Strikes Sweep New England Mills Amid Demands for Pay Increases
Across Lynn Lowell Newton and surrounding towns workers walk out or threaten action over wage demands. In Lynn 1500 shoe workers strike after a two cent per dozen increase demand. some factories capitulate while others stay closed. In Newton Saxony Worsted Yarn Mills see about 300 workers walk out, 125 night workers laid off. Other strikes include Saco and Pette Cotton Mill, Lancaster mills, and Washington mill Lawrence where pay disputes surface again. Police and crowds intervene as IWW organizers loom.
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Lynn
McKay
Newton
Saxony
Saco & Pette
Warren
West Warren
Clinton
Lancaster Mills
Washington Mill
Lawrence
Samuel Hyslop
Jennie Cronin
George Bolton
Strife Hits Saxony Mills in Newton Nonantum District
Strife erupts at the Saxony worsted yarn mills with over 50 mule spinners and piecers walking out without warning or wage demands. The strike splits the workforce into two factions forming picket lines and causing the mills to halt last night and this morning.
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Saxony
Nonantum
Newton
New Bedford Faces Wage Strike Tension in Cotton Mills
New Bedford on March 25 confronts a wage demand clash as operatives push for a 10 percent rise, opposed by some manufacturers. A Thursday decision, a 15,000 loom idle, and widespread strike talk mark a tense stalemate with unions unyielding to offers below 10 percent.
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New Bedford
Manufacturers’ Association
Duffy
Textile Council
Spinners’ Union
Warren Mills Strikers Submit Demands For Higher Wages
A schedule calling for wage increases from 19 to 25 percent was prepared at a Warren cotton mills meeting and delivered to Agent Walter B Hall. Hall said he would decide in a few days. About 400 workers are out of work, others left after plant closings. Henry Streiffler of Buffalo and James Minnjeski of New York are linked to the labor federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Warren Cotton Mills
Walter B. Hall
Hall
Henry Streiffler
Buffalo
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
James Minnjeski
New York
Massive Lowell strike halts 1200 workers. loom fixers join
A citywide labor action spreads as 1200 Appleton and Merrimack operatives walk out, triggering Appleton suspension and looming general shutdown. Loomfixers demand 10 percent raises, planning a broad, multi-national picket of Lowell mills to press for higher wages and to paralyze production.
Strikers Meeting Promises United Textile Workers Presence
The same organization addressed a strikers meeting today. John Golden of Fall River, president of the United Textile Workers, is expected to be present at one of the regular daily meetings soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Golden
Fall River
United Textile Workers
Strike at Milford Woolen Mills Edges Toward Shutdown
Milford N H March 25 Thirty eight workers in the drawing in room of Hillsborough Woolen Mills walked out demanding a flat ten percent wage rise. The strikers say they can halt the mill tomorrow if not met. Management offered four percent but the strike refused the proposal.
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Milford
N. H
Hillsborough Woolen Mills
Mills grant five percent raise for Clinton workers
Notices posted in Bigelow Carpet Company mills announce a five percent general raise this week for 1800 employees with pay changes in several job categories. Loomfixers shift from 22.5 to 26 cents per hour, second hands from 25 to 27.1 cents, weavers gain, and loom yard rates rise on Wilton Brussels and Crompton Ad minister Alboyd plush looms. Lancaster Mills strikers, 2200 strong, remain out while a briefing with Clinton Board of Trade aims to settle the dispute.
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Clinton
Bigelow Carpet Company
Lancaster Mills
Wilton
Brussells
Crompton
Lancaster
Pattern Department
Oliver Christian
Clinton Board of Trade
Wage Advances Trigger Regional Textile Strike Waves
About 120000 textile workers across New England received wage raises of 5 to 10 percent. Mills in Fall River and nearby cities report strikes. 6250 Lowell workers expected out. Lancaster mills’ new scale does not affect 1200 strikers. Lynn shoe strike continues with several firms granting demands. other uprisings span Warren Rhode Island Saco Pettee Newton and Saxony Worsted Yarn Company with varied outcomes.
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Fall River
New Bedford
Lowell
Waltham
Adams
Taunton
Holyoke
Williamstown
Amesbury
Rockdale
Mass
Providence
Olneyville
Woonsocket
Westerly
Central Falls
Centreville
Warren
Warwick
Crompton
Pawtuxet
Blackstone Valley
R. I
Somersworth
Salmon Falls
N. H
Burlington and
North Pownal
Lowell Mills
Lancaster
Clinton
Lynn
Saco-Pettee Company
Newton
Saxony
Shoemakers Strike Across Eight Departments at Twenty-One Factories
All workers in eight departments of 21 factories walk out in a coordinated strike. By noon four factories granted wage increases: Edoward F. Logan, J. J. Harney Shoe Company, Blake Shoe Company, and Marston Shoe Company.
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Edoward F. Logan
J. J. Harney Shoe Company
Blake Shoe Company
Marston Shoe Company
Priest Advocates Peace as Saco-Pettee Strike Returns
Reverend Timothy J. Danehy urged Newton workers to shun IWW leaders described as anarchists and socialists. In a Wade School Hall meeting 259 strikers voted 120 to 106 to return to work. English speakers favored ending the strike while Polish and Armenian workers, led by Pearl McGill, remained steadfast, demanding higher pay.
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Timothy J. Danehy
Mary Immaculate Church
Newton Upper Falls
Saco-Pettee Company
Newton
Fr. Danery
United States
Catholic Church
Wade School
Pearl McGill
Edward T. Donovan
Lynn Strike Continues Over 2-Cent Wages Row
Automatic strike by United Shoe Workers spreads as 75 McKay stitchers walkout and 19 of 38 manufacturers still hold out. Two firms grant a 2 cent per dozen raise, slicing strikers from 1500 to about 1000 with more settlements expected tonight and tomorrow. Seven other unions in the McKay stitchers dispute seek arbitration amid ongoing industry-wide action.
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Lynn
United Shoe Workers of America
McKay
William Porter & Son and
Thompson, Cocker & Company
Tinton
Union Hall
Maurice
Count
Harry Reed
D.eb
Gregory Shoe Company
Beas Kiely
Tufts & Friedman
Ira Woodbury
Seymour & Jackson Company
McKay Stitchers
McKay &Titchers
United Shoe Workers
Lasters' Federation votes $10,000 for Bridgewater strike
In North Easton a mass meeting of the Lasters' Federation voted to contribute 10000 dollars for the benefit of strikers at the W. M. McElwain shoe shops in Bridgewater. Speakers urged that the Bridgewater strike has just begun and that both sides will fight to the end.
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Bridgewater
Brockton
Lasters’ Federation
North Easton
W. M. McElwain
Teachers Win Salary Increase for Somerville Faculty
Over 200 Somerville elementary teachers gain a $50 yearly raise to a $750 maximum after a school board vote. Despite a $306,000 salary appropriation, a looming year end shortfall of about $2,000 remains. The campaign by teachers secured thousands of petition signatures. Fred C. Baldwin resigns due to ill health. Miss M Eunice Young joins L. W. Bell School. Miss Nellie I. Quennell moves to Forster School.
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Somerville
Fred C. Baldwin
Forster School
M. Eunice Young
L. W. Bell
Nellie I. Quennell
Forster
Trial of Autoist Starts in East Cambridge Court
James H. Horsfall of Lowell, superintendent of a dye house, went on trial before Judge McLaughlin in East Cambridge Superior Criminal Court. He is charged with recklessly driving, operating while intoxicated, and leaving an injured person after causing the injury.
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James H. Horsfall
Lowell
East Cambridge Superior
McLaughlin
Manslaughter Charges Follow Wilmington Auto Death
Ruth A. Kittredge of Tewksbury died after a touring car struck her as she stood beside her nephew Albert Zepp’s stalled vehicle in Wilmington. Horsfall, accused of speeding, testified he was not driving at high speed. a previous manslaughter trial ended in a hung jury.
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Ruth A. Kittredge
Tewksbury
Wilmington
Horsfall
Ernest and
Edwin Warren
Swain
Frank T. Pettengill
Everett
S. P. Smith
Horstall
A F L Moves To Counter I W W In Textile Regions
New England labor leaders met at Wells Memorial to outline a plan by the A F L to curb I W W influence among textile workers. Key figures included John Golden and Sarah A Conboy of the Textile Workers Union, Frank H McCarthy of the C L U, and Dominic Alessandro of the Italian Laborers Union. The campaign will start immediately in multiple New England cities.
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New England
American Federation of Labor Movement
A. F. of L
Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Building
John Golden
Textile Workers’ Union
Sarah A. Conboy
Frank H. McCarthy
L. U
Dominica’ Alessandro
Italian Laborers’ Union
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Fall River Iron Works Company
Lynn Strikers
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H. Knox & Co
L. H. Nelson Company
Portland
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Spence
Spencerian Pen Company
Broadway
Orn
Greater Boston
Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
J. W. Philbrick & CO
Everett Sq
W. E. Merrill
Mass. Ave
Cambridge
S&s. Cobb CO
Moody St
E. L. Pilsbury & CO
Main St
Charlestown
F. N. Joslin & CO
Malden Sq
Hamilton Gt
Plain Ave
Needham
N. H. Patno
Wash. St
Norwood
Tremont St
Walcott & CO
Central
East
Boston
D. T. Cass
Blue Hill Ave
Rox
H. H. Chandler
Main
J. J. Scarry Field’s
Dorchester Parke
Snow Davis Sq
Clements Emporium
Melrose
Macdonnell’s
Murphy Bros. CO
J. H. Corcoran & CO
P. P
R. W. Karnan Cleary
Hyde Park
H. 8. Lawrence Clo. CO
Roxbury
J. F. McGrath
Woburn
Legal Stamp Book
Oe Eer
Wvbas
Sharers
New Bedeford Mills
Industrial Workers of the World
Appleton
William D. Haywood
Redmond Welch
Frederick A. Flather
Flather
George A. Demopoulos
Demopoulos
Cotton Mills
Merrimac Company
Boott
Hamilton
Massachusetts
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Tremont and
Suffolk
Saco- Pettee
Mills
O. E. Nutter
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Paine Furniture Company
Canal Street
North Station
Haymarket Square
Paine
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