The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30

Today practically all the cotton mills
in Rhode Island, in which there are about
2.2oo,o 900 spindles. adopted the new sched-
ule. Nearly 10000 operatives are affected
and the new order of things will mean a
loss of $4,000 weekly in wages.
The cut also became operative In mills
In Massachusetts, and Connecticut con-
trolled by Rhode Island capital and en-
ploying about 1000 additional hands.
Besides the mills in Rhode Island re-
ductions were made today as follows;
MILLS AFFECTED.
Fall River Iron Works company. Fall
River, owned by NJ. c. ID. Borden. of New
York. $500 hands: Edwards Manufacturing
company. Augusta, Me-, lSoo Hebron
Manufacturing company, Hebronvtile,
Mass, 275 operatives Hebron Manufac-
turing company. Dodgeville, 275; Readville
mills, Hyde Park, Mass, 40; Manchaug
company. Manchaug. Mass. $50; Black
stone Manufacturing company, Black
stone, Mass, 1000; Whihnsville company,
Whitinsville. Mass. and allied concerns
in the Blackstone valley. 1000; Wauregan
Manufacturing company. Wauregan,
Conn. $50; Quinebaug company. Daniel
son, Conn, 500 Monahansett mills, Put
nam, Conn. ESQ; Windham Manufacturing
company, willimantic, 1000; Ponemat
mills of Tafftville. 100 hands and other
eastern Connecticut concerns.
There has been no reduction in north.
ern New England except at Augusta
Me-, Suncook, N. H.. Amesbury. Mase.
and one or two other places which follow
| the Fall River schedule.
NO PROTEST MADE.
The reports from the mill districts in
dicate that the new schedules were re
ceived without any protest on the part
| of the operatives. The acceptance OF the
cut by the great body OF Fall River
hands largely Influenced those elsewhere
and II was generally recognized that a
strike at this time would be unwfse and
| without any good effect
II was considered probable that later
on dissatisfaction over the smaller
amounts in the pay envelopes might re-
| suit In minor troubles at some points,
as difficulties and misunderstanding oc-
casionally develops after horizontal re-
duction.
NO TROUBLE AT WARREN.
No trouble attended the cut In wages
| AZ the cotton mills OF the Warren Manu-
featuring company this morning, and
there is no likelihood OF any strike TAX
ing place.
At the Parker company's mill there
| talk relative 10 resistance Dy
the operatives OF the decrease In the
| wage scale.
IN THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY.
BY the cut In wages which went into
effect this morning. the cotton mills OF
the Blackstone valley, which employ ir
the neighborhood OF 500 hands. who
while not agreeable TO the reduction will
not resent the movement by a strike, and
the I,onsdale and Manville compenies
mills, employing 5000 hands. which were
affected by the cut. are running theii
mills this morning I'm full.
There seems to be a misunderstanding
at the mills of the Slater Cotton com
pany, which IL was stated two weeks ag'
would follow the general movement II
this state and reduce wages this morn
Ing. Since then IL has been said tina
the Slater company will follow the New
Bedford scale and the cut Will not q
into effect until Dec. T.
The management OF the mill today re
fused TO say whether the cut went Int
effect or not. IL is claimed by some o
the operatives that the Slater Cotto
company is bound 10 follow the New Bed
ford scale. as there In said to be n
agreement that the Slater mill shall nc
make n change I'm It's wage scale unit
the same action is taken In New Bedfort
The cut amounts generally about 10 DC
cent i'm this section. The American Var
Manufacturing company, which employ
200 hands. Is the only mill In this vicinli