Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
900 VOTE To
END MILL
STRIKE
Cotton Workers Accept Old Jobs
and Promise of Better
Working Conditions.

More than 500 striking men and
women employees of the Fulton Bag
and Cotton Mills voted to go back 10
work at mass meeting at the At
lanta Temple of Labor Thursday
morning. The strikers marched from
the mill village to the labor building
on Trinity avenue in a body. They
declared that only about half their
number were present. but that all
would stand by the action of the
meeting.
F. w. Flynn, chairman Of the meet
ing, who was named chairman Of a
committee to inform Oscar Elsas
president of the Fulton Bag and Cot
ton Mills, OF the desire Of the dis
satisfied employees to go back to
work, explained the action of the
meeting.
"Mr. Elsas has informed us that he
was ignorant of the cause of some OF
our grievances, but that if we will go
back to work conditions will be i'm
proved" he said. -l7---D---'-77gsl.--sa-
I'VE have not been holding out TO,
the reinstatement of Fowler, the dis
charged weaver. The fact that hi
was discharged precipitated the
strike, but the real cause was deeper
1t was against generally bad condi-
lions.
"Mr. Elsas is willing to right gu!
wrongs and we will all go back "a
work Friday morning"
There was a discussion of plans fol
the organization of union of the mil
operators, but no definite action was
taken.
Police on Guard Thursday.
Oscar Elsas, president of the mill
said Thursday morning that all the
strikers would be given back theil
jobs. He said the mill had offered
them no concessions from the condi-
tons reigning at the time they
walked out,
They walked out of the mill ovel
our protest" he said I'VE didn't put
them out and we haven't kept then,
out. l haven't conferred with repre-
sentatives of the strikers since Tues
day. But they can all go back tc
work"
Special police officers were still OF
guard around the mill Thursday, de-
spite the fact that the threats OF
hundreds of other employees to joir
the strikers and the mutterings o.
some of the very radical agitator.
that violence was likely had changed
to talk of peace. Mr.. Elsas said tina,
the many women who had gone GU
stayed out purely from fear. They
had been told that if they started
back to work they would be dom
bodily harm, he said.
Can't Strike Without Food.
Chief Beavers had mounted police
men at the gates of the factory at thu
hours when the employees were goint
in and out He said he would con
tinue to take every precaution agains
violence to employees and damage t
property
A prominent labor leader of Atlant;
who has taken an interest in tn,
cause sized up the situation with thu
statement that the cold weather wa
driving them back
Through city Warden Thomas Ev
ans office a glimpse into the darkes
| side of the affair was given. A WON
an who lives in the mill district ap
pealed to him Wednesday afternoon
for help. She said she had five chill
dren and was a widow, and that onl.
| the two oldest of her chilrren (boys
| were able to work in the mill. He
time was required at home to car
| for the very small children.
The two sons who had been sup
porting the family accompanied tn
mother to the Warden's office. On
of them appeared to be about l6 year
old and the younger was pale, un
developed child of uncertain age.