The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-24
LABOR AND WAGES.
Single Weavers Confident Of
Winning Their Strike.
PREPARING FOR LABOR DAY.
Progress 81 work - the Duildlngs New
Undsr Csassruetioa n
This City.

The trouble between the shingls weavers
and manufacturers 1t Ballard has not been
90 serious - was anticipated by most peo-
pie The effort of the manufacturers to
reduce wages did not seem to be agreeable
to them all. although it Was adopted by
the association. Some Of the moro con-
sentative thought that If wages were re-
duced it would only result in the still
further reduction in the price of shingles.
which would bring ABOUT the same condi-
tons that now exist. The result WAS that
while the reduced scale was to have gone
into effect July I. there was no attempt to
enforce it until the middle Of the month,
and then only in two mills ct Ballard.
The shingie weavers refused to accept the
reduced scale and the result Was clash.
The mills of the Stimson Lumber Com
pany and the Seattle Cedar Lumber Com
pany attempted to continue with nom
union men. and are now running with
reduced forces. Tho shingle weavers
claim that the non-union men are incom-
petent and that these mills will be glad to
return to union men and pay the old
scale. All the other mills which are run.
ming at all are paying the old scale. but
only one-quarter or one-third Of the Shin
gle mills on the Sound are now running.
The Western Central Labor Union con-
tinued in session but about ten minutes
last Wednesday evening. 1t was the night
that the city council was to consider tho
ordinance creating the Office Of labor COM
missioner, the incumbent to run free
employment bureau. President Lafayette
and w. G. Armstrong appeared before the
council and argued in behalf of the meas.
ure. and as soon as the union adjourned
all the other members went to the council
chamber to listen to the proceedings. The
ordinance was read the third time in the
house Of delegates and then referred to
committee. Considering the present ef-
forts of tho council towards retrenchment,
when the number of officers 10 being re-
duced. there il but little prospect Of tho
Office of labor commissioner being created.
The Stiliaguamish Amalgamatcd Union,
through its secretary, d. ]. Glavin. has
written to the Western Central, request-
ing information with view to afiiliation
with it
The preliminary committee on Labor
day will this week make arrangements to
secure grounds for a big picnic. where the
programme of the day. after the parade,
can be carried out. Speeches will proba-
bly, b. made. and the day b wound up
with ball in the evening.
The iron molders held their monthly
meeting last week.
The monthly meeting Of the typograph-
ical union will be held next Sunday.
At the Tacoma Trades Council meeting
this week George Hess and DAVID Morris
were admitted to membership and obli-
gated as delegates.
The bricklayers' union. Of Tacoma, has
Endorsed the institution Of . free employ
ment bureau.
Tho Tacoma Trades Council has APP
pointed a committee to investigate the dis
charge of employees Of the Point Defiance,
Tacomas,& Edison railway who were for
.merly employed by the Tacoma q Puyal-
lup Railway COMPANY.