The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-12
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Busy SESSION HELD AND TELE-
PHONE TROUBLE DISCUSSED.
Committee Appointed to OFFER
Friendly Omces in Arbitration of
Operators strfke-Auti-Bondin
Privilege Petition IndorSed.

taken a hand in the trouble between
'striking operators o hs veS,.Psay.s session
large number Of members being pres
ent. IL passed a resolution declaring the
present service Inefficient, and appoint
Ing a committee TO arb.trate the strike
question. The motion carried without
dissenting voice. after several speeches
had been made IN which the service was
criticised severely. The arbitration com
mittee will meet today. and listen 70
the arguments on both sides. The ope-
rators Will be represented by their gem
eral committee. the company probably
e composed Of Josiah Collins. Thomas w
Prosch, y. w. Andrews. Mrs. +. Nj. Grif-
nm and Mrs. Stella Webster.
Three members OF the Operators Union
were present at the meeting of the cham
Der. and asked for its moral support. In
answer 10 questions by the members they
stated that when they were employed py
the company the force was INADEQUATE,
resulting In their being overworked. This.
they said, explained the bad service. Their
desire, they said; was to return to work.
but only on condition that the three who
were dismissed were reinstated.
Josiah Collins first addressed the cham
Der, on his motion 10 u~clare the tele-
phone service unsatisfactory, and to ap-
point an arbitration committee.
ID. b. Ward seconded the motion. Mr..
Prosch followed, on the benefit of ar
bltration, citing the settlement OF the
Great Northern railways strike in .lss4
by this means. and said that the officials
OF the company and the union should be
called upon to present their cases D.
Andrew Knox also Joined In the dis
cussion. and said that the service at
present Is bad. The company. he de-
clsred. was a public AFFAIR irasmuch as
/, was Occupying the streets owned by
the community.
]. A. Moore. Judge Hoyt. w. II. Lewis
and John Schram also spoke In support
OF the motion.
Chamber In Unanimous.
The question was then put and carried
unanimously. and President elise an
nounced the personnel or the COMMITTEES
OF arbitration After the chamber ad-
Journed, many of the members remained,
and discussed the strike with the opera
tors. The latter. on behalf of the union,
desired 70 thank the Chamber Of Com
merce through the newspapers for its
courtesy In giving them a hearing
y. NJ. Moore. secretary of the bureau or
information. addressed the chamber on the
excursion of the native sons and daugh-
tiers of Maine to that state in the second
week Of August. The bureau, he SAID.
wished him to take charge OF the car
from this section OF the country. and 20
advertise the state. He said he would do
this. and II the scheme proposed by An
,hony coreoran to send car through
resources succeeded. he would join II in
the East
President elise addressed the members
on the revenues OF the Chamber OF Com
merce. and advocated an Increase from
the present SEQ per month. which. he
aid barely paid the running inning expenses: to
capped by the smallness of its revenues.
and could do much more for the city
IL they were larger A committee OF three
was created to devise means for the in
crease.
Against BondinG Privileges.
The chamber Endorsed the petition of
the Skagway Chamber of Commerce to
the President of the United States for
ha ha handing
given 10 Canada by the treasury depart
ment The committee appointed to con-
slider the matter, reported that IL believed
1t would DO TO the advantage OF Puget
Sound and Seattle TO have the privileges
abrogated.
a letter from the State and Interstate
Good Roads and Public Improvement As
ISOLATION Of America was read. stating
that Il would hold its national convention
In either st. Louis or Chicago In the lat
ter part Of November. District conven-
lions will be held in the Western states.
one being either In Seattle or Portland.
The association wishes to know the de-
sires Of this city In the latter affair.
The letter states that Gen. Nelson A.
Miles who is interested In tho continue
tion of a national highway from the At
lantic TO the Pacific. and other celebrities
would be invited to attend the national
convention There will he prizes for su..
tomobiis races. and exhibitions OF all
sorts OF improved road machinery such
as carriages and wagons. The letter an
nounces that upward OF LOO local Good
since November. 1888.
communication was received from the
Golden Seal Mining Company OF Fort
Wraugei. Alaska asking the chamber not
20 neglect visiting that place on its conn
ing excursion To Alaska. The letter sets
forth the mining resources around Fort
Wrangsl.
Letters were read at the meeting from
Hon. John ID. Long. secretary OF the navy.
and other prominent officials In the de-
partmant, 81 response TO an Invitation
from the chamber asking them TO visit
Seattle and the naval station, Secretary
Long says he can not come at present.
although ne would greatly enjoy the trip.
r. II. RrardSord. chief Of the bureau.
hopes TO be able 70 visit Puget Sound
at an early date, as also A. $. Crownin-
shield. Of the bureau OF navigation.
Charles O'Ncil. chief % the bureau os
ordnance and Rear Admiral Melville,
shgfneer-in-chies Of the navy are not
able 20 come.
DIR Samuel Holmes was voted IN as
tnembere Of the Chamber % Commerce.