Sailors and Longshoremen Fight a Shipowner's Replacement Crews

At the meeting of the Western Central Labor Union last night President W. G. Armstrong was absent and S. N. Saddler was chosen temporary chairman.

The resolution committee presented resolutions expressing respect and esteem for H. C. Thiel, of the Sailors' Union and delegate to the Western Central Labor Union, who has left the city. The resolutions were adopted.

The committee also presented resolutions protesting against the passage by Congress of the bill providing for the punishment of any person for intimidating sailors employed on vessels; adopted.

The delegates of the Sailors' Union stated that G. E. Meigs, the owner of the bark Konantum, was doing everything in his power to get other men at $1 per day to take the places of those who quit work on her a few days ago. They stated that two men he had secured through T. Collins, the employment agent, had been gotten away yesterday morning by the union men, and the Longshoremen's Union was working with the sailors in their fight against him.

A communication from the Longshoremen's Union, indorsing the action of the Western Central Labor Union in its efforts to secure the establishment of a free employment bureau, was read and filed.

A call issued by the Tacoma Trades Council for a state labor congress, to be held at Olympia on February 6, was read. It fixed the basis of representation for each union at five delegates for every fifty members or a major fraction thereof.

The auditing committee reported having found the books of Secretary Reed in good shape and his accounts correct. The report was adopted, as was also a resolution returning the thanks of the union to Mr. Reed for his efficient work as secretary.