The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-24
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WASHINGTON SEPT Z-Thsnfors
schafsr ~ Pirshurs. president = tae
Anaiesnassd Association % Iron SRI
Steel Workers. was the first witness D.
fore the Industrial commission today
re said that ahort 20 per cert. Il TIE
iron. steel ard TN workers were arxsn-
iy@d After fse1 ths iron workers su1sr~t
~ per cent. reduction ~ wages. the steel
workers II per cent. and the TN workers
zs per cent but since The recent prosper
ity began The wages have been almost
lsvsled up by advances The trade WIS
now more prosperous than Z had ever
been, but the wages we're rot quite as htEn
as tn iss3 The workers IN iron. steel ana
TIN we're not getting tre sfvantaze Under
the sliding scale u the recent increase n
prices THIS vas due q the fscf t1at nrs8s
were filing contracts made soFre Torrns
ago and IN some cases year ago
rmse~s sAossA Incorporate.
Mary Of the mills wsr. nonunicn. cvfnx
20 pergnai difficulties which arose -
tween IN. employers ard employed rather
than 20 direct hostility IL me employees
toward 0rxanlzasi isbor Or fhs union seale
Mr. scnafer sad hts association ma never
called upon state boards 81 arb1TFafion ~
csses ~ strike The Incorporation Of ianor
examinations would be advantageous lhe
obstacle 20 Incorporation AZ pre@euf w.
that the workers were not vet etucafe3
an 70 and prepared for n He vas ap~
posed TO compulsory arbitration he fest
that the workers could not 9et M-l
from state or government nNaF1s fn-1
opinion - bsSd upon the interp rezN,is.1
placed nv the courts upon laws passrt =
Inc interest 81 labor H~ protested ag IT,
the employment ~ wor1@1 IN mills drrter
ing u ~ be injurious morally and gnyS'
~ Re also expressed the opinion fhst re
sanitary conditions In the mills were not
wo~6 he eHplafnsd me campaign against
Aunfay work. and sssd much prosrsss raj
been made r. tne sfesl nn.sss IN srs s'a
~ eruisrssion. The Huns. Polandsrs
Rsssans snd rtsiisns we're ms most o.
feefiorahie.
NE Resvees s~v Tvwsss.
s-ses about trusts Mr schafer sd -
rnf AN shsr trusts"
Tnss, o9ses TINS fsr rsd been b~neAciaI
20 me iron, steel ard ffr work~r@ -
sensrsl rule he SAID h~ o~iisvee tn~ rem
b~rm ~ hts organization would prefer -
fssI with combinations and lafzf corpor-
atoms rather fben with smaller infe2end-
en-, Mills STE believed ~ the bfg rornbfuas
tlons could BE- r~guat~d ~ couaressiofsai
ensrtmsnf sfrssss eosrfs pe avoided n
hts erper1suce - had always had TAR
freasnncnt in negotiating with the~~ com
binsff6ns H~ I'D not believe they pre-
srs rot iabor orsanszaflon ~ much q
trust ~ ono II she~e combinations -
cspsssiy' ASKED ar Kenne8y.
~ would 1Nfs9HfN INF &DsW~T " tHFt
question 20 the isf~ cfvtc fs6evstf0r ~
Chicago" fsplssd wf s<hsfer. Aff~r
r~sfgre ire proceedings there. don't
snow vnss b~ffev~"
DO Won nor ssfenpt 20 controi me
"Ho" ne yspllsd. That may ssgssTuafe-
Is ne nc rS~tsN We ask only f0r f<fy
shar~ ~ fhas wnfch 80 create hav@
oever KNOWN 81 a csse whsrs fhr prize -
commodity wss rsfs~s ne . rssglt - 9nr
demands"
Fmvs~v~vs fwseveSss fM~fr Dwu.
IN eonefaagns hgs ststrnenf Wr scna-
FER safd that fh~ Ansigsfbafea A~snra-
tion proposed ~ sfsrf . n~vspeprr fe-
vefeS ~ me sfuession ~ Sc ~snnter~
snf fsacn fh~m fnsf employers nsvr ~
e~rrsfs ~ common WITH them whfrn ~
fiffs them 20 80 much rs~p~~f - invest
ora ~ ~spfsaI ~ they aTe enfitfed - -
Investors ~ skill ard muscle
rho Industrial commission re- fscifef
upny qfffe an evfNnasve inquiry 0ty fh~
SUBJECT ~ raffroad nnsnce rate tiscrfnnfre-
ft6n ste
Prof Fdwsrs fant TYuYarf = re t.
lsnS STANFORD. r. university. va ssferf
~ ~ e0ifect ard prepare nc 9sta fer
,fs papfs II INC eonn1fssfon's frat report
~ Congress-
Thomas p Turner. ~ Carton y wss
rafned 80 special aRnTf 10 fnVeef xafe tee
s1hf~cf - alien labor IFS wrrk Nii -
Especially ~ serert8in fhe e~erf n fhfre*
s~ior uton issor ard industry ~ fh@ Wees