The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-30
THE STRIKE SPREADING
The Warehouse and Rosin
yard Hands Quit Work.
TWO THOUSAND MEN NOW OUT.

The praynen and Cotton Press Hands
Give Notice That They VIII Strike
This Morning "A Conference Be-
tween cotton Exchange and Board
of Trade Committees ana the Strik-
ers-An Effort to Bring About a
Settlement-The Commercial Bodies
Confer With the Railroad Officials
a COMPROMISE Proposition 70 Be
submitted Effects of the Strike on
Business.
The wharf laborers' strike. has extended to
the Savannah, Florida and Western hands.
the naval stores, warehouse, and cotton
press hands and the draymen. In all there
will be in the neighborhood OF 1000 men
out this morning.
The warehouse hands to the number OF
about 100 struck yesterday afternoon, $50
Savannah, Florida aud Western hands went
out last night, and the 400 naval store hands,
between 200 and 800 draymen, the cotton
press hands, numbering about fifty and
about fifty warehouse hands gave notice
last night that they will quit work this
morning.
The naval stores hands notified the in
spectors Of their intention to strike In COM
munications written in red ink. The cot
con press hands informed Supt. Wade of
the Cotton Press Association last night that
there would be no necessity to start the fires
this morning. because they would not be
on hand to work. The demands Of the
strikers for wages are the sarne-20 cents an
hour.
The cotton business Is seriously affected,
and work on the wharves was almost at a
standstill yesterday. The obstruction OF
freights is causing business mena great
deal of embarrassment and is creating con-
siderable uneasiness.
CONFERENCE WITH THE STRIKERS.
A three-hours' conference between com
mittees from the cotton exchange, board Of
trade and the strikers was held at the cot
ton exchange yesterday afternoon. The
strikers committee. after detailing their
grievances and demands, agreed TO leave
the matter with the commercial bodies as a
sort of arbitration committee between
themselves and the railroads
Col. J. L. Warren, president of the cotton
exchange; J. r. Minis, Col w. w. Gordon,
Capt. John Flannery, II. NJ. Conner, Ed
ward Karow and Alderman w. g. Cam,
composed the cotton exchange committee
and John R. Young, w. b. Stillwell and
George r. Walker represented the board Of
trade.
These committees met General Super
intendens McBee and Agent Wilkin-
son of the Central, General Superintendent
Fleming and Assistant Freight Agent Papy
of the Savannah, Florida and Western,
Agent Carolan Of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company. and
Agent Anderson Of the Ocean Steamship
Company, in the gentlemans parlor of the
De Soto last night for conference
The meeting lasted 215 hours, and It is
understood that a conclusion was reach ed
to offer a compromise proposition TO the
strikers this morning.
THE COTTON EXCHANGE ACTS.
The first action on the strike by the COM
mercial bodies was taken at noon
yesterday, when tho cotton exchange
held a meeting to consider the
situation and see if anything could be
done to remove the strike resolution
was passed appointing a committee TO con-
fer with the Central. and Savannah, Florida
and Western officials with view to arriving
at = settlement OF the strike. Mayor MoDon-
ough and the board Of trade were requested
TO co-opernte.
In accordance with the ection of the cot
ton exchange Clerk of Council Reoarer for
warded the following letter to thesstrikers:
SAVANNAH GA, Sept. 20, 1891.
H. S. Losrey, Chairman Committee L. u and
p A.
DEAR SIR-His honor the mayor requests that
you will appoint a committee representing your
organization to meet with committees from
Savannah Cotton Exchance and Board of Trade
al the cotton exchange building this afternoon
at O'Clock, for the purpose OF endeavorng to
adjust the differences at present existing be-
tween your sociati IN and the railroad systems,
your Committee to have power to act Very
respectfully,
FRANK e. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
THE AFTERNOON CONFERENCE.
The committees from the commercial
bodies and the strikers were promptly on
hand at the appointed hour, but the rail-
road officials could not attend on account of
the press of business Mayor McDonough
was made chairman Of the conference. A
reporter of the MORNING News sent up his
card, but received polite notice that it
was the sense of the meeting that reporters
were not wanted.
The members of the strikers committee
presented their grievances in a lengthy and
detailed manner. They said, in substance
that the men were not paid enough for their
labor, and were defrauded of their over
time. They said that lately it
had been the custom co start
gangs to work at the Central wharves un-
loading cars short while before the quit
t,rg hour, and compel the men to continue
the work until all the freight was out
Eome.Imes they would run over
fifteen minutes, and sometimes half
az hour. When they demanded
overtime for the work, they we're
toldit was Agent Wilkinson's orders that
wherever the unloading of a car was begun
during regular hours and was not completed
at the usual quitting time the work must be
finished and no overtime was to be allowed.
LEFT WITH THE COMMITTEE.