The Portland daily press., 1894-09-18
AT FALL RIVER.
Manufacturers We're Benefited by
the Strike.
THE MARKET IMPROVED AND THE
SURPLUS STOCK Is REDUCED.

There is a Disposition Among some of the
Mill Agents to Put on the Screws and
Force their Help in if PossIble-There
Seems No Prospect of Settlement at
Present.
Fall River, Mass, September ~
Tonight it seems the plan of the manu-
LECTURERS is to push the operatives to the
wall and exhaust as far as possible the
resources of the labor unions, particula-
y those. of the spinners, which are
feared BY the agents. If in the end ii
becomes evident that :values are some
what real and it is not necessary to
wh1ttle them down to lower basis
wages will undoubtedly be restored.
Meantime'it issproposed to put on the
screws and teach the help, they would
be better off had they consented to work
for what they could get. There are
agents who do not endorse Ethis plan.
who argue it was fortunate thing for
corporations that the weavers remained
out The companies that were carving
q big stock have been especially bene-
ntted, and weekly statements show
That II the mills continued to run on full
time there would now be over million
pieces on hand, and in all probability
the market would have been below s.S
CENTS This basis has been low enough.
There Ff''
OUGHT TO BE NO GREAT RISK
in starting on three cent market with
surplus of 300, 900 pieces, particularly
when no objection was made TO running
Ior months on much lower market
with 100000 to 800, 600 pieces on hand.
This city practically controls the market
for print cloths and can manipulate it at
any time without causing distress to Ia
Dor, provided the manufacturers will
act together as they are acting now. II
is not necessary to stop every factory for
two months stretch to produce the de-
sired result The operatives accepted
one cut-down without the slightest hes
ltat1on, and can't be blamed for not
accepting another on top of it, in case
theY think they can improve existing
conditions by taking a vacation.
THEY HAVE LABOR TO SELL
and have as much right to sell it on the
best terms possible as the employers
have to prop up the market or curtail
the product They also have the right
to combine to make the power of their
organizations as effective as they can.
as long as they do not resort to violence.
These quoted remarks were by large
stockholder today He hopes a break
may be made in the manufacturers'
ranks in a few days. Interest centres in
the action to be taken by the Globe
yarn aud Sanford spinning companies In
view of the restoration Of wages in the
Kerr thread mill. member of the
executive committee of the Manufacture
ers' Association said this afternoon that
it mattered every little to,that body what
action they took, inasmuch as it was a
violation of the terms of the original
agreement when Agent Sanford offered
to compromise with the spinners and
carders. Agent Sanford was in consul
tation with Secretary Rounseille this
afternoon, and it is generally believed by
the operatives that he will soon reopen
the gates of his concern. Such con-
cession would not be regarded as a spec
ial victory on the part of the operatives
from the fact that New Bedford aud
Taunton yarn mills resumed operations
under the old schedule some days ago.