| Show A Sulher tiaver wthe IIcmnllh I ol tlioKlllslitii AtiousTA Ga April 21rwo vvcoks ago the executive committee of tho Knights of Labor presented a petition to tho presidents of the cotton mills Betting forth certain concessions which they would like to hays nrndo including the submission of charges to tho board bofora tho discharge of nny Knight of Labor also nn advance of IS per cent in wngen Ihcro nro eight mills employing shoot 1000 hinds most of whom are Knights l nlr Tho residents to dny issued a circular to imploTcs entirely ignoring Iho ICmitght ho aeholelt they on among other fi vISg folthr thuinco ts dechhmus most pasitivoly to reoolIiz aay uutsillo Interferoneo between our elllployol amid onrsches Vo are allvas replied to confer with you ns emplovos bat in no other capacity upon all subjects of common interest Wo recognize that rate wages is I n fair subject of agreement between unplojerH and cmplocs and that the right to work or quit working for mother belongs nosolutelv to every p IOT who is not n convict or slave amid Ohio right to employ or not to employ another h 1 nbtoluto nnd incontcstible Ihcho rijatn call only bo limited by the partiei themselves Wo shall therefore bo glad to receive and fairly consider any communication com-munication front our employes ns nook but wo will not ullov I am outside pirties to mnmiga 0111 II ntnnirs The UI Knights met tonight to-night amid decided to notify the presidents that then vould treat through their executive execu-tive board |
