The sun., 1894-08-29
THE FALL RIVER STRIKE.
oyE OBJECT or THE HANDs rs TO
BULL THE MARKET.

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r.., Tbinh thst the rries OF Cottor Goods
,rm eo a., r Pros-e.,o, NJ. ts,o-,.s.
~ rh., That's vv,,.. Wal, NJ, m.
-. - =. -. -
No s'O. .
st Issue "o"" N'er~se Fss NJ
Cotton Goods Worhe-- The strikers
C.u the Cessation OF WORK Vacation
,,. A. no IN. .,..,. -
fh,. ~ :, - a., - 80.
on W . NJ -. ~ . 90, - 80 80 - .,.. s
ohn ph - IL. -. 81, - -.
fMr' w '.o ~ 49,. . =. :, 80. ~
witnessed "a some yesrs "nne n,s e.''so
against reuucuon III wasos primarily, ~ IN
reality AT s''e'np. " .ao " .no mn,
" nun tne inarAe' ior .
eoods rms inc omployees eNoW 70 Ds ' sneir IN,
tenton' Ihey oon csh IL suAe' iney o@h
taVcauon.
Ihey say tnaV tnere nHe oeon en o'e, p,Vuu.
uon IN tne cotVon Eoous oas,neeo' ~ enu .n"s :"
order 10 Keep prices up " 10 nooeseery 70 kNo
the country an opportunity 70 consume .ne oser-
stock. When thsth gone tne oemsho win 20
on Just the san,e' out tne sooos won 90 w tnero
" supply IL, ana oonscouen. ,lee IN pr,oe'
must ttoilow' Is An attempt ON snoil pa't '
troll . market which 1t takes 1b,o4O,0O spindles
and AGA sse looms TO supply, By stopping the
production OF 2'o4o'4ss splnales ana oe'os
looms, or 16.47 per cent What the outcome
must be Is Of course obvious.
But II II snoulo nappen tnst tney e.o i'sns
then they will win their strike. Incidentally
III, 80. - coz, ~, srsrx ,va es ssrn.r
OF the mill workers 70 compei every wage ., Garner
nm o sor ~. OWN .Sirt and y for re- everything he
p -. .hioh ,bsv n,annfsc,urs. The chief user.
of the cotton sturs manufactured at Fall River
arc the men and women of small means.
InSF0 hio EO,s-O pcISoho o"pAoJeu III Sho uiiho
In Fall River. and their pay roll foots up to
s17a,s76 a week, an average of something
over %. IL Is proposeo 70 reouoo tnelr pa! zen
per cont. which would bring the average down
70 about So, This includes everybody working
M rn .ne mil nsis" ,Ss, iva po =, ,b,. .,o,Sa a..
back 70 1892, when threats Of tariff tinkcrins
s...n A,th., ,,r,. ths nrio. NJ oo,ton sooa.
such as arc Manufactured here. was = l-leth
cents yard, and tho average overstock of all
III. mill. wa. about 1000 pieces. That same
year the State Legislature passed law re-
duc,nE the hours of labor to tlfty-eisht hour.
week mo nanuiao'uro,s u'u ~ nos feuuoo ~ 'no
pay. and the reduction In hours was equivalent
.,.o.,on ~. :, ,ann,sc,ursr. ,ro-sss.d ,ba w.s.s
n sae rs aer ren srfns the tota {es
cfeese zen per ceh. ahey t dio tnas witn0u. ia
strike and II was ehssged az the time tnat was
2 matter OF fact II was done 70 avoid strike.
ZINES wero ere prosperous. MI ~ une % nuns m mv.e ,s
p such time the employees, were preparing %
annSa,, uoa ren nra a,I n,atin pynnner anS
conid afford to give @ the Increase. They 9sured I
that that & .hs Srea,t ,, OF giving " "Nhou' demand
WAS w0rtn som1th,ng; ing. ,or ,o can't. IN J.,,-
.ry. 1sSs to sss cents in April when it became
h y, 81, tnas .he m @ f w m Ss 70 spts Ue .nHeiea m
gust and % ess cents later. when Il was certain
shSs tnS % AN WerS n9t 70 oe 6 ,a No
knew what they were TO pc; Many Of the. the fac;
.p[ies WI iT sn " ~. hIn9 .ts % y.
to % supply the demands, and the demands Seea%s
nnnra,nce anu Ient arnving nnt ths weet ondin
overstoek Kep. s%S 4S nn5 uHs s .hc week ehalns as
Ing Aug. rs II was s3o,ooo pieces, ana iast week,
Mhen no rsctoaeS were running % hgd ana tere S s,ss s
oun thousaha. NC
Snort ni.er sne Prices & r ana ,o whon
70 keep on going down, the 10 per cent Inc increase
~ dmsd tnr e 40 axS 10 ~ 70 AK mn. ac
compished Without strike. but with lots OF
sbout smother reduction red % began las. februaTy.. .
The actual cost OF Misunderstanding cannot be ac-
Sersnt Iniiis S. n Il In The ie6borhood OF two
and thEee.Sunr.srs senss , In S sSTe in mills. mills
tw9 sno s nh 0ents, :, nna m ,b, . W.
am am ne nr.c,nrs Low a. Two csnts but the
writer, writer has not been able TO hnd any in his
When the matter of . reduction was first
cb A aavaral NJ he m daclined
OF ~, ~ YEA M s tbn arond thnt a. wnu1d
s,,rsIy isaa ~ sfriI. and thst Il WAS cheeper
~, ~ ,h, " ali. n,.n ma ali The nrodurt ~
~. m 80 t ~ n 4, ,ynnld Ne 10 close them mn an
,inaIn io .ba al .Snsnse. ~ mill hatrg 40
heavy. inc pIic9 OF ciotn az Ip .iniSS ras Ss
% GEMS. o,sr Io~n nntii n Stp,ch oH Tbs
%anpfsntnrers hoIdina OF came In then. and
,h u - s,rora' o.ea nt1a,inn asc,dad 10
the manuf,daure orssTnht.son Ths n,.r ISo.aed 20
orssnized IN All branches. They recently Got
TSSssa s.ra NJ nnnaron. con fsrsncs. kstx.sen tha
mnnv,"ctnrs.s SrS committaes ~ rSe smo
niovs.s snS ,hs 1ormsr nfysred so nrovs that
tbs.sIII, 20 nrIcs c ~ annJ. S1srs ioWsr than The
sc,rsi 90, Gss,ia Al ths SronIoyess aScsnt he
wsavsrs wsrs sxiii}na aftsr innS onsidaretion
70 accent tba rSdnc1Ions s
The weayers constitute the larger proportion
NJ ths emnIovasS Thsv dscIined IN nccent the
rstnc,ianp M Se. nn, ~ ,ha n, ~ hull
.eouctioh, and mere comes the attenpt 70 ou1
he market feature: Using the Worus OF one OF
ther number. the situation Is this:
THE manufacturers said that they had nearly
nine hundred thousand pieces in stock, and the
surniua was hsIn0 increased reoularlv Thav
ssid az nrioa -. ~ a. an csnt. W.
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