The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11
CAR STRIKE BEGUN.
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TO en- nu Trst grievance is the discharge
ttsir+v-fve men from the company's
OF . without the assignment of
enpio' We have asked the reinstate-
CO. ~ these men, in cases where no
ia and valid cause for their dis
EGO could be given. We have never
osked and do not ask now, that those
no have been discharged for cause
%nO VITA he reinstated. / am one of the
os discharged and have never been
NJ 20 secure from Mr.. McIntire his
asons for discharging me. In his note
i,rhicb brought my discharge he simply
We. 4 beg leave to inform you that
SIR services will no longer be re-
onired by this company He has new
Ar though l have repeatedly requested
II given me any further reasons for
Nv discharge. 1t is the same with the
~ n4ber employees who have been freed
% Leave the service of the company.
eve have other grievances The
man lust entering the employ of the
conpany, the extra men, as they are
tern1ed. are now paid but liz cents per
hour for the first six months of their
employment. We want them paid 1874
cents per hour for the first three
months and Is cents an hour after that
time. We think this little enough for
man to receive.
eve want time to eat our meals off
the cars. Citizens of Savannah have
complained of this practice and the
men do not like it any more, indeed,
thew like it less, than anybody else
why. in the North they won't let a
horse be fed while he is working and
a man who is guilty of feeding horse
under such circumstances is fined.
surely the health of a man Is to be
a horse
Want Extra Pay.
1--WE want the extra men paid halt
time for the hours they are kept at
the sheds and not sent out to. make
runs. These extra men are required to
report at the office at 2 o'clock and
kent there until z. Often they don t
make a single run and, therefore, don't
receive a cent of pay. We think JUS
tice REQUIRES that while they are in the
ccmpanys service they should be paid
something, whether they are sent out
on the cars or not.
These grievances we have endeav-
ored to place before the company in
every possible way. We have conferred
with its officers through our commit
tees and with it's counsel through our
counsel Messrs. duBignon & Stephens.
We have never been able to secure
even an explanation of the reasons for
our dismissal.
THE time arrived when to strike for
our rights was the only course left for
US to follow, and this we have done.
We are in the right and have justice,
as l think we may hope to have public
sympathy and moral support, on our
side. L believe we shall be successful
in this fight. But comparatively few
of the men are out now, but more will
go out tomorrow and next day. By
Monday we hope to have the lines of
the company tied up. No violence will
be used; we shall win by peaceful
means.
THE men are coming to us steadily.
This afternoon we had a meeting of
seventy-f1ve and there will be larger
meetings from now on. This is a fight
for right and we shall win in the end"
The Company Stands Pat.
An officer of the street railway COM
pany, when asked about the matter,
said that the strike was ordered by
about dozen men who had been dis
charged from the service of the COM
pany for the good of the service.
Within the last six months it has
been necessary" he said, ito discharge
a considerable number of men, and
these men had tried to get up a strike,
so as to force the company to take
has ever been made to the manage
ment by the employees of the company,
and the only demand that has ever
been made on the company was
made about three weeks ago by
a committee from the discharged
men, who demanded that all the
discharged men be taken back. This
demand the company, of course, re-
fused, for it is necessary for it to have
capable and honest men.
The great majority of the men are
satisfied with their work and are loyal
to the company and refused to leave
their positions when the strike was
ordered. The company had plenty of
men TO handle all the cars, and al
though some slight delay was caused
When the cars were abandoned by their
crews-as happened in a few cases
the places were quickly filled and in
short time all the cars were rum
nlng regularly. Within two hours of
the time he left his car one of the con-
ductors applied to be taken back and
applications from new men are coming
in rapidly.
Threats have been made to do bod
ny harm to the men on the cars, and
the strikers have been planning to
cripple the lines by grounding the troll
icy wires, but the police have been
alert and watchful in suppressing all
attempted violence, and it is not be-
heved that the strikers will be able
10 carry out their threats or destroy
the property as they planned"
Railway officials on Duty.
Vice President Parsons and General
manager McIntire remained at the
bolton street office almost the entire
Jay. Cots were placed in the office up
stairs and the two officials were there
at an early hour this morning. A Win
CHESTER rifle rested in a corner, at the
mead of the cots, and the officials are
prepared in case of violence. A mount
ed patrolman is also on duty at the
pace. The engines at the power house
were not shut down when the cars put
!nto the sheds on OFT street at 1 o'clock
.hls morning. and the current will be
kept on as though the cars were being
run This step was taken as matter
Vi precaution, and to lessen the chances
Oh the cutting of wires.