Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE LABOR TROUBLES. The Lawrence Mill Hands
 Still Out. FUTILE EFFORTS TO COMPROMISE, New Accessions to the Strik-
 ers' Ranks. NIGHT SCENES IN THE HOUSE, The Outcome of Democratic
 FiIibustering.
NEW ENGLAND.
Massachusetts.

The Lawrence Strike A Movement
 Without a Leader-UnavaiI1ngE Efforts
 to Secure a Compromise-The Strike
 Extending.
 LAWRENCE, March 2O.-Ihe total number of strikers to day has been about seven hun dred, all weavers and mostly girls. The ma jority were from the Central mill, the remain der from the Main mill. A mass meeting of fifteen hundred, four-ffths of them girls, was held on the common this afternoon from ? to , o'clock, but the meeting lacked organi- zation and no speakers had been provided FinallysLouis Lowery, clerk of the board of health, and John Tately, weaver, addressed the meeting briefly. The remainder of the time was occupied by mutual discussion The girls were very undecided and it was thought by observers that an able speaker could have turned them either way. The meeting appointed committees to wait upon Superintendents Stone and Parker to see if any concession could be gained. Superin- tendent Stone received the committee very courteously, but stated that under no consid- eration could the Central mill make con- cession. Up to a late hour Superintendent Parker of the Main mill had not been seen but it was understood that he would make similar reply A committee consisting of Mayor Breen and two others, who were to interview Treasurer Saltonstall at Boston, started for that city, but were deterred by a message to the effect that Saltonstall would have nothing to say to them. Thus matters are In very uncertain and critical state Both sides remain firm, but the strikers are utterly disorganized and attempts at organ ization have been so far unsuccessful. They have no union on which to rely, no leader and no idea as to their future course. It is impossible to say what the Pacific mills au- tho1itles will do. Probably the Central mills will shut down entirely tomorrow and the larger part of the machinery of the upper mills will also be stopped. This action can hardly be averted, as about ?, 800, almost half of the whole number of operatives, are now engaged in the strike and their absence en- forces the idleness of hundreds of others.
 A mass meeting of spinners was held this evening and union formed, over four hun dred signing. It was unanimously voted not to return to work till assurance was given intendent Parker informed the committee ap- pointed to wait upon him that the authori- ties would maintain their position, but the mills were open to all who chose to go to work. The weavers numbering six hundred, also held a meeting and the committee re- ported Superintendent Stone as saying that the managers do not care to run the upper mill for a month. No compromise would be made save on the corporation's terms and those who refused to return to morrow would be discharged. Peter McCorry, editor of the Cath05ic He'azd, and others addressed the meeting, urging calmness and a return to work, but the majority did not sympathize with the speakers. The meeting adjourned until to morrow forenoon to decide what course to pursue.