The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-27
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE STAR
TrenhoIme's Record in Alaska

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! L will for J. D Tfenhome'
!. Up there in tho North J. d Trenhome was not known
individual lie was known as an ns"' con,mcr
Northwestern Steamship Co. the Northwestern Non
ca CO. the North Coast Lgherage Co. ana inc N''''
eastern Siberian Co. , ;,.,,i,s :, his
career as corporate interest And that corporate interest
was never regarded by labor as its friend ..a,,.
The United States reports show an h'eleS'"s ''f
OF this corporate attitude toward workngmen p..
The case is reported in volume l9i Federal Reporter
The opinion is written by Judge Gilbert OF the circuit
court Tor this district 1t aihrms the ver1et OF {
Alaska which awarded number OF aoorers s9ne' nm
like 81 500 which the Northwestern Steamship Co haI
refused to pay. And Trenholme was an active m"""s ~
a principal stakeholder OF that corporation - -,
II took these laborers three years fighting IN ono court
and then another. collect their money .., go
The facts in the stated by Judge "'oer" arr
The aborers had paid their steamship fare to go to
Siberia where they were employed prospeetors io
~ Mr,h.sst.rn Siberian Co When the Pennsyi-
vana Of the Northwestern Co.-he Trenhoime company
cot 20 Anadr the captain commanded the men TO uhoa
The boat because the company had failed to provide Tor tha
work The passengers objected inc captain as, y;tbou,
their outfits and he proposed return to Alaska ABOUT
one-fourth OF the cargo belonged to the iaoorers Inc
-mander belonged to the company , :, ,,., ,v.r,
70 he paid for the The captain said that would DC
nm - the company
The vessel was unloaded Then the entire cargo had
to be by the over the frozen toao o
And then Of course, the Trenhome company REf oShD
TO PAY UP -. c,A.., :, his
The public records speak plainly the Irenholme attn
,,<lc toward labor-the greedy corporation a'utuuc
Jury in Alaska promptly returned a verdict IN iSNo
~ ~. I,borng men The company appealed on 'eehh'
a,v For three the legal battle was waged between
ions and 1911 and finally the laborcrs won out
And that's the who claims the vote OF all AiasS"nS
o reeNHolME says doesn't know where MS cam
,,n .Su.h ,urd came from suIeIess Trenhore Ano
~hoh as toused suen a"onoeru ou-
the county chairman on we
committee letters demanding from go
contributions toward the opSeep " WV '''
lisa democratic headquarsers
MUNICIPAL WELLS supplying oirard kan- with ws,er
i hot that rubber waves
and pipes that japanese volcano mas '>'s"
back the earth
CLOTHING CUTTERS ASSOCIATION is said to h.v. De-
e,ded the ankles for "sn nst spsns
time o ne "u''o"
river. for mai wearing slh trousers
,h,osss silver them o. the nae" n~:
surr day last week. LOOKS a. " 'ns.
consumption record ef ast year may %
LOOK OUT lndlanai lsperss plans 20 nave
to on streets oh'
unpopular female 10 0ss square,
soMe nothing bores man 90
,,.rn for W all her ove-~hen he only
only wants htus on "omAn'
,ove7 Whatd he doing with the rest on w
EVELYN TnAw, forbidden to perform In one Southern
In another evs getting some marc
publicity mao 70 spsno 'ne "s"' '"
sleeping In the freight yards
MUST something about coner.s.r.n Ey.n: to show
he snt soldier At Irinioso oonf ao
. bsyon moving on