The Washington times., 1934-09-04

Strike, Says
Hopkins


greeted with silence the general
textile strike which settled over
the nation today, but there was
a blunt warning from his Federal
Relief Administrator, Harry Hop.
kinS.
Mr.. Hopkins has been a visitor
at the Roosevelt estate for several
days, and said before leaving:
"If there is any impression
among leaders that the Relief
Administration is going to un-
derwrite their strike, they will
find out very soon that they
are sadly mistaken"
The administrator explained
this did not mean people would
be allowed to Starve. He has
studied relief figures in centers
of other industrial disturbance,
and apparently does not expect a
heavy Federal financial load as
g. result of the strike. He went
on:
"When the relief figures come
in from the textile centers, /
think you will find that the
increase in the demand for
public funds will be surprisingly
small-y0u'll be able to put the
increased cost for relief in your
hat
PORTERDALE, Ga, Sept. 4
O.N.SO Less than 200 of 1900
workers in the Porterdale mills re-
ported for work today after
strikers had been routed by
streams of water from fire hose
as they attempted to bar passage
of a train carrying finished goods
from the mills.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Sept. 4
I.N.SO.-Amoskeag Manufacture
ing Company plant, the largest
cotton mill in the country, was
closed today with approximately
5000 operatives remaining in
their homes.
Pickets were placed at the de-
serted mill gates. Everything re-
mained peaceful.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Sept. 4
O.N.SO. - With approximately
$4,000 operatives in 26 mills idle,
the textile strike here was char
acterized as nearly 100 per cent
successful. This was in marked
contrast to many other New Eng
land textile centers.
MANCHESTER, Conn. Sept. 4
G.NS.). - Approximately 1000
employees, representing approx
mately so per cent of the workers
of Cheney Brothers Silk Com
pany were on strike today as part
of the nationwide strike of textile
workers, company officials an.
nounced.
COVINGTON. Ca, Sept. 4
GN.SD. - Mills at Covington
closed today when about half
of the workers appeared for duty
and disorders broke out at the
picket lines maintained by the
strikers.
The mill operators announced
Immediately that operations OF
the units would be postponed un-
til the strike is definitely settled.
AIKEN, S. c., Sept. 4 GN.SO,
Four thousand textile workers in
the Horse Creek Valley region OF
western South Carolina chose to
remain at their posts today, when
mills at Graniteville, Vaucluse,
Warrenville. Langley, and Bath
opened after the Monday holiday.
The situation was reported "all
quiet" at every plant, with all
mills working full shifts.
ANDERSON, S. c.. Sept. 4
G.N.SO O.-Hearing that employees
would walk out if the plant were
opened today, officials Of the
jackson mills, near the Iva COM
munity. ordered the mill to re-
main closed.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sept. 4 GIN.
SO.-The heavy hand of the ma
tion-wide textile strike struck a
smashing blow in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania today.
With an estimated 10000 work
erS in the area-drawn from the
silk, woolen. worsted, and cotton
industries eported to have
joined in the national strike, union
leaders were confident Of paralyz.
ing the industry.
Allentown leaders of the fedora
ton of silk workers have ordered
solid picket lines thrown about
the 81 plants in this district.
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. A
0.N.SO.-More than $4,000 en-
ployeS in Connecticut's approx
mately 300 textile plants were on
strike and many mills were pick
eted, although no violence was re-
ported, according to word from the
State Department Of Labor.
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