The sun., 1900-07-28
CHRISTINA MAYN'T WEAVE.
FRIEND Would TEACH HER; BUT
NO. SAYS THE UNION. AND STRIKES.
The Leader Said; I'VE Amt Going 70 Have
People IesrninE This Business, She Goes
or We Do'-Cardinsl Said; "As You Like"
-Others Weaving At His Mill Now.

People Learning This Busnessi She Goes
or We Do Said; ''As You Like"
-Others weaving At His Mil Now.
PATERSON. July 27.--A siIteen-year-old girl.
who never did bit Of weaving In her life and
wouldn't know one end Of a silk loom from the
other, Is the cause Of one OF the largest strikes
that has TAX en- place In silk mill in this city In
q long time. II Is the old story Of q new hand
wanting to learn the business and the old hands
refusing. SO far as they may. to permit a new
hand TO learn IT, seventy-sevpn men and
women. who were making good pay at this. the
dullest time OF the year in the lk-weaving
business. and who we're the envy Of the hun
dreds OF other weavers who can get nothing to
do Just now. voluntarily quit their places because
Christina Maxzaroni wanted to learn the trade
In the mill where they were employed. They
arc out yet. and the little girl who unoon-
sciously started the trouble. as she oan flnd no
one who will teach her weaving. has had 20 go
back to the Job she had before she went TO the
mill. There she Will have TO stay. with no
chance Of advancement and no chance here 10
learn the more lucrative trade OF weaving as
long "a the present or organization Of weavers In
this city Il allowed to run things the way they
have been running them In the rast.
The strk Is in the mill OF Andre Cardinal at
Lakeview, one OF the Paterson suburbs. Car
dinal employs about a hundred hands in all.
but as q usual thing a. this time Of the year.
less than third Of this force is working. Tho
generally prosperous condition OF the country,
however. has kept CARDINAL books filled with
orders, and be has been running his entire force
full time. right through the summer. The idle
weavers in the city. and there are hundreds Of
them, have looked on with jealous eyes They
have talked of the good fortune Of the weavers
at the Cardinal mill. and many Of them.
including O number OF the most expert ones,
whom It would pay Mr.. Cardinal to hire. have
sought work with him. but he has stood by his
men, refusing to displsoe any Of them. even
though It would have been money In his pocket
to do so Instead OF apprrcating this sort OF
treatment the weavers have shown q dis
posi- ition OF late TO grow impudent and to hint
at mands that they would make in the near
future. Mr. Cardinal paid no attention TO these
muttetngs. believing that il was the usual
season OF discomfort and that his employees
would take II out in talking A. long as they
worked he was willing that they should talk.
A short time ago a circus came to Paterson,
and while II was passing the employers Of the
Cardinal mill went 10 the windows and watched
IT, They wasted an hour In this way, but did
so with the permission OF Supt Dawson. Mr..
Cardinal did not approve Of wasting an hour,
and he ordered the weavers 10 stay an hour
later In the afternoon. This was really an ad-
vantage to the weavers, as they are all paid for
pieos work, and they would have lost an
hour out Of the day but for the de-
termination OF Mr. Cardinal to get in n
full days work. Mr. Cardinal didn't pretend
to issue the order from any phlanthropc
motive: nevertheless the grievance Of the
weavers growing out Of this order was mighty
small one. The result. however, was more
complaining and grumblng and finally meet
ing one nj sht after work. at which seventy
seven Of the hands banded themselves into a
union About 30 per cent Of these we're op-
pos ed to the idea OF organizing. pleading that
they had good jobs and steady employment
and didn't wish to jeorard either But the
others insisted that all join, threatening to have
any discharged who held aloof from the organs
zation The result WAS that all hands Joined
and an applica alton for membership in an older
organization Of weavers was made.
The result Of union was felt in short time in
70 frst-class work by fear OF losing their
positions began TO fall of IN their work When
they had made enough to live on for the week
they would begin 10 loaf and no amount Of per-
suasion would make them hustle Absolutely
no consideration for their employer was shown
IL didn't matter now nuCh work there was
ahead or how little time there was In which 10
finish an order, the union weavers went about
thing. lelsurey. and when they had made what
they regarded "a sufficient for their wants they
quit. Besides that, they grew arrogant and
talked back to the foremen and superin ntendent
There were rumors of strikes. Mr. Cardinal
began 10 feel disgust hut he made no effort 10
replace the men he had by others who we're
willing to wor1.
About n hundred yards from the Cardinal
mills /. the shop Of the cobbler Mazzaroni Mr.
Cardinal know the Cobber aud was Interested
in him MaIZaroni asked the mill owner II he
couldn't give his sister Christina Job in
the mill ~ "A weaver.
"Can she weave?' asked Cardinal
"She has never done IL yet but she wants TO
learn, said the Cobbler t'She has a position
IN the fax MILL but the chances are small for
good pay. there. and she wants TO weave in
silk mill
III she can weave I! will give her a place."
said Cardinal IF she can find anybody TO
teach her TO weave she can learn in my mills
Then when she has learned he business will
give her a regular position
The cobbler was delighted. and that night he
told his sister Of the chance he had secured
for her Christina gave M or Job IN the flax
min willingly She was quite ready to spend a
couple of weeks learning 10 weave, even II she
didn I make any money in that time The dlf-
hCulty was In getting some one to teach her
Christina had worked in the flax mill long
enough u know that workers are not willing
very often To devote any OF the time that n the1r
bread and butter 10 teaching their trades 70