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|JnrtIanù Síabnr fflr&sœ Volume XV. « K Number 8 Portland, Oregon, June 7, 1915 Whole Number 800 , PROMINENT OFFICIAL SAYS DAY LABOR PLAN IS BEST OR ALL PUBLIC WORK ENGINEERS PLEASED WITH LECTURERS The .¡ght-hour low for public Professor, Worster and Kosen- „•ork was upheld by Circuit Judge crans of th* Oregon Agricultural Kavanaugh last Wednesday when College have just completed a 3- i,, found Arthur D. Kern, a Bub- months series of lectures and dem .ntractor, guilty of working an onstrations before Local No. 87, mployee 16 hours and 15 min- International Union of Steam En Judge Kavanaugh fined gineers. from which the members Ki-rn $100. have profited to a considerable Judge Kavanaugh a decision is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ — ——— extent. regarded as an important one, j Following out the plau to endeavor to induce the County Com- “ This saving was accomplished through employmei ‘ agencies. Almost the entire membership , specially in view of the amount | tnissioners to build the roads by day labor instead of letting the despite lack of organization in boarding and bunk h <use charges. ,i,_ , .. , . th* «r«un,za,'o’‘ haa a” *“ ded of road work and other public i ,o contractors, the Central Labor Council, at its meeting last our department for such work and other evasions of the prin- and the further fact that tin* i ciple of the minimum wage, and the mpetlI,g8 «»d « number of the iiiinrovements now pending. Be- Friday night, , took . . action , to secure , a large . . number . . . of . additional . . . r. . members have assisted the lec- 1 . . . . .. ... . names to the petitions that have been circulated bv the M arried! Puget Sound Traction, Light & tinallv— oause of this. Arthur A. Murphy, W orker-8 Association. ' ¡Power Company delayed us 60 “ That tliese conditions w illiturers in carrying out experi- Attorney, was was Deputy District District Attorney, Th<- Commissioners have not given the least intimation that days in the completion of the nev^r be completely overcome un- ments in local plants present when Judge Kavanaugh they intended to seriously consider the matter of building the roads job, which delay cost us several til the contract system, which in All of the members are highly decided the case, and took espe- *».' day labor, but the Council is going right ahead with the propo-! hundred dollars because of bad a large part thrives by such moth- d-d note of the decision sition, because they are confident that they are right and that weather encountered. With pro- ods and evasions, is* supplanted ' P^'aaed with the results and both per organization and equipment by day labor, when incentive for I Mr. Rosencrans and Mr. Worster Kern was indicted in 1913 for 'eventually their claims will be given consideration. In support of our contention that it is the best plau to build! I am satisfied that from 15 to 20 slighting of work will cease and ¡were tendered and accepted mem- working W. IL Earle, a team ster,: t he roads by day labor, we quote below a portion of a report of ¡per cent can be saved on much in its stead will appear the de-1bershin in the lo" 1 i of our paving and improvement sire to do real honest work, th e' P______ — * ” mere than eight hours. A second ¡Chas. IL Case, Superintendent of Streets and Sewers of Seattle: work by doing same by day la- doing of which will materially indictment was returned against j “ During the year 1912 the Board it closed. You have our ansivef I n W ar fans are still waiting to lessen the cost of future main- on the technicality that he ¡of Public Works entered into ¡to him in the account of the work < r.vv see what those Germans can do had worked Earle 16 hours and ¡agreements with paving contrac done. ' ' 2 2et7„ “ ’ IE °C' ‘T * * . on their home grounds. inutes, but had not paid him ,ors ,o ta^e over “ * The City Engineer iu in iixn his xi/ix 1911 -„u«. .. ___ v in • defense Another \ rr ad till maintenance maim ruauve 1 of j workmen » .... ............ feature vaiui - ot the cxist- 15 tn pavements. About report said: ‘The laying of as-L ' ere exploited by con- nig contracting system that is Judge Kavanaugh d i ...... s same - ts 011 OVf •rtime. time the citv asp h alt' plialt pavement is a matter call-! r?<*.ors lirou*h evasion ot the radically wrong is the prevalence mi ssed this second indictment ' q ant built iu 19O8 at a‘n ori, inal ¡ng for special skill and equip-:“ V*nn“™. "*age’ eight-hour and of employment of other than! ' ’ ■ leost, as shown in Engineer’s re ment which the average contrac-1 »H»" ordinances enacted for their home tax-paying people. M eni* ♦ stating that more cause for civil protection. ¡protection. without families get preference i* There will he a special called ♦ action existed than for criminal I port for that year, of $21,000 but tor does not possess.’ “ Believing that our nublic' “ hispectors on work appar- - of emplovment employment bv by contractors * ^ mfcdng of Local No. 808 held ♦ which had never been made use l action. work could be carried on more|*‘n,,v eo,,8>dered it none of their who conduct boarding houses in * on Tucsday* J“"« 8, 1915. fo r* T. » ___ , • ee . . of to anv extent, was turned over ♦ the purpose of voting on a ref- ♦ The far-reaching effects of L .* . . T. ., , , ; , . . . t o our department. It was in the satisfactorily-, with a better qual- b,UB.ilhs* ho*' much labor was ex-¡connection with their work. The I Judge Kavanaugh's decision in worst possible condition of re ity of work and perhaps more plointed so long as materials and alien whose family lives in a for * ere idum from the general of- ♦ * fice, the election of local offi- ♦ ! the Kern case, it is said, will mean pair, as shown by the fact that cheaply, we asked the Board of workmanship were satisfactory. eign land and to whom he neces j * cers and secretary and business ♦ “ Through our efforts resolu sarily sends a large part of his ♦ agent of the district council. ♦ that contractors no longer can w had to spend $3756.49 in the ¡Public Works to authorize us to first six months to get it in con tions were adopted instructing earnings, is frequently preferred * and such other business as may ♦ subgrade and pave Fifteenth make sub-contracts and allow the to men who are — try ♦ legally come before the meet- ♦ dition to successfully operate. all ins,»ectors to use the same by .- employers ... .------- , avenue West. In order that we Nub-contractors to work the men ♦ car»* and diligence in seeing t h a t 1” * I®, build or maintain homes in i* ,nK- might have actual figures for “ Out of the profits of the con- Fraternally. ♦ l more than eight hours. Kern had all ordinances affecting workmen 1 ° ” r eh.v and "’Ito should under . .tract work we have done, to- comparison we waited until bids I W IL L C. SHUGART. ♦ liarge ot a pavement mixer in |g et|1Pr -with the repairs of cuts had been opened before asking were enforced on contracts tb p |aJJ circumstances have the firstly, ♦ Secretary. same as specifications regarding fiance at such labor as they canj + paving some streets in East Port made for different public utility permission to do this work. The * perform.’ companies, we have kept up the Barber Asphalt Paving Company materials and yvorkmanship. land. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ *♦* ♦ ♦ “ Careful inspection by ent- This case is illustrative of the necessary maintenance and have were loyy bidders in the sum of $16,622.00. We estimated that|ploy'cs of our department of con- ifficulties encountered in secur- a Pro^’t ” * $4262.72. yve could do the job for $15,- trai t work reported to us as com “ Had the maintenance con ing decisions in cases of this na pleted and ready to turn over to tracts in existence last year con- 411.95. ture. The case first came before Hnued iu force durJng J913 tfae “ After the Board of Public us tor maintenance, has resulted tistrict Judge Dayton in 1913 ¡«.¡ty would have paid $33,214.84 Works authorized us to under- in a number of instances in the nd the defendant yvas held to the ! therefor, to which yve add an ac-!takc the work, the plans were discovery of serious defects in the r hand Jury. The case yvas passed tual plant profit of $4262.72, mak- changed to include 1200 addi- work. In the case of the contract Organized labor in Portland is especially anxious that members ,l>r thp E."St Flft-V’fl.rs.t s,rPet °f labor organizations and their friends andi sympathizers in Salem the following Grand Jury and!»” * .!?*.*!, actuaL?avin? A®, I 1*,! ! LmV",! le",gtL ° £ city through operation of asphalt which portion had to be filled *'‘" ’,,s* " e became suspicious that Astoria and other towns take notice of the fact hat tin* Townsend >.v special efforts on the part of p lh llt <)f if*37 477 56 •*»*,! nJo <•».«. *1 , « hauling t , h *1 e '- U 'it r k I p d I n not nt b oon n r n n n r l v ! Creamerv ________ / > Company - • « . * m at m t iv w u B V llU and . » made necessary the work had been properly is unfair b-puty District Attorney Ham- “ Aside from this actual saving or a n n iron, - l - '“ ’ because of the • large lit,g c quan- Here of e earth from sungraue subgrade trie the e n -;'>•;!"* Her^ is a list of the products of the me Townsend i ownsend Company- Vompanv • Brands in.rsly indictments yvere returned, the cost of asphalt paving has tire length of the job. titles sand ----- j . Jersey. ■ «. ... ...... I • • D^ry ** u ’ 8’"„1 yve we found ,n in en. en- of butter: Cascade. Mayflower, White Lilly Orange H ie cost according to our ;dvayoring to clean same. M e u n -; Crescent.. Meadow Brook, and White Clover, the latter bed,g their The case then remained in the been considerably lessened by the originally pla planned co\cr.*d a section of it and found leader. g District Attorney’s office until ♦*’{»< wc yvere in a position to estimate of the originally our May 1915 awaiting a stipulation nspbalt top on new work for improvement with addition of t»>o cement in pipe joints, At at our The company also manufactures White Clover lee Cream Don’t feet * of curb, would insistence B . paying contractors who had n o .2581 linear ................. * ‘ the contractors ’ brands ot butter named abov«* and don’t buv buy any ot tin* anv .f facts between tli c district attor- p,„nt „,* t |, heir oyvn. We have have been $14,146,38, to yvhicli!since gone back and uncov liayc ered White ('lover Ice Cream. in \ s office ami attorney for the given bids as I otv as 70 cents a wc add 10 per cent for superin- 2.095.2 lineal feet. 669 lineal feet The management of this company absolutely refussed to see a square y ard for standard asphalt tendence and use of tools (though of which yvas found unceinented. committee representing the unions and has shown by his everv .1. fi'tiilants. Through this and many other action that be is a lover of the infamous, so-called “ open shop." Ami the end i>i not yet. The paving, yvhich yve are advised is tvc bought ami rented most of the 20 cents a yard under any bids tools used, paving for same out sin liar experiences wc have The kind where the front door is open for scabs and the back door .¡.'t'emla,it has s. ■rved notice of ever given by other contractors. <»f this ordinance) making a total bed the conclusion that un- open for any union man who might happen to become employed '|.|»i‘al. OTvning asphalt plants, prior to of $15.561, as against our esti- iipuloiis contractors are slight- through ¡in oversight. If stime hungry Tvorking man our entering into competition mate (yvitli additional curb in- in... work whenever an inspector's It is especially requested that our friends in Astoria and Salem |; js turned: that tliev are see the grocers and confectioners and request them not to handle ini stolen a loaf of bread at the with them. I’. J. McHugh at one ¡eluded' of $16.831, a saving of ming to attract ¡in inspector's the products of this company. '¡me this (•ontraetor violated the stating that he would do $2351.49 less than the Barber ,itu ntion utioii to one portion of the The Weatherly ice cream, cream, the product of the Crystal Ice Co., ¡i« ihe poor de vil yvould have posal street rep a ir yvork ¡it one-half Asphalt Paving Company bid it v h i k while they do questionable is fair to organized labor, and there are several other brands of |O„ “nl most of hi>, jail sentence yvliat it t yvas costing us if yvt additional curb put in yvas in yvork' v , tv .uk on another part of the job; butter and ice cream thnt are fair, so that there Is no excuse on - i v.'d out by this time. i would dose our plant and keep eluded in their bid. that yvorkmen are being exploited | that score. CARPENTERS LOCAL 808 SALEM AND ASTORIA MEMBERS CAN HELP IN TOWNSEND FIGHT Lawson a Convict—Rockefeller a Saint BV S A M V E L GOMPERS. “ Guilty of murder in connection with the death of” But John Lawson was known thre ighout the state of This time the machine did the trick and was pronounced i -the words came with a weird shock. They had an Colorado as an honorable, just man, a man who had rev- equal to the work of getting John Lawson out of the way. appalling fascination b e c a u s e of their unbelievable ¡‘renee for human life- Because of the world-wide pub- Profiting hv the first experiment the Sheriff pro „„„1-, t v t r. v c j -I. t Deity which the strike gained, due to the subversion of vided a hand-picked jury chosen by open venire. The law realitv. John Lawson has been found guilty of being an . • , n , . , . , , , , , x , • j xi clvl1 authority and to the disgraceful civil war that was of Colorado provides that juries shall be chosen by draw Jiticer of organized labor and sentenced to living » death inaugurated ny the n coal vlll barons. . John T u. Lawson t i » became ing names from the jury box, but as that method was in in connection with the death of a man of whose death he cquan v well-known as a responsible, frank, kindly advo- convenient for this special judicial machine it was not kuew nothing. Why? Because somebody wants to get cate of human justice. The governmental officials and permitted to interfere. Then the machinery to convict ¡•John Lawson out of the way. It is a familiar trick of agencies of Colorado have become infamous for facile sub- the leader of the miners of Colorado was ready and the liustile employers to undermine unionism by getting the servienee to the machinations ot orporate “ vested inter formalities of securing legal “ sanction” for connecting leaders out of the way bv allurement, discharge or jail—!ests' ’’ thre existing agencies could not he trusted to John R. Lawson with the death of the gunman, John t i t • v • convict Jo h n Lawson of a murder that he did not even Xiinmo, were enacted. ^me way, any way. John Lawson is a miner; he is one. i , .. , . , ,, , , • • • see. A special tribunal was “ made to order.” There was not a scintilla of evidence to establish •t the strong, courageous, reliable men in the movement A new judgeship was created to which wag appointed Lawson’8 guilt. It was not even proved that he was b» establish industrial justice ar.d freedom for those (¡runi)V c. Ilillver, formerly corporation attorney for the present at the battle. The prosecution simply proved who work. coal barons. To him could he entrusted trials of union Lawson to he a union official, but failed to establish that That the labor movement is a great evolutionary miners indicted during the strike. Jesse Northcutt, the he advocated, practiced or even encouraged violence. The Joi'ce, that it brings in its wake a new irtdustrial status, well-known attorney for the coal operators, acted as! employes and gunmen of the coal operators offered testi ' hiployers fully appreciate. The coal barons of Colorado prosecuting attorney. When this “ machinery of justice” mony to substantiate the company’s prosecution. Jmvc been dominated by a man who would sacrifice all of yvas ready for business the labor “ trials” began. The ¿After long deliberation the hand-picked jury brought llis investments in Colorado rather than recognize the first trial was that of Louis Zancanelli. The machine in its verdict. In the death-like stillness Lawson was "••w industrial situation which assures wage-earners a clogged—careful study revealed defects in the jury. The declared guilty of murder in the first degree in connec v9ice in determining conditions under which they work, newspapers of Colorado assert >hat the jury was “ im- tion with the death of John Nimmo, October 25, 1913. A J ii the relentless pursuance of this policy John Lawson proved” by the injection of three gunmen, a corporation gasp of unbelieving wonder followed this travesty of jus- J' cp me a marked man. doctor, and a man who was said to have bet on the trial. <Continued on Pnire «