The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-20
TRADE AND LABOR.
Prospects of the New Third
Party Movement.
sHlPwRlGHTs' STOLEN CASH.
Seattle Men want to Prosecute the
Defaulter-To Organize Hall
Brothers' shipbuiIders.
sHlPwRloHTs' STOLEN CASH.

The conference of delegates from various in
dustrial organizations in King county, which
was held at Knights of Labor hall last Wednes-
day night, was the initiative movement toward
the formation of distinctive labor party in this
state for participation in state and national pol
itics. It 10 proposed to hold a state convention
at North Yakima on July IS for the purpose of
spreading the new organization all over the
state. The advocates of the movement contend
that In the new party the INSCRIPTIONS, chronic
ohice-secker and political boss can be kept from
getting control and manipulating the wires, and
fitness rather than as q reward for party service
or the influence of wealth. Just how this is to
be done is not quite plain, as no new methods or
modes of selecting have been proposed.
The members OF the Shipwrights' Union are
still puzzling themselves with the question of
how to compel Hall Bros, of Port Blakeley, to
establish nine-hour day for the men employed
them, If they have to charter boat, take it over
there and get them aboard of it.
The Coast Seamen's Union has changed its
headquarters from the little dark building fac
ing King street, near Commercial, to nice,
large store room about . block further out on
Commercial street.
The Coast Seamen of San Francisco sympa-
thize with their fallen general secretary, Henry
Ark, who is charged with the embezzlement of
large sum OF the unions money, and have
voted not to prosecute him. Seattle seamen be-
Heve more in business and less in sentiment,
however, and have voted to prosecute him.
In an item in the "Trade and Labor column
in last Mondays issue of the Posr-lSTELLI-
GENcER, referring to the lockout of 2,100 men,
bers Of the Garment Cutters National Trade AS
senibly of the K. of L. by the clothing manu-
facturers OF Rochester, N. Y, typographical
error changed the words garment cutters" into
government cutters"
'Longshoremen have had rather dull week
previous to yesterday, rs but very few vessels
have been loading or discharging.
Carpenters report work increasing more rap
idly now than any other of the building trades.
The members of the White Cooks & Walters
Union feel an occasional touch of sentiment in
prosecuting their boycott against C. H. Days
restaurant DAILY has employed girls and the
union men have tenderness for women, even
when they take their places in strike. They
keep up the boycott, however.
The delegates of the Western Central Labor
Union are elated over the success of their ball
Saturday night The returns viii not all be in
for several days yet, but it is certain that snug
sum will be realized for the benefit of the un-
ions library and reading room. The attend
anticipated, but the hall was comfortably well
filed. The attendance was much lighter than
it would have been were 1t not SO late In the
season for this kind of social enjoyment
The day on which the firm of Kline q Rosen-
berg is to devote 20 per cent of its days sales,
announced some time ago, as . benefit for the
Western Central Labor Union library and read
ing-room, has been postponed from the 18th to
the 18th OF April, on account of the death of
Mr.. Lazarus Kline, member of the firm.
Agent James Leighton, OF the Coast Seamen's
Union, starts today on tour of the Sound to
visit the different branches of the union in this
district All the important shipping points win
be visited.