New Bedford and Lowell Unions Face Unchanged Stand
Labor tensions rise as New Bedford mills plan for a 5 percent offer despite a 10 percent demand from unions. Poles jailed after street brawl. guards at mills. John Golden arrives to organize workers. Haywood travels. a planned 2000 child trip to Lawrence is organized amid the strike atmosphere.
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New Bedford
Lowell
Bigelow Carpet Mills
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Davidson Street
John Golden
Textile Workers of America
Merrimack Square
William D. Haywood
Clinton
Lawrence
Lowell Mills Refuse Further Wage Increase After Demands
Lowell mill owners and agents announce they will not raise wages despiteGrant notices from New Bedford. J C Wadleigh of Merrimack mills says no inch will be conceded and no compromise will occur.
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Lowell
New Bedford
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
J. C. Wadleigh
Merrimack Mills
I W W Faces Rival HQ Move as Mill Fight Intensifies
Industrial conflict in Lowell sees mill owners and I W W clash over labor influence. Tomorrow Textile Workers of America plan rival headquarters as I W W braces for a defense and workers consider relocating. Violent demonstrations erupt with smashed windows and a wounded meeting leader. Polish and Portuguese clergy reportedly urge workers to exit I W W.
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Lowell
Industrial Workers of the World
Textile Workers of America
East
Merrimack
Tremont
Suffolk
Appleton
Boott
Massachusetts
Bigelow Carpet Company
United States
Bobbin & Shuttle Company
Gardner M. Pearson
American Federation of Labor
Middle Street
I. W. Ww
Firemen Vote to Strike in Fall River Mills
In Fall River on March 28, about 300 firefighters from cotton mills represented by the Manufacturers Association voted tonight to strike for higher wages claiming pay in cents an hour is insufficient. The action targets mill fire departments in the city as part of labor pressure amid rising living costs.
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International Association of Stationary Firemen
Fall River
Manufacturers’ Association
Strike Reignites at Saxony Worsted Mills Newton
Leaders from the Industrial Workers of the World stage renewed action at Saxony Worsted Mills Newton as 260 strikers gather opposite Chapple Street. Organizer Boyd urges a picket line to halt night shifts leaving only 25 workers on site. Mill officials warn closure for six months if workers do not return.
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FF. Sumner Boyd
H. W. Guthrie
Industrial Workers of the World
Saxony
Newton
Nonanuim
Chapple Street
Boyd
New England
Overripe Egg Attack Chases Organizers Through Church Street
A mob of nearly 100 people chased Robert Law rence and Louis Nelson, organizers of I. W. W. or ganizers, down Church street this afternoon. They were pelted with rotten eggs and cursed until police dispersed the crowd.
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Clinton
K Company
Ninth Regiment
Robert Lawrence
Louis Nelson
Church Street
William D. Haywood
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Jones
Town Hall
Lawrence
Nelson
High Street
James E. Freel
Six Months' Old Baby Arrested in Counterfeiting Ring
Boston police arrest a couple and their infant for passing counterfeit money. Officers unrolled the baby's cloth wrappings to reveal more than twenty counterfeit coins hidden on the child. The trio lived at 82 Leyden street East Boston and plaster molds used to coin the fakes were found at the Malta family residence. Counterfeiting is a federal offense and the case prompts federal authorities to decide on charges.
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Fitzgerald
Marta
Boston Police
Wae
Leyden Street
Boston
Malta
Public meeting ends as crowd taunts I W W leaders
Nelson and Lawrence spoke about the militia leading to audience exits. As I W W leaders left, a crowd gathered and taunts escalated to throwing missiles with eggs flying overhead.
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Nelson
Lawrence
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