The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29

Committee
In proof Of the charge Of hlzckiistinr
Frank Hsils1one SAYS:
czn prove bE two nsn that Mr. Parker told
fSszn that there were twenty or twenty-five raen
a. Gilman wEo co1l5 not get wo-k anywhere On
t5e Coast II t7sy left here: also. ! caz r-oFs hy
'wo ctoe- 1e1 thai Mr. Wesley Wilson tod
COMMITTEES Of three, oFer ak months ASo. that
tne eosl companies had combined 70 b-Iaz Il
- eoaored g=1t-s-aso, s1d that re had bSstsr
wofk while We eo136 M Parker rol6 lazy os
Ins r7s1 whom hs discharged that they could
LOT gel wO-k e1sewa here. and consider fhis
practical admission ths. he has o.sckl4ssed
toez7s Tor fns reason thai he las offered other
nsa recommendations 70 20 slsswhs-e He
also went into sozos mems breasts before fhs
sirIks &ac said 81 vo1id Lot like 20 see yon
nsn hurf, but ] would not care II so-1s Of
A1oss oioeE 18E-x-1s were killed
The fact Is that the blacklist existed before ne
asked to- ihs > yer cent advance IN wages last
isA kTcn Tne s1aI6psos1- O. -t1e super51-
teIge1i. sEea as Mr. Parker, zar who takes
81 EeTzys reEs Il . l4bo- orca-izssso- Is nan
of osd reputation, and hs las branded the men
o. Gilman Gs bsd men throughout the country
os h1s statements IA Ens nesspspers- he hEs
Esce this statement q -s1 who have never been
guilty OF any crime sna have not even h-oxsa
any civil law. Tie -bad reputation Is due 10
the .acf that thsy belong - organized Iaoor-
As regards tie statement OF some zen that
they IeTer favored ths sx-lks they hEd TIE o.
porT111fy Of opposing i II TIE beginning. TIE
strike Eas voted " secrs. aa4ios anozz the
miners only: the uen who had oeSn discharged
remaining o1tslde and leaving the decision 70
those who were ssln IN ths employ o: The eozn-
Pany. and 01ly two votes we're east against tie
strike About Q weak later TIE question Was
voted On bT secre- ballot 2-1ozg al me1- out
noe hands i1eiuced, and there we're Eve opros-
ing votes The strike Is 1ow under the manage
nent Of general COMMITTEES from al TIE ZINES
Of tas county and TIE Western Ce3trss Labor
Union COMMITTEES E1c II any respectable minor
Ky we're 10 ssk those Committees 70 e2Il for q
vote On tie question ot declaring TIE strike OF
hare no doub1 tia. the request would be coz
piled with
The claim that tEo-thirds Of the miners
are property-ogners IN the town Is dis
puted by Nh Parker. He said On this
point:
OF the so zen who were hare n TIE begin
ming Of the strike only about eighty we're prop
erfy-ownerz- Of these eighty there are not If
teen whom the company gonld refuse 70 en-
ploy. There are IN al twenty 20 twenty-five
men here whom the company viii not again
employ, bui hifherto they nor any other asa
have been blscklisssd 81 other mines
The home guard Is not entirely composed
Der Of men of other occupations among
bat have not worked IN or about the mines
for months previous 10 the strike. Two Of
the officers are among this number.
Postmaster George Parks Is indignant At
q reported remark Of Wesley Wilson, the
manager Of the company. that he was the
man who was engineering this strike and
that be might IS well leave the country.
for the company intended 10 sta-ye him
out Mr. Parks says IN reply:
oisclzim any icea Of leadership and al
have done is 70 extend hrozhsrsy sympathy 20
the miners In their hour Of trouble AL ths
wesiey Wilson's and Pzrks-s and deputies and
Sullivan guards can't drive ne cut ] va here
before they came and can support Eysel+ with
cat their azz<gtxnce II esauss gsf anything
else, can support myself OF potato patch Of
three and oDe-half serss which ] own ! Al
bitterly opposed 20 az! vzolsocs, 51t propose
20 stand By the ns1-
While hardly shot has been fred by
either party. either n the town or al the
mine, for several days, except an occasional
shot az bird. the miners accuse the S1ili-
van men OF having done 8 great deal Of
reckless shooting previous 70 the coming
of the increased force Of deputies John
Drylie. one Of the most determined CT the
strikers. who lived On the compzny's prop
erty, near Mr.. Parker's house. until four
weeks ago, and thus had 10 pass the
guards. sayss
] vas challenged half Q dozen tines until
one evening, when the guk-da had been doing 8
good deal Of shooting near ny house. DePuTy
Dave RsraAEs tod ne ! had better walk home
from town with hin Ny wife was then N del
s~rr ASs xsrF= had bal
that tine vas not challenged, and have since
rooTaS down toHr