The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-06
FIGHT OF TRADES UNloNiSTS.
CIRCULAR SENT OUT IN THE IN
TEREST of HARRIS AND BAUGHN.

With Ignoring the Labor Commit
tce-Chairman BIase of the Labor
Faction Committee of Five Says
He Understood They Were to Be
Given Representation on the Al
derD,anic Ticket-UniOnist Clubs
List of Managers and Clerks.
The Trades Unionist Clubs candidates
for aldermen, w s. Harris and r. w.
Baughn, are making an active campaign,
and intend to put up hard fight at the
polls Tuesday. The labor people are de-
termined TO secure representation on the
aldermanic board and seem confident of
winning out. Besides making a man-to-
man canvass the Union people have food
ed the city with circulars bearing the la
bel of the Allied Printing Trades Council,
and reading as follows:
you are aware of the fact that an cleo
next Tuesday Jan. s. and you are also
aware of the fact that the two candidates
from the laboring class-Messrs. Harris
and Baughn-have been totally ignored by
the Citizens Club faction, and have been
given no place on the aldermanic ticket.
This circular is to notify you that Messrs.
Harris and Baughn will be placed before
you as candidates for aldermen to rep
resent the working classes as we'll as the
best interests of the city of Savannah,
and your vote and support is earnestly
desired, with the assurance that your in
terests, as workingmen, will be carefully
guarded by them. Follow the example OF
Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and Columbus,
by eiecting representatives of the work
ing class to office and thereby better
your condition. Show your manhood.
Don't be afraid of the party whip. If you
want justice, go to the polls next Tuesday
and not only vote, bat work for the eiec-
ton of Harris and Baughn for aldermen
of the city of Savannah"
Chairman L. c. Blase of the Labor
Committee Of five that met similar com
mittee from the Administration forces,
said last night:
THE impression left on our minds af-
ter the meeting with the Adminstra ton
Committee, was that we would be given
representation on the ticket. We agreed
to pull our men down if this was done
and would have kept our promise had we
been treated as we had reason to believe
we would. The Administration Commit
tee said that one represent ative would be
demanded of the committee of twenty,
and that two of cur men would be recon-
mended for places on the ticket. 1t is not
our desire to cast any reflection on Mr..
Westcott or any member of his commit
tee, but certainly we understood that we
were to be given proper representation.
The Administration Club may now be i'm
pressed with the idea that we are not
strong, but 1 am firmly convinced that
we will show them a thing or two on
Tuesday. Before we get through L am of
the opinion that they will wish that they
had treated us in a different manner"
The hUnionlst Club has a full list of
managers and clerks to hand in to the
commission tomorrow morning. The list
of managers and clerks fer the several
districts is as follows
First District - Managers, Thomas
Cooley, W. ]. Moffatt and John w.
Smith. Clerks, John Hanley, Samuel
Cameron and John McEvoy.
Second District-Msnagers. z. J. Whe-
Ian and F. S. Van Giessen. Clerks, Frank
Butler and John Coleman
Third District-Mans gers, John F.
Walsh and w. L. Grayson. Clerks, John
Blake and John c. Ennis.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures, Wi liam
Hayes Richard McKenna ard Morris But
timer. Clerks f. S. Ryan, Daniel Kane
and B. Lundby.
Substitute Managers. c. Blase and
John Prendible.
The names of Messrs. w. L. Grayson
and Frank Van Giesen, who have been
considered strong supporters of the adj
ministration, are among the new mana
gers named by the labor people, and will
probably cause considerable political gos-
sip. Mr.. Grayson was spoken of as a
possible candidate for alderman on the
administration ticket. The administration
club has not yet given out list of CLERKS
proposed for its representatives.
Clerk of Council William P. Bailey or
dered the tickets yesterday morning and
5000 of each are being printed. The labor
ticket bears the union label There are
no lines on it, but there is space enough
to write the names of ten other candi-
dates for aldermen.
The record was broken in the Office of
the tax collector Friday, when receipts
for 603 poll taxes were furnished to a rep
resentsltive OF the administration club
Not a few of the receipts were for 81,
those registering having failed to make