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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
7
THREE GOVERNORS
and a ho«t of depositor* with Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars to their credit, strongly endorsed
THE NEAL BANK.
xru first appointed a State Depository by the late Oor. W. T. Atkin*
•on. then by Ex-Governor Allen D. Candler, reappointed by him, then
appointed by hi* sucoessor. Governor J. M. Terrell, also reappointed
hr him- We are so near the ten thousand line of accounts on our
liook* that we are encouraged to reach out for
TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS.
If each one of our loyal patrons will send us one or more accounts
W e will soon have the roll complete, thus enabling us to still further
Increase our ability to aid Merchants, Manufacturers and Home
Builders.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
■ - i
One Dollar starts an account with a little Home Bank and book
or with a book only. We allow Interest, compounded semi-annually,
at the rate of
Three and one-half per cent, per annum.
1. K. 1HOMTO». ftSSMs*f. W. t. MAIM. Cutler.. If. C CUOMU, lot Culler.
DR. JULIAN THOMAS’ WIFE
PLEASED WITH EXPERIENCE
IN EXCITING BALLOON TRIP
WANTED
COLORED
"LABORERS
$1.25
PER DAY
GEORGIA CAR COMPANY, RIDGE AVENUE.
APPOINTMENTS FOR THOMASVILLE
Though the present session of the
centra! assembly Is a third over. Gov
ernor Terrell has not sent In any of
his appointments, except, the vacation
appointments, which were confirmed by
the senate at the beginning of the ses-
ilon.
The governor has som* forty-flro
appointments to make, solicitors of
city courts and such. In saveral places,
notably Newnsn, Dublin, Swalnesboro
and Hawklnsvltle, heated contests are
on for the sol'cltorshlp of the city
courts.
It Is particularly warm over In
Coweta, where W. G. Poet, the en-
rurobent. Is being opposed by W. I*
stalling. The two have filed with the
governor near two thousand letters of
Indorsement.
Just when the governor will begin
sending In some of his appointments is
not known, but he is taking his own
time for It and not worrying. He Is
letting the candidates do that
Will Organise Club,
flpeeln! to The Georgian.
Opelika. Ala., July 20.—The question
of organising a commercial club for
Opelika has been agitated fdr some
time, and from the present outlook It
Is probable that such an organization
will be effected at an early date.
Special to The Georgian.
ThomasvlUe, Go., July 20.—Another
railroad will likely be built from Thom
asvlUe to Sparks In the near future.
Captain E. M. Smith, president of the
Bank of Thomasvllle, together with
several profnlnent ThomasvlUe and
Pavo business men, are behind the
project and It now seems that the road
will be built. If such Is the caso.’ It
will go through the best section of the
country In the state, touching the Sbwns
of Pavo, Adlal, Hemetead, Qullp and
ending at Sparks, where connection
will be made with the Georgia,. South
ern and Florida and the Nashville and
Sparks. This will also be Instrumental
In opening up a direct line from the
timbered section of the state to Au
gusta by connecting with the Williams
Interests.
Another road In addition to the
ThomasvlUe and Sparks road Is being
surveyed for a line into Florida which
will ulUmately reach the gulf. This,
with the other railroads, will make
ThomasvlUe the centor of a network of
railroads that will have through con
nections with the gulf, Atlantic and all
Inland points.
By Trivets Leased Wire.
New York, July 20.—Dr. Julian
Thomas, formerly of Atlanta, Go., to
day In telling of the balloon trip he
made with his wife and Hoy Knaben-
shue yesterday from the gas works In
the Bronx, satdt
"Our descent Into One Hundred and
Sixth street was only an undesirable
Incident. We would never have come
to earth If the men below had let the
drag rope alone. We shouted to them,
but they did not hear us.
"While Knabenshue and Mrs. Thom
as wore making the crowd understand
that Its good Intentions were appre
ciated. but that we wanted to ealt and
got come to anchor, I Improved the
opportunity by climbing Into the rig
gtng and setting tny moving picture
machine to work.
"Wo had lost so much ballast trying
to get away from the crowd that wo
ascended to a height of 9,000 feet."
They finally made n landing
Woodeltffe, N. J, after having bumped
over housetops, grazed trees, crossed
Manhnttnn, and dipped Into the Hud
son river several times. Although tho
balloonists were constantly In peril,
Mrs. Thomas declared the experience
was perfectly grand.
SENATE MAKES MERRY
WITH CRA WF WHEA TLE Y
Now and then the sedate senato baa a
little fun at tho expense of porno luck*
less member, and when they "take off
the lid" thoy are worse than a lot of
youngsters on the run for the "old swim-
min' hole."
Thursday they got Senator Crawf Wheat-
ley on the gridiron, and proceeded to beat
It up until h*» fairly iluix'f.l l’nr about
ten mlnntea they had such fun hectoring
tho geulnl member from the Thirteenth
tlint ne had flnnlly to yell for mercy.
It came when Senator Whentley aroso to
defend his measure for Incorporating and
riving the Audubon Society of Ueorgla cer-
nln powers to regulate the slaying of gnme
and insectivorous birds In this state. Sena
tor Alsohrook hnd Introduced his substi
tute, nnd made a splendid argument for
Its MMg».
"Gentlemen," sold Senator Whentley, "I
want you to understand that my bill does
not seek to change any existing law or
pass any new measure, other than the
mere Incorporation of the Andabon Society
of Georgia."
"Did I understand tho senator to say
that this bill simply Incorporates the so
ciety?" artlessly queried Senator Candler.
"\es, sir."
"Than doesn't the aenstor know that wo
haven’t nny authority to Incorporate here?"
That fluatered the eloquent speaker con*
shlernhly, but he# forged bravely nh<>n.l.
and rxpiaincd that It dbl glvo certain rights
nnd power to tho society.
Then Senator Dunn heartlessly bowled
him over by rending that section which cm-
powers game wardens to search homes or
cold storage plants for any excess of
game.
Dismayed by this sort of badgering, but
gallantly sticking to his guns. Senator
Wheatley continued to defend his bill, while
he was cnlllnded with a running tiro of
queried from all parts of the chamber.
Then he threw up bis hands and despair
ingly cried:
"i want tho senators to understand that
this Isn't my old MU, anyway."
And such a shout of laughter and ap
plause went up In that chamber as has not
been heard there for a long while.
"I'ra said all I want ta, and mova that
wo vote now," he concluded, ns he plumped
Into hla chair, and wiped hln moist brow.
Then they proceeded to pass the Alto-
brook substitute.
GEORGIA CONFERENCE
TO BE INCORPORATED
{The Georgia conference of tho Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, will be
Incorporated under the laws of Georgia.
A petition filed In the auperlor court
Thursday applies for a charter for
"the board of trustors of the Georgia
conference, Methodist Episcopal Church,
South," without capital stock.
The members applying for the char
ter are: L. S. Ellington, R. H. Robb,
E. F. Dean, A. F. Ellington. I. H. Miller,
W. A. Parsons and R. S. Eggleston.
Quarrymen Walk Out
Special to The Georgian,
Gadsden, Ala. July 20.—Fifty quar
rymen, employed at the Alabama Con
solidated Coal and Iron Company's
quarries at Lagarde, walked out on a
strike yesterday, having'been refused
an advance In wages demanded.
WILL VISIT TROOPS
Special to Tho Goorslsa.
Chattanooga, Tcnn., July 10.—Sev
eral regiments of tho regular militia
of South Carolina will leave that state
July 27 for Chlckamnuga, whero they
will go Into annual encampment. They
will be encamped here about seven
days. The regiment will be In charge
of Colonel Sohaeht* and will comprtee
the Charleston companies. Companies
from Waterloo, Georgetown, Hartsvllle.
Florence, Elloree and Barnwell will
also compose a part of the encamp
ment. The governor of South Carolina
will visit the troops whllo they are en
camped here.
Wife Slayer to Hang.
By Private Leased Wire.
Frankfort, Ky„ July 20.—Governor
Beckham today Issued tho death war-
rant In Mu- C IIIU1 of Jne Johnson, who
Is sentenced to hang for tha murder
of his wife.* He will hang August 17.
BUY YOUR DOLLS, TOYS, CHINAWARE, FROM HEADQUARTERS. WE UNDERSELL COMPETITION.
AMBERG, BRILL & ULLMAN,
27-29 FOURTH STREET.
NEW YORK.
M anufacturers oftoys, dolls, china and glassware, bric-
A-BRAC, FANCY GOODS, ETC.
We beg to ndviso those who arc interested to como to Atlanta to sco thrir
line at tho Aragon Hotel, whero these goods will be on Display until August 1
We have made DEALS
whereby we will astonish you
with the bargains that wo
offor. Leaders In every lino,
that must be soon to bo ap
preciated.
Our groat success Is duo to
tho fact that wo UNDER
SELL competition; by buy
ing from us you can do llko-
wlee. Our outlet la largor.
We buy cheaper and conse
quently sell chcapor
-HEADQUARTERS FOR-
Dolltg Toys*
Fancy Gian and
China ware*
Album*,
Tollat Casas,
Work Boxas,
Leather Goods,
Mstal Goods,
Medallions,
Oil Paintings,
Mu»lc Boxes,
Trot Ornaments,
Books and Gaipts,
Blocks,
Air Rifles,
Iron Toys,
Mechanical Toys,
Wooden Toys,
Steam Toye,
Rubber Toys,
Printing Presses,
Iron and Wood Wagons,
8!*ds f Rooking Horses,
Doll Carriages,
Doll Qo*Carts,
Toy Chairs,
Velocipedes.
V
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LEADERS IN 5 AND 10 CENT
COODS, ETC. yAV
Many Items (hat others
soli ss 25o goods will be
aeon on ohr line to retail at
10c; many 60c goods to Bell
at 25c, and $1.00 goods at
60c. This Is not talk, but
facta. Try us and be con
vinced. Mako this holiday
season notable. Be up-to-date
and win oaL You need our
specialties to achlore this re-
sutL
W E MAKE A SPECIALTY OF 5 AND 10 CENT GOODS. If you
havo not. laid in your holiday lino and wish to purchaso goods which no
others have, Buy From Us. Call and save money, ns wo have more than a oar
load of samples from which to select.
5. BRADY, Southern Representative,
At ARAGON HOTEL Until August 1.
FRANK STEWART SELLS
NIG LIVERY STABLE
Frank M. Stewart, who has for twen
ty-five yean conducted a livery stablo,
has sold his business to Anthony Mur
phy, of Atlantic and Mr. Griffin, of
Opelika, Ala., and will retire from the
■table bualneu. It is .old that the
prfco realized from the eelo wns 126,000.
For twenty yearz Mr. Stewart’* ltd-
bla was located on Alabama street, be
tween Broad and Forayth itreote, but
about flve weeks ago It was removed to
Marietta atreet, where Mr. Stewart had
purchased a site. Tho new purchasers
will assume chargo In a short time.
Mr. Stewart will take a trip to Europo
for tho summor and will engage In an
other business upon hla return to At
lanta.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
TEACHERS SELECTED
Special to Tb. G.orglzn.
Columbus, Go., July 10.—The follow
ing teachers for the new secondary
Industrial school have been selected
by the committee having the matter In
charge and they will begin their duties
as soon as tha school opens:
L. J. Rogers, mechanical art* de
partment.
C. A. Seals, of Starkovllla, Miss, tex
tile department
Miss Luello Stevens, domestic
science.
Miss Jennl* Charlssworth, commer
cial branches. She Is a graduate of
FerrlBS Collegiate Institute.
K. M. Broderick, of Oil City, Pa,
will bo In charge of the manual train
ing school, succeeding Mr. Bogers, who
has been promoted.
TWO MORMON ELDERS
ARE WARNED TO LEAVE!
Special to Tbo Georgian.
ColumbuM, Go.,* July 20.—-Two Mor* .
mon mlMlonarlea who have been ply-«|
Ing their vocation hero have been given
personal warnings by well-known ettt-j
ions not to Intrude themselves on thelc
homes. This action was caused by
theso men making a canvaen of the,
city and never asking to meet any oH
the men of the houses they visited, but |
Invariably inquiring for the "lady off
the housa"
Held Up end Robbed.
8peclal to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., July 20.—While on hi*
way homo In West Decatur, Pierre
1 frown, an 1a and N. switchman, wan
held up and robbed near his home of
$76 In cash. He was struck over tho
head by tho robbern and received a
slight gash, which required the atten
tion of a physician.
BIG STRIKE IN PACKINGTOWN-JURGIS PROVES FALSE TO UNION
Stock Yards and Surrounding
Territory Turned Into a
Veritable Hades.
CHAPTER XXVI (Contlnusd).
"But—but"—stammered Jurgta. Ha
Md somehow taken It for granted that
he Bhnuld go out with hie union.
"The packers need good men, and
J*«d thsm bad," continued the other,
znd they’ll treat a man right that
stands by them. Why don’t you take
your chnnee and tlx yourself?”
"But,” said Jurgts, "how could X ever
hs of any use to you—In politico7"
'You couldn’t be It, anyhow,” said
Scully, abruptly.
")Vhy not7” asked Jurgls.
Roll, man!" cried the other. "Don’t
you know you're a Republican? And
do you think I’m always going to elect
Rnmhlicans? My brewer has found
?"} already how we served him. and
them is the deuce to pay."
Jurgts looked dumbfounded. He had
never thought of that aspect of It be-
t°re ; "I could bo a Democrat," he said.
'•*." responded the other, "but not
right away; a man can’t change hla
Politics every day. And, besides, I
aunt need you—there’d be nothing for
>ou to do. And It’s a long time to elec
tion (iny, anyhow; and what are you
suing to do meantime?"
l thought I could count on you,’
wgan Jurgls.
"7”’" responded Scully. "So you
could—I never yet went bock on a
friend. But Is It fair to leave the Job
{ sot you and come to me for another?
i nave had a hundred fellows after me
today, ond what can I do? I’ve put
•e'enteen men on the city pay roll to
V r «‘s ,hta one week, and do you
tnink i can keep that up forever? It
“ouldn t do for me to tell other men
. 1 tell you, but you've taeen on the
inside, and you ought to bare sense
•hough to see for yourself. What hare
You to gain by a striker
i hadn't thought," said Jurgta
Exactly,- said Scully, "but you’d
W ter. Take my word for It, the strike
-hi be over In a few days, and the
men win be beaten; and meantime
:“ sl Ypu get out of it will belong to
Do you seer
Diamonds.
^Ve are talking Diamonds
nearly every day now, be-
eause we have something un
usual in stock and in values
tor you.
. A new and magnificent
importation, bought abroad
first hand, is the basis of
°ur Diamond talk.
G'ome in and see these
Kt'UlOS.
M a i e r
And Jurgls saw. He went back to
the yards, and into tho workroom. The
men had left a long line of hogs In
various stages of preparation; and tho
foreman was directing the feeble efforts
of a score or two of clerks and ste
nographers and office boys to finish up
the Job and get them Into the chilling
rooms. Jurgls w< ■ • -•-.'light up to him
and announced: “I have come back to
work, Mr. Murphy."
"Tha boss’ face lighted up. "Good
man!” ho cried. "Come ahead!"
"Just a moment," said Jurgls, check
Ing his enthusiasm. “I think I ought
to get a little more wages.”
"Yes," replied the other, "of course.
What do you want?"
Jurgls had debated on the way. His
nerve almost failed him now, but. he
clenched his hands. 'T think I ought
to have >2 a day,” he said.”
"All right,” said the other, promptly,
and before the day was out our friend
discovered that the clerks and stenog
raphers snd office boys were getting 66
a day, and then he could have kicked
himself.
On the first day of his Ilf* as a
strike-breaker Jurgls quit work earpr,
and In a spirit of bravado he challenged
three men of his acquaintance to go
outside and get a drink. They ac
cepted, and went through tb* big Hal.
sted street gate, where several polios
men were watching, and also some
union pickets, scanning sharply those
who passed In and out. Jurgls and his
companions went south on Hoisted
street, past the hotel, and then sud
denly half a doxen men started across
the street toward them and proceeded
to argue with them concerning the er
ror of their ways. As the arguments
were .not taken In the proper spirit
they wont on to threats; suddenly ..ri
ot them Jerked off the hat of one of
the four and flung It over the fence.
The man started after It, and then, as
a cry of "Scab!" was raised and a
dozen persons cam* running out of sa
loons and doorways, a second man’s
heart failed him and he followed. Jur
gls and the fourth stayed long enough
:o give themselves the satisfaction of
it quick exchange of blows, and then
they, too, took to their heel* and fled
back of the hotel and Into tba yard*
again.
Meantime, of course, policemen were
coming on a run, and as a crowd gath
ered, other poltc* got excited and sent
In a riot call Jurgls knew nothing of
this, but went back to "Packers' ave
nue,” and In front of the "Central Time
Station" be saw on* of his compan
ions, breathless and wild with excite
ment, narrating to an ever-growing
throng bow the four bad been attacked
and surrounded by a howling mob, and
bad been nearly torn to pieces. While
be stood listening, smiling cynically,
several dapper young men stood by
with note books In their bands and It
was not more than two hours later that
Jurgts saw newsboys running about
red and black letters six Inches high:
VIOLENCE IN THE STOCK YARDS)
STRIKE-BREAKER8 SUR
ROUNDED BY FRENZIED
MOB!
If he had been able to buy all of the
newspapers <.r the fnlte.l States the
next morning he might have discovered
that his heel-hunting exploit was be
ing perused by aomo two-score millions
of people, and had sorved ns a text
for editorials In half the staid and
solemn business men’s newspapers In
NM Inn.l.
Jurgls was to see more of this as
time .passed. For the moment, hts work
being over, he was free to ride Into
the city, by a railroad direct from tho
yards, or else to spend the night In a
room where cots had been laid In rows.
He chose tho latter, but to his regret,
for all night long gangs of strike
breakers kept arriving. As very few of
the better class of workingmen could
be got for such work, these specimens
of the new American hero contained
an assortment of the criminals and
thugs of the oity, betides negroes and
the lowest foreigners—Greeks, Rouma
nians, Sicilians and Slovak*. They had
been attracted more by the prospect of
disorder than by the big wages; and
they made the night hideous with sing
ing and carousing, and only went to
sleep when the time came for them to
get up to go to work.
In the morning, before Jurgls had
finished hi* breakfast "Pat" Murphy
ordered him to one of the superintend
ents, who questioned him as to his ex
perience In the work of tb* killing
room. His heart began to tbump with
excitement, for he dhrlntd Instantly
that his hour had como—that he was
to be a boss I
Some of the foremen were union
members, and many who were not had
gone out with the men. It was In the
killing department that the packers had
been left most In the lurch, and pre
cisely here that they could least afford
It; tba smoking and canning and call
ing of meat might wait, and all the
by-products might be wasted- but
fresh meats must be had, or the res.
aurants and hotels and brownstone
louses would feel the pinch and then
"public opinion" would take a startling
turn.
An opportunity such as this would
nqt come twice to a man; and Jurgls
seized 1L Yes, he knew the work, the
whole of It, and he could teach It to
others. But If he took the Job and
R ve satisfaction he would expect to
ep It—they would not turn him off
at tho end of the strike? To which
the superintendent replied that he
might trust Durham’s for that—they
proposed to teach these unions a les
son, and most of all tho** foremen who
had gone back on them. Jurgls would
receive |S a day during the strike and
(26 a week after It was settled.
So our friend got a pair of "slaughter
pen" boot* and “Jeans;" and flung him
self at the task. It was a weird sight,
there on the killing beds—a throng of
stupid black negroes and foreigners
who could not understand a word that
was said to them, mixed with pale-
faced, hollow-chested bookkeepers and
clerks, half fainting from the tropical
heat and the alckeplng stench of tb*
fresh blood—and all struggling to dress
a dozen Or two of cattle In the same
place where twenty-four hours ago, the
old killing-gang had be-n speeding with
their marvelous precision, turning out
"10 carcasses event hour.
The negroes and the "toughs" from
II Jurgls saw neweooy* running .odoui -roe negroes arm me toughs" from
cerkele. with armfuls of newspapers; printed In the Levee did not want to work, and
every few minutes some of thorn would
f.-.'I "bilged t.. rfllr.. nnd recuperate. In
n roui'li- .if .Iny- Inirhnm X- Company
had eloctrlo fans up to cool off the
rooms for them, and even vouchee for
them to rest on; and meantlmo thoy
could go out 011.1 Ilnd II Blind)' corner
and take a "snooze," nnd ns thero wns
no place for any one In particular, and
no system. It might bo hours beforo
their bo** discovered them. Ae for tho
poor office employees, they did their
best, moved to it by terror: thirty of
them had .bean "fired” In a bunch that
ilret morning for refusing tn i-rvr, ho-
aldes ne number of women clerks and
typewriters who had declined to act
as waitresses.
It was such a force as this that Jur
gls had to organize. He did his bent,
flying here and there, placing them In
rows and showing them the tricks; he
had never given an order In hi* life
before, but he had taken enough of
them to know, and he soon fell into
the spirit of It, and roared and stormad
like any old stager. He had not tha
most tractable pupils, however. "Hee
byar, boss,” a big blnck "buck” would
begin, "tf you doan like de way Ah
does dls Job you kin git somebody else
to do It.” Then a crowd would gather
and listen, muttering threats. Aftsr
the first meal nearly all tin- st.-d knives
had been missing, and now every n.gro
had one, ground to a flno point, hidden
In his boolz^^^^^^^^^H
|There was no bringing order out ofl
such a chaos, Jurgls soon discovered;!
and he fell In with the spirit of the
thing—there was no reason why he
should wear himself out with shouting.
If hides and guts were slashed and
rendered useless there was no way of
tracing It to any one; and If a man
lay off and forgot to como hack there
was nothing to fee gained by seeking
him, for all the rest would quit tn thei
meantime. Everything went during the
strike, and the packers paid. Before
long Jurgls found that the custom of
resting had suggested to some alert
minds tho possibility of regl.terlng at
more than on* place end earning more
than on* 66 a day. When ha caught a
man at this he "fired” him, but It
chanced to be In a quiet corner, and
the man tendered him a 110 bill and a
wink, and he took than. Of course be
fore long this custom ipri-nd, Slid Jur
gls was toon making quit# a good In
come from IL
In the face of handicaps such as
these the packers counted themselves
lucky If they could kill off the cattle
that had been crippled In transit and
the hogs that had developed disease.
Frequently, In the course of a two or
three days' trip. In hot weather and
without water, som* hog would develop
cholera and die; and the rest would st
uck him before he had ceased kicking,
would be nothing of him
bone* If all the hogs In thla carload
were not killed at once they would soon
be down with the dread disease, and
there would be nothing to do but to
make them Into lard. It was the same
with cattle that were gored and dying
or were limping with broken bones
stuck through their flesh—they must
be killed, even If the broken and buy
er* and superintendent* bod to take off
their coat* and help drive and cut an.l
■kin them. And meantime, agents of
the packers were gathering gangs of
negroes In the country districts of the
far Houth, promising them 66 a day
and board, and being careful not to
mention there was a strike: already
carloads of them were on the way, with
special rates from the railroads, and all
traffic ordored out of tho way. Many
towns and cities were taking advantage
of tho chance to clear out their JnTls
and workhouses—In Detroit the magis
trates would release every man who
agreed to leave town within twenty-
four hours, nnd ngents of the packers
were In the court room to ship them
right. And meantlmo tralnlnade of
supplies were coming In for their nr
commodattnn, Including boer nnd wills
ky, so that they might not ho tempted
to go ouuldo. They hired thirty young
girl* In Cincinnati to "pock fruit,”
and when thoy arrived they put them
at work canning corned beef, and put
cou for them to sleep In a public hall
way, through which tho men passed.
As tho gangs came In day and night,
under the escort of squads of police,
they stowed them away In unused
workrooms and storeroom* and la th*
car sheds, crowded so closely together
that the rota touched. In soma places
they would use the same room for eat
ing nnd Bleeping, and at night the men
would put their cot* upon the tables,
to keep away from th* swarms of rata
But with all their best efforts th*
packers were demoralised. Ninety
per cent of the men had walked out;
and they faced the task of complete
ly remaking their labor force—and with
the price of meat up 10 per cent, and
the publlo clamoring for a settlement.
Thoy made nn offer to submit th*
wholt question at Issu* to arbitration;
and at tha snd of tan days th* unions
aecsplsd IL and tho strike was called
off. It was agreed that all the men
were to be re-employed within forty-
five days, and that there was to be
"no discrimination against union men."
This was an anxious time for Jurgls.
If th* men were taken back "without
discrimination," h* would lose hla pres
ent piece. He sought out the auperin-
tendent. who smiled grimly and bade
Mm "wait and see." Durham's strike
breakers war* few of thsm leaving.
Whether or not tho "settlement" was
simply a trick of the packers to gain
time, or whether they really expected
to break th. .trikp and crippt. the
union, by th. plan, candot be .old;
but that night there went out from
the office of Durham A Co. a telegram
to all th# big packing center., "Em
ploy no union l.ader*." And In the
morning, when the twenty thousand
men thronged Into tb* yards, with their
dinner palls and working clothes, Jur<
gls stood Mar the door of tha bog.
trimming room, whs re be bad worked
before the strike, and saw a throng of
eager men, with a score or two of po
licemen watching them; and he saw a
superintendent com* out and walk
down tb* line, and pick out man after
man that pleased him; and one after
another came, and there wen some
men up near the head of th* line who
were never nicked—they being union
stewards and delegates, and tn. men
Jurgls had heard making speech** at
the meetings. Each time, of course,
there were louder murmuring* and an
grier looks Over where the cattle
butchers were waiting Jurgls beard
shout, and saw a crowd, ana ha hur
ried there. One big batcher, who was
president of the Parking Trades Coun
cil, had been passed over live times,
and tb* men were wild with rage; they
had appointed a commute* of three to
go In and see the superintendent, and
tha committee had mad* three attempts
—and sack time th* police had dabbed
thsm back from the door. Then there
were yell* and boom, continuing until
at last th« superintendent cam* to the
door. "We all go back or none of us
do!" cried a hundred voices. And tha
other shook his list at them, and
■houted, "You went out of here llko
rattle, and Ilka cattlo you'll come
back!"
Then suddenly the big butcher presi
dent leaped upon a pllo of stones and
yelled: "It’e off, boys. We'll all of us
quit again!" And so the rattle butch
ers declare ! a new strike on the spot;
and, gathering their members from the
other plnnts, where tho same trick hnd
boen played, they marched down Pack-
era' avenue, which was thronged with
a dense mss* of workers, cheering wild
ly. Men who had already got to work
-.11 ili>. Killing I... IM dropped their l ".I •
and Joined them; some galloped hero
nnd thero an horseback, shouting tha
tidings, and within half nn hour th*
whole of Packlngtnwn was on slriko
again, and beside Itself with fur)'.
There was q trite A fifihinM ftSM to
Packlngtnwn after this—the place was
* seething caldron of passion, sad the
"scab” who ventured Into It farad bad
ly. Thar* were on* or two os OHM
incidents each day, the newspapers de
tailing them, and always blaming them
upon th* unions Yet ten years before,
whan there were no unions in r.i. king-
town, thero waa a strike, and national
troops ha4 to bo called, and there were
pitched battle* fought at nlghL by tho
light of blazing freight trains. Pack-
Ingtown was always a center of vio
lence; In "Whisky Point," where there
were a hundred saloons and nn* glue
factory, there waa always fighting, and
always more of It In hot weather. Any
ono who htd taken th* trouble to con
sult the station bous* blotter would
have found that there was leas vio
lence that rammer than ever before—
and this while twenty thousand men
were out of work, and with nothing
to do all day but brood upon bitten
wrongs. Thero woe no one to picture
the I'.ltllo the union leaders were fight
ing III h.'M thla huge army In rank,
to keep It from atrnggllng and pillag
ing, to cheer it ml encourage and guide
a hundred thousand people, of a dosen
.iirr.ir.-ut longues, through six long
wooks of hunger and disappointment
and despair.
Meantime the packers had set them- ,
solves definitely to the task of making a }
now labor force, A thousand nr two
of strikebreakers wore brought In «v«ry
night, and distributed among tho vari
ous plnnts. Boms of them were expe
rienced workora—butchers, salesmen
still inHungers front the pn.-kara*
branch stores, and a fe%v union men who
hnd deserted from other cltle.; but the
majority went "gr«en" negroes from tho
cotton district, of the far .South, and
they were horded Into the packing
plants like nheep. There wo. a lew
for bidding the u-e of buildings as lo.lg-a
Ing lions.-i, unless they were llcen.ed,
foi the purpose, timl provided with'
proper window., stairway., snd Are ea-
rnpoa; but b.re. In a "paint room,"
re.I'led Mid) liv nn Inclosed "chute."
a room without a single window and
only on. door, a hundred men worn
crowded upon mattress... on th* floor.
I'poll the third story of the "hog houM'“
..r Jones' was n store mum, without a
window, lnto.whlch they crowded seven
hundred maa, iiNctng upon it.- t>aro
spring, of cots, and with a second shift
to tile them by dny. And when tho
clamor of tb. publlo ted to an lnve.it-
gntlon Into the-e conditions, and th.,
inn)-.r of the city wuh forced to order
em.-nt of the law, the packer*
g-.t n Judge to l-sue mi Injunction for
bidding Mill to do Itl
(Continued in Tomorrow's Goorglsfe.>
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Leave Atlanta 7:50 A-M.
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I. C. BEAM, Jr., District Pat*. Agent.