The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-07-23
MANY JOINED
THE UNION.

A renewal of the strike at the HAr-
Ian Il Holllngsworth Company's works.
was narrowly averted yesterday morn
ing The men walked out Of the shop
at about 10 o'clock. A shop meeting was
called and the men went at once to tho
Smith Building and the meeting was
organized by calling ex-united States
Marshal Lannan to the chair. Tbs
meeting continued for two hours. The
men voted twice on the question as to
whether they would renew the strike OIL
return to work. The first vote showed
about an equal division of sentiment,
the strikers winning by II majority of
five. A motion to reconsider prevailed
and on the second vote those who want
ed to return to work won by majority
of twelve. 1t was also voted that the
men return to the shop as they had
left it, altogether. The time set for
this in the motion was o'clock this
morning. but great many Of the men
particularly those who hnd taken tho'r
dinner with them when they went to
work in the morning, returned ITO work
yesterday afternoon.
The cause of the mems quitting work
was the temperance of William Cross
ly and Duncan Thatcher, men who de-
serted the machinists' ranks during the
recent strike, as foremcn in the ma
chine shop. When the men returned 10
work week ago they objected to thes"
men being placed over them as fore.
men. The agreement they had accepted
was that all tho men who had been en-
gagged in the strike should return to their
old places and there should he no dis
elimination in favor or against any one.
They held that as Crossley and Thatcher
had gone out with the strikers and de.
serted them to return to work, thc"
promotion to assistant foremanships
looked like promotion. or reward for
their course and that would he unpleas-
ant to the men. When this objection
was made by the men the firm agreed to
rccind the appointments of these fore
men and they were sent to their old
places in the shop.
That condition continued during tha
week and everything appeared to be
going along nicely. The men were glad
to get back to work, and the people of
the city generally were rejoicing over tho
honnv ending Of tho strike. Yesterday
m nrn;nc nhen thc mon went to work
AIo,urs cross,ov and Thatcher reapncar-
na nc fornmon Discontcnt was at once
~ nn,r,nt Thn momhers of tho COM
mitirc that managed the recent strike
were called upon to inquire into the
matter. The men held that the reap
nooronco NJ those mon Indicated n rc.
,,r1,tio, of tho agreement of. week
a,,n Inv +bn Harlan e. Hollinrsworth
Cn,,n,nv Nossrs C,mnhell and Rlak,
~ ,hn nomm;ttno co,lr1 IN General Fore
NAN Hale ro,ortiny tho trouhIc and
tha couso ~ # Tho committee told
NJ ITnIt that the mon would not worl,
,,rjor th, now assistant forcmcu. and
wos o.l.od What tbn nromotion Of these
,,,a,, ;nl;o,t,J Nj. IJnlt's renIv was
tI,,t :. ,,.,s, ~, oxnnr;mnnt and that hc
thn,,,r,,, IL, ,n,ttnr wnuld od;ust itself
WIZ N, lJnlt u,os o.Lcd if tho nro.
n,o,;,ns woro tn ho nnrmonent he renlicI
thot thov h,l boon m,dn mon tbn orders
nr tbo G,m ond would have TO stand.
Ann.,l was thcn made 10 Mr.. II.
1octsnn Shaw Mr. Shaw onneorcd TO
ho fairly and kindly ,]isposcd toward the
,,,on onl ronoot,I what Mr. Holt had
..,;I oL,u, tho nromot;on of CrossIcv and
Thatcher hcinr nm cxperimcnt. and the
vnro honrfu, Of nm nd
;ustmcnt or tho dificulty at once. A
ann ro,cnco hotwcon Mr. Shaw and Mr..
unlt .nnoor,d to ch,npn Mr., Show's
oninop of tbo matter. and he Informed
thn cnu,n;,tno thot tbe nromotions
,,.,r,I h,vn to stand The committr,
thon ronortca T., Tho mon the result ct
a .h,n ,nnotng hold ,t tho works. Tho
mon I,ciI.d to ouit work and adjourned
A, tho Smith Rui,dirc thc large sout1,
III, Smith Rnildinc Tho large south
s;1o ro,, m tho tb;rd Anor was crowded
w.;., man Thov hod come from thci.
~ nh;nos and honrhes and many If
.ha,, ,,,nrrht thoir dinnor baskets with
thom Thev vnr. o1l Of ono mind about
.Io o,,,so nf thoir Having tbo shon and
,roro r,olv to rcscnt what thcy were in
a,;,ad ~ ,o,;ovo was not on,v n "a.
nuJi,t;on Of tho forms granted by the
frm whn, thnv returned to work. but
,,.a., also a roanct;on unon the workmcn
,n"mhnrs m of the Mochinists' Union. and
.I,,,, ,,,,,. ,,,r, rn,Iv to strike and stov
o,,t or tho shon mill Ncssrs Crossl,v
o,l That,,,or ,,,r, rnmov,d from thrir
,'n'';,;a". ~ ou,horitv
'II'" ~" nrc.n;yation m NJ tha Smith Ru1d.
,,,. ,,.,. nenotod hv c,l,;ng ox-Irn;trI
rt,4oa ,I,u,,aI Ton,,or 70 tho .h,ir and
+ho oIoc,;on of Thomos J.owlrss. sccre-