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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1902
Page
3
Fall River businessmen met labor secretaries to discuss a wage settlement as mill operatives weigh a 6 percent offer. Textile council and weavers' association push for higher terms while unions resist, with prospects of a 9 percent increase rejected and a strategy to strike if talks fail.
Industry sources report mills debating a six percent wage increase with Seaconnet and Conanicut already granting it. Other mills may follow before Monday if the producers' conference yields no clear results, shaping short term labor negotiations.
Plymouth March 14 The striking weavers at Puritan mills of American Woolen Co were paid off today with some accounts closed and others receiving partial pay and told to call again. Tenants at company boarding houses must leave tomorrow as the houses will close. Pay applicants admitted to mill office singly. No strike details given. Agent Wood cannot be seen by reporters. Two independent mill weavers Geo Mabbett Sons Standish Briefe back the two room system. Meetings to be held every morning.
A bold Somerville burglary reports jewelry and money worth 1000 dollars stolen from Henry J. Lindley's home at 48 Florence street while he and his wife slept. Entry used a dining room window with a jimmy, clothing including trousers found nearby, and 17 dollars in the pockets. Police investigating the theft.
Middlesex County notes a busy week with Rev. Edgar S. Wiers preaching on Our Next Door Neighbor, a Chelmsford Guild visit postponed by rain, and the Unitarian church comedy Our Boys set for March 19 to aid the church debt. Also covered are lectures, Italian ties, colonial supper details, bridal congratulations, and a Nantucket book offering.
In Littleton Miss Clara Prouty hosted a whist party with music games ice cream and cake. The month brings school resumption and local remodelling at several homes. Mrs Charlotte E Sanderson wife of Hon G W Sanderson died suddenly from apoplexy. The Women’s Club held a thoughtful meeting and sent sympathy to members in sorrow. Grange and post events featured a well attended supper and a musical program with readings burlesque and Romeo and Juliet sketches. Measles continue to disrupt schools. Enoch H Small aged 62 was killed in a West Groton shafting incident leaving a widow and two children. Joshua Young D D resigns as Unitarian pastor after 20 years in the town.
Report notes Mr. F. B. Priest and Miss Dorothy observing Prince Henry from a third story window as he passed along the street, returning from a southern trip with a pleased but eager wish to be home.
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