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Show STRIKE SETTtEMEilT-PjEASES SETTtEMEilT-PjEASES FALL RIVER FALL RIVER, Mass.. Jan. 19. The news of the settlement of the long-pending ml stxik wss received in this city with great enthusiasm. The posting of bulletins on the newspaper, boards and the appearance of extra editions n the streets containing the news of the settlement settle-ment seemed to be the signal for an almost al-most instantaneous s-utpourlng of mill people. Within half aa nous of the time that word Brat came to th elty of a settlement set-tlement the streets were srowded with men and women ivlng every ananlfMta-Uon ananlfMta-Uon of Joy. - During theafternosn tfa crowds and the demonstrations increased. The re-rejotclng re-rejotclng was particularly- marked among the non-union employees who, however, had lent support to the- strike. These have been amtmg the principal sufferers from privation, aa they have been dependent de-pendent in- many cases upon the . soup houses, while the union members have received strike benefit money. Hardly less marked than that ntong the workingmen and women was the rejoicing re-joicing of the storekeepers, to many of whom the prolonged strike .has been a sertous blow. - The cotton mill - strike, which began here on July 25, 1904. was the greatest dis-turbancs dis-turbancs the textile industry of America has jver known. When thellls involved were obliged to close their gates, about 25.000 operatives were thrown out of work. Seventy-one mills, controlled by thirty-three thirty-three corporations, stopped the machinery and it remained idle until the middle of November, since which time most of the factories nava been running, generally with lens than one-half the usual force. The strike was directly due to a reduction of iy, per cent in wages. The mills had reduced wages 10 per cent eight months previously, i The mills sffected by the strike hare a combined capital of ia.000,000 and have 2.300.000 spindles. During the months the mills were shut down the operatives lost nearly fl5X0fX weekly and the corporations corpora-tions about 3.000. The aggregate direct losses to sll Interests up to today are estimated es-timated ss fully 15,000.000, |