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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
NINE THOUSAND IDLE.
What a Strike Means in the twenty-five
New Bedford Mills.

New Bedford. Mass. January 15.-Noth-
ing apparently cap prevent strike of all
the operatives in the cotton mills In this
CITY, All attempts at fixing the matter
ND between manufacturers and operatives
have failed and 1t is now assured that on
Monday morning will start one of the
longest if not the bitteresu fights between
capital and labor that was ever attempted.
The operatives of 20 mills, numbering
1925 hands will be forced into idleness
and SIS, 500 spindles and 81 $40 looms will
be hushed. The operatives were paid to-
day in all the mills for last weeks work.
Pay day for this weeks work will be
next Saturday and significant fact, and
one showing that the manufacturers in
tend to insist on the ten per cent reduc-
ton, was seer in tho fact that all the
cloth was removed from the rolls in
several of the mills This fact alone is
enough to show that the operatives have
no hope of having the reduction restored
to them without fighting for it.
Mayor Ashley tonight stated that the
Joint arbitration committees of the board
of trade and city council had received no
reply to their resolution sent to the man
ufacturers requesting them to postpone
the cut down in wages for another week.
and no inti1nation has come from the
manufacturers that they have or will take
any cognizance of the communication.
The action of the weayers last night has
complicated the situation for the manu-
facturers and they wers sure tc have a
strike on their hands whether they took
the notices down or not. Four Of the
mill treasurers met and had an informal
talk, but no one would say that any action
had been taken.
The most sensational incident of the
day in connection with the mill situation
was the action of some of the stockhold-
ers of the Dartmouth mill, which has
so, 000.spindles and 400 looms, employing
ESQ operatives and manufacturing fine
cotton goods. This is the newest mill in
the city and James W. Allen is the treas
urer. This was an attempt to break up
the combine among the mill men and
cause the notices of reduction in the Dart
mouth mill to be taken down. Early
this morning some Of the stockholders
who were not in favor of cut down in
wages started out to have a meeting of
the stockholders called to cause the man
agement to pull down the notices. Some
of the stockholders were sure majority
Of the shareholders of the mill would SO
vote. 1t was found in the attempt made
to bring about break in the ranks of
the manufacturers by having their mill
go out of the combine, that it would be
necessary to have the directors call
meeting on the petition of one fourth of
the whole number of stockholders and
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
BlDpEFoRD WILL HAVE POLO.
Mr.. Fred Kelsey Obtains Control of tn,
Franchise.

Arrangements were completed yesterday
afternoon whereby Mr.. Fred Kelsey OF
this city will take tho Gardiner polo team
to Biddeford and manage the organiza.
tion for the rest of the season. On account
of the fact that Hadley and Hackett
jumped Gardiner the deal whereby the
club was to be purchased by Messrs.
Clarity and Sullivan of this city fell
through, and yesterday Mr.. Kelsey OBJ
tanned control of the team. The manager
is an old polo player and lover OF the
sport The franchise could not have fallen
their initial game in City hall tonight,
and again Tuesday. They would have
opened in Biddeford tomorrow night, but
Mr.. Kelsey could not get the hall IN
readiness, SO Manager Burnham allowed
him to play the game in this city. The
receipts outside of the expenses go TO
Biddeford the same as if the game was
played in that city. Mr.. Kelsey's friends
will undoubtedly turn out in big num- ers
to give the new manager good send OH.
The team opens at home with Rockland
Thursday. AS to the two men who have
jumped, Hadley will not be greatly
missed, and in Murphy Manager Kelsey
has far better man than Hackett. In
regard to Mr. Houlihan not paying the
men, it should be stated that their pay
had been held back as an incentive not to
jump. All will be paid in full, and have
agreed to 60 to Biddeford. Mr.. Kelsey
goes to Gardiner this morning to bring
the team to Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
LEWISTON FEELS SORE.

Lewiston polo. eranks are feeling
very sore over the result of the game il
that city on Friday between the loca
team and the Portlands The Lewiston
journal has this to say. about the mat
tr.
At Lewiston city hall, Friday evening
Portland did up Lewiston at polo, 10 tine
tune of 5 to D.
The Portland boys also took the starch
out OF Lewiston backing. for it is known
that many Lewiston and Auburn dollar
won't to Portland on the Friday night
Pullman.
An advance guard of Portlanders came
to town Friday afternoon with mint
of money to bet on Portland's team. They
''laid for'' Lewiston and Auburn's sport
ing blopd on the street corners, in the
stores andsshops everywhere, and many
a wager was made on the result of the
evening game.
The fact that Lewiston has made such
a fine record throughout the season
doesn't go so very far towards soothing
the fellows who lost their hard learned
money on this particular game. Before
this. Lewiston has lost only two games
at home, :; onesof which really belongs to
Lewiston. + The principal thing which
troubled the critics in Friday evenings
contest was the apparent Indifferent
playing of Mr.. Furbush and Mr.. Tar.
rant 1t was apparently an off night
with both of them. The Lewiston back.
ers were eager for more of Furbush' &
long, hard drives, and for Davy Tarrant's
quick rushes and mastery pickups. Once
or twice Furbush accidentally passed the
ball directly to Portland players, while
many of his drives went vide of the
mark. He had long list of misses
charged up to him at the close of the
game and the crowd refused to be com
forted. His defensive work was better.
But the game was fairly and squarely
won by Portland and all there is for Lew
iston is to get a move ON for the next
battle.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
People in State of Anxiety Over the Indus
trial Outlook.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss.l

| Biddeford, January 15.-BiddefoPd anC
Saco people are in state of anxiety anf
nervousness over the industrial outlook
here. Next Monday is the date set for thu
cut down of ten per cent in the wages o.
| operatives to go into effect, in the Pep
perell, Laeonia and York mills, in con
junction with other cotton factories
throughout New England. Whether thu
operatives will all go to work as usual,
| Monday, and accept the reduction as In
evitable, or will resist the cut by strike
| time alone will determine. IN some OF
the departments strike seems sure &c
come, but the employees in other depart
ments take conservative view and are
using their influence to avert trouble.
| About sixty women employed in Over
seer Henry L. Spencer's carding room In
the Peppereu notified him that they
should not return to work Monday unless
the order for the cut down is Withdrawn.
Committees of web drawers, mule spin
ners and dressers have waited on Agent
Macarthur with demands for d contdnu-
snee of present wages, but received from
him no encouragement he being power
less to act against the vote OF the dlrec-
tors. The mule spinners' committee in
formed him that the organization they
represent had decided to strike unless
their request for a continuance OF the
present schedule was granted. But so
far as could be ascertained tonight, the
mule spinners, who arc the pest organ
lied of all the local operatives, prefer to
wait and let others take the initiative.
Their union has troubles of it's own in
New Bedford, and the Biddeford branch
stands ready to meet its assessment to
help carry on the strike in New Bedford
What action the dresyers have taken as
a body is not known outside their asfeln-
bly hall. but there seems to be general
feeling that they will lead the forces Of
resistance, Monday. Tonight a mass
meeting of mill operatives was held in
Hardy hall. The hall was crowded to its
doors Harry Rupp. president OF the Maine
branch of the Federation Of Labor, pre-
sided. and addresses were made by Thos.
Tracy and James Woods, Boston labor or
ganizers sent here to work among the
unattached operatives. The speeches were
of general character, urging organiza-
ton of mill operatives in every depart
ment. There was nothing of an infiam :
ipatory nature in their remarks, but some
of the audience at times INDUCED in ex-
CARNATIONS of vindictive character. One
of the speakers said that if the textile
workers throughout New England had
been well organized this general cut down
of wages would not have been under
taken.
The situation among the York mill
operatives in Saco is unchanged. Trouble
is feared there Monday.
Agent Macarthur OF the Pepperell and
Laconia millssreturned tonight from Bos-
ton, where he went to consult the corpe-
ration officers. He had nothing to say ex
cept that there had been no change in the
order for cut down.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
IN BLACKSTONE VALLEY.
seven Thousand Operatives VIII Work at
Reduced Wages

Pawtucket, R. l., January 15.-In the
Blackstone valley Monday 1000 mill
operatives will begin work at wages re.
duced from what they have received up
to today. This reduction, it is Announces
is from 10 per cent to IL 1-9 per cent. The
operatives say that in some instances the
reduction is more than announced. The
mill hands have and are vigorously pro-
testing but they have thus far decided to
continue at work, chiefly on the ground
that it is very bad time of the year for
a strike, and then again it is expected
that they can fight the battle out in New
Bedford. wTu .e
The largest mills are those of the Ions.
dale company at Lonsdale and Ashton,
employing in the four mills 8, 0G0 hands,
the only ones to escape reduction are the
employees of the bleachery. The Berkeley
company, in reality part of the Ions
dale company, employ about 75o hands.
The Lonsdale company makes standard
goods, sheetings and Hollands, while the
finest cambria and lawns made in Amer
lea are made by the Berkeley company.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
a QUAINT OLD scHooLeooK.
Samples of Some of the Peculiar Prob
LENS That 1t Contained.

EAmDlGS OF SOME Oh tho = SSN-'~- a -SD'
lens That 1t Contained
E. T. Carson has come into possession
of a quaint mathematical volume. The
title of the work is 1.-THE Federal Calcula-
tor. American Schoolmaster's Assistant
and Young Mans Companion. This
book was published in Troy N Y, in
1909, the author being Daniel Hawley.
The author IN his preface declares that
he would not have attempted to perfect
the work had it not been for an act of CON
gress, passed in April, 1899, establishing
eagles, dollars, dimes, cents and mills as
the common money of account in the
United States, this mode of keeping &C
counts growing SO rapidly that the author
presumed he was serving the public by re.
vising and adapting it,
Among the general problems at the close
of the work are a number that seem pecul-
lar at this day. Among them are these:
An ancient lady, being asked how old
she was, to avoid a direct answer said:
have nine children, and there are three
years between the birth of each of them;
the eldest was born when was 10 years
old, which is now exactly the age OF the
youngest. How old was the lady?"
"a gentleman went to sea at II years
OF age; eight years after that he had son
born, who lived 46 years and died before
his father, after whom the father lived
twice 90 years, and then died also. de-
mand the age OF the father when he died. "
g A man, driving his geese to market,
was met by a man who said, Good morn
ing, with your 100 geese. 4 have not 100
geese says he, but if had half as many
as ] now have, and two geese and a half
besides the number I have already, I
should have 100.' How many had he?''
The last three pages of the book are
taken up with what the author gives as
"copies, y among them being these:
"When sorrow is asleep, wake it mott
"Malioe seldom wants mark to shoot
att
"Better unborn than untaught.
"He who seeks trouble never misses it, :"
"Kings, as well as other men, must
die Indianapolis News
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
LEWISTON I: ROCKLAND, 4

Roclsland, January ,15.--The visitors
defeated the home team this evening IL
an uninteresting game. Both goal tend
ers put up good game. The line up anc
summary
Lewiston--Tarrant and Walton, rush
ers; Fitzgerald. center; Furbush, hall
back; White, goal.
Rockland-Murphy and Q Malley, rush
ers; MCGOWAN and Gendreau, center
Maynard, halt back. 'Malley, goal.
Goals. Won hY. Rush by. Cnued BY. Z.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
IN SIX STATES.
The Cut Down is General Throughout
New England.

Boston, January 15.-The operatives in
over half hundred cotton mills in the
New England states ceased to be paid
under the old schedule of prices when
they left their work this afternoon. On
Monday morning the general policy of the
manufacturers to reduce wages will be in
effect in nearly every mill centre in the
six states. The cut down will then be-
come operative in the cotton mills of New
Bedford, Lowell, the PaWtucket and
Blackstone valley in Rhode Island, and
in the states of Maine, Connecticut and
New Hampshire. The Fall River mills
with the exception of three corporations
cut wages earlier in the month as did also
the Amoskeag company of Manchester,
and the mills in Salem and q number of
smaller places.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
LOGAN CARLISLE DEAD.

Washington, Jan. 16.-A private de-
snatch received here states that Logan
Carlisle, chief clerk of the treasury de-
,,.r+ment under the last administration
and son of ex-Secretary Carlisle died in
New York today.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
IN OLDEN TIMES

People overlooked the Importance Of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action; but novv
that it is generally known that Syrup Of
Figs will permanently overcome habitua,
constipation we'll informed people win
not buy other laxatiyes which act for a
time but finally injure the system. Nv q
the genuine made by the California Ri,
Syrup Co.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
NEW BEDFORD CLUB DIsBANDs.

/. A Providence despatch to the PRESS
says that the New Bedford polo team Of
the National league has been disbanded.
The reasons given for this are the i'm
pending strike in the cotton mills in New
Bedford, the crippled condition of the
club and its hopeless position in the
race. Campbell, who formerly played
in Rockland, has been transferred to
Salem. 1t is expected that John Smith
will come to Maine, but to what club
is not stated. Roberts and Conway of
New Bedford go to Providence, and tho
other men of tho defunct team will be
released
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
WHERE FOOT BALL PAYS.

New Haven, Conn, January 15.-Ao-
oording to the report given out today by
Manager D. G. TwitoheI, the total re-
oainfs Of the Princeton football
came were s2S 1896. n, and the expendi-
t11ras si 23t. S5. Princeton and Yale each
rreeceiyed sl2, 0S27l as their share of the
net receipts.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
TWO DROWNED.

Buoksport. January 15.-Relatives of
Lewis Whitnlore of Verona, and William
Abbott of Buoksport, were notified this
morning that two men were drowned last
night in the Penobscot river, near Sandy
Point, about three miles below this town
while fishing.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
MCCOY CHALLENGES.

New York. January 16-Charles KID
Mccoy has returned to this city and has
issued a challenge to Robert Fitzismmons
and James j. Corbett for q fight for the
heavy weight championship of the world,
and announces that he has posted "a for
felt Of $1,000 with the Police Gazette.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
BATH, 8; GARDINER, 2.

Bath, January 15.-Gardiner was de,
feated tonight in lively game by the
Bath team. The home team played all
around the visitors. The line up and sum.
mary:
Bath-Chapman and McGilvary, rush
ers; r. Mooney, center; Murtaugh, halt
back; Burgess, goal.
Gartliner-Dawson and Turner, rush
ers; Perry, center; Tobin, half back
Murphy, goal.
Goal Won bv Rush nv Cared nv IT
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17

Score-Bath, 6; Gardiner, 2. Stops
Burgess, 10; Murphy, 49, Fouls Tobin,
Il. Mooney, McGilvary. Referee Snow
man. TiIner-Fields. Attandance-654.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17

Score--Lewiston, z; Rockland, A. Stops
White, AZ; 'Malley. 81. Referee-Long,
Timer-A. L. Blaokington. Attendance
900.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
BIDDEFORD WILL STRIKE.
OUTLOOK BAD IN BlpDEFoRD.

Continued From First Page.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17

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bath, Dawson, McGiiyary, 1.45
Bath, Chapman, McGilvary, 8.35
- McGilvary Limit
bath, Dawson, E. Mooney, IL. 20
5-Bath, Mursaugh, McGilvary, rs
Chapman Limit
6-Bath, Dawson, McGilvary, $50
Bath, Chapman, Chapman, $50
8-Gardiner, Dawson, Turner, $50
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17

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night report that Captain General Blan-
CO has been threatened by an attack from
the mob and lie modifying his loyal forces
to be ready for any such demonstration.
Most of the newspapers have been COM
PEELED to suspend publication, and those
which are published are compelled to
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