The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-08
A BOYCOTT ON COAL.
Central Labor Union Still
Champions the Miners.
WILL ARBITRATE WITH WATERS.
Friendly Settlement of Labor Day
Dispute-Thc Walters Union
Had q Revolution.

The Western Central Labor Union, al
its meeting last night, placed boycott on
all King county coal except Black Dia-
mond. The matter was brought up by
the executive committee recommending
that all union men refrain from using
Franklin, Newcastle, Gilman and Cedar
Mountain coal On motion the recon-
mendation was unanimously adopted.
A letter from the white miners OF Franz
lin was read, protesting against the APP
pointment by the county commissioners
OF f. A. Wells as justice of the peace at
Franklin, on the ground that the only one
petitioning for his appointment
was Superintendent Corey, while
the appointment of Robert Thorourn
was generally recommended. Delegates
Rice and Galloway and President Arm
strong were appointed committee TO
| investigate the matter, and II 1t hnds that
any undue influence was used IN the APP
pointment, to endeavor TO have Wells re-
moved.
A letter from the Snohomish County
Farmers Alliance, urging an utilization
with the Western Central Labor Union
''for the purpose of taking radical steps
toward practical cooperation" was laid
on the table indefinitely.
Abe Spring was appointed to hunt up
the missing tubs and ice cream cans left at
the picnic grounds on Labor day.
The White Cooks and Waters Union
presented proposition to- arbitrate the
question as TO whether the claim of
the Western Central Labor Union for $166
shortage on the picnic booths should
be paid by the White Cooks and Walters
Union. The communication further
stated that James Prendergast, Louis
Huney, ]. D. Connolly and P. H. Prunty
had been suspended until the arbitration
board renders its decision, and also named
John Custer and K. Mcleod as the unions
two representatives on the arbitration
committee. On motion it was voted to
reconsider the action taken toward ex-
pelling the Cooks and Walters Union at
the previous meeting unless it paid the
claims The arbitration proposal was &C
cepted and President Armstrong and
Delegate Burns were appointed to repre-
sent the Western Central Labor Union on
the arbitration board. The four members
named will meet today or tomorrow and
unite upon a fifth member, who will have
the deciding vote.
1t was stated by Delegate Chamberlain,
of the Cooks and Waters Union. that
the real cause of the trouble was the fact
that his union had been run by faction,
but that now the upright members have
come to understand the situation and de-
sire to place the union right.
Secretary Bell denied the report that the
union is about to apply for a charter as a
Knights of Labor assembly.
Several bills were ordered paid. includ-
ing the bill of President Armstrong for
wages and expense attending the meeting
of the Coast Federation of Labor.
On the recommendation of the special
committee appointed at the last meeting.
the constitution of the Coast Federation of
Labor was ratified and the union decided
to affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor.
John Hayes and Louis Larson were
elected on the executive committee in
place of August Dahl9uist and John Nu-
gent, resigned. B. j. Bowers was elected
on the boycott committee in place of John
Nugent, resigned.
Delegate Burns was appointed COM
mittee of one to see J. ID. Connolly and, if
he does not settle up for the Labor day
tickets for which he has rendered no &C.
count, to have him arrested
Delegates from various unions reported
that their unions had voted donations to
pay off the Western Central Labor Union
Indebtedness, the largest amounts having
been given by the Typographical Union
and Steamshipmen's Union, each of which
voted $50.
The notice of the lifting of the boycott
on the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company
published in Mondays Press Times and
purporting to have been sent to the COM
pany by John w. Hayes. general secretary
treasurer of the Knights of Labor, was
denounced as forgery and it was voted
to continue the boycott and refer the fur
ther consideration of the publication of
the notice to the Brewery Workmen's
Union.
The delegate of the Bakers Union stated
that his union wanted boycott placed on
the Vienna bakery. but he was informed
that the request must he presented in
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