^ ; STRUGGLES OF THE TEXTILE MILL WORKERS TABLE I 21
? DUMBER OF GC »TTON MILLS IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY
Districts 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34
Madras 3 3333 3
Madurai 3 3444 4
Tirunelveli 3 3333 4
Coimbatore 5 4478 11
Malabar 5 5555 3
West Godavari 1 1 111
East Godavari 2 2222 2
Guntur 1
Total 22 21 22 25 26 28
Table Numbers I and II are based on the reports of the Development Department:
i GO Number 1619, dated September 26, 1929 TNA
ii GO Number 1628 dated August 28, 1930 TNA
iii GO Number 1376, dated September 16, 1931 TNA
iv GO Number 786, dated June 30^ 1933 TNA
v GO Number 889. dated July 2, 1932 TNA *
vi GO Number 1004, dated July 18, 1934 TNA
TABLE II
NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED
Districts 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34
Madras 11248 11285 11477 11047 10967
Madurai 7844 8222 9758 10313 * 9884
Tirunelveli 4032 4546 4620 4897 5575 7626
Goimbatore 6635 6529 6624 9171 * 9632
Malabar 1501 1656 1791 1644 1662 1299
East Godavari 258 275 400 ^ 458 * 665
West Godavari 39 25 23 24 *
Guntur - 350
Total 31557 32538 34693 37554 40423
* G 0 Number 786, dated June 30, 1933 (TNA) is in bad shape; so the details are
unavailable.
grant of 15 days' privilege leave for operatives with five or more years' service, ii) maternity benefits for women, and iii) payment of allowances for stoppage of work in the event of a breakdown in machinery or for lack of material.
This matter was referred to the directors in Bombay, and consequently a notice was put up in January 1929 that men should be eligible for privilege leave after five years' service.6 The mill's management contended that they meant five years' service from the date of the announcement, and that none would be due for leave till January 1934.7 Therefore applications for such leave were refused. The mill workers felt that they had been deceived and demanded that all men who had put in five years' service and more should be declared eligible for leave.8 This the mangemcnt