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T7TT? BTOTIXTXG OTlTOnXTATT. - SATUTlDATr JTJXE 3, 1016. LOCAL RIVER STRIKE MARKED BY FIGHT Non-Union Crew of Steamer Dalles-City Is Attacked at Hood River. of ties. All shipping: was at a stand still. The Moore Lumber Company an nounced that the mill will have to close unless the strike Is settled within five days, as the yards are becoming: congested. Logging and tie and pole camps are reducing: working- forces and preparing to close should the strike continue. NAVYAPPR0PRIAT10N BILL PASSES HOUSE INLAND CRAFT. ARE MOVING Men Quit and Are Replaced by Oth ers Freights Are Partly Inter- ' fered With Rise In Tow Ins c Charges May Close Mills. STRIKE ASSATJIT REPORTED Engineer Handling ' Freight at Marshfleld Hit With Club. MARSHFIELD, Or.. June 2. (Spe cial.) There is no material change In the longshoremen's strike. All the ves sels In port are Idle. The onlv activity today was the removal of perishable I merchandise from the gasoline schooner Tillamook. Tom B. Jones, agent for the Tillamook, did all the aock work and handled the goods ashore. At the Ocean dock this morning Chief Engineer John Olson, of the Tillamook, essayed to handle freight, and was assaulted and struck on the head with a club. The Tillamook made no further attempt to discharge anything except ing perishable freight. The longshoremen's strike spread to the Eeuhner mill at North Bend, and some of the men demanded an increase In pay. At a conference the affairs were adjusted and the pay was raised. Only Four Vote Against Meas ure Calling for $269, , 900,000 for Year. Interest In strikes in which Portland Is concerned centered yesterday in the campaign of the river steamboatmen to obtain a higher scale, which was featured by an attack on the crew of the steamer Dalles City, as she was about to leave Hood River on her way to Portland. Two men were struck In the" face, according to Captain Geer. The steamer arrived here at 5 o'clock In the afternoon. As a result of the In cident, the Regulator line arranged to have guards accompany each of its vessels. Captain Geer said that the men reached Hood River by automobile, and rushed his men as the headline was about to be cast off. He said the at tackers used only their fists, and the two men hit were not badly hurt, though as the steamer pulled away the men on the beach threw rocks and made threats. The steamer State of Wash ington, which left here at midnight Thursday, landed at Hood River Imme diately afterward, but her crew were not molested. Crews Are Replaced. Two more steamers lost their crews, the Henderson, of the Shaver fleet, and the J. N. Teal, of The Dalles-Columbia fleet, but their .owners took steps at once to replace the men, and the Hen derson left at 6:30 last night for the lower river. At Portland there was no disturbance. The Lurllne was started for Astoria yesterday morning, some of the crew of the Georgiana being transferred, as It was the Georglana's layover day, and the. Undine was steamed up last night to make the lower river run. The Har vest Queen remained tied up at Ash street dock, while all other regular steamers were operated. Employers asserted they will be able to keep their vessels going in spite of the strike, while the union men say they are daily adding to their membership; have means to maintain all men on strike and received assurances of support from allied organizations. Steamboat men and longshoremen out at Portland and along the river were estimated yesterday to number 900. The steamer Stranger, the deckhands of which left Thursday night, was sent out as usual yesterday morning for The Dalles, carrying freight and passen gers, and the Regulator line gave out notice t.o all shippers that there was no Interruption of freight, which is be ing received for all points. Kalama Trouble Ileported. It was reported that the steamer Jo seph Kellogg had trouble at Kalama, but no news of the kind reached the Portland office from the steamer. Only one of her crew went ashore Thursday, and his place was filled when she left here yesterday. Steamboat owners have communi cated with peace officers at various towns on the Willamette and Columbia so that they may be prepared on the arrival of steamers to preserve order. In addition to police being on steam boat docks here, fences have been built in places to prevent outsiders passing along the riverside of docks. , As to the walkout of longshoremen, the situation here was virtually un changed yesterday. The North Pacific line steamer F. A Kilburn, which ar - rived from California and Oregon I orts lRte Thursday night, was partly dis charged yesterday at Columbia dock, her three mates and Agent Bancroft working on the dock and the sailors in the hold, but at 5 o clock the seamen were notified by their union to suspend operations In the way of handling freight. The cargo unloaded was mostly per ishables, and longshoremen made no ef fort to prevent that being handled. Pickets at the dock joined the small unloading force at noon in a friendly way, and In no way opposed delivery being made for the convenience of shippers. Agent Bancroft said las night that no cargo would be accepted for shipment south, and the sailing of the vessel today depends oh instructions from the San Francieco office. Great Northern Is In. The turbine Great Northern reached Flavel from the Golden Gate, and sails on the return today. Further advices as to the sailing of the Beaver today are expected, especially in view of the fact the steamer Rose City, her fleet mate, got away from San Francisco for Portland, at 1 o closk yesterday after noon. She reached there at 6 o'clock Thursday night from San Pedro, and ao far as Is known here, made no at tempt to work cargo. No move was made yesterday to load a third barge with lumber for the Government at Anchorage, Alaska. The lonshoremen consented to the second barge being finished Thursday so she could leave, but they are expected to object should the third be started The steamer Daisy arrived . at JCnappton yesterday from San Francis co to load lumber, the Nehalem is at St. Helens for the same purpose, and no work was performed yesterday on the schooner A. F. Coates. at Wauna, or the schooner Alumna, at Knappton. Towboat Still Running. All boats, engaged In towing log rafts to Portland from the lower .river have succeeded In remaining in service, ex cept for a' few hours' interruption for two boats yesterday but should they be forced to qf-spend operations it i forecast some of the sawmills will shut down, as at a few plants the log supply is limited and the owners say they will not pay higher towage charges If they must be levied by towboat companies to offset the strike . expense. Regardless of features of the demand of the river steamboatmen for higher wages, definite working hours and overtime, the owners declare they will not extend recognition to the union. Lumbermen take the stand that there is not much cargo business prospective at: present; California deliveries by v. ater may suffer as a consequence of the strike of the longshoremen, and rail business is not at its maximum volume, so at least a few of the mills are In position to shut down without entailing heavy loss. i Inasmuch as they have kept their fleets going, towboat owners say they have no intention of tying up their vessels, and that 'they are not in a mood to make further concessions to their deck and fireroom crews other than were offered before the strike. which consisted of an advance of $5 a month. Strike lilts Bandon Lumber Mills. BANDON, Or., June 2. (Special.) The effects of the longshoremen's strike were felt here this morning when the steamer Phoenix crossed in for a load SHINGLE MILL IN QUIT ABERDEEN STOW HAS FIVE PLANTS NOT IX OPERATION. Packers and Sawyers Pall to Report for Work After Being- Notified . of Proposed Wage Cnt. ABERDEEN. "Wash., June 2. (Spe cial.) Shingle mill employes In three Grays Harbor plants failed to show up for , work today, following announce ment yesterday by some employers that wages would be cut because of a reduc tion of 10 cents per thousand in shingle prices. The proposed reduction is from 16 to 15 cents a thousand for sawyers and from 10 to 9 cents for packers. Two other shingle mills were closed down today, ostensibly for repairs, making five mills which are not oper ating. About 150 shingle mill men are out of work and the shingle output of the harbor is reduced about one-third. The mills in which the strike .took place are the Coats mill In Hoqulam, the Stearns-Villa mill at Stearnsville and the Copalls mill at Carlisle. The Wilcox and Grays Harbor mills here are closed. 10 STRIKEBREAKERS KIDXAPED Taconia Longshoremen Put Battered Men Ashore With Warning. TACOMA, June 2. More than 200 longshoremen smashed down barriers at the Eureka dock at noon today. brushed aside two city detectives. stormed the steamship Nome City, and. aided by other strikers who came up in a launch, kidnaped 10 nonunion work ers who had Just arrived in a launch from Seattle. Early this evening it was reported nine of 10 non-union men kidnaped Off the steamer Nome City had been removed to Seattle in a launch, after having been taken to Dash Point and put off on the beach there. It is said that the company in Seattle that sup plied the nonunion men sent a launch to Dash Point for them when it learned of their predicament. They are badly battered, and said they had been roughly treated. The non-union men were warned by the strikers that seri ous consequences would attend any at tempt to return to Tacoma. The sailors of the Nome City un loaded its cargo, unmolested by the strikers. The liner Shlmpo Maru was reported today to have loaded . fully nail tts cargo with non-union help. and expected to complete the loading. CREWS LOADING AT ASTORIA Mill Gangs Assist in Completing Few Lumber Cargoes. ASTORIA. Or, June 2. (Special.) There have been few developments to day In connection with the longshore men s strike. The loading of the steamer Edgar H. Vance at the Hammond mill by the mill yard gang and the vessel's crew was completed, and the steamer sailed for San Pedro. The yard gang is load ing the Necanicum, and she will prob ably be ready to sail in the morning. The steam schooner Daisy arrived at Knappton, but is taking no lumber on board except what the crew and a few of the mill hands can stow on board her. The steamer Great Northern, arriv ing from San Francisco, brought small shipment of perishable freight. She is being discharged by the crew and some of the gangs who were work ing in the trestles. Apparently friendly feeling still Is existing between the employers and the men. While the Longshoremen's Union is not loading or discharging any vessels, the men keep away from the docks and do not interfere in any way with the mill gangs or steamer crews who are handling cargoes. Prohibitionist and Socialist Are Also Among Quartet Lined Tip as Op posing Preparedness Plan S for United States. WASHINGTON. June 2. The second of the big preparedness measures, a aval appropriation bill larger by many millions than any ever before considered in Congress, passed the House late today almost unanimously. It carries a building programme for next year of five battle cruisers, four scout cruisers, ten destroyers. 60 sub marines and 130 aeroplanes, provides for a Government armor plate plant, authorizes an Increase of nearly 17,000 enlisted men and appropriates a total of $269,900,000. As passed, the bill Is in substantial ly the same form as framed by the naval committee. Only a few amend ments were adopted during a week of debate, and a final effort by Republi can leaders to have the measure recommitted with Instructions to add two battleships, tito scout cruisers and ten destroyers was beaten 189 to 83. The fight for- an increase in the building programme, at least by the addition of- two battleships,- .will be renewed in the Senate when the measure is taken up there late this month as the Administration believes it will be successful. Only four Representatives voted against passage of the bill to 358 favoring it. and as the rollcall pro gressed the overwhelming majority of ayes" stirred the Democrats to re peated cheering. The four negative votes were cast by Representatives Browning. New Jersey and Graham, Pennsylvania. Republicans; Randall, California, Prohibitionist, and London, New York. Socialist. With the passage of the bill the House completed the major portion of its share in the preparedness pro gramme, the last of the three bills car rying the important provisions of the programme the Army, naval and forti fications measures only the last named remains to be considered. It probably will be taken -up in the House after the National conventions, while the Senate Is debating the naval bill. Other provisions added during debate carry $11,000,003 for a Government plate plant. 17,000,000 for enlargement of the Navy-yards, particularly at Jos on. Philadelphia. Norfolk ana puget Sound, where battleships will be ouiit, $2,700,000 for Increasing the. Navy s personnel and $1,500,000 for aeroplanes. The armor plant provision already has passed the Senate as a separate bill. FIGHT OCCURS AT SEATTLE Fifteen Strikebreakers Are Attacked and Some Are Beaten. SEATTLE, Wash., June 2. The first violence In connection with the strike ocurred late today, when 15 strike breakers, who were being conducted from the headquarters of the Employ ers' Association to the Milwaukee pier on East Waterway, were attacked by 30 strike sympathizers as they ap proached the dock. Two of the non union men were severely beaten. The waterfront employers tonight sent telegrams to 'Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and to the international of ficers of the longshoremen's associa tion protesting against the attitude of the strike leaders here in refusing to arbitrate. The employers' telegrams said they believed the attitude of the Pacific Coast leaders of the longe shoremen's association was not in ac cord with the policy of the American Federation of Labor or the interna tional union of the longshoremen. Sixteen steamers are tied up here. DOCK WORKERS UNMOLESTED Crews and Clerks Handle Baggage and Mail at San Pedro. SAN PEDRO, Cal., June 2. Shipping remained at a standstill here today. . James Reid, secretary of the local union of longshoremen, said there was no danger of any trouble. Crews and shipping clerks loaded and unloaded baggage and mail yes terday to enable the steamer Governor and other passenger vessels to leave on schedule time. Strikers, who were said by Reid to number more than 1000, offered no interference. Vancouver Situation Peaceful. VANCOUVER, B. C, June 2. When asked what action would be taken when the Blue Funnel liner Talthyblus, due here tomorrow morning from Seattle, via Union Bay, arrived, local longshore men's union officials stated that the information at hand was that none but the freight originally destined for Van couver from the Orient was to be un loaded, in which case the local men w.ou4d.. work as usual. W0 REPUBLICANS VOTE NO today as a result of ' the Coast-wide longshoremen's strike which has tied up most shipping. If the strike continues for another week it Is very certain that the day shift at the Wilson mill, num bering 175 men. will be laid off and that the American and Federal mills will close. All cargo mills on Grays Harbor may I be closed by the strike, inasmuch as most of these now have their docks! well stacked with lumber. ' Edward Hulburt. manager of the Fed eral and American mills, which employ 170 men, said today that these two mills could not stand a tieup of vessels that! would last more than a week. Both mills handle water trade almost entire- I ly. It is estimated that not less than EOO millworkers will be thrown out of employment in Aberdeen within the next 10 days unless the strike comes to an end. Such a condition probably would also lead to a curtailment of log ging operations. MILLMEN WALK OFF VESSELS Steamers Roth and X. R. Lang Are Tied Up at Oregon City. OREGON CITT. Or.. June 2. (Spe cial.) -Mlllmen employed by the Wil lamette Navigation Cotnpany to take the place of strikers on the steamers Ruth and N. R. Lang today walked ashore ana both of the boats are tied up. The company may make no fur ther effort to operate the steamers un til the strike Is settled. The Lang Is employed in carrying pulp from Oregon City to Camas, where a paper mill of the Crown Willamette Company is located. The Camas plant is now said to be supplied with pulp. so the paper machines there can run for some time without further ship ments or pulp from the local pulp mills. tiowever, a prolonged strike which would prevent carrying of puln from Oregon City to Camas would embarrass the big mill at the Washington town, it is dependent on local mills cor pulp. With the Ruth tied up. the Crown Willamette Company is now shipping paper from Oregon City to Pulp Siding on barges to be loaded on Southern Pacific cars. A company launch is used to propel the barges from the mill to Pulp Siding. Rainier Mill Closed by Strike. RAINIER. Or Juno 2. (Special.) As a result of the strike of the long- snoremen. the Patterson mill at thii place was compelled to shut down, owing to lack of dock space and in ability of steamship owners to furnish a ship to take the lumber away. The schooner A. F. Coates, which was load ing at the American Export Lumber Company's mill, finished loading at 6 o clock the evening before the strike order went into effect and was towed downstream the same evening. Epithets Hnrled at. Eureka. EUREKA. Cal.. June 2. Passenger service qut of Eureka by steamer Is practically suspended. The steamer Breakwater was unloaded today by non-union stevedores and left for San Francisco. Epithets were exchanged Detween the strikers and tlje nonunion men worKing me tsreaKwater s cargo, put mere was no violence. MEDIATION EFFORT FAILS (Continued From First Page.) even onto the docks, is illegal, he do- clared, and would not be permitted. San Franciecos lumberyards were closed today as a result of the long shoremen's strike. 50 lumber dealers. representing virtually the entire local trade, having decided they did not have enough stock to carry on their busi ness, and would, be unable to secure more until the stevedores unloaded the lumber boats. The entire building industry of the city will be tied up and several thou sand men will be thrown out of work following the closing of the yards, the lumbermen announced, as there Is not enough lumber in the city to carry on any construction work for more than a few days. Several planing mills will also shut down. Several attempts were made yester day to remove cargoes from lumber boats with nonunion labor, but the men were persuaded to leave their jobs. The second day of the longshore men's strike found practically all the coast shipping tied up. One ' Union official. E. H. Foley, secretary of the striking Riggers" and Stevedores Union, declared last night the situa tlon looked well and that the strike would be over In a few days. Another official, however, J. J. Foley, president of the union, who is directing the entire strike, said he saw no chance of a settlement in the near future. California State Labor Commissioner J. P. McLaughlin called together repre sentatives of both sides in a meeting that lasted several hours in San Fran Cisco, todav. but afterward announced he had failed to arrange a settlement. Shipping remained at practically standstill. Only two vessels, both paj senger. left San Francisco today, and they carried with them- the cargo they brought. OAKLAND. Cal.. June 2. Nearly 200 stevedores returned to their work at two lumber docks here today when the Hogan Lumber Company and the Bruce Mill & Lumber Company granted, it was said, the full demands of the strik ing longshoremen. Union officials es timate that there remain on strike on this side of San Francisco. Bay about 600 other longshoremen. TIE-UP HITS ABERDEEN MILLS Working Forces Reduced and Lack of JShips May Cause Closing. ABERDEEN. Wash.. June . (Spe cial.) The night shift at the Wilson mill, numbering 100 men. was laid oft Hawaii Wants Strike Ended. HONOLULU. T. II.. June 1. The Sugar Planters' Association and other business interests here decided today to make a concerted recommendation that shipowners accept the longshore men s terms Immediately. as any lengthy delay would prove serious to Hawaiian trade. E. E. BRODIE IS ELECTED CLACKAMAS REPUBLICAN PARE FOR CAMPAIGN. PRE. Harmony Prevails at Committee Meet ing, and Banquet Is Planned for Oregon City Soon. OREGON CITT," Or.. June 2. (Spe clal. Permanent organization of the Republican County Central Committee of Clackamas County was effected here today by the election of E. E. Brodie as chairman, John H. Sievers as secre tary and C. W. Parrish as treasurer. The chairman and secretary, with three other committeemen to be appointed by the" chairman, will constitute, the executive committee. Harmony in the Republican ranks and the success of -the entire ticket was the keynote of the meeting today. Inspiring talks were made by several members of the committee, and It was decided to noid a banquet in the nea future in Oregon City, at which time the report of the resolutions commit tee will be made. This committee is composed of Frank Jaggar. J. W Hobart. A. L. Deaton. C. W. Swallow and G. T. Parry, and they will draft a declaration of principles for the Re publican party of Clackamas County, The committee was railed to order by W. L. Mulvey, secretary for the last two years, and after the selection of a temporary chairman and secretary the loiiowing committee on credentials wa appointed: Clarence L. Eaton, W. J. E. Vlck. G. A. Schubel, J. J. Mallatt and E. L. Johnson.. 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