Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Union Negroes Not Wantad. [ARTICLE]

Union Negroes Not Wantad.

F. Ceilley of St. Louis, a general organizer for the American Federation of Labor, lf&s been compelled to cease his efforts to organize negro laborers of Meredlan, Miss., into local unions. Ceilley began his work at Meridian last week organizing whites and negroes into separate unions. When his purpose became known he was waited upon by a prominent railroad man, who handed him a written warning to desist. The warning was signed by E. E. Spinks, mayor, and twenty-one prominent business men. Ceilley was told plainly that If he persisted in organizing the negroes into labor unions he would be compelled to leave town.