Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-02-23
PAY GUT DOWN.
Wages Difficulty Causes Shut
Gown in Big Wool Mill.
Proprietora of Maynard (Macs.) Mill
Attribute Trouble t. Irtmitaton Of
Sewers by Sewers Formerly in Com.
pany's EmpIoy-Pay cf 35 Girls
Was Reduced-k 10 Percent ReGuc.
to1 Affects $50 in PaWtuckct-
Members cf Builders Exchange Re-
fuse t, Agree to Eieht-Hour Day to
Trade Unions.

Worcester, Mu>S., Feb. 2l.-A dir-
ference of S2.n2 week between the
wages paid 10 - girls and what thVy
demanded has thrown llOD rIrn. women
Hnd children ont of work Indefinitely
in mjdWn'rr, says II dispatch to i he
Telegram from Maynard This notice
was posted Tuesday night in the ROOMS
Of the Maynard mills. which are owned
hy the American Wuolcn company. aud
ii went into effect last night;
"lSccauSc OF Intimidation of sewers in
our employ by sewers formerly in our
employ. This mill will SHUT down Wed.
!'cS'lnN night, for IN indefinite pcriod."
An account OF II grievance OF The sew
Ing and mcndng fore" ut III" mill. and
how those constituting ii lell their work
because they could not g"i what they
demanded, was told in Tho Telegram,
ana 50 girls struck and stayed out.
Three girls. who were strangers TO tl.c
girls who struck. wcr" hired by the
company. and the mcmbcrs OF the oil
force took pains To see them. This. the
company alleges. is intimidation. This
is llatly denied ly the girls who struck.
Thry say that the members of he
old force went To the three new girls
and explained the situation to them and
demonstrated the drsr:hility Of keep
ing up the mo, rlmcnl for SO Il Wcel; for
sewers and m,lnlrlS.
lii consequence OF their hcing 81 few
sewers at work Che goods made in the
mill piled up. and there w:s.j danger of
congestion. and to prevent this the
whole mill had to be- stepped or new
hands 20 to work in the sewing
and mcrding room.
1t was decided to stop the mill ana
now 100 employees who depend ON their
daily labor for their bread are wonder.
Ing If the great corporation vii! give
them chance to return to their work, or
IL they will have to go clScw here for it.
Fawlucket, Il. L., Feb. 2l.-Notic,s
have been posted in the mills of The
United States Cotton cUn!l;,ny, ut Cen
tral Falls, stating that begin ming Mon.
day next Il reduction in wages Of ~
prr"crt Will 30 into effect. This re-
dllction will place the wages hnr!; to
where they were previous to he i'll
crease made by the company in De
ccmber. 1850. The mills Manufacture
print cloth and about 600 hands are en-
rloyed. chiefly French Cahadiars. ON
account of tn" depression in the print
cloth market the owners consider Il rc.
dUction of wages necessary.
This is the first rcIMction of wages
in any Rhodr'l Island cotton mill since
the general increase of wages in 1899.
The wages in lniS mill have nlict,:a.rd
more than any other manufacturing cs-
tahlishmclt in The hackStonc valley,
nnd this new schedule is practically the
one in effect Prior TO the general rr-
ducii0n Of wages in Fail River in Jan
lHry, 1Sm. The mill at that tino did
not reduce wages, for the reason that
the wages raid were claimed TO be at
n parity with that paid at Fan River,
ana the increase granted in December,
1899, was voluntary OH the part of the
treasurer Stephen =. jerks. The en-
net reduction to Individual employees has
not been made public.
Portland. Me-. Feb. 2l.-.Ihr members