The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-03


ing character. TIE hands drop the trucks
ia every direction and rush peu NELL over
each other 20 get 20 the tables, ana eat as II
they never before had square meal
on The LOWER wHARvEs.
The Merchants and Miners company sd
ded TO Its force yesterday thlrty-tWo white
men and three colored men hrlnglng up It's
total to seventy-fve. The Allegheny sailed
yesterday morning and the '" IA. Law
renee arrived shortly afterward. The WORK
of unloading her was begun at once. Last
night she was pretty well relieved OF freight
and she will be reloaded and got of
some time tonight.
The majority of the hands brought here
by the Savannah, Florida aud Western rail-
way are white.
Ire swearing in Of special policemen was
ssoTps last night by Mayor McDOnough,
because sbe necessity for them having
pract cally passed. Between rs and
TO- specials were on duty yesterday and
last night along the whsrves and through
the eastern and western portions OF the
city. They were armed with Winchester
rifles ami pistols. The larger portion OF
them will be dismissed to-day.
There was great Improvement in the
situation on all the wharves below the city.
About fifty white men and few ! egr )es
were az work at the Baltimore steamship
wharf unloading the VIM. Lawrence. The
lower press was running as Usual with all
the men needed. A large number OF men
were at work in the warehouses which were
not there the day before.
THE DRAYs RUNNING.
A number OF drays were hauling in cot
ton. All of Ryals' drays were running and
large number of the drays Of the other
firms in the business in the city. Some of
the drays were manned by white men, but
,E 81, a 49,,
Alderman Harmon had a large aod better
force at work than the day before. On the
Savannah, Florida and Western wnarves
nearly the full force was at work. Nearly
| 100 white men were among the workers.
| The Savannah, Florida and Western
brought in sixty or seventy white mou
from along its line yesterday morning and
| put them to work.
de railroad is lringing all dem white
folks down from Jesup," said q colored
striker eying the crowd suspiciously as it
embarked from the train. JeSup is a kind
Of Georgia Edgeheld TO tine mind OF the
average South Georgia negro.
The white men were doing good work,
despite their inexperience. They receive
! the same pay that was offered the colored
hands. Supt. Fleming said that the men
would be retained as long as they cared to
! work, whether the strike ended or not.
/ tOSA VI Inn HltSAAE.
Now that the strike is at an end, the
losses TO the railroads, steamship companies
and business Of the city will be begun to be
footed up. IL will run into the hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars, and maybe higher
The steamships have been kept twenty -four
and thirty-six hours later than their sailing
time, and their schedules have been broken
into so that It may take weeks to straighten
them out. Tine railroads have had every
fe,h NIT =, -
with loaded freight cars, and the losses to
shippers and others hY delay will be no
small item. Taken from any point of view,
the strike has Teen a disastrous one all
around, and has entailed the city with an
enormous loss.
ADVISING THE STRIKERS.
The early settlement of the strike is
largely due to the efforts Of the more con-
servative and intelligent of the colored
people. A number of them have been at
work using their influence with the strikers
to have them return to work at the wages
offered. telling them they were injuri0g
themselves by holding out and the city as
well.
D. B. Morris, a colored carpenter en-
ployed as foreman of the carpenters at
work upon DIR. r. g. Norton's house, at
Barnard and Anderson streets, called at the
MORNING NEWS office last night. Morris
said he had just had very
bsr of discus .se ion .trE wdtA ia P 9Tan,
of their hall on Duffy street. He has been
telling them ever since they refused the
offer OF the joint committee that they had
committed great mistake, and were rap-
idly losing the sympathy of the community
by their obstinacy.
NOT A UNION MAN.
Morris is not member of the Labor
Union and Protective Ass 1ciation, but ne is
president OF the Archery Club and also Of
the Mystic Tie of Arabs, of which
societies a number of the strikers
and has some influence among his people
He said number of threats were made
against him because Of his action, but he
paid no attention to them. The more in
telligent portion of the strikers we're willing
to listen to reason, he said, but the ignor-
ant element seemed to be In control.
Last night as Morris was passing by the
Odd Fellows hall on his way hone from his
work he was approached by q number Of the
strikers who make the hall their headouar-
te and the discussion about accepting the
offer OF the com nittee was renewed.
BETTER GO BACK TO WORK.
Morris told them they were making fools
OF themselves by their conducs, that they
were lnluring themselves by staying away
from work and at the same time iniuring
the city, aud that IL was impossible for them
TO force the railroads to terms Some of
the strikers replied that they would "starye
the railroads out" Morris told
them that they would starve
themselves out first. Some rejoi ed
that they would stay out till Christmas or
get their demands. Morris told theIn thai
while they were staying away from work
the railroads were filling up with hands
| from other places, and would soon have no
use for them end the city would be full of
| idle negroes with the prospect of starva-
| ton or the chain -gaug before them. He
! told them they had taken large numbers OF
strange negroes, who had come here to
work. away from their WORK and were keep
| ing them Idle on the town. He thought if they
| had persuaded them away from tleir work
| they ought TO spend some of the money in
the treasury to send them back to their
| homes.
A CARD TO THE STRIKERS.
| Morris came to the MORNING News office
with a card addressed to the strikers, which
he subnlit ted for publication. The card is
as follows:
Ny Dear srieHds of Color.
l hops you viii. all look before it is too late
| or am afraid You will You vii 10 yourselves
great Injury. Reu1embir If We do anything
against toe interests of lis city we do il ngipst
ours Ives We should not think that this is the
only shipping port in the country. because the
companies tnst Wa are at war with continue
1 the shipping to other ports, aud then we will
| have worse times TO contend witt than when
We were only getting 1915 cents to IS cents an
hour. The comuanY that We