Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-02
OWNERS YIELD To
SAILORS DEMANDS
REGULAR SHIPPING RESUMES
AT SAN PEDRO
Vessel Employees viii Receive Raise
OF Five Dollars a Month as
Result Of Short
Walkout
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN PEDRO. June 1.-The strike OF
the sailors on steam schooners, which
was scheduled for the whole coast, for
a raise of So per month on their wages,
was amicably settled this morning as
far as the port of San Pedro is con-
cerred.
Some time ago il was decided by the
sailors OF steam schooners that they
deserved $50 per month for their work.
which Is arduous on that class of Ves-
sells because of the fact that they never
are at best the same as men arc who
work on sailing vessels and are out at
sea many times as much as thirty
days at a time with scarce anything to
do A request was made of owners of
such craft for the wanted raise. The
request was met with refusal in many
cases and in others by a promise to
consider it. but nothing had been done
on April 16. when the sailors held their
meeting and decided to give them a
last chance and if the demands were
not conceded by May l to walk out.
Confident of Victory
The sailors were confident of victory
because of the fact that men to work
on that kind of vessels are hard to get
at any time and there are never any
spare ones looking for work. In the
meantime came the earthquake, i'm
which many owners of vessels were
heavy losers. and it was decided by
the sailors union to defer the strike
one month, or until the 29th of May.
Nothing was done, however. until
yesterday at o'clock when the men
on three schooners, the Lakme, the
Santa Monica and the San Pedro, in
this harbor quietly quit work. No one
knew of it here and not a word was
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the vessels were notified that they
must accede to the terms or their ves-
sells would be tied up indefinitely.
AS it is a great loss to steamers to
have to lie idle for any length of time
the captains Immediately got into COM
munication with the owners and last
night at o'clock two OF them, the San
Pedro and Santa Monica, had received
orders to pay the wages asked The
master of the Lallme did not receive
any reply to his telegram until this
morning at 9 o'clock, and the result
was not a turn was made ON board un-
til that time. When the reply did
come it was to the effect that the
raise should be granted and the work
begun again. In the meantime about
5000 worth of freight moving, which
had been billed for the Lakme was
turned over to another vessel and what
would have paid the extra wages
of the men for a couple of months was
lost to the ownrs.
Not Elated by Victory
The sailors are not jubilant or in
clined to feel elated over the result as
it was what they considered only right |
and a condition of affairs that soon
must come about. The owners of lum- |
ber vessels of all classes have recently
raised the rate for hauling between
here and the north so that, the sailors
claim, the added increase of wages
will not be felt by them. Outside of |
the officers of the vessels who are
not included in the crew, or the en-
gineers, although the latter were ready |
to stop work until the matter was
settled, there are only about six TO |
eight men on each vessel.