The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-11-17

REMOVAL OF FURNITURE
BY THT SOLDIERS
A Striker Who Cursed Is Escorted by
Guards to Magistrate Cox, Who
Puts Him Under Heavy Bond.
Charleston American.
Anderson, Nov. 14-The Jonesville
company of Coast Artillery unde.
Capt. Ellerbe and the Greenville COM
pany under Capt Slattery will be
transferred from the Equinox mill to
the Gluck mill early tomorrow morn
ing. Capt Ellerbe being the senior
officer will be in charge, but Maj.
! Robertson will divide his time between
the two companies. These two COM
ranies will have camp quarters In
the Gluck mill school house.
Five writs of ejectment have been
issued against as many residents OF
the Gluck mill village, and the magis-
trate's constable will proceed to en-
force them after the two companies
have established themselves on the
mill property.
Robert E. Lyon, who is general
manager of both mills, states there
are approximately 100 strikers, resi-
dents of both mills, who have been
notified to vacate their cottages,
should they fail or refuse to do so
the magistrate will be asked to issue
rules requiring them to show cause
why they should not be ELECTED. The
eiectment proceedings will be con-
tinued until all of the 100 families
are caused to vacate the cottages they
now occupy.
The only arrest made since the FIVE
companies of Coast tArtiilery arrived
here occurred today. S. H. King, a
! striker of the Equinox mill, who was
elected from his cottage yesterday at
ternoon. was arrested by the guards.
charged with cursing an employe CO.
ing in the mill to work this morning:
On being searched the guard ttund
that King carried pistol. He was
escorted by the soldiers to Magistrate
Cox and to him furnished 5000 bond
for his appearance for trial at 10
| O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Strike Breakers.
Eighty-six employees we're at their
posts in the Equinox mill this after
noon The machinery started yester-
day morning with SO. The number OF
employees at their posts is. expected to
be greatly increased tomorrow morn
ing.
The Gluek mills will not attempt to
start IN for several days yet, maybe
not until next Monday. The soldiers
will be on guard and no trouble is ex-
pected. The JonesVille company was
on guard today with Capt. Ellerbe as
officer Of the day. The Greenwood
company, with Capt. Tillman as officer
of the day, went on guard this after
noon. The companies, except the
Jonesville company, which was on
guard, passed in review before Nal.
Robertson this afternoon. The latter
states daily parades will be given by
the three companies remaining at the
Equinox mill unless trouble develops,
and the presence Of the solGlers IN the
mill village is needed.
Soldiers Move Furniture.
Onlv one writ c. esectment was
served today, that against R. R. Bar
nett, of the Equinox mill. Because
Barnett occupied cottage 25O yards
from the public road, Constable Mar
tin secured a detail Of about 20 SOL
diers to assist him in removing the
household eects into the road. Bar
nett offered no resistance.
The condition of Private Will Nell
son, member of the Jonesville COM
pany, who was operated on yesterday
for appendicitis, was pronounced to-
night as being satisfactory.
Altogether the situation IS unique
and perhaps without parallel, The
striking employees, who never o1ereo
anv resistance, but did ask for an in
crease of wages, were denied the pitt
full increase, because they had dared
to ioin an organization or union. The
Northern mill owners, however, were
powerless to drive them out OF the
county and strikebreakers did not like
the idea of having the men about them,
whose jobs they were taking.
The ,Cbivalrous Governor.
Here the governor Of the state came
promptly to the assistance Of the mill
owners and obliglngly sent troops to
oyerawe the strikers Their ejectment
from the houses they occupied goes
smoothly its course, as it would have
done also II the civil authorities had