The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-18
STRIKE IN THE MILLS.
Single Viewers Refuse to Ac-
cept the New Scala
the MILLS ray NoM-uMioM MEN.


The shingie vsavesD Ct Ballard struck
yesterday because Of the ATTEMPT on the
pss q the mills 70 reduce wages, accord
ing TO the new schedule adopted BY the
Aanufacturers' Assoe.st last month.
1ns Seattle Cedar Lumber Company
ana the Stimson Mil Company started 70
work part of their shsngis mills under
the reduced schedule Of wages, winch vas
20 80 into eject July I. The union men
refused 10 work 1t the reduced wages. and
toe mills attempted 20 run With non-union
or 'scab" crews. The Seattle Cedar Lrm-
Der Company ran until 8 o'clock. when Is
VAS forced to shut down because they
could not work the mill with the IN
skilled men employed. A. w. Hight I'M
dertook 70 do their cling, but the saws
would not work.
h. Taimadgs WAS Stimson's 6ler and
Gus Brinkman took charge OF their ten
blocker. Both Of these men are experts
af the business. but they stopped working
q So'csock. refusing 10 work longer with
the non-unson crew, claiming they were
unable to do the work. The Simmons
have not filed their places.
The men are making no disturbance.
Everything 10 quiet, although there 10 IN
undereurrent OF excitement and the old
hands are silently rejoicing over the APP
parent failure Of this mornings attempt TO
run the mills with unskiIied labor.
A dispute between . union and nom
union man about the relative merits OF
skilled and unskilled labor resulted in q
tight on Sunday in which the non-union
man received blow from Billy Beckett. .
knot sawyer. The nou-union man, Charles
Gun:ert. was fined yesterday. but Beckett
ran away from the officer and has not
yet been arrested.
When interviewed Gus Brinkman, Slim.
sons foreman in tho shingse mill, said he
took charge OF the ten-biocker yesterday
morning. He worked until 8 o'clock,
when he found he could not work satis-
factorily with non-union crew and he
went to the mill Office and told the man.
ager. He also asked Charles Etimson II
they intended to reduce his wages, and he
Was told that . 10 per cent. reduction
would be made in oil the wages. He then
asked them TO put another man In his
placs.
II. Taldmadge. the fiier. had similar
experience. saying he could not file % a
to do good work satisfactorily to himself
with non-union knot sawyerA Taldmadgs
and BYtnkmau are union men.
J. Dorman. manager OF Stimson's, said
they expected to run right along. His
words we're: II intend to run and do the
best / can" He said he did not wish TO
say anything in particular for puD.ica-
ton.
There 10 no sign Of anything unusual
about the town except . rough piece Of Q
shiuRle bolt nailed Ia = nost in front ri
the postoffice. with the inscription: ''This
II specimen Of . scab single, IS to ="
which the passers-by examine with smile
1t IL really conflict between the union
men and the mills. and union men think
the mill men will b compelled to- concede
the wages fixed by che schedule Of the
Single Weaver Union. One Of them
said:
I'VE are we'll organized and are prepared
to struggle long time for our demands.
The mills can not be run with green hands
who are ignorant Of the business. because
they will lose more through the ignorance
and unskiilfulness Of the non-union men
than the difference in wages demanded by
the union men. There are not enough
non-union men to run half the mills on
the Sound"
A large band wheel in Stimson' . old mill
broke yesterday into pieces which went
crashing through the roof ana about the
mill in . dozen different places. Fortu.
nateiy no one WAS hurt and the damage to
the building is not very great. It broke
the band saw. The damage Was repaired
and the mill will start this morning. It 10
. very unusual occurrence for . band wheel
IN hreak