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The *Work of Negroes on the
Steamships Down South.
Great Skill Required in the Handling of
the Heavy Bales—The Men Always
Cheerful and Singing While
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’: Itis a. problem in mechanics to load
a cotton ship—to fill every«cubic‘ foot of
freight room with the awkward rec-
tangular bales—and some men are so
much more skilled than others in this
science that it often makes-a difference
of 400 'or $500 bales in a 2,000-ton ship
.and that amount of loss in the profit of
the voyage. Therefore, the stevedores
sand screw-men receive big wages, per-
haps the largest that are paid to
negroes anywhere in the world, for
:most of the longshoremen in the South
Atlantic are of that race, says the Chi-
Acago Record.
. In New Orleans they are nearly all
white men—Italians, Swedes and Irish-
_ men—and the riots that we read about
in the papers were due to the introduc-
tion of negro packers and screwmen
from Galveston to take the place of the
whites. ,
The screwmen are dividedinto gangs
of five, with a foreman, and the whole
are under the direction of a chief
stevedore, who is usually a white man,
and acts as superintendent of the dock.
Each gangoccupies a hatchway of the
.steamer, and five men are :all that can
conveniently work in such a narrow
space. _ '
The cotton comes from the plantaa
.tion on the cars or upon fiat‘boats. The
bales as they leave the . plantation are
loosely packedfi— generally four feet
high—and: the first thing when they
reach the dock is to tumble them into
a hydraulic press, which reduces their
bulk by one-half and makes it possible
to pack twice as many in the hold of a
steamer.
The truckmen pass back and forth
between the pile of bales and the ship
in a procession, rapidly and in perfect
time, and it is an awkward and “wuth-
less nigger,” as the foreman said, who
ever touches a bale with his hands.
Some of them put on jaunty airs,
strike attitudes, and introduce fancy
steps as if they were at a cake walk,
particularly when spectators are watch-
ing, but that is unprofessional, and the
serious and self-respecting truckman
“totes his bales” without trying to at-
tract attention. They sing as they go,
but for the life of me I could not catch
the words, and when in an interval I
asked one to repeat the verses he re-
plied:
“Dey ain’t none.
truckers’ song.”
The refrain sounded like “Oh rio rily
oh, oh rio rily oh,” and it was evidently
nothing but gibberish. It appears that
. the several gangs have their” own par-
ticular songs, and I judged from what
the foreman told me that the words
were usually without meaning, or sim-
ply a series of r1151 li'.ll::ll wands with
terminations that rilyined, invented by
some one of their numbt and sung to
familiar airs.
The truckman drops the bale at the
edge of the dock, or tosses it by a jerk
of the handles of his truck over the
gunwa-les of the vessel; then a man ad-
justs the grapplingiron and shouts a sig-
nal to the engineer at tho Windlass,
who turns his lever, and, hoisting the
bale into the, air, lets it swiftly down
into the hold, where the five artists are
waiting to pack it away.
It is hot work below, and the packers
and screwmen are usually barefooted
and naked above the waists, while per-
spiration rolls down their massive
muscles. Each has a hook in his hand,
and they seize’ and toss the 500-pound
bales as a. Japanese juggler plays with
plates.
Five hooks are in the cotton the in-
stant it touches bottom, and they seem
to work like a slbt machine, for one
does not pull one way and another an-
other, but by united, simultaneous ef-
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fort the great package is lifted, and I
drops into the very place where the
boss wants it to go.
Then at intervals they get out a big
jackscrew that must weigh 500 pounds
and ,crowd the bales together until the
hold of the ship is one solid mass. One
end of the jackscrew is placed against
a bale and the other end against a
piece of heavy oak timber four or five
inches square, which is notched to keep
the screw from slipping, and can be in-
clined against the side of the ship or
one of its stanchions, so that a good
purchase may be obtained. The screw - '
is worked by a double crank, and ohc
man holds it in position while the other
four turn.
“nosing up.” _ .
All this is done to a musical accom-
paniment—I suppose a negro always
, sings when he works—but the songs of
the screwmen are different from those
of the truckmen, and the air that goes
with the jackscrew is not the same that
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That operation is called ..
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qgwrs a ati' ”Ia,”
' is sung when the Screwmcn are placing
the bale in position. . >
These stevedores have work only
about six months in the year, but while
' they are at it they receive good pay.
They work by the piece—that is, so
much money for storing away so many
bales, and the foreman, who gets the
job and selects his own associates, gets
one-half more than they.
During the cotton season, for 12 or 14
hours’ work, he will average $7.50 a day
and they 35‘, if they are skillful and en-
ergetic. The truckers are paid by the
‘ , ,hour, and make from $1.25 to $1.50.
‘gBetween' seasons the screwmen en-
gage in other occupations, cultivating
gardens, doing; plantation work, or fol-
lowing any trade tliat they may have
learned; but they are universally 're-
garded as superior beings, like bull-
fighters in Spain and baseball players
in the United States.
will carry {increases rapidly with its
tonnage. For example, a 1,000-ton ship
will carry 6,000 'bales; a 1,500-ton ship,
9,000; 'a 2,000-ton ship, 15,000, and a 3,000-
ton ship, 30,000 bales. '
flow a Crowd Gathers.
“Ever see a crowd gather?” asked
the man ‘with (chi-n whiskers, as be lit
a cigar.
“No; can’t say that 1 ever did.”
“"1 thought not. The crowd was
there when 'you came along. But I
'helped for this one.”
“What di you do?”
“Stopped to admire a' cute‘ little
shaver in a baby-cab. The child was
playing with a'small dog, and the two
made a picture.”
“ ‘But about the crowd?”
“Some ladies stopped to look at the
baby, then some children to play with
the dog. 'That made a gathering on
the sidewalk, and others wanted to
see what they were looking at, and
there .was soon a big crowd that
couldn’t see anything.” ‘
“Meanwhile you were obstructing
the sidewalk.”
“But you never saw a crowd dis-
persed as quickly.”
" ‘Policeman?” -
“Not much! That baby wrinkled up
its nose and began to cry. In two sec-
onds there wasn’t a soul in sight. The
crowd had melted into thin air. ”—De-
troit Free I’ress.
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One Point of Diflerence.
“Yes, indeed,” said the old man,
thoughtfully, after his Wife had deliv-
ered a dissertation upon the progress
of the sex, “the new woman is vastly
different from the old.”
“I thought you would realize that in
time.” she returned, rather sharply.
“l have just been reading,” he went
on, “how girls used to be sold by their
parents, and some of them brought
fancy prices.”
heaven!” exclaimed the new woman,
proudly. “Woman has asserted her-
self, and—” '
“No, there’s none of that now,” in-
terrupted the old man. “That’s all
past. A man does not buy a wife in
these days.”
“I should think not!” .
“Certainly not. It’s all changed; all
changed. Now, he has to be paid to
take her, and her poor, old father has
to wreck his bank account to provide
the dowry. Yes, I admit that the new
woman, Maria-”
Then the door was slammed. as she
indignantly left the room.—Chicago
Times-Herald. r
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Another Application.
A certain schoolmaster occasionally
compares achievements of his pupils
with the work of noted men in their
boyhood days, much to the scholars’
disadvantage. ,
“Now, John, have you solved the
problem?” asked the teacher, the other
day.
“No, sir,” replied the boy; “I can’t.”
“How old are you, John?”
“Sixteen,” was the answer.
“Sixteen!” repeated the instructor.
“Sixteen, and can’t solve a simple
problem like that? Why, sir, at your
age George Washington was surveying
the estate of Lord Fairfax.”
The pupil looked thoughtful, but
made no reply.
After the class was dismissed a-class-
mate inquired of‘ him if! Washington
ever did anything else remarkable
when he was sixteen?
“I don’t know,” responded the boy,
“He wasa surveyor when he was as
old as I am, and when he was as old as
our teacher he was president of the
United States.”—Philadelphia CalL
OUT-OF-TH E-WAY PLACES.
GREECE stands lowest in point of
wealth of all the countries in Europe.
A MADAGASCAR correspondent tells
of four hundred pineapples being
bought and delivered for a school picnic
there for one dollar—four shillings.
IN the Loo Choo islands, though
there are neither vehicles nor public
lighting, the inhabitants have letter
boxes and telephones.
HABITUAL topers are to be photo-
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ST. mm DISASTER.
Latest Estimateascale the Financial Lou
Down to $10,000,000.
prints a statement which materially mod-
gatc loss by the tornado in this city. The
article says: ' ' ‘
“No estimate of the financial loss ap-
proaching the correct figure nearer. than
several millions can bc,propared for at
least a Week, but it is already evident
that representations of loss equalling and
sometimes exceeding $50,000,000‘are as
unfounded upon facts as the reports cir-
culated by many foreign papers, that the
loss of life would reach thousands. Their
statements, made in the midst of the
weird and imperfect impressions of the
night of the storm and the succeeding day,
might temporarily be allowad to pass un-
challenged, but now that St. Louis has
partially recovered its composure and set
itself to the task of restoration, exaggera-
tion should be done away with and meas-
ures of relief fitted to actualy conditions.
With this end in view the judgment
and advice of prominent citizens with
both knowledge and cxpériencc have been
sought and obtained with the result that
the enormous total heretofore reported
has been scaled down to a more probable
aggregate. Very careful consideration
and figures justified the assertion that
the hitherto generally accepted figures,
$50,000,000, must be divided by five
to give the loss sustained. In fact, con-
servative and well informed business
men regard $5,000,000 as 13 ng nearer
the proper amount. In arrivl g' at this
conclusion all the heaviest' losses have
been considered, and the figures have been
obtained from persons in possession. in al-
most every place, of personal knowledge.
Viewing the situation in this light, it
will be seen that $10,000,000 should be
ample to cover the actual property dam-
age. This estimate has not included the
loss of furniture. This will never be
known. .
The bodies of all the clerks in the Van
dalia freighthouse have been removed
from the ruins. All of the 15 clerks in
the Chicago and Alton freight office es-
caped death, only one, J. Brady, being at
all injured. .
Thieves are active, and although sever-
al men are protecting property, the thieves
do considerable stealing. .
Several hundred suspicious characters
have been arrested by the police and mill-
tla and as the police stations are crowded
they were placed under the care of the
militia. There are many people missing
in St. Louis and anxious relatives and
friends are beginning to mourn them as
dead, as no information as to their where-
abouts has been obtained as yet.
Another lIIissourl Tornado.
SENECA, Mo., June 1.—A tornado, ac-
companied by a cloudburst of rain, has
struck this place. Twonty-five buildings
were wrecked by the twisting wind and a
dozen others were swept from their foun-
dations by the deluge of water. At least
20 lives were lost.
Every stream in the surrounding coun-
try has overfiowod and a number of bridges
on the St. Louis and San Francisco rail-
road have been swupt away. At Neoho
the storm did great damage. Three bod-
ies were found lodged in driftwood at the
latter place, but are unidentified.
All the streams of southwestern Mil-
souri had been carrying their capacity of
water, and this sudden surplus will ruin
thousands of acres of ripening grain.
- Meagcr reports received here from New
Baden, just over the line in Clinton coun-
ty, indicate that that village has been
practically wiped out of existence, only
three or four houses remaining. Twelve
people were killed.
GARFIELD STATUE.
Unveiled In Fairmount Park. Philadel-
phia, With Imposing Ceremonies.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.--The Garfield
statue, the gift of the Fairmount Park
Art association, was unveiled with impos
ing ceremonies. The actual unveiling
was done by Harry Garfield, a son of the
late ex-president, who drew the rope which
dropped the cloth covering and exposed
the statue to the assem bled thousands.
Mayor Warwick made a. brief address
and was followed by ex- United States
Senator Edmunds, who delivered a biiel
eulogy of the dead president. The statue
was then formally presented to the Fair-
mount park commission by President
John H. Converse of the Fuirmount Purl;
Art association.
The site selected for the memorial mon-
ument is on the east side of the Schuyl-
kill river, just below the Girard Avenue
bridge, in a. naturdl alcove of forest and
massive rocks, beautiful in their rugged
grandeur. The memorial consists of a
substantial granite base, supporting a
rectangular shaft of :granite, with a col-
umn at caph corner, on the top of which
rests a bust of Garfield of heroic size coal
in bronze. Before the granite shaft stands
a bronze female allegorical figure, under a
wreath of laurels,holding in her right hand
the emblems of War and peace, while he:
left gracefully reclinos on an oval bronze
shield bearing the inscription “James
Abram Garfield, President of the United
States 1881.” The monument rises to a
height of 22 feet.
Arrested For Arson.
AUSTIN, June 1.—Thc police have ar-
rested Harris Fisher, 3 young white man
and one of the most prominent citizens of
this city, for incendiarism. For the past
two weeks this city has had a {dozen in-
cendiary fires, and Fisher was caught in
- the act of firing a building. He confessed
to firing all the buildings that have been
burned during the past week and also ad
mitted the robbery of 12 United States
street mail boxes in this city about a week
ago. He expresses no regret at his hei-
nous decds. ’
\Veather Forecast. .
Cloudy weather. followed by local show-
ers; southerly winds.
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