The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18
THEY ARE COMBINING
SILVER MEN or ALL PARTIES GET
TING TOGETHER.
Thc Factory Operatives Are Work
ing at Wages Tint sc"rccis
Keep Them From Want.

hartford. Conn. June l5.-Pursuaht W
=, call issued by the democratic committee
the committee OF the peoples party the
timetable league and other Organizations
opposed to trusts and monopoly met III
his city and laid plans for the elections
-, the coming October. Such step mas
never been taken before, as these eieV'''N'
are simply for town Offices. but as the
seloctmen elected this fall will form the
election boards in next years cohsress'o""'
elections. an unusual fight VIII be mare
10 carry as many small towns as posslo'e'
The CITY elections lust held have all SHOWN
great democratic victories, and the con-
vention decided TO consolidate all parties
onposed IA the 'robber tariff and the sun
moro obnoxious gold standard. under the
load Of tho democratic State committee
Alexander Trump Of New Haven Is It's
chairman. All outside forces are under the
management OF the peoples league OF o'h-
necticu, William Nj. Curran of pam
field is chairman. DR.. j. Perkins OF Dan
folsom p. Il. Driscol of Jewett City and
co,onel Il. NJ Graves OF Hartford are
vice presidents and C. b. Montgomery
editor of the eleanor, is secretary anu
treasurer. After the election of othcers'
reports were heard from every district Ill
the state showing most deploraoie sta'e
M affairs among the wage earners' Inc
creat cotton mills OF Windham and New
London counties are suffering the worst.
At least 10000 people are employed IN
these mills aud during the last campaign
thu owners and their agents went from VII
lace % village and tcld the people tnat
the election OF Bryan meant the shutting
down OF the mills and the election oil NC
Ktnley meant more wages and more WORK
The facts of the case are that times
have been growing steadily worse untl
nothing but want is found on every hahd'
Wages have been cut twice in some
places Mills are going on short time
and good weavers. who previous 10 the
complete decentralization OF silver in 1888
earned from Sli to Sl3 per week are now
glad TO labor sixty hours week Tor any
thing that they can get Some earn $500,
some 81 and many more less than 81 per
week. Ten long hours in a cotton mill
with the thermometer pointing at 96 de
greea all day long for the sum of 20 cents
is nice condition of affairs under Nc
Kinley and prosperity administration.
thousand hands. Last fall, James o.
Sweet. the agent promised the men pros
perty and good times as soon as the cleo
ton of Mckinley was assured. But last
fall and this summer are different times.
The hundreds Of employees who believed
him and either voted for Mckinley or
falmer. are now ekeing out miserable
existence on starvation pay, and find it
easier to lose job than 10 get one.
In Central village the owner OF the Kirk
mills promised good times when Mckinley
was elected as confidence would then be
restored. Now he is running his mills four
DAYS week instead of six. and We're il
not for a bountiful supply of field weeds
used as greens and little fish caught in the
mill ponds the cotton mill operatives OF
Eastern Connecticut would go to bed hun
CRY nearly every night.
Times are daily growing worse. Failures
arc daily increasing, and no man knows
today what his financial condition will be
tomorrow The thousands of nicklc plate
workers. brass holders, wooden operatives
and cigar makers of Connection; are daily
learning the hard lesson Of Mckinley and
prosperity. Nearly every shop and fac
tory had last fall picture OF the advance
agent OF prosperity painted upon its walls,
some outside, some inside. The hungry
workingmen who are enjoying that pros
perity, are now preparing to draw a cur
tain over those beautiful pictures by their
ballots at the next chance that is thrown
in their way
| How can q cotton mill owner pay cents
| 70; a pound OF cotton that, counting waste
will only weave FIVE and one-half yards
of cloth at Ia cents per yard and afford
to pay any higher wages.
| How will increasing tho cost Of cotton 90
per cent assist the cotton mill owners to
| pay more wages or weave more cloth to
| sell for less than the cost Of raw material
and wear and tear of machinery, tho wages
Of help and fuel not counted.