Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16
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Lynn Strikers 50 Vote to
Declare Off Strike.
Voting Carried on in lasters
Hall Under Police Protection.
italians Oppose Action and Keep
Rioting Day and Evening.

Lynn, Mass. oct. 15Under the pro-
lection of the entire police force Of this
city, the union laSterS voted tonight to
declare off the strike which for nearly
two weeks has practically paralyzed
the shoe manufacturing industry in
this city, the largest shoe center in the
world. The result of the vote was S46
il, favor Of calling off the strike to 493
against
The ballc ting was attended by the
most tUmultuOus scenes ever vii
messed at any la Dor meeting in the his
| Tory OF the city. Early in the day 4
group OF Italians rushed into the room
in which the voting was being done.
and riloshed up several OF the ballot
! boxes. The men were quoted by the
| police but continued riotous disturb
ances outside the hall throughout the
| day and evening Andrews street In the
vicinity of I.asters hall was packed
| with shoe workers and their friends
| and the entire police force Of the city
was kept busy quelIing the small dis
| turDanceS. - $50
1t was past O'Clock tonight when the
balcting was finished. On the commit
! tee in charge of the balloting were
| eight Of the dissenting element. who
made tOday's voting necessary, they
| being appointed on the cOmnlttee to
assure their followers that the pro-
cedure would be conducted in legiti-
| mate manner. When the vote was an
nourced tonight showing 1888 votes
| cast, these men refused to believe That
! there We're that many members of the
Lasters' and Lasting Machine Opera
| tors Union. but they were finally con-
| WINGED vixen shown the recording
secretarys books, showing an enroll
'nent Of 1897 members. with FROM 300
TO- 400 members recently admitted to
| the union W no had not as vet been re-
| corded.
The large discrepancy between the
| total number of votes cast and the
| number of members is accounted for
by the fact that great number of the
men We're under tho impression that the
strika. had been formally declared Off
by the executive boards of the. unions
| this afternoon. that statement having
been published by a local newspaper
which afterwards. discovering its err
ror. called in all tie papers~~it could
and get out another edition with a con-
| Trajectory statement.
| The announcement that the strike
| was formally declared off and that the
! men were to return to work in the
| factories which they left on Oct ,,
was made from the windows of the
| hall to the multitude on the street. It
was first given in Italian. and was met
! by storm Of Kisses and cat calls Their
! the Poles We're notified. and they gave
| mingled cheers and Kisses. The Eng
| disappearing lasters were next given
I the result and rousing cheer went
| up The six other nation alitieS repre-
| scented We're all told The result of the
| vote and all seemed to be in sympathy
| with the outcome.
! The understanding is now that so
! far as possible the iasters will all be
| taken back to work as soon as manu-
| facturers can make ready for them.
The Joseph Caunt Co. will resume OPP
| el1ationS tomorrow morning. and eX
poets to be in full swing by the be-
/ ginning of next week. Mr.. Caunt will
| meet his lasters tomorrow or Saturday
| morning to arrange for their return.
| It is yet to be determined by the arbi-
| traitors, however under what condi-
| tons the laSters will work at the Caunt
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