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VOL VI. NO. 6.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 12,1907.
PRTffE* I® AM®"*: TWO CBNTB,
ITXVJ.va£j. On Train*: PIVJi CENTS.
TO STAY OUT
Companies Are Just
as Ready to
Fight.
LOCAL 60 HOLDS MEETING MONDA Y SEABORN WRIGHT TELLS WHY
AND DETERMINES TO STICK TO FIGHT
LOCAL OFFICES'
BADLY CRIPPLED
Handling All the Business
The}' Can With Few
Men at Keys.
While a few men In both the Weetern
Union and Foetal offices are working
telegraph keye, the atrlke of the Com
merclal Telegraphers haa badly crip
pled telegraph service In and out of
Atlanta.
All messages are being taken subject
to delay and there Is no assurance that
they will get through to their desti
nation.
All but two of the union operators are
out and they declare they will remain
out until they win their light.
Monday morning the strikers held
an enthusiastic meeting In a hall on
Viaduct Place that was largely attend
ed. Several speeches were made and
the strikers were unanimous In their
determination to remain together And
whip the light.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
press committee gave out. an Inter
view declaring that the union opera
tors were out to win and that the light
they are making Is a peaceable one,
for what they consider their rights.
Will Be No Violence.
"There will not be one overt act on
the part of any member of the union,"
said the members of the committee,
"that will call for any criticism. And
should there be an act of this kind, the
union, ofllclnlu .will take Immediate
steps to punish the offender. We want
8CENE IN THE HALL WHERE LOCAL NO. 60 MET MONDAY FOR CONFERENCE.
The local union of the Commercial Telegraphers met Monday morning and decided to stay out until the
demands of the union were met by tho companies. The meeting was as quiet and orderly as a five o’olock
BILL COMES
E
The Disfranchisement
Fight Begins
On Monday.
the sympathy mil support of tho pub-
’’’ the peoplq of At-
lie and wo will show
Isnta >and tho country that no ono
wearing the blue Maltese cross will bo
guilty of any hoodlumlsm. In fact, we
are ultra-conservative."
It was declared by the committee
that a large batch of telegrams were
received In the office of the Western
Union on Saturday by mall from Nhsh-
vllle. While members of the press
committee did not see these messages
sent out to their destinations, they
draw the natural Inference that they
were rent out from here.
It Is claimed by the union operators
that both companies are putting mes
senger boys In civilian clothing and
clerks at keys with pens behind their
tars to act as dummies so that the
public may be led to believe they are
operators. Then. It Is claimed, mes
sages received to be sent out over the
wires are mailed to another point where
they may be sent out.
"We wish,” said the members of the
press committee, "to correct a mis
leading statement attributed to Mana
ger A. M. Beatty, of the Postal Com
pany. He Is quoted In a paper to the
effect that some of his pien earn over
11*7 a month. It Is quite true that
such an amount of money haa been
earned by one or two of his men. But
the regular salary for those men Is |80
a month. Tho extra money was earned
as a bonus for sending an extraordi
nary amount of matter. In fact, It
was earned at a strain that one Is un
able to keep up. It Is not what the
ordinary operator can do. The regu
lar salaries of the operators for both
companies Is from 160 to 180
month."
A Woman 8trlker.
One of the most enthusiastic of the
striking operators Is Mrs. E. B. Smith,
of Qalnesvllle. In addition to having
been manager of the Postal office In
that town, Mrs. Smith is secretary and
treasurer of the local union there.
"Both offices are out In Gainesville,"
•he said, "and there Is nothing doing
there. Both offices were locked up
when Atlanta went out and the three
operators left their keys. Keys are
Idle all the way from Atlanta to Char
lotte and they will remain that way
■f union operators are to work them.
“I am glad to see that the women
operators are standing together so well.
They are as enthusiastic af the men
and they will stay out as long as
the light to better our condition lasts.”
It Is said by the striking operators
that therj are several clerks and offi
cials In both offices who can work the
key* In a pinch, but even with these
they say there Is not force enough to
handle the business. So badly crippled
was the service In Atlanta on Monday
that the newspapers had to depend on
the long distance telephone for con
nections with cities over the state and
In adjoining states.
Newspaper Wires Working.
This only applied, however, to special
telegraph news service. Both the As
sociated Press and Hearst News Serv
ice wires were working. A crisis Is
expected' with the Associated Press
operators over the country at 7:50
o clock Monday night, when the twen
ty-four hours after the giving of the
ly will expire.
ultimatum for more pay ....JSU.—
Operators In Atlanta believe there will
be a strike of these operators unless
the demands are granted.
The Hearst News Service, which
supplies The Georgian, Is not affected.
The Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
has no grievance against Hearst.
At the meeting of the union Mon
day morning severnl women members
"'•re among the speakers and their re
marks were received with cheers. Many
From IT o’clock Monday until the
hour of adjournment at 1 O’clock Mon
day afternopn. the lower house of the
general assembly hacT under discussion
tho Felder-Williams disfranchisement
bill which has already passed the sen
ate. There was considerable opposition
to the measure manifested Monday
morning and the Indications are that
no action will be taken upon the bill
earlier than Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Williams, of Laurens, Is leading
the fight for the measure, while Mr.
Hall, of'Blbb, Is leading the opposi
tion.
In addition to the qualifications al
ready prescribed by law. the bill pro
vides that only those shall be allowed
to vote who come under one or more
of the following qualifications:
All persons who have honorably
served In the land or naval forces of
the United States In the Revolutionary
war, or the war of 1812, or In the war
with Mexico, or in any war with the
Indians, or In the war between the
states, or In the war with Spain, or
who honorably served In the land or
naval forces of the Confederate states
or of the state of Georgia in the war
between the states, or
All persons lawfully descended from
those embraced In the classes enumer
ated In the sub-division next above, or
All persons who are of good charac
ter, and understand the duties and
obligations of citizenship under a re
publican form of government; or
„ll persons who can correctly read
In the English language any paragraph
of the constitution of the United States
or of this state and correctly write the
same In the English language when
read to them by any one of the regis
trars, and all persons who, solely be
cause of physical disability, are urn
able to comply with the above require
ments, but who can understand and
give a reasonable interpretation of any
paragraph of the constitution of the
United States or of this state, that may
be read to them by any one of the
registrars, or , .
Any person who Is the owner In good
faith In his own right or at least forty
acres of land situated In this state
upon which he resides, or Is the owner
In good faith In his own right of prop
erty situated In this state and assessed
for taxation at the valuation of 1600.
The Felder-Wllllams disfranchise
ment bill Is before the house Monday
for passage, and the debate upon the
measure Is expected to occupy the
whole day, with perhap* a part of
Tuesday.
Tho house passed the general de
ficiency bill, providing for* approprla'
tlons amounting to 181,<31.89.
The first fifteen mlnuteB of the ses
sion was devoted to the reading of local
bills a third time.
Mr. McMahon, of Clarke, offered i
resolution providing that the commit'
tee on the state university and Its
branches be allowed to visit the In
stltutions during vacation Instead of
during the session of the legislature.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, called up
the general deficiency bill, which was
the regular order of business for Mon-
day.
General Deficiency Bill.
The bill Involved appropriations
amounting to 381,433.82 to supply de
ficiencies for the support of the state
government.
The house was resolved Into the com
mittee of the whole house for the pur
pose of considering the bill, with Mr.
Nowell, of Walton, In the chair.
The bill was taken up by paragraphs
and adopted as follows:
To supplement the contingent fund,
510,000.
To supplement the public buildings i
MANY WOMEN WALK
OUT WITH STRIKERS
“CLUB” AMENDMENT WAS MADE;
EXPLAINS THE OBJECT IN VIEW
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It is well for u great many good people to realize that perfected prohibition
lias not come in Georgia. All that we have done is to face about and take the
first atop in the long, arduous road leading up the heights.
“Heaven is not reached at a single bound,
“We mount the ladder round by round.”
We are standing today on the first round; the ascent is all before us. With
this statement I address myself to the interview of certain good prohibition
ists in Saturday’s Georgian, which created genuine alarm—not only in Atlanta—
but throughout the tSate. These friends do not understand the scope of the pro
hibition act.
In order to understand the amendment to the tax act, which they criticise,
it is necessary to know the provisions of the prohibition law.
First—The law as passed by the legislature prohibits—without exception
—the man ufacture of intoxicating liquors in Georgia.
Second—It prohibits—without exception—the sale of intoxicating liquors
in Georgia. ' -
Third—It prohibits the keeping of liquor in any public place in Georgia.
There are two things the law does not do:
First—It does not—and under the interstate commerce law, could not—
prohibit the shipment of intoxicating liquor into Georgia.
Second—It does not prohibit the keeping of intoxicating liquors in any
MRS. E. B. 8MITH, OF GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Smith Is as dstsrmined a striker as any in the army which
marched out of the telegraph offices.
Continued on Page Three.
Mrs. E. B. Smith, of Gainesville, was
one of the women who dropped her key,
rose from her chair and walked out
when the summons of the union came.
She Is a well-known woman In labor
circles, and has contributed a number
of union labor articles to various pub
lications. She was appointed a mem
ber of the press committee of the un
ion.
lar members of the Telegraphers' Union
and loyal wearers of the blub badge,
are os deeply Interested In the strike
and as determined to carry It through
as are the men.
•None of us would go back for a mil
lion a day,” said Mrs. Summers, one of
the most Influential women members.
"The girls nre taking exactly the same
stand as the men. We hove Just the
same Interest and arc working Just as
hard—or riot working Just ns hard—as
the others.
One entering the hall on Peachtree
street Just before the meeting Monday
morning would have thought some kind
of a social affair was In progress. There
was laughter on all sides ahd the knots
of men and women seemed In high good
humor.
A queer thing was the fact that al
though some of the operators bod been
In constant communication they had
never met formally and knew each oth
er only by, their “Rlgns" or Initials they
put at the end of a message. When
Introduced the operators made un ef
fort to Identify signs and names fur
future use.
NEW YORK PARALYZED
BY OPERATORS’ STRIKE
Continued on Page Three.
New York, Aug. 12.—Out of a total
of 2,600 operators employed by the
Western Union Telegraph Co. In Man
hattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City only
IS remained at their keys, twelve men
and six women.
One hundred and twenty-five non
union men Joined the strikers as did
the check boys, girls and elevator men,
the latter leaving their elevators at the
ninth floor arid walking down.
The cotton exchange operators struck
at 2:46 p. m.
The 460 Postal operators walked out
of the main office at 2 o'clock.
The Western Union cable operators
have gone out It Is reported that the
Associated Press operators will go out
at 5:50.
The Commercial Cable Company op
erators, It Is said, will go out at three
o’clock.
Seventy-five of the seventy-eight
men employed In the Western Union
cable office at No. 16 Broad street Join
ed the strikers and were Joined Imme
diately by those In the Harlem offices,
and the branch exchanges throughout
the city.
Police Start Row.
The Western Union officials refuse
to make any statement. This morning
they placed private policemen at the
entrance to the building and as soon
as the signal to quit work was flashed
In the operating rooms, the reserves
of the Church street police station were
summoned by telephone. The police
were responsible for all the excitement
In the neighborhood.
Pedestrians Mauled.
Instead of quieting any disorder that
might arise, they seemed bent on do
Ing everything possible to make It
place in Georgia—not a public place.
Is a club room, where'a definite number of men meet, a public place? If it
is, then the prohibition law prohibits the keeping of liquor in such a place. The
proviso to my amendment covers this.
If it is not a public place, then the members of such a club can keep it, not
for sale, but for their individual use.
Thus stands the prohibition bill as introduced and passed.
Having fought the sale of liquor in clubs in my home town consistently and
persistently, I early saw the danger in the bill and suggested that it prohibit the
' eeping of liquor in clubs. Our friends thought then we had all on our hands we
could manage without bringing on us the opp>
r thi
bringing on us the opposition of the social club members of
Georgia. I yielded, and I was right under the circumstances in yielding.
Then, with the bill in this shape as passed, the question presented itself to
* ' ‘‘ ‘ ‘ no
me: Is it better to tax (not license )a thing which can exist without tax.
Without tax under the bill any ten negroes in Georgia can have
their
room where they may keep their liquor for individual use. With the tax, they
y $300 ’simply for the privelegc of keeping their liquor. Which is best?
must pay
We are confronted with a condition, not a theory.
The time for shouting is passed, the time for practical detail work in the
enforcement of this law is at hand. With this tax we have all clubs in Georgia in
the open—thoroughly located. Without it, they may be in every cellar; in reali
ty a “blind tiger,” and when found but and arrested claim they are “lockers.”
This “It ' ‘ *
locker” arrangement is not half the evil taxed as it will be untaxed.
“Lockers” taxed will have a heavy burden to bear: 1. Room rent. 2. The hire
of men to keep them. 3. The expense of building. 4. A $300 tax. 5. The cer
tainty that the legislature in 1908 will abolish them.
Now let me state plainly what ought to bo done: The senate has the right
to amend by striking the $300 and inserting $10,000. As a matter of fact, I drew
for Mr. Sheffield, of Decatur, the $10,000 tax amendment he introduced in the
house, and which was defeated. I was unfortunately absent when he introduced
the amendment and could not help him. With this amendment defeated in the
house nothing else could be done except put back the old tax of $300 and appeal
to the senate to raise it to $10,000.
If I had not put the amendment on in the house, so that the senate could
amend it, then the senate of their own initiative could not place any tax on it at
all, all tax sections having to originate in the house.
So if our friends want to help us, let them, before they go into tho public
print and denounce us, know what we are trying to do, and now knowing it, aid us
with all their power, in the senate, to strike from the amendment $300 and insert
$10,000. SEABORN WRIGHT.
BASEBALL
FIRST GAME.
ATLANTA.. 00. ... fg.~ •
Bham... 02 -- .
Catleton went In to pitch the opening
game of the double-header with Blr-
minghan), and Sweeney took the place
behind the bat.
For the visitors. McWeller pitched
and Lattlmer caught.
FIRST INNING.
Molesworth grounded to left and on
Castro’s wild throw went to second,
He wae caught napping off second a
moment later. Demont doubled to left
Smith popped out to short and Demond
was doubled out at Beconi througn
Paskert'a fast work. ONE HIT; NO
R Becker filed out to left. Winters
walked. Paskert grounded to third:
Winters out at second. Paskert stole
second. Fox grounded to ehort; Paskert
. .. -L.-J K'u HITS' N’O RUNS.
MRS, ALICE A, HENRY
SUES FOR DIVORCE
A suit for total divorce and alimony wna
filed Monday by Mr*. Alice Anatln Henry,
of Atlanta, against J. F. Henry, formerly
an Atlantan, but now a resident of Mobile,
Ala., on the ground that he was In lovs
with another woman, a resident of Atlanta,
but whose name was not mentioned, and
that at a result be was •cruel and Inhuman
hi* wife and little daughter, Harsh
out at third. NO HITS; NO RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Gardner walked. Meeks tripled to
deep center, scoring Gardner. Walters
popped out to third. On a wild throw
>y Coatleton to third, Meeks scored.
Alcock fanned. Latimer walked. Mc
Weller fanned. ONE HIT; TWO RUNS.
Race Results.
E ar that the strikers were disorderly.
fit’ ....
ounted policemen rode over the side
walks shoving pedestrians Into the
street. One policeman afoot seemed to
think that a strike wae the occasion of
distinguished service and he began
mauling all pedestrians in sight. As
a result more policemen were summon.
Continued on Page Three,
EMPIRE CITY.
First Race—Corncob. 7 to 10. won;
New Garter, 7 to 1, second; Lady
Slchal, 8 to 6, third. Time. 1:07 3-5.
Second Race—TaunL » to 6( won;
Kemp Rldgely, 5 to 2, second; Betsy
Binford, third. Time, 1:45 3-6.
8ARAT0GA.
First Race—8ewelL 2 to 5, and I to
2, won: J. C. Core. 7 to 6, place, sec
ond; Main Chance, third. Time, 1:24
4-5.
JBL ienry states tbnt ths rend letters
from the other woman to her hnslmnd and
that they were of nn affeettonnte charac
ter. She said that,she could only guess
their relationship. These letters.
claims, were In her possesalon until her
husband forced her to give them up.
The petitioner recltei a number of In
stances of nlteged brutality. Bhe soys her
husband often -truck her, knocking her
down, threatens* to kill her, choked her
end otherwise abused her, sometimes In the
Mr. Henry moved to
_Jle wife allege* L
fives In Ronth Carotins and he sent for
visiting rein-
aaHBiaaai be >Mct tor
her sister, Mrs. 8. J. Cole, nnd told her to
from him, as he was tired of them.
Mrs. Henry Is represented by Attorney
II. C. Erwin.
DEATH FROM GUN8HOT,
IS VERDICT OF JURY.
The coroner’s Jury brought a verdict
of "death from a gunshot wound" over
the body of W. D. Smith Monday.
The funeral services will be con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the family residence, 108 Park ave
nue. The Interment will bo In Oak-
sho land cemetery.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* each day aoma
economic fact In reference to the onward
progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Hirers’ Record that the cotton factory vlliVHBHIHPiBBHH|PMP
die* nud 3.600 loom* and will Unve a large plant lu connection to finish the tex
tile proolncta manufacture*!. It la also pro|>o*cd to construct ft railroad brtdj
* • - ovlde n:
nn outlet for the proposed coal de-
opmonts of tho t’hnttanooga Uornpany, Limited, which conti
id In that territory; also to furnish transportation to various
across the Tennessee river In order to pror:
ponies operating
the Montlakn Cm
Hamilton Cost C
(controlling 6,600 acres of coal and umDer uina; mi signal mini, mis company being
owned by Pennsylvania and Ohio capitalists. It I* understood that Northern capi
talists bare large financial Interest* In the Wachovia mills. The company was
Incorporated last year with a capital stock of 31,600,0».
It la of Interest to note that construction la progressing at Kannapolis, X. C..
on the two Idg mills of which full particulars have previously be«*n stated In The
Manufacturers* Record. These two plants will represent tho Investment of 11.600,-
125 I*y
l«hlng building, three stories high, 100 by 30) ’feet. ’Thirty thou
•00 looms will be operated. The Patterson mill will include a 125 b;
structure, with 75 by 100 foot wing. Twenty thousand spindle* and **> loom*
will be operated. Contract* for erecting the mill building* were awarded nr ftfO.OO).
The companies art. also building saventy-flve operative*’ cottage*. and mere will he
erected. They are prtwldlng general town facilities, such ns water worm, electric
lighting plant*. Improved street* and sidewalks, sewers. *tnre buildings, artificial
take, theater. 75,MO-gallon tank for fire protection, etc. The cotton mill* will he
driven by electricity furnished by the Southern Power Company, of Charlotte, N.
C., which expects to be supplying Kannapolis enrly In 19o-».
id spindle*
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