Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-12

Fall River, Mass, Oct. 1O.-rhc whole
question of whether or not there will b,
strike in the cotton mills of this ci,y
on account of tn" refusal Of the manu-
facIurcrS to grant Il > percent increase in
wages was rcopencd last night
y misunderstanding in regard to Il
unanimous or majority vote existing
among the unions was the reason as.
signed by the executive commi tee of
the textile council for poslponing the
strike for two weeks from last Monday.
AT the time this acton was taken it was
said it would ncccSSilntc meetings of
the various unions to take nct!on ID II
the acceptance or rejection of the rec
concentration, and thus the results of
the previous meetings were rendered
void.
There was 4 meeting of the council
Tuesday night to discuss the situation
and il was then voted to leave the whole
matter to the unions to settle in their
general meetings called for this week
and next. The first of these meetings
were held last night by the cHr,lcrs
The curdrrS. after II long discussion. i'll
Structrd their secretary to call Il special
meeting for next Tuesday evening, for
the purpose of taking action upon the
recommendation to strike. and 20 find
out whether the union will consider it,
self bound by n majority vote.
1t was understood by some OF the
unions that in the event of three of the
five unions voting to strike the O1hr. $
would consider themselves bound hy
their action. In other unions it was be-
licvcd that the vote must be unanimous
or there would he no strike. Four of
the unions voted to strike, and ,hr ic-
ton of the Spinnrrs last Saturday in
voting not to strike complicated mat
1crS To such IN extent that the council
postponed the strike. The rrcommrn,ll-
ion of the textile council calling upon
the unions to strike still remains in
force and will be voted upon at the
special meeting of the cHr,lprS.
That the spinncrS were almost to Il
man in favor of not striking was shown
by the fact that there wHS but Il small
attendance nt their meeting last ng ght.
1t was voted that in order for the strike
recommendation to Income operative
there must he Il unanimous vote Of tn"
unions. and the delegates to the textile
council were so instructed.
Secretary O'Donncll said after the
meeting that the reason the SpinnrrS
| We're in favor of II unanimous vote WIS
! that they thought that upon Il uu, ion
of such vital importance and affecting
such II large number of operatives nc-
| tiOn must he unanimous or the result
will hr Il failure. There must he no
factions among the unions. hul all must
work in harmony. No special III, ling
was called to act upon the rccolluIrnda-
tion. The vote of last Saturday. 213
to 81 against Il strike. showed the feel
ing of the SpinncrS. Secretary O'D0n-
nell said the action was still in force
and would remain in force until the mat
ter was settled. The SpinncrS do not
want Il strike and in ease the 9th,
unions decide that the vote must be
unanimous the Spinncrs can prevent Il
strike.
\ meeting of the wCavrrS will BE- held
tonight to decide which vote they think
should be operative. The general srnti-
mrnt outside of union circles is against
n strike. and the business men of the city
are doing all in their power to avert it.