# 16 Reports
3/26/16
Sunday AM, I visited Jim Rice 
and I was informed beginning 
next Friday the Federation of Labor 
would issue a weekly paper 
known as the Newsletter of the 
Federation of Labor and would be 
entirely devoted to aggatation.  The 
paper to be edited by Loiu Marquardt 
who is to refuse advertising space to 
anyone and that John Golden 
had arranged the Textile crafts 
part of the expense of operating and 
with a scarcity of labor and the 
Mexican trouble might make an 
opportune time to force textile 
employer demands.  

I also visited 
Mr. Rice at 16 Fulton Terrances 
and was informed that Hunt 
had recurred some money from 
Arayon Mills Co, to fray transportation 
for some one unknown to Rusk.  
Hunt was not at home, but I have 
a foundation lain upon which 
to work the next week in fornt with 
him.  Mrs. Hunt stated Mr. Florence 
had set traps for Mr. Hunt but 
had not caught him and that Hunt 
had not caught him and that Hunt 
had to be careful for a while for some 
people on the terrace were watching 
him everyday.  

Everything seemed to 
be perfectly quiet in and around 
the village Saturday Night and I 
remained out until 11PM and the 
men reported to have in town recruiting 
were not in evidence anywhere.  I 
searched for them but was unable to 
find them but it is likely that 
they only made arrangements for 
then confederate here to later send 
then help.  

As good a system as is in the 
mill, I suggest some outside 
scout job would afford a much 
better opportunity to keep up with 
these things as the trouble will 
always start with the idle and 
those who remain out besides 
a man has too short a time to talk 
to the point successfully, on the 
inside unless he is working 
with his subject as there a rules 
in regard to getting off your job 
that if not obeyed tends to make 
others here less regard for and 
break discipline.  

I find on the inside 
that weavers do not work up their 
pieces very close and the accumulation 
of pieces of filing for the work has 
been 3 large filing boxes.  I find 
the more I turn back in picking 
up quills the more I find next 
time for the waste, and their pre-
text is the old loom won't work 
them, still this seems to be takened as 
true by the waste house man but 
I notice some weavers practically 
clean all quills which others 
make lots of pieces and I believe 
a jacking up on this subject would 
amount to a great saving especially 
when filling is running short as it 
has been on several numbers this week.  

I also find that many 
employees claim to have as much as 
a 10 pound bag of matches takened 
from the mill in small quantities 
and I can easily make a tour 
of collection and bring in a wagon 
load of matches accumulated in the 
same way.  A great savings in this 
line could be made.  One man stated 
he had matches enough to do him
 two years to come takened from 
Geo Medly's desk in the mill.  

My job in the mill is easy to manage 
but I suggest a change 
for more opportunity in my line.
 
Very Respectfully, 16