New-York tribune., 1885-03-02
STRIKERS RECfrE THEIR GRfEVANCES.
YoNkERs CARPET wEAvERs TELL THE REASONS
THAT LED TO THE srGIKF.

YONkERs CARPET wEAvERS TELL THE REAsoNs
THAT LED TO TIE sriIKF.
The executive committee OF the strlhihS
carpet wcavcrs Of Smiths mills In fonkcs have Issued
An address rcctng the history of the strike irO 'he
point of view They say: The leaders ot this great
strike have iclt the nced Of a juStlhcaon Tor 'her
actions which far reaching in their consequences
and which take from the pockets Of the aborers Ssoooo
uer month. The causes which lei to the strike we're
the reduction far below the average pa ny othcr
mills, the tyranny and opprcssi on OF tile Bosses the
withholding o actually earned, and the discharge
OF employees without without drsnng to assign
any cause Our demands are the re establishment "t
tho wage, paid before Dccmcm,cr |. 1884. read
u.tmcnt the arbitrary AMI unjust system o docking
adopted by the firm, rcins,atelcht ot all ohp'oSe'
unustly DISCHARGED no one To be discharged !" '"o
future except assigned aud no more bosS OF
superintendent tyIanny."
They state that the strike was looked forward to and
urcparcd for year before IL occurred but was gualdcd
40 icalosy that neither BOSSES spies, detectives OF
reporters been able to ferret ont any OF the desgis
OF strikers In advance Of their acloh' a iaiso @
proved IN their action that the Old story that womah
cannot keep secret IL libel on their sex Iney uc
nounce the bosses Ia the mills IN vigorous Hy, a Say ny
that ut Ia not ability or knbwege IN thc business ', %
nrumotes n man to boss-ship IN the factory, put te
amount OF information or tell-tale as ~ - sc,ury WY
Ter med. which he Will furnish Ia those apoVe nun. ,a %
the amount OF il-reatment aud cruelty p'ac''e VII '"'
The abatement concludes with the following para
which they compelled to do twice hay Wni'o tho
machinery Is In motion, II part o. II Is DrneI nh ~
accident the operatives dOeked 70; u thr prs 10
broken, % t., tho brush costing originally -1 o.
n In drawing out wire II II 5cnt which ios 'o ,, ~
any ihlurc It, they dooked oo CENTS ,.o
costing cent when If girl Is oagnt oohins o.
of "A window her loom IL stopped und sue Is sent " %
buss plain. and often she IL uochcu ,o ~
n girl discharged from any one department s"o , ,
get employment In any other without nrst petknf vi @ Nv
former boss for permission To ~ TO WORK aiu ,v; & ,,
not allowed to talk 10 one another during woIns ~ liz
or at noon time. penalty OF being dockeu vi us
oh
discharged for laughing aloud during dlhot v,, , @ ~,
time which really belongs 10 themselves, mnu oi' W Az, @
sitting quietly together They are not aoMeu a. W & cav
dinner together; even two sisters worh'nE u, W.
didcrent departments not allowed 10 eat teir
together In the factory anu during the noon neu .
are kept walking through the different uep or ~
watch them and prevent them from holding any vi
oscar ed discharge by STAYING home ON the nonns & 0
her mothers DEATH she having failed o schu @ so
of tho cause of her absence. Many IKE cases % car. nv, %
cited Girls have frequently been docked Ior mu Smt @
done by them AMI no satisfaction given tnem 49, snr
was found except to say that, some one naa y. PT ho
the naw II they did not like IL they could iea.o; any
have also asked 10 vote as they o,vtaseu, .at
threatened covertly II failed to do ns tney n
ma TO- Men have been discharged for this Gauss nu1.
Ve think 1t time that this system OF wnite & 0s
abolished In Yonkers and that working people navo some
tyranny will not remedy evils They act only ~ S eA.r"
weights on the safety valvo OF boier-wnc,ma ' Wa
nosion does It will be all the more eriino' w.,
mako no brags Of what can do. but are wtlnS ~ ,s
| the hight 20 and the future alone can aoou0 '"'
| reault."