New England Mills Cut Wages Amid Looming Labor Strikes
Wages across New England cotton mills are slashed to preserve operation amid a gloomier business outlook. Manchester Nashua Lowell Lewiston and Chicopee centers report reductions affecting thousands of workers. Labor leaders warn meetings over potential strikes as mills from Portsmouth to Lawrence adjust pay to stay competitive with the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New England
Lawrence Mills
Manchester
N. H
Lewiston
Runswick
Lowell
Chicopee
Mass
Amoskeag and
Stark
Brunswick
New Hampshire
Manchester Mills
W. P. Straw
Amoskeag Mills
South
Nashua Manufacturing Company
Jackson Mills
Nashua
Cooheco
Dover
Great Falls
Somersworth
Suncook
Newmarket
Salmon Falls
Hamilton Mills
Bay State
Portland
Bates
Androscoggin
The
Hill
Continental
S. Libbey
Lewiston Bleachery and Dry Works
Cowan Woolen Company
Barker
Auburn
Edwards Manufacturing Company
Augusta
Dwight Manufacturing Company
Otis Company
Ware
Westfield
Foster Company
Textile wage cuts loom as New England strike plan grows
In Rhode Island the crisis deepens as mills weigh large cuts and new schedules. The United Textile Workers plan a general walkout, potentially mobilizing over 9 000 workers across four New England states, with 10 000 already answering a strike call in the Pawtuxet Valley.
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Dover
New England
United Textile Workers of America
Providence
Rhode Island
Pawtuxet Valley
Amalgamated Textile Workers
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Edison Electric Spends 200000 on New Boston Business
Louis R. Wallis testifies before Boston Department of Public Utilities commissioners as Edison Electric Illuminating Co spends 200000 last year to secure new business. Wallis cannot specify how much business was added. Corporation Counsel Hill calls the situation almost unbelievable during a rate reduction hearing.
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Louis R. Wallis
Department of Public Utilities
Arthur D. Hill
Boston
Wallis
Hill
Frederick M
Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House Rummage Sale Opens West End
The Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House held a Tuesday rummage sale at Horticultural Hall drawing thousands of dollars as shoppers bought paintings and men’s clothes. The West End charity at 37 Charles Street has run for over a century with Mrs Stephen V. R. Crosby in charge.
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Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House
Horticultural Hall
Settlement House
West End
Charles Street
Stephen V. R. Crosby
Man Who Kicked Policeman Held in Boston Case
Douglas McDonald a 23 year old of 19 Fast Third Street South Boston faced Judge Barnes in East Boston Court for assaulting Patrolman Benjamin Goodman of Meridian Street police station East Boston The government asked to continue the case for a week while the officer recovers at East Boston Relief Hospital with concussion of the brain The alleged kick occurred during a struggle as the officer detained him for drunkenness.
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Douglas McDonald
Fast Third Street
South Boston
Benjamin Goodman
Meridian Street
East Boston
Barnes
East Boston Relief Hospital
McDonald
Goodman
Matilda DeLisle Granted Divorce from Local Letter Carrier
Matilda DeLisle, a striking Boston native, was granted an absolute divorce from Edas J. Delisle a local letter carrier by Judge Lummus in Superior Court here. The decision was announced today in Fall River on February 2.
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Fall River
Matilda Delisle
Boston
Edeas J. Delisle
Lummus
Fi Superior Court
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Totton Mills
Lowell Mills
Booth Cotton
Merrimack
Appleton
Tremont & Suffolk
John Hanley
Lowell Textile Council
Pawtucket
New York
Paaive
Tioveyv
N. Y
Norfolk
Gul
Donald Hooton
Sawyer Avenue
Dorchester
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Donald
Army, Navy and Marine Club
Meredith Nicholson
Boston Sunday Post
101St Infantry
Chemin Des Dames
YD Club
11St Infantry Veterans’ Association
William Blake
Robins
Westfield Herald
John Balukonnige
East Mountain
John
Union
Su Blue
Angora
Army
Conditio
Melton
Driscoll
Hanover St
Edison
E. T. Slattery Co
Tremont Street
Boston Common
Georgette
Jordan Marsh Company
Wes
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