The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-07-10
MAC'HlNISTS
ARE HOPEFUL.

or great interest to the striking ma
chnists was the annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the Harlan 4 Hollings-
worth Company held yesterday afternoon.
1t had been Iumored for sometime past
that at the meeting several changes in
the officers Of the company would be
made. There were no changes, however,
and the old officers and directors were re-
elected as follows: President, H. T..
Cause; vice president, II. w. Cause;
secretary, W. Dew. Dimock; treasurer,
Samuel X. Smith; directors. II. I.
Cause. II. w. Cause, w. Dew. Dimock,
j. Rodney Cause and Il. jackson Shaw.
Many people were Of the opinion that
at the meeting of the stockholders an
agreement would be made with the ma
chinists whereby the men would return
to work As the majority of the cid
officers who have heen fighting against
granting any concession whatever to the
machinists were reelected. no immediate
change is looked for. That there is
some dissatisfaction among several Ollie
ials of the company is well-known and
had the r,lmored changes been made the
machinists' rights would have at once
been recognized.
Horace W. Cause. vice president of the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, was
quoted in one of the local papers yes
tertlay as stating that the recent con
ference between officials of the com
pany and the committee Of strikers was
not asked for by the company. When
the matter was brought to the attention
of one of the leaders of the strike last
night he stated that the conference was
positively asked for by an official of the
company or otherwise it would not have
been held. He further stated that the
recollection of the old officers yesterday
could have no influence on the strike
situation.
The management of the Ilralan 4
IIollingsworth Company is said to he
becoming more unpopular with its en-
pIoyts il such a thing be possible.
| The fact that the old officers were re-
elected has made many of the employees
more dissatisfied than ever and more
| trouble in other departments is expected.
The employees were in hopes that the
remored changes would be made and the
J result of the stockholders meeting yes
| tcrday was great disappointment to
many of them.
It is said that the tnrpedohoats Hop
kinS and Hull are elephants on the
hands Of the Harlan Il HollingswOrth
Company at present. The extension of
time granted by the government for the
completion Of the boats was up some
time ago. The company is subject to n
large forfeit for the boats not heins
completed on time. There is much ma
chine work still to he done on the boats
and there ar. no machnists in the yards
TO do it. Even with macliniStS work
ing on them they cannot be completed
in less tlian two or three months. More
trouble may also be expected from the
turpedoboat Stringham. which will soon
he sent out ON another trial trip. In nd-
dition to the mats, it is understood that
n large quantity of work is piled up in
the machine shop which should have
been completed before this.
Al yesterday mornings meeting in
Turn Hall the machiniSts were presented
with n check for $25 from members Of
Windsor Lodge. No. 30. Sons Of St.
George. fer which they expressed their
apurrril ion. The machini~ts have re
crivrd SEQ f,,m tn" Wilmington Turn
gcnriudr for which they return their
thanks. Employees Of the Remington
Machine Comnany held Il priz" drawing
for tile benefit of the machiniHts last
NIGHT.
An agreement has been reached hc-
tween the Ford Morocco Company and
its striking glazers. A number Of the
men returned to work yesterday and the
remainder will 20 in today. The strikers
clam they received the 81 incrt ase in
wages which the strike was inan"nrhtHd
| for and that they ar" not working on
piece work. An official Of the company
| stated last night that the men are re-
| turning to work on piece work.