. The National Civic Federation review . at any time; that is, to treat with the operativeson future wage advances if market conditions warranted it andwe cculd afford to do it. The labor leaders have conceded thatwe could not pay more wages under conditions prevailing July25 and that is what we have contended for. In my opinion wewill be able to do something about a permanent marginal scaleof wages as a result of what has now been accomplished. The Fall Kiver strike is historic. The latest bulletinof the State Bureau of Statistics of Labor (December,1904) pronounced it unparalleled in the his
. The National Civic Federation review . at any time; that is, to treat with the operativeson future wage advances if market conditions warranted it andwe cculd afford to do it. The labor leaders have conceded thatwe could not pay more wages under conditions prevailing July25 and that is what we have contended for. In my opinion wewill be able to do something about a permanent marginal scaleof wages as a result of what has now been accomplished. The Fall Kiver strike is historic. The latest bulletinof the State Bureau of Statistics of Labor (December,1904) pronounced it unparalleled in the history of thetextile industry in Massachusetts, which ranks as thefirst State in the Union in the number of operatives em- ployed in the cotton goods industry, having about threetimes as many employed as any other State. * * * Nosingle strike in the textile industry in this State hasreached such proportions as to duration, number ofoperatives thrown out of work, financial loss to em-ployes and employers, and such large disbursement of aid. JAMES TANSEY,President Textile Council, Fall River. from organized labor and from sympathizers all over thecountry. The strike began July 25, 1904, the date of the I2j4per cent, reduction in wages. The strike was ordered bya vote of the five textile unions. That vote was 1513for a strike and 396 against. About 25,000 operatives,of whom less than one-fifth were members of the unions,thus followed the lead of 1513 organized workers. The State Labor Bulletin said: The Fall River strikestands by itself in the manner in which it has been con-ducted. On all sides the labor leaders have been char-acterized as being intelligent and conservative men. Themill operatives have proved themselves to be law-abidingcitizens. There have been no riots, mobs or acts ofviolence, such as have been attendant upon all strikes ofsuch magnitude throughout the country. The strike affected 33 corporations, closed 72 mills;tied up $21,665,000 of capital and caused a weekl
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