Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-11
THE CRISIS At HAND.
Democrats Alarmed at A.
titude Of Republicans.
A COMPROMISE MEASURE.
The House Repeats the Election Laws
by q Large Majority.

PROVIDENCE, Oct. 1l.-Richard McGuy,
chairman Of the msnaging committee OF
the big strike, last evening made the fol-
lowing statement to reporter, which
represents the sentiments of the 5000 op.
sratives concerned in the trouble:
ave figure that we can win the battle
In two months. We are prepared, finan-
cially. TO stay out that length of time. BY
Dec. IL will be necessary for the manu-
facturers 10 begin work on heavyweight
goods. The looms must be started, and
the weavers will not return to work until
their demands are complied with.
1--WE are fighting not alone for our own
bread, but we are fighting the batule Of
the whole country. The successful appli-
cation OF the cutdown in Olneyville would
be the signal for similar action on the
part of the manufacturers of Philadel-
phia, woolen manufacturers OF Massachu-
sets and Of the various other sections OF
the country.
Our hght is for principle affecting
weavers throughout the country. There
fore should our own pocketbooks give
out before the fight is won, l think there
is not the slightest doubt that wooden
employees throughout the country will
come to our aid with funds.
"The cutdown Is unreasonable. We
have carefully considered the various lists,
and find :hat the weavers' reduction will
average 80 per cent During the time
that we have been working short time the
price Of the necessaries Of life has gone up.
house rents are advancing, and everything
co-operates to make IL cut which we
cannot and will not stand.
"We are out for higher wages, and we
are gong to yet, il possible. even better
ones than the scale before the cut. We
want tue Philadelphia standard - two
mills for a pick-and we shall not return
to work until we get 1t, or something
better tnan the miserable pittance we are
offered.
"There will be no conferences with the
mill owners just at present, however. We
are getting thoroughly organized before
deciding on plan of action"
Organization Going On.
The grand plan of the strikers is now to
thoroughly organize every department OF
the mills. The weavers are TO be taken
first, organized by mills, aud then ANAL
gamated into Providence Weavers'
union, to join proposed national body
Of weavers.
II Is uncertain yet whether the body will
join the Federation of Labor or the Tex
tile union. The pan Is to thoroughly or
ganize the weavers here, following all
over the country. or course, all depart
meuts Of the mills are out here, but 100
of the 5000 being weavers. But the weav.
ers are the skilled workers, and without
them 1t is useless to attempt to run the
mills
Following out this plan. the weavers of
the Riverside mills, which employ about
325 men and women in the weaveshops,
met in the armory at 1880 Papers were
provided, and large proportion Of the
weavers enrolled themselves for the pros.
pective union.
At the same time the Saranac mill
weavers were meeting in Carlisle hall, en-
gagged in the same manner rs their fell ow-
employees at the armory.
In the afternoon the armory was filed
with young girls These were girls EN-
ployed in various departments OF the
woolen mills, mostly drawer tenders,
twisters, spinners, carders and spoilers.
They spent the afternoon in organizing AS
the Olneyville woolen workers.
The drawers-in and handers-in, who are
weaveshop employees, meet today at the
armory, as will also the burlers aud
sewers, all for organization. In the ever
ing there will be big gathering in the
hall.
Every day this week, with the exception
Of today the armory will be open from y
a. m. to II p. m, and will be occupied by
various bodies from the different mills, all
engaged in the work of organizing
The strikers are realizing their weak
ness In not organizing long ago, for just
such contingency, and they are pre-
pairing to make amends for their negli-
gence.