The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-18
TRANSFERS
May AID
SPINNERS
Likely to Refuse TO Handle Sup
plies for or Goods From
ManViIIa Co.'s Mills.

A serious phase In the strike OF the
Manville Co.'S mule spinners developed
today, when II was stated that at the
next meeting of tho Transfers union,
one OF the 19 unions affiliated with the
Central Labor union. which has voted to
endorse the strike, morally and financial
ly. an attempt will be made TO have the
union teamers refuse 70 handle any OF
the goods or supplies OF the four mills OF
the Manville Co.
1t has been stated by officials OF the
company that no effort will be made TO
fll the places Of the strikers. II both
sides do as they now say they WILL II Is
only a question of how much filling Is on
hand in the mills before they will be
forced to shut down. James Cline or Paw
tucket, secretary OF the Rhode Island
Mulespinners' association, has been made
the official representative OF the strikers.
and he says that any overtures for set
tlement must come from the company TO
him.
He claims that he has made two or
three requests of the company and he has
not been noticed. so now 1t Is up TO the
company" The company officials say
that they will never make any overtures
TO the strikers. that they will not have
anything TO do with Secretary cline as
he is not in their employ. but that they
will hear grievances from their employees.
REFUSED TO RUN MULES.
Yesterday a third hand In the Globe
mill in woonsocket came out OF the mill.
He said that tho reason he did so was
because he had been asked TO run a mule.
but refused, when this was learned oy
the strikers he was cheered apnd IL was
voted TO allow him to share In the strike
fund, although he Is not member or tho
union. Strikers say that the company is
not having much success in trying 10
operate the mules In the Manville mill oy
back boys.
With these facts above stated. every
sign points TO a long and bitter struggle
between the largest cotton manufacturing
concern IN the state and 0rgsn,Tea are
the following local unions, all aHlnateu
with the American Federation OF LABOR:
Painters. Carriage Workers, Ieane[s, Gnt,nn
weavers Printers. Molders, Bricklayers'
Plasterers and Masons, Spinners, I'M
smiths. Cigarmakers. Bakers, Musiciails
Carpenters, Loomnxers. CtsrS anu
Manville Spinners.
wEAvERS' STRIKE AVERTED.
Supt. White OF the Manville mill used
tact yesterday, when he averted moIe
trouble. Fourteen weavers I'm the mill
left work because, as they say. they had
been promised "a cents a cut for clotn
ana were paid only 81 Genus oup.. WV.
as soon as he learned OF the trouble, sent
for the weavers and promised them the
raise, and they went back to work.
The pickets stationed at the different
mills report that no non-union spinners
have been seen around the mills. ana tnat
as far as they can zee no effort Ia being
made by the Manville company to I'LL the
strikers places.
HAD NO RIGHT TO STRIKE
Prof Daniel De Leon OF New York. said
to be a former professor In Columbia uni
versity, spoke OF the strike at a public
lecture n G. N. ID. hall, Woonsocket last
night. lie is a Socialist union speaker,
and he claimed that the mulespinners had
no right 10 strike. He said that as long
as the laboring man voted for the Re-
publican or Democratic parties candi-
dates instead OF the Socialist-Labor can
didates, he ought not TO complain o-
his conditions. His address was entirely
on Socialism.