Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-27
Where 26, 600 Fail River
People Mere Working.
Handsome Offers Of Help from
Sympathizers With Strikers.
The General Public Willing to Assist to
the Extent Of Thousands Of Dollars
Many Strikers Digging CLAIMS and
Picking Berries.

Fall RIVER, Mass, July 26.-The cot
ton mill strike in this city has tied up
the mills SO completely that by noon.
today, not a wheel was moving i'm the
SO odd mills where a reduction of 1917
per cent. in wages was announced to
take effect, yesterday, and the places
occupied, Saturday, by 2G,000 employees
We're deserted.
The HargraVes No. mill was the on
~ one attempting to resume operations,
this morning, but the number of oper-
atives who reported for work was so
small that the mill was shut down
shortly before noon.
Offers of assistance by the general
public are being tried by the strike lead
efs and n large committee will be ap-
pointed to solicit financial aid. One Of
Ter or $4,000 was received, today, from
merchant in case the union funds
gave out. Another citizen places mt the
disposal of the strikers 1000 loaves of
bread
The strikers are looking to nature 70
provide portion Of their returns dur
ing the strike and, today large parties
were engaged digging CLAIMS and pick
ing berries.
Arbitration members have left the city
and the prospect of an immediate setl
; Element seems very slight, even to the
most optimistic Of the strikers.
Fall River, Mass, July 26.-An at
, tempt to open several mills was the on
day Of the strike OF $4,000 cotton mill
~. NH
No. 2 mill received enough help to en-
able the mill to be run in part An eff
fort was made to secure enough opera =
tives to run the Hargraves No 3 mill
, hit it was impossible and the mill was
shut down again. At the Seaconnet
I, and Bourne mills. which opened their
| doors. Tuesday morning, no employees
| entered the gates. and after waiting for
| about an hour. the management order
| ed the gates closed. The Narraganset,
mill, which was operated in part Mon
| day. but was forced to shut down dur
| ing the afternoon, on account of lack
OF sufficient number of workmen, did
| not open.
The only act of violence reported to
the police as having occurred during
the night was the stoning of the Ark
I wright and Davis mills. Several win
dows We're broken. but no other dam
, age was DONE
The members of the state board or
arbitration having left town. Monday
, night. without interviewing the labor
secretaries. there seems to be no i'm
mediate prospect of any proposal to
"a no n ir..1 ,xy
,, deed the operatives are so determined
in their effort to resist the cutdown
that there is little possibility Of their
consenting to such an arrangement.
The mill owners apparently are just as
| firm. Tuesday. in their position which
/ is that they cannot afford to keep the
mills in operation without reducing
wages owing to the condition of the
cloth and cotton markets. The situa-
ton. therefore Is practically unchanged.
The strikers claim that there are
hardly more than a score of operatives
i'm the Hargraves No 2 mill A tour OF
| the entire mill territory of this city,
Tuesday morning. confirmed the pre-
viOus announcement that every mill
where reduction notices were posted
with the exception or IIargraves. No
2, was shut down.
young man. Narcisse Martin, was
| arrested, Tuesday morning. for break
ing windows at the King Philip mills,
Monday.
Narcsse Martin. Is years old. one OF
the striking ring splnners employed at
the Slade mills. was arranigned In po-
lice court. Tuesday morning. on n
charge of stone throwing and breaking
lights of glass at the closed factory.
Martin Is the first strikes to be brought
In on charge of destroying property
and fine of $15 was imposed by the
court.
A Minneapolis Investigator reports
what may surprise some people-that