The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-26
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ssssss O. Kssshss - LaSsr.
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neshing can be dpae toward ou~ufrr d.
mise unfsl Mr. Hi1E<r r<<arns from ys~so
st2 Shsnsd Tn naer arrange their .yosxbs<
snd eanssxt - srsa<z 20 xosx, :. before he
kefs On Tfsu-s<faJ b. xnse e-ssers 70 ~se-e
the mine tr1a4n4seiy. gfsha Egiev. 4 Gil
rasn sninev. une In the rify yexserszay. He
sefd th2x kyux men bs.s tsexn the rsnx;~sd.
e-s Ia the tro1R,lr. bar vosld s<< rsrnt.os
nam<s- He said ske Gilman naIn<-s were
nlnBs~s lsxszime<v In desiring 10 rx<urr 10
i~sen INC cszzs< ~ the Gilman n<n leaving
and Ertnx 70 Newcastle.
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me following ietser vss received iass
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! ss~ IL this ssorHsnxss f~<ue 81 the -
PER . ssxsFment ~ t<rson ~hs eixfzas
10 te master wsskrnAn Of she Knights o.
Labor ASSEMBLY, here. ssd have szkeu the
liberty 20 nd1re<s yea ~ tbe presrfr m
fprfn1at< state II s3nlr< 81 this rssaee axxfa
To da jnsatee 70 fse parties Interested sf
VIII ~ necessary ~ - bssk 10 September
last sbsfre sirne daring that nansk- sexlnx
that The dxuaa<1s ~ the sEtaers uppB the
orexsn Improvement eurayaay and their
pflie1ais were exeeeslinx reasonable boun<ts
~ nne 81 cur Bse<t5Hxs esanse1<d the pro-
pie - cease aunSY4ng tie ossefais 81 fhs
company y niskiisx pessy demands upon
usalss h. nrucf h~fser f1x ~ TN the future
~ ve voald try 10 de- y bat b jest and right
hy the esnspaay whfis the zeal trade IL Ia
M present fiours<hing condition. b<csass
II ue do This. <aId ]. when the 1nilnes of
trade sets In, time that nssss s<.aredIJ
rlals MAJ rrsepn 10 this wxy: We'll.
our employees did aaf take
advantage ~ the boom In the tnai trade 70
make shsard Demands up-sn "a. eossseS
ansuslJ ne VII not take s.lvssf4xe Of the
So~. {. esaiinasd, Il in~ rressss STATE Of
snair~, II hrlieve the eaznp&a'es would thisSk
We were asking anything cut nf place were
We 10 re4fse<f them 20 affaace wsxs-. -
that we can participate. 10 q certain extens
In the adv sneed prices 81 coal. Therefore.
moved 70 take STEPS In that direction.
The motion creAsed considerable Comment
County Commissioner Wills. the then
master workman, took ofIruse AZ some
words used, and after making quite pa
fhefie speech. ssrAtsd the char mi. eree
sfed quite habbuh. during which time
had sii kinds Of abuse shouted 1T me from
ali parts Of the halt while the fan was
going on one ys,ice shouted out pitch the
s------ OF b------ cut through the wind
ow" when quiet was restored, I c-aved
The indulgence Of the meeting for few
moments aud said, II claim the right OF .
free American eitizen 70 ysiee my opinions,
no matter II these opinions differ FROM every
other persgfi here. ~ long a. express them
In Rcnfiefaaniy manner. and in claiming
this right. ask no more than have been
willing 10 grant 10 every individual. no
matter where have fouud him
I did not attend any more Of these meet
Inxs fer three months and did not intend To
90 fherr say more A week Of two after
concluded to rsnain away from these
meetings, the engine house. etc. A. the
mine burassi down Before the engine conisi
be rcsifsed again, one side of the mine
wss on FRA when everything was In
shape To axht the FIRE the Superintendent
was cbiixc1 10 take efery man in HIS turn
lie had thus TO attempt TO snisiae q mine
IRE with meu who did not know enough
10 take rarr OF themselves In q mine geuer-
afing the noxions gasrr 81 coal burninv
Some Of these men were no nse whatever.
but then they were getting three dollars
per day. About this time the superiu-
iendsnt laid of one 81 the firemen for hny-
Ing hay on top OF the boiler. sometime
prior 10 the fre. ! win now give you
Newcastle led BY that individual who
claims 10 be- master workman, gave the
Oregon improvement company. They
sent n committee "a the suterinientesIf re-
aussfiug him 10 reinsfaie that fireman.
Ga his rvfasing 10 comply villa their re-
quest. before the ease was Investigated.
they ordered the mine closed down. al the
same time stopping pumprncn engineers
and flrcasn. Absft this time sofne
men having families here whose
there would BE- no harm IN going
elsewhere to work for month or two until
the mine was In running order AGAIN.
When the fnine resumed operations AGAIN
these men returned 90 their families think.
ing they had nothing else 10 do but resume
their places In the mine and gisd that they
had had n little work elsewhere 10 help
them "a maintain their families during the
ssappagr. Imagine the surprise Of these
men when they learned that this gentle
men and few of his associates had Motif
ed the superintendent 10 nh their places
with slate pickers from the bankers the
miner. Ia 10 picking slate and walt their
turn 10 get Into the mine again a. II they
we're lust newly hired. All these men be-
iaiigsssi 10 the Knights Of Lsfnr herewith
two exerptions-and they concluded that
n that was the Kind Of treatment they were
Knights the sooner they pulled out from
them the better, This Is what sounded the
death kneil Of the extremists In ueu castle.
These people were In the habit OF meeting
every eysninx 10 discuss their plans and a
miner named Thomas Nayior came Ia
my room aad asked me 81 go the
meetings with himself and others who hat
i.ined hands 10 hfrak upfbe tyrnnnicai ring
WIG vurs rating Newcastle more desfss;ic-
ally than any Official OF the company had
ever done. at nrrs demusfrd sad At last
consented. We went ia the meetings and
- yoa SEQ this WAS essc OF forming one
ring TO burst another These parties we're
ALWAYS shantins that we would have TO
abide by the majority a. long m their com
hiustion Was the majority, but as ss,s'n A.
the she's got on the other fss,t they wished
their party 10 be the ruling power anyhow,
some disgfaeetal psoceedinss ia
March. last, this Terrace and others were
suspended from all the rights and privi'
legrr OF X Of l.. This seutence has never
been revoked by any competent authority
The reason he il master workman " that
assembly to-day is because he PERSISTED In
attending the meetings after the master
" or man .yonah1i Hnghc-. decided that The
lsscal assembly couid net do legal business
until that sentence was complied with on
reversed and as be threatened 10 XII the
slrss person who attempted IN pat him osst
,has as he was one II sheriff cechrane's
,ieputie. the best course they could pursue
Was To give him and his friends The
assembly 10 themselves. They gave
IL 10 them and started trades
nniou. hut that don't seem 10 satisfy them.
The proposition he Is reporfsst To have
made 10 his friends from Gilman and Nc.
Aili~frr L. that. seeing that he and are
the cause OF the present trouble that We
both leave the camp. He can please him
fell concerning the matter. bu. do not
know Of anything I have done that !
should leave the place for, 10 | believe ]
shall leave when ! am ready. That u. II
he don't bring his friends here again te
hang me or run me cut, a. they Threatened
L, do " hen they visited us the other day
iuant TO eorrrcs q few Of the statements
he made 10 yon. In the nrss place the reo-
pie who were force-s ;o ceasc work on We'd
nessiay arc ne scab< but the regular EN-
rioyxcx of Tho orsnn improvement cora
rany, aud thcrr wcrr no men Win guns
and pistols guarding them The men who
proposed 10 come up 20 the mincs with
guns ueFr fathers aud bro, hers of some OF
the parties working. who bad rcceiscd
re,,slss from the mines that the mob werr
brafaliy filgsine their Fcistsons. sat do
not fhink thxrO g man IN
King county to-day. bat weslld aet the
Same under simiiaf circumstances a. tor
The trades union bring sscrvt ni,tfN they
ar asse ~ those ksnt - fuo,s- who arr stli
ias ~ allow ans sirceat. honorable man
tuf., fAstr meetings whether he hsloaxs to
me nItssn az fo; The following named
,.,,.,a t.sr~ Of and syrafsshtxcrs with the
ustop testify to the Kind ~ arbitration
th.sss people proposed - give IS NfA