Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-18

.,onal labor aI 90 Led that no
ford - Ind asking that all
sire >ncentrated on the for.
iier Lowell operatives held in
abeya -~e decision to strike, pledg-
ing their support to the other city.
The strikers in the other places men,
toned have yet to be officially sane
toned by the governing labor body.
There is one feature of the labor
troubles and cut-downs which may
manifest itself, and that is the return
to their Canadian homes of hundreds
OF families who speak French who
flock to the States in winter to secure
employment.
Following is an estimate of the
number of operatives affected by the
cut-down but the actual result will
scarcely be seen until the new sched-
ule of wages is tried: knight, God
dard and Chase's mills in Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island and Connecticut,
100000; Lowell mills, $4,000; Lewiston,
5000; Fall River, 1000; Biddeford
and Saco, 1000; other Maine mills,
1000; Nashua, 5000; New Hampshire
other than Manchester and Nashua
5000; Worcester county, 5000; Holy
oke, 10000: Vermont, 10000; miscel-
laneous, 5000.
Woonsocket, r. l., January 1.-THE
2,3C0 people employed in the Social,
Globe and Noruse mills of the Social
Manufacturing Company and the Clin-
ton mill, in this city, went to work at
reductions of wages averaging, it is
stated at the Offices of the mills, at
about ten per cent. Fears are felt that
trouble may yet arise.
Biddeford, Maine, January live
ry department of the Pepperell and La
coma mills in this city, and all the
departments of the York mills in Saco,
with the exception if the carding and
mule spinning rooms, shut down to-
day as result of the decision of the
operatives to resist ten per cent. re-
duction in wages, which was to go into
effect to-day.
At the York mills in Saco, the weav-
ers remained out and were followed by
the finishers and ring spinners. The
cut at these mills is said to average II
per cent. There are 1,500 operatives
and 51,204 spindles The management
of the mills refuse to say what their
policy will be regarding the action of
the operatives.
Lewiston, Me-, January 1.-THE OPP
eratives of all the mills here except
those of the Androscoggin went to
work as usual to-day under a reduction
in wages of from 10 to II 10 per cent.
At the Androscoggin mill only seven
out of 400 weavers went to work. The
reduction went into effect at the mills
of the Continent and Androscoggin,
Hill, Barber and Bates corporations
and at the Lewiston bleachery and dye
works. The total weekly pay roll of
these companies has been S43, 900, about
$3.50 operatives are employed and the
number of spindles aggregate 279,000.
Boston, January 17--On January 8
the reduction took effect in mills en-
ploying about $4,000 hands The re-
duction to-day affected the cotton
mills of Maine, Rhode Island, Connec-
ticut, the mills of the New Bedford,
Lowell and a large number of smaller
places in this State and New Hamp-
shire. The Atlantic and Pacific cor
poration of Lawrence and probably
the other cotton mills there and in
one or two places elsewhere will make
a cut next Monday.
8 The cut amounts to about 10 per
cent. in many places, but in several
centres it is II 1-9 per cent. and even
higher, while in few small mills 1t
is only about per cent.
The New Berford strikers will be
supported financially by the opera
tives in other centres and it is said
they are prepared to hold out until
spring. The national organization OF
textile unions has also voted to sup
port the New Bedford strike
1t is estimated that the reduction
means a loss of between Sio,u00 and
sS5 900 a week to the wage earners IN
the six States, and additional loss to
strikers in the various centres If they
remain idle even for short time, Will
raise it to a much higher fgufe.
Worcester. Mass, Jancary IA re-
duction in wages of about 10 per cent.
went into effect to-day in the Linwood
cotton mills and Whitinsville cotton
mills in North Bridge, the UXbridge
cotton mills at North Bridge and the
Saundersville cotton mills at Saunders
Manufacturing Company also cut
wages about 10 per cent. where about
so hands are at work. The operatives
at all of these mills, about 1900 in
numebr, have quietly submitted to the
cut down and went to work as usual to-
day.
Fall River. Mass, January 17.-Wlth
the exception of the spinning depart
ment of the King Philip mill all of the
mills of this city are running in full.
The mule spinners struck according
to programme and were Joined by the
frame spinners. This stopped the spin
ming department of the mills, but all
other departments were in operation.
Providence. R. l. January ia cut
down from 10 to Is per cent went into
effect in a majority of the Rhode ISL
and cotton mills to-day. This affects
the mills controlled by B. B. & r.
Knight, Goddard Bros, and the Lippett
COMPANY. The operatives employed
in these mills about 1880. and the
weekly pay roll is about $4,000. Thir-
teen other concerns operated from this
city also put the reduction OF wages
into effect to-day.