, 1889-08-15

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attempted To regain possession and in
the melee Thurber was killed first and
Marshall soon aiterward. II is ruaored
that over sixty men were engaged Ia The
afiray, and others may have been
wounded. The propeller beware, with
Q force of officers, II leaving for otter
Creek to oapture Wright dead or alive.
and departed for the Wisconsin shore.
BUSY BUILDERS.
The Supply of sktiied Labor and the
Prospective Demand.
While all the building trades were
busy before the fire, and appeared to be
building by the supply Of material and
labor, every branch has acquired an eS-
traordinary momentum since the fire.
The granite quarries are increasing their
fscilities every day, and with each day
comes an increased output, which has
been rendered necessary by. the cxtraor.
dinary demand ocrasioned by the local
disposition to rebuild in handsomer and
more substantial shape than heretofore,
together with the large contracts on
hand from outside points, including
Tacoma, Seattle, Ellensburg and the
Cascade canal locks. The brick yards
are being pushed to their utmoust ca
pacity, and orders for brick are sent TO
considerable distance east and west
Contractors say that persons baying
brick material outside oftown can find
ready and good market here, they
are willing to pay during the present
emergency reasonable advance, but
certainly not two prices, as some ouside
manufacturers evidently have expected.
The Dorset Granite and Stone Cutting
Company now employ q force OF sixty
men and are ready to employ as many
more competent men as they can possi-
bly, obtain. A trouble existing in this
as in nearly all the building Industries
is in the lack of competent and skilled
help required in an emergency. Labor
ing men are plentiful enough, but skill
ed men arc scarce, and II Is useless TOR
incompetent men TO apply for work, with
the inevitable result Of being discharged
within day or two after commencing,
THE LARGE GRANITE CUTTING YARDS
of John Keenan,, Myrick & Co., and J.
w. Byer are being pushed with business
to greater extent than the sup
ply Of skilled labor can meet.
Sixty-iive or seventy men are employed
In three yards, and from thirty TO forty
more could he put on at once, and kept
employed steadily for year and half
or more. Wages are IS day for nine
hours work. Granite cutting can be
readily performed 10y skilled workers In
free stone, but unfortunately there are
few OF either trade unemployed in this
section. Work on several of the burnt
buildings has already commenced, and
figuring is in progress daily on future
estimates.
A considerable number of
sToNE MAsoNs
are still at work on the foundations of
buildings commenced before the fire,
and probably all of this occupation now
in town are SO employed. This viii be
the class of building mechanics first re-
quired after the debris is cleared away
and work commenced on the new struc
tares. At leest from twenty-five to
forty additional good men viii be needed
in about two weeks, and the work viii
continue throughout the season. Wages
have been "a day for nine hours work,
and it is expected by the builders that
this rate VIII be advanced so cents as
soon as the work commences. None but
first class men are wanted-the demand
being for very superior class of build
ings that none but first class workmen
can be employed upon.
Next win come the
BRICKLAYEBs,
who get 30 day for nine hours work.
The 100 or so in town are getting all the
work they want. Some additional men
will be needed for the temporary struct-
ures but that work will not last more
than two or three weeks. The number
now employed could easily be doubled
or evensS trebled TO advantage afler the
foundntion walls of the new structures
are complete, and their work will last
until Spokane is entirely rebuilt, and to
many of them for a much longer period.
Their wages will probably remain us at
present.
aasets
will be wanted in considerable numbers
later in the season. Their wages are
about the highest in any of the building
trades. Previous 10 the fire there were
a few not steadily employed, who will
fiud ready enpiuy msnt on the tempo
rary structures, but the force will bs
totally inadequate when the rush
comes.
CARPENTERS
have all the work they can possibly at
tend to, and many others are arriving
every day. All find ready employment
on the cheap class of buildings being
erected outside the fire limits and on the
framework for tents in the burnt district
The larger of these of course rsduire a
considerable amOuAt OF carpenter work
on fiooriBgs, walks and fixtures. The
denand for mon has brought 10 the city
many inferior workmen who can scarce
ly distinguish hand-saw from jack
plane, bat they manage to get work
nevspsba3sss, and readily find some Job
that they can III stiemseivss into. Of
the class nnentioned there are many who
of Afe years have been en2oKed in other
occupations, suck as hsYn2i5g, miaing,
etc, aud who fron long absence nom
the trade have forgotten thetf k0pab
oreft. There win sc little use for sIlah
on che new buik,ines. but frst-ciass
,xxf,rA man win ne needed in AZ .a hi a
force. From 100 to 800 carpenters are
employed now at wages rsreiug ftom
~. rs 70 $3.50 per day, and 1t Is probable
that the maxSmam will be the estab-
fished yate for the season.
T<AmsrERs
have been quite busy since the fire, and
many have come in nom the country
wit n their teams and found all the work
they could handle. A few during the
past day or two have been ipqairing for
work. and at prvucnt there Is no lack Of
hauiers. The greater amount of work
now being done il in hauling away the
trfet- BY the time the permanent build
ing operations ave fully under way,
farmers will be through with their har-
vesting, and, wht1e 8reat many team
steers will be needed, 10 Is thought that
there Will be no lack Of supply from otis
source. Teamsters com mand about "a
per day, but an effort ~ on foot to OBJ
tain 80.
Probably 500 OF 900 laborers are ON
ployed In pulling down walls and re-
moving the brick for future use. The
fire brought n large influx Of this class
into town, nearly all of whom have
found work, but there does not appear to
ba room for more and several applicants