The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-15
Mallory Line Laborers Refused
to 60 to Work
Yesterday.
OTHERS MAY QUIT THIS MORNING.
Work Was Not Stopped on the Mallory
Wharf Until Night-Churc.i!rs Men
May Stgika Today.

loading the Mallory liner Colorado
notified their employers yesterday
morning that they did not propose to
work. They had sent petition to the
agents OF the line asking for raise in
wages and it had been refused. The
men said that they were under orders
from the ngshoremen's union, of
which they were members, that they
must not work unless the increase in
pay was granted.
The men were told to go if they
wished and that their places would be
filled by other men.
SteVetore Jones, who has charge OF
the men on the Mallory wharf, at once
set about securing new workman. In
very few minutes there were enough
men on hand to carry on the work of
loading. The new material kept com
ing until it was necessary to order the
seekers for work of the deck, as they
were interfering with the progress oi
the loading.
The strikers left and :hcre was nc
offer of violence or of an intention to
keep the new men from taking their
places. The casual oboerver would no.
have noticed that there WAS anything
wrong on the dock. but the new men
were, of course, green AID worked
slower than the regu'a. hands.
1t was reported early in the norm
ing that the strike was general all
along The wharves. THE TIMES lnves-
tigated and found that this was far
from being the case. The only other
gang of men that refused to go to
work was that one employed on F. D.
Aiken's wharf, and as there was moth
ing to be done there yesterday little
attention was paid to the refusal.
The Downing company had it's full
force working. Capt. Charles Halver-
sen, stevedore for the company, stated
to TIMES reporter that there had
been no overtures from his men what
ever toward asking for higher wages.
Captain Churchill stated that the
strike had had no effect on his work
men. His force was working as usual,
handling phosphate rock, yesterday.
At Torras,' Emanuel's, the Southern
Pine company's and the ether ship
ping establishments along the bay
there was no sign of strike. The
movement was confined entirely to
the Mallory men. 1t is believed that
the 'longshoremen are contemplating
a general strike and made the first
manifestation of 1t at the Mallory
wharf, thinking that it would be felt
more there than at any other place.
The 'lOngshoremen, 1t will be re-
membered, considered the advisability
of striking several months ago, but
decided not to do so. What their
present intentions arc can only be
judged by their actions.
1t was reported last night, from a.
source believed to be authoritative
that Captain Churchill's workmen had
decided to strike, and would refuse to
go to work this morning. 1t seems
that the strike is confined to the cot
ton laborers, and That the lumber
handlers will not have anything to do
with it,
The gshoremen were about the
streets in groups last night discussing
the strike. Nothing could be learned
from any of them as to their intentions.
1t is safe to say, however, that the
Mallory line people will not be the
only shippers employing "green" labor
today.
WORK AGAIN sToPPED.
AT 6 o'clock last right, when the