, 1891-12-16
STEAMERS TIE UP.
THE DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN EN.
GENEERS AND PILOTS.
Nearly all the Big Passenger Boats
are Affected. what the
Captains saw,

There was a general tie-up Of Puget
Sound steamers yesterday. occasioned by
the fight between the Marine Engineers
association and the Brotherhood of Pilots
and twelve Of the largest boats
employing 300 men, are now at stand
STILL
The twelve boats tied up are the largest
on the Sound, with few exceptions. They
are the Henry Bailey, Wasco, Angeles,
Buckeye, Z. ). Perry, Flyer, City of
Quincy, City of Seattle, Victorian, Idaho,
George E. Starr and Greyhound. Six boats
are running with non-union engineers and
union pilots, namely The State of Wash
ington, Sarah M, Renton, Sehome, De-
troit, Delta and Glide. The City of King
ston is running with union men on both
sides by agreement Of the pilots, and the
w. X. Merwin runs with her old crew, her
pilot having ignored his unions orders
the Multnomah, Hermosa, Premier and
Edith and several tugs are run by union
engineers and non-uniOn pilots. The mails
are being carried on all routes by the
Edith, Sehome and Delta.
The Puget Sound Harbor Of Pilots met
last evening and were addressed by Port
Captain Rabhbone, of the Union Pacific
lines, who tried Yainly to induce them to
lift the boycott. They will try to tie up
the Premier and Kingston.
The departure from Tacoma of the Sc
home, which took place soon after Ppm,
was the event of the day. Captain McAl-
pine was in command and he had a crew of
engineers, none of whom were association
men. Captain McAlpine celebrated his
getting off safely by whistling as he passed
along the dock. There were lot of mem
bers of the Marine Engineers Association
on the wharf seeing the steamer off, but no
demonstration was attempted. The crew
had been brought up from Seattle by train
for the most part, and some were secured
in town. Captain Struve, Of the Flyer,
and ex-Captain Parker, of the Greyhound,
brought in the Seattle contingent
Captain McAlpine said last evening that
he thought his getting away would break
the tie-up as the contest must end soon
anyway. The issue had been made by the
pines continuance, and, as the Sehome's
starting assured this, the Flyer, the Idaho,
the Victorian and the Seattle will be re-
leased. Then there will only be the ques-
ton of what is to be done with the Sc
homes and the Flyers new crews. The
Flyer has not as yet put in an appearance
in Tacoma since the Inauguration of the
tie-up, but it was announced yesterday
that she would make the midday trip to-
day, she also having secured anon-associa-
ton crew. The Premier is to make daily
trip until the end of the difficulty. Captain
Struve was quite certain that another day
or two would see the fight ended and he
said that the pilots would turn without a
doubt.
Agent Bernard of the Columbia River
y Puget Sound Navigation company was
also in good hopes Of the troubles ending
very soon. He said that the Union Pacific
needed to have it decided who was running
its steamers.
Captain Wiley said that he wasn't in
the fight and didn't want to be. He was
running as usual and would not be affected
at all by the tie-up.
Captain Parker Of the Greyhound was
discharged for too ardently expressed sym
pathy with the pilots, 50 report says.