Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1920 — OFFER TO TAKE WAGE CUT [ARTICLE]

OFFER TO TAKE WAGE CUT

Willingness to Accept Lower Pay, Falls to Keep Mill Open at • yE Lowell, Mass. Boston, Mass., Oct. 11. —A large number of min operatives in New England will be Idle for two days next week, as a result Of plans announced in various textile manufacturing cenj tern In addition, a silk manufactur- , ing company at Central Falls, R. 1., announced a 15 per cent reduction in wages and a hosiery and underwear mill at Lowell refused a proposition of' its employees that a wage reduction be put into effect to avert a complete shutdown. A shoe factory at Manchester, N. H., was closed for an Indefinite period and a cotton mill at Lowell was shut down until ber L Two cloth mills and two yarn mills at New Bedford will be closed al| next week and most of the other mills in.that city will shut down Monday and Tuesday.