Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-07-23


battalion.
The battalion will proceed via the Michigan
Central Railroad TO Bay City under my COM
mand
BY order OF
EUGENE ROBINSON,
Licutenant-Colo Commanding
Official:
J. L. EAIeHT, First Lieutenant and Adjutant.
So efrectual were Col. Roblnsons arrange
ments that soon four companies were on special
trains Ell route for the scene Of the strike
simultaneously with his order for troops
Gov. Alger issued the following proclamation:
To rife PEOPLE or THU SAGINAW VALLEY
Knowing OF the existing condition of things In
the valley and thc means by which your great
industries have been stopped deem 1t proper
to say;
First-To those who have been engaged In
acts OF violence and lawlessness, who have
taken part in tumultuous and unlawful assem-
blages, one and all, appeal to you to take the
. sober second thought.
You know that Law and order must be en-
forced.
You know that had any person been killed In
the closing of any Of the mills while resisting
your unlawful acts every man connected with
the assemblage could have been tried and held
accountable therefor.
: You know that all concerned In these unlaw-
ful asScmblages are responsible for any act
which any OF you may commit and many OF
you have wives and families who w.ll suffer In
consequence Of your misdeeds
! appeal to you all TO assist the proper Off
GERS in the support of the law and the enforce
ment OF order, in your interest, and In tho In
terest Of your families.
! You have no r.ght to enter upon the premises
of another without his consent.
/ II you enter with force and prevent any man
from carving on his business, or prevent any
! laborer from pursuing his accustomed employ
ment; or If by intimidation such result follows,
! you are guilty of offenses for which you are
, liable u imprisonment.
And your unlawful conduct not only Injuries
yourself and endahgers your personal liberty,
! out Injuries the cause which you espouse.
Second-To all officers In Saginaw Valley
charged with the execution of the laws:
Ienjoln upon you to see that the law Is
faithfully executed without fear or favor, and
l assure YOU that you shall have the whole
| power OF the state, II necessary, to support
you.
I See that the leaders In these unlawful meas
ures are apprehcnded and prosecuted accord
J ing to law, that they may receive their just
deserts.
official is guilty OF neglect of duty inefficieney
or misconduct in Office, / shall not hesitate TO
use the powers reposed In me for the suspen-
s.on, removal or punishment OF such official as
I prescribed by law.
Third-To ALL Sufficient force is now ON
hand 10 insure the preservation OF order.
! Further unlawful assemblages will not be per-
mitted. Acts of violence and intimidation viii
be promptly punished, and all workingmen and
others viii D.. protected I'm the enjoyment of
the rights guaranteed by law.
! Every Ciizen is requested TO aid In the sup
! port Of the law by his peaceful and lawful be
/ havior and by giving Information OF any In
! fraction thereof which may come to his
knowledge.
! RUSSELL A. ALGER,
Governor of Michigan
The situation Of the ten hour strike at Bay
City has not changed materially. The saw
! mill of Seth Mclean IL Co., started running
| on the ten hour system, but was closed be
| cause the management would not sign article
| Of agreement to run on the ten-hour plan the
! balance OF the season, or until the ten-hour
| Law went into effect. Green 81 Stevens mill
started up on the ten-hour system, and that
with Miller Bros are the only ones running
The strikers made raid on Miller 81 Lewis
planning mill, pulled out the fire and drove the
men away. The mill was running ten hours
at usual wages. Pitts Il Cranage's salt block
was shut down in similar manner.
| The governor in his address asked the men
/ II they would obey the laws of the state Of
Michigan. They answered loudly in the affirm
ative. When Judge Marston spoke he asked
IL the men would modest those who desired to
work. They said, ''Yes, yes, we will stop
them He endeavored to state the law TO
hem, but they missed, jeered and marched
away. twas after this demonstration that
the call for troops was found necessary.
/ meeting Of the mill owners was held In
the afternoon at which resolutions were adopt
ed declaring that they would not yield to the
demands of the strikers, and that the mills
should only be run ut the hours of labor and
rate OF wages adopted by other than the EN-
ployes.
The temporary weakness Of some of the mill
owners incident to the scare, occasioned by the
forcbc closing Of the mills Friday and Satur-
day, was worn of and there is now no talk OF
yielding, and unless the mill employees throw
up the sponge there will be very little lumber
saving during the ensuing four weeks. The
fact that there are large numbers Of men who
were forced by the strikers TO quit work and
who are willing TO 60 to work again II assured
security from personal violence tends TO weaken
the cause Of the strikers. The matter Of arbi-
tration is ont of the question since every en-
ploycr asserts that he will not allow disinter-
ested parties nor any organization except his
own employees 10 treat with him. Some of the
manufacturers state that when the ten hou
law goes into effect In September they propose
OF their own accord to adoptit.