, 1879-04-25
MARINE NEWS.
The Sailors Wages-Battle still
Going on with Varying
Results.
Opening Of Navigation at Buffalo and
the Straits.

The ottler, anG prHctGds tu ahor how II a'l came
about. Tic sailors ut tic htadquartcr OF the
Gnaou felt encouraged over the ncUs received
tint the Straits wc1c open aud The prospocs that
tna.l far crews. Frssel.owners had It
lncueo 10 ship At SlD pcr day
sith viii wiIch 9 10 @ r.y EXPENSES Tha Uniou nsn
denttl tlle report in toto, anu at their meeting
In Tie afternoon sea!llrtnc1 tic action of the
organization previously taken on the wages
question.
4 1utnor was current that the shippers at
Muekcgon hat refused TO load three Scssc[a
lowed over there ny tic tug Protection, bdcauso
The crat da s h1vs ss,fnt ,sg n IL. nsapsa arert
heavy Weather on their return. The Union
saflors. Of course, credited the report and ma.le
merry over It, anil tlcrc were those who aIe not
particularly Interested IN Tie wages contest who
gave cscderec to It. The vcsscl.o"ners said Il
vas not time Tor the tug tu return-thc vessels
had not 1nIshcA loading. Lhts last oYen!nE no
word had been reccivcd from tic Protection, bat
she Is expected In port to-day.
AnotlME TOW, co!.sissiug Of The sehEs J. Y.
Jones, Minerva, Al!tatross, ana Mrrti!c, was
tnade up during ,le DAY. md the tug uardnor |
Ia. ssseS " w \ for n hsrR wGe[o
g; S' II j. + I'D 'sno:f :9'' p'sa ,hsa' ',s
on tlle doeks At Muskeron, a,d there need b.
no uGl1y Ill lOauJuE FCA9ctb ~ L4t nHlpFGs3 4tO
willing 10 let them have !. and take the risk:
The Gardner gets 80 or IS cents lor every l,ou
feet oi lumber l'cr tow carries. le Sailors a.
sert tiat It will cost tls vessels ~ ceGta pee
tho owners and masters will not try It As
regular thing. Tile arrangement may be
good one tor those TUGS Thai, can burr slabs,
nt,l especially for the boats tint have been en'
gngel, tnr The reason that they wcre lying Idle
here. 1t,cu, agaiu, the op"ntag UP OF the grain
trade will begin Mt once on the strength
Of the dispatches from Buffalo tl1at
navigation Is open to Tint port, aud from
n schooner was making her way through from
Lake Ilurnn, nnd The tugs will be needed here.
The nuws thus received Will probably cause
detnnnd for aators, tho fleet Of grai1'carrie,s
ulreuty loaded In this port and prepared to sol
| will cnEsge crews without delay.
Some morp figuring was done yesterday BY
the Union 6catnen to show iat tt'Gy did not
demand more than fair wage in usklng e a
day. An old sailor In the Muskcgon trndc gave
days tns 1'itoSS for &oooo feet vessel: Captain,
per day, sl5.?5; four sailors, At g day eaet,,,
$50; towing bill at MuskrEon, SIS; towing bills
In Chicago $50; v!etuallng expenses. sl4: total
expenses, s174.75 freight on 2o0 ooo fgcs OF hum
iayor OF the ownur Of the vessel $75.25. The
same man safd that round trip was generally
made In three days, but for the sake Of figuring
to satisfy tic resscf.orners he had allowed
paclty OF tic lumber vessels wns a00, GO feet,
md they averaged two trips week In the Mus-
kcgon tratlo. Vessels that rau to the Lumber
| Market always paid thcir nen0n and discharged
them, which reduced tho average pay of sailors
to 81 a 1ny.
Another sailor stated that he earned s1s7 last
season between April and Dec. 4, with wages
Its and siS a MONTH 4 third saia tllat he
averaged 10 cents day bGtwcen Oct. 20 md
Nov. 20. Inst wear, In The Muskegon trade, With
wages fsoln 50 to $3.50 per dny, aud no sailor
averaged s1.25 Jay. The eeusnan who loft
this port Tor alu5kcQ0M was required TO 6tand
lis wAtel, Of four u eight huurs, and on his ar-
rival there he commenced 10 stow away lumber
IN The vessels hold, xorkius sll dag L H. 81
Gncoso stopI .c s nex. opnr ai on ~ attg
the Lambsr MARKET !s WIS paid Of ,a an, al; as;
mascuinr usrson-statea t!iat he began sailing
last season, On the 18th Of April, nna laid Up
Nov. is, having lost one trip Of fifteen DAYS.
The wages weru from 81 TO fl.25 per duy, mud
!. IIe said tI,ut II wns the best scnson he ever
sailed, and he did not believe iye sailors on thu
lakes lid as well. Lie was one Of the crew OF
the schr 1scrthn Itarnes.
ss %ss sas iis:s st s' s sss':
viii tbose Of, the scaboari, and ilcy earned ,al
l,ettcr pay. Tic proposition was made last sca
. moi monthly WAGES anl they refused. The Uuio,
senmen AID tl,at. as a mart Of The scheme, iEt
owters wanted them to unload ihe ycssscls OF
their arrival here, md thus do the work don't
Uplou sailors reported tllnt tho schr AustralI,
nrriysd Yesterday III Il leaking condition, witt
G liar crew al fnrrncrfeuccd men at The pumps
r md ono nun, Yl,t, was the only one ou boart
ah,e To- to steer ' tie ycssel, had been ut tic whec
), for fully twenty -four hours, and was conpletel,
Thus each side makes out IT, respective case