The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-15

strscsIoua e .gus cold lead IN IRE bead
81 patrtek fsiyan. ere. etc me ie.1efs
bearing thaase INSTRUCTIONS the saii5rs
frnlon received from Hawkins and p3a-
il9aed thsm IN the San FranefSeo tx
zrlmer sonae tfrae ago. raaEiag sRTeEe
Of HemtEruent fa favor % the uniou- " :
could treas shz JOAN Anderson inridTfs I
the Karre say r - al utterly false arr
should never hare hesa printed EtfaoaE
investigation The article. II fact re-
fleets great ignorance OF the simplest
faces sn connection win our institution
.sF-o- instance. II Is stated mat Port
Townsend IL become - notorious Tor this
sort Of thing that tas last nuTr'rer o. the
Police News has illustrated the fepar-
ture 81 faa I,sn1xdsls from that port
The picture shows the ship CONTROLLED oy
ths boarding house men. Who Triumphant
IS iasso The sailors scattered about on
tfle surface % tina water ard manipulate
them as they Please.
Exactly, This Is satire IN favor o.
thf Sailors Union. yet your paper would
represent IL IN favor Of che boarding
house mau, Again you say Wright and
Newman are conducting the hrst esEab-
ilshmeat Of the kind ever attempted in
this ciys. and as they have done a s. 80
business since coming here. two months
ago. they think they have received
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permanently.
This is absurd. coming from thoae
crimps. Boarding house men have been in
business here whenever the authorities
would - 50 negligent as 20 allow them 20
carry Oh their practices. As 10 writer's
being driven out % every port north e
San Diego. his character IS tho well knoR
70 consider this as any thing but simple
fabrication.
I'VE think Il Is dangerous 20 print such
matter IN regard 20 serious questions
without a fuH knowledge OF the inner
workings Of such questions. Such matter
reflects Ia an unboiy way on 4 work which
has been the ideal of sailors over the
whole world for close on 70 century
the Sailors Union and Home. In the
years before its establishment Il vas the
appeal Of the press VIII tho press now
declare against It through the voice OF its
worst enemies. the crimps2 The voices OF
two notorious crimps spoke through your
columns yesterday. but We are honest
men, and tho prayer we are Offering every
day for the success OF our enterprise and
hopes comes from honest hearts. the
hearts OF the men OF the ocean. our fight
r. for the emancipation OF the sailor from
the demoraiized condition and influences
that surround them. and In which they
have been STEPPED so long. Ours is q noble
purpose. We fight for social order among
them: we fight for fair wages. These are
our simple mottos.
This II the light in which our struggle
should De viewed. and the public may adj
just its sentiment on the subject with the
facts put plainly before them. We have
called on this public sentiment continually
since the union was started many years
ago In the great port Of London. and have
made use Of IL IA urging reform for the
criminal methods Of the crimps and board
Ing house proprietors who disgrace the
name Of the sailor. Had Il not been for
the true philanthroplc spirit of those who
took in charge the dcmoraiized affairs Of
Jack Tar ashore ne would not rank as the
respec table and worthy character he Is
striving 10 maintain today. and the inter-
national organization OF the sailors would
loo thing unknown. and It's present mem
bers the degraded beings they were In
the old days when they were at the mercy
or any chance as soon as they left their
ship.
THE Seattle Sailors Union may have to
call on local sympathy directly before
long. and Il thinks it VIII succeed. We
have had in contemplation for some time
past the establishment OF substantial
home for sailors in emulation of those
homes such as we have IN San Francisco
and elsewhere. Such building as we de-
sign would be an ornament 20 this city
wonld make Il envled. II would mean d
power In the centering Of the shipping
business Of the Northwest at this point.
and when there IS considered the actual
Quitting alone Of the hundreds OF sailors
who are annually sigUed for the shipping
Of Puget sound It's Intrinsic value Is ap-
preciafed There arc many other consij-
erations In this connection. not 10 mention
the subsequent necessity OF making this
port a port Of entry. but our idea OF estab>
fishing this home. II will he recognized.
must To closely linked with public SYM
pathy In our cause. and until We feel that
We are protected soy this We cannot broad
On our present narrow basis Of working
10 any great extent. Praying, therefore.
that this letter wil gain this sympathy.
7 beg 20 remain. PATRICK GlHNN.
Secretary Sailors Union. Seattle"
Another communication on the subject
read as follows:
Seattle. Nav Is. 1895.
''To the Editor. I read from your paper
o. the war 81 tho sailorg iou put u TOO
strong You ought NOT 90 be more on one
side than on the other There arc Away s
two sides to "a story. and always will he
so long as the people and especially citi-
zons do not get their rights-that Is fair
prire for fair labor The facts are these
a. near as can make out. for I have been
following the sea for twelve years all
over the Pacific ocean, and | think
have got 20 the bottom Of the facts: Tho
shin owners DO not want 20 pay any more
than they really cau help. FOR his reason:
There Is so much opposition IN their line
that they 10 not make enough 10 enter
tain their friends Co-nerchants, on cham
parDe and g5-reut cigars. and they com
,rer,.r7 on their employees 10y lowering
their wages 50 low that they cannot make
enough ~ live fair and dress decent and
q the sailor had "a family. he could not
manage without going without clothing.
There are somc shat could show, y they
would hc wIllins 20 como forward 20 tes-
flfv. What 7 have written bat for The pride
80, a., American am respectfully yours.