The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-19
NEWS OF OLNEYVILLE.
Aggrieved Spinners Will Organize
as a Relief Measure.
LETTER CARRIERS FOR JOHNSTON
The Christmas Services to be Held Next
sunday-The Musical Programs Al
ready Arranged Increased Postal Fa-
ciiities Wanted-Evsnts to Occur.

The spinners in the local mills are con-
sidering their grievances quietly, as they
are held by their fellow laborers in other
parts Of the state. At present the
Olreyville spinners have no local branch
of the spinners union, but have had
representation in the meetings of the
branch which is organized for the
Blackstone valley operatives.
The grievances of the spinners are that
they are underpaid in the absence Oh a
wage schedule, aud that no wage sched-
ule has bsen adopted by the mill corpora
tions.
They claim that they are paid outrage
ouslv low wages for the hundred pounds
spun, that the numbers OF the yarns are
coarse, that the machinery lis speeded 10
its greatest capacity. aud that the mate
rial is generally not OF good quality,
which operated upon by the fast running
machinery causes a vast amount or hop,
ping and Skipping about to produce good
work.
The opera tives claim that from IS % to
50 per week is average pay, and that com
petent men should be paid greater
amount. which would be done under the
Massachusetts schedule.
The Mas sachuseJts schedule Is in force
in mills OF / 800 or more spindles. Under
it every spinner is paid a fixed price per
hundred pounds spun, varying according
to fineness and quality OF yarn: go
member of the Spinners' Union illus
trates his fellows grievances by this ex.
ample: An operative In certain mil
spun during one eek n certain amount
81 yarn for which no received less 'nan
IL was figured out that In any Massa-
chusetts mill a spinner, turning out the
same quantity OF yarn of SIMILAR number
and quality, would have received about
Sl8 tor his wages. Hence the Kick
among the operatives. which is not
for a specific advance, but for liked
basis on which TO compute wages.
The spnners hereabouts will soon have
their local union, as an organizer has
been appointed by the union TO 90 out
there and start an organization.
The spinners appear TO be i'll earnest,
aud before spring trouble. not only mere,
but all over tue State may take place in
the way OF strikes and other labor
troubles.
Church Notes.
The Rev !, A. Rood, at the Harris
Avenue NJ l.. Church, last evening gave
a stereopticon lecture on Some Heroes
of the Bible
The German Lutheran services at the
church In the afternoon were conducted
by the Rev. Carl Oelinger. There was an
usually large attendance aud the nuslc
was by "A special choir.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union of Johnston will hold a meeting
Thursday afternoon at 230 o'clock III th
rooms of the Helping Hand Mission.
The Broadway Baptist Church Is ar
ranging for their usual Christmas con
cert by the Sunday school.
At the plaintield Street Free Baptist
Church special collection for foreign
missionary work was taken up at all the
services. The annual meeting of the
church will occur Tuesday evening. Next
Monday evening the annual Christi a:
tree festival of the Sunday school Will b.
held.
Christmas Services.
The following are the musical pro
grams that will be sung at the Christina
services of the various churches mex
Sunday:
Churcn Of the Messiah: Morning ser
vice, l0:l5; communion service, 1O:i5
w. H. Monks, communion service in {
including the Kyrie, Nicene Creed, Sur
sum Corda, Sauctus, Benedictus, Agnu
Del. Gloria In Excelsis, and L. =. Maker
offertory anthem arise, Arise. Shine.
AT the evening service the cnoir viii
cnant the special Psalms for Christina,
day, viz 80, l0l, 132, and will sing Kim
minis Magnlicat ia Efllt, kimmins Nuut
Dimttls, and the anthem Arise, Arise
Shine"
The Christmas services Of the Plain
field Street Free Baptist chuIch will con
sst OF Sunday School concert IN tn
evening, at which special program viii
be renuered.
Letters Carriers Wanted.
Lawyer A. B. Patton during the pas
week has been circulating a petition 70
congress to give Johnston free letter de
livery. and it now is probably in the hand
of Representative Page. The petition il
said TO have received about thirty sigma
lures.
General Notes.
Highway Commissioners Harris ha
completed the work of building q ne'
drainage basin for the fountain in Cd
Fellows Square.