The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-02

of the headers in the employment OF the
Ocean Steamship Company are not true 70
the company; that they are enlssaries OF
the strikers and try to make the men oissaS'
isfed This report they Indignantly deny.
| Yesterday they united in making state
| ment that they are loyal to the company,
and are faithfully doing all they can to pro-
mote the company's interest. Their names
are as follows:
Ret Enguine, Ed Bailey, Ed Wallace,
Tom Hayse. Oscar Floynoid, York jackson,
Mackey jackson, William Chisolm, Jim
| Brown. Adam Smyley.
The head stevedore says that the headers
| sneak the TRUTH and that they are giving
entire satisfaction in every respect.
The Merchants and Miners company Sc
cured fifteen more white men yesterday,
| making total force of forty. The Ale
ghauy will sail at o'clock this morning,
thirty-six hours late, with q good cargo.
| Agent Carolan IS paying his
hands the scale agreed upon at Tues
| day nights conference, and the men
are we'll satisfied. They are learning the
knack of ha adling freight rapidly aud will
| make excellent workmen in q few days.
Agent Caroian expects a large addition of
| white men to-day, and by Sunday will
| have an ample white force for all the re-
quirements of bis company.
Agent Wilkinson is sick in bed. He had
two chills yesterday and was Enabled to
attend TO his duties.
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK BELOW THE CITY.
| Things had much better appearance on
| the lower wharveS yesterday than on any
day since Monday. About forty white men
were at work loading the Allegheny at the
| Baltimore steamship wharf The loading
| Of the vessel was completed yesterday after
noon and she will sail this morning at
O'clock.
A number of men. white and black. were
at rCrly Of he fV~rb
that section presented no such busy appears
| ance as is natural at this season.
| Work went on at the lower presses as usual.
| The lower presses have not shut down an
hour since the beginning of the strike,
and do not expect TO do so. They had about
sixty men at work yesterday, including a
| number of white men and green hands.
The ''green hands" are catching on, and
| many of the strikers will find that they are
not wanted when they make up their minds
to return.
| ALL RIGHT AT HARMON's WHARF.
| Alderman Harmon was working his usual
force at mis- cotton wharf, and informed a
MORNING News reporter, who was taking
trip on foot along the wharves, that he
had a much better force than the day be-
fore. The force of laborers at the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western wharves was
largely increased yesterday. About sew
enty negroes were brought in from
Thomasville and along the line of the road
early yesterday morning. Ii they had all
stuck the road would have had nearly
| enough men to transact its usual business,
but the agents of the strikers got in their
work. A number of the strikers got with the
gangs, as is their manner of doing, and
went TO work with them. 1t was impossi-
BILE to distinguish them from the work
men. and they soon begun
to get ia their work with threats aud per-
| of
of six and seven at a time began to quit
| work and walk off without saving anything
to anybody However, enough of the old
men were got together with the new
men that remained to give the Savannah,
| Florida and Western wharves a livelier ap-
pear ance than for the last three or four
days. Supt Fleming expects to have a
much larger force at work to-day.
NOT LIKELY TO LAST LONG.
The opinion was expressed by several en-
| ployers along the wharges that the strike is
beginning to weaken AID that in day or
two they would have all the men they
: wanted. They said that in several in-
stances men who had quit work three or
four days ago returned yesterday and went
r | to work as usual.
: The Savannah Lighterage and Transfer
Company WAS at work as usual yesterday
with about fifty men. The company ha,
kept up its work regularly since the begin
ming of the strike.
s The original strikers are very obstinate
a in their demands and will have the pou nd
OF flesh or nothing. In fact, they do not
seem to want TO work for individuals and
! small employers at all unless the railroad.
, will grant to their fellow strikers all theil
5 demands.
A number Of cases have occurred where
work was almost imperative where employ
ers offered 20 cents an hour and even more.
: The IN an refused to work at all unless they
were guaranteed full days work. 10
several instances draymen offered their
former employees as high as 30 cents an hour
2 TO move cotton that was billed to the out
! going steamships, but the men refused ever
this unless guaranteed a whole days work.
7 Work on any condition until all their de.
mands are granted is not desired.
f sUPT. FLEMING's PLANS.
Capt. Fleming, superintendent of tbs
r | Savannah Florida apd Western railroad
! was seen at his Office by MORNING NEWS
+ reporter as to the situation and was asked
9 what he was doing to mend it. Capt.
Fleming said:
"The Savannah Florida and Western i,
}, arranging to bring in a number of white
men to take the places of the negroes who
;; are being intimidated. A number are ex-
/ pectsd to arrive tomorrow [this] morning.
e THere is no danger of them being in
} Inundated, and they will not have
/, to be guarded. Our force of negro laborers
) will probably be increased to-day also
Proper steps are being taken to protect
# the laborers on the Savannah, Florida and
y Western and Baltimore steamship wharves
and warehouses aud to allow all hands to
, work that wish to do so.
"The Savannah, florida and Western
railroad notified their employees yesterday
n that the scale of wages offered the striker:
o by the joint committee of the cotton ex
n change and the board OF trade will go int,
"a effect with ell hands tina,
t were at work or would come K
3 work from the time that the COMMITTEES
a made the proposition Wednesday morning ;
' Capt. Fleming s1id that it was his under
}. standing that a large amount of white
Y labor would be put on the wharveS by the
different companies