The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-14
THE LABOR UNIONS.
Grievances Considered by the
Central Body.
BEER WAGON DRIVERS ORGANIZE
They Will Not Deliver On sundays-
Mii1men's Strike Still Unsettled
The Mining Troubles.

About thirty-fve delegates attended the
meeting of the Western Central LABOR
Union last night Credentials were re-
ceived from J. w. CIary, as delegate from
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen;
L. Brown, from the Bakers Union; NJ.
Kuntz, f. w. Smith and II. NJ. Mayer,
from the Printing Pressmen's Union, and
John Peterson and Henry Ekron from the
Coast Seamen's Union.
The White Cooks and Waters Union
reported having sent $50 to the Gilman
miners, and that an assessment of . cents
per week has been levied on all members
of the union to aid the miners rs long as
the trouble lasts. A letter was read from
the Gilman miners assembly requesting
that no information regarding the miners
trouble be given for publication.
The ball committee reported that the net
receipts from the late ball were $50, Sec
rotary Barry and Delegates Frlnke and
Spring were appoited a committee to
audit the account and receive the money.
Mr.. Weber reported for the sub-com-
mittee appointed from the executive com
mittee to visit the mill owners in regard
to the millmen's trouble and W. K. Bal
lard and W. f. Bailey in regard to the
carpenters grievance. He said that the
mill owners answer to the com mittee was
that they had nothing to settle; that the
men left of their own free will and others
were hired to fill their places, and therefore
the question was settled so far as they
were concerned. In regard to the carpen-
ters' grievance, Mr.. Weber said that Mr..
Bailey told the committee that the car
penters on the Harrisburg block chose to
work nine hours, and he did not intend to
compel them to work less number of
hours; and that Mr.. Billiards. answer re-
gardlng the men on the Seattle National
bank building was substantially the same
as Mr. Bailey's. The report was received.
Mr.. Hill, of the Carpenters Union,
stated that the assertions Of Mr.. Ballard
and Mr.. Bailey to the effect that their car
penters want to work nine hours do not
correspond with what those carpenters tell
union men. He said that number of the
men on the Seattle National bank build
ing are indebted to Mr.. Ballard for prop
erty, and by reason of their indebtedness
are inundated into submission. He sug-
gested that organized labor use its infiu-
ence with those business firms which are
to occupy the Harrisburg and Seattle Ma
tional Bank buildings, and if they insist
on renting them to withdraw their patron
age from them.
Mr.. Petit. of the Millmen's Union, said
he did not believe the millmen could win
their fight as it now stands unless the other
organized men win it for them.
Mr.. Spring favored making an effort to
arbitrate the millmen's trouble. and moved
that the secretary write the mill owners,
requesting them to arbitrate. The motion
was carried.
The library committee recommended the
expenditure of 1926 in fitting up the IL
brary and reading-room. The recommen.
dation was adopted. Charles Fisher was
appointed a member of the library COM
mittee.
The Musicians Union complained that
a man named Blondin was furnishing mu-
sic below the union scale. The matter was
referred to the Shipwrights' Union, of
which Blondin claims to be a member.
William Fitzgerald, of the 'Longshore-
mems Union, was elected treasurer, vice
A. Barton, resigned.
The delegate of the Brewery Workmen's
Union reported that Milwaukee and St.
Louis boycotted beer is crushing out the
home product, and that the union has
committee out endeavoring to induce
saloon-keepers to patronize home brewers
Mr.. Spring reported for the committee
on organization that the beer wagon
drivers of the city held meeting last Sun
day and organized union, and that their
principal grievance is against the practice
of delivering beer to a few saloons on Sun
day. They intend to stop this practice
after June l.
At a meeting of the Building Trades
Council last night the carpenters and
millmen's grievances were discussed, but as
to what was done the delegates were
silent, saying that nothing was allowed to
be made public until after the meeting of
the Carpenters Union, which will be held
tonight.