The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13
for their support So the spinners. tho skliisd
lnborers OF the mills whose PLACES cann3t 70

nllNu by substitutes, can take an nll-WlHNeI ,oh
day without seriously crippng their rer0uIFE1ts
ASSISTANT tai " il ouo lumber have little 70 al
back upon. No doubt the srinnors theinSe'r W.
cun,ary aud otherwise. The first assistants,
direct assistance from the SINNERS n ,s',rs
tion,, The second assistants are Dee i thi,
parents. Then come about 10000 op,s,rntiy Is,
who are members OF tho card ann bioMlns
a 19 H y naw nni is
resources arc therefore limited. IL mas, hoNet,-
or some funds on hind, and II can preveniIim NJ
time There arc about 5000 more einlloyces
allotted VIII" arc mrmt crs OF vnrtHus ur''V n,.
leaving IN round numbers about 2nmw nanun
who will be thrown out OF work without Mnv
enforced idirnrss.' Most Of these. no d2uht.
are women and children. and they. are tn"so
who receive the smallest WAGE Mn'as nt er thn
on the average 81 To- s43n per Wet en- u,"
children. tenders" SLoOto 90 IL IL nn9ns
osc 9n'rnertsd ones who afe 1lm2 ,a Ia ,9
at once ami will soon a,econe hrutc. +, r,.,
Tho ablcst leader Of the spinn"rs Is lanes
Mnwdsley. the general secretary OF thel, as,
sociatnH He Is broad m inded. temperate IN
his IDEAS and not given t. d1 en-, ~ IN ''
sail. "Drruusc h"th sidcs are sroilinE for a
fight nnr PEOPLE are more mn M INV wi rnits u. "i
d"nIi. viii he glad. to shat down until
in lost the strength Of their new fedora.
ton. We think their decisioon to "n,
T t Vii not ' in any way improve ill., situation
The saving would all 90 to middlemen ana II
would not in the least affect INC te'a'i r,r, OF
cloth as ! caI easily demonstrates, CUT OF
5 Icr cent in wages means Il reIus'iV , "i ohe
twentieth 1 penny rSr no"nu IN ~" If rottou
yarn makes about six yards of cloth. ana II Is
obviously inirossihI" for such IN In,ihtI"sl-
mai change III the cost OF manulaCCtur. 20 az
fppt thp price to IN consumer. l no tIlilnE
margin would almost immediately go !" the
inddlem"n under the rules o. colnn" ,,i ih
trade. Tho rrai cause OF the present tioH-
tie in the cotton market - nNsrpFnuur.
ton. and sr'.-iulr manufacturers En9w
rient stocks " cotton yarn with Which ,ne
mills were loaded a few weeks, or mouths
lcvc. however. that tho yarn has gone nr"n-
sumers. Prices hay" not lmnroNwl. !hr Wniv-
Ing mills have not increased Their rrnh ur,inn.
uuautitics Of yarn in reserve. h!nk the great
surplus 4f EARN has been bought ur ~ sl"ru,
the market of tho coming l.cko"t
Tho apparent demand Jus, now Tor
ictitiou.. 1t is partly caused. no DOUBT. by the
orders OF wcnNers given for the -anr reason
Men!rsndy Frow mat inN demand w WIZ o k""n
ton mills for som" little tim. after tI!r ,iti.
fixed Tor the lockout. 1t is quite possible mat
! that tho federation rs "A whole may 10 COM
velled to abandon the lockout IN sel''pto'ec-
| Il N q. lis members
ii is NOT easy t. prorhesy what the result
of the struggle viii be. Of cnnr@". it will de.
Lend t" some extent ur1n tn. m"'r;n ~. g" 81
the the %na six week %SeA not or s 81" t de-
/ should reorcn its mills at the old seal" of
wages. admit that the probabilities are not
! quite that way. and that tho advantages OF The
situation ave perhaps Slightly IN iav"r "l w
| employers. 1t will L." II perfectly peaceful
| struggle ~ far as ourmemhtrs are concerned.
| / honestly believe that nothing is 50 fatal 10
! the workinEmnns cause US q resort . Nio-
! l.,,,. In .lAs IN ! a
SMcn oy Mo no NO, even Th H'ow o stTis s Or
| lork ont Is in ir"sre.s. The 'endrnry T.
| violence is n sort Of contagious insanity
| stances. l have felt it myself and know how
I insiiious and potent it is. SO W" discourage
even the assembling. of our men in grours q;
, half dozen on the street. The campaign will
/ very likely ho severe one. The rmriovcrs
ure tho a..reSsors. but We are we'll equipped
and we have every conf lcnce in the justice
| and success If our cause
! X is quite apparent from the above why tho
| efforts within the last day or two bv the Mayors
! of Manchester and Liverpool to secure a settle
ment of the pNnding issues ~ arbitration are
! not likely to succeed. 10th sides are really
! full of aggression. and the victims "t the I'M
harpy dispute will be not those Immediately
| arrayrd against each other. hut the 10000 or
more small operatives who are in no way pre-
pared for a winter OF itleness ami for whom
s thr SnSok Gs fcnn .l@ sH
very forcib bly, q new question. namely: Is not
well .garrIsoned and we'll euu!rrrl skilled Ia
lie. "a as sUci Tie accHmnla,ion Of .Toat
strike fund had brought with it the tempt ion
to spend it in II deadly struggle on the >ii:ht
both that the, wages now earned by the spin.
| ners are the highest in the history Of tn" trade
| and that the market for cotton goods is 50 rooi
that the employers are entitled to some relief
The events Of tho next few weeks may vel
| command world wide attention and interest.
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