New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-07
WAR ON NEGRO LABOR.
THE ATLANTA TEXTILE WORKERS
STRIKE on AGAIN.
WHITE OPERATIVES now DEMAND THAT Ali"
NEGROES EMPLOYED ~ THE FULTON MILLS
RE prscHARoEp-rHE OWNERS
REUSE TO YIELD.
rnx -r, ropApu TO THE TRIBUNE.


rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TR;PUNE.I
Atlanta Ga, Aug. 6.-The strike at the vi
ton Bag and Cotton Mills. brought ABOUT os @
refusal OF the white operatives to WORK WI"
negro women. is still on In spite OF the '''e'
of the mill management % remove the op'e
tional employes The strikers, elated a' ''e''
victory in procuring the discharge OF the hee'0
women decided TO take advantage or the oppoi
tunIty TO enforce other demands when the ''',''
people felt compelled to decline, with the tesu''
that the strike is apparently on for an nde'''''e
period. or
varho, ooreemen, was reached between
prse,aart Flsaa and the strikers yesterday
o,,or,oo,. % tho effect that the offending col
ored women should be withdrawn ana the an
nouncor,srt wos made that the trouoie was
sett,ed This morning however, the stihe''
corou,,tes demanded that President Elsas s's"
written agreement to remove not o''' an
new,v emn,oved negro women, but also "''
negroes employed In any capacity wha'eSe''
oo,. .ho ior,tor and scrub women that none
bur white persons be employed in the m'il. anu
49,. ...o .,o,,,hor ~ the Textile Workers Union
or anv one who participated In the s'iiNe
,,., ,>ooouse NJ their union affliation' oi
hooo.o .bov nerticpated In the strike. ana 'ra'
~ ,.u,,or or,n,oves be relnstated in their posi-
former
TONS
puo.,so,. r,sos refused to sign this agree
ment and the struggle is again on ABOUT io",
.,, .,arod mon women and children are OUT
and the mills. which are crowded with more
-, H.. .hov can Ali are closed. President
EIsas IN explanation Of his action. SAID
-,s ~ ooreement presented by the COM
m,ttee II would have compelled me TO discha'
,la haV
tho mil, for long periods Of time some OF 'iie"n
as long as twenty years. NO -
o,,o- heer made to these colored people oeihg
-,o.. -, tho mill and they were performing
services for which they were employed ana io'
,,. -..s ,,ers usually employed and they
were performing these services Satisfactorily
In 1corrot believe that any good man
80 ,roroan would seriously ask me to discharge
these colored people under THESE Gil
They were working there when the s'riNei'
- ,o.d and have been working there
ever since. and no complaint was made against
49,, 49,, 80, or,nlove Of the mill. For these
reasons did not sign the aeree"e"'
to me this morning. ,.h
puh,,c sympathy, which was at hrst all wiz"
the strikers is now turned the o'"0' , =.
view OF their refusal TO accept the
the cause OF the strike as set'ie''e"'
while q new element has been injected oS ''e
negro men employed at the mills VINO conp'dnn m
that they are being dscriminated against y!
tho Textile Workers Union, and VINO 'lfed'en
% take the case before the Federa'o" u
Trades. 49,. .,a strikers
This afternoon committee from the s'rikels
hold a conference with President Eisas "a 49, -
which It was announced that Mr. Esas sssd sf hv the
wmcn i =. ~. siyr the agreement submitted py ti.e
cined 10 Sba TSn striking operatives held meet
ing and initiated new members into naring .ns for
Workers' Union. with view 10 preparing
a nrotracted struggle