The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-29
Manufacturers Decline TO Accedo to
Terms Of the Strikers.
THEY MAKE A PROPOSITION,
ButThat IL Rel jrcted by Executive Com
mittee Operatives I'm tho Mills to BE
Allowed to Settle tho Caestion of
Accepting the Germs offered.

The strike in Olneyville has now en-
tered upon another phase and it is hard TO
tell what the result will be. The terms
proposed by the strikers committee have
been submitted to all the manufac-
turers and a counter proposition has
been made by the latter TO the strikers.
The list which was ubmitted TO the man
ufacturers has been rejected. On the
other hand the executive committee de-
clines to accept the terms offered by the
mill owners.
The subcommittee appointed to wait
upon Mr.. Fletcher at 2 p. m. yesterday
saw that gentleman who said it would
be impossible to accept their
list of prices for weaving as the weavers
on fine class of goods were favored
whilst another would be reduced
10 per cent. He submitted another list
which he said equaiized the two classes OF
wesvers, and as q compromise he would
make rebate OF per cent. on the list
originally proposed.
The same proposition was made by
Messrs. Taft & Weeden to the committee
which waited upon them and they further
stated that the price offered was higher
than that paid in Woonsocket and other
places. The subcommittee returned from
Executive Committee Meets.
The executive committee met in Mystic
Chain hall at 4 p. m. to receive the reports
OF the various committees. They
remained in session until p.
m. After the meeting closed
the chairman said that their list of prices
had been rejected by ell the manufac-
turers who proposed to make reduction
OF yer cent. from their list prices. This
Mr.. McGuy said could not be accepted.
The executive committee decided to call
meeting for each mill and let the opera
tives decide for themselves whether they
will accept the terms offered by the man
ufacturers. He said the executive COM
mittee were determined TO let the strikers
themselves take the whole responsibility
Of deciding whether they would ae-
cept the terms offered. For himself he
thought the struggle would be prolonged
until January, 1894.
Strikers Hold n Mass Meeting.
A mass meeting of the strikers was held
this morning on the Merino fats, Mr.. Nc
Guy presiding. The chairman said this
morning he had some news to give them.
had waited on all the manufacturers
where the operatives were on strike and
submitted the list prepared by the exec
utive committee, but they had all rejected
1t. A counter proposition was made, upon
which all the employees seem to have
agreed, to take about per cent from
the original cut down for weaving, but no
deduction was made for any of the other
oil ccao ~ holm Thio xroo very ,,poo io foc-
tory to the executive committee, but it had
decided to let each department in the
various mills decide what they would
do and the meeting would be held
today and Friday in their various halls so
that a report could be made on Saturday.
OF course the manufacturers will open
their gates on Monday, whatever
the strikers decide, but the executive
committee will now prepare to enter fully
into the fight. There will be a large meet
ing in Music hall on Monday and the op-
eratives will parade from Olneyville to
the hall. He hoped that the children in
the mills who are now working for 81
cents per day will show up i'm the parade.
Mr.. McGuy thought il they remained
out two months longer the markets
would be better and the manufacturers
would only be too glad to give the price
proposed. "In fact they want to start their
mills now," he said, "but they imagine
we are going to give up" He thought
the report which had appeared to the ef-
feet that their finances were getting low
and all such reports had made the man
ufacturers worse TO deal with. There had
been too much outside talk. He wanted
the strikers TO look at the matter
on all sides to consider the state of the
markets and also that the winter is on us.
He said he knew it would be hard for
many of them to stay out another two
months, but he repeated that il they could
they would win their battle. He stated
that $50 had been received from Meriden,
Conn, s25 from Court Hope, Ancient
Order of Foresters, and go from East
Greenwich.
Delaino Mills Close for the week.
A notice was posted in the Delaine
mills this morning that the mills would