The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-15
LUNBERNEN CUT RATES.
Vessels Being Loaded at FOTty-fiTC
Cents Per Thousand.

The First Cut Made Was Five Cents
Per Thousand Below the Regular
Rates-This Led to General Cut
All Round-WaEes Were Reduced
and the Lumbermen's Protective
Association Took Out Stevedora's
Iiceuse-It offered to Los.d at Forty
five @ snts-1Tembers of the Associa-
Discharged.
There is row on in the humber steve
dores' carp. and, from all reports, cut
rates in loading vessels is the order of
the day.
There is a variance of opinion as to Just
how it began, but the situation promises
to become even more interesting than that
among the 'Iongshoremen, who are now
on the strike, on account Of the fact that
lumber vessels are leaving the port every
dav. while cotton during the summer
season is comparatively quiet
The lumber 5 tevedores Of the port are
Messrs. J. F. Jones 4 Co, Butler &
WILLY. Ramsay 81 Son, and T. J. Agnew
Sam Daniels, coLOred, also does a steve
doring business. The rate for loading
vessels has been 60 cents per thousand feet
for single and 65 cents per thousand for
double decked vessels, and the trouble
among the stGsvedores is that this rate
has been cut to 45 cents per thousand for
single deck vessels or Is cents below the
standard prices
BEGINNING OF THE OUT.
Different causes are assigned for the
cut in rates One of the stevedores says
that another of the guild went on the
wharf of the Georgia Lumber Com
pany, where the Gen. Adelbert Ames was
about to be loaded. An offer was then
made to load this vessel, which is a single
decked schooner, at So cents per 1000
feet. or cents below the regular price.
Messrs. Butler * Wylly, who were
loading at the Georgia Lumber COmpany's
wharf, met the cut and took the contract.
Offers were then made by them to take
vessels at the wharf of Stillwell, Millen
& Co, which were to be loaded by
Ramsay g. Son. at rates lower than were
offered by the latter. The cuts made
between these two stevedOring firms
started the ball TO rolling, and captains Of
vessels began to refuse to pay more than
b5 cents per thousand for loading single
deck vessels and 90 cents for double
decks. This brought about a cut on all.
sides.
A STRIKING CONI1NG hRNI.
As a consequence of the reduction in
prices, the wages of the wharf hands
were cut to some extent by the steve
dores, though the wages of the men on
the vessels were not changed. The col
ored society known as the Lumb erInen's
Protective Association then met and de-
cided to take out license in order TO do
stevedoring.
The members Of this association, it is
I'd -,
vessels last Saturday. They offered to
load the schooner Ida Laurence, con-
signed to Dale, Dixon q Co, at 40 cents
per thousand, which is cut of 10 cents
They made the same offer in the case of
the Melissa A. Willy.
Capt Campbell of the Ida Laurence
agreed to let Messrs. J. +. Jones 81 Co.
have the vessel if they would meet the
rate made by the colored society. This
being refused, the captain has decided to
load her himself, which he thinks he can
do at 40 cents. He will, it is understood,
superintend his own gangs
With regard to the Melissa A. Willy,
she was turned over to Messrs. Butler
and Wylly to load at 30 cents.
THE SITUATION INTERESTING.
The situation is growing somewhat In
teresting After the license was taken
out by the colored society, one or two of
the stevedOres discharged all the en-
plOyes with them that were members of
IT, 1t is said that good many of them
resigned from the society In order to hold
their Jobs. However a good many that
did belong to the society went and they
are now making offers TO load vessels at
greatly reduced rates.
They have not obtained a vessel so far,
and the stevedores say they will take
them almost for nothing before they will
see them loaded by these strikers. 1t is
said that nearly three-fourths of the mem
bers quit the society on account of the
discharging of those who belonged to it
after the society had taken out its license
to do a stevedoring business.
In the mean time the fight is on, and as
will be seen has two sides, or rather
three sides to it. The stevedores are cut
ting rates among themselves, and they
find that they have got TO cut still further
to meet the cuts made by the members of
the association who have left their en-
ploy and taken out a license.