The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-23
ABIG ROW In THE STRIKE
STONES THROWN AND A PISTOL
SHOT FIRED.


The Riot the Result OF Taunting Cries
with Which the Strikers Greeted
Hands Quitting Work-No One Fa-
tally Injured Work Unpaid for Still
on the Looms.
FALL RIVER, MASS, March 22.-The
Durfee and the Poccasset mills reported
this morning larger number of looms run
ming than at eny time since the strike, but
at the other mills the situation remains the
same, and the number running is not
enough to affect the strike. There we're
some expectations of break this morning,
but they were not realized The strikers
held mass meeting on the park this morn
ing and the attendance showed no change.
The members If the executive COMMITTEES
explained the occasion of the visit of Mr.
Barry of the state board Of arbitration yes-
terday, and he failure of the efforts of the
board to settle the strike through the re-
fusal of the manufacturers to make any
compromise.
A CRITICAL TIME.
Secretary Connolly said: This is a crit
ical time. The manufacturers ignored your
appeal. They have now ignored the
authority Of the state board of arbitration.
We have right on our side. We have made
a statement of our position and the manu-
is what we going to do1 Shall we con-
tinue the fighti [Shouts of "Yesl Fightrl
Shall we continue on tn plan proposed by
the executive committeei [Shouts Of
"Yes!n
ASSISTANCE EXPECTED.
eve have the support Of all the cotton
| operatives in the country, and receive en-
couragement and assistance. We want to
| impress upon you the necesstv of standing
tbar 10,
the manufacturers expect to'see a break
| then. The manufacturers hope to starve
! you into submission, but we expect to re-
ceive assistance enough to enable you to
| continue the struggle"
! Other memb IT'S of the executive commit
tee gave encouraging reports Of the results
of the first days work of the collectors.
| Another meeting will be held Monday
morning.
a RIOT AT THE sEACoNNET.
The first serious tr ube Of the strike oc-
| CURED tonight at the Seaconnet mill This
m II s the only one which has made deter
mined attempt to run with "knobstickn
help, aud the strikers there nave beel the
only ones in the city to gather about the
mill to make any disturbance. At a meet
| ing of the strikers this even
| ing it was found that there was
| considerable detection from the ranks, and
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crowd near the mill gates and along tho
streets in the vicinity numbered ovet 1000.
As the working weavers came out they
were greeted vita cries of derisiou in
Ere ch and English Police followed close
after the strikers to keep the crowd at a
distance. Finally the "knobsticks" replied
TO the taunts in kind. This was followed
by a voley Of stones from the crowd, one
of which struck "knobstlck's" head.
| A PISTOL Etprn
A man beside him Immediately turned
and fired a pistol IN the direction of the
crowd, which promptly scattered and re-
| piled with another volley Of stones.
| The police seized the man with the
pi tol ia his hand and hurried him
to the station. No one has been found that
was injured by the bullet, although several
were reported injured by stones. At the
station the man al rested gave bis name as
LOWS Pointe. The mill overseer found
bail for him. There were 53S looms run
ming at the mill to-day, with indications
that the greater portion of the weaver
looms would be running tomorrow.
CLOTH LEFT IN THE LOOMS.
One thing that the mill men figure on in
anticipating break in the strike is that in
the mills where the weavers are best paid.
| the st ikers had lost considerable cloth in
! their looms. The cloth Is not paid for until
off the looms and where weaver is running
eight looms, it is usually the case that sew
/ eraI looms out of this number have cuts
nearly finished. This is the case at present,
and the strikers have altogether several
thousand dollars in wages still tied up in the
idle looms.
WILL GO TO THE FINISHER.
This pay will go to the weavers who take
these looms, and the strikers, especially
those who have the best places, are natur-
ally anxious to get their old places back
when the strike ends. Shrewd manufao-
turers are taking advantage of this fe ling
| TO induce weayers to eturn. At the Sea-
comet mill some we lvers were sent into
the mill and set to work. The report spread
and several strikers at once applied tor
their old places aud went to work
OrIICACO,l nOMQnr.ITnA a rIOM