The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-23
No settlement MADE YET
0lneyVille Strikers Hold Another Mass
Meeting Today.
MCGUY MAKES USUAL SPEECH
And Tells the Operatives Not to Discuss
the Strike or Read tho Newspapers.
Mr.. Ladd Says He Has Received No
Proposition Yet.
McGUY MAKES USUAL SPEECH

The strike in Olneyville is not yet over,
| but the general opinion today is it will
not last long. and IL it were not for few
very headstrong and inexperienced men
| who are on the executive committees /,
would be ended at once, 50 far as the
| Saxon mill is concerned. and that would
| lie break which woul6probably end the
| whole matter.
The mass meeting which should have
been held at 1l:30 a. m. yesterday COM
menced at p. m., being postponed to
/ that time in order to have u report of the
conference which had taken place during
the day. Senator Howard was the first
speaker, and said that he had spent the
day In conference with the committee and
the owners OF the Saxon mills. but the
negotiations so far as they had proceeded
were not satisfactory TO the committee.
| They decided to meet again at later
| hour TO reconsider the negotiations and
the propositions which had been made.
| "Some Of the strikers are unwilling to
recede from their position" said the
speaker. ''and will stay out until the
| Spring unless they get IL. But there are
some who
Cannot Wait Long.
II they c,nnot get all, they must take
what they can get. Some say they will
| fight to the bitter end. They may do so
| and get what they want, but again they
| may not get it and only be blacklisted
when it is over. / admire the courage OF
these men. but l have seen It fail In nv
| long experience Of strikes in Fall River
have seen one mill aft r another give in
until the whole of the seventy mills have
been running. The conditions of trade
are bad. In convention OF the iron and
steel trade held few days ago. it was de-
| clared there must be cut down OF 10 per
cent. or the mills would have TO shut
| down. In every branch of industry re-
| ductiou of wages is going on. The
manufactures know it is not right.
| but they have no feeling
! for working men. Their sole object is 10
make money Mr.. Fletcher, who is now
| the most determined to oppress you, was
earning about Sl.50 per day a few years
| ago, aud is now worth millions OF dollars
| which never coud have been made with
out labor. The National mills will be Of
| no use unless IL has workmen The sym
pathy which manufacturers profess to
have for us in political meetings will do
us no good. They will crush us as long
as we will stand it, and without organ zed
labor and money we must stand 1t. You
never will be able 10 fight capitol
unless YOU are organized with strong
men at the heads. Labor should main
tain large standing army Of unions to
defend its position. Bnt-the- unions we
have are led by men with too much Ruff
and do little work. They believe in talk
ing bluff and putting Oh the boycott in-
stead OF putting their organizations on q
basis to stand assessments for battle.
My union in Fall River is the strongest
in the world. We do net let a man WORK
unless he pays his twenty-five cents per
week aud they do it willingly They
then see that the money is properly iu-
vested and ready for au emergency. We
are now considering the advisability OF
paying fifty cents per week 10 have am
munition enough to fight aud win when
required. In conclusion let me say 10
on, keep together DO not show the
white feather even with the differences in
your executive committee. You will
obtein reasonable concessions IL you
stick together"
In the evening the executive committee
met again in Mystic Chain hall and the
| meeting lasted till late hour. An adj
tournament was made till this morning.
IL is understood that large number OF
the executive committee are opposed to
any concession Whatever.
Executive Committee Meets.
The executive committee held n meet
Ing early this morning, but nothing
definite could be obtained of what was
done before the mass meeting held on the
Merino flats at ll:S0. There WAS rumor
that conferences had been held with the
management of the Saxon mill and that
a speedy settlement would Je reached
Mr.. Lhdd. however, said that no poposi-
tion had yet been advanced by tue
strikers.
Mr.. Ladd added thai he had nothing To
say on the situation. Things AZ present
were at a standsiil. No definite propo-
sition had been received from the strikers
aud until such was made, OF course tie
mill owners had nothing to say. The
owners had expressed u willing
ness to meet the strikers and
entertain any proposition they should see
fit to make. Whether IL would be &c.
ccpted was "A matter for further consider
alton. The statements in the papers were
hardly correct, that any concession
had been made, as no proposition
had bee presented. The owners were
willing 10 make some notifications, but
to return to the original schedule was out
of the question. A perfectly fair cut
down mad been made, but the
help did not choose 20 ac-
cept it. 1t could hardly be said whether
the strike was nearing a. end. There were
many men OF many min6s and most re-
cent reports served 10 show that an ami
cable set lement would soon be reach he'd.
At any rate tine owners wodld be willing
TO inest the strikers at any time.
The Mass Meeting.
The mass meeting called for 1880 did
not commences until af,er II o'clock, VIII u