Daily Republican., 1879-03-24
THE ARLINGTON STRIKERS.
What the weavcrS have 70 say
about the Troubles.

MEsRss EDIToRs: weavers as
sert that there has been cOntinua
reduction among the weavers since las
July. Previous to that time the weav
ers were satisfied. but in July the cuts
were made from 10 to IL yards longer
and we received no notice Of this, mol
did We receive q cent extra for weav.
ing. And again, III the fall there was
a reduction Of five cents made on our
$50 cuts. Al that time the weavers
struck, but went to work again. Not
satisfied, however, but thinking it best
to have no trouble as winter was COM
ing on and it was then that Mr.. Gam
brill promised he would never make
another reduction without due notice;
but he failed to keep his promise, for
in February he did reduce the wages.
1t is true the cuts were made shorter,
but not in proportion to what he took
of them. The double box weavers were
paid Is cents for cuts that took them a
day and half to get off and the
majority Of the box loom weavers had
three looms all the month of February,
and last Thursday week when they got
their books with their February ac-
count, those that expected to have over
$40 only had$l4 marked on their books,
so they stopped their looms at once,
and two of them, one a married man,
the other young man 20 years old,
went to the Superintendent, Mr.. Gam
brill, but he would not hear them. He
handn't time but after they went out
one of the boys having forgot his shoes
returned to get them when Gambrill
took time to come in the weaving room,
jumping over some of the looms and
take that unsuspecting hey by the back
of the neck and put him out of the
mill.
The single box weavers were also
reduced in February. The cuts were
made shorter but there was Is cts. tax.
al OF every cut. The cuts that are
called short run from 81 to 81 yds, for
which we are only paid 3S cts.for weav-
ing them, and the very best, any weav-
er can do is to run four Of them OFT for
each loom in the week. 1t is only the
best weaver that can do that, and all
the advance we asked for was u cts. on
the cut, so that we could make 81 a
loom in the week. We do not think
this unreasonable since more than this
is being paid elsewhere. At Mr.. Rid
dies mill they are paying 67cts.for ct )
that Mr.. Gambrill paid % cts for weag-
ing. As for the statement in Last
Thursdays paper, that We the weavers
sent agents through the mill to induce
the other hands to strike, was false,
for the dissatisfaction among them was
even greater than among the weavers.
There is scarcely month passes that
there is not reduction among some Of
them, the mule room hands struck be-
fore the weavers. They are being paid
50 per week for the same work that
other mills are paying S. per week for,
and in February there were cents ia
ken off children that only had from
$2 TO SO per month, to pay for white.
washing the dressing room is it any
wonder he says hs has enemies The
only party that seems to be satisfied
with wages is one of the bosses WHO as
serted that Mr.. Gambrill pays him
more than he bargained for.
If this be so, we think it is done for
a purpose; since in fridays REpuBLI-
CAN, Mr., Gambrill asserts that he Just
arrived home from New York on We'd
nesday at noon, and the party whom
ne pays SO well, and who was then act
ing manager, told the weavers on
Tuesday evening when they gave him
their proposition, that Mr.. Gambrill
was sick in bed in Baltimore, that he
had received a telegram to that effect.
How he could have got we'll and gone
to New York and came back in SO short
a time seems incomprehensible. These
are facts which can be proved by all
the employees of the mill, and the
weavsrs are determined not to go to
work until their demands are satisfied.
WEAvERs.