The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-19
Building Was Riddled and
Many Operatives Had
Narrow Escape
BUSINESS MEN ACTED
They Denounce Mob Violence and AS
sure the Cigar Manufacturers
of Protection-All the Fac
tories Are Heavily
Guar5ed.

Tampa. Fla. November ia mob of
several hundred international Union u
gar Makers fired on the factory OF Com
zaIes. Mora & Co. this morning. The
house was occupied by several hundred
men. women and children belonging 10
Resistoncia union at work. a demand
was made by the International thal these
leave the factory. and the same was re-
fused Several hundred shots were hrtd
into the building and the front was r.d-
died with bullets, but no one was huit'
Since that time the city has presented Il
wildly excited condition and the streets
i'm the neighborhOod of the cigar factories
were thronged with people All OF the
factories ia the city were practically
closed on account of the prevalence OF
mob rule. No arrests were made FOR the
riotinE.
For several days trouble has peen brew
ing between the members of the Inter
national cigar makers and the Spanish
union known as the Rcsistencia. Mem
bers of the International union have qult
work i'm Il number of factories, throwing
about 1900 persons out of employment.
The Spanish union is apparently not IN
sympathy with the movement, and about
500 of it's members continued at Work IN
the Gonzales factory. Today the inter-
nationals marched up and demanded that
these men come out. They We're warned
off the premises An international man
tried To push his way through the gates
and was fired upon by the Italian guard
\ volley was fired in reply from the
street The front and siues of the build
ing were riddled. Those inside hreu
bliadly through the windows.
meet
ing of leading business men was held In
the courthouse and ringing speeches made
dcnouncing mob violence and strong reso-
lutions adopted assuring the manufactur-
crs that they would be protected If they
desired to open the. factories tomorrow
morning. The meeting also passed
resolution authorizing the chairman 10
appoint a committee OF three business
men, three manufacturers and these 4"
ask the two unions to appoint similar
committees and see if the differences
could be settled between the unions.
These committees met at once and soon
agreed upon the basis Of a settlement
This was that all the IN n should go
quietly to work tomorrow morning. fhe
Internationals are to change their by.
laws so that they can recognize Rests
tencia everywhere. Each is TO appoint
permanent committee of ten. who are TO
settle ali differences that may arise IN
the future Each organization is to give
a large cash bond for faithful compliance
" i this agreement. The proposition
was adopted by All four of the commit
tees from both unions. The Internation-
ais have agreed To t., practically. and
the Resistcncia union is still considering
the matter. There are good reasons to
believe that it Will be adopted before
morning.
IN the meantime things are quiet. But
We're il not for the settlement, the ot!t-
GERS admit that There is every reason 10
believe that more force wou,t Toe attempt
ed tomorrow. All the factories are neav-
ily g.arded by deputies tonight. Ii is
estimated mat more than 5000 people are
Interested in this matter, and 1t is seri-