The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
out THEIR PHONES.
MEN OF SEATTLE TAKE
RADICAL ACTION.
Grocers' Association
I 3 80 ! boycott On the Sunset
~.Ievhone Company-Chsirman
..a1.-ith Reviews the situation.

..eeting OF the Wholesale Grocers'
Z ,e1ntion. OF the city, held yesterday
..--r1,~ nj their rooms In the Bailey
zSSsce, ! paper was prepared and signed
l.. 7z<ns. prescnt agreeing TO have their
tnres removed and TO no longer pat
,-5ss the sunset Telephone Company.
- ,,s,,er il now being circulated in the
r.sesr portion OF the city. The lead OF
ia. -yocery wholesalers has already been
161ed BY retail grocers. retail butchers
1 iiouor dealers and others OF the bust
'7-s rommunity. The paper Is now In tho
sss1e Of members OF the business mems
ss-. -,stfee for circulation. To a reporter
ss-ssr6av James 3. Goldsmith, chairman
= he committee. said:
a eihout forty merchants attended the
fling The business mems committees,
i1k1eb had been appointed to confer with
- conpany officials, was there to
- Mr.. Hopkins statement OF the COM
SSnvs position. which appeared In the
Ssf.fnteliigencer, was read to the meet
l ana the company was given due cred
i III everything that they have done
- the strike began Nevertheless, the
15vehants still feel that by Mr.. Sabins
i1rosing the demands of the committee
~ N audience, he has shown that he did
- utsn 70 talk t. them nor to talk on
~ suh1ect at all. He thoroughly went
- the matter with an individual MEM
~ 81 the committee. but his explanation
~ not satisfactory to the other mem
~The business men Of Seattle feel that
soen they appoint committee to confer
~ the representatives of any company
4 which they are customers. that they
osall at least be accorded an audience.
sAich can surely be productive of nothing
NJ good. II the committee had been in
~ employ Of the company they could
~ have been more anxious and willing
y oettie this difncuity.
Thc Meeting wednesday.
sAt the meeting "Wednesday afternoon.
II which were present majority OF the
S(fikins operators. Messrs. Bush and
hopkins az representatives OF the teie-
pAons company. and Messrs. Collins. AL
~. Prosch and myself, as representatives
II the Chamber OF Commerce and business
IN. the matter was thoroughly dis
nnsed and arrangements practically
eempleted on the following basis: Mr.
cobin was to take back twenty-five OF the
~ operators Mt once. ten during the
uonth OF August and the balance ms
Mi a. vacancies occurred. The day work
tas TO be eight and one-half hours and
Ne afternoon and evening work eight
tours the whole to be- under the now
wage schedule OF the company. This was
weston then arose as to how the twenty
I'VE should he selected. Two suggestions
we're made by the company The first
~ that the Twenty-Five should be select.
N by mutual agreement, and the second
That they should he chosen by lot. Either
nethod was satisfactory to the operat-
or.
The company representatives then
left the room, and when the committee
net them ter minutes later they were i'm
fprmed that President Sabin demanded
lhe absolute right TO select the twenty
Hbsoluso condition and could not be
Tho operators refused to agree
10 this, and now demand that tho forty
eight atili out be taken back and that tho
Mr. GoissmitK H. 'n m.etins r''" snia
the following resolution was
In view OF the fact that Mr.. sabin
has positively refused to meet with the
appointed by the business men
and the. Chamber OF Commerce 10 invcs-
View OF the fact that although every.
thing had been settled and the operators
had decided to return TO work. new condi-
Hons were Imposed. also IN view OF the
fact that we have no guarantee that the
telephone company. will keep its. faith
any better In the future than II has In
the past. be II. Resolved. That the sun
e<t Telephone and Telegraph Company
be al once instructed to remove our tel
ephoues =
charies II. Hopkins. OF the telephone
company. when asked yesterday what the
company would do In case the business
phones were removed. replied
/. The company's position was stated IN
lhe paper this morning As an evidence
that We mean what We say In regard Ia
back pay for tho operators. to-day We
paid one Of the old operators $50 which
was found due her. Another received
uLn another sid. and several were paid
smaller amounts. Old operators who wish
u como back are stu given the prefer
tnee whenever therc are vacancies"
sisners of the order.
Those signing the paper yesterday are
~ follows.
achwahachcr BROS. q Co Schwahache,
hardware Company, schwahacher Dock
trsxcent Manufacturing Company. Seat.
ue and Puget Sound Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company, Invhesl
Hnware Manufacturing Company. y, II