Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-17 | Page 2 | State Militia Maintain Order in Mill Town

STATE MILITIA I MAINTAIN ORDER I IN MILL TOWN H ' - -F H -f LAWRENCE, Mass., Jan. 16. -f Hl "With a return of qulot condi- , H tJons in tho mill district j H. through tho presence of olght H troops of stato militia, state H -- and city officials bualcd them- H i solvos today to bring about a -fr H -4- speedy settlement of tho dlf- -t- H acuities between the 15,000 H striking textile workers and tho H mill ownors. - : V Tho strikers, through their execu- j tio commltteo, agTOod to moet the Hjj m'H agents before the state board of f' arbitration and conciliation to discuss H tho points at Issue Hu President William M. Wood of the H largest mills affected bv tlic strike, H "was quoted today by Mayor Scnnlon Hj as being opposed to a conference, de- 1 daring thoro Is no strlko existing, but H a state of mob rule, and that the H company does not consider itself rc- H sponslblo for the conditions In spite R of this assertion. Secretary Supple of ' iho state board of arbitration said H tonight ho would make even' effort H tomorrow to induco tho mill owners H to enter tho conference H Demands of the Strikers. H Tho Btrikors demand an increase of H 15 per cent In the wages which they B received last week under tho 54-hour law; doable pay on all overtime work H and tho abolition of tho bonus or i premium system. These demands have not yet boon presented to the H mill owners, it Is understood Hj The original grievance which pre- H V clpltated the strike last Friday was H that tho strikers wished to bo paid H for 54 hours' work the same amount H as for 56 H' Only three mills wero closed down Hl entirely today, At tho others about one-fourth of the regular force ap- H pcared for work.