The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-03
THE STRIKE GIVING WAY
The Strikers TO Resume Work
This Morning.
THE COMPROMISE AGREED TO.

The Unions Com mittee OF Eleven Ad-
vises the Acc sptaace OF the New
scales o. Wa4es-The Central to En-
Dlov Its Old Hands as Fast 5 There
ore Plac s for Them, But Not as
Union Gen-The Tie-up Broken by
the EnpIovment Of New Labor-Ths
situation on the Wharves Greatly
Improved Yesterd .y-A General Re
turn to Work Today.
The wharf laborers' strike is virtually at
an end. After holding out for five days the
strikers have agreed to accept the compro-
mise offered by the conference committee,
and by 10 o'clock this morning all the strik~
ers who can get back will be working
This decision was reached last night by
the strikers committee OF eleven after
conference with several well-kuown disin-
terested colored men. The fact Of the rail-
road and steamship comp anies securing all
the bands necessary to carry on the work
was what caused the strikers to reconsider
their action and accept the compromise.
When they saw their places being rapidly
filed by new men they saw that unless they
promptly came to terms their bread and
butter would be put in jeopardy.
ADVISED TO RESUME WORK.
The day opened up with the strikers fully
as determined to hold out for 20 cents an
hour or nothing as they had been the first
day. The better aud mere intelligent class
of disinterested colored citizens, sseiog that
the sympathy of the community was turn
ing against the strikers because of their
arbitrary course, decided that something
must be done at once to bring matters TO a
termination. With this end in view r. W.
White. L. NJ. peasants, W. A. Pledger of
Athens, Rev. Alexander Harris aud Rev.
E. X. Love, Prof. James Ross and G. c.
Christopher held a conference with view
to urging the strikers to accept the comprJ-
mise and 60 back to work
The men were disinclined at first to listen
to the committee, but the majority fsally
decided that they wanted 10 20 back to
work upon the terms and at the scale of
wages offered by the conference committee.
WILLING TO GO BACK.
Tho mediators, together with John II.
kinckle, Esq, the colored attorney, called
on Mr.. H II. Conner and discussed the
situation with him. He expressed a will
ingness TO do whatever was right aud just
toward helping the strikers get back, but
told the committee he could only act as
an individual, because the commercial com
mittees hai been dissolved.
The committee waited on the strikers
committee of eleven and fully explained
the situation advising that the union &C
cept the terms if it didn't want to do the
members and city at large irreparable dams
age. II was shown to the strikers that they
had the sympathy of the community in
their fight until they rejected the PROPOSE
ton giving them half OF the advance asked
for. They were told that unless they &C
cepted the ultimatum they need expect
neither sympathy nor support from the
white people in the future.
TO BE DECLARED OFF.
Ten members of the committee agreed at
once TO give in. but one was stubborn and
wanted to continue the fight Better
counsel prevailed. however, and he fell in
line. and the committee told the medlators
that the strike would be declared off this
morning and the strikers to make applica-
non for their old places.
X W. White aud W. A. Pledger then
called upon Supt. McBee of the Central at
the De Soto and had conference with him.
He said he had secured sufficient number
of men from Georgia and North and South
Carolina to carry on the work on the
wharves without aay further delay to bus
mess and is now in position to furnish
hands TO the warehouse men and other lines
OF business interfered with by the strike.
PLENTY OF WORK.
A great many of the new laborers Supt.
McBee said, are railroad section hands
brought here temporarily until settlement
of the troubles. He says he has no i'll feeling
against the strikers, because he believes they
were misled by bad advisers, and as far as
it is in his power he will see that the strikers
are not discrimine ted against in accepting
workmen, Supt. McBee said that the scale
of wages adopted by the conference com
mittee will be strictly adhered to.
The Central railroad brought in 500 men
yesterday, and 400 more are on their way
and will arrive to-day. These hands are
: mostly from South and North Carolina
No doubt all the strikers will be taken back.
because an immense force will be required
to relieve the blockade at the wherves and
warehouses The declaring off of the strike
means that the draymen and others who
have struck will resume work to-day.
THE FEELING ON THE BAY.
The condition of things along the Bay
yesterday presented q much more animated
and improved appearance. II was evident
by 10 o'clock that the backbone of the
strike had been broken, aud it was only
question of few hours when the strikers
would surrender. This made the merchants
more cheerful, and men who have carried
seIiOu5 COuntendnC6S since Monday were
smiling and shaking hands.
700 MEN AT WORK.
The scenes at the Ocean Steamship
wharves yesterday TO a person not &C
Quainted with the situation would never
indicate that there had been O strike Over
700 hands, white and black. were at work
moving freight, unloading cars and loading
the Nacoochee and City OF Macon, and
three big lighters with cotton for the tramp
steamships.
The Macon got out at $50 o'clock with a
fairly good cargo, and the Nacoochee will
sail this morning. The unloading of the
Birmingham was commenced at o'clock
and progressed fairly well with the green
hands. The new men are little slow in
their movements yet, but it won't take them
long to learn the knack of handling freight
The Central brought in about 500 men
during the day from along the line of road
The most of them are roadway hands
brought here temporarily until the settle
ment of the trouble.
Agent Wilkinson was in excellent humor
when seen by a MORNING News reporter
He felt SO good over the turn affairs had
taken that be really didn't know exactly
how many men he bad at work.
THE TIRED POLICE.
The policemen had a more jaunty air
about them, and carried their rifles in q
m re soldieriy fashion. The removal of the
Sunday appearance from the wharves
seemed 20 loosen their joints, and they
moved around with better step than at
any day since the inauguration Of the
M only work thev had To do he