The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-07-13


Storage company aud the Union lee
company. the only two a. yet di-
reetly affected by the tEht have
all their delivery wagons out again
this morning The drivers are new
however. and. A. the regular supply
Of consumers Is already contracted.
they arr having more or less trou-
bic IN meeting all demands. They
dc not know the regular customers
and the latter have inauguratcd a
sort Of naExlng system Co attract
the attention Of the drivers As they
pass Up the streets
As soon a. the sun pceped ont
from among the clouds this morn
tuE and there we're Indications Of a
hot day the telephone lines ruuulnE
60 the local Ice companies began 90
Ket busy. There Vas an almost
constant string 90 telephone orders
for The CONCEALED moisture and Ions
before sunset the Ice manufacturers
were no longer able 90 see anythlnE
funny in the Oft quoted query How
would you like 60 be the ice man
The strike. 50 far A. &c has yet
gone. is % an unusually friendly
nature Many OF the men Who
walked out have not yet asked for
their pay. feeling that the trouble
Vlll b. settled before long without
serious trouble This morning they
exchanged compliments with the lee
company managers. but IL vas very
evident that there Is large amount
o. doEEed determination behind the
bsmauet throwing on both sides. The
employers say this morning that
thsy are going - fight % a finish
The strikers are confident of win
ming They believe their boycott
will be effective.
This result they hope to obtain
through the aid Of the Cooks and
/. Walters and the f.onrahoremsn'
unions and a general boycott OF ali
local labor uniona The employers
smile AZ this fond hope 81 the
strikers. claiming 70 b. unable %
Sc how a boycott against practical
IL all the ice companies In Seattle
can b. made effective during these
hot days. when Il a. we'll uiKh im
possible 20 get along without Ice
cold drinks. The Ice company man.
a3srs claim moreover. that they can
get AL the help they want and that
applications for employment are
coming In by the hundreds one 81
the managers told a Star man this
morning that be had none but the
kiudert feelings against the men
who had walked cut and that be
really pitied them.
To-day the Independent lee con-
psny II worrying the strikers mors
:, than all the other companies put to-
gether Whether 10 declare the Ice
distributed BY this company fair
or unfair Is the question AZ issue
Herman POhle. president e the
company. and former president %
the Western eeutral and Of the lee
mems union itself Is In the
stranRest Kind Of prcdicameut he
has long been considered one 81 the
Efaanehest union men in the city
Nov his former comrades IN the
labor union field cannot see very
well how they can avoid boyo0tfins
his firm also.
Unlike all other ice firms IN the
city. the Independent Ice company
signed up a contract with It's men
for another year promptly after the
old one expired on June l. Al
though Pohle is now an employer
Ct union men instead of one 81 them.
II IL said that union principles have
not deserted him. II he refused to
sign the contract 30 soon after
leaving the union II would have
looked bad. anyhow. When Pohle
organized the Independent Ice com
pany he made arrangements tu pro
cure his ice cakes from the Chic
peek Fish company for distribution
Monday this e0mpany'S ice was de
elared 10 be unfair"
Pohle and the other drivers are
the best Of union men. but they are
peddllng unfair ice The union
men realize that be Is strictly up
against Il. but To allow him 20 sell
the azeab" product IL a hard dose for
: them % swallow
The Chlopeck Fish company. Ike
the other ice manufacturing con.
Germs, refused 70 sign up a contract
for another year On Monday
therefore. two OF The Helpers union
helpers employed at the plant
walked out Chief Engineer Brown
and bis two assistants remained
Brown, like Chief Engineer Leigh.
OF the Diamond Ice A Storage com
pauy ls under a bonded contract 10
remain. They are union men. The
situation al this plant II complex
Manager Clutter this mofnina
gave practically the same reason foi
refusing 10 sign another contract
that Manager Crane. Of the Dia-
faoud Ice a Storage company gave
The Engineers. union and the lee
mems union both held meetings last
Light 20 decide what 70 do about the
matter. but failed 10 como to any
agreement.
Against Pohle aud the In1epend-
ent lee company the other Zee con
Germs have very unpleasant feelings
They charge that Pohlc. while
member Of the ieemen's union. uur-
poaeiY brought about the boycott
against the Seattle leo company go
that tho Independent Ice company
Ehen II started operations would