The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
STRIKERS ARE STILL OUT
TIE UNION INSISTS ON BEING
RBCOGNIZ ed.

RECOGNIZ I'd.
The Railroads Provided With All tbs
Hands They Need Now and ar'
rndeDendent of tie strikers--rht
Work On the Wharves Going On
Without interruption or Dslay-The
Strikers Card-What some of Them
Say.
The strike has not yet been declared of,
,hongb tbsrs are evidences of dissatisfaction
in the ranks Of the strikers
The strikers held big mseting yesterday
afternoon at the loaZsnoremen's hall, at
Esst Broad ard Anderson streets. and dis
eussed the situation.
Chairman Il. n. Lowery aud Isaac Brown
of the strikers committee urged the men
20 give up the fght and seek employment
this morning
Al Coleman. president Of the union,
told the men, it is said, to remain firm.
This advice was accepted by the majority
of the strikers. who announced their inten-
tion to stand firm.
Its not likely that the transportation
companies will trouble themselves as TO the
course the strikers may pursue. They have
al the hands they need, and their freights
are being handled expedltlously.
THE MEN DOING WELL.
The new men are rapidly catching on to
the handling of freight, and are rapidly
becoming as proficient as the strikers were.
Work was carried on all day yesterday at
the Ocean Steamship wharves and Mer-
chants and Miners wharf. The City
- lah arfiG f1ll
loaded at ESQ o'clock. The VIM.
Lawrence went out between 5
and o'clock with big cargo. The
City of Augusta will sail to-day on sche1-
u.e time. By Tomorrow all traces Of the
strike Will have about disappeared from the
wharves, and the dray uen expect TO get
sufficient drivers to-day TO run all the cot
ton trucks aud drays.
A meeting of the merchants to pass res
olutions refusing hereafter TO employ any
one connected with the Labor Union and
Protective Association will, it is expected,
be held to-day If the strike is not declared
off by noon. This will mean that the
strikers will be out in the cold entirely.
Dissatisfaction has broken ont In the
ranks OF the nnion and a number Of the
members have announced their intention
of applying for work to-day at the wharves
If this is done the strike will most likely die
a natural death without the necessity of
any declaration Of its being off.
CARD FROM THE STRIKERS.
A. /. Coleman, NJ. j. Christopher, A. o.
Pierrieaeu, G.. w. Shaw, T. d. Lynch, r.
Jones and J. Youngblood sent conmuni-
cation to the MORNING NEWS last night
giving official information that the strike
has not been declared of. at is not be-
cause we have not the interest OF
the city at heart, nor because of stub
bornness," says the communication, that
it has not been declared off. The associa-
ton promptly accepted the recommended
ton OF its committee. and agreed to return
to work for the advance namet. But be-
fore doing so the association wanted to
know IL its members would be given their
places in q reasonable time, and not dis
charged because Of membership in the
union. Our committee has not
been able to get this Information, and it is
for this reason that the strike has not been
declared of. We make this announcement
because the public has been led to believe
that we have no grievance, and as it was
enormously stated that we did not accept
the advance offered
A LATE ANNOUNCEMENT
Il is rather late day that the association
determined to mako such a ara cement. Its
q matter of record that at first the PROPOSE,
ton Of the conference was rejected without
any question about the union The strikers
then thought they had things their own
way and intended to dictate everything to
suit themselves. Since they awakened
to the fact that they made a grew
Gus mistake they have raised the
question about the union. The trausporta-
ton companies knew nothing about the
union before the strike was ina gurated.
aud they ore not taking it INTO account now.
All they say is that their laborers left them
and new men have been obtained to fill
their places. They are willing to employ
other men as they need them, whether they
belong to the union or not. They are not
asking questions about the union, as that
organization does not appear to he one with
which they have anything to do. And the
committee of the trade bodies through
whose efforts the advance in wages
was secured, iGving been dissolved when
the increase IN wages was rejected, there
doesn't appear 10 be anybody authorized TO
give any guarantee about matters relating
10 the union. This thing for the strikers TO
do Is 10 apply for work and il they are
needed they will be employed. The longer
they hold off the worse their chances tor
getting work will be.
THE MEDIAToRs DONE.
Those who have acted as mediators have
washed their hands altogether of the affair,
and say 1t is now a matter # as little differ
ence 20 them as 10 the Transportation COM
panies whether or not the strike is declared
of. They reasoned with the strikers until
they we're tired, endeovorinG to show them
thai they are lnjlring themselves ard fla n
lilies more than any one else in remaining
away from work. Obstinaoy, however !.
held higher hand than intelligence and
reason, and their efforts TO bring
about a settlement were put down
as sure evidence Of treacnery and an at
tempt TO sell the strikers out to the corpora
ti0ns.
The men brought here to take the
strikers places are delighted with their
treatment. A dollar a day was about all
they averaged in the country, and now
they are averaging 81 IS per day.
WANTED TO OBSERVE SUNDAY.
Nearly ell tie white men and quite q
number of the negroes brought here dur.
ing the week objec.e to working Yesterday
because OF its being Sunday. The trausoor-
tation companies didn't insist and the re-
ligiously inclined individuals spent a quiet
day.
What good it is doing the strikers to hold
out now no one can understand, as the
backbone of it has bsen broken by the
bringing in of new hands.