The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06
SHOPS CLOSE DOWN.
Local Railroads Feel the Eject
Of Threatened Popuiism.
FOURTEEN MEN DISCHARGED
~ the o. I. Co. and =. 4 I. r. R.-Haif
Of the shingse Mills In What
com County Idle

Another industrial stump appears in
TIE number 1t men now being .&49 OF oy
he railroad saoE,s N this eiry. Fourteen
more ale1 we're dismissed yesterday. aid
iomorros the entire farce Employed n
the shops WI % pat On Shorter LIMA
TIE fu4. force aaG significance % such .
Statement VII De best rea4lze4 % ths
Worainsman. 70 whom sna4gy nsas GaeAas
bread aaa meat for at:nssa and a.. .i.t4s
household
Some time ago. when the Post-IrteliS-
xehSef fofecssged Si4s precise state =. a.
i24Fs. IL got ltxe.f laughed - by a certain
c4ass OF ssssaerss ~ho asserted that the
raaAroads and corporations generally were
simply trying 70 run q bluff. such cor.
porations as the Seattle a. international,
whose business interests are "a every Way
AealGec WITH those CT Sea lie ssa not
s4Fsa 70 running bluffs. AID certainly
would attempt none al such q critical
t4nckare as TIE present The esvsop-
ai1fiis OF che seea saow ~Ae. her the
Fosi-lnteasencer knew mhAi 1t was talk
ing about AL the railroads report bust
ness very dun as compared with me same
Tine last Year A week ago tae xhoDs
IN this city operated jointly by the ore
son improvement Company and the ee-
attic a international reduced their work
Ing force By releasing seven men. les
terday, "a already stated. fourteen moro
naa-nder OF the shopmen vii be put on
short tine II is now probable that ne
force xAi be stu further reduced during
the present week.
The Post-Intslhgencer has not made
these and similar facts prominent with q
view 10 working up an Industrial scare or
panic. which would naturally be as dis
sstrous 20 It's own Interests az ~ those OF
The general public But II has reported
Inc shutting down OF nils and the gen
era. business depression. together with the
explanation from the business men CON
eeEned that the enIlness in trade IS being
caused by the silver agitation Just ia
Ana with the numerous Items on this
scare. Whatcom special IL Iae Post
inteiligencer last night says:
Fu4iy aa4f the shlns.e mills IN the
county nave saat down for an indefinite
period, owing % the demoF2l ixcd condition
or the Eastern market due, principally,
10 the free silver agitation. and 10 me
further fact that the Bennett National
bank. which has been the lnainstay % the
shIngle business in this county fer the
pass TWO years. has ceased making adj
VAnces on bills Of ladlng owing 10 the
condition OF the market and SLOW Eastern
collections Ia this connection the follow
ing extract from a letter received this
week from ex-county Treasurer Norris
McIArty. who Is now in Pennsylvania
est. Afr. McCarty. who is. OF Vas, a.
Democrat, says:
/ IND people unwilling % order shin
gles a This time. except where they are
absolutely compelled to. Two nea have
tod me that II they knew Mckinney WAS
gi,Gz 10 be elected they would give me
Sd order.
las surprising how fh.s silver sgita-
uon has broken down trade and conf
dence. Silver has many advocates here
but mostly men oh1 have paid bat Nttle
attention 10 tne real question at issue
The var cry u cheap money and plenty
OF Il. catches a great many people. Tho
"ork.agmSn are those who Will suffer
most
1 cant understand why California
and Washington should 20 for silver
The Republican platform Is the only safe
plan advocated for that metal"