New-York tribune., 1912-03-11
LAWRENCE STRIKERS
READY TO FIGHT ON
With Settlement Expected Lead
erS Are in Favor of In
Creasing Strength.
PLAN MORE PICKETS TO-DAY
Financial Loss Is $2,6o0,OOO-
Fall River May Not Follow
Suit of Northern New Eng
land and Raise Wages.

strike express the belief that the end IS
cIose ar hand. with a considerable vic
| tory for the strikers already assured Dy
| the action OF the manufacturers IN
| granting general increases In wages
there was no let up by the strikers TO-
| day in preparations for continuing me
struggle. Speakers at nearly score "f
meetings laid stress on the necessity or
maintaining and even increasing their
strength. The leaders planned to nave
more pickets on duty tomorrow morn
! ing between dawn and the opening hour
Of the mills than at any time since the
strike began, two months ago.
A strikers committee will probably
meet the American Woolen Company
officials al the State House In Boston to-
morrow. The increase Of Th per cent IN
wages announced by the American
Wooden Company finds favor with the
strikers generally. but the leaders want
| to know I'm terms of dollars and cents the
operation of the maximum and mini
mum provisions Of the new scale VIII
! lam NJ Wood president Of the COMPANY,
is expected to furnish figures detailing
these points al the conference. The
premium system also stands IN the way
| Of an immediate settlement. but Al
though the strikers have demanded it's
abolition. they are understood 10 he
| agreeable to n modification Of the plan.
Many Increases Announced.
4 settlement between the American
| Woolen Company and it's striking en-
ployes will he followed probably by an
agreement taking in practically all the
mills Except at the Everett Minis
which still maintains lockout. all the
manufacturers have announced increases
iu wages following closely those granted
| by the American Woolen Company.
! Two more arrests on warrants for as
sauIt in connection with picketing were
made to-day making half a dozen Of
! this nature within two days.
Offers 10 care for children during the
strike are pouring into the strike com
mittee from various parts of the coun-
! try. including Washington, Philadelphia
| and New York. but the committee will
not send away any more little ones un-
| I'll they know definitely what the pros.
poets are for a settlement Of tho strike
Two new companies Of militia came 10
Lawrence to-day, Company g Emmct
| Guards, Of Worcester. and Company X.
Of Clinton. both OF the 9th Regiment. re-
lieving the two provisional companies Of
local miltiamen. Further changes. m
volving probably reduction I'm the force.
are expected tomorrow, unless trouble
develops at the mill gates in the morn.
ing.
Guida Mazzerili who was arrested I'm
Lynn last Friday. charged with being IN
accessory before the fact in an attempt
To murder two metropolitan police Off
GERS during strike disturbance i'm this
city on February 2G. was released TO-
night on $1,000 bonds furnished by FIVE
| friends He was i'm court on Saturday
but his case was postponed until mex;
Thursday. Salvatore Bruno. who is held
as the principal in the case, is also held
in $4,000.
To-day marks the opening Of the ninth
working week since the inception of the
! textile strike at Lawrence During the
| forenoon Of Friday. January 12. the first
pay day under the new Massachusetts law
| by which women and minors are allowed
to work only ffty-four instead OF hfty-six
| hours, handful OF Italian operatives I'm
the Washington Mill Of the American
Woolen Company. at Lawrence, walked
out The strike quickly spread TO other
mills and other classes Of operatives. and
three days later IL was estimated that
! $4,000 men, women and children were out
OF work. OF this number II 600 were sc
tual strikers and the remainder were
| forced out by lack OF work
From the first the strike has heen
marked by rioting and sensational Incl
dents. Two persons have been killed,
while the sound of shooting and the sight
Of soldiers dispensing crowds long since
ceased TO he a novelty.
While the strike came during the cold
est weather that New England has known
| i'm many years, the mercury for days keep
! ing below the zero mark there has been
| less suffering than might have been ex-
pected Innumerable soup kitchens and
relief stations have been open under the
| auspices Of union bodies and charitably
| disposed persons, where men women and
| children have been fed II is estimated
that no less than slOO,OOO has been dis.
trlbuted in strike benefits.
Loss of Wages Exceeds $1,000 900.
The financial losses directly or indirectly,
due to the protracted labor conflict will
aggregate at least i2,6O,OOO, according to
conservative estimates. One-half of this
amount falls on the strikers and other oper-
atives themselves, I'm stoppage of wages.
The loss TO manufacturers whose plants
have been crippled is placed at $50 COO.
while freight carriers have suffered no less
than SlOOOOO damage TO business Merchants
and storekeepers' losses swell this amount
Banks, too. have felt the effect Of the
strike, for there have been few deposits
and many Withdrawals.
1t has cost Massachusetts $4,000 10 keep
the militia in Lawrence and that city has
been under enormous expense because Of
the necessity for hiring additional police
officers and the like.
Boston. March 1O-Before tho end of
March more than l25,OOO operatives In the
cotton and woollen mills of Northern New
England will receive an increase In pay
amounting 10 from 5 to per cent. The
announcement to this effect which was
made yesterday from the Boston Offices Of
mills I'm Maine New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts. followed the proposal Of the
American WOolen CompanV In raiqe the