The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-13
GO OUT AGAIN
Tho Operatives q TO yvoik buts
Did Not Stay 59 81
I'm TIE o0LUM 8 IA MILLS.
The opsrasivss Claim THAT the
Mill owners Broke ralth n
and Did Not kaep Their
Promise.


Oolumbia mill strike was settled last
week. In compliance with action Of 8
the Textile Union Monday night, that 4
operatives should return to their work
and that they wero not to bo asked
whether thoy continued their allegiance.
to tho union, practically all Of the NON.
bers returned to work Tuesday morning.
The mill folks say that thoy told
tho operatives that If thoy came
back to work because Of order Of the
union, and not Of their own volition.
as independent operatives, willing to$
abidc by tho rules Of tho mills, thoy
wore no longer wanted and that they
could go out. Tho management i'm 4
pressed upon tho operatives, SO thoy
say, that operatives would be welcomed
aud gladly received il thoy agreed to &
sc!!!!9y"e the rules and regulations Of the B
mills and not those Of the unions.
1t is stated that after this presente.
ton was made the operatives who had
been out on strike, practically, ia q
body, retired, which loft the situation
Just as it stood on any day Of last week.
On the other hand, the operatives who
went back to work stated that they,
agreed to return to work Wednesday
morning with the understanding that 4
no questions were to bo asked thom sas I
to the authority by which they return. 4,
cd and that they wero not to be asked /
whether they abjured the union or not. 4
When they returnod to work, they
Gay they were asked if they \ had de-S
olded to withdraw from tho union. and
thaG Iiey ropiiea that tnyy5 ha A. &
that they were 2then told BY sSea. 3
onds" that they could not work Ia ( tha n
mills and that the Seconds ds,lar1 i oyars y
soera tried to persuade tho .operstivoas
that 1t would bo to their nteraaE tn re.
nam man, Ia N tho mill and that they would
+ 20 20 glsid. 70 nave them remain, but that Fl
thelgs orders were that thoy could mot
re celye them except the condition
! named .sl1 he furt stat is ma
stnat y : she AZ z gerso boin ssfeokly
8 osss 1isl! the
y
eo!d sS
}ceiYod in 4 q ntigt 6S WiSIia
tho distinct nnder rsi and IL tiia theYS,
should not follow the Sunio on. .Ss but rnIeais,& IS
and I regulations Of tho mill J, and that
no had no right to reoeiye any ono ~ Who sSs
would not agreo to those torn d OF The 81
mills as against those SofS the uni 81,
practically that tho union must 81, q
ignored. With this statement SS thosa h
who went out several days ago remain f8
% out and tho status continues lust
about the Same as it was last week whom s|
the strike was on in full blast.
Officials Of tho Whaloy mills all inus Il
slst that thoy have not changed q par
tloie in thoir position and that any 4
statement to the effect that any change
OF front has baen made is entirely in &
correct, and that they will now, as
they have always stated, receive any Il
OF the operatives who went out. back
on condition that they abide by tho
rules of the mills as against those "oi
any ono olso, and that they have notfl. .S
ing to do with the factory operatives
belonging to the unions, OF any other
organizations. except that discipline of
their mills required that the frat obliea.
tion to be the mills and that no oi,e
can return to work in tho mills oxcspt D
as an independent operative and not
because any union has directed that he
shall return to work. sS