Eureka Reporter | 1904-07-29 | Page 2 | Great Labor War Begins

GREAT LABOR WAR BEGINS thirty seven bg text ie mils made idle by walkout the strike order issued by the fall river mass textile council calling for upward of 30 operatives to re main away from the mills in protest against a reduction of 12 cents in wages became effective monday and the response was as general as the la bor leaders had predicted practically every one of the thirty seven mills in evolved shut down there was no dis order both sides admit this is the beginning of one of the most deter mined contests which fall has ever seen the managers maintain they nere compelled to reduce wages to save their business e the oper atiles say conditions affecting cotton iri ig hers lid not warrant such a red the mills involved in the strike have about three and a quarter mil lion spindles and a weekly prod act when running in full of more than yarda of oth