The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-01

ence and settle their differences.
This ls the resolution
1T Is essential 10 the co-ordinn.
ton OF all activities OF the state In
the working out OF war-problems.
that the productive power 81 In.
dustry and labor he kept nt the
highest attaluahle state OF eff
cheney, Relieving this Is only pos.
slble by the maintenance OF the
best industrial relations between
employers and employees, We urge
the least possible disturbance OF
existing labor standards.
Mediation Urged
Realizing that extraordinary
var conditions may arise. which
viii produce friction and may ne.
cessitate a readlustmeut OF such
lrelation. we urge.
THAT each condition be met as
II arises. by n spirit OF fairness
and frankness. by both employers
and employees. and We urge as a
patriotic duty. resting upon EN-.
ployer and employe. that the policy
OF mediation and Cancellation be
tho governing policy In this state:
and recommend TO both en-.
ployer and employe ,hat they use
all the existing machinery Of both
state and nation In the mediation
and Cancellation OF labor differ.
ences and Industrial dis'4rbancea.
Officials Offer Services
In view OF this stand taken By
the state council. Commissioner OF
immigration Henry NJ. White. Who
IL the authorized federal mediator
OF this district, and c. n. Younger.
state labor commissioner, wrote
letters. both 10 lumber employers
and 90 tho union. calling attention
TO the resolution and offering their
services In the matter OF mediation.
Meantime. the new date OF IN.
strike had beea fixed for July rs.
and n had spread To other
branches of the lumber Industry. so
that the other mill employees and
woodsmen were united With the
shingleweavers in their demands
for the eight.houT day. And all the
timber trades united In a general
Organization called the fnterna.
,ional ShingleweAyers. Mil Work.
ers and Woodsmen. In accordance
with the strike agreement. the
mills began to close down on July
Is.
Employers Won't Meet
In response to the offers OF Com.
misslOuers White aud Younger. the
unions offered TO confer. Hut the
employers did not reply. That fact
~as made known AZ another meet.
Ing of the state council OF defense
at Olympia on the day the strike
was called At late date. the
employees replied by letter. refus
ing to come into any sort OF con.
ference.
When the state council request.
cd the representatives OF tho
unions and the employers TO be
present at subsequent meeting. J.
G. Brown. president OF the Timber
Workers union. attended In per
son. but there were no delegates
from the lumber employers Once
again. Dr. Henry Suxzallo. chair.
man OF the state council OF de.
tense. asked TO be present at a
meeting OF the lumber employers.
lie waited outside the door for
two hours. and was finally refused
admittance
Employers Raise War Fund
At a meeting July 10. the employ.
ers had voted to raise a fund OF
$500. 900 TO fight the demands OF
the union men. and they appointed
a lumbermen's defense committee
TO carry on the campaign. The en-.
ployers contend that n the eight.
hour day Is granted, the lumber
industry In the Northwest can
not stand the competition OF South.
ern pine.
And from the first the employers
have labeled the strike as an !. W
W. affair. and declared that tho
men were striking thru intimida.
ton and not because they wanted
to. and have generally disregarded
the whole thing And while there
have been !. W. W. members mixed
up In IL. the strike has been plan.
ned. managed and carried out sole
ly under the auspices of organized
labor. as represented in the
Shingleweavers' union.
Snyder Is Appointed
After the strike was on, Secretary
Of Labor Wilson appointed Edgar
&. Snyder. OF Seattle. as special
federal mediator. and he imme-
diately set about 10 arrange con.
ferences between the union and the
employers. At all times the for
mer were willing. and the latter re.
fused. He did arrange a confer.
ence between union representa-.
tives and II lumbcrmen in Ray.
mond, on July 81, which was a pure.
~ local affair.
There the strikers asked that
they be given a 9O-day trial OF an
eight-hour day. and II the output
OF the plants was decreased at the
end OF that time. they declared they
would accept a, reduction in wages
Min Men Coerced
II IL known that a number OF mill
employers would grant the de-
mands OF the strikers and open up
on an eight-hour basis, but they
have been told by the lumber inter.
ests that they would not get any
logs II they did
At the present time. practically
the only mills that are running are
those which were already operating
on an eight-hour basis, and those
few that have conceded TO the de.
mands of the strikers. In the face
Of opposition. since the strike be.
gan. Practically all the mills In the
Tacoma, Seattle and Olympia dis