, 1879-05-08
MARINE NEWS.
The Seamen's Union Have a Long
Talk, and Drop to $l.5o
a Day.
Vessel Owners Still Holding Out
for Association Rates on
Grain,
And Got Away with Over Half a Mill
ion Bushels Capacity.


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oA'A0N 81 70 80 r,s,, nv 3o
Altar hn,Sirr NJ, ,or c,ch.sar IA :, that.
HNst i.'."S - ~ o1s .oi ~'h"'ee, wy ~ ''.."
ooma'lu LOT saoV aas, tlc members Of INC
Scancn's Union yesterday concluded IL Wise, III
vcw OF tl,e present condition OF the lake trade,
au5 ,he fac. thnt nuito n larro number n, .o.
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eancu eenos, ot '"ls'so ''e'l' naTo oecI' ~
tfaesca nero Id uio eShecta''oi. oi 'lha'ns en-.
a day. A prottactetl discussion was Ind bcforc
Inn oc.Iou IRA. taken. hepinn,pr Tues1ov
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attesnoo" Ut o*ioe". m"u eo"sla""'I
made until yesterday norning Ut 10
o,c,ock, nt which hour Meridian Hal;,
t,,o ~ ,ho nrrou,,,,io,, ,yu. n,1,I
."s ~. ~ - a"sni. s at., on ""s "sa ~
nearly ID Its full capacity vita scamcn' ka-
postcrs were not admitted to tue deliberations,
but # was oscertajpcd Tint tho debate was
,,arn, ,,a s,r,o ,voro ,nno.oi - a ro,,,,cti,,
H. ,,'a. .,ns, ,rn. ~,
On the eiouha that the3c was no pFesc.t peec's't!
fortt; that tile movement VI vesseIs Was very
iga,, and they could not obtain bertts at s1.5o
n dov npv aooncr thun nt 5000: besides.
orn,cd I'm so,nc Marty. n w.a m oan,,..io,
se' .,s. 49,. o e, eI'''o , r"'s' ~ n,nnas,, '
LIN. .nss naa ,. nssu'oo ~ . nn a.a. "u'',ao'u , a
the other side It Y.s urged that It was perfectly
n.ortr md ,r,eo tor IN, acar,en IN ,1nrt fl,c,,,
ra,,a. w. H. rr,..nt ",ri,,,., ~ IT, f.ota,,+
se!vcs ~ lns pscS:nt m eo'us.'oa W tae me.Eh' @
market and ilx INC Tate ot wages ACCORDINGLY
They did not consider reduction under exist
tng circumstances back-1uwn; the Union had
t11c'l the rate at s2,o0a day nj n, tIno when
everything gaye promise Of n lively season on
the lakes ntlI vessel-owncrs lad rcsova1 to ad-
here to 0c freight On corn to buffalo, un,l pro-
portionnte rates wero anticipated in tho conrse
freight trade. Since thu lockout began. argued
the same side, quito n largo number
come to Chicago expecting engagements rs SEA
men, and some Of them had hccn employed Ia
preference to Union seamen, as. d moro mike
shift, and for the purpose OF breaking down
contend With, md, in order to lsecp them out,
reduction should lo made. Just before noon
yesterday a vote was taken on motion to tlx
tic ratio OF wages Mt Sl50 a day, and 1t was
bors present being r Required to carry It. ''O '~
At tue close Of tic meeting aTnrBusE re.
porter conyrrsctl with several Of tho leading
spirits In the Union, n.l found that, whlle thoso
who opposed the action taken wero strongly OF
the opinion tint 1t was unwlsc md unnecessary
ut the present time, they wurc, like BasKIs,
wjllln', and accepted the Inevitable.
Richard Powers, tho President OF tho Union,
wns interviewed, and he expressed the
opinion tI,ut tle course pursued was the
best ono under existing circumstances;
tho Union Ind demanded $2.0O day wlien tho
outlook for good season on the lakes was
bright, and they confidently expected It would
be paitt II tho dcmu1M for sailors came up to
their anttcipatons. But the season opened llp
poorly, md tho lumoor-yesscl-owncrs begun to
kick at once, md resort to various scEcincs to
lork out the Union men. However. they did not
gain much by 90 doing, auu tilr greatest trouble
the Unon bad to contend with wns the multitude
OF men from the country nnu the scaboard,
many OF whom The Unton maintained at cost
Of $1O0 .iny for ncnrly two weeks, anu yet tho
organization had over sl,0o0 In tho bank that
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