The Cotton Factory Times. — 1905-12-01 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

FROM THE SPINDLE  AND THE LOOM.  OLDHAM.  Build of a Cop.—At the Roebuck Inn, Kingstreet, on Saturday night, Mr. John Mottram, cotton teacher, gave a lecture to the Managers and Overlookers' Friendly Society on "The build of a cop on the S.A. mule. Questions were asked, and discussion followed. Accident.—An accident occurred at the Phcenia Mill, Brunswick-street, on Thursday afternoon week, to John Schofield, aged 41, engineer at the mill. It appears that he was working near the fly wheel when he fell, sustaining a fracture of the skull. He was taken in the ambulance to the Infirmary and there detained.  Mill Girl Drowned.—A young woman named Charlotte Etchells (20), of 119, Ripponden-road, left home for her work at the Greenacres Spinning Co., Ltd., about half-past five on Wednesday morning week. She was seen to leave the mill without her shawl shortly before six o'clock, and was not seen alive again. Her body was found in the water lodge at the back of the mill about seven o'clock the following morning. At an inquest on Friday afternoon, at the Town Hall, the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane."  Mums.—The question of further subscribing to the British Cotton Growing Association is down for business at the quarterly meeting of the Central Mill Company. The shareholders have subscribed Li per 1,000 spindles.—The extension at the Gresham Mill Co. has now been roofed in.— Mr. Harry Holden, son of Mr. J. Holden, head spinning master at Werneth Spinning Co., Ltd., has been appointed assistant mule overlooker at the Soudan Mill Co., Middleton.—Mr. James Jenkinson has resigned his position as inside manager at the firm of Messrs. James Hardman and Sons, Banger Mill, with which he has been connected for nearly five years.—The chimney of the Fernhurst Spinning Co. has reached ithe height of 25 yards, and, when completed, will be 70 yards high. The reservoir is in a forward state, and the offices are now built.  Piecees Sudden Death.—An inquest was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday week touching the death of William Taylor (28), pieoer, 23, Prim- I rose Bank, who died suddenly two days previously. —Herbert Taylor, 23, Primrose Bank, deposed to finding Taylor lying on the bedroom floor. He spoke to him, but got no answer. Taylor had been suffering from a bad finger, and was off work for about eight weeks.—Mary Crew, 23, Primrose Bank, said that on Monday afternoon she gave Taylor some tea. He had been to the Borough Spinning Company, but said he had not to start there again. He seemed very depressed, and cried bitterly over it. When she gave him the tea he went into the kitchen to cool it.—Dr. R.. G. Henderson, pathologist at Oldham Infirmary, said death was due to failure of the heart, accelerated by the condition of the lungs.—An open verdict was returned, the Coroner (Dr. Thomson) remarking that it was a peculiar case. ' Black Smoke Nuisance.—" One of the objects of the society was the cultivation of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and one of the greatest enemies of such cultivation was smoke." Such was this remark of Mr. Pym, secretary of the Beautiful Oldham Society, in introducing a deputation from the society to the members of the Corporation Sanitary Committee at their meeting on Thursday evening week. Mr. Pym pointed out the time limits in operation in other towns for the emission of black smoke, and asked that the time should be shortened in Oldham from four minutes in the half-hour to six minutes in the hour. They also suggested that a permanent inspector be appointed and that mill chimneys be regularly inspected. One of the deputation also referred to certain mechanical stokers in use at various mills in the town.—Councillor Simisber (who presided) explained the system of smoke inspection by the committee, and stated that they had appointed the previous smoke inspector again to devote his whole time to the duties for three months. It had been thought they ought to alter the time limit in proportion to the number of boilers. It was also, stated by one of the committee that 56 observations had been taken during the fortnight. —Dr. G. Thomson (coroner) said he had come to express his sympathy with the object of the deputation, and ventured to say that the committee would have the entire sympathy of the local medical profession in whatever they did to remedy the smoke evil.—Dr. Carson (Mayor) said they had seven inspectors who took observations in the whole of the town. It would need at least Five special men to observe the whole of the chimneys in the town regularly. Both the stokers and the masters were to blame for the blaca amoke.—After further remarks the deputation withdrew, previously thanking the committee for their kind reception. Spindle and Flyer Makers' Annual Gathering.— The sixth annual gathering in connection with the Oldham branches of the United Operative Spindle and Flyer Makers' Trade and Friendly Society was held on Saturday in the Westwood Liberal Club, Marmaduke-street. After tea a meeting was held, presided over by Mr. Charles Whitehead, of Leeds, general president of the union. The principal speaker was Mr. J. R. Clynes, J.P., secretary to the Oldham Trades and Labour Council. He stated that there were over one million trade unionists, and that over £2,000,000 were paid every year in subscriptions to the societies. Sixpence out of every benpence went back to the worker, and in one branch of friendly assistance—that for members unemployed—trade unions paid out hat year nearly £