Durham, Aug. 14—One hundred or more operators of the fashion-knit machines in the local plant of the Marvin-Carr silk mill, who walked out of the place last Tuesday morning following the dismissal of Earl Wiggs, foreman of the plant and superintendent of the local union, have failed to return to work, though it is believed that they will be back at their tasks in a few days. The management of the mill stated to a Daily News representative Friday that the striking workmen had made no demand upon them for higher wages.
Union officials in this district have been in Durham this week and have held conferences with the strikers but nothing relative to these meetings has been given out to the public. Orders for the men to walk out of the mill were sent from headquarters in New York following the dismissal of Wiggs. The fashion-knit machines, used in the manufacture of silk hosiery, are said to be very intricate and hard to master. Experienced men are operating a few of those left vacant when the strikers walked out. There has been no disorder of any sort on the part of the striking workmen.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, August 15, 1925
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