New-York tribune., 1912-04-08
MILLIONS IN MORE PAY
FAIL TO CHECK STRIKES
CAPITAL and Labor Still WrangIe
In Mill Districts Of New England.
Though Wages Advance.
DOZEN PLACES AFFECTED
Industrial Workers, Spurred by
Success in Lawrence, Plan
Further Revolts Of Tex
tile Operatives.

Boston. April 7-Desplte the wave OF
wage Increases which during the next
twelve months will swell by more than
N2Coo,oOO the pay of thousands OF teXu'e
workers in New England. dissatisfaction is
manifest still among the operatives in many
places.
Strikes are now in effect or are threat
ened during the week beginning tomorrow
unless certain demands are granted, AZ
nearly a dozen textile points. Except IN
Iowell where 1900 operatives are out or
work the number Of operatives involved Is
comparatively small. Many observers OF
the situation believe that the strike and
lockout IN Lowell will Re ended this week
through the expected action Of the manu-
facturers in granting an increase or 10 per
cent, in place OF the and per cent ao'
vances already announced.
The settlement Of the Lowell situation
however. apparently is not going TO mean
the end Of activity in New England by the
Industrial Workers Of the World. the or
gsnization which has assumed responslph-
fly both for the great Lawrence struggle
. and that at Lowell.
Preparing for Other SVlNes'
In an address at a meeting in Lawrence
last nisht William E. Trautmann, at pres
ent IN charge OF the Industrial workers III
New England declared that while inns
che I,ovelD strike is going on other strikes
IN New England are being prepared IN
previous statements by Trautmann anu
other leaders, strikes had been oredlcteo III
Manchester. n. H.. cotton mills. and In the
iron industry in Worcester in the near
future.
In Fall River. where a general increase
Of 10 per cent to the textile operatives pre-
vented a strike Of $1,000 persons. the three
hundred fremen have voted TO go on Strike
to.morrow morning unless the huhuIeu
cotton mills involved grant fat wage
rate of % cents an hour, in place of 'he
present sliding scale of from IL 10 - cents
The strike at the Lancaster mills IN Chn-
ton. where 1900 persons have been aHec'eo
for a month, now hinges only on the nheS
system. The mill owners have agreed 10
all the demands. including an increase OF ~
Der cent in wages, except that FOR the apo-
i,t,on of the fines vote Of the operatives
will be taken tomorrow on the quesuon Vi
returning TO work.
-. Striking employees Of the HUDSON Nor-
\ sted Company. al Hudson numbering sew
\ eral hundred, have rejected plan Tor re-
eAiustment offered by the company. on
the ground that II does not amount to the
increase of 10 per cent. which the strikers
sav is the least they will accept
Silk Workers Threaten to Strike
Al the silk mill Of Belding Brothers in
Nortbampton. many of the operatives
uost1y veavers. have made demands for
increased wages. which have been reject
cd by the owners. Some of the weavers
have declared they will not go TO work to-
morrow morning. but they are not organ
ized. and the mill officials say there can
be no strike Of any consequence.
new wage schedule. which will be
posted within q day or two, is expected 10
settle the strike among the employees or
the Warren Cotton Company. In West
Warren. where nearly thousand workers
have been on strike for several weeks
Walter B. Hall, the agent although not
announcing the rate Of increase. has inti-
mated that It closely approaches the striK-
ers' demands.
CARPET making, g branch Of the textile
industry little affected up 70 now by the
agitation for higher wages. is involved IN
a threatened strike tomorrow OF five hun
dred employees Of the Roxbury Carpet
Company. The workers there sent to the
owners to-day a demand for general in
crease Of 10 per cent and for the rein
statement Of three women employees re-
Gently discharged.
The advence of 10 per cent which the
]. a p. Coats Company, Limited, granted
to certain classes OF operatives In their
eve mills IN Pawtucket, r. l., will be
made general within a few days, and has
been followed by similar demands from
committees representing one thousand
other workmen, who have declared they
would strike unless the increase is
granted.
An echo Of the Lawrence strike will be
heard during the coming week, Il is ex-
pected, when the Essex County grand
fury meets at Newburyport Joseph j.
Ettor and Arturo Gioysnnitti, Of New
York. both leaders of the Industrial Work
ers Of the World. who conducted the Law
renee strike, have been held for this sit
ting Of the Jury on the charge OF being
accessories before the fact 20 the alleged
murder of Anne Lepizzo during a strike