The New York herald., 1922-02-13
FEAR CUTS TEXTILE
STRIKE TO $4,000
Many Operatives Vote
Against Stopping Work
at This Time.
HOLD OFF IN MAINE
Almost All of Those Walk
ing Out To-day Are in
New Hampshire.
AFFILIATED WITH UNION
20 Per Cent. Wage Reduction
Accompanied by Restoration
of 81 Hour Week.
AFFILIATED WITH UNION

BOSTON. Feb. 12.-Organized opera
tives in cotton mills employing about
$1,000 hands in New Hampshire and
MASSACHUSETTS, will go on strike to-
morrow in protest against a wage re-
duction Of 20 per cent. Officials of the
textile unions with which the locals
are affiliated assert that the mills are
well organized. Approximately 5000
operatives in Rhode Island textile
plants tave been on strike for the last
three weeks in protest against wage
cuts.
Reductions effective tomorrow,
which in the case of New Hampshire
mills are accompanied by restoration
OF the fifty-four hour week, will cut
the wages of nearly $4,000 operatives
in the four northern New England
States.
With the exception of 1900 workers
In Lowell all of those who have sig
niied their intention of striking are in
the cotton centers of New Hampshire
The Amoskeag and the Stark mills in
Manchester, employing 1900. hands,
will furnish the largest quota. They
are affiliated with the United Textile
Workers OF America.
Where Action Is withheld.
Operatives in Maine, Vermont and
Massachusetts,, with the exception OF
those employed by the Hamilton Man
ufacturing Company and the Bay State
mills in Lowell have so far either with
held action on protest strike or voted
not to leave their work at this time.
The Hamilton company announced yes
terday that it's mills would not open
on Monday The oLwell Textile Council
has sanctioned strikes at any of the ten
mills I'm that city that may follow the
example OF the two tnat have an
nounced q wage reduction
At Nashua, N. H., the organized en-
ployees of the Nashua and Jackson mills
of the Nashua Manufacturing Company,
which employ about 1000 operatives,
have voted to strike. The Suncook
mills. with $50 operatives. located in a
suburb of Manchester, and the Coo
heoo mills at Dover. with 1900, will
also be affected. The Manchester Mold
ers' Union has announced that its MEM
bers will strike In company with the
textile workers.
Twenty-Five thousand operatives in
Maine will be affected by the cut, includ-
Ing 12, 600 in Lewiston. Representatives
Of the Lewiston operatives decided at a
meeting to-day not to strike at this time.
The vote was All in favor of strike
and 322 against. but the vote In favor
fell short of sixty-three OF the two-thrds
required to call strike.
Employees Of the Pepperell Mills at
Biddeford and the York Mills at Saco
have voted to take no strike action al
this time. The two mills employ about
$500 hands.
Rhode Island situation.
The strike situation in Rhode Island,
where numerous disturbances on the part
OF strike sympathizers have been re-
ported, led Gov. San Souci to issue
proclamation yesterday in which he de-
clared that in event OF further violence
he would use the military TO restore orr
der. Last night the Governor ordered
two troops Of National Guard cavalry
held under full arms and equipment at
the armory In Providence.
Law and order must be preserved
at any cost" ne said.
No wage reductions have been an
nounced in Lawrence. New Bedford or
Fall River. three of the largest tex
tile centers OF Massachusetts. A reduc-
tion will go into effect tomorrow in
mills at Ware. westfeld and Chicopee.
Mass Great Falls. Newmarket and
Salmon Falls. ". H.. Burlington, VI.
Augusta and Brunswick Ne