The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-08

make any concession Whatever Inc
negro longshOremen are now the backbone
Of the strike, as they Outnumber the
white lOugshoremen two TO one. many Of
the latter having secured employment at
other places, and others are employed in
various avocatiOns IN the city.
All the police not on duty on the streets
were held in reserve at the barracks
last night in accordance with the mayors
order A small squad viii probably be
detached for duty in the neighborhood of
Bay and East Broad streets this morn
ing, as the non-uuion workmen will have
10 pass that point on their way 70 work
at the lower wharves.
To BEGIN WORK TO-DAY.
Col. Harmon viii begin loading the
Berenguer el Grande this morning. The
vessel is lying at the Lower press and is
the first to load cotton at Savannah this
season. Col. Harmon informed a MORN-
ING News reporter yesterday that he had
all the labor he wanted, and that he an
tcipated no difficulty in obtaining more
when needed.
An l ask the other people" said Col.
Harmon, is hands off If they don't
think we can load cotton let them hold off
and see. 1t won't take long to settle the
question in that way. ! have been kept
busy to-day signing bonds for my men.
VINO have been arrested at the instance
my men positively TO avoid all difficulties,
and you can rest assured that in all these
difficulties which have arisen the other
people have been the aggressors. "
PLAIN TALK TO THE POLICE.
The difficulties occurring between the
union and nOn-union men Thursday after
noon and yesterday furnished the topic
for the day. Recorder Wilson spent
nearly three hours trying to get at the
truth of the difficulty which occurred at
Bay and Houston streets Thursday
afternoon, but without success. He
could make neither head nor tail
of it, and finally gave up in disgust.
The statements of the witnesses varied
so widely and their memories were so
conveniently bau as 10 who was and
who was not engaged in the affair that il
was impossible to place the responsibility
for the difficulty. The recorder was par
ticularly disguised with the testimon Y of
the policemen, whom he charged with at
tempting to shield the guilty parties.
Policemen Bahilly and Deignan were the
officers alluded to by the recorder, who
stated in court that he understood them
TO be members or eX-membe of the long
shoremen's union.
DlXoN's TESTIMONY.
John Dixon, the negro foreman, who
was charged by the white men with hav-
ing provoked the row, testified that he
had been assaulted about o'clock in
the afternoon by two men by the names
Of Linton and Farrell. He came down
town to have warrants issued for them,
and while on his way back home, in com
pany with several other employees of Col.
Harmon, he was assaulted by white and
colored longshoremen, who threw rocks
at him and chased him into Semken's
grocery. He was in the grocery, he said,
when Policeman Rahilly came up and ar
rested him. He pointed out two of his
assailants and demanded their arrest.
but the policeman refused TO arrest
them.
All the white men against whom
charges were preferred by Dixon denied
having anything to do with the riot, and
protested their inability to say who did
have anything to do with it, Mr. W. G..
Charlton, Col. HarmOn's attorney, repre-
sented the negroes, and Mr.. Il. S. Nor
gan, Jr., represented the longshoremen.
SURPRISED AT THEIR ACTION.
Recorder Wilson in summing up the ev-
ldence expressed great surprise that po-
llcemen who were born and raised in the
locality in which the difficulty occurred
were unable to identify any of the par
ties concerned. He also gave some of the
accused scoring and said the records of
the police court were evidence as to the
character which they bore in the COM
munity. In closing Recorder Wilson said
that he had once before notified some of
the colored union men that interference
with working men simply because
they were non-union men would
not be tolerated, and that he
would certainly send some of them
to the gang if they we've convicted
Of this oftense before him. He repeated
1 hi ,fv,gr ~.
cerned, both white and black.
ADAY OF ROWS.
Several rows occurred during the day
between union and non-unioE men, Lem
uel Wade, a prominent union man, and
Jacob Hall, one of Col. Harmon's colored
met at the corner of Bay and
Whitaker streets about noon Wade de-
clared that Hall cursed him, and that
when he went to strike Hail the latter
drew knife on him. He then ran back
a short distance, and picking up a couple
of paving stones, fired them at Hall, one
of them striking him. Hall reported the
affair to Policeman Bostick, who ar
rested Wade. After arriving at the
barracks Wade preferred charges against
han for cursing and assaultirg him He
also swore out warrant later against
Hall before Justice Russell charging him
with assault and battery The warrant
is 10 De served at the police court this
morning Several gentlemen who wit
messed the difficulty stated that Wade
was entirely at fault, and furnished their
names to Col. Harmon that they might be
summoned as witnesses in the case this
morning, which was done.
Major Wilson, Colored. who was en-
gagged in making some levers for Col.
Harmon, went down town to sharpen his
Ratchet about noon, so he SAYS Charlie
Bell, union man, saw him with the
Ratchet under his coat and charged him
with carrying concealed weapons. Bell
swore out warrant to this effect before
Justice Naughtin, and Wilson was ar
rested. He was bound over to the CITY
court on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons, and was released on bond fur
nished by Col. Harmon. Ben Wilson. his
brother, was arrested on warrant
sworn out by Bell charging him with
assault, but was released by Justice
Naughtin.
FIGHT AT THE MARKET.
A difficulty occurred at the market
dock about o'clock between James Fire
all, a colored employee Of Col Harmon. and
John Williams, Collins Chisholm and Ga-
brlel Young, all cOlored union men Young
swore out a warrant before Justice Russell
charging t1reall with assaulting him with
a knife tlreall was arrested and com
mitted TO Jail, but was afterward released
on bond furnished by Col Harmon. He
then swore out warrants before Justice
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