The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-28
ANOTHER ROW TAKES PLACE.
DolDhus MAXWELL said to Have Been
Assaulted by Strikers.

""NNAtSh ~ StEAhNESs
Rows seem just at this time to be the
principal feature Of the strike of the long
shoremen. Scarcely a day passes with
out a record Of some trouble in which
the strike is at the bottom.
The arrests that are made by the police
from time to time do not appear TO have
the desired effect Of putting a stop to the
disorder. There are reports heard con-
stantly of some kind Of trouble and the
men who are at work on the wharves
never fail to put the blame on the strik-
ers. This fixing of the responsibility is
not allowed by the strikers to go unchal-
lenged, however They assert very pos
itively. after nearly every difficulty, that
the men. who make the alleged assaults
on those who are still at work for the
ship agents. are not members of their
union.
The five men who were arrested last
Saturday morning and charged with riot
Gus conduct, were all discharged by the
recorder. The evidence against them was
not sufficient to substantiate the state
ment that they were the ringleaders of
the gang that practiced intimidation on
the men who were on their way to their
work at the wharves.
There was only one difficulty during the
day that was accredited to the strikers
as the promoters. Dolph Maxwell, one of
the men now in the employ of Strachan
81 Co, was assaulted in a bar on West
Broad street early in the morning, while
on the way to his work. lie said that he
had been knocked down and then set upon
by the entire gang of the men in the room.
He did not know all of those who struck
him, he said, but he knew that some of
them were members of the union.
He stated that the president Of the or
ganzation was in the crowd and that it
was he who had melted the others to make
the attack on him. Maxwell entered the
barroom, he said, and was there address,
ed by Rhett, who wanted to know If he
was going to work To this he replied
that he was, whereupon Rhett pointed his
finger at him and made some remark. He
said the men seemed TO accept this as a
signal that they were to get in their work
and this they proceeded to do without any
delay.
His employers were very much provoked
at the assault, as it was told by Maxwell
He was taken up town TO have a war
rant sworn out against the men who had
made the attack en- him, Rhett was first
selected as the one against whom he would
swear out the warrant, but after think
ing the matter over, Maxwell decided that
he would not prosecute him. He gave as
his reason that he and Rhett are poor
men, and that was the bond of sympathy
that kept him from taking the case before
the court. 1t is thought that It was the
fear Of the consequences that kept the man
from taking the step. There is some doubt
felt also as to his having seen Rhett
among the men who attacked him.
WE ha
wharf where the Luigi was being loaded
during the morning. The strikers are not
front while the men are al work, but one
or two find no trouble in getting into the
vicinity of the vessels. There was an Of
fcer near at hand, and his attention was
soon called to the man, who had made his
way down to the river, evidently for the
purpose of getting in some of his intimida-
ton. The striker called to one of those at
work on the vessel telling him that If he
did not knock off a once they would catch
him at night and beat him up. Capt.
Straehan happened to be standing in hear
ing distance, and he at once shouted to
the officer to drive the negro away. With
out losing any time. the officer started af-
ter him. but his foot slipped and he fell on
the planks of the wharf and stuck big
splinter in his hand. AS he got up, he saw
the offending striker going over the fence.
Work win be commenced to-day on the
Wesley Hail. the first vessel to fly the flag
of the Georgia Export and Import Com
pany The cotton will be damned in ner
by men who will be paid the same wages
as are now received by those who are
working for the ship agents.