The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-26
SELFISH SPINNERS.
The Clarks Thread Mill Strikers De-
sert Their Boz Allies Shame
fully.

Genuine sympathy was expressed res
terday for tne piecers who stood SO nobjy
by the men in the late Clark strike, and
their treatment at the hands Of the spin
ners is being condemned By everybody in
Kearny. Friday afternoon number Of
the boys Suffered Balls Union Hall. where
the men met, aud threw the chairs, spit
toons and furniture around.
Many OF the little fellows are nearly
heart broken because they cannot get any
pay from the men, while the firm will not
take them back except AZ creelers. Under
the old system the Dlecers were gettfng
S. per week. while now they must 90 back
as creelers only. for which the pay is
50 per week. There are 102 OF them out Of
work, and they are very bitter against the
men
manded their pay. but it was refused, on
the ground that the strike was over. The
spinners were, however, paid, while the
piecers have not had any money for two
weeks. The boys point to the fact that
they were competent TO take the spinners'
places and were pressed TO do so, but re-
Trained from sense Of honor.
One of the older boys, speaking for ten
others who were with him, said
ssThe 1902 creeIers are all back TO work,
but we cannot 20 back unless we work
for half pay. The system now In use at
the mills down East Is being worked by
the Ciarks That is, there is no piecers,
but two creelers TO a spinner. We stuck
to the men, and they promised they would
do right, because we could have ended
the strike. We have had no money for
two weeks, and they will not speak to us
now when they meet u.s.
before they agreed to 60 in they never
i.
us on the back. They ended the strike
without saying q word. and what are we
to do? We can't hold any meeting and
have no place to 60. There are twenty
three spinners gone back to work and
others are waiting until they are sent for.
They get their money every week, but we
don't"
WANT MORE STRIKE
A meeting was held in Kearny yester
day morning, in which some or the spin
ners formerly employed by the Clark
Thread Company were the prime movers,
for the purpose Of considering the presen
situation. None of the men who attended
the meeting have been re-employed by
the company under the agreement made
with Senator Howard of Massachusetts,
week ago and they declare that the Hrm
has not lived up TO its agreement. The
session was long one, and at times very
stormy. The men say that the agreement
was 10 tHt ttlecb tu8b IOItl ltiSA MNrt ~
| be at work in the mills today Ehe spin
ners denounced the company and Super
| intendent Walmsley very bitterly and d
strong effort was made to declare the
strike on again and order out the men
| who have already returned to work.
"a statement will be prepared for cir
| cnlation," said one of those most promi-
nent In the movement. IF had my way
| the strike would be declared on again."
| The men deny emphatically that the
/ boycott has been lifted, and say it will
| not be until the agreement made with
| Senator Howard has been lived up to.
THE cLARKs' REPLY.
| At the office OF the company Mr.. j..
| William Clark, the Assistant Treasurer,
| said thot no number of men was agreed
| upon to be taken back. All the firm had
| agreed was that in the event of the strike
| being declared of, No. 8 Mil would be
started and possibly some of the old men
taken back He said that more of the
| old employees were sent for this morning,
/ but he did not know how many. The
reason, he said, why more men were not
| &C work was because the company could
not make place for them so soon, but as
soon as possible more of them would be
| given work.