The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-01-26

| from the association and we concluded
| that you could not sail with US" I had
no personal feelings against you, but
| under the order of the executive COM
mittee, cannot let you ride on this
| boat" I stayed aboard there until Mr..
Ryan came down, the master of the
boat He told me that he would have
| to let me go, on account of the associa-
| tion men. That they would tie up his
! boat if he did not. I got off.
@. Was there anything else said?
A. Not at that time. When I went
back. l went back in the evening. The
| boat was lying there at the dock and I
| wanted to get there to have both -engi-
neers there. I took a man to get a
written statement of them. When
they changed watches at 6 o'clock they
were both there. / asked this man
here, (pointing to Mr.. Van Alstine) he
was standing in the door, the other
engineer on the other side. ! says,
"boys, I want to know the reason why
you fellows won't sail with me- He
says. lit was none of my damn busi-
ness"
Q. Who said this? A. Mr. Van AL
stine. II will tell you I demand now a
written statement from you gentlemen
why won't you answer my beHs.' Mr..
Van Alstine says, Get is if you can"
got off the boat.
BY the Inspector of Boilers:
q. Did you ring any bells? A. No,
sir, because the master of the boat told
me they refused to answer any bells.
That's what he paid me off for.
q. Is that all Mr.. Van Alstine said =?
"A. That is all heard him say.
Q. Did he not refuse to work with
you? A. Mr.. Van Alstine, 1 did not
see him until that night. 1t was the
man that was on watch at that time.
=. You have not any complaint
against Mr.. Van Alstine? A, Not per-
sonally to me, was not master of the
boat.
=. What did Mr.. Van Alstine say
after saying he would not sail with
you? A. He never told me that.
Cross examination by Mr.. Norton:
Q. What time in the evening was it
when you went back there? A. It
was o'clock. 1t was when they chang
ed Watches
q. You had sailed the half day be-
fore that? A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you have your papers with
you on board of the boat then? A..
No, sir.
@. Did you bring them down next
morning when you went back to report
for duty? A. Yes, sir. 1t was a case
OF necessity that came to be aboard of
the boat. sent up for my papers, the
kid did not find them home, the con-
sequence was he did not get my papers
down there.
q. You did not see Mr.. Van Alstine
in the morning? A. No, sir
@. You just saw Cole and Wilson i?
A. That's all. He might have been
! aboard of the boat, but I do not think
it. - . =.
Manager Ryan Called.
Michael 7. Ryan was called and, be-
N sssssl
BY the Inspector Of Huils: q
Q. Give your name, age and occpa-
| ton? "A. Michael j. Ryan, so years
| old, engineer:
@. Where do you reside? A. No.
sos Wieland Flats, Lake Avenue, Du-
luth.
! @. Are you manager of the steamer
| ''Estelle?" A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you employ Walter w. Wood
to act as pilot on her last fall? A.
did.
Q. You recollect what day it was you
engaged him? A. No, I do not. I
could not recollect that without look
ing up. 1t was in October, if I remem-
ber right, sometime.
| @. Did Mr.. Wood go to work on the
boat? A. Yes, sir.
/ @. How long did he work there? A.
| Well, now, to answer that question, he
did not work there after I hired him.
He had been on the boat. He came on
the boat there the day my wife put
him the boat. I was not home. It
was the day before
Q. Did he go to the boat the next
morning as agreed upon? A. He did.
@. What was the reason he did not
go to work? A. They told me that the
men would not go to work. It was
something to that effect.
Q. Who told you this? A. Can't,
Cole, he was there. think he was the
only one who said anything about it.
Capt. Wood was there also in the morn
ing.
@. Did they give any reason why
they would not work with him? A.
No, not that I recollect now.
O.. Did Mr.. Van Alstine ever say
anything to you about Mr.. Cole on that
account? A. Why, I do not know
hardly how to answer that question. 1t
was talk around there and I told Mr.
Wood that he would have to fix him.
self, whatever was lacking.
i @. Well, what was the talk around
there? A. Why, that the men would
not work with him.
@. You must know why they would
not work with him? A. Well, I did not
really, that's to give evidence.
Il Q. Were you willing that Mr. Wood
was to go on the boat as pilot? A. ]
was, he was satisfactory.
By Mr. Norton:
i @. You were master Of the boat at
that time? A. Yes, sir.
Van Alstine Did Not Refuse.
@. Mr.. Van Alstine never refused to
do his duty to you? Or was fair as
you know? A. No, sir
Odin Olson was called and, being