The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-06


| engaged in the lake carrying trade, had
been cleared from the different ports.
1t was expected that fifty-possibly
seventy -five+- others would be set in
motion by tomorrow morning, and that
sufficient ground would have been
gained to warrant a stampede on the
part of other members of the union.
But the weather has seriously de-
layed this project. A high sea has
been running for the past three days,
making it inIpracticable for any but the
largest boats to leave the harbor The
time has been utilized in completing
the cargoesnon the different vessels,
and If conditions are ripe, a general
and concerted effort will be made. all
along the great lakes, to put an end to
the. trouble. g Secret terms are said to
have been made with many members
of the Masters and Pilots association,
and when the necessity arrives for
them to take command it is asserted
that further and more sweeping resig-
nations from the union will be an
nounced.
Twenty Boats Stalled
No less than twenty boats are now
In the Duluth and Superior harbor.
awaiting an opportunity to sail. Their
cargoes have been taken on, and it Is
only necessary for the word to be given
TO enable them to loose their hawsers
and turn their noses to the open sea.
another fleet is at anchor at Two Har-
Dors, and still others are occupying
perths further down the lake. These,
together with the big freighters which
have been Juggling at their cables in
eastern ports, are expected to deal the
death blow to the present controversy
+, AZ Is announced hat the DISRUPTION
or the Masters land Pilots association
IN. the event it is contaminated is onlv
the entering wedge whereby it is hoped
10 Dfeak the strength of uniOnism on
Ine great lakes. One year ago, before
a vessel owner could carry out his first
cargo, 1T was necessary to come to
terms with thirteen different unions,
representing as many different
branches of the service. The present
fight is directed against the command
erS OF the boats, and, it is. said. will
eventually fall to the humblest en-
ploye of boat It is the announced
purpose to break the strength of every
labor organization which has to do
with the movement of a vessel or the
handling of its cargo.
Although the members of the Mas
tiers and Pilots association are being
urged to stand firm on their princi-
pies, it is said that the support which
is being given them by the other
unions, especially those which are kept
idle on account of the strike, is only
half-hearted.
Mines on sthe two Minnesota iron
ranges have exhausted their stock
pile room and have been compelled to
close down because there was no more
room to store ore as it was hoisted.
Every Others class of labor identified
with the handling of ore including
the shovelers on the docks and the
employees of the three roads which haul
the product to the water front, is now
kept idle, and it is said that the men
whose families have been reduced al
most to the verge of want are not in a
mood to bestow sympathy or encour-
agement to their co-Workers, the mas
ters and pilots, whose yearly earnings
are more than triple that of a common
seaman or a miner.
Look for Events
Under such circumstances there is
every reason to believe that the COM
ing week will be an eventful one, and
that it will bring about a relief from
the stagnation which has permeated
to almost every interest which is in
any way identified with the maritime
trade. The Masters and Pilots asso-
citation members insist that they will
stand firm to the end, and they belittle
the assertions from their ranks, insist
ing that this is only a drop in the
bucket. They point out that for every
boat that has been moved there are
hundreds which are lying idle, and
that vessel owners, with hundreds of
thousands of dollars invested cannot
long hold out and withstand the de-
mands which have been made upon
them.
Representatives of the Lake Carriers
in Duluth claim that the deadlock ex-
listing between their association and
that of the Masters and Pilots is
broken, and that boats will now rapidly
enter commission from all the princi-
pal lake ports. Six are to clear from
here tomorrow and vessel owners and
managers say they are receiving appli-
cations from masters from many points
to be placed for boats.
The feeling of apprehension among
the members of the association is said
to have grown SO strong that many
others are breaking away and the
prospect now is that the stampede
will soon be general.
LORAIN, Ohio, June 5.-The barge
Steinbrenner, Lake Carriers associa-
ton boat, cleared from this port today,
the first of the season. 1t is bound for
the upper lakes and is loaded with coal.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June s. Paul
Howell, district captain of the Masters
and Pilots association, is undismayed
by the seeming break in the tie up of
the lake traffica He said tonight that
he was not yielding an inch, and there
was no possibility of his doing so; that
with a membership of $500 some few
assertions was not unusual He be-
lieves that il the strike is settled that
those who have gone to work will be
released from lake service.
BUFFALO, N. Y. June 5.-Three
boats owned by members of the Lake
Carriers association sailed from here
today. They are: Propeller Aurania,
ofc,ir