The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-16
men OUT ON STRIKE
Walk Out Follows a Dispute
About Wages.
Only About D.zen Men in the Employ Of the
Wayne Agricultural Works
Involved.
Especial to News and observero

suit that there has been a smut GOWN Lei
the past two days. The men who
have been doing piece work at 25c. pei
100 pounds claim they could make on
the class of work only an average OF
about 81 cents per days, and they de-
mand a fixed price of $1,000 per week.
which they claim the company declined
to accede tc. On the other hand 1T is
claimed that with the demand for in
creased pay is coupled a request to dis
pense with a certain class of piece work
taken in. These differences it is hoped
can be soon satisfactorily adjusted and
everything be running on as smoothly as
heretofore The company have secured |
enough men to enable them to fill con-
tracts and expect to resume operations
on Tuesday morning.
An interesting action in law is to
come up at Bowden's next week, where
in Mrs Ben Bowden, III. H. Ezzell and
Arthur Weeks are the compliments.
The action is for flooding the lands by
the back water of a pond in the vicip
ity, damages being claimed in the sum
of several thousand dollars. Water pro-
ceeding in this flood time!
4.
ed Senator of the National Union. left
yesterday for Saratoga to attend the
National Council meeting of this order.
In Saturday mornings issue We pub
lished the proceedings of the Board of
Alderman bringing out the fact of
property purchase and the possibility
of the erection thereon Of a much need
ed city hall The Argus of Saturday
"a A. ,l~ls
of these proceedings of the board,
among other things said under the
caption: I'VE go forward" "The
Board of Aldermen held
special meeting yesterday to consider
some pressing business interests of the
city, and it was the sense of the board
that it's deliberations at that meeting
should not be made public for wise,
business reasons. The Argus,
looking to the best interest of the tax
payers of Godsboro, as it always does.
and sanctionng this action of the board
as a wise and legitimate business
course. regarded the rule of, privacy
enacted by the board, hence nothing
appeared in these columns yesterday as
to the city's purchase of the Holt prop
erty, or as to the prospects of a city
hall, which has been hobby of the Ar
gus for years On the other hand, pa
pers published in other towns of the
State coming into the city this morn
ing bring a full account of yesterdays
action of the Board of Goldsboro AL
derman, regardless of consequences,
and of the rule of the board as to not
making their deliberations yesterday
public at this time. Nevertheless, the
Argus shall continue to exercise it's
best judgment as to what NOT to pub
lish, looking always to the progress of
Goldsboro and publishing only such
news as is becoming to the best town
in the State
When I first read the above I con-
cluded twas a case of "sour grapes"
but on questioning the Argus reporter
I am informed He did know, but
was requested not to publish"
The meeting of the board
was a public one and so far as I am
able to learn, there was no rule of
privacy enacted by the board "and it
was not the sense of the board that its
deliberations at that meeting should
not be made public for wise business
reasons"-that is, if SO, the ex-officio
chairman of the board and certain MEM
bers of the board and some present al
the meeting of the board. not members
thereof, failed to SO understand. In
deed, his honor, Mayor Hood unhesi-
tatingly gave out the information, be-
sides a number of the board freely
spoke of the purchase on the streets,
though certain members of the board
may have desired that nothing be said
of the matter. The public
are entitled to know what it's alder
men in such capacity do. and there was
nothing wrong in sending out the lHo-
ceedngs of the board, nor should ANY
harm result from it's publication by
papers published in other towns of the
State. The property adjoining that pur-
chased can be bought, price in wiling
having already been named by the own
err. This correspondent, it would seem
from the foregoing, is not guilty of
breaking any rule of privacy, but is
guilty Of having supplied the news and
holds the town is frequently hurt by
suppression of news. News has wings
and it will n.y.
Rev. j. c. Troy, wife and daughter,
were in the city today. / was really glad
to meet Trojan, my old friend of the
days gone by, and to find him looking
SO we'll and so full of life and expec- |
fancy.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of former resident, Mrs. Eliza |
beth Allen O'Daniel to Mr.. William
Frederick Leatzon at Trinity Episcopal |
Church, Washington, d. c., the evening
of August 1st. Mrs. Lizzie Cogdell and |
Miss Sallie Churchill, of this city, have
gone to Washington to be present at |
the marriage.
r. E. Pipllin will run an all-rail ex-
cursiGn from Wilmington N c., to !
Washington, d. c., on August 9Th. The
train will reach Washington Tuesday
evening, August 9Th, and leave on the
return trip Friday morning, August
9th. A large number will go from here.
Continued heavy rains, it is feared,
will result disastrously to growing
crops This has indeed been an off year
for farmers. but they still have much |
to be thankful for
In the city today: J. II. Sherred and !
wife, Concord; j. F. Harley and wife, |
Concord; r. A Deal and wife, Lenoir |
Jno. A. NOEL and wife and Miss Lula