The morning call., 1893-08-12
PROTECTING JACK.
British SE1iDmasters Sign
Articles
NOT TO PAY BL0OD-M0NEY.
They VIII Ignore clearinghouse
Keepers and Depend on the Ship
Owners Association.

A. ads urDed meeting OF British shin
masters was he'd at the office Of The
Blush Consul yesterday afternoon t. ron
elu5e re proceedings had on Wednesday
relative 10 joining the Sh5p-owners' Asso-
cation. There Nss very large aiteDaaue
In order te gel the sense Of the meeting
n tie matter Of dealing with harding
masters Captain Dodd Of the ship Man
chester offered a resolution proposing IL
the B0aTding-masIers Association 10 TAX
men from them, the wages 10 be Il 10 g
per month Z 10 case 10 exceed Tie latter
SUM, advance noI 10 exceed So. DO bonus.
Or blood-moDey. Or side money; notice
Tor seRmen 70 be posted heIK eeD , and 8
P. N, stating he name OF The ship and
number Of men wanted; the boarding
masters 10 present a excess Of 80 PEI cent
over TIE actual number Of men required,
50 that Sc ectioBs c0u3G be made; the men
70 De placed o. bard free Of charge ana 3
con- etent wsIC Imam win them, that i0T
every CeSsriIOu . substitute be 10r-
Dishtd E; lie SANE rate Of pay free Of
charge.
This resolution after brief discussion
was unanimously vo-ed down.
Iher+uu0o the following agreement,
addressed 10 me Ship wners' Association
sEuel.
The aforementioned British shiDmasters il
IBIS p1ft zST- 10 7 u yCuf association on fae
1af owing terms Thai Won supply - en Of The
sifliss WlIa competent SezHen. az They become
Iesdy. "a charge Of my GEMS shipping fee
ser % al. SUPPLIED tpr Blus months. making
itiA charge ioI eatl EiaL SupDA-o -. atl1 to
supply S2icBEa1 al Z charge Of $ %
required.
TIE agreement was signed ty thirty-six
British sEIpui2s.eTs ~ follows; Captain
Moody q tns Ce6aTbRus. Blair Il tie
CalfoTlis. i We Of the huderick Dhu.
D0od O. he Manchester. Hughes q he
ra>.A, Griffith i Tie City IF \ a6rgs.
(7aTrlock o. lie Ellis ana. IaylOr of tne
NstheThY. Smith OF Tie Argo, Cumiains q
TIE I.srlin. StiVrn Of tie F4Sca al, Little
5l1n OF the JlTic2. NeOl of The SeatIIsh
ls.es. Forbes Of tie Duufe-mline. E}esl-
myEer OF me bothweli. Grelg q tie l H.
bank. Mccarthy 81 ne BET5oWIe. Baker
Il the City Of Ben rs. Roberts q Tie
talk 61C. PaSlIuI q he Ac1DRshlS.
Mitchell q The Cape York. Davies # The
Lord Cairns. Wainwright q the Spske.
BeechjBg Of TIE I le>meTe. Elaoue IF ths
B2TcrEiF, osuIer Of lie DechmeDt, R0ilU
Of Tie ia grave, Palmer Of The Stock
bridge. Hal 81 IAe bari OF AOpett WI.
Slap u Tie Dtlon. ROninsa1 Of lie Re
HsBre, AOuljon 0f TIE Pegasus. Ser house
n Ire Anau-Qs. Cannon + The 81 T. ban
Farm. blYce u lie cRmOTn8. ScOIt q IlS
Hyder&bad.
There az tOTIF-sevsD British merchant
men 4 pOTl. anG only Two have, declined
70 join tie ASSOCIATION EIVlDE as reason
tDat they Deed CHS lew meb and 4. i
hardly WoTtb TIE y lie. IRE other line.
which are var 0usly scattered. are ex-
pecte0 10 sign wli1i1 1eN days, OF -
Sao1 Is tb6 masters can be seen. The
unanimous sentiment : that iii. new
movement : 1oi 10r this season. BAT To-
permanent TONG, AID Il il shall result II
some &c az and sDBoy&lc5 On this voyage
1e masters are wiling II endure il Tor tne
ben@1f CT being independent IN the future.
barry Ii The Al eTBocu X WAS proposed
= have conference between the British
sEiDmzsleTs aDc tia BnarClnE-InRstsr
Association, = bs hsId al 3 o'ci3cK. bur il
view + ne action on he resolution above
Mentioned sufh 4 conference. II course,
W9.lI have been useless.
"a bic Tie meeting Was going on al the
BRUSH Conspfs o1es there was al as
ssmbiage Of nearly al The boarding
masters in JuNn Oh he sidewalk u front
OF tie Exchange build DE. When thew
Aesrd the result they decided at oDce -
h0.d meeting this morning 70 counter tie
- DE RstsFs.
Ib4 course they vii pursue WAS ont
lined &c z CALL man by n. MCCRTty, presi-
oenI = The BgaTdiDE-msstsr Union. l.
Lam InOmps0D. The eldest nan z the
tUelne4s 10 san Francisco. aDG hcT3as
Murray, he u-xt Oldest I'VE VIII fight
them" sai1 ihey. 10y holding back our
men. Ibe-e sblpIlasters forge; how We
helped them cut Z past years when sailors
were scarce. and LOW when tbeTe is coed
supply they propose 10 take advantage =
lie situation ! few ef them vii I'll their
ships without mUca iroGhle. b1i on The
last ones. Thy viii be { I'd 10 pay $50 or
50 month and SO bon0s besides"
But what Wi yCu 90 with tie men
you hsve on hand ."
We viii give them TO TIE Sailors
Union. They viii % just IS glad II take
SO month Ter the coast a. 81 Tor foreign.
I he shipmRsters h6d ne right TO 20 hack
ID our last agreement v hich v a. $50
month wages and so bonus. BIT they
think they've got Is IN hole Il viii
not be long before the tables vii b.
turned ana then we'll phi the screws 10
IDeD.
1 story WIS circulated about The Ex-
change building that several shlp-ow1ers
had Withdrawn from The association as
soon g. they heard that The British ships
were taken into il. Secretary Williams
gave fat denial 10 the statement. ard
went u 10 SEW that not only w8uld the
association have every British ship in port.
bHt every American also.
The result Of the stand taken hy /
British shiDmssteTs yesterday VIII be
watched with more Than ordinary Interest
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