The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-10
Vigorous Turn
of Affairs.
MARLBORO APPEAL


Marlboro, Dec. 9.-The seven shoe
factories from which 5000 operatives
walked forth Nov. A. are stilI as silent
and forsalen as ever Nothing has as
yet been done towards bringing the
manufacturers and union people to-
gether. The business men are begin
ming to feel the strain and are anxious
that a truce shall be declared and the
friendly relations of years between the
two parties be resumed.
A number Of business men have
shown their sympathy for the strikers
by financial contributions to the union
relief fund. One man has given the
treasurer of the union 500, and another
has contributed $50 The officers OF the
unions still say they are as confident as
ever and that not a break can bel
found in the whole line
That the union people in this city are
determined to wage an active war on
the shoe firms is seen by the following
which has been furnished the press
this evening". 1t will be presented at
the American Federation of Labor.
The statement first gives the ironclad
notices posted by the manufacturers
ana Lflc answer OIL the ullDu lIGl GU
and concludes as follows:
And whereas, the S. H. Howe Shoe
Company, ]. A. Frye John O'COnnell
and Rice & Hutchins have refused to
take down the ironclad sign to submit
alleged high prices to arbitration, have
refused the good offices of the state
board Of arbitration and conciliation
and have proclaimed to the world that
their old employees in order to obtain
employment in any Of their factories
must sign away their rights and lib
critics for oRe year and at a reduction
in prices of from Is to 40 per cent, and,
Whereas, the manufacturers named
say they cannot make shoes at a profit
at present prices yet they offer to
some individuals an advance in some
instances of 20 per cent over present
prices, why do they do this? They eX-
pect that by appealing to the cupidity
and selfshness Of some Of our men,
bers they may secure sufficient num-
Der to cause a break in our ranks,
therefore, be it
Resolved, that we, the members Of
Joint council No 5, representing the
boot and shoe workers of Marlboro,
Mass, most respectfully petition the
American Federation of Labor in con-
Vention assembled at Kansas City, Mo.
to proclaim the products of the firms
named unfair and request the nem-
bers and friends of organized labor
throughout the United States Canada
and Great Britain (Rice & Hutchins
send goods to Great Brittany to alb
stain from aiding those unfair firms
by patronizing their product.
Resolved, that these resolutions be
| sent at once to General President John
| It. Tobin of the Boot and Shoe Work
ers' Union, for presentation to the con
| vention at Kansas city next Monday.
! BY order of Joint Committee No. 8,
Of Marlboro, Mass
! The committee Of the joint council
issued the following this evening
| showing an increase for twenty years
Of the various firms interested
1877, 1897.
| John A. Frye. .S25, 800 $3.50 OF
John O'Connell .,........$ 25 $50 $1S5, 0Si
Rice & Hutchins ..,..$13. 800 $50, 94(
S. II. Howe Shoe Co.. $40 $50 $346, 40;
Marlboro contributed its third sacri-
| ice to the country today, when join
! Otis Cole private of Company F, Sixth
| Massachusetts regiment, passed away
Private Cole breathed his last at The
| residence of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Benjamin c. Cole, IA Russell street, a.
| Il o'clock this morning. Quick con,
,
young soldier contracted a cold in Port,
Rico in the latter part of August liz
rapidly became worse so that finally h,
was sent north on the hospital ship Bay
State and arrived at Boston Sept. %
He remained at the Massachusetts gen
eral hospital six weeks when he was re
moved to his home in this city, The bes
II care was given him but hope was
abandoned from the time he came homt
M HI ftsfE 10 hot . L..
would come soon The soldier was 9
years old at the time of his death. II,
volunteered at the first call of Presi
dent Mckinley for soldiers and wa
mustered into theiUnited States service
at Camp Dewey.
After the Sixth regiment had been a
Camp Alger a short time he was trans
ferred to the signal service When tn,
sixth left for Porto Rico he was trans
ferred to Company F at his own re
guest as he thought he might see NOR,
service with the Sixth. The funeral O
Private Cole viii take place at the Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church, Mondal
afternoon at o'clock. The funeral viii
be Of military character, and will b,
the first time that such an event ha.
occurred in Marlboro within the mem
DRY OF the present generation. Rev. Geo
). Pine will conduct the services ant
it is expected that Company +. Pos
43, G. A. r., f. c. Curtis Camp. Sons o
Veterans, viii attend. As stated before
the death of Private Cole makes tn
third man from Marlboro who has of
fered up his life for his country in tn
Spanish war The other two were Err
nest D. Marshall who died on tn
LampaSsaS and was buried at Port
: Rico, and Willis F. Page. who died OF
the Lampasses and was buried at sea
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