SHIPYARD WORKERS NOT
RECEIVING FULL WAGES
Last Tuesday's issue of the Daily
Call contained a communication which
-evidently aroused some of our readers.
We were called up early Wednesday
morning and asked for the authority
tV. the au’ticle published, but the
phone service not being: very satisfac
tory one of the inquiring parties soon
appeared in person seeking the desired
information. It was just at that time
of day when we are the very busiest
1n getting out the paper, and we court
eously informed the gentleman that as
soon as the pape.r was off the press
that day we would start a tracer after
the author of the article and if he
could not make good the statements
published in the paper, the Call would
make proper apology for having al
lowed erroneous statements to be pub
lished in its columns.
True to our word we started out to
hunt the man who had given us p»e
communication and we were not long
in finding him. Not only did we find
him, but fate must have known wf.at |
we were after for it so hoppmed that
the two other men who served as a
committee with him to draw up the ar
ticle were within speaking distance
when we found him.
No sooner was our errand made
known than the men experssed their
willingness to .stana sponsor to all that
was in the article and sti'.l further to
give us the details of th; story. Our
interview developed some informs Hen
that may be interesting to our readers.
The subject under consideration is
the question of wliat the men are get
ting down at the shipyards, and the
case |>ertains tothe Ames Yard in
particular in connection with the com
munication which appears in the Call
on the fourth page of the issue of Doc
18th.
Our informants were men who have
worked in the yards and they spoke
from first hand experience. They told
us that in some instances where the
scale of wages is $3.90 the men are
getting all the way from $3.10 to $3.60
and only a very few receive full wages.
Hook tender's scale calls for $3.90 and
in order to escape having t opay this.
Special for
9
This week
3 for
$1.00
A. Polet
tilde men on the job are called “follow
ers and chasers". Machine helpers ]
scale caJls for $3.90 wage and the first
checks were made out for 3.25 which
the men refused to accept. New
checks were made out for $3.40 and i
$3.60 fo rthe work which the Arbitra-J
tion Hoard voted them $3.90.
It is claimed by our informant that I
the business agent of the A. F. of I,. ^
came down to the Ames shipyard and}
asked the hoys to go bock to work j
and promised to Utke the matter up at
the next meeting and assured them
that “the companies must pay the
scale or we will all go out.” “But
they are not paying the scale, and the
men have not yet gone out,” added
one of our informants with a peculiar
emphasis in his voice
In order to escape having to pay
"Bolters-up” the $3.90 scale, they are
classed by the rapipany as general
helpers and some are getting as low
as $3.25 and $3.40 and $3.60.
When the hook tenders on the grave
yard shift found it was left to them
to face the supenlntendant alone in
their demand for full pay, inasmuch
as tiie day men had shown the white
feather or for some other reason failed
to appear, they went bravely to their
fate and w ere informed that they were
being paid the scale.
That forced the men to quit and ap
peal to the Shipping Board for jus
tice. The board ruled that the com
pany had to pay the men hook ten
der wages inasmuch as they had hired
them as hook tenders.
After informing the company of the
ruling of the board they had to wait
two days before getting the money
W'hich was paid in full.
In this connection the following side
light on the change of employees in
the electrical department was given
us. It seems that the shipyard super
intcndant of the electrical department
at the Ames yard fired one of the A. F.
, of L. men with a paid card and put
j Lewis Francis in his place as foreman
I of crane crew. Primised him $4.00 a
|day. When he came to settle he was
| down for $3.90 a day. Francis then
DANCING SCHOOL.
At the Miners Home Club Hall,
Dancing class every Monday, Tues
day, AVednesday, and Friday even
ing from 8 P. M. to II P. M. Ad
mission to class $1.00. Private
lessons $1.00 per hour.
MRS. GEO AVAT.DHELM, Teacher
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER.
INDEPENDENT
Meat
told the superintendant that he was
going: to have $4.00 per d:o', if he had
to fight for it. The superintendant
then told him that there would be no
access.-y to fight over it, as he would
take it oue of his own pocket and give
it to him. Francis said, “I don't care a
d-jnn whose pocket it comes out of,
just so I get it, and at that the superin
tenand of the department handed the
balance due and said: “Well we are
square now, are we? And added good
bye in a tone of voice that indicated
that he did not expect Francis to come
back any more.
We were informed that the engin
eers at the power house of the Ames
ship yard are getting $5.00 a day for
six days a week and $10 on Sunday.
• Tie electricians want to take the
i ih for $90 a month an average
of less than $3.50 per day or $110 a
month for seven day work.
It is cl imed that many electricians
are dissatisfied with scale of wages
and know they are not getting all that
was awarueu them.
“What we want,” said one of the
boys who was giving his story, "is for
the A. P. of L,. to fight for what the
Shipyard Arbitration Board has
awarded us in wages and see that we
get all that is coming to us. We
may not agree on what is the function
and scope of a Union's activity, and
they can pass all tne resolutions they
want but if they know bread with
the buttered side up, they’ll join in
with us on this one point that we have
in common tmd make the company
come through with what the board
has fixed our pay to be.”
FROM THE DAILY ALASKA
DISPATCH OF JAN. 5,1918
Indications Point to Important Min
ing Activity At Auk Bay Where
Treadwell Company Is Developing
Ground Held By Sutherland,
Aldrich and Valentine
The Treadwell company on Sat
urday filed location notices for near
ly forty claims adjacent to tho pro
perty now beng developed under
bond at Auk Bay, which is an in
dication the company is encount
ering promising ore writh the cross
cut tunnel now being driven on
the property.
Last chance to buy Woolen Su ts
at regular prices. On account of the
war, Woolen Goods are going up
fast. From now until March
we offer First Class Tailor r.ade
Suits, and Overcoats at Outside
Prices. Some JSx&ra Fine Black and
Blue Serge & Worsted, be-,ides all
kinds of fine patterns to select from.
Nome Tailoring Co., next door to
Segerstrom & Hagen’s, Jewelry Store.
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The Auk property controlled by
S?nators Sutherlmd and Aldrich and
Mayor Valentine was bonded by the
Treadwell company last summer.
The company engineers immediate
ly outlined a development plan,
which has been carried on ever
since. At present a crew of seven
teen men are on the property.
The Treadwell company also filed
under the assessment suspension
over a hundreai arUdavits for the
year 1918, covering lode claims in
the Harris mining district.
Good, clean, comfortable beds, by :
the day, week or month, at the
Dunham Building, next door City
Hall. (West)
Mrs. Markham, Prop.
WE CAN DO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash every thing
except the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
READ T If E
“PLEDGE POSTER”
IN OUR WINDOW
We will faithfully live up to the pledge in every particular.
And take this opportunity to announce to the public, that from
now on, during the war, our prices shall be based on still smaller
profits than heretofore. We will make a reduction on several
items in our store at once.
Our country and nation first
Our own individual \x elfare next
Thorulf Lehmann
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S'OTICE OP APPLICATION FOR
PATENT. NO. 0331.
in the United States Land Office at j
Nome, Alaska, March 1, 1918.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
hat DAN CONNOLLY, a citizen of
ho United States, whose post office
iddress is Nome, Alaska, has made
implication for a United States Pat
;nt for placer mining claim known
is No. 10 ABOVE ON DRY CREEK,
?LACER, in the Cape Norn ■ Mining
md Recording District, Territory of
Ylaska, Second Division, being Min
:ral Survey No. 122G, which said pla
:er mining claim is more fully des
■libed as lo metes and bounds by the
>fficial plat and by the field notes
>f survey thereof now on file in the
dfico of the Register of the United
states Land Office ,at Nome, Alaska,!
vith magnetic variation 20 dog.
)0 min. to 20 deg. 10 min. E., as
ollows. to-wit:
Beginning.at Cor. No. 1, identical
vith N. E. location corner and with
lor. No. 4 Sur. No. 719, left fork
>f Dexter creek, placer, a fir post
l ins. sq. in earth mound, scribed
1-719 and 1-1226 10 A, whence U.
3. L. M. No. 4 bears N. 32 deg.
L2 min. E. 5930 ft; tlienqo S. 7
leg. 00 min. W. 373.40 ft. to Cor.
vfo. 2, identical with location cor. j
tnd with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No. 1214,
jast Resort Bench, placer; thence
3. 4 deg. 37 min. VV. 849.40 ft. to
lor. No. 3, identical with location
:or.; thence N. SI deg. 48 min.
»V. 485.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
3 deg. 08 min. W. 1268.00 ft.
o Cor. No. 5, identical with loea
ion cor. and with Cor. No. 3 Sur.
:19, No. 3 Left Fork Dexter creek;
hence S. 79 deg. 54 min. E. 674.80
t. to Cor. No. 1 and place of
leginning. Total area No. 10 above
in Dry Creek placer, 16.217 acres;
irea in conflict with Sur. 1214,
..ast Resort Bench Placer, 0.2091
acres, which is not excluded.
The for-going claim is situated
on the divide at the head of Dry
creek, about five miles Northeast
erly from the town of Nome, in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct,
aforesaid; U. S. L. M. No. 4, to
which this claim is tied is a lime
stone block about 4x6 ft. 6 ft.
high chiseled U. S. L. JH. No. 1 on
top suriaco with cross cut on same
and is situated on South or right
hank of Dexter creek about 14 0 ft.
South of same and about 1,000 ft.
Westerly from the mouth of Joe
Gulch, in Lat. 64 deg. 35 min. N.
Longitude 165 deg. 19 min. W.
The adjoining claims are, on the
North Snr. No. 719, No. 3 Left
Fork Dexter creek; on the Soui.u
No. 9 above Discovery on Dry
creek, unsurveyed; on the East Sur.
No. 1214, Danielson ciaiment and
other tin surveyed cliams; on the
West, uusiii'vcyed claims, claimants
unknown. Location notice of said
claim is recorded in Volume 14,
Page 121, records of Cape Nome
Recording District, Second Division,
Alaska.
TIIOS. McGANN,
. Register.
Dale of first pub. March 9, 1918.
Date ot last pub. May 9, 1918.
Nome Scavenger
Company
All Orders Receive^
Prompt Attention
PHONE MAIN 76.
El). BItEDESON
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