The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-27

stevedores were appealed to 10 make a
special rate II was impossible 70 do any
screw work on the Grevian Prince on
account Of the manner Of her construction,
and all the stevedOres had 10 90 was 70
press the cotton in rows. The longshOre-
men refused 10 allow special rate. how
ever, and drew their 50 and S6 a day for
laying in seventy-five bales TO the gang.
SOME OPPOSING STATEMENTS.
There is a wide difference in the state
ments OF the shipping agents and the
lcngsheremen as 70 the Churchill matter,
mentioned in Yesterdays MORNING News
Two prominent shipping agents stated
positively 10 a MORNING News reporter
yesterday that Mr.. A r Churchill of
Brunswick. had taken three or four gangs
Of men from Savannah within the last ten
days TO load cotton at the wages and
hours paid Bruins W k labor.
Mr.. Churchill, it was stated, has one or
more ships at Brunswick partly
loaded with phosphate for Bremen
ana Hamburg. He has freight room above
the phosphate for several thousand bales
Of cotton, which he is Offering at the uu-
usually low rate Of 80 cents hundred, or
nah. He is, so the Savannah agents say,
loading cotton al cents a bale By hand.
as compared with - cents a bale at Sa
vannah.
This report is directly contradicted by
the lonCshOremen, several Of whom
stated to a MORNING News reporter YES
tarday that Mir Churchill had not taken
a man out OF Savannah within the last
several weeks Two reliable and we'll
known stevedores made the same posi-
tive statements last night Both sides
are evidently sincere in their statements,
but the contradiction is singular.
The longshOremen had little TO say
yesterday, and were not inclined TO talk
to reporters. A good many visited the
GlenlOig, and quietly watched the loading
of the ship by the non-union labor. They
made no comments, but they appeared to
regard with contempt the efforts OF the
unskilled labor. Several who were seen
by MORNING News reporter declared
most positively that they would make no
change in their rules.
TO STAND BY TIE RULES.
The Workingmen's Benevolent Asso-
clifton held largely attended meeting at
its hall on Bay street last night and was
in session until IL o'clock. A MORNING
News reporter saw President Driscoll
after the meeting. He said that the as
ISOLATION had determined TO stand by its
rules. and that il would make no change
as to its conditions of labor.
Il wish you would say" said MIR.
Driscol, that all reports as to our in
tentions to do anything that would tend
to create disorder or in anywise disturb
or Inconvenience the community outside
Of our own immediate line of work, are
untrue. We propose to quietly keep hands
OF. We have not struck. The other people
have shut US out. Consequently we
have nothing to do at present and we
propose TO do it without disturbing any
one. The agents will have no inter-
ference TO prevent their loading their
ships with whatever labor they can get
from now until fall
TIE REAL FIGHT TO COME.
Mr. Driscoll said that the real fight
will come in the fall. The agents will not
be able, he said, TO get sufficient labor in
training this spring and summer to
handle the heavy business that would
necessarily accrue in the fall He further
intimated that the shippers would find
the cheap labor unsatisfactory, and that
they would be glad to avail themselves of
the union labor on the same conditions as
at present by fall.
"You hear a great deal of talk said
Mr.. Driscoll "about the excessive wages
paid the longshoremen. Five and six dol
lars day does sound like large wages
for worklngman, doesn't it, but the
people who eXclaim at these things do not
stop TO consider that we only get work at
our trade a few months in the year
Tie average lOngshoreman does not
average 100 working days a season,
which means that he only makes
800 to 5000 year at his trade.
On this he is TO maintain his family for a
year with what additional work he can
pick up Last summer ! walked the
streets of Savannah for five months with
out being able TO obtain work. l think |
earn as much as any longshoreman in the
city. 1 work hard, l have no expensive
habits, do not drink, and yet it is all !
can do to make ends meet.
WHY THEY QUIT IT.
1t is strange that if there is so much
money 10 be made at the high wages paid
the longshoremen so many of them are
willing TO quit the business TO take posi-
tions on the police force and in the fire
department. Any longshoreman who
can get regular Job all
the year round at - so to s. a
day will gladly leave the business and
take it. The demand of the shippers
simply means that we are to do more work
for the same money. They say il will
bring more cotton to the port and that
there will be more employment in
consequence. l do not believe it.
The Ocean Steamship Company gets its
cotton handled at the same rate that Mr.
Harmon is now employing labor to load
the Glenloig. This ought to enable it tC
make such a rate that il would be over
crowded with cotton freights, vet see the
ships being laid OF for lack of freight
There are other charges to be reduced be-
fore the freight rates from this port can be-
sufficiently reduced to attract any con.
siderable amount of new shipments. The
cost of labor is but a small item"
If you 20 out early in the morning you may
catch rheumatism. Salvation Oil cures it
ad
WILLIAM GREENE DEAD.
A Well Known Savannabfan Cans tr