The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-03

turr,sd ont fortv-ssx st-rnx snd drilled, allowing
remarkable irnp~0T srnent over t5ear Erst e6orEs-
Later the Gilman band Married CT 20 TIE green
and accompanied the gu&r1s On march through
he town. When the zen disbaadsd. vcts Of
thanks wxs proposed % the musicians and car-
RED with three cheers The Whole proceedings
showed good cssI Of coed humor. They sz-
plsfae6 that fhey we're tired O. doing nothing,
and drilled merely for exercise There were 10
clashes between any OF lie bodies O. men IL ire
town, and very Little was SAID by anyone. Tia
place was 80 quiet az CT Sunday.
Colonel Haires received orders ttfs afte-7oo1
70 keep tie trpops here an indefinite length Of
time. he immediately left Tor Seattle, ACCOM-
panied by Captain Hated
Work tr the breasts VISA begun to1ev. and TIE
frst carload OF coal viii probably be taken oft
tie early part Of next week The new men,
Ike sbe others, profess their intention Of stay
ing. Nearly al OF them brought their blankets
with t1eza- There Is large percentage Of
skilled miners now smo1g the crowd ~ Ire
OF s1ccess IN working them 10 the prc1. Of tie
company and themselves
The reason that the miners demand tnss tie
Work De divided 10 not received fsyo-s54g aP-
pssys 70 be embodied IN the owners statement.
which Is Substantially - fellows.
Before this present strike the rhine ksd been
OF for several days, and when We started up
II those breasts claimed payment tsr Clearing
them mp and tirnbsrl3g them because they had
come In when the mine Was idle IAls Caused
tbs company expenditure Of a. least 81 On
the average Der breast This Is the true reason
Why the coazyssuy wants 20 work tbs No seam
steady and 20 hare men n tas breasts who ara
Used 70 this roof g11 Bho vii take - interest
Ia keeping their working PAGES n good work
manzske condition, and iris interest car o1ly be
secured by having ths same zen IN the breasts
ali the time, or ~ re.r As i ID possbie Tor the
eonpsny 70 give them work If the work was
divided. a. the men cesiFe, we should have al
the breasts IN the No / sean caved IN N less
p-opeTsy % Be ruined just because . few Esn
dexlre 20 do co.
The owners sxs further IN respect 20 the state
nent rnede by the men. tia. sfor two or three
weeks Mr.. Parker went around among TIE
men TO find out which Of them would b willing
% stand By him. and some Of them eyadsd the
question, bUt others said that they weEs willing
TO shGre work, and be got Lat OF men who
were speakers 81 the meeting, and 20 On" that
the exact truth is ss follows:
Several Of The slope men asked Mr.. Parker II
be could arrange steady work for them, On ar
count 0. the ro0f cgvIng IN when the nIle was
Idle. Ar. Parker ksld thai very probably =
could Dc done ia a short time, ard very god
humoFe1ly inquired ii they were wiling to F8ee
eny trouble that should occur through doing IL
Their answer was that there could be 10 harm
IN working the slope sska6y, and expressed
willingness 20 work Whenever they were want
81 Mr.. Parker then asked about ssx more
whether they could do iae same, and IN every
case received III Affirmative answer. Not one Of
them said they were willing 70 share Nd tie
work, Tor one and al Of them knew the i'm prSc-
ucsollity OF 20 doing, and moreover some Of
them said they would quit their Work rather
than share up.
Surprising two men work IN one breast todsy
and IRE shot a. quitting time. IL & uew couple
come in the morning and find the timber blown
out. IS happens very often, they would not care
10 spend day IN retimbering, tor their Only
chance OF remuneration lies "a the turning ont
OF . number OF cars, Tor each OF which they ge.
Ills. These $40 latter would naturally desire
10 get some coal and would leave the tirnbering
for another day, or 10 be done between timers.
Their duration in fhe breast wcuI9 be for oniy
four days, and as likely a. not before they were
accustomed 70 the ROOF and the coal 30 ~ 70
judge the amount Of powder 20 be placed In the
holes. They would blow out probably another
sci OF tisn1ers. resulting IN q worse cave than
before, and there would be 8 peculiar state Of
affairs when they were ordered 20 retirber the
bresst They would sSy that ths first cave was
caused By the other fellows and the lest would
not have occurred but for the FIRST. and IL would
- good deal OF trouble to rectify tbs matter.
Superintendent Parker says that there were
not 100 rnen thrown out Of employment by the
closing Of two seams as the miners CAIN. He
gives IS the exact number Eineteen men in the
No. seam and fifty nine men In the No seam,
total OF seventy eight men.