Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-05-17
GENERAL STRIKE IN TAMPA.
Three Thousand Men Make Demon
strations Against Court Decision.

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makers marched through the streets
of West Tampa and Ybor City yester-
day afternoon In a demonstration
against the decision Of Judge Wall, OF
the Circuit Court, upholding the sen.
tence to one years Imprisonment Of
leaders In the recent strike here, rem
dered by the Criminal Court of Rec
ord.
Following the parade q general
strike was declared. Further than
the gathering Of crowds Of excited
workers on street corners there was
no disturbance of q serious nature.
Last night Judge Wall issued a
mandate to the sheriff to notify the
leaders in the movement that unless
the demonstration came to an end be-
fore morning, the strike leaders un-
der sentence will be remanded to jail
and sent TO the chain gang at once to
begin serving their terms.
When rumors were received in the
business section Of Tampa that the
cigar makers had struck and we're
rioting, police were hurried to the
labor temple Ybor City to preserve
order. When the factories closed the
crowd was augmented by thousands
who did not walk out, and last night
the streets of Ybor City and West
Tampa we're filled with ge%sticulating
Latins, discussing the situation.
In q manifesto issued yesterday az
ternoon, the judicial advisory board
stated that the strike will continue
until the men under sentence are
either pardoned- or a new trial is
granted.
About IS per cent Of the cigar
makers here Joined the strike. A
meeting of the general trades and
labor assembly is in session discuss
ing the advisability Of a sympathetic
strike Of all the trade bodies Of the
city.
The Strike Called Or.
Tampa, Fla, May 11.-At a meet
ing of the committees representing
the five Cigar Makers Unions in this
city to-day, it was unanimously decid-
ed to call off the strike inaugurated
yesterday, and a manifesto was issued
calling the men back to their benches
tomorrow morning.
The action Of the joint committee
tonight involves 10000 cigar maxi
ers, 5000 Of whom walked out yes
terday and the remainder failed to
return to work this morning. In a
few of the independent factories the
workmen returned for a short while
In order to make up the tobacco
which had been wet down and which
would otherwise have gone to ruin.
AS soon as they completed this work,
however, they walked out again and
joined the strikers at the labor halls,
where speeches were made at. inter-
walls during the day.
There was some slight disturbance
in West Tampa early this morning,
when strikers attempted to interfere
with a body Of workmen going into
one Of the Independent factories to
finish up tobacco which had been
pIepdleu OFeI hight. Lie pEOIlpl III
reference Of the police, however, pre-
vented anything further than a few
fist fights.
The decision of the joint advisory
committee tonight followed a con-
ference between Judge Wall and the
strike leaders. Attorneys had prev
iously advised the strikers that their
cause was a hopeless one and their
demonstration could avail nothing
in behalf Of the defendant leaders of
the previous cigar makers strike,
who are under sentence for their
part in the strike. Strike leaders an
nounced tonight that they would be
given ample time to appeal the case
to the Supreme Court.
The attempt of the cigar workers
to get the other trade bodies of the
city to strike with them out Of sym
pathy failed, the members Of the
other unions declaring that the ac-
ton of the cigar workers was an un-
just imposition on them, and that the
strike was without justice and just
cause.
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