The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-29

tives RenounCe Labor Unions and
Return to Work - Opposition to
Seating of Simmons viii be Called
Off by President 7ckinIey-The Pri-
mary Question Again in Another
Form-No Legislation Necessary
Let Counties Decide for Themselves
The Official Count OF Votes -
Various Items of Interest.
(From Our Regular Correspondents
RALEIGH. y C.. November DC. 1900
\ movement is afOOt to ask the Legs
IatIra to require street cars to separate
negroes from the white passengers,
There is no question OF the de>lrahlilty OF
such a movement" and it ought to sue
coed In steam railroad cars. before the
separate coach was eNacted, white peO-
Dlt. did not have to share seats with ne
gr0es-thcy merely rode in the same
coaches. But ON street ears there are
ALWAYS Il lot OF the worst class OF he
grOes who purposey fling themselves
into seats partially occupied by whites
the. leWd negro wencheS and hall drunken
negro dudes" are famous for it--and re-
fined. sensitive ladies have it to bear at
present They We borne it too long al
ready.
Make the street ear companies provide
a separate compartment III closed coaches,
and reserve Il certain number Of rear
seats in summer cars. gentlemen OF the
LEGISLATURE: the cost will be lncOnsIdhr-
able to the companies. and il it was Ten
TINES TEN TIMES as much it should
be required OF them. The idea OF ii ''linl
crow" law for steam railroads and not
for street cars. is prepoSterOuS. In New
Orleans. and other Southern cities. law
of this character is in force. while III
many cities the necessity Of 1t has never
arisen simply because the street car con
| ductOrs carry out orders from the com
| panies to COMPEL. negroes to occupy
| separate seats.
But no one ever SAW IL Raleigh con
| durtOr do that. or even make Il suggeS
| ton in that direction. and | am told the
need OF the law is felt by the public il
| Winston, Charlotte and other cities o
| this State as senSibly as here. The ladle:
especially demand it, ana if there's ;
"Whte supremacy member OF the Gen
eral Assembly who opposes it. h" shoult
remove his badge and take a seat on The
other side, II there is any one plac'
where IL separation OF races is more desIl
able and proper than elsewhere it is ol
| the street ears. and every decent lnan ant
woman who patroniZeS them knows thu
to he true In the summer the most oh
| ipctionab!e class of negroes Hctuali,
monopoIize all the best seats and fore
white people 0adies incudpd) to stand
all the way to the parks on Sunday after
| moons especially.
1t is bad enough on the open sunmo
ears, but now that winter is at hand tn
| croWding OF refined ladies into closed car
with loud smelling negroes OF the loves
class, and jamming them up against Otter
| half drunken indecent clad negroes ant
progresses i'll crowded close cars, is simpl,
an outrage which the street ear com
panes ought to be ashamed of as to hav
| voluntarily corrected long ago. Withou
the asking.
As it is evident they will not do SO O
| their own accord. they should be made t
do it by law, and all their protests abOu
Traditional expense and the like shout,
not be allowed to influence any legisIato
! from doing his unquestioned and unques
tionable duty in the premises.
The people are very much i'll earne>
about this nlatter-and they ought to b
visitors from the country and SINAI
towns during the State Fair and o.
other occasions. as we'll as the cit,
folks.
AGENTS.
The South's leading manufacturing il
dustry is now we'll up against tn
| Northern sharks ycept Yarn Merchants
| Association who have for years bee
reaping the lions share OF the profits Dc
rived from the sale of Southern cottO
mill products.
The commissions which they have e>
acted g and > per cent? have been Ell
orbitant. but they have not been Statistic
with that, and have 'speculated' O
various occasions on the goods no
owned by them, and thus swelled thei
own plethoric purses at the expense {
the Southern mill OwnerS-and the latte
have had to submit
Now the Southern Spnnrrs are thi
week winding mp their fight for a iai
division of legitimate profits Tie boar
OF governors of their association are pei
fectin" the plans to compel a reduction {
commissions to + and 2 per cent. an
the limitation of commission houses t
10 or less. The yarn merchants telt
graphed the governors at their meetin
in Charlotte Il night or two ago tina
they 'pOsltively could not entertain on
proposition to reduce he present rate {
| commissions.
But our folks are apparent Y now in
position to carry out their plans despit
| the opposition OF the present agents {
their mills in the North. They HAY
secured the signatures OF a ma lorty {
| mills and Splndles to the ''concentratio
plan, and will simply appoint ne1
agents at the new rates That il under
stood to be the purpose. although til
proceedings of the board OF governor
are kept secret. as far as possible. f.
the present.
THE MILL OPERATIVES SURRENDER
The AIamance county striking an
locked out mill operatives have bee
forced to surrender and thereby the mi
owners have gained another victory An
''organized labor" meets it's Waterloo i
cotton mill circles in this State. it woul
seem
Hundreds OF the "strikers last Wee
abandoned their ''union" organizatio
and returned to work on the only term
upon which they could do SO. viz. tina
they renounce all connection with labt
| vi tkttil!S I'N Tie time THESE lllt
appear in print probably every one of tt
twenty Alamance mills will he runnin
on full time with a full complement
hands again. The latter will incluC
most OF the 1900 and more operativ,
who have been idle for two months G
! account OF the clash between t h, oper;
tives and officials growing out Of IL
formation OF local labor unions" |
Northern organizers and the "a
mandS OF the unions udon the official
aud the refusal of the latter to ''reco
nize them or treat with them. Many
the eX-elnployees cannot secure rel
statement. because their places We're fill,
pending the strike by hands import,
> from other countless and there are
: number whom the mills have "blac
D., listed because OF their offensive co
| duct during the strike
The strike was III advised. made wit
out day preparation for the iutul
. and at n time when the mills We're owe