Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-08
AUGUSTA'SFACTORY WAR
THE MILL PRESIDENTS DECIDE
ON A GENERAL LOCKOUT.

All Must Return to Work or all the Mills
Will be ClOsed-WiIlis Hudson Hanged
The Death Sentence Pronounced on
umphries-PensacOla Gives Mallory
ROusing Welcome.
AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. THE crisis has
come at last, and the final fight Of the
strike will be made next week. The
union of the operatives and It's care for
the strikers led to a union among the mill
men, and concert OF action has been
agreed upon for some time. Rigorous
measures We're not decided upon until
yesterday afternoon, however, when the
mill presidents met and decided that the
quickest and best way to settle all the
troubles at the mills was to notify the
operatives that unless the strikers in the
Augusta factory return to work by Tues
day of next week all the mills in the city
would be shut down.
CLAIM OF THE CAPITALISTS.
The mill men hold that the war was not
brought on by them, and that since the
operatives are cooperating and caring
for each other the mills must do the same,
and by making common cause toget her
force an issue which will settle the mat
ter. The notice was therefore agreed
upon, and the unexpected bombshell
created sensation. The situation Ia be-
coming serious, aud prompt action seems
to be the only way to settle the trouble.
What the operatives will do remains to be
seen. They met tonight to discuss the
situation.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
Reports from the factory settlements
differ according to their source, but the
majority OF the operatives, especially the
women, and those not leading in the
strike, seem to favor return to work. A
division OF sentiment among the knights
is rumored, and many operatives declared
that trouble ofthe present character was
threatened or was possible when they
joined the organization. Many citizens
who sympathiZe with the operatives think
that the executive committee should ad-
wise the operatives to go back to work.
Rev. j. s. Meynardie, Master Workman
OF the Knights Of Labor. was seen to-day
and asked what he would do about the
order and notification of the mill men. He
said thatin such case he would let the
mills shut down.
THE KNIGHTS TO FIGHT IT OUT.
AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. s, 2 A. M.-The
NEWS correspondent, during the night,
has mingled with the operatives in West
End in an endeavor to test their pulses
and find out what action will be taken.
The knights of Labor went in session
early in the evening, and adjourned
shortly before midnight. They regard
the action of the mill presidents
as lockout, and will do
the best they can. The Augusta Factory
operatives will not go back at the old
rates. The mills will shut down and
3,700 operatives will be idle next week.
The Knights will retaliate by a general
boycott Of all goods manufactured by the
mills belonging to the combination
causing this state OF affairs.
GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
The worst has come. general lock-
out is surely in store. Nearly 4,000l ldlers
Will now be thrown on the public. 1t is
terrible to contemplate the results that
will follow this deplorable shutdown. 1t
has been learned that over one-third of
the striking Augusta factory opera.
tives are even now absent from
the city, and the mill could
not start up Monday even
were the Knights of Labor willing
that the strike should end by the opera
tives going back at the old wages. 1t is
rumOred that Mayor May, Councilman
Connor and Master Workman Maynardie
were in secret conference this evening.
but nothing could be learned of the out
come of the conference, if one has really
been had.
NO EXCITEMENT.
There is no excitement in the factory
quarter. Men, women and children have
been lounging about their doorways since
midnight discussing the situation. The
meeting of the Knights was largely at
tended, but was remarkably orderly and |
business like. "This lockout" says Mas
ter Workman Maynardie, sis provided |
for by our constitution. IL means a |
boycott, and bitter fight between labor |
and capital. The order Will care for the |
strikers here" There will be an exodus |
of operatives to the country Tuesday.
some will leave to-day and others will |
follow tomorrow. The Augusta Knights
say they can take no action. Their con-
stitutiOn has marked out the course they
must follow, and they will obey, let the |
be what they will.