GO ON STRIKE
FOR MORE PAY
As a result of a strike at the Alaska
Juneau mine September 15, a portion
of the men employed at the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Company’s mine
and mill were prevented from going
to work. The total number of men
out, according to a statement made
by Superintendent John A. Richards,
is seventy. Of this number only
about thirty have actually quit. The
company employs 250 men. Both the
mine and the mill are working, but
both are short handed.
No previous notice of intention to
strike or demand of any kind was
given to Superintendent Richards or
any one else connected with the man
agement, according to the Juneau
newspapers.
Ali. Richards heard that there was
some trouble at the mine and went
there. When he arrived with the
men who live on Douglas island but
work at the Alaska Juneau, those on
the train on which they arrived were
notified by Janies Fogarty that there
was a strike on, and they were asked
to quit. Later three men, James
Fogarty, G. Wagner and William Hill,
representing themselves to be a com
mittee of the workers, presented to
Mr. Richards a written demand re
citing that wages are still on a pre
war basis, asking for $1 a day ad
vance in wages, and containing other
specifications.
Company Losing Money
At a meeting of Juneau business
men held at the office of the Alaska
Juneau, President F. W. Bradley of
the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany, speaking for the company, de
clared that it would be impossible for
the company to meet the demand for
an increase in wages. He showed
that the company has voluntarily
raised the average wages of the men
$1.54 a day since the beginning of the
war, and they now average $5.05 a
day, while there has been no raise
in board. He declared that the mine
is now and has been operating at
a loss.
Alaska Juneau in Same Condition
George T. Jackson, superintendent
of the Alaska Gastineau, who was
present at the meeting, declared that
that mine is and has been operating
at a loss, and that any uncalled for
disturbance would cause it to shut
down, and if it shut down it was
Demands of Men
The demands submitted by the min
ers were as follows:
“We, the workers of the Alaska
Juneau mine, find that the present
wages paid at the said mine are not
sufficient to meet the present high
cost of living.
“The wages paid at this mine are
pre-war wages, and since necessities
of life have increased from one to
three hundred per cent, the wages
at the mine remain the same.
“Wages in all mining camps
throughout the country, with the ex
ception of Juneau, have increased to
meet the high cost of living.
“We, the workers of the Alaska
Juneau mine, are organized for the
following demands:
“First. An increase in wages of
one dollar per day for all men in the
mine working for the company.
“Second. An increase in wages of
one dollar per day for all men work
ing for contractors or sub-contractors,
the company to back the contractors
for this increase.
“Three. No men to be kept under
ground for longer than eight hours in
one day.
“Fourth. The board and room at
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the company’s boarding house to re
main the same, $32.00 per month.
“Fifth. That the company put no
workers on the ‘black list’ for mak
ing these demands, and after settle
ment all workers to be reinstated."
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ISLANDER AND
SOPHIA WILL
BE SALVAGED
C. N. B. Dawson, president of the
Deep Sea Salvage Company, was in
Juneau recently and said that the
salvage crew arrived at the scene of
the Sophia wreck on September 14.
They encountered storms on the way
up and a breakdown which caused
a delay of several days.
“It will take about ten days to
assemble the machinery and get
everything in working order,” said
Mr. Dawson. “Nothing but the most
severe winds or tides will prevent
us from raising the Sophia in forty
eight hours after all is in readiness.
After we raise the Sophia we shall
attempt to put in at Bridges cove. We
hope to get her in such shape then
that we can tow her to Juneau. Our
divers have reported, after careful in
vestigation that she is not broken, but
probably hole punctured. We esti
mate our share of salvage from the
vessel will be at least $300,000, after
50 per cent is given over to the court.
“Our outfit consists of two steam
tugs, six large scows, wrecking ma
chinery, cables, etc. We have a crew
of thirty men now at work on the
Sophia at Lynn canal.
“We hope to be able to raise the
Islander this fall. We have a more
elaborate process for raising deeply
sunken vessels, which we will use
on the Islander. We look for good
salvage on this vessel. We expect
eight hundred thousand dollars in
money alone. According to the pur
ser’s report, there is $750,000 in the
safe of the Islander. The partner
of Mr. Chapell, the Seattle capitalist,
had $35,000 in his stateroom and $15,
000 is in the stateroom of another
passenger.
“There are at least five million
dollars’ worth of ships to be raised
in Puget sound and Alaska waters.
We shall operate in Puget sound
this winter.
‘ We shall raise the A. J. Fulle" in
Elliot bay after we finish our work
here this fall. The A. J. Fuller wTas
a sailing vessel sunk October 30,
1918, with a cargo of canned and
salt, salmon. The salmon and vessel
together are estimated to be worth
about $700,000. We find the salmon
is in good condition.
%. “We are a new company and be
ginning in a small way, but we hope
to enlarge our equipment in the near
future.”
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division. Torger
Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline
Asbjornson, defendant. No. C-176.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of |
the publication of this summons, to- |
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of October, 1919, and answer the
complaint of the above-named plain
tiff in the above-entitled action,
wherein said plaintiff prays that he
be given an absolute decree of di
vorce from you forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
existing between you and said plain
tiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is September 3,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein o.i said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is September 13, 1919, j
and the date of its last publication is
October 25, 1919.
WITNESS, The Honorable Charles j
E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court, on this 3rd
day of September, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
(Jerk of th3 District Couit for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy.
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improbable that it would ever be
operated again.
The statement was made by the
managers of both the Alaska Juneau
and the Alaska Gastineau that they
would have been money ahead if
they had shut down two years ago.
The average wages at the Alaska
Gastineau are also over $5.00 a day.
Richards Says Men Are Satisfied
Superintendent Richards of the
Alaska Juneau says he has spoken
to a large majority of the men who
are out, perhaps 75 per cent of them,
and they* have told him that they
were satisfied with their treatment,
including wages and working condi
tions, that they had no complaint to
make, but that they had been intimi
dated and would prefer to quit to
working where there was trouble.
“I had been splendidly satisfied
with our crew,” said Mr. Richards.
“They were capable men, as good as
we ever had. I had never received a
word of complaint from anyone. Nat
urally I was astonished and cha
grined when I discovered they would
permit one or two agitators to call
out so many of them, particularly so
suddenly that there could be no con
ference before the strike.”
Danger That Good Miners May Leave
A business man acquainted with
the conditions said that the greatest
danger in connection with any sort
of a strike, even one that had not
been fully considered or voted upon
as in the present case, was that good
miners would quit and go to some
other country rather than to be
around where there is trouble.