The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-28
THE GREAT TEXTILE STRIKE.
LABOR TROUBLES IN THE NEW
ENGLAND MILLS.
Ihe Prospect ola Long Fight Between
inc Mtll-Owncrs and the Operatives
An Effort to Rcconcilc the Ditir,-

| Nh 'h'fe W NccOncllc the Differ
enCeS.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. August -.
The great strike of textile operati yc
mas developed into q period OF doyyc,
and determined activity on both side
ana thcrc arc no new dcvcloOmcnts 0
! interest. To-day The feeling is thu
other yarn mills of the city are no
likely to follow the lead oi the How
inha corporations SO soon as was pre-
dictcd Yesterday. Whatever their do
cision may be there is likely to be !;
continuation Of the strike against th,
present manufacturers far beyond Tho
t!Aio set by many at the beginning O
the trouble. All arrangements made
by operatives and their EMPLOYERS AZ,
In anticipation Of q long battle.
Mayor Brownell has issued tho fol-
lowing call:
The fact that 10000 operatives in
our city are unemployed is a public
calamity OF so much Importance to ali
classes OF citizens that | feel justified
in making uu attempt to relieve the
city of this unhappy and embarrassing
situation SO fatal to New Bcdford's in,
terests. feel that if citizens repre-
scntlng our mill management and in
forests and also those rcprcscntinr
the operatives will come together and
confer and consider the situation in
the spirit OF the greatest good to the
greatest number, q course may be de-
termlned on which will he of benefit to
all concerned. a fire is much more
easily extinguishcd ut its commence
mont than after the structure is in
hames, while the saving of property is
vastly greater. therefore invite re-
representatives. of the mill corporations
and operatives to meet in Room 4, Lib
crty building, tomorrow, Thursday.
evening at o'clock. Let us meet as
citizens imbucd with u spirit of recon-
citation and a CeSire to accomplish
what Is for the best interests OF 0ur
city"
Mayor Browncll states that he hopes
that the board of trade arbitration
committee, of which he is chairman.
will decide to act with him in tho mat
ter. He thought it we'll, however. to
issue the call today in his capacity of
mayor OF the city in order to save time.
Ihere was mass meeting of the
wcavcrs on the common this morning.
an immense throng was in attendance
and the enthusiasm was unboundcd.
speeches were made by Secretary Hart
and three other members of the Wcav-
made by the speakers were in rcfuta-
tion of the statements Yesterday bv
Andrew G. Pierce that the charge that
cuts have been lcng gthcncd or other un-
fair advantage has been taken of the
help is untrue.
An attache OF the Bennett Mills, who
Is in close touch with the management.
stated today that the mills have Il large
number OF orders on hand. which arc
Tor delivery in the near future II
determined stand is taken against the
demands of the operatives they will of
necessity be cancelled
FALL RIVER, Mass, August 22.-Thc
splnncrs ut the Sanford Spinning Com
pany went out on Il strike today, re-
tuslng to work under Il further rcduc-
tlon. They have been working at lower
wages than arc usually paid in mills
where cOlOrcd hosiery warns are made,
The back boys in the Globe yarn mills
have left their work and the spinncrs
there are idle. Secretary O'Donnell.
OF the union, went to the mill today TO
try and effect Il settlement, but no
agreement had been arrived at up to |
o'clock.
The following corporations have
shut down for an indefinite period ::
Anawan, Barnard, Cornell, Durfccs.
Nos | and ?; Flint, Hargravcs, No / i,
Granite, No 3; Laurel Lake, Robcson,
sycamore, Border City, one mill ::
Stafford, two mills; Tecumsch, one
mill: Wampsnoag, two mills, and
Wcetamoc. The Shove Mills will close
tomorrow night and The American
Linen Mills will close Saturday night.
The number OF looms running in the
other mills varies from 80 to 900.
About 236 spinncrs and 1900 wcavcrs
are out of work, and as the yarn con
tlnucs to accumulate the carding room
ana other employees will be thrown
out OF work. Print cloths are very
firm and offers to buy ut ~ cents have
been refused
BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 22.-To-day
Secretary Supplce. of the board of ar
bitratiOn and cOnciliatiOn. notified the
manufacturers and strikers of Fall
Rivcr and New Bedford of the eXis-
tence of the board and its objects.
The notification calls the attention of
manufacturers, corporations and other
employers Of labor organizations
throughout the Commonwealth to the
provi"ion of the law for the settlements
OF differences between employees and
employers.
This is the first step ever taken by
the board in matters OF this kind.
Commissioner Berry states that the
committee is closely watching the state
of affairs in Fall River and New Bed
ford. I'VE have sent word to the par
ties OF our existence" he said, "but
the law requires us to do more. II the
troubles still retain their present scri-
Gus aspect we will visit the cities i'm
question either tomorrow or next
day.
FALL RIVER, Mass. Aug. 22.--It has
been learned beyond question that lhc
executive committee Of tho manulac-
turcrs' association met this Afternoon
and voted to order all mills under
their control to close tomorrow for an
indefinite period. The order will cause
the throwing of 1000 people out OF
work and the stoppagc of plants vari-
ously estimated at $40, 600, 900 to $50
100000 in value. No one seems able
to predict how long tho lockout will
continue, but it is generally expected
that it will go on until the market
shows some Improvement
FALL RIVER, Aug. 23.-Thc publica-
ton OF the agreement to shut down
the mills was u surprise to many
manufacturers. w,.ln they picked uJ
their papers this morning. Notices OF
the shut down were mailed last night,
but 1T was the intention to keep the
whole thing secret to-day. 1t was
agreed that when three -fOurths Of the
spinners represented by tho signcrs tC
the agreement should conclude t(
order the pursuit of II certain course
the others would stand by the urdcl
that was issued Tonight, therefore
1T is confidently expected that every
mill in town will close except tn,
Conanicut, the Barnably Gingham
which has boon shnt lnwn nnI III.