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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday February 16, 1901
Scranton, Pennsylvania – Striking Silk Mill Girls Await Mother Jones
From the Philadelphia Times of February 14, 1901:
Special Telegram to The Times.
Scranton, February 13.
“Mother” Jones did not arrive in the city to-day, contrary to expectations, but her presence is expected at almost any time, and the strikers are anxiously looking forward to the time when they will have her counsels and good advice.
While not admitting that the noted leader had been summoned to visit the city, they will not deny that she is coming here, and that she will assist them. One of the local papers to-night confirms the exclusive story published in The Times this morning to the effect that the woman would be here.
There is no sign of a break to-night, and several enthusiastic meetings of the girls from the various mills were held at different places this afternoon. There are no new developments in the strike, although the girls are feeling very good over the fact that they have won their first battle in preventing the manufacturers from having what raw material they had on hand woven at outside mills, and in that manner saving themselves from any material loss in having the mills shut down.
The management of the Saquoit mill shipped the raw silk they had on hand to the Sterling Silk Company, in Pittston, for the purpose of having it woven. The weavers at the latter mill discovered the tags on the silk and once communicated the fact to the Scranton strikers, and then went on strike themselves.
Organizer Martin D. Flaherty, of the American Federation of Labor, to-night received a telegram from Thomas F. Maher, national president of the Textile Workers of America, announcing that the Scranton strike would be considered at the meeting of the United Silk Weavers of America to be held in Paterson, N. J., to-night. Mr. Maher also stated that he would do all in his power to aid the strikers. It is not at all improbable that he will come here and take a hand in the strike himself before the week is out.
All the responsibility of continuing the strike now rests on Manager Davis, of the Saquoit mill, according to the mill workers. They say that they would not be over a day in coming to a compromise with the management of the other seven mills if he would consent to compromise, but this he has absolutely refused to do, and they are powerless to force him into a settlement.
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Mother Jones, Hzltn Pln Spkr p4, Nov 15, 1900
https://www.newspapers.com/image/98099248/
The Times
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
-Feb 14, 1901
https://www.newspapers.com/image/53400973/
See also:
Tag: Pennsylvania Silk Mill Workers Strikes of 1901
https://weneverforget.org/tag/pennsylvania-silk-mill-workers-strikes-of-1901/
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