Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
'L0NGSHllRIlEI:M men MET
Over 600 Assembled Last Night
in colored Opera House.
WILL BE QUIET AND ORDERLY
Strike Situations virtually Unchanged. nut
All Danger OF Trouble ahoueht to
be Passed. The Advice Of -
The President.
WILL BE QUIET AND ORDERLY

aStdt Ui!FS .c!!e STRIKE Sltu:ctlOn and tC-
day the affair is in q more satisfac-
tory condition than yesterday. if any
change at all has taken place.
1T was reported early in the evening
on what seemed to be good and relia-
bic authority. that President Keith. Of
the National Union had arrived in
Newport News and was going around
among the colored men--asking them
all to stop work on all Of the piers
today. but the rumor was not correct
II MIR. Keith was in the city he could
not be found last night and the lcca!
leaders Of the strike knew nothing of
his visit.
GENERAL SITUATION.
The general situation last night at
a late hour seemed to be virtually I'M
changed as far as the negro 'longshora-
men were concerned AIT of the men
who have struck arc still out. and do
not intend to return to work until
their demands have been complied
with
On the other hand the shipping pco-
PIE are determined not to grant the
demands. which are considered absurd.
and in the mean time the work of un-
loading and loading vessels at the pier s
win SO on under the present condi-
IRONS. the work being done 10y any
White men who can be secured
NO NEW MEN COMING.
me report that there We're number
Baltimore today. was again started
yesterday afternoon. and in a short
time had been spread all over the city
The rumor had it that the men would
DE brought here by Mr.. Jack Mariner
VINO Is now in the Monumental City
rms report. like nearly all the others
winch We're circulated, was untrue and
WITHOUT foundation. although it seem
: ed TO come from reliable sources Mir.
Mariner will return to Newport News
this morning, but he will bring no
'longShoremen With him.
MEETING LAST NIGHT
There was an important meeting last
might held in the coiored opera house
in Rockets Of the local coloreil union
The meeting was called by the local
leader OF the strike. President Bell, Of
the union, for the purpose of giving the
members of the organization some adj
vice and instructions on the subject Of
their actions during the continuance OF
the controversy. .-N
When Bell called the meeting to
order there were over 600 Of the colorcd
'lonSshorencn present, and the hall
Was crowded to its utmost capacity
The men We're told that they should
not be carried away by any inclination
they might have to cause trouble and
that it was only by quiet and orderly
conduct that they, could hope To- gain
~tlTeir ends. - = r
It had been reported to many Of them
that the white men who took their
places on the piers had armed them
selves with revolEers. This rumor was
denied to them and they We're told that
they. should not follow any such foo
ish scotarst. no matter What happened
The meeting was very orderly ard
the men seemed to be inclined TO fol-
low the advice OF their leader to the
letter. and there can be no doubt but
that they will be quiet and orderly ana
~
bulent nature
BELLS STATEMENT.
When seen by a reporter at a late
hour last night Bell stated that he did
not think the cOoret longshorenlt n
would do anything that could be de-
plored, and he was confident that there
would be no roting or disorder
. The men, -he said, are out because
-tfrey think they have been wronged,
and they Will not return to work until
their demands have been complied
with. They Will remain out of work.
but there will be no trouble on account
OF the strike
If the shipping companies can get
white men to do the work required at
the same price the colored men work
for. then they are at perfect liberty
Ito do so. he continued. The union men
will cause no disturbance if non-union
men are employed.
Sell is confident of a victory, and
llffIfhss ,ulG matter. Will De SSttteQ LII a
few days at the outside. He believes
the shipping companies will find that
: they cannot get along without the
men Of the union, and their demands
Will be complied with.
AN ABSURD RUDIOR
When asked as to the report that
there would be several hundred non
union men imported today, Bell said
that he did not believe anything OF
the kind would be done. He stamped
the rumor as being absurd and did not
think there was any possibility of such
!. u thing.
The developments in the strike today
will beswatched with the greatest in
terest. Ut is thought that the matter
will take. some decided shape before The
end 20 fthe next twenty-fo,r. Gaour.s,
and victory for either the colored
gnen or. the shipping companies be
avon. T4T
The work OF unloading the Chesa-
peake and Ohio steamship Kanawha
was somewhat delayed on account of
the strike. but yesterday afternoon the
work wac commenced and will 60 on
uninterruptedlM
White men have been employed to
do this work, and all the able-bodied
men'iWho can be secured are being put.
on. There are now over fifty, white
men ateWork on this ship, and a mum
Der of others will be taken on this
Mr.. w. 1T. Landon, the local repre-
sentative Of the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company, stated yesterday after
noon that the longshoremens /: strike
I in New York. which tied UP the com
pa'ny for some days to a great extent,
is virtually over, and the ships are
being worked as usual now.
The men who went out on this strike
s1ave been out before for no very god
reason, and the stevedores of the COM
& pany have decided not to allow them
to TOOL any more. The men: who went
mot n