The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-12
OF GLUCE
MILL OUT ON STRIKE
WEAVERS DISSATISFIED ON
ACCOUNT OF CUT IN
THEIR WAGES
PLANT is IDLE
Spinners Quit Out Of Sympathy
For Weavers-BaIance of
Mill Forced to Stop.

All machinery and the 300 or more
employees OF the Gluck Mills are idle
as the result OF walkout on the part
OF the operatives OF the weave shop
because their petition TO the manage
ment of the mill asking that the COM
pany reduce by 0ne-half the reduction
OF approximately 10 per cent recently
made in their wages was not granted.
The Gluck Mills are largely owned
by Wellington and Sears of Boston,
who are also principal owners of the
Equinox Mills, where similar strike
occurred several days ago AS yet
no move has been made looking to-
ward q conference between mill man
agement and employees for the pur-
pose OF reaching q settlement of the
differences. Only the best of feeling
prevails on the part of both sides. it
is stated. but both are determined in
their stand for what they believe is
right. No semblance of disorder has
occurred, and it Is not believed that
such will be resorted to by anyone in
an EFFORT to bring about an adjust
ment of the disagreement. ~
Effective January Is reduction of
cent per cut in the pay of the weav-
ers was ordered. This cut, 1t is stat
ed, amounted to little less than 20
per cent An operative of the weave
shop stated yesterday to a reporter of
The Intelligencer that the reduction
In wages amounted to about one dol
lar per week for q weaver operating
twelve looms. Several days ago. ii
was stated. a petition was prepared
for presentation to the mill officials.
asking that the reduction in wages be
made one cent per cut instead of two
cents. This' petition, it was stated,
was presented to the management of
the mill, last Saturday, and in 1t the
statement was made that the en-
ployees would expect an answer to
their petition by 0 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
When o'clock came Wednesday
morning and the mill authorities had
not agreed to meet the operatives half
way in the matter of wage reduction,
the operatives in the weave shop quit
their looms. An hour or so later the
operatives in the spinning room, out
of sympathy with the weayes, left
their post Of duty, and this depart
ment OF the mill also was shut down.
The balance oi the mill eoii;;iiss.. i. ss.;S 20
run Wednesday and yesterday until
II o'clock, when the mill management
ordered 1t shut down. This brought
the mill to a standstill.
An operative Of the weave shop
stated yesterday to reporter for r:.s
Intelligencer that the petition pre-
sented The mill management last Sat
urday asked in addition to compro-
mise ON the wage reduction new
boss weaver for the weave. shop The
employee stated that fiction had arisen
between the boss weaver and some of
the men employed in the weave, shop
several days ago when weayers left
their looms on account of one of their
number. man named Nea1e,, was dis
charged because lit was thought nc
was melting the weavers 10 strike.
AS will be recalled, Neale was REIN
stated when. in p conference between
weavers and mill management, 1t was
shown that Neale had merely acted In
the capacity of scribe for the weayers
In framing their petition to the mill
management On the day the Naale
incident occurred. the employee stat
ed yesterday. a boy weaver declined
to leave his looms when the, general,
walkout took place. S,rfe men, he
stated, endeayored TO coerce the hoy
into leaving his looms, when the boss.
weaver interferred and forbade them
showing the, lad any rough treatment.
lhiS iS what Starteu the Irlctlon Ne
tween weavers and the boss weaver,
| this employee stated, and this Is why
in their petition to the mill manage.
ment they asked for q new boss weav-s
er. The employee went on to state
that when this petition was presented
the mill management agreed to place
new boss weaver in the weave shop,
but declined to make any concessions
with regard to the wage question.
In the case OF the reduction of
wages at the Equinox Mills the man.
agement stated that wages paid there
we're out of proportion with those paid
by other mills, and that tho Equinox,
could no continue paying these wages
and meet canipetiiisS. The differences
at the Equinox Mi were, settled
anicabiy. %