The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-06

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Why CaFpenters Frvm Ahread
Are Disappointed.
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sn1 sspsse~ any res ard substantial
wax5<n structures had been commenced,
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laden Hssk hns1ssxs@ Of carpenters Th@y
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ra~sut. several hriisssrss enntrzrsosy SD
rssp@nsvrx were yesterday eaEssss up1c, & T
sore specific Information on She suhses1
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II never ws1 IN . ss1n where aaofe Car
pesstc-s applied for aur< witllsn 3 slTess
1fH1e rsmse the ere ] azys hal from fursy
10 fifty neiK applicants sAsh day sreseas
themselves fssr ezapsns nsefsE. AhoEif sTss
cane ns ffs,ra san Francisco Gn ire last
steamer. fEsE others also came from Isabe-
asr,sik, Chicago and Milwaukee. ] hAve
hsEi as raafay ss s9tsen apply 20 me y thin
nais 81 hour.
SIT wfTi regaire frosn thirty 10 ninety
say@ Tor builders 70 complete plans act
ssnsss Easements In ard blocks under way
30 a. To require carpenters and several
other classes ~ skilled EaecEsuiss. The
rush ~ carpenters Il premature Aeehan
Ics si1sgafa have T8ose sense than - 0ser-
run cisy on she very hesis Of . Gre. =
~ Mr. Jones was talking. severai fArpen-
tara called and applied for work. Two al
theta had just arrived from Massachusetts.
who said ssey came est here on account OF
tue fire eli tsstf snx 10 get work. Another
oue said that, bearing at fste fire. he re-
signed bob IN Sew aork a. eGEne here. bnt
! nas be thought he wossid 20 back atzDtake
Ii again.
A. Famlser, another contractor whose
frfn Is constructing building IN The burst
district. WAS next called apou- He said:
About ffsy new carpenters every day
call on sae for work. sosse of them app ar
20 he willing 10 work for any wages; hui
have no work for their and If bad,
ts.z sick Ia
think that not more than enc half OF these
Boating msa are carpenters. although trey
claim 90 be such. b sides 81 il sfrsn2s
that the eity should he - oyerrun with new
carpenters when the proposition e ~ build
the new busiE~ss portion with frek and
iron. More than l.90 carpenters have
come here since she ire.
sIf Is not carpenters that We require for
handling the rough lumber ia building
new harves and dseis. II Is an cid say
ing that a Ratchet and saw and ene day i
work On seaItssag makes some ear1ers-
ters.'"
tbwcn Thcmss, an architect aud builder
being called upon. SAID; There are too
msny ia the city who pretend 10 be ear
peHsers, bar pot enough mechanics. A
man carryi' & sasoiS. sud = earpentes, sFe
often har~es OF different color I sup
CARPENTERS II il said that The
haiIting az the Coronado. ~ SEN Diego.
made more men carpenters than the build
Tag of the Pa Lace at san Francisco. which
made many thousands Perhaps the dav
IL passed tar men 10 learn their trades ~
they used "a DO Applications made on me
last week Tor carpenter work. would aver
are Flffs day. | hired many during The
week aud discharged about as mHay as
hired.
The way | have, from experience.
found II 20 be. carpenters ON the Pacific
t.fre
them shAh those from the east. bat al
most we have 70 hire them ~ they are aud
discharge them as we fad them 81 be -
Mr.. y. W. wootferran who In construct
ing buildings nj Gilman's wharf, says he
has daily average OF forty carpenters,
applying for work.
THE CARPENTERS USIoS.
Mr.. George costen. a union carpenter,
was then called upon. He said: THE
| membership OF the Seattle Carpenters
| Union il steadily increasing. il being
numerically stronger than any other labor
organization in the city. We are willing
aud able 10 supply contractors with good
carpenters, according 10 the nine-hour
agreement entered into last spring by and
| between the union. and contractors. Our
organization IL To a. isl good carpenters in
getting employment and 10 prevent the in
competent from competing IN our work |
| mink tflAt fss-ht fRtlFalfpf% tEpNiI MAKE n
distinction In giving work 10 resident
mechanics rather than those who come
here ans az the floating population. and
| this VIII M the result II the building in
srecfor requires good work men, as well as
good work in the buildings.
About ane-thiTd of cur cspahie carpen-
/ tiers are thrown cat of work here by reason
/ Of the presence of poor eDes. that continue
to come sho tiy after the IRE some un.
serupUlous contractor. recently from the
/ East, published = notice In the Chicago
/ fsfer-sAfna, stating that t.eol carpenters
we're wanted nj seattle. White tsis might
help a contractor tn &c. work done ehasrly
/ il works an injury Ia the resident meehsn-
/ ics. Ont OF the t.5xo carpenters nog in
this city, not over IS per cent ar. err.
/ ployea OF these, there are probably 500
who afs9 rsaT wersmen. Wages is 81 20 per
! day. Notwithstanding the inaax. the best
/ policy is 20 employ good men nj nine hours
I sad good Wages
New contractors, no have come here
I sinnc the tire, may wsut "a hire men whom
I they can work either Mae or ten hours a
/ day, rs they choose. bat unskiIlesi ear.
/ psnters who work ten hours cannot do
snch good and substantial work "a skilled
ones can In nine hours.
The temporary carpenter work Is about
/ concluded and work is siso suspended on
many outside residences that we're com
/ menced oF projected before the Ere. he
cause tbe owners afsO have rrorcftF in the
burnt district. aud end Il necessary 10 rnt
their available funds into the reeonttrtle
tian 81 their business property Several
/ oi them. for this reason have hsa 10
change their plans"
To some exfcst the nine hour rule Is
being disreEsrtisa. Many good earvetsters
sre oaf az employer, because r00reY ones
arr working more huars in fact. the main
disicnliy now IL there + not enough wsrk
Ter al The carpenters who are here"
An employment agent Yesterday sala
= can hud employment Tor $50 men in
railroad construction work and there Is =
Feue<Rl demand far sisout so 20 work st
suFfseiug grading and trark iaylng. within
~ mites Of seattle TnU new lines SAL EN-
Tley iug are the Organ improvements com
p&ny. the Puget sound and t,rays H@ri,sr.
and the faiFhAyeu and Southern roads"
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