The Cotton Factory Times. — 1891-07-03 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

BLACKBURN.  EMMA/TIM AND WORICSIAN.—Luke Kennedy, 18, of 30, Chemlev-street, 131ackburn, was brought before the borouili magistrates on 'Monday week for leaving his employer, Mr. R. M. Bottomley, during his apprenticeship, and £2 9s. was claimed. The claim was allowed, and Kennedy was ordered to return to work.  AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURER IN BIACIISURN.— Mr. John Walker, of the Walker Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, is at present on a visit to Blackburn, where he resided some twenty years ago. Ile is the head of a large engineering establishment in what is one of the most go•ahead cities in the states. How progressive it is may be gathered from the fact that it has increased its population by 100,000 during the last decade. POWERLOOM OTERLOOKERS' ASSOCIATION. - The balance-sheet of the General Union of Associations of Powerloom Overlookers for the last half•year has just been issued. It shows that the Blackburn district, in which there are 736 members, has contri. buted a total of £9O 195., Accrington, with 68 members, £8 Se.; Burnley, with 210 members, £25 18s. 6d.; Colne, 67 members, £7 10s.; Nelson, 152, £l5 I3s. ; and Preston, 361, £44 6s. 6d. The total number of members is 3,055, and the total receipts for the half-year amount to £372 Bs.  DEATH OF A TRADES UNIONIST.—MT. Richard Cocking, who was for 18 years secretary to the Blackburn District of the North-East Lancashire Card and Blowing Room Operatives' Association, died at his residence, Clayton-street, Blackburn, on Saturday afternoon. Rather more than a year ago Mr. Cocking was seized with paralysis, and found it necessary some months later to resign his post. He still continued to hold the position of treasurer to the association until last summer, when a second attack of paralysis while on his way to Manchester prevented his re-election. A WINDER ATTEMPTS Scicine.—At the Blackburn Borough Court, on Wednesday, a winder named Ada Maudsley, 18, of Cleaver-street, was charged with attempting to commit suicide in the canal. On Tuesday evening the prisoner left her work and Went on to the canal bank near the Infirmary Bridge. She was seen by a boatman named Deakin in the act of taking off her clogs, and when he looked round a minute or two afterwards he saw the girl in the water. Deakin immediately ran to the spot where the girl was struggling in the water, and as she was not far from the bank, he managed to haul her out of the water.—The mother of the young woman said her daughter had been suffering for some time from pains in the head.—The bench dismissed her on the promise that the mother would exercise a careful watchfulness over her. TRADES UNIONISM IN BLACERCRN.—A circular has been issued to the members of the Blackburn and District Powerloom Weavers' Association, in which the committee review 04 working of the association since the end of the nine weeks' strike in 1884. At that time the banking account only amounted to £65, and the property of the association was.heavily mortgaged. Since then they have paid off the mortgage, pulled dowu the old offices, and erected new ones in their place. In the seven years they have paid claims for stoppages at mills amounting to £19.813 10s., for funerals £3,955, levies for emergency purposes £6,913, and other expenses; yet they have succeeded in raising the amount of the banking account from £65 to £10,500. They have also recovered by negotiations, without going Into court, wages realising over £5OO, and under the Employers' Liability Act for accidents £6OO. The eommittee take the opportunity to impress upon members the advisability of not taking part in individual strikes without first obtaining the sanction of the committee. The officials of the association are on friendly terms with the employers, who fully recognise the association. PLAIN TALE so WORKMEN.—OII Friday night, on the Market-place, Mr. A. W. King, secretary of the Technical School, delivered his third address on technical education, the special subject being "Our Programme, and the Awakening of Blackburn." Mr. King said the Technical School, to do its work effectively, students should come well grounded in the old-fashioned three R's. They were on the verge of a great scientific age, anti if Blackburn had to share in the seal things to come, she must qualify herself for the tight. At present Blackburn was but very poorly enriched by the learning of the past, and in many respects was asleep. The awakening of Blackburn would come with the progress of the Technical School. To show what kind of work the Technical School had beeu engaged in during the last winter session, Mr. King distributed a number of prospectuses, and explained the objects of the various subjects. Youth, he said. was the time to accomplish great things, and instances were given showing the achievements of great men in their youth. The audience, which was a large one, listened most attentively for an hour and a half, and applauded Mr. King at the conclusion. 

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