The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-20
ACTION TAKEN IN TOWN.
Merchants To Be Appealed To--Rcsoi
lions Condemnfng the Company. 4

Merchants To Be Appealed To-Rcsolu-
tions Condemning the Company. -
The trouble Mt the coal mines continues TO be
the main subject for discussion among all
classes IN the city. The organized workingmen
are especially interested aud wherever few Of
them come together the Oregon Improvement
Company. Superintendent Corey and the acting
governor, who vetoed the Pinkerton bill passed
BY the last Legislature, come In for round OF
condemnation.
Tho joint local executive board OF the Knights
OF Labor held meeting last night at which the
situation was thoroughly discussed and ways
and means were considered.
WHEREAS, The Oregon improvement Com
pany has seen ft TO import, through misrepre-
seiitatiouss some 600 or 700 colored miners into
our state 70 take the places of our resident
miners, who with their families have for years
lived with as, and who were not out on strike,
as Is generally supposed, but were awaiting the
coInpanys pleasure TO operate the mines; and
WHEREAS, The officers of the company are
endeavoring through the newspapers to mis-
represent the situation by making 1t appear as
dark as possible for the miners by showing that
they were running the mines as they pleased,
regardless OF the company; and
WHEREAS, The importation ana employment
OF these men under contracts will work great
hardship on the miners and result in great
loss TO the business interests OF our city, througn
the Tact that said company buys nearly all OF
supplies outside of this city and will compel the
coiored miners to buy from them, which the old
miners have not been doing,
Resoired. That the joint local executive board
OF the Knights of Labor denounca the importa-
ton OF these men under contract and misrepre-
sensations as un-Amerlcan. And we turtner
denouDcc the officers for their misleading state
ments regarding the action of the white miners.
Resolved, That copy of the foregoing be given
The press for publication.
committee, consisting of II. C. Heimer, Rob-
ert Bridges and N. J. Mcdonald was appointed
TO confer with the committee of the Western
N mi ho pufl Hfnr Trad aa N n
Gil and the merchants Of the city, with the view
OF devising some means OF changing the situa-
ton.
The committee OF nine appointed by the West
ern Central Labor Union to take charge OF the
matter for the miners, held q meeting and ap.
pointed several subcommittee to have charge
OF the various details of the work. The mem
bers OF the committee were very close mouthed
regarding the plan of action, If any has been
adopted, and all they had to say was that there
was nothing to report. Secretary Barrie, of tho
Western Central Labor Union, who lie a member
OF the committee. said that soon the vari-
GUS subcommittee attend TO the matters in
trusted to them, the whole committee will meet
and probably some action OF interest will be
taken.
The committee has appealed TO the board of
county commissioners to close the saloons in
the various places where trouble exists, until
settlement has been made aud the board has
taken action.
All the miners committees which were in to
attend the session of the Western Central Labor
Union Monday night, returned home yesterday,
except the five who are on the general COM
mittee OF nine.
1t was stated on good authority that another
invoice OF firearms and ammunition was sent up
TO Franklin yesterday by the company.
Regarding the rumor that the railroad en-
ployes on the Columbia & Puget Sound road are
talking OF going out In support OF the miners,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reporter last night inter-
viewed a number of the railroad men, ana was
told that no such proposition had been made to
them. They said that some of the miners had
expressed the individual belief that the railroad
men should go out, but no Official request bad
been made, nor were the railroad men even
talking about it among themselves.
Similar runors were afoat about the long
shoremen deciding not to handle the coal but
President Maggie, of the Longshoremens Union,
was seen and he said: "All these rumors are
sensational and have not got even the semblance
OF truth. Our union has taken no action, we
have not been requested to take such an action
nor have our members talked about IL to any
extent"
1t was reported by some of the trainmen who
came in yesterday from Black Diamond that
any attempt to load coal trains there last night,
rs the company contemplated, would be met By
resistance from the miners
The United States revenue cutter Bear, which
Is in port, wanted coal from Black Diamond,
and the following correspondence was held
by the miners aud the executive board:
BLACK DIAMOND, May 19.--Mr Robert BRIDGES
Seattle: Black Diamond miners let four hua-
dred tons of coal be loaded for the United
States for the steamer Bear.
To this Mr. Bridges replied:
SEATTLE, May l9.-M Darts, Black Diamond:
In reply to your message, your actions are all
right r. BRIDGRs
mittee, last night said: eve think, from present
indications, that another importation Is on the
road An effort was being made to get unem-
ployed men TO go direct to Montana. These
men were offered 81 day. but most, If not all,
refused"
few more deserters from the camp arrived
in town yesterday, and the evening train from
Franklin passed party of thirteen on the road
1t was reported last night that d. Y Jones'
inside foreman at the mine, had resigned.