New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-28
DISORDER IN LAWRENCE
WHEN $4,000 STRIKE
industrial Workers Defy Lead
erS and Go Out as a Protest
AGAINST Imprisoning Ettor.
MILLS READY TO CLOSE
Shouting Strikers PARADE
Through Mills and Machinery
Is Broken-Spread OF
Trouble Feared.

Trouble Feared.
,ovrorcs Mass. Sept 27.-Lawrenc'
experienced to-dav, in somewhat ie9'O
degree. a recurrence of the incldeh's 'oi'
nected with the great strike or teNull'
operatives here last winter. About l=VV
persons had been affected tonight by TN
strike which began yesterday "heh o'VV'
went out. and spread to-day. A sun tut
Their extension is feared. MIL Owner
were said to be ready to shut down tH'
plants in the event of any further addi
,lon to the ranks of the strikers or o.
serious disorder.
Navor Scanlon said the mill owners
probably would close if the situation De
came worse. But" he added, ! DO no
think It will"
or the l2.000 workers who are out prop
ably one-half left their work as protes
against the imprisonment of joseph d
Tttor and Arturo Giovannitu. leaders OF
tbe Industrial Workers OF the World, VINO
were concerned in the big strike last win
ter and who will be tried in Salem mex,
Monday in connection with the killing OF
Anna Lopizzo, an operative, during
strike riot. The other workers were
forced out either because their depart
nents were shut down OF because OF III
timidation.
some of the more boisterous strikers
i'm attempting to get workers to leave
their machines caused slight disorders III
several mills. Some workmen were IN
iued. but none seriously CUBS ana III
ono case a revolver, were iiourished 10
jutimidatc the working operatives, ana
mill machinery at several plants was
damaged by those who paraded through
the mills shouting and yelling. y Re"
windows were also broken. The police
made only three arrests. These were OIL
charges Of assault or destruction of mill
property.
Saw Strike Was Not Sanctioned.
Leaders of the Industrial Workers of
the World renewed their assertion that
the strike was not sanctioned, was unor-
ganized and was without a leader. Will
lam Yates. of New Bedford, national sec
.etary of the textile branch of the organi-
IatiOn, said:
We are naturally unable to control the
people. They broke away from US COM
pletely and left their work against our
advice We hoped they would heed the
message sent from jail by Ettor ana
Giovannitu urging them not TO strike.
OF course, in the event OF InaJoIlty
the Industrial Workers OF the World VIII
give the sane support to the movement
as II DID the great industrial battle
last winter
The operatives who struck yesterday
and to-day are almost exclusively mem
bers of the Industrial Workers Of the
World. While many are said TO favor
calling a general strike, the sentiment
In some cases favors a strike of only a
few days, as protest.
several meetings Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World were held tonight,
most of the speeches being in foreign
tongues. The largest meeting was adj
dressed by Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
of New York, one of the organizers Of the
industrial Workers OF the World. She
urged the operatives to return TO theiI
mills tomorrow or Monday at the latest
and await the call of the leaders for a
strike.
GtIitldis aus announce NIldN " III
lam ID. Haywood, who directed the strik,
here last winter in its latter stages, and
who on Boston Common two weeks agc
urged a countrywide strike in protest
against the detention In jail Of Ettor anC
~iiovanntti, had been asked 70 come II
Lawrence. Mr.. Yates said that word had
been received from Chicago to-day that
MI Haywood would hurry East and might
arrive I'm Lawrence on Sunday or Monday
Haywood is under bonds awaiting trial
on charges Of conspiracy TO induce mil
operatives TO leave their places Of employ.
Ynent. Haywood was arrested at a mass
meeting In Boston on September Is, called
10 protest against the prosecution OF
Ettor and Gioyannitti
American Wooden Company Hit.
The mills most seriously affected are
those controlled by the American Wooler
Company. Five thousand hands at thu
Wood worsted mill are out, 1000 al thr
Aver plant 200 at the Washington min,
and 100 or more at the Prospect mill
These -four plants are owned by the
American Wooden Company.
lington, Pacific and Everett cotton mills
which have 1900 on the payrolls. also
left their work. The Wood and Aver
mills were compelled TO close at noon.
The struggle of last winter affected all
the woollen and cotton mills in Law.
renee, and was not ended until advances
In wages from TO 20 per cent had been
granted The advance in this city be-
came general at other textile centres OF
New England. at some OF which strike,
also occurred.
President William NJ. Wood OF the
American Wooden Company. Frederick II
Atteaux, a Boston business man; Dennis
J. Collins. of Cambridge. and William II
Rice, OF Milton. are awaiting trial on in
dictments found by the Suffolk County
Grand Jury charging them with conspir-
acy TO distribute explosives during the
strike.
Boston, Sept 27-The strike at Law
rance fO-daV UoS s,iryYfSa Of he Daod