The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-15
NEWARK LABOR TROUBLE.

OVER TWO HUNDRED sILK mAxths QUIT
WORK on ACCOUNT OF FIFTEEN PER CENT
REDUCTION OF wAGEs--So DISTURBANCE.
Yesterday tho Newark City Silk Mills, large brick
factory on Bank street, Newark, prcsenteda marked
change from its usual appearances. From being full OF
life aud hustle with tho industry OF about two hundred
and nifty hands, mostly girls and women, IL was
bushcd and quiet ns al empty house with the
exception OF a very few, the hands quit work. Tho
Is follows about months
past as tho propriesors of tho mill de-
clare. thcy have been thinking Of closing
for a season. owing Ito tho duh times ana
large stock Of silk hand waiting sales 1t was Dot
until Monday that conclusion was reached,
and then, about hve O'Clock, there we're
posted up In the workrooms notices set
ting forth that owing TO dull times small
and The running OF tho business at a heavy loss.
II absolutely necessary to do Of two things
reduce the wages nfeon por cent or close tho mills
The hands requested 10 notify tho superintendent
which. they Desired Yesterday morning all hands
met at the factory and Informally counsel,en .o
was almost unanimous In favor OF closing
the mills rather than submit 10 tho proposed re-
oa, h 9ers se rsc Gao OF i've
per cent Some six or eight girls In the STOCK ioom
mostly girls from Paterson refused to quit Win tnc
rest, even when threatened with violence by otner
girls; but none was used, and in few minutes the
factory was as quiet church. The wages Tor ast
weeks work have yet been paid, but viii Do inis
afternoon. 1t is possible arrangement TO resume
work may thus be reached In any case II IS 1nder
stood the hands are TO meet and confer with tho su
perintendent, Mr. RoG, on Saturday afternoon.
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEES.
HERALD reporter called yesterday afternoon u. ,"s
iactory ana saw the superintendent nc .uousn.
great mountain was being made out Of very small
mo chill. There no 'sriEc'' whatever ana no DIS
turbance there any bad feeling. II was found
necessary either TO cut down or smut down aogosner,
The cutting down last November oil twenty -nve per
were only paying at that rate One cause OF the SLACK
ss WAS m "osS M agreed TO tako
Twelve or lncen hundred pounds Of SILK per month,
but instead had only taken about one hundred pomnu
soe ~, Pn,r daned emnhoticaiiv so,ne stories that
had been printed
several OF me nanus were also called on. incy In
waaes n second time-toriv pcr cent m aIl-tne silk
turned out not being fine what formerly was
manufactures ana costing iess '" manuiac.use was
steady eaort to- make the hands nav for all errors and
mistakes OF management Under the rates paid since
Novonn', Inc ayets r'u ,c'c'veu 20 pe, s"u 10
IS so Der week There have been in the mill large
number OF boys and girls, in addition
10 the aout empioyes' VINO rsce,vea un Su,
81 10 TO 10 10 per week Under this second pro
posed reduction OF ftcen per cent they say tho Dest
Six spnncrs would receive but egny-nve Genus per
day, or 80 ~ per week, and that the adult icmao OPP
orators will receive but from 81 10 10 81 80 per week.
while the dyers would get but 81 % per week.
Many Of the young women have families depending
on them. Nobody scould gvo any definite idea US to
what would ultimately be DONE At present the hands
are determined 70 stick out
@ The building Is owned ny Mr.. lnslee A. hopper,
who has also sleeping partnership N tho mills He
has no part whatever IN the management, however.
MI j. d. Cutler, formerly OIL Paterson, Is the respon-
sble mead OIL tho concern.
EXAMINATION OF THE MEN ARRrsrrD ON THE
JERSEY CENTRAL.
pcfore Vice rbnncclIor Van Eleet in Chambcrs NJ
newark yesterday, tue cases oi tne eievon mcn ar-
rested for alleged interference with the running Of
tr,,ns IN rho Centrai Rovoa., or Ncw Jerscv vvcra
,'A ~ Wv - 800 go
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