for years, and to-day several who
had been at work in the mills of the company for
twenty nine years. and largo number who had been
here Tor upward OF twenty years The strikers say
that twenty three families have
THEIR PAT
and have been refused. Upon investigation we find
the iencmcnts owing the company the rentals
of the same. The mills kept running and out OF
. 500 looms but trino 100 working to-day.
Tho strikers get aid from The authorities
they say because officers the tools Of the com
pany and by their influence kept in Office. Thel
thc strikers) election days all given free ride
to the poll and beforehand furnished with the
inadequate they furnished with a ticket the rail-
road to the voting place at Valley Falls They claim
that they refused to carry out the wishes OF their
employers they would upon the slightest provocation,
bc discharged Thus they Obliged TO do the will or
the company IN eectnS the Officers o. the towns
large number of the operatives after the meeting
to-day.
TIE TRIAL OF HUGH muLHoLLAxD,.
OF tho rioters arrested last week, took place to-day
in Valley Falls and the crowded.
Aftcr tho prisoner had been found guilty letter
read from tho Goddard Brothers insructng the Judge
nflict the slightest penalty and accordingly he
fined ST. and costs and from this decision he appealed
He will be remembered insulting Colonel X. d. j.
Goddard.
MEETING OF THE STRIKERS
The meeting at Barry's Hall to-day well attended,
but many OF tho operatives at Valley Falls attend
ing the trial of Mulhoand. Mr. Ramsden, who infused
life among tho strikers yesterday by giving figures
TO show that the Lonsdale Company werc making
money, was the first speaker. He warned the
audience against ramps who had ap.
representing that thcy or their number He
stated that he had in his speech of yesterday overcs
mated the profits OF the mllowners but upon reading
moro figures he came to tho conclusion that they
were making enough to warrant them in giving back
the reduction. Ho thought the Yankees had a good
idea OF how to earn dollar and also how to keep IT,
The company thought they cattle, and could get
along any way II they had eLough clothing to cover
their nakedness 1t all their employers thought
they needed He spoke of tho repeated strikes in Eng
land where he came from. and Of ther failure up TO
the timc that the operatives formed themselves into
cooperative societies. and that II they would only club
together they could build MILL and thus have
the profits well as the bosses They then
could SEQ for themselves whether there was
any profit in the business The chairman called at
tenton to the necessity of looking after the worthy
who in want, and warned them not TO contribute
anything TO tramps. Nc called upon all present to
contribue all they could for the support Of those who
Suffering for bread There would OF necessity be
mnny cases of distress before the week over.
Mooney stated that the Relief Committee, of which he
was chairman was good working order. This
morning wcavers had applied to him for aid. He
made a motion that the money which in the handi
of the Weavers' Union when il disbandcd be disirb
uted to relieve the distressed He also desired
that the fund of the Cnrders Union now disbanded,
be also devoted to the Same purpose and in fact,
general fund be established They needed ant
have money, and he recommended that
committee be appointed to go out and solicit aid
The operatives at Berkeley Mills, owned by Brown
Ives, Mooney continued, had sent word that each
operative that place willing, and after
Monday, to subscribe 81 head Tor the relief of ths
Ionsdac operatives. Il will be that the
operatives at Berkeley have not been reduced, for
reasons given in the HERALD of Tuesday Rarnsdcn
made motion, which was carried alter considerable
discussion, that the money of the Wcavcrs Union be
devoted to helping those who in want, aud
Mooney was authorized pay the money out upon the
suggestion of several ladies' The fund OF the cardcri
voted to be also distributed, and n
mittcc of twelve was appointed TO solicit aid.
Al the close OF the meeting the chairman thanked
tho operatives for tner orderly behavior not only in
the hall, but in the streets. They had brought
proach the and had gained the approval OF
ttn press we'll the public, and he wished them TO
continue the same line Of conduct IN the future. The
meeting then adjourned to tomorrow afternoon
at one O'Clock and the crowd quietly dispersed and bc
took themselves TO their cherries homes
orERArIvEs RETURNING
George W. Pratt the Assistant superintendent OF the
Lonsdac Mills, stated to-day that he sorry TO
the help going elsewhere for work. and that II his
wish that they should to their work here He
was accustomed to their ways, and they were good
help could be secured anywhere the country and
understood the business thoroughly.
In turn the operatives state that II is owing to the
gentcmanly bearing OF Mr. Pratt toward one and all
that the help have not rebecd in the past Patterson
Brothers. OF Valley Falls, inform me that they have
sold passage tickets TO twenty OF tho best opera
tvcs go Belfast Ireland, and Liverpool England
ON Saturday, and that large number also gong
next week -Four went TO Fall River this az
ternoon, where work has been offered them. AS proof
the company may be mentioned the fact that help
from abroad, who arc constantly applying can secure
their places
A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT CUT down..
visit was made TO the Office OF the A W. Sprague
Manufacturing Company this afternoon, where Il was
asccrtaincd that their mills in Baltic. Quidnck Antc,
Matte and Central Falls and tho Cranston Print Works,
In this state, well the mills at Augusta Me, were
all running full time Ga square print cloths, and
that they saw nothing in commercial point oil view
that would warrant them In cutting down wages Tnc
company their tcnemcnts and for whicn the aver
age rental rs 81 30 per MONTH said tenements contain
ing Kitchen paror bedroom down stairs and four
bedrooms up stairs. They arc now making from
IS 900 10 30 600 pcces-forty yards 70 the pieces
year. The company declined 10 give an opinion on
The ronsdac strike, for the reason that that companJ
was manufaciuring different class OF goods. They,
however we're Of the opinion that the Lonsdale com.
piny we're paying all they could afford to, as indeed,
all OF the manufacturers in the state They
thought that provisions we're too high for the opera
tIvcs and something should be done TO make living
cheaper The mills run bv Governor Lippctt and ex-
Governor Howard are also running on full tmc and no
reduction OF wages is'proposed.