The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01

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:......-.. Understanding. r.. :.
The: Shipping Masters Have Put Up~a a
S. t. Cash Guarantee of Good :.= 8 :>:.
,:. @ S.; Faith. = :. . .:;. T.:
4. The. Ship-owners' Association and: Coast
ing: Seanren: Shipping Association have
=come::to an understanding: which will
practically do:away witt the:possibility Of
"a strike during the winter months. A
treaty has been signed. and its proyisi ons
go.into@effect to-day. The boaruin g-mas-:
ters: who have thrown in ntheir lotswith the.
ship owners are : r.:::: "
!. j: JIG: Wendti*22 Sacramento street; Charles
Baettge,*3; East street; F.: Sundberg, At Sacra-
: nlento-: stree ;15+ JohansenI:.2S sacramento:
street; D.. Nj Herman ,43 Eas is treet Thomas
" "fh kim anu,l 81 East stree redr lckt eerdes,
32S Dfnmm street, C. G. "A hi gren, 26 Folsom
street. 81: Jens0n,~ 206: Steuart street.: NJ
- Johnson, 2O4 Steuart STREET.-THE: Laanionen, 253
euart .street;sMrs "A. HinriekSen; 400 DruIIn
street, F. o.. Johnson: IS Howard street;.:A
Winters, Is Howard street; NJ Nelson, 225. Clay
sstreet;.H. Boyrman;9 Clay street ;:l If: Nels II,
Co. oregon street.; ID. CAIRO l,I*266s Brannan:
street 20. Pierson, 2l1"Steuart street j. j. Gut
*zen,4 4 Folsom street. s # !. + $: ~: "
E.: The: resolutions adopted. by the Ship
5 owners Assoc ciation; are as follows:: 81:
f.: Resol0ed, Thatfron the date hereof. the: fol-
lowing rules shall prey yail in the SAN Francisco
Ssh piping Office 5of; this association: -
~ Rule: E.-:The seamen* shipped from this office
Except preferred mem shall be taken from the
lowing proportion 3. Coasting Searnen!s. Ship
ping Association zone half of the entire num-
Der shipped :. Sailors Home, olie.fifths of the
-entre Iium ber hipped; Men ahoIi d eGarthy,
IOhu ('flrf wal
strand; one-t -thirtieth;=. Carr, !: one-thirtieth
: Wagner, one-thirtieth j.. .Wi illiam: Smith, one
siXteth9+ -. =:
e Rule H. No sailor Shall be: shipped upon the.
vessels OF this association: unless he beEtaken
T from one OF the boardi g houses. specified in
rule rex Gept+ only: men designated as pre-
.*ferred men. Preferred men are those: sailors
who sailed upon .thexessels of this association
during a>-strfke, and: who have proYen: them
selyes to be efficieIl t. =: :. =.
association shall not be allowed to take as their
crew seamen:not liyihg*in one: of::.the houses
belonging tothis .assoeIaUon Except preferred
mem exeeptupon presenting q: :wrfttenorder:
from the managing owner: of the vessel" spe-
:cifcally:*stating what *:men .:are1to be thus
shipped; outside of.the rules: -
- Rule / ". NJ MasterS+ f:syeSsels must select their
crews from among: the: men presented to them.
f0rselecti0n ln*tne shipping office of this asso-
ciatiolf, and snail mot be permitted to engage
the nren. u pom the street or: elsewhere, unless
they obtain a a.wEitten order from: tine manag-
.ing owner Of the vessel =. T: r.: : - r..
.%:Rule Y. The shipping master Is Instructed
and the Shipping. Commissioner is: s:respectfully
requested un0t@to sign: the crews OF any vessel
belonging to- hIs association contrary to: these:
rules. X |=S:z= :~:> :~ :
record Of every Sea nan shipped upon thieves
scissor: this. association throug h. the: e:shipping
office; and the. record shalf*contain@the- name:
@of the sailor the* name Of the vessel the date
OF shipment and the name .of the. boarding.
house from which the man WAS taken, The;
E record ESQ kept shalI.be: arranged: in tabular
form each month and posted upin:the board
: Rule VII. Every man: shipped Shall be: ac-
credited totfle* boarding g-house from which he
Gomes Whe ther selected by the master:of the
vessel reshipped.* or Shipped: in the: regular
way. al Fmen shipped shall count against the
proportion :;of boarding houses from which
/. .zeRule VIII. N seaman shall be shipped upon
|, the yesselssof this association who refuses to
:pay: his just debts for board and clothing con-
trected within: one year prior TO the date. of
shipment: Any clearinghouse which per
sists in harboting men who refuse to pay.a just
bill tor board or clothing shallbe suspended
froln;all the privileges Of this association
= Rule TX. The boarding masters room of this
association. shall be kept for the exclusive use
: OF boarding masters entitled to ship their men.
upon: the vessels OF this association, and. no
other person OF: persons. shall. be allowed
therein. except Government officials and: the
:eDl ployes, ofthiS office. = =: >
!: Rule X. Any boarding master who. charges
seamen for shipment upon the vessels of this.
association shall be suspended from all privi-
leges of this; Office. ~ 3
J.: The twenty boardtng-houses now constitute.
ing the membership of the Coasting Seamen's
Shipping Association shall be admitted to the
privileges of this association upon the basis Of
the distribution among them of one-half the
business of the shipping office upon the condi-
tion that each one deposit with this association
(or to its: credit in some bank a sum of $50,
which shall. be forfeited to this association
upon: their; breaking faith and violating any
portion of their agreement.
f. Under penalty of FORGETTING deposit the board
ing masters shall agree: :. =.
=: First--Not to ship seamen upon the vessels
belonging to the Ship-owners' Association ex-
cept through its shipping office and under its
rules. This agreement does not include mates
cooks, stewards.
+ Seeohd-In. the event of strike among the
seamen to use due diligence to procure. sea-
men to- ship upon association vessels and, /,
upon demand, to expel from their houses sea-
men on strike : -: -. :.
: Before. this agreement was. reached,''
said Secretary Walthen," the boarding
masters and the ship-owne were antag-
onistic. ::Nowwe will all work in harmony,
and the boarding-master have $1,000 up as
a guarantee of good faith. We will give
them half the business that we control,
and the remainder we will distribute
among the people who have stood by us
from the first. This, / think will put an
end to-: the fights. that come up every
winter"