The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14
IN NEW BEDFORD.
All Of the Operatives Unions Ready Fo
Mondays Battle.


All of the Operatives Unions Ready For
Mondays Battle.
New Bedford, Mass, Jan 14-The mosi
interesting incident of yesterday in the
labor situation here was the attempt OF
the state board OF arbitration to heal
the breach growing out Of the exclusion
of all of the labor men except the spin
ners' representatives at the arbitration
conference Tuesday afternoon. There
has been feeling of soreness among the
weavers and other operatives ever since,
which was not appreciabiy lessened by
the statement of the state board on We'd
nesday, throwing the blame on the man
ufacturers. Thursday afternoon Mat
thew Hart. secretary OF the Cotton
Weavers' Protective association, re-
ceived dispatch from Richard L. Barry.
the labor representative on the state
board, asking him TO meet him at the Old
Colony station this morning at 1886
with such other representatives of labor
unions as he might get. This dispatch
was brought up at the meeting of tho
weavers' committee. and IL was voted
ITO send Mr. Barry telegram saying II
would be impossible to make an appoint
ment with him for today. The weavers
state that their representatives lost s1i
by staying out of the mills Tuesday tc
attend conference from which they
were shut out. and If a member of tho
state board desires TO meet with them.
he can see them next week, when they
are idle in consequence of the strike
The weavers' committee perfected ar.
rangements for mass meetings to be held
In furtheranee OF the strike.
AT mass meeting OF the Card and
Picker Room association at the north
end last night, at which 500 operatives
were present. speaker stated that an
attempt would probably be made by one
north end and one south end corporation
TO keep their mills running the first day
of the strike by Offering fancy prices,
and he warned all operatives TO reject
such offers and remain away. IL was
unanimously voted TO resist the cutdown
and stand by the other unions. Secre-
taries Ross and Mills addressed the meet.
ing Secretary Ross said that the 40C
spinners would have contributions OF
$1,000 from the national body to divide
among them weekly during the strike.
The Loomfixers and Slasher Tenders
unions both voted unanimously to strike
on Monday. Both unions have promise
of backing from Fall River and else
where.
In the city council last night Council
man A. p. Smith introduced the follow
ing order:
Ordered, that a joint special commit
tee of the two branches of the city coun-
ell to consist of the mayor and the presi-
dent of the common council. with power
TO enlarge the committee as they deem
eXpedient, be appointed 10 consider the
matter .of the impending troNble re-
garding the mill situation and 10 CO.
operate with view to making some ar.
rangements which will avert so serious
q matter as strike.
The order was adopted and the com.
mittee appointed.
Secretary Samuel Ross stated last
might that tie proposition which he made
TO the manufacturers at TUESDAYS con.
ference, when the state board of arbitra
tion was present, was TO the effect that
the strike could be averted by the tax
ing down OF the notices of reduction anc
thus transferring the scene OF the re-
sistance of the cutdown to Fall River.