The Cotton Factory Times. — 1915-07-09 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE OF .7% NIII.NROW MAN.  Thorn. Francia Buckley, aged 34 years. a spinner of 32, Royds-street. Milnrow, was found hanging by a piem of rope in the garret at his house on Saturday evening. He was at once released. but life was extinct. The rope or. used by children as  -Mr. F. N. Molerworth. county coroner. held an ingumt on the body at the Milnrow Council Offices on Monday morning.  „.. Mary Ann Buckley. widow of the den-eased. said her hunband had been in failing health of Int& and thin appeared to trouble him. He Worked as usual on Saturday morning. Later deceased went upataire saying that he would have in rest. Her husband luni been away an hour when she called for him, hut receiving TIO reply went upstairs and found him hanging in the ,ttie. A verdict, of “Suic,cle while temporary insane” wam returned by the jury.  A resolution which will do away with the voting by proxy at all minveptions of the Federation, as allowed in the past, wan adopted. A proposal which would have made it neeeoary for all locals wishing to withdraw all their money from their banks to have the eignature of both the president and secretary of the Federation, ay. rejected. It Won voted that hereafter the president and windows be removed and that the organisation secretary-treourer of the Federation must visit oppose the overtime employment of women and each local union at lento twice /luring each year. children were referred to the committee on rote New Cotton Federatiqn. taisinew, no were the retiolutions for the appointment of organisers in the New England awes. A romlution was al. paased endorsing the craft , Reports as to sanitation, ventilation, and f:rnng.l,f UhyniCnt,M, ri' 971,,,,,barienr, national feettart-o-. illumination in the variety§ mills of the district were which is altogether different from the procedure of made by all the delegates. Mri the United Textile Workers. It was he-noire of . John Holt, preaident of the Fall Rver Weavers' Union, was elected president of the this rulMg of United Textile Workers that the National Federation, and Mr. James Whitehead wo re-relented to the position of eeeretary. Mr. '7'l7e7elsoltuttitan s°tartgoclanirhatir' o'reeersYrnd"daeglegates of the National Federation of Cloth Weavers Whitehead has been secretary-treasurer since the endorse the national form of trade unionism in the inception of the '"nn°then eight Yea" age' and has been seeretary of the Fall River Beavers' National Federation of Cotton Textile Workers in Union for the pot 22 years. The new vice.president , such a waY thet theY lain he handed "ether "r ne ' Mr. Joseph R. Routhier,- of New Bedford. only; and should be combined in .oc 1 the good of all, consulting of cotton textile worker. a A Fall River contemporary states —The resolu. h a way aii to then endorsed by the National Federation of Cloth be moat suocenful in fighting the economic battle and for the protection of cotton textile workers of Weavers towards the formation of a National i to-day in their struggle for shorter hours, increased Federation of Cotten Textile Workers s said to meet with favour here, and it is predicted that at wage, and bctter working conditions." the coming monthly meetings of some of the The committee of the Federation; which looks textile unione the matter of affiliating with auch an after all bills of the legislature rogarding labour organisation may be taken up. There has been matters, reported their work of the past year. In more the report they stated that they opposed the amendore or less talk about such an association prior tan convention of Cloth Weavers, and tbe action ment to the shuttle bill, were in favour of the emergency room in of the Weavers' delegates in Pawtucket has given bill to- prohibit the all mills, were in favour of the e., in,. no the movement which mill hii. Me of opaque glasa. and were " doubtedly be taken care of by the unions interested opposed to the bill making it possible for the manefacturers to make the employee make up for net in such an organisation. It is pointed out that a national asisociation of cotton textile operatives time by holidays. would be of far more benefit to the operatives in opaque lieoommendatinne of the prerident that the siiction. than to affiliate with ail organtsation . Corn:tom a Como Bons 41 et lamed on craft line. ,