The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-13
WAR ON THE DOCK.
Capt. Ross Again at Outs With
LOngshoremen.
WILL NOT LET THEM DISCHARGE.
Arrival Of the Moiiican From Alaska
Premier's Keel Cut Through
Water Front Notes.

The longshoremen had another bout
yesterday with Captain Ross, OF the
steamer Haytian Republic, whom they
caused to be arrested some time ago for at
tempting TO discharge his vessel with Jap
anese.
The steamer arrived in port from Port
land about noon. and Captain Ross in
sisted on his crew handling the freight IN
the hold of the vessel and letting the long
shoremen handle it on the wharf. The
longshoremen objected to this, and in
sisted on doing all the handling or none,
so they quit work. The captain then or
jered portion of his crew to go ashore and
handle the freight, but the men said they
We're afraid and refused to obey, where
upon he discharged them. He then tried
to induce number of Chinese passengers
he had on board TO discharge the vessel,
but they also were afraid. As a last resort
the captain had lot of men taken down
from up town, but they too refused to go
to work, some of them yielding to the per-
suasion of the longshoremen, and others
claiming to be afraid, Notwithstanding the
presence of Chief Jackson and three or
four of his officers and patrolmen.
his ground and declared he would take
the freight back to Portland before he
would yield But this proved to be I'M
necessary, for H. W. Baker. and his en-
tire Office force, Wharfinger Newell, the
night Waterman, and all turned out after
O'Clock and trucked the freight away as
the captain, stewart and the rest of the
officers and the cook and walters on the
ste lad = har IF
a scene which has probably never before
been witnessed here since the earliest pio-
neer days.
a number Of lon gshoremen stood away
a distance quietly talking among each
other and laughing at the new method of
discharging 4 vessel, but everything was
perfectly orderly.
Capt. Ross statement regarding the diff
Guilty was substantially in accordance with
the facts as here stated, and he added:
had been taking my coal at Vancouver, but
finally changed to Seattle. but if this sort Of
thing is to be kept up am going to begin taking
my coal at Vancouver again. ! will carry back
every pound of this freight before will yield.
They expect me TO keep my crew standing
around idle while pay them for doing the work
on the vessel, but il won't work. 1t is beginning
to look as though man can not have any free
dom OF action any more
Ii. W. Baker said:
This thing is going too far That vessel came
here at noon and had only forty tons OF freight
for Seattle. Ii would take just about an hour
to discharge it The vessel has a large crew and
they were familiar with where the goods were
stored away and could discharge them most
readily. But the longshoremen would not
work with them and by threats scared them
from doing the work themselves The result is
the vessel has been delayed several hours when
We have been doing everything to maze time
and compete with this other Chinese line.
The longshoremen are cutting off their own
heads, for Capt. Ross will just go to Van
couver and get crew of Japanese. He was ar
rested some time ago for having Japanese do
longshore work, but that case wall be dis
missed If the company consents to IL. have
checked freight before and can do it now before
yielding TO a bluff.
Morris ]. Neagle, one of the leading
members of the Longshoremen's Union,
said:
This is a very small matter, but it means a
great deal to II we yield in small things
they will expect US to yield in larger ones. We
refused to handle freight with sailors, and have
perfect right to do so. They are not hired to
do that class of work, and when they do il, 1t
just takes that much away from us. We used
no violence or intimidation, but the sailors,
who happened TO be all non-union, for ne will
not carry union man, refused 20 take our
places. They saw the Justice of our demands.
Even the Cinnamon refused to 20 to work
for him. lie sent out aud got lot of fisher
men, but when we explained matters to them
they, too. refused to go 10 work. They had been
told that no other men could be found Now,
when we have beaten him Mt every point by fair
means, he claims we have been using intmida-
tlCsl How much intimidation could we use,
with all these officers standing around here to
give his men protection? The fact is, that tom
mage is discharged here for from p 10 80 per cent
less than at any other important port on the
sound, aud can prove it by any fair minded
captain coming in here. Every body thinks
from the statements made by these people who
are always hghing us that long h0remeu are
regular monsters, but we know our own bust
ness and act as We think Just, and we come
about as near what is right as the balance OF
mankind. Only yesterday the captain of bark
eutlne Katie Flltteuger reported To the Chamber
OF Commerce that we were interfering with the
loading Of his vessel, when the fact is not a
longshoreman was near his vessel but myself
heard he wanted some men~ant went down
there Sunday, but he was away ami | never
spoke a word 10 the man. His crew left him
and he lays the blame onto US just because he
wants to hold sOmeb ldy else rcsnCuslbla