The herald., 1893-09-26
AN UNENV|ABLE RECORD.
The Coast Seamen's Union in
Bad Repute.
A Long List of Crimes Placed
to Its Credit.
Saturday Nights Outrage the Climax
of the Series.
Heavy Rewards offered for tho Arrest
of tho Conspirators-Three Suspects
in Custody-The Ship Own
ers DecIsre War.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.-Saturday
nights dynamite outrage, in which four
men were killed and two more badly in
jured. one fatally, was the elimination
OF long series of illegal acts which
heve been attributed to the Coast Sea-
mems union. For several years the un-
ion has been waging bitter war against
the non-union sailors and their employ
ers and have resorted to many acts Of
intimidation in other coast ports, as well
as San Francisco. At this port, at va
rious times, five echooners, barken-
tineH and barks wore cut adrift, one Of
them nearly going ashore. The ship
Tacoma and the brig Percy Edwards
had their anchor chains nearly sawed
through. The ship Columbia had her
standing rigging cut and her sails torn
to ehreds. Dynamite was placed in
the hold of the steamer Bawnmore. but
the clockwork which was to have ex-
ploded the machine did not go. and the
vessel was saved. A few months ago s.
stick of dynamite was found on the cyl.
inder head Of the the tug Ethel and
Marion, and Puget Sound collier came
intoport with stick of dynamite in her
engine room. In addition to these,
numerous small boats were scnttled and
smashed and non-union sailors beaten.
No one was ever punished for these
deeds, and the men who were fighting
the non union sailors grew bold.
NUMEROUS REWARDS OFFERED.
The principal development today in
the dynamite outrage OF Saturday night
was the increased inrerest manifested in
the capture OF Its authors. Governor
Markham offered a reward of $1,000,
Chief Crowley added $3.50 to it, and the
Ship-Owners' association put up AM in
dependent 1000, making total of
$3.50. The theory is that among arch
dastardiy towards 80 the men capable of
such work thsre ustbe sorne traitor
whom gold will bait sufficiently
to back up the fear that prompts
turning informer. Chief Crowley
detailed half dezen detectives today to
aid Detective Egan and Sergeant Helms
of the harbor police in the search for
the men who planned and carried out
the deed of death. The chief is driving
his men With whip and spur, and that
he is in deadlv earnest is shown by the
amount of work heis doing in person.
THE sHIP-OWNERS' ACTION.
The directors OF the Ship Owners
association held long Session during
the afternoon. at which they added $500
TO the two rewards mentioned above,
and donated $50 towards the burial ex-
renses Of Edward Murphy and James
McGinnes, the two sailors killed by the
bomb. The sentiment of the ship own
ere, as manifested at the meeting, from
which not single director was absent,
was very strongly in favor OF
crushing the sailors' union out
OF existence. President Simpsons
idea that there can be no safety
for life or property as long as the
union has the semblance of life, was
concurred in by svery man present, and
one result OF the horror OF Saturday
night ia that now the union will have
to make defensive fight for existence
instead OF an offensive fight for patron
age. BY special resolution it
was agreed that the members of the
Ship-owners' association are ready and
willing to risk their property and
spend their money in exhausting every
means Ito end the reign,of terror" in
the language of the agreement, ''so long
conducted by the organization"
THE INcITINa OF oUrRAGEs.
Iu the argumentover the responsible
ity of the union for past outrages, it was
decided that the association does not
charge the union with directly inciting
or inducing members to such awful
deeds of bloodshed and destruction,
but does charge them with stir
rirg them up by speech and action
in manner calculated to make
individual members take just such steps
OF war. There is evidence in the hands
Of the association, Gays Secretary Will
liams, to prove that men OF bad charac-
ter have been paid from the union treas
ury for the sole labor OF beating non
union sailors and sympathizers and
destroying property.
''The situation is this" said Mr..
Williams, There 10 great supply OF
sailors on this coast, and, there always
will be such supply that q
strike or tie-up on lhe part
OF the union must necessarily
fail. Nine-tenths of the deep-water
sailors who enter port on the coast come
out with the intention of leaving their
ships and going into the coasting trade.
The union leaders know just how
anxious the men are to quit long voy-
aging for coasting, and this leaves them
violence as q sole recourse. Their policy
for years hes been to beat and maltreat
all non-union men, thereby driving them
away again or forcing them into the
union ranks"
UNION SAILORS OFFER A REWARD.
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific, at q
meeting tonight, offered reward of
$1,000 for the arrest and conviction OF the
parties who exploded the bomb in front
of the Curtin's boarding house Saturday
night. A committee was also appointed
to make arrangements for mass meet
ing, to be held in Metropolitan nall
soon, for the PURPOSE of placing the
union in a proper light before the public
by condenning the dynamite outrage.
F0lSux SECURING znE TOWN.
The police ara securing the town to
eStain q clue to the identity Of tho