Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-23
lynn LAsoR TROUBLE.
Police on Alert and No Trouble, THURS
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Local Agent Chesley in prosecuting tne
fight against the knights OF LABOR.
The boot and shoe workers intend IroH'
now on to tnke the aggressive ana IoTce
the issue. Mr.. McMOrrow, THURSDAY,
issued statement Of the present Status
Of the contest. He reviews the past
relations of the two unions ana con-
dennis the Knights Of Labor declaring
that the organization never intended
10 abide by the agreement. lie ex-
plains the system Of dues and benefits
and the value Of the union stamp, and
ends with declaration that the con-
test will be waged until the Knights or
Labor cease to be a dominant factor in
Lynn shoemaking.
Thursday morning, the passage to the
factories was accomplished without
trouble. The sole demonstration was
at the Watson Shoe Co. factory where
there was considerable Kissing and
nooting as the five Boot and Shoe
Workers Union cutters went in under
police escort. To the other six fac
tories now supplied with cutters the
imported workmen proceeded without
escort, leaving Lasters hail. one at a
time. and reaching the working places
without molestation. The vigorous ac-
ton of the police, Wednesday evening"
has apparently put an end to violent
scenes and the officers anticipate no
lice guard will he maintained at the
factories, Thursday evening.
The cutters at work, Thursday morn
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Union have not been increased. The
officers expect to have more in the city
before the day ends for they state that
now peace Is restored there will be no
hesitation on the part of members of
the union in Other cities about coming
to Lynn. Cad Martingale of the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union who has
come from Rochester, N. Y, to go to
Haverhill to take charge Of the Boot
and Shoemakers' Union in place Of
jeremiah Donovan, has been in con-
sultation with the officers of the Board
OF Health. He states that danger from
smallpox from that source is almost
nothing at all. Not a single shoe shop
there has been shut down because of
the scare, he said. Every man who has
come here from Rochester about 25 in
all. YVES found, with a single exception.
to nave been recently successfully vac
cinated, and City Physician Holbrook
is satisfied that there will be no danger
Of eontagion. The officers of the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union have agreed
not to bring men to Lynn from places
where smallpox exists. This is a vol
untary act on their part
In the police court, Thursday morn
ing. Luke Gariigan, arrested by the
city marshal during the evening for
participating in the Kissing and boot
ing when the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union cutters were escorted from the
Walton & Logan factory, was fined $40
for obstructing the sidewalk. ~
Thursday. nearly all the knights Of
Labor leaders went to Boston for the
hearing on the manufacturers bill for
an injunction
The knights OF Labor at their head
quarters consider the outcome of the
Injunction proceedings, Thursday
morning. in Boston, as victory for
them in the preliminary skirmish at
law They expect that Judge Ward
well will begin hearing the facts in
Salem. Friday morning. They had ex-
junction at least.
Mayor Eastman expresses himself as
very much satisfied with the conditions
in the city, Thursday. He has renewed
his efforts to bring about some settle
,ment by arbitration, if possible. and
will have a conference with Gen. Or
ganiZer McMorrow of the Boot and
Shoeworkers' Union, Thursday after
noon.
The police have been ordered to re-
port for duty at the factories at $3.50
+. NJ, and no precautions will he omit
ted to prevent disturbance
Shortly after IL o'clock the Boot and
Shoe Workers officers began sending
dinners to the factories. where their
cutters have been supplied. This will
be continued this week. After that
they expect that the situation will have
so cleared that the men will be able to
go to boarding houses provided without
trouble. The meal service morning and
night at Iiasters' hall will be continued.
The Boot and Shoe Workers Union
report much success, today, in supply
ing cutters to the stamp factories Two
patches of union cutters arrived in
Lynn. about Is in all. About 10 Of
these men We're sent into the STAMP
factory of the George f. Nicholson Co,
Broad street, under a strong police es-
cort, white additional men, also under
police protection, were sent to other |
factories. Those men came to Lynn |
from Manchester, Nashua and Keene, |
N. HI. A number are French Canadian |
shoe cutters.
The Knights of Labor pickets will |
make an effort to induce some of the |
new arrivals not to take the places or |
the strikers. provided they succeed in |
getting an interview with them, after |
working hours this evening.
This noon the turn workmen at the |
Hoag & Walden factory, West Lynn,
struck pending settlement Of differ
ence over wages. They have asked for /
an increase in the price. The men are /
affiliated with the Haverhill Shoe
Workers Protective Union which is
striking union stamp factories in that |
city.
The arbitration committee of the
Lynn Board of Trade, Mayor Eastman
and the officials of the Boot and Shoe
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