Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-06
Wage Cut in New England Cotton
Mills.
PLAINFIELD MILLS RESUME
Miners and Operators of Southwest
Are Conferring on Wage Scale
in Kansas City.

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-City couu
ellis viii he asked this week 10 appro-
pirate not less than SJD,H0 to relieve the
distress among the unemployed and their
families. according TO action taken yes
tcrday at a meeting Of unemployed. A
committee was appointed to go before
the councils finance committee and i'm
press that body with the fact that more
than 100000 persons arc out of work,
and that at least $4,000 is needed to
prevent women and children from starv
ing.
Though Mayor Reyburn has announced
that he had issued a call for meeting of
the citizens permanent relief committee
for Tuesday to consider the problem of
relieving distress. delegates at the meet
ing expressed themselves as being of the
not appropriate sufficient money to help
the majority of unemployed.
Mill Wages Reduced.
BOSTON, April Ga wage reduction
averaging 10 per cent became effective
today In cotton mills in New England
employing 10000 operatives. Last week
the wages of 5000 were reduced, and
next Monday the pay of about $4,000 ad
ditional mill hands, including those in
New Bedford, will be cut, bringing the
total affected by the present movement
to 12J,OOO.
The mills which lowered wages begin
| ming today are largely located in the
Blackstone valley, the Berkshire region
and in Maine.
Telegraphers May Strike.
CHICAGO, April 6.-Members of the
| local union of telegraph operators at a
meeting yesterday adopted resolutions
| recomme nding hat a strike be declared
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company June l and on the Postal Tele-
graph Company and the Associated Press
| July l unless there is 10 per cent in
crease in wages from those paid March
| last year, an eight-hour' day for day work,
| seven hours for night work and split
1 tricks, extra work at the rate of seven
| hours per day, free typewriters and equal
pay for male and female employees alike.
A copy of these resolutions will be sent
| to the various locals throughout the coun-
| try asking them to take similar action.
Big Order for Railroad Cars.
P1TTSBURG, Pa, April 6.--The largest
order for railroad cars since last October
was placed during the week, the total
orders aggregatins 400 cars. OF these
-,.Ipo Will De Dullt Dy the Cil1cdsO, MllWau-
kee and ST. Paul at its own shops. The
Lehigh and New England railroad has
ordered from the Cambria Steel Company
30 all-steel Sondola cars and 80 steel
underframe cars from the American Car
and Foundry Company. number of
small orders We're booked.
| The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
has placed with local firms orders for
10000 tons of aXles and iron to be
used in the cars they are building
Lawton Mills Resume.
PLAINFIELD, Conn, April 6-Tfe
Lawton cotton mills here and cotton mlIis
In other eastern Connecticut towns, en-
ploying in all about 800 persons, were
on full time today, after a long period of
curtailment.
At Naugatuck the boot and shoe depart
ment of the Goodyear India Rubber Glove
Company and the reclaiming depar artment
of the United States Rubber Company re-
sumed operations today. after having been
idle for some time. About 100 hands are
affected.