The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-04-29

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$50 rpanisrs to become che
sfmrgie ever waEpd De
i,haf ana capital ou the great
Il nov under vaF
-. raka Carriers association,
-. ~ Oh ail thc larsn veascl
interests. headed by the
eerr steamship Co. a auhsid.
.,peern % the United Slatce
rernsfauon. has delivered it's
,tsm mat no association 81
- An be recognized pr dealt
,hat employees viii Do dealt
a. individuals, and that they
xien a document pledHing
y refrain from actlns oollec'
-, or ia sympathy with one an.
- "a adjust grievances,
y nthcr words. che open shop mas
- made The issue ot the contest
- srskosmcn for the Lake Car
associaiion deny that they
altemptlng 60 destroy the
sssss bat the men point out that
- esiah ilshlng af so.eallcd Nei'
- alan "a meant 90 serve as a
.,i,gtA cor the union benefits.
- ne vessel owners propose 70
- smplayss a small insurance "a
- N death OF total disability
- ID The service, ranging from
$50 A seaman OF his heneticiaflea,
tla6 Is chief engineer In case
: .R,pwraek and loss % their per
-, property. seamen are 10 re-
- ss0 and officers $50.
sasmhly or clnb rooms are be.
- .aah'ishod az all principal
- 10 take the place % the
s~snt union rooms. whore en-.
..svss may loaf while WAITING Tor
=. These club rooms viii be pro
60 with SOAP and towels. news
ssers periodicals.. etc. Seamen
= 10 BE- assessed Is cents per
~sssh and officers somewhat more
a thess benefits
d. the men II the lakes and
sAme the shore are defiant. They
Aslsre that under no circumstan'
- xsll they work under the cuudi'
- imposed by the vessel owners (,
- ~ d. go would be signing the
esalh warrant ot thelg unions. which
~ required years az effort 90
ksna up. and through which u'any
lmprovements la their livelihood
sase been obtained
IA Al probability soma tu,eoV
ren viii be directly involved IN
A. contast by the time The uANi'
asion SEASON "a 10 tuli swing As
mny more employed CA and alons
A. rivers sud oceans who afe
xsalatea with tire mon ct the lakes
Al also be affected In the matter
( attending moral and financial
rsoport. 1T g. not al an Improbable
- upwards Of SO 89o transfers.
zIlway freight handlers and others
a. b. drawn lnio this struggle, u
sasFher side receics and finally
ikss the en'lre machinery % the
American Federation Of Labor.
nansbariag 5000. 400 workers. viii
y - IN motion
FOR several monshs the Lake
Carriers association has been d.
rsctsng ita batteries against the
xArlas EnEsnsers beneficial Asso
aasson. numerically the smallest OF
n lake unions. bat the most com
aetly organized. and It's members
ass the most skilled and best paid
4 shs workers who sail Several
ss~ks ago the PiitSburg Steamship
CD and several other large inter.
sssz sacceeded to creating a break
b the ranks % the engineers. a
ln1dredodd Withdrawing and align
inx The open shop contract How,
usr. quite few have since Fepu.
Stated their contracts and returned
b the union fold. and Il Is now
GAINED that the vessel owners have
hss than 10 per cent % the enKi.
sezrr signed up. and therefore are
ssArsy helpless
Tha firpmea. oilers and water
leaders, credited with being the
nex militant % the marine orKani.
ntoas. have ioiiowed the engineers.
gselaFsag general strike against
o. ccatFart system. Other Asfiii-
Nd unions are on the point OF
HrnEing their forces into the fight
TaAs this war between labor and
sapltai wssi prove 4 costly ons Is
saliogbted. bat many Of the union