The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-23

The reduction auecteu % HILLS an al
River. owned by 81 corporations. OF which
60 are print cloth factories. controlled by
30 companies. The 70 mills employ nearly
5000 hands. The Fall River Iron works,
operating four print cloth mills; VIII cut
nearly all Rhode Island and Connecucut
manufacturers adopt the lower schedule
The cut in New Bedford Will occur In TWO
weeks.
IN OTHER PLACES.
Elsewhere In New England reductions
were made today as follows: Corr Manu-
featuring company print cloths. Taunton.
500 operatives; Hamilton WOODEN com
pany. Amesbury; cotton olo,n' sU conpsnv operS
Webster Manufacturing company ana
Pembroke Manufacturing company, ali OF
Suncook, N. n, 1900 operatives; Nor.h
Pownai, VT. $50 hands; W.lliamstown
Manufacturing company, Wiliiamstown'
Mass. 800 hands.
three Rhode Island mills. A cut down
will occur at the Fisher Manufacturing
companys mill. Fisherville, Mass Sauno-
ers' mill at Saundersville, WhitinsviIle
company at Whitinsville, hnwood COM
pany at Linwood and North uxoridge
Manufacturing company's plant In TX
bridge. This group OF mills. all I'm the
Rlackstone valley, are owned oy tne
Whiitns f of whitinsville, and employ 1000
workers.
NO DISTURBANCE.
II ia not anticipated that any serious
disturbance win follow the reduction at
any point While II was thought sew
eral minor strikes might OCCUR, especially
after the first day under the new sched-
ule II was expected the difficulties would
be short lived.
When the last reduction in mill wages
occurred In New England there were ser
n fftFlHu N
New Bedford and several thousand In
Burlington. VT. Lewiston. Me, Fitch
burg. Mass, and elsewhere. The alb
sence OF serious difficulties during the
present movement In Southern New
England In regarded by many az sigrri-
ficant feature OF the times.
WITHOUT PROTEST.
suncook. n. H., Nov. 2a-jThs 1900 en-
rdoyes of the China. Webster and Penn
broke Cotton mslis here accepted tho re-
duction OF 10 per cent today without
protest
Some OF the weayers request that pay
ments be made weekly instead OF fort
nightly. but II IN expected that the mat
ter wiz he easily adjusted The local
mills make print cloths and follow the
Fall River schedule.
MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Fitchburg. Mass, Nov. 8.-The Fitch
burg Cotton Duck mills are shut down on
account OF the high price OF cotton. When
running IN full they employ 300 hands.
II II not known whe nths plant will be
reopened. The people employed In the
other cotton mills and cotton yarn mile
in Fitchburg have not felt the effect OF
the general depression I'm the cotton
market and have not been asked 70 work
for reduced wages.
wTAvERs STRIKE.
Fall River. Nov. 23.-IToday the new
schedule OF vages goes into effect I'm all
the local mills except those Of the rall
River Iron works company owned by NJ.
G. D. Borden OF New York. at which fac
tories the ten per cent reduction In TO 10
into eject Nov 70.
At all the mills, with one exception the
operatives went TO work this morning an
usual. Al the Stevens mills whore cotton
and linen quilts are woven, 60 weavers re-
mained out on strike against the cut
down. They held \ shop meeting last
week and sent q delegation 10 confer
with Agent George II. Hills. They argued