New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
5000 Textile
Workers Due to
Strike To-day
Mil Hands III Score OF New
England Centers Going
Out Against 200 Pay Cut:
Pickcls Arc Organized
phodclslandTroopsReady
Governor Dcfcs Mob Rule; {;
Serious Trouble Feared at
Manchester. n. H.. Plant
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uocrON. Feb. 12.-Indications to-
-. ro-c that from 0,000 to $4,000
=, ro,kers would walk out on strike
uorrow when tho announced 20 per
.rt In wages and increase of
..,;,o time from forty eight to fifty
s~ hours week so into effect in
~a;oritv of New England cotton
Mills.
v..s meetings Of mill hands were
IA today in more than score of
49,. and towns from Maine to Rhode
,.,.,d The workers appeared deter
-;,sd 70 strike IN protest at what thsy
.,,m .he unjust and unwnrrantcd con
gtions proposed by thc mill owners.
Tho most critical situation seems to
10 in Manchester, n. H.. where the
.n,os.osc Manufacturing Company
I'll a,tcn,nt 10 put the new schedule
;n.n eract tomorrow IN its mills.
msicb employ nearly. y.lS.5o0 hands. The
c.srl mills. employing moro than 1000
ssrds also viii be affected
Iames STAR. OF Paterson. ~ j.. second
xrs,nresidcnt Of tho United Textile
vor.crs of America. and Organizcr
,iorsce \. Rivicrc addressed two mass
Meetings Of mill hands to-day in Man
chester.
Mil Pickctinr Ordered
Plans for the strike were outlined
and pickcting Of the mills Of the Amos
.oac Manufacturing Company was or
6srsd 10 start at 6:45 a. m. A special
~eetirc of the speaking en-
nlovees was held and addresses we're
made in French by representatives Of
TIE United Textile Workers. The
sneakers cautioned against violence
md advised the workers to remain calm
but firm.
Police Chief Michael J. Healy of
Manchester held conference with the
union leaders and announced that he
would have sufficient force on hand
TO cope with any emergency.
william Parker Straw, agent of the
Anoskeag Manufacturing Company, has
,sYsd statement in which he declares
that there will he no compromise on the
reduction Of wages and increased work
nr hours: that the new schedule is de-
msndei by present industrial conditions
snG is merely step in the program for
return to normal conditions.
IN Lowell it is predicted that at least
sN00 cotton mill workers will go on
yrss The Hamilton Company. where
sirke was ordered, announced tom ght
Int us mill. which employs 1900 hands.
would not attempt to open tomorrow
md would remain closed indefinitely.
A.Lsvi:ton, Me-. where a large mass
meeting vas neli. slxty-thrcc votes
were aeking of the two-thirds neces-
Nf hr 4 strike so the mill hands
VII rmtlnue at work for tomorrow
81 east
Strike or Be Expelled
Louis Langlo.s. state organizer. and
0gcr Christian, of Lawrence. Mass,
'daresS ed the workers. The latter read
ls',cr from headouartcrs of the
l7sric.n Federation OF Textile Work
=; in Fail River which said that the
',cmro~s must 50 on strike or bc c&-
7eled from the oreanization.'
Emma Valley, woman operative.
created sensation by jumping up on
ao platform and charging that the
Milot boxes we're being stuffed with
wtes and that all strikes were crooked.
In Rhode Island, Governor Emery
J. San Souc ordered two troops OF
National Guard cavalry held at the
armory Of mounted commands in
Providence with full equipment and
arms and to be ready for instant cali
10 duty If needed.
Governor San Souci declared that
mob rule has never been tolerated
in Rhode Island and it will not be
while can prevent it. Law and or
der must nc preserved at any cost and
am making every effort to be ready
fer any eventuality."
K. |. Miller Involved
five Of the largest textile plants in
Racde Island will be involved IN the
strike, some Of their hands having al
ready walked out. These arc the mills
o. the B. r. and r. knight Ccmps ny.
,ac' the Hope Company, 1nterlaken
oompany, Aponaug Company and
Vromptoa Company.
lroubls is ANTICIPATED in Pawtucket,
4. |, and in Attleboro, Mass. The
pants where strikes are in progress
Il 'hese places arc the Crown Manu-
ssAurlng Company, u. S. Finishing
Vonpany and Jenckes Spinning Com
John fanley. president of the Low
~ Mass, Textile Council, declared to-
asy 'hat the reduction in wages camc
surprise to the majority of the
workers and that nothing Of the kind
asd been expected at this time in view
" Iae continued high cost of living.
:. o'uooorn resistance on the part of
u', ne mills hands" was promised by
nshley, who said that the wage cut
r ras entirely unjustified and unfair.
W .,V called 1t IAN attempt on the part
me mill owners to drag their en-
ices zee! down TO the level of the
cs1Hls,ion can,lion wages prevailing in the
$500 Already Out
rnlons the cotton mills where whole
w.. .*aiKouts are expected tomorrow
tne plants of the Amoskeag. Stark,
Tasaua' Audroscoggin, Cumberland,
s,"snental, Bates, Columbia. Pacific,
'cn mills. ''"' Nei anu "e IA
rnready some $4,000 workers in fifteen
~ '.en' mills and seven or eight cities
s,,. "l'olVed IN the labor trouble which
OransI DsIs certain Of assuming widespread
A. 1s large mills of the American Wool
ssr,ua0mpany arc not involved in the
sao. a. 'nls firm announced that no
''uuceiohs were contemplated.
w Vwners Muzzle ''Figaro"
Until FLo. I'll II