The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
STRIKE NOW IN FULL SWING.
NO EFFORT MADE TO RUN ANY OF
THE MILLS At NEW BEDFORD.

NO EFFORT MADE TO RUN ANY OF
THE MILLS AT NEW BEDFORD.
Popular Feeling So Intense That the
Managers Feel That 1t Would BE
Unwise TO Attempt to start Up at
Present-The Strikers Quiet ana
the Situation seems to Have Set
tied Down to a Waiting BattIe-A
Crowd Around the AndrOScoREan
Mill at Lewiston, But no Violence
offered the Hands Going to " orIS.
Boston, Jan 1S.-Grim determination on
the part of both SIDES coupled with a de-
fined issue between employer and employe,
as well as practically an absence of any
sign of demonstration were the features
of the second day in the great strike in
the cotton industry.
As yesterday. interest centered almost
entirely in the strike al New Bedford
where the disturbances of yesterday led to
the belief that similar demonstrations
might be attempted to-day. Nothing of
the kind occurred, and the strikers
strengthened their cause by making the
question of fines a definite issue with the
mill owners.
1t is just possible that an agreement on
this question may lead to some satisfactory
ending of the whole matter in that city,
although at presents such an outcome
seems distant,
The matter of financial support to the
strikers was generally discussed not only
in New Bedford, but in Biddeford, saco
and Lewiston, Ne, and while the union
strikers seem to have 10 anxiety regard
ing the next three months. the nOn-union
men, who are all out, fear that they may
not receive sufficient support
In Fall River the managers of the King
Phillip mill, where there is a strike, went
so far as to say they were willing to rem
edy the union grievances, but further than
this there appears TO be no change in the
attitude of the mill owners up TO to-day.
In New Bedford the weaver's union to-
day voted to endorse the action of the
mass meeting of Friday and make the re-
moval of the fines system an issue in the
strike. With relations to the matter of
the request of the weavers of the Wam-
sutta mills, Nos !, and Z, returning to
work on the promise that they would not
be cut, the meeting voted to lay the mat
ter on the table.
Biddefort, Ne, Jan. 1S.-The strike situa-
ton here is unchanged from yesterday
The Pepperell, Lacona and York mills
remain shut down and there is every midi
cation of a long struggle.
committee of York operatives called
on Agent Paget to-day and endeavored to
secure and adjustment Of their grievances
on account of the reduction.
Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 1S.-Everything was
quiet at the Lewiston Cotton mills to-day.
At Androscoggan. the only mill where
trouble exists, a crowd gathered about
the gates, but no violence was offered
those who passed into the mills. So all
sections of the mill are running.
Fitchburg, Mass. Jan. 1s.-The weavers
of the Hochage cotton mill, who struck
on yesterday against reduction in wages,
thereby compelling the factory to close,
returned to work to-day. The weavers,
who were the only operatives who opposed
the cut, decided to accept the reduction.
New Bedford, Mass. Jan. 1S.-Not one of
the cloth mills of the city made any at
tempt to run this morning.
The experiences of yesterday, especially
that OF the tnclplent riot last evening at
the Bristol mill, showed popular feeling to
be SO intense that it would be unwise to
make any effort.
The thousands of operatives are quiet
and everything seems to have settled down
to a waiting battle.
The Spinners' Union tonight voted to
pay the members of the strike 81 a week,
each member to be allowed 25 cents for
ra.1I NO H.. : g.
of age. 1t was also voted to pay doffers
$3.50 and joiners 8. The strike pay COM
fnences Saturday, Jan @.
Woonsocket, r. l.. Jan. 18-Notlces were
posted in the Alice Rubber mill to-day an
nouncing a shut down on Thursday night
for two weeks. The mill is owned by the
United States Rubber Company, and en-
ployes 100 hands