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MILITIA IN ANDERSON RESENTED BY LABOR MEN # Claim Manning Sent Troops to Mill District to Coerce Operatives andi Make Them Surrender Ground Won, j And Sot to Restore Order. I Charleston American. Anderson, November 13 According' to the looks of things, a very dangerous situation is liable to arise in the mill districts here, owing to the action taken by Governor Manning in sendino trnnnc tn t"he Rnuinox mill, wherfc a strike is in progress. The people feel a great deal of re-! sentment, as they consider the strike liad been won. Indication are that the monied class sympathizes with the strikers. It is not unlikely trouble will arise unless the governor removes ! fcis troops. Very few people liere think the governor acted wisely in sending them here. It is believed by many Governor Manning deliberately waited until after the general election to take action.1 because he felt it would nave neipea the Blease cause had lie acted before the votes were cast. Lots of people here can now understand how Charleston felt when Gov-; ernor Manning ordered out the militia before the last election for mayor and 1 kept them under arms all during the election and for several weeks after- j ward. ? In the main, the news accounts of: the evictments have been much gar^ hied, and are in many places abeo-| lutely untruthful. Miss Mary Kelle-j fcer, organizer for the United Textile , Workers of America, which is affili-! ated with the American Federation of Labor, summed the whole situation as; follows: "We struck for a 10 per cent; increase in wages; the strike waa au-| thorized by the United Textile Workers and endorsed by the American Federation of Labor; the strikers are getting a weekly payment from headT quarters and are out to win this strike for the betterment of their con dition. All mills in this vicinity haw raised wages but the Equinox an<l Gluck, who refuses to do so inorder to break down the union. To Coerce. "Governor Manning sent the troops! here simply to overawe the workers,1 and this talk about trouble in evict- ! ing is not true. Sheriff Ashley has ' the matter in hand a.nd is getting the people out of the houses as fast as humanity will permit. They don't want "kAiinAO ATT V? Q T'n T\ A D U1C11 UUUOCO, auu CULVxjr littT V juv | " MBBBBBHHBBHHHBHBBHHHHHBBHBMBCSBBMBaaErBBBXVb /The Bestlwo i II for allthefimtiy 'foronfy *2J2 B UjL < and 12 Issues of JM iifflut'd in/iiuMTn /A9 * (This Offer is to new Youth's Compani 2McCALL'S MAGAZINE every month McCall Dress,Pattern FREE for 2 cent ? THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, St P naMHHnoBnnBHHHaaanHani \ < L/UI1 I Curiosity Tel tor call QtC Ph at i fo p riosh thres chan large Ca bulai at si the 1 Fo (IJftJJ as fc neig] SOUTHERN BELL call TELEPHONE AND mert - TELEGRAPH CO. JjJ^8 ?.i^a rvr\3 i i mjjk ins. lvl for their property; the owners only! want to break up organized labor in! the mill district at the expense ot i the state. "The people are quiet and amenable; to law; there is no trouble at all; "n 1 " -n-a n.'r.Q /latflrminoH tr? TV i n vvVl otli er ! XJlllV nc CFi uuiv/i milieu ww u au it uvwnv. the troops remain or not." Sheriff Ashley's statement is in ac-! cord with that of Miss Kelleher. In: regard to serving writs. Sheriff Ashley said: "I was serving the writs, and had no trouble in doing so. I don't know anything about any constables bein interfered with, as re- j ported, and don't believe there was: any such interference in the macter. j The attorneys on both sides agreed there were to be only two evictions made each day, and I was doing that ^ in acordance with their agreemnt. which was in order to give people j time to secure houses to move into, i I af now and have "been fulfilling the ' duties of my office as the law directs,: and will continue to do so, but I don't want other people to run the office for me, and am tired of being nagged at j' by Manning and Bob Ligon. Troops' are not neede here, and there is noth-j ing for them to do unless they are to be used merely to break the strike,1: for my office can and does maintain ' order throughout the county." "Wnwovor tTiA {mvprnor 1ms sppn fit to place them here without a request from the sheriff to d.o &o, so he, and i not I, must be responsible for what may occur because of their presence here, without cause." Strikers talked with appear to be! in good spirits, feeling they will win i their strike regardless of the presence of the troops; for it is pointed out' through the American Federation of Labor they are closely allied with' railroad orders, and because of that, BAD STOMACH TROUBLE Yields to Delicious Vinol ^ Shreveport, La.?"I had a bad atomfach trouble for years and became so weak I could hardly walk or do any work. My appetite was poor, my food | would not digest, I bloated and was very I weak and nervous. 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UMJilA. ?. t are saying, "There are more ways of' killing a cat than by choking it to death with butter." This implies that although "scab" labor may start the mills, it will be impossible to get coal pr cotton hauled in, or goods made by such labor hauled out. It is rumored an officer was drunk at the carnival, and was sent to the camp by Sheriff Ashley. Although the people are in good spirits, trouble is expected to break out as soon as the mills are started with "scabs.'' People feel the troops are liere to protect scabs. The facts in tne eviction proceeuengs show a process was brought be- j lore Magistrate W. F. Cox for eviction, j Cox was objected to on grounds of be-; ing prejudiced and also subpoenaed as a witness. Cox was founder oi Equinox Mill and is now supposed to be connected with it. Motion to: change of venue to nearest magistrate was overruled. j The mill company refused to elect1 whether to try cases as tenants at the! mill, or persons entering open premises I under contract of service, and contract j r>f aorvt>p "havine- terminated. Th'j! magistrate refused to allow jury trials, and allowed witnesses to testify as to custom of hirng help at this mill and others, and as to renting them houses. Respondents objected to that testimony, and had objection noted. Then proeedingfe wer^ improperly j brought under Section 3508, Volume 1,1 of the code, when they should have j been under 3509, which covers these cases. From all that can be learned there has been no trouble at all, there seems 10 De no trum in Butt-emeucs ojustables have been driven off. It is said the constable sent by Magistrate Cox to serve a writ told the people he did not want to serve it, and asked them to lead him away by the arm so he would have an excuse for not serving it. This constable is named Van Martin. The people were suspicious,expecting a trick, and refused to do so foolish a thing. It is reported Van Martin left, stating he had' been resisted in serving the writ. That sec-ms to be how the excuse was hatched up to get troops to Anderson, according to people at the Equinox mill. It is reported in Anderson by good authority that the author of the article in The "News and Courier" of issue November 12 in the statement, "Pickets established by strikers have been removed," was either ignorant of the facts, and in a simple minded way allowed himself to be buncoed by the mill bosses, or willfully falsi?sd the facts. Miss Kelleher stated Sunday afternoon the pickets were still on duty, and they were later seen on duty by others. The local union president was actually seen on duty with other "pickets" and all remarked they were still on duty and would continue to do such duty. These people all are absolutely firm in their statement The "News an Courier" lied when it reprinted news to the effect "pickets" had been removed. They have been on duty since the strike began in 'August. There eems to be no evidence of the "feeling that 75 per cent of the people would return to work." Mill company ViLKJtJi B BUiLC UUi; gCL auuui 40 hands to return and they are rot expected to stay after the soldie-s leave. It appears to he a long drawn out battle, and the demeanor of the soldiers appears to ?e quiet, but determined. People are very bitter in expressing their feelings towards what they term "A brutal act to help northern capitalists oppress and enslave white southern men, women and children." That is the way they feel. STATEMENT FROM EQUINOX STRIKERS Secretary of Textile Union Oives Situation From Operates' Viewpoint Anderson Intelligencer. The following article written by an official of The Textile union, at Equinox mill to the Daily Mail, is printed to give The Intelligencer's readers a view of the operatives' side of the case and help to a better understanding of the situation: Will you kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper concerning the strike at the Equinox mills and the calling out of the state cmilitia. This act was uncalled for, or* T ? aa 4-V? ir* nrr? rAC CAT1 ftO x DCC -Ci-111x50, XVI IUXO X ^?crvxx when, the soldiers came here they asked what did they want them to do, there was no fighting going on, some of them said they had betn told befor they reached Anderson, that we, the strikers, was rioting and had blown up half of the mill. I noticed in your paper of Nov. 11th that on last Friday morning that we people was keeping up so much disturbance at the mill that it was dangerous for anybody to come around the place. 1 want to say has any one been hurt during the time we have been on strike at the Equinox mill? These false reports have been going in to Gov. Manning's office for some time and the only thing I can blame him for is this; wliy didn't iie come to Anderson and see for himself just how things was and then he would have known best what to do. The only thing that has caused any excitement at all was on last Friday morning when the slipped in + r\r* nj?a PPoKc lliof Q Q fVl/lir Q f t l/l OUCl UO J UOC uu J V4 A \A w w the Brogon mills last year. There was one' fellow came out with his toolbox and I asked him what they were doing, and he told me that they were not doing anything but sitting around in the mill. ( Now, t&ese scabs were just taker, in the mill to get something started they have done it. It looks lilce everything to get some of U3 in trouble but we have refrained from having any trouble at all times. The sheriff of Anderson county has advised us at all times not to violate | any laws tor it would surely get us in trouble.. We have tried to take hia ! advice and we have not got in any; trouble yet but people seem to think I that we cotton mill people are just a 1 himnl-i r?f Pi't thrr*iit? hi it tllAv will i find out that the mill people aiie wak. ing up to the fact that they must j stick together if ever they get half a chance for a living. As the cost o" living is go high and wages so low how can we people ever live and provide comfortable homes for our wives and children. 0? course, we all know that there is some people that i will do anything for a little better: job than others have. The mills use some people for their tools and when tney ao wnat tney want tnem to tnen they are done with them. That is what is commonly called a boot licker among our best people and I am glad to know that we have just a few of those kind out at our mill. I only wish the people who don't toil in these sweat shops could see and know for themselves just how conditions are and then they would know what we have to contend with. Now J just wanted the outside world to get a little sketch of how we 1. 1. * I ? 1 1.1 1 _! !! J nave 10 live ana inac \%e are civinzeu people and not the cut throats that the mill officials have termed us. And I respectfully request ail cot-} j ton mill operatives not to come here and take our jobs as we are only asking a ten per cent increase in our wages that we might get a little beti ter living than we have got in the past. Yours respectfully, I Clifford Blair, Financial Secretary Local Union No^ 98. BEMOYAL OF FUBMTUBE BY THT SOLDIERS A .Striker Who Cursed Is Escorted bv Guards to Magistrate Cox, Who Puts Him Under Heavy B^nd. i Charleston American. Anderson, Nov. 14.?The Jonesville . company of Coast Artillery under ' r>o nt iniarKo onH /IroOnuiHo Mm. 1\>apt. -i_i ilV/i kj\s UUVA 1/ iv ? A* A\_, WAU t pany under Capt. Slattery will be i transferred from the Equinox mill to j the Gluck mill early tomorrow morn| ing. Capt. Ellerbe being the senior | officer will be in charge, but Maj. Roberston will divide his time between the two companies. These two com' panies will have camp quarters la ! the Gluck mill school house. Five writs of ejectment have been issued against as many residents of the Gluck mill village, and the magistrate's constable will proceed to enforce them after the two companies , have established themselves on the i mill property. Robert E. Ligon, who is general manager of both mills, states there arc QTinrnYimatplv 10f) 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 ejected. The ejectment proceedings will be con-j tinued until all of the 100 families, are caused to vacate the cottages they now occupy. The only arrest made since the fiye companies of Coast <.ArtiTlery arrived here occurred today. S. H. King, a striker of the Equinox mill, who was, ejected from his cottar yesterday af-j I ternoon. was arrested by the guards.; charged with cursing an employe go- j in? in the mill to work this morning, i Oti being searched the guard Lain<5 j that King carried a pistol. He was J j escorted by the soldiers to Magistrate I Cox and to him furnished a $200 bond { for his appearance for trial at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Strike Breakers. Eighty-six employes were at their' posts in the Equinox mill this after-1 noon. The machinery started yester-1 day morning with 53. The number ol J employes at their posts is expected to j be greatly increased tomorrow morning. The Gluck mills will not attempt to (start up for several aays yei, mayuei not until next Monday. The soldiers will be on guard and no trouble is expected. Th8 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 afternoon. The companies, except the Jonesville 'company, which was on j guard, passed in review before Maj. j Robertson this afternoon. The latter i states daily parades will be given by j the three companies remaining at the; Equinox mill unless trouble develops,; j and the presence or tne soiuiers m uie j mill village is needed. Soldiers 3fove Furniture. Only one writ c' ejectment was ; served today, that against R. R. Bar- j | nett, of the Equinox mill. Because j Barnett occupied a cottage 250 yards j from the public road, Constable Mar- j j tin secured a detail of about 20 sol-; ! diers to assist liim in removing the j I household eects into the road. Bar-; | nett offered no resistance. | The condition of Private Will Nel-; son, member of the Jonesvilk* com-! pany, who was operated on yesterday i for appendicitis, was pronounced to-, * ?X "U XV ; ? rto fiofo pf Arr nig"Hl as UCiUg oauoiuvtui J . Altogether the situation is unique; and perhaps without parallel. Th-^ > striking employes, who never offered: any resistance, but did ask for an in- i crease of wages, were denied the pitiful increase, because they had dared to join 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. /n1 C AT-Af* Tne 11 Duanuus w>'TCiu?M I Here the governor of the state came prompely to the assistance of the mill owners ana obligingly sent troops to overawe the strikers. Their ejectment from the houses they occupied goes smoothly its course, as it would have done also if the civil authorities had J1 r ben permitted to "handle the situation. The soldiers assist in removing thb furniture, the state pays for it and the j mill owners have no worry, no expense. they do not even have to hear the cries of anguish or curses of the poor wretches that are rudely denrivrvl of shelter for their wives and i babies. The obliging state of South j Carolina pays for all the trouble? j if a striker curses, the soldiers learl him into limbo, and the magistrate' puts him under a heavy bond. The j wheels of machinery of the State i smoothly and effectively grir 1 pover- j tv into dust, ar:d the Northern mill j owners are getting a fine idea or the ; chivalrous South. Rut would the South be just as chivalrous if it had to defend poverty, instead of capital? That is the question asked daily, the question that goes from mouth to mouth, whispered by the citizens whose civil authority has been superseded by bayonets. To speak too loud one's opinion in Anderson just now seems mighty dangerous. Might rules here, and militarism. The j question of right, however, is debat- I able. That is how the citizens fe?l, j and what they say, when out of ear- j shot of Magistrate Cox and his constables backed up by the soldiers' bayonets for the taxpayers' money. Day after election in a newspaper office inconductive to calm and profound meditation, with the telephone jangling every minute of the day and a line of eager inquirers constantly asking "What's the latest?"?Lakeland Telegram. 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