The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-24
TROUBLE WITH
THE SP|NNERS
Progress Of the Great Strike in Massachusetts
Cotton Mills.
A LONG and Bitter WAR BEGINS
The Lockout Under Way - 1t Was
Settled at Secret Meeting of
Manufacturers - Weavers in New
Hampshire Go Out-New Bedford
Employees Non-Committa About
Comforting Over $4,000 Thous-
and Are Idle.
FALL RIVER, Aug. g.
GPHE great textile strike here today
developed into a lockout, and,
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0PHE great textile strike here today
developed into a lockout, and,
as n result, tonight will see 25,-
u 900 idle mill operatives in the
city OF Fall River. Notices we're posted
in the mills early this morning, which
established beyond question that the
war between labor and capital here is
to be long and bitter one. Tonight
every mill operated by the men who
are members of the Manufacturers
association will shut down indefinitely.
These mills include every establish
ment engaged in the manufacture Of
print cloth. and the shut down throws
% G45 men and women out Of EN- 10y
msnt There are at present about 2, 800
who have voluntarily quit work, which
swells the total to about 25 600 idle
operatives
The decision to close was reached by
the manufacturers at their secret meet
ing yesterday, and is the result of an
agreement to close the mills at any
time that three-fourths of the looms
were silent for any cause, This. was
true yesterday, and today's notice re-
suited.
The shutdown will leave a total of
3, 215 employees at work in the Barnaby
Manufacturing company, Fall River
Iron works. Connecticut and Seaeon-
net mills. These establishments are
engaged in the manufacture of goods
that do not come under the manufaC-
turers' agreement. The Weayers' as
sociation met this afternoon to discuss
the advisability of calling off the King
Philip mill strike, which has been on
for some time. If this is done it will
place the strikers on the same footing
with the other employees.
NEW HAMPSHIRE JOINS
SUN Cook, N. H., Aug. 23.-Four
hundred weavers in the China mills
here did not 90 TO work this morning
as result of the reduction in wages
equal to the cut down in the Fall River
mills Wages here are governed by
the scale in Fall River, and the opera
tives were accordingly notified Of
10 per cent. cut down on Tuesday.
They objected strenuously, finally went
out, and today refuse to return, No
tees of reduction have been posted in
the Webster and Pembroke mills also
and strikes may follow. The weavers,
who are nearly all French Canadians,
are not members of union, but now
will probably organize.
Out of 2.471 looms in the China,
Webster and Pembroke mills 1900 are
running this afternoon. Agent Jewell
stated to an Associated Press reporter
this noon that he hoped for an AMIGA
BILE settlement of the difficulty, but in
case none was arrived at within short
time work in all the mills would be
stopped.
New BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 90 The
principal feature of interest in the
strike situation today is the conference
TO be held tonight on the call Of Mayor
Brownell. The labor secretaries have
voted to attend. but manufacturers are
non-committal. Messrs. Barry and
Warner, of the state board of srbitra-
tion, have arrived. They said they had
come simply to look over the ground and
will decide later on their course The
gentlemen hold conference with the
officials of the Spinner's union. Later
they had session with Mayor Brown
ell, and have approved his course. The
weavers and back boys hold meetings
on the Common this morning. The
boys took steps toward the formation
Of union and passed rules for fining
boisterous mem bsrs. 1t was voted to
elect "big feller" treasurer.