The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-28
NEARLYA THOUSAND BALES
4 Pretty Good Days Work On Board
the GIenlOig.

Many 49, President Driscol's State
ment and the Brokers' Reply-The
Longshoremen Say They Will Make
the Issue In the Fall.
Nearly a thousand bales of cotton were
stored aboard the steamship Glenloig
yesterday with non-union labor. The cost
of the work is estimated at 10 cents a
bale, which is a big reduction on the
charges of the regular longshoremen,
which average As cents a bale. It must
be taken into consideration, however, that
q greater amount of the cotton has to be
recOmpressed on account of the unskiled
labor than with the skilled labor The
laborers showed great improvement yes
terday over the previous day having be-
come more familiar with their work
Col Harmon expects TO bring down the
cost of to-day's work to 10 cents bale,
and even less. He finds that he has more
men than he can use to advantage and
the number working on the ship will to-
day be reduced to forty. A large number
who applied for work yesterday were
turned away, and numbers of idle men
hung around the ship all day in hopes of
getting work. Il could get 800 men"
said Col. Harmon, "if had the work for
them to do"
TO BE A LONG FIGHT.
It is now evident from the attitude
taken by both sides that the fight is to be
one Of several months duration. The
longshoremen propose TO hold hands of
entirely and not to load single vessel as
long as the use of nou-union labor is con
tinued on the wharves. They will de-
mand as a co ndition before returning to
work that the loading of all vessels with
non-union labor shall cease. They believe
that the necessity for skilled labor will
force the shippers to call upon them to
return to work this fall upon the same
conditions Of labor which have heretofore
regulated the loading Of the ships. The
ship brokers understand the position
taken by the longshoremen.
''We propose TO stand TO the position
we have taken all summer and next win
ter, II necessary" said one broker.
''Ihere will be no backdown in the fight
We are thoroughly united, and will stand
together. We can get all the labor we
want It will not be skilled labor but it
will become skilled just as the union labor
has become skilled, by practice When
we have shown That we intend TO stand by
the position we have taken we will have
no difficulty in obtaining ali the skilled
labor we want There is a dissatisfied
element among the unions which has not
been in harmony with the policy which
has been pursued of late and which will
not hesitate TO take advantage of the sit
uation when they realize that their only
hope of employment Is to accept the terms
offered them. Then even If this should
not prove 10 be the case, there is enough
skilled labor outside the unions at Bruins
wick, Port Royal and Savannah, which
will form nucleus for the training of the
H.. Nnk. . ~.
be forced to seek them, because of inabil-
ity to secure labor elsewhere, they will
ind themselves very much mistaken"
DIsCoRD IN THE ooLoRED UNION.
'There has been discord among the
colored longshoremen for some time said
another broker. THE dispute between
the Georgia and the Carolina factions is
well known, and it is likely that one fac
ton or the other will pull out and set up
an independent society with rules of its
own which will conform to the reasona-
bic demand made by the brokers for a
full days labor for full days pay"
1t is generally conceded TO be the Dur
pose or the longshoremen to remain quiet
until fall and then bring on a general
strike OF all the labor of the port employed
IN handing cotton. They believe by
adopting this plan the ship owners will be
forced to come to their terms, as
all the other business interests of the CITY
would unite in demanding a settlement Of
the strike. 1t is undoubtedly true that if
no agreement is reached before fall n
bitter contest will be inaugurated to de-
clde the issue. The brokers' however,
Will have the advantage of being aware of
the purpose of the longshoremen and will
bave plenty of time in which to make
preparations.
President Driscoll of the Workingmen's
Benevolent Association, which is the
!ongshoremen's union, furnished the
NloRNING News with some figures yester-
day which he desired published
PRESIDENT DRIsCoLL's FIGURES.
as labor the only important item in
the high freight rate which the mer-
chants are complaining off" said he.
Are there not other items of even greater
Importance which are responsible for the
TACT that Savannah brokers charge a
higher rate to foreign ports than is
charged by the brokers of the
nelghborlng ports A vessel com
ing 10 savannah to load cotton has
her pliotage, her wharfage, towage. and
hghterage charges to pay. These are all
said 10 be high, but | am not sufficiently
posted as TO the rates to have an opinion
as to this. How about the brokers'
chargesI The vessel is billed by the
broker at 65 cents bale for COMPRISING.
The actual charge by the presses is
known to be only so cents thus allowing
rebate of Is cents bale to the broker
The broker bills the vessel for stevedoriug
at 30 cents a bale. The actual charge
oy the stevedore is IS cents a bale, max
ing rebate of 10 cents bale that goes
TO the broker. Here we have a total re-
bate OF % cents on every bale to the
brokers. What do they do with it, Are
they so patriotic in their endeavors to
bring cotton to this port that they use
this rebate in shrinking the rates2 I
have heard that the brokers get still
further rebates from the stevedores and
from the railroads for COMPRISING. I
do not know, however, if this
true. The broker also gets a commits
sion for discussing a snip, that is, for ad-
vancing money on account for defraying
her expenses while in port.
GO TO MAKE HIGH RATES.
"Au of these things ought to make
quite nice profit for the ship brokers
They certainly get more out of the bust
ness than the longshoremen. even if the
latter do get s. and IS a day for their
labor when employed. If the shin
brokers really wish TO reduce ocean rates
had they not better begin closer
at home in their reductions before attack
ing the wages of the working MANI"
Mr.. DrscOls statements as TO the
brokers charges was shown a prominent
urm OF ship brokers 1--WE do nnt 90 ~, 10