The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-01

might get tired sometime ana Waut " stop,
while il they we're working 6y the day
they would have 10 keep on. Their dlspo-
| sltion is to concede nothing at all. The
| strikers said in substance, they nave the
| business Of the city within their grasp and
| will hold it tight, and will remain on strike
till Christmas if necessary. They said they
can ssarve Gs well as the next one, and will
sterve out business while the corporations
are trying TO starve them.
THE STRIKERS WELL ORGANIZED.
"The strikers intimated to the committee
that they hadn't begun this fight unpre-
pared. but had been thoroughly organizing
| and laying aside money for months. They
even claim that their organization is in a
condition to tie up the greatest portion of
| the ports OF the South Atlantic and will do
so unless their demands are acceded to:
THE committee promised the strikers"
continued the cotton man, that il they
would accept the proposition, which in the
opinion of the committee was fair and
just one, it would guarantee that all their
other grievances would be adjusted, but
this had no effect. Up to the
refusal OF the compromise the
portion of the business community in the
struggle, but their arbitrary attitude has
turned this sympathy from them. They
are compelling the innocent to suffer for the
guilty and are damaging the commerce OF
the city. By their present course they will
array the business community against
them to their own injury"
CRAMPING BUSINESS MEN.
The cotton and naval stores men are in
elined to believe that the railroad officials
| here do not sufficiently realize the gravity
\ of the situation so far as they are concerned.
| One Of the factors said to MORNING News
reporter that a financial crisis is threatened
If the strike is prolonged any length
| of time. Large amounts Of money have
been advanced by the cotton and naval
stores men TO the producers. Under a nor
mai state of affairs cotton would be coming
in now at the rate of 1000 bales q day, or to
the value of 81 700 900 q week, and the fac
tore would be able to realize on it all that
they needed to meet their obligations
The same is true OF those in the naval stores
business. Money is at present difficult TO
SECURE, and il the strike continues there
will be serious embarrassment.
CONFERENCE WITH HIGHER OFFICIALS.
Some prominent cotton men suggested
yesterday that if a satisfactory agree
ment is not reached with the
strikers to-day that President John
II. 1nman, Pat Calhoun and General
Manager Green be asked by telegraph to
come here ard assist in bringing the trouble
to an cad. T his was generally received
with favor and may be acted upon this
morning if the outlook is not more prom
Using than it was last night.
STANDING IN THEIR OWN LIGHT.
The strike Of the draymen and warehouse
hands is the worst feature of the situation.
| ''rhe laborers' union," said one cotton
man, sis standing in its own light and is
aiding the corporations against which it is
! fighting by keeping these mon out. 1t gives
an excuse to the roads to say TO the
merchants who want their cotton, where
| are your trucks to remove itP The strikers
should think this over. The keeping away
from work of the draymen and warehouse
hands is not helping the strike one iota but
is rather injuring the strikers chances"
MORNING NEWS reporter visited the
Ceatral railroad wharf yesterday after
noon. Things were very little changed
since the first day of the strike. The peace
full and deserted APPEARANCE is still
there and the police were carrying
their rifles in as many different
positions as there were Off ,ers. They
Some carried their rifles under their right
arm, others at right-shoulder and carry
arms, while others were leaning on them in
a sort Of a parade-rest fashion.
THE 900 HAVEN'T SHOWN UP.
The 600 hands which Agent Wilkinson
has been expecting every day since Monday
have not vet arrived, and only about $50
are at work on the wharves. The steam
ship City of Macon was in practically the
Same loaded condition she was in Monday,
and u white man and negro were trying TO
relieve her Of small freight. but their move
mems we're rather slow. | the cotton yard
sixteen gawky looking country negroes
were trucking the fleecy staple as if the
bales were as big as house.
The larTes force was at work loading
the Chattahoochee. The vessel sailed about
$50 o'clock with something like half
cargo. She carried only g. 034 packages al
together, including 1870 bales OF cotton.
AMUSING SCENES on THE wHARvEs.
The loading of the vessel by the green
hands afforded the passengers aud crew and
a number of spectators on the wharf as
much amuse nent as q minstrel show. The
| hands rushed in and out OF the Chattahoo-
chez on the inclined Gang-plank as if shot
| from circus catapult. The scenes were
! ludicrous in the extreme. The men looked
as if they were frightened, from the way in
which they kept tneir mouths open and the
manner IL which their eyes bulged out as
| taey ran with the trucks. They
| handled the trucks as If they were
! plows and coming out of the bold after uu-
loading their freight many of them got such
! nead@ay down and w the gangwAy and
slip tna5 they ran nearly to the middle of
| the wharf before coming to a halt. 1t was
| dangerous to no within several feet of them,
| and the spectators had 70 look sharp TO
keep from being jammed. Collision after
| collision occurred on the gaugway, and it
was surprising that none of the negroes
| fell overheard. Several pieces of freight
| got dip.
| BAGGAGE DUMPED OVERHEARD.
| While the baggage was being put in the
vessel two truckmen had collision and q
trunk was sent flying into the river. IL
was secured only after n good deal of hard
| work and a thorough soaking.
| Agent Anderson said last night that he
expects to get the Boston steamship City of
| Macon off on schedule time to-day. The
gangs which loaded the Chattahoochee were
put to work last night unloading the City of
| Macon If she sails to-day it will only be
with light cargo.
The Nacoochee. which arrived day before
yesterday, hadn't been touched in the way
Of unloading up to last night. She is booked
| to sail Tomorrow afternoon.
The Central brought in about twenty
five hands yesterday morning, aud another
small lot last night. The great trouble ex-
perienced with the new hands is that many
of them quit after working a day, the associa-
ton men working at the wharf under cover
using their influence TO make them join the
| strikers.
At THE BALTIMORE WHARF.
The Baltimore steamship Allegheny,
which was 10 have sailed yesterday after
noon, is still at her wharf loading. She
will get out this afternoon with fair cargo,
about twenty-four hours late. The strike