The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-01

lowell Mass. March sS.-That the
,s coo employees OF h seven cotton
manufacturing corporations of TINS
city, who have an ADVANCE
of 10 per cent. in wages. with a strike
on next Monday as the
will be locked out unless a settlement
Is reached. became apparent To-Day
when the agents Of all h cotton mills
caused to be posted on he gates no
,ices informing the operatives that al
ter tomorrow the mills would be closed
until further notice.
Packtucket. r l.. March Sine
cotton mill situation in Rhode Island
is causing much concern on the part
of the manufacturers as Well al the
mill operatives. The Rhode lsiano
Alule Spinners' Association is the only
organization Ct cotton operative
which has requested the manufactur-
ers To wages n no definite
renly has been given. Prices of stand
ard goods. made In New Bedford.
Lowell and other Massachusetts
manufacturing govern
the prices of Rhode Island made goods
TO great extent so far as the wages
paid are concerned.
Fall River, Mass. MdtSh
dent James Tansey and Secretary
Albert HILBERT. OF the United Textile
Workers OF America. stated today that
no meeting of the or emer-
gency committees OF that body had Deen
called TO take action upon the LABOR
situation at Lowell. President Tansey
said that in the event of a lockout
there is nothing in the rules or the
national body which calls for the pay
ment of lockout money.
Secretary Thomas O'Donnell. OF the
! local mule INNER association. VINO
is also secretary OF the national spin
| ners. was questioned as to the prob
able action of the national convention
in Boston next week. toward the
| Lowell strike. He ssid hat the ma
tiona body is organized under similar
| rules as the United Textile Workers
and likewise il debars local unions
from national support and from levy
ing assessments on It's Its
rules, however. can be suspended and
support and permission to levy as
sessments given after investigation
mother important convention queS-
ton will be whether or not the charter
of the national spinners' shall be sur
rendered to the American Federation
of Labor, with which the spinners are
affiliated. in order to join the United
Textile Workers
Secretary O'Donnell said that the
mule %spinners in Dover, n. H, and
Lewiston. Me, are asking for an adj
vance in wages, together with New
Bedford and Lowell.
Fall River, Mass, March 2s.-About
300 operatives OF the Globe yarn mills
Nos. l and 2 are on a strike. These
mills are owned by the New England
Yarn Company, which did not enter
into the recent agreement among the
local mills to advance wages 10 per
cent. The operatives demand the in
crease.
New Bedford. Mass. March 2S.-The
mill operatives in this city have been
granted an advance Cf 10 per cent. In
ages the advance to take effect April
9TH. This was the result of a confer
ence this afternoon by the
and ten members of the New bedford
textile council which had made a de-
mand for the advance. The conference
was harmonious and every mill IN the
city was represented.
Augusta. Ga, March 2S.-At a meet
ing OF the King cotton mill operatives.
1t was decided to make a demand for a
10 per cent. increase in wages on April
7th. 1t is the understanding hat IL the
King Company grants the request the
other cotton mills in the vicinity will be
requested TO meet the raise.
II the King mill refuses. the opera
tives will strike. The plan is tn have
the strike in this factory supported by
the employees of the other mills. The
King mill authorities say they will not
comply with the demands and a strike
lockout in the other mills including
those at Bath. Warrenville. Langley
and Graniteville. S. c.