The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-15
MILL MEN WALK OUT.
They Want Their Wages Paid
By the Week
AND ONLY NINE HOURS WORK.
o. Hundred saA EffEy Men 0uie 80
MeeAaaic's nm - Noon
Yesterday.

Al OF the employees Of the pianing MN
and factory Of the Mechanics Mil d Lum-
her Company. Numbering about I5o, struck
1t noon yesterday for weekly payment OF
wages and nine hours work day without
any reduction Of pay.
The cause Of the trouble dates back sew
eral months. Tie 10th of the month has
always been payday. A few months ago .
petifion was presented to the manager OF
company. requesting weekly payment The
reply made was that when times improved
settlement would be made every two
weeks. and the men assented TO this, but
nov, they claim. il is refused. Having de-
cided to strike for weekly payments, they
added the demand for nine hours, which is
the time in other establishments.
A meeting Of the men was held early
yesterday morning, at which il Was de-
cided to take immediate action. When
the morning whistle blew everyone went
70 work rs usual and nothing further was
done until the noon hour, when commit
tee to present the claims of the men to the
managers was appointed No one in
authority could be found, but the strikers
refused to return to work until someone
was seen. At 80 o'clock President Edwin
Louderback, and Vice President A. Conant
appeared at the mill and the committee
from the men presented their griev-
ance. The demands were briefly and
quietly presented to the employers.
The members Of the committee stated
that 1t was a hardship to be COM
PEELED to wait . month for pay. and that as
weekly payments are made in nearly all
establishments in the United States, it was
only right that the employees Of their mill
should be paid so. In regard to the nine-
hour proposition they claimed that all OF
the other mills in the city only worked
their men nine hours. and they we're justly
entitled to . reduction to that time.
The officers of the company refused to
listen to the claims. but offered to compro-
mise on . payday every two weeks at some
future date, when times grew better. The
conference ended without any settlement
being reached. and when the mill whistle
blew to start up at 2 O'Clock, only fifty out
of the whole force of 200 men went to work,
the remaining 80 quietly putting on their
coats and quitting the mill.
Nothing further was done by either side
during the day. The strikers ere conf
dent Of victory. and the prorrietors Of the
mill are determined not to accede to their
demands. They announce that they will
Immediately begin filling the places of the
striking employees. The strikers viii prob
ably organize Immediately. and make q
systematic fight for their claims.
THE OTHER STRIKES.
There is little or nothing new in the
strikes that are in progress throughout the
city.
1t is believed that ell the boss tihsmiths
will agree to the timers demands for less
hours and the question will be settled with
out . strike.
The cornicemakers are still ont and
there is no probability of their going back
to work again until the bosses yield the
fight. The bosses on their part are as con-
fident of winning it as the strikers, and the
fight will be q long and interesting one.
There Is no change in the situation Of the
painters strike. Boardmsn 4 Son are
still maintaining the fight against the
strikers.
The marine walters who struck are still
out and the steamship companies have re-
tanned their non-union employees. The
union men, however, are still confident of
success.