, 1879-04-21
MARINE NEWS.
Tho Wages Conflict Between the Ves-
=, sci Owners and the:
:. Sailors.
Renorts from Roth Sides Concerning tue
Raio Crews Hare Been
Shipped At.
Meeting OF the Searner1's Union
Yesterday Afternoon.

II R.stlrts to Stand By Two Dollars 9ay md Fro
pares for' AttIeu. ..lmportant Proceed.
ings of Canadian ttssti lien.
THE WAR or WAGES. |
Thcwar Of wages bctwecn the 1ttnber-Vcsscl-
Owners Association and tho Chicago Branch III
tic Lake Scamcn's Union goes on apncc. Noth-
ing Of an exciting character OCCURRED along tlc
: docks ycstenlay, tic uaual sahhath-!lRo aH'ct
prcyanu everywhere. The Union satlors were
orderly, ind made 10 demonstrations OF a
threatening or tlsotlcr1y character about any OF
the ycsse!s at lcnst nuno were reported. On
tile other hand,-as witty Jack far stated d,-the
tnsscl.owncrs and n,asters we're atso qnlet, n,ta @
dit, not require the attention OF tllc police. iho
wind blew fair from the southeast during tle
uav, and about Twenty-Five tumbcr sluakcrs LOOK
advantage OF It and lift port. 'lhe uuion salt
cailned that a. Of ts e5ait TS ~ 'at a. Isat
ono of tbosc rirarcd Grey at trip figure,
second paid sl.75 10 non-un'ot men, and .he
thisd was reported DIS doubtful on tlo wages Wages
paid $3.50 per daY, but the names OF tie
vessels were not given. Tho Union sailors re-,
ported the following GRATIS as naymmg w = engaged
ner man: schrs Myitle, Minnie slawso,, E. z.
IL rsatt, potomac, G. L. s!eve's, J. D; Mcrrill,
GpyseSaa ese sa aGas ssa;nss a IN osfes srer
i'ii of tie s vessels that were under orders, a1'l
which the cousIgnecs Ind asrssd With VI tug Tug
ssta''s susp ts a'a was II psis ss
tIsd. nei,i ,,1o st,'' sehr 3'' chases Lu'ing was
Tie unly ono that departed, ind IL could not be
definitely asccrtainod whne wages nef ere" was
nnon sailors reported tat they Ind refused
to shin on Capt. Jot,ts Anderson's schr 1ycr
l.aweon bcca1lse Of his bitter ansnsonlstn to
. theft interests The Uninn saiors themselves
reported tlut tic Bclir Peoria i!ad engaged q
crew OF non-Unon men at sl.75 per day per
man. ,x.
conflicting, md nro given as far US could bo as-
Late last evening it was reported .lat tlie
schrs Truman Moss aui Lumt,er1nan ilRu leit
Tilt. scnr Z. Il D1aRe+ 1t WIS asrertaiicd, pad
s1.50, but had only three men, two Of whom n
wcru not experienced sattors. Ille schr Ailee
Richards got ono man at less thnn ~ Der day,
thrcu Ut her crew Of four mcu having nrcn shap-
ped vt stnpitowoc bcforr she came 70 this p,rt.
About o'cltrk IL the afternoon the members
Dohomian Hail, Taylor street. near Canal, md
soon flled tlIu large auditorium III It's fullest
capacity. Reporters who wcFo present wero nov
admitted during the deliberations, but were fur
piaf,cd Will. fhe result ttlrreof, ai,d :wcro III
1in aud nnaain'oas @ ~ Richard Powers, President Of
The organization, orcupied tug chair
Tile action taken by the L,lmbe- Vessel
Ow,lers' Association at ita mrusng sat'
ur1ny was read from tho report =, IN
yesterdays TRIBUNE atnl discussed. toeetl!ct
with u communication from mulnber urging .
compromise with the ycsBe!-owncfs. !he latter
was tabled by unanimous vote. and tle follow
inE resolution WIS adopted Without u1sscntl1lg
voice: ...
.Hesolred, That the Chicago seamen's. Dcncvo
lent Union, III mAsa. meeting assembled: unnnt.
ouay inaosr tho asfiS Of T., ast uhn'ssdas n'ea
A DOCUMENT signed by thirty boarding-hnus'
keepcss, agreeing TO furnish tn: members of til
Union board ind lodging during thu lockout
was rsad an.l rsssivSl ,, wtsl loau app'aaso a''<
"A Co,nnittcs Of Twynty-tse WIS ;appolute,
TO keep watct' Oh a1l ycsscls with u slow t.
asecrta'ning at wagcs tl,,r sfgTs m ~ urr sh!pps
III, said CuMlnitter t0 bc divided Into aub'coln-
m1ttccs 6o as u corur thu cntira riVer
j. Mcssra Forbes, cossrove, and Thompson wc1
appointed d coinmiitce to wait upon Potlst
Superintendent Srayey aiid aegnalnt him Wit
tlu fact tl!at the members OF tho Union desire
falr p,av ollly. and inlcndstl to n,nsntnsn tig1
rights In a law-ab!dnE manner, alMl Askcd til
Batne protection tint tho vchscl.OW1crs had.
1t NUS decided 10 hold meetings ut The unio
beadouartors, corner of Market ntld WashLngto
streets, eycry afternoon a. o'elotk until til
TIC press Was voted thanks for ialr reports Q
the Untull'A uttiOn.
The President announced that lle would NJ
receive nuy SALARY .uriug thu continuance Of IL
difficulty. liz also took occuslou to say. til.
the report IN an evening pnpcg TIM the bn'o
was rlotous denomination SATURDAY Was y
WrnnEs tue uetnDef8 "clc fctuFHHh lFuuI II
funeral Of decreased comradc, mud WI
mt out for 4 detl1onstratlo!. Tie unlt
saliors wcra go!ng to SHOW !Le people tl!'
tiloy wera law.ab!dIng eistzrns. They wcrv tol'
lug out for 33.00 Ecr dny, md they intended
rrI,a!n ltr.n in their dcmaud for TINT rate, y
causa 1t .was no sno.o than falr aH'l Just III.
they shoulu have It, Tie Com.nittecs were y
strar1ca to trca, everybody r'si''y and not
nbnAc any onc. Theru wcre ii n,l1her OF ltse
prcsunt who wero Eoug nut Ut $2.00 per da
They iguurtd ll.u resolutions of thu l.nnoe
A. tiytIk,
to gut, but would bu very much oolg'
to It II theY would ret higher Y; r., ra,t
@ k,naiY iT'e cared % for BY tie UnIou, a,,d would
seIlt back II they wanted to 70.
Subscriptions .we'u snatls W tnany .naEbc
10 my expenses incurred by thu lncknut.
a LETTER was received iru,n bt. Eutlarlne
Out, stating thu, q sea.nen's un|on hal bc
organlzel there With 157 lncnbers, nni ask
recognition Ut thu hands or the chicago Unll
A resolution WAk passed according tl1Glli i
privileges OF t4u CItcago brunch, nnu the Pre-
dent was instructed to communicate With t
.i'hc Prcsitlcnt, and Messra. MorrIsscy, Wn
took, and Forbes were selected as con,tnitt
to confer with tile Llniber-Ytsscl unuade
Union IA regard to matters rc'atit', to the pr'
4 telegram was read from, tho MsIwauk
hra,!ss, sta!I'p' a! lint that body would ss" Ill
li!e is uuiosn ssi adjourned shortly after o'clos
Lively Times are cxpceted today. ~
parties say thry aro fully dctes!nincl to ha
out, aud will nuyer gtys UP the slltp
MARINE INSURANCE.
Tho following Ia u correct schedule OF u
rates fixed By the Executive Committee vi
Board Of Lake Underwriters ut its recent INT
1nE: ......-.
ON OHAlN.
From Lake Michigan u Lake ErIe-On A :
scls, We: Il vessels, :4!5c nct.
From Lake Michigan 10 Lake llurou~O1
vessels he net; ], i vessels, :s}G net.
From Luke Michigan 10 l.Aku Ontario I
Ogdcs'sburg~Ou A vessels, y0c net; d / vcss'
15c net.
From Lake Michigan to Moutreal-A yess'
b0r net; D vessels, t0c net.