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Show COTTON MILLS ARE SILENT. I . 1 Seven Big Plants at LowelL Maes., Are Closed Down. For the first time, In many years on a working day the bells on the great cotton mills in Lowell, Mass., were si- lent Monday morning, and the streets, .usually marked by the hurry and bustle of thousands' on their way to work, were still and almost deserted. Although the shut-down of the seven plants affected by the strike order of the textile council, which was passed, to enforce a demand for a 10 per cent increase in wages was issued Saturday, Satur-day, its full effect was not apparent until Monday. Absolute quiet prevailed pre-vailed in the section occupied by the cotton factories. The period of Inactivity, Inac-tivity, the duration of which cannot be definitely predicted, began without , a notable incident, save perhaps the fact that a few men and women who had started to finish up some work la one or two of the mills were turned back by committees from the unions. |