The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-09


Burlington. y. c., Oct. 3.-TAe fol
lowing notice was posted il the cotton
mills OF AiaIHance county today:
NOTICE.
Whereas, Recent developments have
shown that this mill cannot be operated
With thai harmony between the owners
and the operatives thereof that is essen
tiaI success. and to the interest of all
concerned, SO long as the operatives are
subject to Interference by outside par
ties; this IS 10 give
Notice, tina on and after the 10Th day
Of October. 1900, his mill will not en-
ploy any operative who belongs to a Labor
Union, but viii be run by Non-Union labor
only.
All operatives who object to he above,
and viii not withdraw from Labor Unions,
viii please consider this as Notice, and
1acata any house and premises belonging
to us which they may now occupy, On CT
before the 18th day Of October, 1890.
This action rev out OF Il strike in
one OF the mills at iIaW River. The
report IS that the operatives III OF
the mills al IlaW River demanded Of
She managers that Il superintendent
they did Ike should be removed.
The mill owners or managers regard
Ell the superintendent as 4 it and ef-
~ficient man, did not regard tie grieF-
ances Of the men against him stuff
Gent for lis removal, ard refused to
comply With the demand for MS re
moval. ~Ihereupon the operatives
walked cut, and the operatives III the
,-T,a. ,AitI- foIt,x-N1 a,,:+ 49,! J,,An
mills al Ha~ River arc closed.
Most OF the cotton mill operatives
in -tlamance county belong to tie tex
Tile union. and il is not known what
action VIII follow the posting OF the
notices on the factory doors.
Nowhere in the whole country has
there Been SC little friction between
1ilc mill owners, managers and opera
t;ves SIS liz AlarNance county. The
proprictors live adjacent TO the mills
, and have tho Wcltaie Of their employees
st heart. and until this trouble the re
iations between the officers and tie
mill men al law River had been aS
anaicabie and pleasant as could De Sc
sired. Ire demand for tho removal
Of 4 superintendent is regarded rs not
| sufficient for & strike. and that
opinion is held generally here.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Tho Durham Herald publishes these i'd
ditional particulars obtained from Bur
liDgton:
* girl weaver in enc of the mills was
| walking about IN her department, and tbs
| oycr6eeT, seeing that she was rot at hc1
! work, approached and asked the reason
when she told him that she had no fill
ing.
Q Investigation, the foreman found
plenty OF filing at her loom. lie then
tod her tlat she could so home, IS IL
did rot need her services any longer. Shc
complied with the order, and her depart
IRE from the NIL caused considerable sti1
among tie operatives, CT at least those
WHO were members Of the labor union.
soon after this the members cs the
union met in called session ana went Il
the office @ the mills and demanded thai
! the oEerscer above referred TO be dis
charged.
THE rl:ll owners would rot co-npjv witt
the request, hut instead shut down three
OF ire plants il that village.
cit is said that the shutting down Of
taaec mills viii throw cut Of work some
thing like one thousand OF twelve hun
Gred EeoD:e.
JuGge Bowman's divorce court granted
Mrs. }. II. Fouck n divorce from hep ha--
band for abandonment. Saturday night
Mrs. Touc!z undertook to take ~ III
reare end home a young man Il ycars
Of age. bv the name Of Green. bu, tie
,@cGGing was broken Up in a row in whic,
! beer bottles and pistols were used. Bu;
| Sunday another and mere successful at
tcmpt was made and new the twain are
onc.-Lenoir News.
The Presbyterian STANDARD says that til:
A. g. /. Institute at North WillZeSboro ia: