Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-22
THE LO66ERs IN SESSION..
rHIY WILL Asa THAT THE PUar1 sousp
gRoKfRAoR ASSOCIATIONS Dc DIS
soiysD. AND DEMAND MORE
EQUITABLE SCALE yob
IHEIR 1IMBKH.

Some time ago the fac. vas published
that the IoeRers Of Puget sound had .
grievances, which they would Geek to
remedy through concerted scsion and
organization. As ons OF the loseers
expressed It. the grievance 10 ss foIlovs:
The uiil owners. not content with liv
tng and iettiDQ live, organised them
selves into corporation known a. the
pnRet SJuud Brokerage Association.
wish the svowed object OF regulating
the price Of logs on Puget sound. or IL
osher words, they COZ biped TO do away
with all competition 10 buying logs.
The Logger. uubek uown to Themselves
sere psrcellsd cot suouR the different
mills. and logger Who had bsen set
down rs belonging to MeieRs. at Msdi-
sou vas debarred from eeiilpg bis logs
elsex here, as one OF the terms of the
combination provided for this"
The matter vas talked over by the
iogeefs aud IL vas finally sgreed that
there should be Q convention OF loRRers
held In Seattle on Wednesday, March
2lst, to discuss their grievances and de-
vie ways and means to remedy then.
The nrst meeting vas be Id in the cham
Der of com merce rooms yesterday after
noon, With closed doors, at which about
forty representative loRaers were pre-
sent. After an interchange Of ideas
aod q general discussion Of the whole
matter, a Committee vas appointed to
formulate and submit plan Of orgAni-
alton, to be Submitted TO q full meet
ing 10 be held 10 the evening. For the
crescent the proceedings are conducted
secretly, but the leaders of the move
mept say that a. soon as the orRanizs-
ton has taken definite shape 3, posters
will be admitted to the meetings.
A prominent logger. In speaking Of
the objects of the combination said:
Some, OF course, entertain extreme
viess, bus for my part, all Am 10
favor OF demanding 10 that the opera
tions Of that Brokerage Association be
permanently suspended, and that uui-
form and honest scale be adopted by
the milling companies, % that tbs log
gers viii Rss . fair shake when they sell
their logs."
ais the logging Interests OF the Sound
pretty well represented" asked the re-
porter.
Eyes, vs have the leading losgers on
the sound With a.. Among those Who
have already arrived from various Sec
,ions. are Z. Coulter, Of North Bay, J. X.
Mcdonald, Of 6stssp. Dadley Blanchard
from samisb. the Day boys. and other.
from ekaeit, Z. D. Smith. Isssc Os,h
cart, T. Elweli and others from Hnohs-
n,se. Terrence OBrier. from stuck
Juoctior, James MonoGue from equak,
and many others whose nance I do not
recall. I. q. Ellis. Of Olympia, tele
sfsphsd he would be here this evening. IS
lis there any foundation for the
rumor that the big camps will shut
down this week
II sincerely hope that II will not be
necessary to resort TO soch an extrem
ity. bat II /, IL necessary to close down
oar csnrs TO secure our rights. ve will
% 50"
DO the ieseers SEEM in e.rues. In
tsis usitsfy'
They certainly DO, and they oil de-
clsre tsey will stand together. We
cannot afford 10 make q failure Of this
movement at this time. A failure rov
~oal3 mean distraction of the leg
eine interest on Puget sound
"will you DO anything tn the way o!
fxirg the price 90 he pad for log.f'
No. that IL nos cur object At eli. We
are uot orsNuixlna to raise the price o!
logs above the present prices. and Oil
be satisfied With loser rfi,es vssneve,
the state Of tbs timber markss d.
mands is. hat zhsi ve ut IL the pris
iiese OF seiline our logs wbsrs and tc
~eem 1e see Ct. Al as high pfice q.
90 San get for then. without any ont.
side interference. aud to accomplish
that obi,cs ws will stand irm SD
omitted"