Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-16
WITHIN AN ACE OF A RIOT
5000 IDLE ENGLISH URGED TO
SACK A BAKERY.

| The Prompt Arrest of the PurlOiner of
| Loaf AVerts the Crisis-POlice Pro-
lection Asked by Pennsylvania Mill
Operators - Other Sensations in the
Ranks of Labor.
LONDON, Jan. ia meeting was held
at Birmingham to-day which was attend
ed by 5000 persons, who are at present
out of employment. A resolution was
passed asking the corporation of the city
to furnish them with employment. After
the meeting procession was formed
which marched through the streets. 1t
! halted before a bakery and shouts of
''break in'' were heard. An artisan stole
loaf of bread from the shop and was
promptly arrested. Much excitement
exists among the working classes, and it
is feared that violence will be resOrted to
unless their condition soon improves.
MILL MEN ASK POLICE PROTECTION.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-Representa-
tlves of William LeedOm & Sons, Judgie
Bros, John Dornan e. Co., Thomas Dolan
II Co., and other mill operators whose OPP
eratiyes are out on strike, consulted the
Mayor this afternoon and requested DO
lice protection. The Chief of Police was
ordered to dispatch officers at once to the
localities where trouble is feared. No dis
turbances have yet occurred, but large
crowds OF strikers and others have con-
gregated in the vicinity of some of the
mills.
FORT WAYNE'S CRUSH OF CARS.
FORT WAYNE, IND, Jan. 15.-Up to 2
O'Clock this afternoon no change had oc-
Cured in the situation of the striking
brakemen against the double-headed sys-
TEN of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
POLL No
made to move any freight trains out of
Fort Wayne since O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, and no freight trains had ar
rived in from from Chicago or Crestline,
the yards at Fort Wayne are already
blocked. A railroad official yesterday
demanded of the city authorities the pro-
lection of their property, and maintained
that the city would have to assume the
responsibility for all losses arising from
failure of the city authorities to protect
trainmen in their efforts to move trains.
The Chief of Police stated that his force
OF Is men would be of no service against
the large number of strikers congregated,
and that they would make no attempt to |
enforce the law against the strikers un-
less the authorities increased his force to
70 men. Since yesterday no conference
between Supt. Law and the committee of
strikers has been held.
MANCHESTER, n. Ii. Jan. 15.-A further
reduction Of 10 per cent. in the wages
paid to the operatives at the Amoskeag
Mills was announced to-day to take effect
Feb. 2. Col. Thomas l.. LivermOre, agent
of the AmOskeag Company, in an inter-
view stated that the corporation was
manufacturing standard A. c. A. ticking |
at loss of q cent yard, that the recent |
reduction of per cent. was not enough |
n no fol in, nd hat fO,r
this reason the 10 per cent. reduction had |
been decided upon.
The cut-down by the Manchester Cor
poration will be but partial for the pres |
ent.
CANADIAN MILL COMBINATION.
MONTREAL, Jan. 15.-A combination of |
cotton manufacturers, which includes all |
the mills producing gray or unbleached
cottons, has been formed. 1t is reported |
that the influence of the Bank of Montreal |
was brought to bear to bring about this
result. 1t is expected that the cOmbina- |
tiOn will be able, with the aid of that in
stitutiOn, to force an advance in the |
prices.
MILLS AGREE TO CUT WAGES.
LAWRENCE, MASS, Jan. ia general
cut down in wages has been agreed upon
by the mills in Lawrence, Lowell, and
Manchester, and will take effect this
month. Nearly all the mills here, in
Guiding the Pacific, are in the agreement.
COLLIERIEs SHUT DOWN.
CENTRALIA, PA, Jan. 15.-The Logan
and CentraIia cOllieries, operated by L. A.
Riley & Co., suspended work to-day for an
indefinite period, throwing 900 men and
boys out OF employment.
NOTICE OF A REDUCTION.
LOWELL, MASS, Jan. 15.-NOtices of |
another reduction of 10 per cent. in wages
were posted to-day in the different corpo- |
rations, to take effect Feb. 2.