Show EM OF A STRIKE In llurcnrrlllo the Knights of Labor prow to on alarming extent They would mitt In tho town hill every Saturday night and It was tatid at one time that every mlln and omun employed In the mills nt Durearvlllo had buii Initiated and win 1 a full Hedged member trtlhloll however luored along peneonbly until one day Ibo weave bands I In tho Kldora cotton mill read a notice ported 1 on the wall to the effect that beginning be-ginning on the first of file next month tho company would to compelled to reduce re-duce Ibo price ot wearing from 28 to S3 cents Jr holes The nest morning them appeared on tho sidewalks and on the wall of many homes siano mysterious chalk marks The EU110 night about 8 oclock n gnat stream of people could bt seen going toward to-ward the city ball and then the uninitiated uninitiat-ed began to spmlc of thu chalk mark and most their Iwd Illicit InKly The Knights kept their own counsel anti It was absolutely lmpo lblo to obtain any Information os to their Inttntions Hut the Indication appeared to point to n UK strike All the next morning llttlo knoti 01 workmen about the fcldorn mill could bo soon evidently illmurelng the sltaitlcn Before 10 oclock It was onnotincrd that n commltteo of Knights compo eil 01 Franklin W itaon the Udorn superintend cnt who strange to say wa n loading spirit among the Knights avid two work Mea would wait upui Julian Careens slots president and also prnldeutof blKKei toluicco factory In town to protest against the Proposed reduction Mr Carson was 0 fair man Rod dla powd Id nltlc the matter to Iho natMno lion or all startles concernisl But on sec end thought bo rcfirred It nil to Genera Innagor CookKhaw U < rlnlendent Watson an fc > Vrr for the ooiiinHIM told tho general manager that khould the proixiwd reduction In I mado u strike ol the Ulora employee would follow and ndrlsul ngalnst lu Ill run this mill ncronllnc to my own Idem CookihawRild > nndirutnnytlni our Jienplo become dlBsatlBdcd and want to quit they call do to There are thousand of Idlo wilrkracn 4vho would bo only too glad to 1111 thrir placet A strike was Inaugurated General Manager Coukihiw becnmo ob Etlnnto and dcclarvd flint ho would sweep the Knights of Labor trom Ibo face ot the earth But Ida effort to nil the plaera ot tbo strikers were absolutely fruitless Iho light In n fcwihiTS began to wax exeecdlntly warm oDd a riport that all the cinr > loco < of tho other mills would bo called lout In sympathy created no llttl cltement Tho riport KM true for In Ions than clx hours from the time It had gained currcn oy not wheel ot machinery In Iurcar > 111 Nina turning Everything was tied up tighter than a drum Jlualnc was completely paraljzcd clogged In it Cew days there wool bo suffering and starving among the people lor they wire nil of the poor class and < their KII JOIN did not amount to n great deal It would norrr do The strlko must bo eetllnl The people of DurcorTlllo were of a Tory nllglnui tiniramcnt 1 here wno n great Icbor In Durant vlllo ot tho name uf Ixiuiannon tho liar George 1oIooosonllIl1 hc was a power tooBrother Brother Lomanson would preach twice every Sunday bury all Ibo dead officiate at every marriage weep when others 1Opt nnd lauoh when they laughed II lo woul visit file sick comfort tbo dying and was I think an Ideal lllago pastor although ho bail full sway In nuvcarvlllo of ncnrl 10000 oj uiatlon llrothrr Lomanson took a hand in the strlki Sunday ko prcnchetl from Ibo text uTL lalKtir U worthy ot his hire The church was crowded nnd otter th 0 regular kervlcos tho preacher announced that tho ncxc morning nt 10 oclock there would be n masi rneitlng of tho People 01 Uunurvllltf ut tho public square and be vanted ciTybody to bo on hand It Is needless to any that the cntLrtjpp |