Putnam patriot., 1916-08-11
VIEWERS STRIKE AT
 WATERMAN COMPANY
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 them 1t il VAS not satisfactory and they did mol say that it vas not i told them ilat they aouid 0e treated fairly in the mailer of fines ana tbal f lines were not imposed according to this list l. come fleht to me pefs8aa3- i ly- They asked for len percent in- crease for the weaYers and ;osd them that f they returned t0 aork II 30ald be under tae same conditions as Bef5fe. Nothing Ras said this morning about the perch in regard to tae fe-hHHg of MeG4ife, @l9 tAey oujecl lo, says as l did yesterday, That hsee no h. tenti0n 8f hirins 1im in fact flo not know where he is
 MONDAY
 The striking seaFers at the WBlef- man H1rsied Company are sIiII out today They held meeting in their hall thls morning and talked oyer the situation. After the meeting a memz bef Of Inc committee said. aWe ars stu dfm Ne have voted 70 draw ID at1peaHtten communication L. be de- Iieeiea fa -apefiB tendent Percy L. ' Aatefmaa stating our demands ana tomorrow morning we will haze aa. other meeting ss soon as we hear from him and | OUT requests are noi grant ed ae VIII remain H5m snd the strike atll sa aH ia5eHaigely
 Asked shat taese demands would be l lae aseaz9s5 al tae committee saids
 afHzg. ae ask the uD0iishmsnt of tde Ia cont ane. As ] have already stated She seasefs consider an impef. lection sz smail that only a fine of lB csafs is imposed t1 loo trivial matter l b Lake nolleg af
 second we shaI insist that the perch Hsed for measuring tbe cloth tfem tae .es#s be inspected and tested 1 bg 1ae ses4efaf weights and measures to assure our getting the uIl yardaee that ee weave.
 TaIfd, the girls engaged in drawing in are nov psia a4 cents per thousand ends. fae standard pay for this soFt of work is il cents and We sHali de. mand an increase of cents to bring their wage ap 10 this standard.
 Faafth. Ne shaIl ask for more shut. tIes for the we5Ters AsIt is now t Is impossible for Weavers working with three or four kiuds of filling 10 change shallIes.
 1 Fifth, we shall demand that Al loom axefs gel the same wage The standard wage now is s18.B9 2 week bat some of tae HNers afe paid less Cur demand will be that all dxers be used alike
 The WeaYers claim that unless A h. | vafabie reply k received to tBeif de- mands the s9fike ~lii go on and that q vote 10 this effect will be passed unless such a reply Is forthcoming 1.-the concessions afe made they will go back.
 \ rumor gained currency this morn ing thal the company was advertising for. weavels and guaranteeing sa Ii day Asked regarding this supefin lendent W Alderman said it was not so.
 TU ESOAY
 The strike al the Waterman Norsted Company is settled, al least as lar a= the day weavers are, concerned They have voted 10 go back to their looms tomorrow morning and claim to be satisfied with the agreement Feached
 The committee say that it has been agreed ff.at lucent fines will be adal l isaed, IHtss8e perch Will be inspected and lesfa.9 m.t that sufficient shuttle. vii 0e IaUisucd tne weavets The addiIlaaaI He-ut for gHe night weaTets ls not sanyed nor Is the mise of cents t4the drawers tn. The conn mittee say | n as they have W3aI they asked 3af, tae uiglt weaver, tnd the dfaaefs in will have tu book nnl i Tor themselves They said that n ,5ly of the nigal mea had left the city and that the gltIs were away on theif "a cations.
 The balance Of the money collected to defray the expense of the hall Nas used fot iollification in Owls hall this afternoon at which there were songs, speeches and light refreshments.
 Mir. Waterman said this afternoon that the teommittee had notihed him that the day weavers would be back tomorrow morning. He said that the committee requested meeting this morning which was sgranied. The grievances were talked over The mat. Ter of lo percent for the night weayeTs was fatly refused and the committee was told thst rather than grant an in- crease night work would be abolished. l Regarding the aholishment of tAe lo cent fine II was decided To adhere to the puce list NIT Waterman tod the committee that no fines should be imposed Tor and , yards ol thread out and a broken pick aud fl such fines had been imposed in the past It was without his know ledge The committee was told that the loom fix CTS were al paid sl95S week and this wss satisfactory. Full permission was given to have the perch lesled and Mir. N aterman said that Il Was as of much advantage to the mill ta have sufficient shattles as it was to the weaVers and assured them that shnt-