The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-25
HOWARD WAS DISGUISED.
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Fletcher was out OF town. but ne made an
engagement for the committee to meat
wish Mr. Fletcher at IL o'clock this morn
Ing.
At the Weyhosset mills the committee
submitted to Mr. Frank Wceden a sched-
uls. which they declared, should be
adopted. 1t was instantly rejected and
the commitsoe withdrew without further
parley.
At the Riverside mills the committee
was Informed that the only person who
could treat with them was Theophilus
King, the treasurer. whose Office was in
Boston.
Mr.. King was seen later in the day and
said that meeting with the committee
had been arranged for next Monday after
noon at O'Clock. He said emphatically
that the management would not consent
to receive Chairman McGuy. but that at all
times the help could reach their employers
I his is The attitude which has been taken
in all the mills excepting at the Saxon
mills, where MIR. McGuy WAS received be-
cause IL was known that he was % accom-
pany Mr.. Howard in later interview,
and that he WAS merely paving the way
for the Fall River labor adj vocate.
The management or the Sax IN mills is
considering the advisability OF starring
it's machinery next Monday. lf the
help return they viii! be given work. liz
not enough apply 10 operate the
machinery TO advantage the mills will
be shut down until next soring.
Game or Blun.
Mr.. McGuy says the strikers will hold
out for the same price & ey had when
they left work or little more. but this
is looked upon by the weavers as bluff
The loan OF So 600 was the subject OF on
yersation among a numbtr Of strikers
on the square. aud they wondered
why this money had not been
obtained, il it was true that it had
been offered at forty-eight hours notice.
as stated by Mr.. McGuy. One of the men
said he did not believe that any body of
men would lend so large u sum OF money
with such poor security aud he charact er-
lied it as being pure game OF bluf.
Another Mass Meeting.
A meeting of the strikers was held on
the Marino fats Mr.. McGuy called the
meeting to order at 12 o'clock. He said:
"At our last meeting l promised that
would be able TO give you some definite
mittee would be able to do, hut the
conferences which have been arranged
with the manufacturers are not yet over
and therefore cannot give you the result.
The conference is now going on at one of
the mills and will probably last two or
three hours. Another will be held on
Monday afternoon and another on
Tuesday morning. / may say that tn Q
prpposition which thu a execuIiye 4 commif-
tee wilt put before The manufacEurers
on behalf of the weavers is on the basis OF
two mills per pick with reduction of fif-
teen per cent. from the gross earnings.
and l think this will be reasonable
compromise. as it will be q reduction OF
about 10 per cent. from the old list aud
it will be great advantage to have a
standard basis Of this kind because then
in case Of any alteration in either good
or bad times. the reduction on the
gross earnings can benz ade more or less as
the state of trade warrants We propose
that loom fixers should receive So 25 per
day. Dresser tenders s2 per day. and
that no reduction shall be made from
any person who earns less than 81 per
day.
''We look upon this as an honest settle
ment and shall try TO obtain il. IL we
caLnot get this then we shall fight it out.
been engaged IN the negotiations during
the week. but we have requests from
New York and Boston {, send them over
and are promised good support. They
will therefore go today TO meet the
unions in those plac.s The meeting was
adj urned til! Tuesdsy at l2 O'clock"