The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-05-30
AUGUSTA MILLS
ALL NOW AT WORK
EVERY MILL IN THE DISTRICT OPEN
ED UP MONDAY
Strike is Practically Endei-Enort to on,
'inue the Fight on King Mil Appears
TO be = Failure,
Especial to The State.

Especial to The State.
Augusta, Ga, May 26.-On Mon.
day, April 7th, the strike went into
effect in the King mill, and the day
following all the other mills in the
district closed down under their
agreement with the manufacturers
association. Thursday May %, the
King mill started up without the
strike being ended, according to the
strike leaders, and has been running
the full number of hours every day
since, gathering a few more hands
every time the bell rang.
Saturday the other mills Of the
district concluded the strike near
enough ended, from standpoint of
the manufacturers association, to
open up tho other mills, and this
morning the bells of every mill in
the district rang out for the first
time since the first day Of the lock.
out.
Saturday there were few over
300 hands at work in the King mill,
while this morning there are more
than 400 operatives at their ma
chimes, while in the other mills all
the hands that yet remained in the
city returned to their duty.
About week after the strike and
lockout started number of the op.
eratives from all the mills left Au
gnsta to take positions in other mill
cities, and with the exception Of
these all the locked out operatives
are back at work. From the Sibey
there are perhaps a little over so
hands who have left Augusta, but
the depart ents of this institution
are pretty we'll filled up and the
mill is running on full time. In the
other mills there is little apparent
loss of labor.
FIRED THEIR LEADERS,
Iu the Sibley somewhat of sur
prise was sprung on the leaders of
the strike this morning. Among the
operatives reporting for du was
Mr.. Clint Mcdaniel, secretary of the
local textile union, and Mr.. Will
Keels, who has been serving as q
committeeman. They took their &C
customed places in the mill and
started their machines, as usual, but
a few minutes after the wheels had
been put in motion the bosses of the
departments in which they were
working notified them that they we're
not to 90 back to work in the mill.
In this The disappointment to the
strikers goes further than the mere
discharging Of those two men. It is
known that the purpose of the strik-
ers was to get the mills all over the
district started 30 that the operatives
who had not returned to work in the
King mill could get positions in
them and continue the fight on the
King. This move, however, puts a
damper on their intentions. None of
the King mill workers have offered
for work in the other mills as yet
and it remains questions as to
whether they will be taken in when
they make application. So far as
Gan be learned these two are the
only leaders who have been refused
work, but this may be from the fact
that there were no others employed
in the mills other than the King
both the president and one of the
foremost leaders are employees of the
| King mill and have not returned to
work.
The statement was made this nom
ing by the ueoretary Of the local tex
tile union that the fight was not over
on the King Mil; that tho opera
tives have returned to work in the
King, and were stlll determined to
carry the fight on against the mill.
From Carolina the information
comes that all the idle operatives
have returned to work and the Horse
Crock Valley mills are running on
full time Very few of the opera
tives left the mills in which they
were employed when the lock out
went on ar d there will be no trouble
at all for these mills to keep run
ming.