Labor disputes formerly bitter in Fall River, 450.—The mule-spinners' union, 451.—The strike of 1904 and the first sliding scale, 455.—Dissatisfaction of employees, 456.—The new sliding scale of 1907, 459.—Higher wages in 1907–08, 461.—Lower wages in 1908, 464.—Acceptance of reduction by the labor unions, 465.—Further slight revision in 1908, 468.