Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-28
THE STRIKING WEAVERS.
THE SITUATION GROWING SERI-
Gus AT PHILADELPHIA.

Five Hundred Policemen Required to
Protect NOn-UniOn Workman-A
Proclamation from the Chief of Police
Urging Decisive Measures to Stamp
Out the Disorder.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.-The riotous
scenes in the Kensington carpet mill dis
trict were repeated tonight. The crowd
OF spectators, which before has never ex-
ceeded 5000 people, was increased to
10000 tonight. The Mayor had deter.
mined to break up the riots, and nearly 800
officers were sent to the scene of the dis
turbance. Mayor Smith and Chief of Po-
lice Stewart were both present. When
the first detail of officers arrived at Lee
dOm's mill it found the street packed
with people. After the other detachments
arrived a double line was formed, and.
working each way, they forced the crowd
back for square on each side of the mill.
AS a detail was being posted at each
end of the street thus cleared, a crowd of
men broke through the lines and at
tempted to reach the mill door from which
Cameron, the loom tXer, was expected to
come. The police, with drawn clubs,
charged on the crowd and succeeded in
forcing them back beyond the lines. Dur
ing this encounter many persons were
clubbed, and five arrests were made.
Shortly after 5 O'Clock, five special off,
GERS who were in citizens dress drew up
to the mill and Cameron, running quickly
down the steps, mingled with them. They
sauntered down Howard street with Cam
eron a short distance ahead, their object
being to deceive the crowd. They were
successful only as far as the police were
concerned, for when the line of policemen
at Dauphln street was reached, several
officers rushed upon the specials and their
charge and were about clubbing them
back when they succeeded in making
themselves known.
When Cameron and his escort reached
Otis street the crowd was so dense that
the police patrol wagon had to be driven
down the street to open passage way.
Several snow balls were thrown during
the march to Cameron's house, but the
loom iXer was escorted to his home with
out further molestation.
THE SITUATION GROWING SERIOUS.
This afternoon the strikers sent COM
mittees to all the railroad depOts to inter
cept wOrkmen coming from Eastern cities
and persuade them not to go to work at
the carpet mills here.
The Chief of Police has issued n
proclamation declaring that the gravity
of the situation calls for stern and deci-
sive action, and quick and effective efforts
must be made to stamp out the disorder
before it gains further headway.
Trouble was anticipated at Joseph Tay-
lor's mill at Howard street and Mont
gomery avenue, where two non-uniOn
hands are working, and one hundred Off
GERS were posted there. A large crowd
gathered, but with the exception of con-
siderable noise no Outburst was at
tempted.
CarsOn's mill at Trenton avenue and
Huntingdon street was also guarded by a
detachment of officers. There were no
disturbances tonight in the ManVunk
district, where three arrests were made
last night for assaults upon non-union
employees of Sc0feld's mill. A crowd of
800 to 1000 persons congregated there
between 5 and 6 O'Clock
in anticipation of a repetition of last
nights riOtOus proceedings, but the pro-
prietOr of the mill had taken the precau-
ton of closing the establishment an hour
earlier than the usual time, and all the
had reached their homes before
the sympathizers oi the strikers had ar
rived at the mill. The crowd, upon dis
covering this fact, RETAINED from any
and retired good-humored-
ly when ordered to di7perss by the po-
lice.
The employees of Montague & White
have quit work. They pay only AZ cents
per yard, but Lave DdchwOrth looms,
with which the weaver can gain a days
time N weaving roll Of carpet.
Information was brought to the knights
of Labor that Montague was interested in
bringing Eastern WeaYers here, and the
Executive Committee of the order put the
hands on a strike.
The Weavers' Executive Committee
have had 1000 circulars printed, which
they forwarded to Lowell, Mass, for cir,
culation among the weavers there. This
circular reads:
WedCer8 of LolceU: The strike among the
carpet weavers in Philadelphia is still going
on. Keep away.
1t is signed By a committee of eight
members OF the order. 1t is net likely
that any more Eastern people will arrive,
as they, on investigation, find matters as
bad here as they are at their home.
Friendship Assembly, which is COM
posed of weaVeTs, met this afternoon and
denounced the disOrderly proceedings in
the mill districts as being Injurious to the
ultimate success of their strike. A mo-
tion was passed requesting all union
weayers to keep away from the scenes of
the riot.
Striking for Their Former Schedule
of Wages.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. pa Moberly (Mo.)
special says that $50 employees OF the Wa