New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
LAWRENCE OWNERS YIELD
Employers Grant Increase in
Wages to Operatives.
FIVE PER CENT MINIMUM
Arlington Mills Take the Lead
and Others Will Follow
Golden Heads Unionists.

Lawrence. Mass. Feb pa readJust-
meut Of wages. which in no case will In
volve eSs than an increase of per cent.
10 take effect on March 4, was announced
by President William Whitman of the
Arlington Mills tonight.
According to Alderman Michael :. Brien
a similar announcement probably Will be
posted by other mills tomorrow. Alderman
O'Bren Mayor Michael A. SCanlon and the
entire Lawrence city government conferred
with representatives OF the American Wool
en- Company the Arlington and Pacific Mills
and the United States Worsted Company in
Boston to-day The alderman said tonight
The officials prom sej To make certain
concessions to their employees Immediately:
owing to the fact that the adjustment OF
wages is essentially an Internal mat
ter between employer and employees
proper regard for courtesy counseis me 70
allow the mill officials TO make known the
exact concessions to their employees.
viii Be No Discrimination.
The statement from the Arlington Mills.
which is signed by William Whitman. presi-
dent: Franklin W. Hobbs, treasurer, and
William y. Hartshorne. agent, discusses
conditions in the textile business and the
new Massachusetts law decreasing the
labor time In mills and factories from fifty
six 10 ffty-four hours week. and con-
tinues
A readiustment Of wages Will 5e made
upon a comparative basis as 10 occupd-
tons, involving increases in the rates now
paid by the hour and by the piece. sun
advances are 10 be equltdDly duJu't5u a.,
cording to the classes OF workers ana thelr
earnings and in no case TO be less thah
per cent The new schedule OF WAGES VIII
go into effect Monday. March 4. lsl2;
-,
plovnent ard shall welcome back ana give
work as rap apidly possible, to any OF our
old employees, without dlscrlmlnau0n, Huo
apply for work on or before NednesHa.
March s. 1872.
The Industrial Workers OF The World
who started the strike seven weeks ago
asked for l. per cent increase in wages.
Tho mills affected by the strike employ
rs 200 hands.
President Golden II the United Textile
Workers Of America. upon being informed
~ the concessions. said II am pleased to
hear Of f. Unless IT affected all the opera
tives. skilled and unskilled irrespective OF
nationality. we could not indorse Il.
William Yates. leader of the lndusrla!
Workers OF the World, said that he could
not saw tonight how the concessions would
10 received by the strikers he represented.
i. r,oetinz Of the strike committee Of which
he g the head will consider the matter TO-
morrow.
The delegation cf fifty strikers inciudlhN
children and older mill workers. VINO are
N go 10 Washington TO appear before the
Committee on Rules. at the request or Con
c--ossr,an victor Berger will leave the city
to-,,orrov, morning. The authorities VIII
make no objection 10 the departure u
tbnse children. as the party Will not IN
cI,,de any little ones such as were 10 nave
been sent away last week.
Another investigation Of tho strike silua-
.,on was begun to-day with the arrival oI
Dr & p. Nell. Commissioner OF LABOR
from Washington. with a speclal dse".
f-or, his department. William d Haywood
saws that the probers are TO secure no he'p
from tho strikers He intimates that cl'l'
proceedings would be instituted against the
state authorities for the action of the po-
lice SATURDAY. IN OBTAINING women ana chH-
dren about TO leave the city.
More Operatives at Work.
More operatives were working IN the var'-
oua textile mills to-day than on any Prev
ous dsv Of the big strike, which Is no" IN
rs eighth week.
Tho relief stations ~ various parts or
Tav.renca are daily becoming more crowd
od with applicants for food. Before each
- tho stations early to-day there was
c.,baring Of several hundred hungry ones
including a large proportion Of children.
- obud-ep could not get enough