The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-24
THE STATE PRESS.

Anacortes Progress: "The City of Puebla was
to have gone direct from here to Nanaimo 10
coal, but on account OF the strike az the Oregon
Improvement Company's coal mines, near Seat
tie, is detained. The miners refuse to sign
contract TO work for several years, and they are
right and should not give in on that point. We
want no contract labor system IN the United
States. When the miners learned that the City
OF Puebla was going 10 Ngna;ao they tele-
gTaphed over for the miners 20 strike, If she got
any coal. and as the miners said they would ii
the steamer loaded, the owners of the mines
have sent word that the steamer cannot get
coal"
Spokane Spokesman: 'sThe action OF young
Vance, the register o. the North Yakima land Of
fee. and son of Senator Vance, OF North Caro-
lima, In stacking ex-senator Conoyer at the
meeting OF the Worlds fair commission az FL
lensburg Wednesday, was in very bad taste,
even for Vance. Il is strange that Demo-
cratic carpet Dagger never has the slightest idea
OF propriety, and even If he comes from the
South. he always sinks the gentleman IN the
politician. There have been rows enough IN
connection with the Worlds fair already with
out this fellow. who came here with federal
commission in his pocket"
Port Townsend Cal: "whstever may be
thought OF these demands and however much
the Republican press may ieer ~ Them. the Peo-
pies party viii make itself terribly felt IA Re
publican ranks In the next election. IL must b
q vast power that attracts together 1,il7 dele
gates representing the best producing Classes n
the land There is indeed hardly room 20 doubt
that lgnatius Donneliy was right when he said
the convention hsd sceomi lished work that
will affect the politics of this country for the
next fifty years. It's more Immediate eject VIII
certainly be the election OF a Democratic pres
ident in 1897"
Sumner Herald: ave do not desire 70 see our
Southern negro friends abused. The situation
20 them was misrspresented o. they would never
have come But the oregon improvement COM
psny should be eeasured for its action in ina
porting coon" labor, and every consumer of
coal should boycott the company until IL decides
TO pay honest wages to honest white la5orers.
The isbcrer Is worthy Of his hire, and we pre-
diet that the Oregon Improvement Company
will be truly tired OF its Southern negroes bs ore
il Is done win them Niggsrs are not needed in
Washington"
Bellinghso Bsy Express: ''The 6ght between
the miners and owners has been q long and BIT
ter one II is unfortunate for the interests of
ths state that these matters cannot De arranged
By artitlztion- The entire state is interested.
the Citizens take pride in seeing the miners at
work and prosperiny. TIE more days work
they perform the greater is the output OF eczl.
and the tons of eozl mined per year is one Of
the things Washington boasts OF. Strikes and
trouble between Ininsrs and owners seriously
interfere with this output, and IS 20 be re-
GREETED
Speaking OF TIE troubles between the Oregon
Improvement Company and the coal miners in
its employ. the slaughter Szs says: "There are
always TWO sldes to every question Of this char
acter bur the course pursued by the Company
Is not looked upon with fsyor BY outslGers, al
though. as they claim, il was forced upon them.
II may have been in this case as IN many Others,
that both sides to tie controversy were 10
blame.
The Sumner Eer1ii calls the "PLnkerso1s" 81
Franklin "a pack Of INSCRIPTIONS scoCndrcls
whoswear % lies By the dozen Tor s. per dav
merely because they are instructed so % do by
their sap<riozs
san Juan Graphic: "a mule woalc rather
bear himself bray than listen 70 any other
nnAtas