The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-13
FISHING SITUATION
MANY WILDCAT RUMoRS CURRENT
ON STREETS YESTERDAY RE.
0ARDlNG UNION MEN.
Bo,iy ot Fishermen Visit Cooks Cam
ncry and Make an EuOr, 70 rcr.
suado up-Rlvrr Men to stop
Fishing

Many rumors wcrc current on the
uation II ls said that about % boats
with tho Pathfinder and a large number
OF men. had gone up tho river to visit
Cooks canncry At Clltton. which had
commenced operations and that fearing
the rights OF Washington nshcrmon
might bc intcrfrrrd with. the steamer
wenona. with howitacr ana mllitamrn.
left llWaco In pursuit Il was also ru-
morrd that u ton or two OF nsh had been
thrown overheard a, Cooks. ana that the
men would camp thcrc In order to prr-
vent further work. In order to set at
the facts an Asorian representative made
careful investigation.
The following telegram rom Clifton
shows that little damage WAS done AZ
that point:
Clifton. or. May - !&
Astorian. ASTORIA
Pathfinder anchored milo and a half
above here Two hundred mon around
her Have seen nothing II wcnona or
AlAiAAlAH AA@NN AANlAAiA HNsAA ANh ~ AA'Ahf
J. o. SPENCER
\ telegram from liwIco about o'clock
stated that the Wcnona vas lying at
her dock. whore she had bcon ali day,
A private telegram from Clifton gave
the Information that the visiting fisher
men had thrown some hAh overheard
from number OF boats near Cooks can
merry. but had not approached the cam
merry itself, or intcrfcrcd with II In any
way. II was also stated that the men
were cncampcd near by
Al the headquarters Of the nion Sec
rotary Jensen most cmphatlcaily said
that the men had gone up the river on
the pcaceable crrand OF sndc1yOrins to
persuade the fishermen up there to stop
work; but that under the spcciar orders
OF the association. no Yiolcncc OF any
kind would be- tolerated. and that he did
not believe any violence had been done.
The fishermen OF the Union simply could
not afford TO nHh for nyc cents. and
the cnnnerymcn claimed that they could
only afrord TO pay four cents. There is
no strike: We are not In the employ OF
tho packers. and will simply not work
for a less price for our product than We
can AFFORD To- Captain ID. X. Johnson.
who was standing by, spoke up and said
that he had Just come down the river
and had met tho Pathfinder early In
the afternoon. II will guarantee that
no overt acts were committed and you
know very well that II any nsh were
destroyed there is proper recourse at
law, II the Gamers want 10 run, all
right: n others want 10 ash for four
cents. all right: We will sry and persuade
them not to do so. II In a simple I'm
possibility that one or two tons OF FISH
could have been destroyed. for that
amount OF fish cannot be caught In that
nelghborhood In one day"
Captain j. f.. A. Johnson said that a
number OF acts attributed TO union men
were committed by non-unlOn men. ana
no matter how distant from the un-
ion men. naturally during a strike were
attributed to them. We are going to
conduct this matter In an orderly way,
and propose TO see It out, all reports TO
the contrary, The men VINO went up
the river viii undoubtedly return with
the first tide"
Mr.. X. A. Hawkins. OF ilwaco. who
was over yesterday. said that the trap
pers were putting out gear, and that the
canneries were doing fairly well, The
traps, he thought were averaging about
ten salmon per day each