Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-19
Is That Now Presented in the
 Mills at Fall River.
DECIDED OPPOSITION
Against Accepting the Reduc- tion Reopened-The Manu-
 lecturers Entirely at Sea.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Oct. 1S.-Contrary to expectations of manufacturers and much to the surprise of the public in general, tho striking weavers now manifest a de- cided opposition to returning to work un- der the terms offered some weeks ago. Though there are hardly s0.oOO out of 56, GOO looms in operation, the idleness seems to run in streaks.
 In the northern section of the city, where the Border City, Sagamore, Narragansett, Weetamoe and Mechanics mills are To- cated, there are hardly fifty weavers work ing. In the eastern section, where the Stafford, Hargraves, Flint, Wampanoag, Bernard, seaconnett and Cornell mills are, fully nine-tenths of the looms are running, ana nearly all of the old weavers are in charge.
 The Hargraves No. 2 and the Chase mill, in the southeastern part Of the town, have not ten weavers at work in them. A little closer to the center of the city the Robert son mill has but few weavers, while the Davol mill, directly across the street, has 600 looms running out of possible HOO. The Tecumseh and Richard Borden mills, in the same vicinity, have only half Of their looms running. Less than an eighth of mile away the Pocasset and Durfee mills are operating every loom, and the Union and Granite mills are gaining weav- CTS every day. The Calumet had every weaver at work this morning. On the river front the Iron Works mill is running l, in full at 10 per cent cut in wages, while across the road the American Linen mills are running nearly full under the reduc- tion.
 In the southern part of the city the Bourne mills are running with every weaver at his place, while at the Shove mill, situated hardly 500 yards distant, only @ third of the looms are running. The Conacut mill is shut down. The Os- borne mill No. has only about thirty five looms at work. Osborne No. 2 is eshut down and the blade mill shows gain. The King Phillip is running about 12OO looms.
 A great many of the strikers have returned, but a large portion left the city and they are not expected to return until n more set tied condition exj~.s. The manufacturers are at loss to ? -oount for the cratic calness of the weavers. In some instances the mills which paid the lowest wages and were operating the poorest looms are the ones in which the weavers run into their old places. The Hargraves mill No. is prac- ticaily idle, despite the well known fact that wages there average 10 per cent higher than in mill No. |. The strikers will march to- morrow to the eastern part of the city and will endeavor to induce further resistance among the weavers who have gone back to their old places.
 The union is doing nothing towards ef- fecting settlement. No letters have been sent to manufacturers and no appeals have been made to the public. The manufac- turers are rsttled. The secretary of their organization says some steps will be taken imm ediately to shut down the mills for another period should it be necessary.
 The strikers do not want to return to work apparently. The margin in the market has fallen from S5 to 70 cents since the spinners accepted the compromise re- duction and the demand for the product does not include the decline in prices.