Shingle Workers Defy Wage Cuts in Ballard

The Grand Lodge of the West Coast Shingle Weavers Union decided to stand by the local unions in their attempt to resist the grand wage cuts. The meeting opened yesterday morning at 10 o'clock and continued until late in the afternoon. Delegates were present from nearly all the shingle manufacturing towns in this part of the state. While the delegates realized that the shingle market might improve, they resolved to stand by their scale. The resolution adopted read as follows: Whereas, there has been an effort on the part of the shingle manufacturers to cut the wages of their employees; and whereas, the format wage scale adopted by the union is none too much for the work to be performed and the risk to the life and limb involved, and considering the steady operation of said mills, the wage scale really does not afford the skilled employee as much compensation as is received by men engaged at manual labor; and whereas, believing that good wages to our workmen means prosperity to our community and stimulates local business; therefore be it resolved, by the Grand Lodge of the W.C.S.W.U. assembled in Ballard, Washington, August 10, that we endorse the stand taken by the local unions in this jurisdiction in holding out for the scale of wages and assure them of our hearty aid and support, and that we call upon all other labor unions for their encouragement.