Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-04
r. /. State Board
to Again Attempt
Mediation Strike

FFOplOeDCe, Il. j.. MAR. 3.-ReneWeu
attempts to settle the Rhode Island
textile strike, which has closed many
mills for six weekB and thrown H.
900 operatives out of employment, are
TO be made by the state board of
mediation and Cancellation Of which
Judge J. Jerome Hahn is chairman, it
was Announced here today. A meet
ing Of the board has been called for
1890 o'clock tomorrow morning.
No meeting OF the state board has
been held since last Tuesday when
failure Of mill owners and strikers to
submit their differences to arbitra
ton ended for the time hope of settle
i1lent. Tomorrow's meeting, accord =
ing to the call issued by Labor Com
missioner Geores II. Webb. will he
FOR the purpose Of canvassing the
strike situation and endeavoring 10
see II there 10 anything further the
board can do to interest both mil,
owners and strikers in mediation or
Cancellation"
Throughout the day all was peace
full at the Hope Company's plant at
Hope. which now has been running
for two days under police and mil
itary guard. Pickets were driven
away from the mills early this morn
Ing by a force of cavalrymen and
machine gunners and repetition OF
Yesterdays disorders. In which a mill
worker was roughly handled. was
made impossible. Strike leaders to-
night maintained that only abo at
20 workers had reported at the mills
The mill management claimed the
plant vas running at 80 per cent. oil
It's capacity.
The driving away Of the Hope pick
cts today led to vigiroas protests b.,
the strike leaders in the Pawtuxet val.
ley, who sent q delegation to Major
Samuel A. Hall. commanding the
troops in that area, to object to their
men being ordered from a public high
way Major Hall issued 4 new ruling
which was accepted by the leaders.
He announced that there was no lob.
lection to picketins the Hope plant
In an orderly manner" provided the
pickets were all former employees of
the mills. Yesterday and today the
picket line was made up largely of
strikers from Natiek. Arctic, PheniS
and other mill villages.
Strike leaders In both the Pawtuxet
and Blackstone valleys held meetings
todoy and decided upon intensified
picketfng" 10 commence Monday at all
mills where strikes are in progress.
This. it was stated by, some of the
strikers. 10 10 offset rumors that a
number OF mill owners are planning
to follow the example OF the Hone
company and attempt to reopen their
plants. .+.
In Pawtucket. from which city near.
~ half the troops who had been on
strike duty since the February 81 riots
were Withdrew yestsrday. the situa.
ton today was without incident. An
inquest into tho death Of Jose Az.
,suncao. Portuguese national. who wa q
killed In the riots. was ordered this
afternoon by Governor Vance. One
witness testified that Mayor Kenyon
Of Pawtucket ordered the police to
shoot into the crowd OF strikers as
sembled on that day near the Jenekes
Spinning Co.'S plant
A crowd Of $4,000 strikers led by
Thomas r. McMahon. president Of the
United Textile Workers. visited the
state house here this afternoon to de-
nand legislation for 1 ls-hour week.
The deleGatioa vas refused IN imme-