The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-06
SOUND STEAMERS TIE UP.
a strike Among the O. 4. & =,
steamer Employees.


Tie Prepared Redaetion Of 10 Per
Cent Proves Disssetefai-The
Situation Elsewhere.
On Monday Port Captain Clancy. OF
Tacoma. who has charge OF the boats
az the o. f. 4 \. Co. on the Sound
division. Issued orders received from
headquarters in Portland reducing the
wages Of all steamer employees who
receive $50 and over per month 10 per
cent. The employees were given Until
tonight 10 make up their minds ~ 10
accepting the reduction. Yesterday Il
vas currently reported that al the
steamers would tie MP - soon rs they
.eaehed their respective headquarters
TIE Hayward, Potter. 0iympian and
North Pacific have their headquarters
II Tacoma, while the Hassaso ard
George E. Starr. which ran on the
Whatcom route have their f1eadquaY-
ters IN this city. II wss stated that all
the captains, mates. pursers. stewards
and engineers are affected By this order
ana all have atruck or viii strike with
one exception and that is Captain
Thomas Davis Of the HAYWARD. The
HassaIo was tied up 70 the o. T. h n.
dock yesterday afternoon and the Geo.
z. starr il was claimed will be IA she
same position ts-iay.
The strike on the sound Is bat q
continuation OF one begun on the river
division Of the O. 4. 4 y. on the Col
ufnbia and Willamette rivers where
al the boats were tied up on Monday.
The strike will have q disastrous
effect on the mails al over the Sound
If it's kept up for any great length of
time. The loss in mail contracts to
she0 r. & N. Go. viii amount 20
considerable.
4 weIl-known steamboat man was
seen Yesterday in relation 20 the mat
ter and stated that he thought il
wcula be quite a difficult rnaster 10
snsl men 10 fiH the place OF the sfIik-
era. IL Is very diisicult,r he said ito
replace the mon who are m tise en-
paos OF the o. Il. IL N. Go. The cap
tains end engineers are licensed BIZ the
United States. ard it would hardly do
10 replace them with irresponsible
men. IL would be The height Of
folly 70 placetfse 0lsmpiass. which cost
seYerai hundred thousand dollars In
the hands Of an incompetent man. 70
say nothing OF the many valuable
lives which would be at his mercy
| do not think. therefore. that IL viii
be m easy matter TO find substitutes
for the men who have struck. III the
strikers were lot of unskisied men
there would be hut very little trouble
in securing others for their places, but
they are lot CT skilled. responsible
men. the like OF whom cannot be
picked up In few hours. or even in q
lex days.
THE sIruArsos AT TAcokA.
The following dispatch from Tacoma
shows the situation there:
TAeoMA. March 1.-The r. J. Potter was
Ehe first OF the q. X. & N. boats 20 lie np
the 10 per cent reduction OF the wages ot
employees The Potter people wanted %
stay here this morning, but were prevailed
on By the captain 10 make the trip down
the sound and TO return here this after
noon. when she was tied M on her arrival
~ - ffDCks Tue ftNt WafH tHllE III NJ y
and she was also served the same WAY.
The North Pacific isexpeeted AT 10 to night,
Nhen she will tie up alse. The olympias' .
crew will quit az Seattle tomorrow. Nc
iEuination has been given the men OF the
pfprosed reduction. aud as wages ~ they
exist are far from exirasasanf. the feeling
IL they are nitf being treated fair. ana u Il
psDpased 20 tie ue every O. ~ z y. boat
On tie Enund.
REFUSED TO iFsunK WORK.
Alto this morning the following
Dispatch was received
Tacoma. March G. -~isaFER--A dispatch
was received here late tn-ntght from g. w.
Johnson. superintendent Of tire @. =. 6 =.
Company. at Portland. requesting the men
b go back 90 work ~ the old wages, pend.
iag the receipt OF word from Omaha -
what the eompRny intend doing r. sf,tstis
he enforcing OF the recent order. bat the
Strikers refuse 10 turn a wheel TIL word
las been received from headquarters
MUCH COMMENT AT TOWNSEND
The following dispatch shows the
feeliag at Port Townsend
poar Towssrsb. March 5 -Tse redac.
ftpn In the wages Of the steam boat men Ia
the employ az the o. r. & n, an.
nDnared IN this mornings PosT-iN MILL
grscEa, occasions mach comment here.
u Is understood that the employees on the
PaRei Sound division have until 10 morrow
nigh . decide whether or mol they will
accent the reduction. The crew ca the
0yHlpsaa. which arrived this afternoon.
frum captain down. made no secret Of
Their Intention not 70 accept the redue
Ton, but will leave the STEAMER In body.
shipping men here are inclined - think
that there will be no q. Il. & " boats be.
tween here and Seattle after 10 morrow
rng uAssAla uNrIEp.
Port CAPTAIN Clancy OF Tacoma ar
rived in Seattle last night on the $50
o'clock train. lie Immediately held a
consultation with the crew OF the Has.
salo What was done at the meeting
il not known. but the Hassaie de-
parted on her regular route on SEIZED.
ale time last night, and IL is under.
stood that she viii continue until fur
Their notice. One of the crew OF the
Hassaio was seen last evening, when
he stated that the officers agreed 90
continue work only on the promise OF
being given their regular pay.
The o. II. e N. Co. has q contract tn
carry the mails between here and
Whatcom on the Hassaio, and il is
most likely that the company prefers
10 pay few dollars To the men rather
than 10 forfeit money on their mail
contract. besides laying themselves
liable TO fine.
rogr CAPTAIN CLANCY rALks.
Capt. Clancy was seen at little be-
lore midnight by a PesT-IsrKL1I-
sfsors reporter. Ho said: II have
elected temporary agreement with
TIE Hsssaio's crew and will retarn 10
Tacoma on the morning train, when
viii endeayor 90 fix up an agreement
With the crew OF the North Pacific.
which. il our other mail carrying
stesmeT. OF this refusal of the men
% 90 10 werk there is nothing 10 be
said. because il Is an affair between
HE Company and the men. The pub
nc Is in no way DISCONNECTED. as car
rylng accommodations between here
and all the points at which our boats
touch, may be had.