Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-07
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COLUMBIA MILL STRIKE.
The Trouble Was Not Smoothe'
Over as Stated.

The Trouble Was Not Smoothed
Over as Stated.
The Columbia State. of Tuesday. was
authority for the statement that during
Labor Day an agreement had been
reached by the management Of the
Columbia cotton mills under which
the striking operatives would go back
to work on Tuesday morning. and that
no questions would be asked with re-
gard to their unionism, the question at
issue.
When Tuesday morning came large
number of striking operatives presen-
ted themselves at the mill offices and
others proceeded to their looms and
spindles. AS fast as they could, the
proper authorities interviewed the re-
turned operatives and asked them
about their unionism. Those who ad-
mitted connection with the union and
who avowed their intention of being
guided by union rules rather than mill
rules were told that their services
were no longer needed, and The State
of Wednesday morning had the follow
ing statement from the board Of direc-
tors Of the Richland Cotton mills, the
CRANKY Cotton mills and the Olympia
Cotton mills:
At a meeting of the board Of direc-
tors Of the Richland Cotton mills, the
CRANKY Cotton mills and the Olympia
Cotton mills held this day, the follow
ing statement was adopted for publi-
cation:
During the entire controversy be-
tween the mills and certain of their
operatives who had been discharged
it has been the policy Of the board of
directors of these respective mills not
to appear in the public prints. nor to
interfere with the officers to whom the
management Of these mills had been
entrusted, except in an advisory way.
For this reason, up to this time. moth
ing has appeared from the board of
directors In an official capacity.
In the account which appeared In
The State of this morning of the
promised settlement Of these difficult
ties under the caption, "Strike Seems to
be Settled" occurs the following state
ment, viz:
This satisfactory solution Of an is
sue that had such serious possibilities
was brought about by the wise and
conservative determination of the gen.
tlemen composing the directorate of
the three mills. There was no formal
meetings nor any formal action at ALL
The logic of the position assumed by
The State in it's editorial columns was
yesterday brought home to the men
whose brains and money are RESPONSE
BILE for the presence of the mills here.
and through them the active manage
ment was advised to receive the strik-
ers when they should return to their
places without demanding that they
forswear allegiance to any organiza-
tion."
And again, in the editorial Of the
same issue, the following statement,
viz:
"Our surmise that the board of d.
rectors of these mills were not respon-
Sble for the edict against the employ
ment Of union operatives proves to
have been correct.
These statements do our management
an injustice; and in order to correct
the impression which may be produced,
we desire to say that there does not
now exist. nor has there ever existed,
upon the issues involved, any difference
OF opinion between the board of d.
rectors and the managers Of the mills.
From an editorial statement in The
State, it appears that the editor of that
paper undertook to act as go between
for the contending interests, and that
on the strength of the expressions or
implied views of individual members
of the boards of mill directors inter-
ested, advised the strike leaders to
send their men back on Tuesday morn