The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-24
Something That Irritates the
Idle Weavers.
Letters From the Committee to the
Business Mems Association.
Il-Advisec Utterances OF Members Not
Endorsed by the Organization.
The NEWS BUREAU. oLxKyvnLx,

No. SHartford Avenue.
The weavers of the Atlantic Mills are
much disturbed over a statement reported
10 have been made by business men In re-
sara To the giving Of credit and that the
strikers would gain nothing except a fe W
weeks idleness and return TO work at
their old wages by remaining out at tn Is
time. On hearing these rumors the exc
eutive committee prepared the following
letter:
To the Secretary OF the Business Mems Assooia-
wesyeps ~ s was sesSn,f ea,s meeting Of the Atlantic
tnst the business men Of olneyviile or Their
s1p;Gb,es 20 D,O TsTs eI,Satns stories dsrOssIory
ahyshlng that concerns us should concern you
hard sus,ngss snrns. men and people with whom the
efs Is spent we claim that n they could not
sbonIS Us q, q word OF nope or ENCOURAGEMENT we
IN thls unequal struggle beweep capital and
n,ns, .spoI; While thanking the business men OF
compelled to inform you that, contrary TO ali
r&RSs ss&RSss's; ,S there % are Few among Us who are
brains. We think. as individuais, we are each
own aars oas ~ & us as capable Of managing
ls'gnedl WILLIAM. wELoH.
Per order Of executive committee.
While the letter is dated April 22. the
secretary nor no member of the associa-
ton received word OF IL until today, w hich
would appear that ii was to be used for
enect outside, more than to have an
ihnuence on the association men,
pers, who are inclined to
look upon ii as wholly uncalled for. and
1t Will probably go unnoticed.
Inc association has held no meeting
since the beginning OF the Atlantic trou-
oie and Is In no way responsible for indi-
Vldual speeches, even IL the parties who
give voice to the utterances claimed are
members OF the association.
Durlng the Rtrike of lSn2 not nptfI No
quested by the strikers did the business
men have anything to do about the strike.
While there were many who were in
sympathy with the strikers then they did
not peiieve IL was the province OF the
association to meddle with the affair. and
from the speech Of the business msn this
morning the same feeling prevails now.
BUT, said prominent busl,ress man
TINS morning, "a few letters like this and
the strikers cause will be materially |
weakened. 1t was an ill-adviaed move to |
make the assertion contained in the COM |
munication."
IL looks as though the strikers were
becoming irritable. The secretary of the
association received the letter at 10 O'clock /
this morning from the hands of the
: sescre,ary. s Inc next regular meeting of
! ne association occurs May Goth, and liz
is not thought any spscial meeting will be
called TO take action on the communica-
tion.
looay completes the second week OF the
olneyvilie strike and the aggregate loss
10 operatives amounts to $4,000.
There was meeting OF the weavers this
morning and IL was arranged to call a
meeting at 6:45 o'clock on any morn
ing that the gates OF the Atlantic
mills may be opened. This move is for
he purpose of holding the strikers to-
gether and preventing any from return
ng 10 work until aut uthorized bv tho ma.
ority vote.
There Is TO be mass meeting, Friday
morning at 9 o'clock
The trouble at the Merino Mills has been
al iisfactorily adjusted.