The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-22
The Fall River Manufacturers
Agree 10 Run on Short
Time Until May |.
Tic New Working Schedule Will
Take Some 100000 Pieces
From the Market.
MILL OWNERS IN RHODE ISLAND
Will Be Asked to Join In the Movement
Mills to Run Forty Two Hours Week
Until the First Of May.

Fall River, Mass, Jan. 22.-An appre-
ciable curtailment Of the production OF
cotton cloth of the various descriptions
and goods made by Fall River mills is not
only impending but almost a certainty.
This was practically the announcement
made after yesterdays general meeting
of the Cotton Manufacturers associa
tion.
President Andrew Borden presided.
and only the curtailment subject was
discussed, for which the meeting was
called, in view of so much talk among
the manufacturers and brokers for a
fortnight. The mills represented were:
The American Linen. Anawan, Barnard,
Border City, Bourne, Chace, Cornell,
Durfee, Fall River Mandatory, Flint,
Granite. Mechanics. Merchants, Meta
comet, Pocasset. Richard Borden, Robe
son, Sycamore, Shove, Slade, Stafford,
Tecunseh, Troy, Union, Wampanoag
and Weetamoe.
Before the meeting ended paper was
circulated, and the first signature was
that Of M. G. ID. Borden, owner of the
Fall River Iron Works company. repre-
senting a quarter of million of spindles,
pledging the signers to a curtailment OF
product. TO be secured by shutting down
the mills for two days a week. making
~ hours, instead of 5s hours, per week.
from Feb. until May l, or 13 weeks.
The provision is that $500, 900 spindles be
n represented on the agreement
Secretary Rounseville stated, in an
interview, later, that. while the papers
ere largely signed, several mill men held
= D0k until they were Instructed by tn8 di-
Tba v,x,,ff faa will
take charge of the movement and will
try to get cooperation from manufac-
turers in New Bedford and Rhode Island
On the strength of representations made
at the meeting, citing conference by To-
cal agents with agents In other places,
the curtailment will be general. It Is
necessary to secure outside signers to
bring In the required number Of spindles
to make the plan operative. Fall River
alone will present 2.000. 900 spindles In ia
vor of the curtailment.
The present weekly production of this
city is 220. 900 pieces. The short time will
bcut out about &C, 900 pieces, or nearly a
million pieces In the aggregate, for the
Is weeks Brokers say this will bring
khe needed relief, and they advise the
adoption of the plan, and believe that 1t
hwill come.
The Manchester Mills.
Manchester N. H., Jan. 22.-Agents
here have been seen, and would have lit
tie to say concerning the alleged curtail-
ment They are not directly affected,
however, by the Fall River mills ac-
-tion. At present the mills Of Manchester
: are running on full time. Agent Herman
II. Straw states that he has received no
authority yet to curtail working hours.
and until something definite is received
matters will continue as they are.
Situation In Lewiston.
Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 22.-Inquiries at
cotton mills in Lewiston show that the
agents have made no plans for cur
tailment, neither do they expect the
Fall River curtailment to effect the mills
here.
Lowell Mills VIII Not Curtail.
Lowell, Mass, Jan. 22.-While Lowell
mills are feeling the effects of the stag
nant market for cotton goods. the agents
here state that they do not anticipate
an immediate curtailment