New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27

ing the depressed state OF trade. the labor leaders
recommended that the cut be accepted. and it was.
For short time after that the mills ran full time.
| but early In the spring OF this year they began
| operating on short time. Starting about March.
they began running only three or four days
week. Some OF them shut down and have not
started since In July of this year the manufact-
urers again came the conclusion that they were
paying too high wages. and posted notices OF
further reduction of one-eighth. 1919 per cent.
This would mean reduction of the average wages
| Of operatives 10 far below IS a week.
"A total reduction of 22i2 cent within
| period OF nine months declared too much by
the operatives. and they struck Between these
two reductions the manufacturers made some al
terations in the weaving departments Some things
creased from 20 10 40 per cent. while wages were
reduced over 20 per cent" =,
| There were about thirty thousand operatives In
the city wnen the strike began: but only twenty
e hogsand ST se by m r. eg
mills or the Iron Works Corporation as it is called
WITH the cotton n a&. This
corporation operates six mills and Is still paying
the old rate of wages an average of about y a
week. The fact that the corporation owns its own
age over the other CORPORATIONS and ye; it hardly
accounts for the fact that in the face Of repeated
that they cannot run on a paving basis MI Borden
Since the strike began from ten thousand 70 ff-
teen thousand persons have left the city. The
OF the recent action Of the American Federation
about 5000 for the benefit of the Fail iver s-,
ers President Tarsey said This money will
prove great help. Since the strike began the
trade union men have been fairly well provided
for. but with the non-unionists this has not been
so. Still when you consider that for seventeen
weeks twenty five thousand operatives and Their
families have lived average of $1,000 5000
week. you can better appreciate what the action
of the American Federation Of Labor means. OF
course the strikers have received relief from both
the city and State. but the bulk OF the help has
come from SynpathiZug labor organizations Then
we have had since the second week of the strike
system of eight relief stations, in charge of
ntttee of ten two from each of the labor or2aniZa
tons here No money has been given. but grocery
checks are issued. The men in charge Of the DIFF
feEent stations in each ward of the city have also
secured produce from the farmers in the outlying
| districts. and distributed it among the strikers
put X there has been considerable suffering during
TINS strike, there has been violence The strike
leaders have all counselIed moderation and peace
at any price. and the operatives have needed the
| warming. 1t Is an orderly strike. and. from a
moral point OF view, 1t means more than any strike
| New-England has ever yet seem
Mr.. Tansey, in addition to being president of the
Textile Council is secretary of the Carders' Asso-
| citation The council IS composed of fifteen repre-
sentaives three each from the five different textile
| organizations in the City-the Spinners. Carders,
| loom hXers, Slasher tenders and yyeavers