The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-14
I'D MEN SHUT OUT.
Ixaeshoremen's Places Taken
by Non-Union Men.
81 ,cf PROTECT THE woRkMEN
~sae Coast Steamship Company Cs-
...xs the UmasflIa Despite the
rn,sn-Se Violence offered.

80 entfr;rssed tro.5ie with the long
.4.-.sreu did not nsaterialize At the Ocean
- YESTERDAY. and the Pacific Coast
/ ,e..s~sksp Company had it, freight
st.-xisd with non-union men. working on
=. res schedule Of 20 cents per hour. An
use crowd vas cougrsgated on the
~ throughout the day, although as the
! s.rv< passed and no row was In sight
- dawn there out Of curiosity de-
.srsed while large crowd Of lonEshore-
- rrrnained, using all legitimate means
9 seryuade men not TO work In their
$50.
ri = announced Yesterday morning. The
FnxfssIa arrived at $50 q. m, and ~ 10
sxso<k. the hour set 20 BEGIN work, ap-
.csehed hundreds Of peoDie copyrighted
1. fyont OF the large warehouses only 10
ga Ill approaches to the wharf closed, ex-
mt through the main Office. and half
daxen policemen In charge OF Lieut.. Huff
a dusy IN front OF the entrances The
ssenEng before, W. NJ. Davis. the steve
dors Of the company. had the promise of
rytat many more men than the company
sseAed to work cargo. but at ~ O'Clock
yssterdsv not one of them was in sight.
o. the Office bulletin board was written in
iarre lsssers. Men Wanted" but IL took
: GOOD deal Of nerve for man 10 elbow
his way through the crowd 20 the door
srd ask for work IN the face Of the long
shorsmen who had refused to accept the
vsres offered. Gradually. however. they
cane In. and the company secured all the
nsn needed. who were set to work dis
ehsrgsng the cargo of the Umatilia. The
men worked with a viii and handled
freight In lively manner in connection
With the crew OF the steamer. and the
york vas done by tho middle OF the after
noon or little later.
Most Of those who braved the jeers of
The crowd and applied for work we're men
jeng out of work. some of them with
families. One was accompanied by his
little boy. He said he had been unable TO
End employment and must work. An
ether elbowcd his way through the crowg.
his face as white as . sheet. and at the
door said exciiedly, II want work" He
sid be was afraid OF the men on the out
sds. but his family was in need and ne
mast do something. The mate of the
ship and Mr.. Davis both said that the new
men handled freight faster than 1t was
ever handled on the dock.
The contents of the written comrnunica-
non sent by the company to the long
shoremen and which precipitated the con-
Aiet could not be definitely asccrtained.
Both Agent Johnson and the longshore-
men refused To give IL out for publication.
But Il was ascertained that the company
not only reduced wages from so TO 10
sents an hour. but insists on employing
its own foreman, doing away with the
iongshoreman timekeeper. working the
ships crews aud the right TO select its
esn men. Heretofore the longshoremen
have themselves selected the gangs by q
method of rotation adopted by the union.
By which the men took turns and each Sc
cared about the same amount of work.
Seattle and Tacoma are the only cities in
which the company has not been allowed
BY the longshoremen to work the ships
crews, this being done in San francisco.
where longshoYemen are paid bat 20 cents
On hour. As q reason for the new mode
the company pleads both the demoraliza-
zion of freight rates and the small amount
Of freight handled in comparison 10 more
prosperous times.
luz lily va AVpcAA ttoh Nnhi ~ tHc
baukers yesterday. the trimming being
done by the ships crew. The gates at he
entrance to the bunkers on the wharf level
sere locked and an officer was stationed
on top to prevent spectators from ap-
proaching.
la order TO keep the men who were en-
rloyed unloading the Umatiila from COM
Ing in contact with the longshoremen.
Who were waiting outside the warehouse
Oil day. they were taken aboard the UNA
lila when the work was done. Some of
The men were afraid of the crowd and did
rot want to be known by them. although
DO special violence had been threatened.
During the day the iongshoremen created
DO disturbance. only trying TO persuade
men not to work. They were non-com-
nunieasive concerning the points of diff
hrence between themselves and the CON-
pany. One OF the leaders refused 10 give
any information concerning the written
sommunication from the company. bat ali
we're willing TO argue the merits OF the
oaxa