Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-20
At LAST.
BigSt[ikeat0|ney-
Vile is Ended.
IT COST S6jo,OOO.
Help and Employers
Make Concessions.
STORY OF THE STRUGGLE.
The Busy Clash Of the Machinery Will
Be Heard Tomorrow.
STORY Of THE STRUGGLE.
The Busy Clash Of the Machinery Will
Be Heard Tomorrow.

The executive committee of the Olney.
vile strikers, under the leadership of
Councilman McGuy, have formally ac-
cepted the modified schedule of the Olney-
vile wooden manufacturers and the en-
ployes will all return to work tomorrow
morning. The cut down, as modified and
finally agreed upon, is 1-2 per cent. bet.
tor for the employees than what was first
proposed by the manufacturers.
Story of the Strike.
The Olnsyvflls woolen mill strike has
been the largest and most bitterly fought
that has ever taken place In this state.
N was inaugurated early In October when
NE mill owners put into effect heavy re-
duotion In salaries. On more than dozen
occasions IL seemed like q settlements be-
Ing reached, but each time some obstacle
turned mp and the strike went on.
All Took . Hand.
The business men, the clergy, the city
ofheiAls and the governor were in turn
appealed to and endsavored to bring
about satisfactory adjustment, but un-
I'll yesterday they met with no success.
The Saxon mill operatives were the first
Flstohsr and Farweu Of the Providence
National and Saranao mills presented re-
vised schedules, which were accepted by
the operatives, but then the two mill own
srs would not start their mills until suoh
times Is the owners Of the Weybo and
Riverside mills agreed 10 pay q schedule
similar to that which they had submitted.
The Weybosset mills swung into line
A.
Flstcher-Farwell schedule, adding to their
concessions yesterday noon by agreeing
that the ''soab' help who had been re-
Gently employed should not be given pref
srsnce over the strikers. This left only
ths Riysrside mills as the stumbling
block.
Back to Work.
u was noon when the executive COM
pittee waited upon Treasurer King Of the
Riverside mills, and five thousand people
waited In Olneyville square to hear the
result. When the committee announced
that Mr.. King bad come to terms, agreeing
70 adopt the Fletcher schedule as basis
Of settlement. tho operatives went wild
with Joy.
The compromise means that 1-2 per cent
was tsken from the original reduction Of
tn0 We4VerS. Inc WOrSJeu mule splnnerS
had theiy reduction reduced from Is per
cent 10 10 per cent, and the wooden mule
Splnnsrs received similar concession.
The drawingin hands had their pay
Axed at II 10 cents per 1000 threads.
Young operatives earning k3 and $3.50 q
week, who had been cut down 10 per cent,
had their reduction reduced to per cent.
Glad Tidings.
The executive committee received com
wunioations from mill owners announc-
Nc that they have agreed to pay on Sat-
friday what Il earned by the operatives
this week, and operations were resumed
this morning.
II u estimated that the strike has cost
she help ts60, 900 In salaries, and the busi-
Asss men OF the district $500, 900 more.
About $4,000 In contributions has
been received by operatives from various
sources since the strike went into effect.
The Wanskuck mills, 1t IL expected, will
Be started the coming week. These mills
shut down Just before the strike.