The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
LAKE COMMERCE IS TIED Up.
uRIkE DECLlRED ~ THE LINs.
SNORF pFN's AsqOsf tTION
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uee,t fsfss ave fer iba iuuheF e~tFrtera
anil ita ps.srnasr lsai = that capfg paeHaea
geslshe ~ tiel up Tho to,ef ntinnal
Ion sabaremea' taspeiaiinn decitrrt 4
sdsa laos monday ~ mtlalsht, anil ~
sverV mort tho d1eh sofhmsn dtit IN
Ctevsl.eJ tost Asbtahula and Ffe the
s,ea, ots CARRIERS are rtilaa ~ anchor.
sosi in ibs bgftrr a ntHalo tho grain
ossr,e,. are massleg sI elrna tho hfcsk.
sstsr
Fttv tbptaaod mon are hlls. men sho
easn IN an svrrsse 81 " . day Twenty
Ave b,uw,rsI bnala aFa not earnlna their
svsrage. which u estimated ~ earn q day
Elevator ownera. supply msn and induadfiss
hat depend on lake cofnnsrcs ars losing
wa, sumo The strike costs a, Ieaat o. J0p..
On a day.
Tbia Ia q asrihr without precedem. n 10
mt to min morp wagea, MT IN improve
working conditions, not 10 achieve any
tangible result. II IL merely 10 force tho
Lake Carriers Association. the oreanlsa-
ton ~ the ~shipo~ners, TO recognize q labor
union formed by the mates on their vessels,
STYLED the Lake Pilots Protective Asao.
citation.
The history Of this trouble dates hack two
seasons. Al that time there had been for
years an organization Of masters and mates
Of the Great Lakes. having for its object
mutual benefit and Improvement Ia pro-
fe.sional and social ways. The mates,
or pilots. a. tk-v style themselves on tho
Lakes. greatly outnumbsred .he masters,
and two years ago they began an agitstion
for higher pay.
The mates we're cbeered In their action by
the succese Of the marine engineers. who
have a strong organization and had enforced
n Sradad sohedule Of salaries. Many con-
ferenoes were held. but the result was not
n the Hkin q ~ the mates and hoy called
mon their association 70 vote for n strike.
The s,r;ke vas declarad The captains
vere forced into the fight willy-niIly. and for
two months the boats of the great grain
and ora carrying comnanies Law idle. Then.
nressed bv the needs Of their families. the
cantains began 10 weaken and the strike
vas broken Men were accented and as
s,gn.d 10 bertbs as thew applied for work
and the owners used their own judgment
in omnIoving the annlicants. Man Of wears
1891 a., ,op,.;rs fo,rd thamsaIvas
VI sei'iCe' h0''
cast aside tor younger men aiu soihe niaOe"
landed in captains berths.
The mates, though beaten, did not give
up the fight. Ihey ORGANIZED an association
of mates and applied for a~ffiliation to the
International Longshoremen's Associa-
,ion Tha, organization true TO its stand
uon. a oisa.Ia otrus boa pos,,aad
against sympatnetic stiihee' a eIuu
10 lift a finger in the strike, but when the
mates applied for afiliation with a we'll
oroanized bodv thew were accepted.
49, 80 .ha nra.;dapt -soliyad tbs
Dahiei .. heeie' ~
power the assistance OF the mates "oua
give the organization OF s~tevedoree and
dock workers. The American Federation
Iahor also oranted the mates n charter.
" IT, IS 80 ~ ,a.tss snoin oama
ms last WINTER the mates asain oane
forward with their demands 70 the owners
Of the vessels. They did not ask for more
WAGES. but were willing 10 sign a five year
.srsar,ant at the anne vapea, All that the
- Nss.,.an y, thair
mates demanded was rec"shiioh % 'neh
labor. union.
The Lake Carriers Asso citation, which has
n membership Of substantially all the vessel
$500 ~ ~ croat 7 aLe. inol,d;no the
m'ereso oh nc oieaV INV
package freight CARRYING lhes' aus"eieo
that as the mates of their vessels are
executive officers and are the source to
which owners look for masters no ma
could be employed as a mate who Is a
member Of or affiliated with a labor organ
ization. The owners made no objection
to an organization OF mates having for lts