Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-10
RIVERSIDE M|LLSTR|KE
Only Thirteen Weavers
Return 10 Work.
SITUATION IN FALL RIVER.
Spinners and Manufacturers Still Fail
to Agree.

A strong effort was made by oficials OF
the Riverside Mill in Olneyville yesterday
to break the strike of the weavers against
the two.loom system.
For more than a week past agents of the
company have been circulating among
the strikers to persuade them to return to
work. TWAS imagined that more than
half of the 90s operatives who are out
would go In yesterday. When time came
only Is reported. The company is disap-
pointed at the result. The reason for the
failure was that the entire plot was en-.
posed at a meeting Of the wsavers, when
the dissatisfied weavers were persuaded
to remain.
IL IL stated that those who are now
running two looms will join the strikers.
Although they are not union weavers
they will Join the strikers and be pro-
tected by the union. Yesterday 63 looms
were running. 40 double. 70 single. When
the double loom operatives withdraw It
will be impossible to run the mill. It In
also stated that the first installment of
material to be made ut Blackstone will
start tomorrow, and that when 1t ar
rives the operatives will refuse to weave It.
Neither Side VIII Yield
NEW b BEDFORD, Mass, April 10-Wam-
sutta officials made another unsuccessful
attempt yesterday to run No. mill.
Not one of the striking weavers re-
sponded to the notice of ''open gates"
neither did the delegation of knobsticks
from Rhode Island and Lawrence show
mp. This In the eighth week Of the strike
and both sides are still firm.
Trouble In q Lynn Shoe Shop.
LYNN. Mass, April 1o.-A strike Is on
at the shoe factory Of Aaron Il. Smith, In
which 80 men are involved. The men de-
manded an increase of Is per cent The
demand ives refused. and while the men
were consulting as to what action they
should take Mr.. Smith discharged them.
Concluded to Return 10 wsrk
MANCHESTER, N. H., April 10.-The
striking cutters and trimmers In the shoe
factory of Kimball Bros, who went out
on a strike TO resist a reduction OF wages
last week returned to work yesterday on
the old schedule rate of wages.
The Fall River Trouble.
FALL Ri YER, Mass. April 10 The con-
ference of the committees from the man
ufacturers' and spinners' associations, nd-
journed from three weeks ago. was held
yesterday afternoon. and further con-
tinued without action for two weeks.
For the splnners Secretary Howard
argued that owing to the improvement In
business the best thing to do was to
agree to an indefinite postponsment of
action. Goods had recently been con-
tracted for in excess OF the production,
and there was slight advance In the
price OF cloth. The stock on hand was q
little reduced. Mill stocks had depre-
cisted only about an average of 2 l-2 per
cent.
The manufacturers did not agree with
these statements They did not think
that the improvement was permanent,
and even now spots could not be sold at
1919 cents. The mills could make both
ends meet, but there was no profit In
manufacturing They did not believe in
shutting down, and the only thing to do
was to cut down wages.
The spinners quoted Lowell and Law
renee figures to show that prices of labor
were as high in those cities as here, while
the product was lower They asked for a
postponement of stated length II an In
definite one would not be given.
The manufacturers declined to do so,
and asked that the spinners come In the
next time prepared to accept PROPOSE
tion of slight cutdown. or make prop
osition.
They answered the spinners that they
did not call Representatives Of the weavers
and carders into conference, because the
weavers' and carders' unions did not rep
resent the whole of their classes Of en-
ployes. The spinners' association oonsti-
tuted the whole Of the spinnsrs, and the
committee could get full power; they
anticipated no trouble from the weavers
and carders The spinners suggested
consideration of sliding scale of wages