New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-27
NEW. BEDFORD MILLS RUNNING.
PRESIDENT ROTCH THINKS THINGS ARE
NOT so RAD AS REPORTED.

New Bedford Mass April S-The mills Of the
three Rowland corporations are running to-day as
~ nothing had happened. and. ms far as Is KNOWN
they will continue TO run until greater necessity
! arises for stopping them than now exists the
| employees are depressed over the unexpiained
absence Of Mr. Rowland than they are over any
probability Of the mills being involved. In all the
mills the help express willingness 10 make any
reasonable concession in order 20 relieve the stu
alton. Some OF them have even talked or ofering
to work at n reduction to help the management
the difficulty. or 10 work a while and let the
manageme withhold the pay til some more pro-
pitous time.
At the corporation Offices things are running along
as well as they can. President Rotch Is acting as
head of the concern and Mr. Card Is accepting new
orders and attending to the regular business as
usual Attachments have been filed against the
Rowland corporations by Herman Capelle Co.
and Gustav Ainskn & Co.. cotton dealers Each
concern has two attachments one in an action OF
contract and the other In action of tort. In
each attachment the amount named was $4,000.
Deputy Sheriff Nickerson to-day filed two attach
ments-one for $4,000 in the interest of Peter II.
Corr of Taunton and the other for 81 900 In the in
tcrcst of the Taunton Dye Works and Blcachery
Company. Both were actions of contract
Morgan Rotch. president Of the Rowland. Rotch
ana New-Bedford Manufacturing Corporation. said
this morning that he Is fully satisfied from what he
has been able to learn that the condition OF tho
properties Is not bad reported and that later
developments will prove encouraging rather than
otherwise. The expert who is going through the
stock on hand, Edward Kburn. has great task be
fore him. and the exact conditions of things cannot
be known until ne has finished: but everything. in
Mr. Rotch's opinion indicates that when all the fig
ures can he spread out matters will be found in
much better shape than al first anticipated
! Nothing like such condition that in the case
the Columbia and Bennett corporations is posi-
BILE said Mr.. ROtch. land ! am confident that the
very given to the public at the start
| We have as yet discovered nothing that leads one
to think otherwise | do not mean to say that the
stockholders Of the three corporations have not lost
anything. but the loss they Will have 10 meet Will
| be small"
There is little that is in the affairs Of the
| Bennett and Columbia mills. The receivers have
| made no new movement since Saturday. The COM
mittee Of five chosen at the meeting Of the cred
itors of Frank r. Hadley Saturday have con-
sldered the question before thcm-the choice of q
| committee Of three advisers. With power
! and have selected Samuel b. Hopkins, of Boston.
, and Edward s Brown and Hosea :. knowton, OF
! New Bedford. the first question for TINS commit
| be continued in Mr. Selfridec. administrator
! appointed and the assignment dissolved. This Is
| purely legal question. ard has been referred TO
| Mr. Knowlton Until II is decided. nothing further
| will be done.
| New Bedford. appeared before Judge Maynard in
the Superior Court to-day and asked leave TO pre-
! sent a petition for the appointment OF a recover
| for the Rowland. ROtch and New Bedford mills.
but the Judge referred the petitioners To the SUI
Stetson declined 10 give the names of the RECEIVERS
| proposed.