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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1907)
THE JIORXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1907. f l L STRIKERS GAIN III - MILL FIGHT Augment Union Forces From Plant of Portland Lum ber Company. MORE THAN 800 ENROLLED Organization Working Systematical ly 'With Intention of Knforcing Demand for Higher Wage by Tying Vp Every Mill in City. MTrATlOX AT DIITKRKNT Ml M.S. Men nut. nrth Pacific Company 240 PnrtlHnd Lumber Company ...LNtu Kasturn Western Lumber Co... :: Standard Box & Lumber Co 25 lnman-Poulsen Company Total 45 This list will tc Increased materi ally If the two shifts at the Portland Lumber Company's plant refuse to return to work today as Is predicted by the strike leaders. When the men on the day shift at this mill report for work this morning they win be met by delegations from the strikers' headquarters by whom they will be ui'Bed not to resume work. The strikers will next turn their atten tion to Inman. I'oulsen & Co.'s mill. Krom a movement that originated Fri day with the. strike for hiKher waBcs of 2S chutenicn in the employ of the Eastern - Western Lumber Company there has developed an organization of the mill laborers of Portland that threatens to completely paralyze the lumber indus try of this community unless the mills yield to the demand for an Increase in wages. Late yesterday attcrnon a large delegation of the strikers and their sympathizers went to the yards of the Portland Lumber Company, one of the largest lumber manufacturing r in the city, at the time of changing ! inuucea practically the entire night shift to leave the mill. At the fame time the men going off the day shift were interviewed. The result was that the majority of these workmen ac companied the strike leaders and within a few hours were enlisted as members of the Local Union 319. Industrial Work ers of the World. The' operating force of this plant, It is declared by the strik ers, is so disorganized that It will be un a.ble to resume operations this morning. Not a wheel was turned at the plant of the North Pacific Company yesterday, the wholesale desertions of its operatives being such as to require the closing down of the mill. The plants of the lnman Poulsen Company and Standard Box & Lumber Company have not been inter fered with as yet. while the management of the Eastern & Western Lumber Com pany has been able to re-equip its plant with new men. a full force being em ployed so that the mill in all of Its departments was operated yesterday for the first time since the difficulty be gan last Friday. .Managers Still Confident. Managers of the interested mill com panies continue hopeful that the situa tion will be improved without the dis astrous effects of any protracted strike. It is evident, however, that the strikers are gaining ground rapidly. Few move ments to organize laborers were ever re sponded to with greater enthusiasm than has attended the efforts of Organizer Yarrow and his assistants in enlisting the workmen in the lumber mills. Since Sat urday afternoon, w-hen the Initiative was taken as to organization, more than 800 men have been initiated. One hundred and forty-even men were initiated during the day yesterday, and fully as many more, mostly employes of the Portland Lumber Company, signed the membership roll last night at a meeting at 309 Davis street. The movement to organize the craft has progressed with greater rapid ity than even the organizers had antici pated and they assert that the success of the movement for procuring better wages for the men is already assured from the unanimity with which these laborers have identified themselves with the union. Organizer Yarrow reports that L. Hazelwood,-of Chicago, national organiz er of the Industrial Workers of the World, who is now at Aberdeen. Wash., will reach Portland today to assist in directing ; the strike. Mr. Yarrow disclaims that any strike has been officially ordered and maintains that the only work now being undertaken is that of organizing the craft. He expects that the work of organization will be com pleted by Friday of this week, when formal demands will be made on the dif ferent mills for the desired advance in the wage schedule of operatives. "The work of unionizing the crafts men of Portland will not be dropped when we have finished organizing the mill lab orers." said Mr. Yarrow last night. "We propose to extend this work until Port land is thoroughly unionized as to all in dustrial classes. The mill laborers have received the assurance from the long shoremen that as soon as the pending organization is perfected, the longshore men will co-operate with them in their contention for advanced, wages and will refuse to handle all, lumber produced by 'scab' mills. AVith this assistance, the mill men will be able to master the situation as to all shipments of lumber, and we shall receive the consideration to which we are entitled." Demonstration of Strikers. An animated scene was presented at the headquarters, 292 Burnside street, last night. Strikers and their sympathizers to the number of several hundred assem bled at the hall, part of the throng be ing required to stand in the street. Each succeeding announcement by Or ganizer Yarrow, indicating some favor able bit of news, was received with cheering. "The latest information." cried Mr. Yarrow, during one of the lulls in the incessant buzz of conversation, "is that all the firemen and engineers at the North Pacific plant have walked out." This was the signal for a fresh outburst of enthusiasm to which every man with in hearing of his voice responded. Forty men were imported from the State of Washington yesterday, report the strikers, for the purpose of taking the places of the striking laborers in the different mills. But committees representing the former employes at the mills got busy and before the day had ended they were successful, it is declared, in persuading 20 of the strike breakers to leave their positions. The plant of the North Pacific Com pany was unable to run yesterday, the number of desertions being too great for the company to man its different departments. Manager Mackay, how ever, is not seriously alarmed at the situation, believing that he will be able to resume operations this morn ing. About 20 of the employes of the Standard Box & Lumber Company barkened to the entreaties of the strike committee yesterday and left the plant during the forenoon. They were asked if they had any grievance, and assured the management that " they had not. When asked their reason for quitting their jobs, they explained that they did so out ot sympathy for the strikers in the other mills. They assured the manager of the plant that they would return to their positions this morning and again take up their work. Fnll Crew at Work. Normal conditions were restored at the plant of the Eastern & Western Lumber Company yesterday. Manager Avers reported a full crew in all of the departments, enabling the mill to be operated to its full capacity. Other thap the periodical visitation of the mill by bands of strikers, who were re quired to keep moving along, there was no indication of any Industrial dif ficulty. The managements declare there were no desertions during the day either at the Portland Lumber Company's plant or that of lnman-Poulsen Company. Both mills were run throughout the day. Although the local union. Industrial Workers of tne World was organized only seven months ago, it now has a membership of nearly 16D0 men, reports Organizer Yarrow. Of that number, 800 are laborers In the different de partments of the lumber mills of the city, who have joined since Saturday. The officers of this organization say they have every assurance that they will be able to increase the member ship to at least 2000 before the close of the week. The union has outgrown its quarters, and for two days has been holding meetings both at the head quarters, 292 Burnside street, and at 309 Davis street. In anticipation of the prospective growth of the organ ization, arrangements are being made to procure Drew Hall for the accommo dation of the meetings. The union men yesterday issued their flrt;t statement of the strike situation. It was a printed bulletin; addressed to the mill workers of Portland, and read as follows: Statement of I'nion. We are the hardest worked and poorest paid men of any Industry on. the Pacific Coast, yet we turn to our employers the largest profits, and this Is because -we- mill workers are absolutely unorganized,, while the Mill Owners' Association of the Coast is a perfect organization. If the mill owners are organized why not the mill workers? The Eastern-Western mill men asked for -5 cents per day raise. This was refused. We came out on strike and were Joined by the mill workers in a body from the North Pacific, and by many ethers from the vari our mills of Portland and suburbs. Six hun dred of us have organized Into the Industrial Workers of the World, a union which de mands that engineers, firemen, sawyers, ratchet setters, mill and yardmen, tallymen, graders and planermen shall belong to one union Instead of six different craft unions, which is designed to keep the mill workers divided. Our motto: "An injury to one is an Injury to all." Men of most Industries work 'but eight hours per day, while we work 10 and 11 hours for less pay than men of all other industries; yet our work is more dangerous and much harder. The Mill owners ofTer $1 per hour to scabs rather than pay us 25 cents more per day. The Mill. Owners of the milis not yet on strike will offer you the 25 cents raise not because they like you. but simply to break our strike. And remember, fellow-workers, their offer to you Is brought about by our sacrifice. We have forced the issue. Should you mill workers accept without organizing Into the Industrial Union you will crush us, and just as soon as we are crushed these same Mill Owners will proceed to crush you. They figure that If you are not men enough to organize and btand by your fellowworker, you are not men enough to resist them. Con sequently, it means longer hours and even smaller wages than the present scale. So. mill men, be warned In time. Organize. Stand with our tioo. Stand together as men to procure better conditions, shorter hours and more wages. DEATH OF JOHN KELLY Pioneer Steamboat Man and Well Known Citizen Passes Away. After lingering several days in the North Pacific Sanitorium, ill with pneu monia. John Kelly, pioneer steamboat man and well-known citizen, died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, aged 64 years. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning from the pro-Cathedral. Up to the time of. his illness he was en gaged in the tire and marine insurance TWO FLIRTS GUILT! Jury Convicts Mashers Who Plied Girls With Liquor. ENTICE MINORS TO SALOON The Late John Kelly. business, but he was more widely known as a pioneer in the steamboat business, having entered into that when he first came to Portland, in the early '60s. He was born in Ireland, but came to this country when in early youth. He chose the Pacific Coast, making his home for many years . in San Francisco. He entered the employ of the Oregon Trans portation Company, and was for many years purser on the Holladay line of steamers that plied between this city and San Francisco. Having served a long time on the sea he tired of that life and took a position as freight clerk on the Ainsworth Dock in this city.- He served in that capacity until 1881, at which time he left the place to enter Into partnership with David M. Dunne, in the paint and oil business, the firm name being Kelly, Dunne & Co. He remained there until 16 years ago, when he was named as Commissioner from Ore gon to the Paris Exposition. After making a tour of Europe he re turned to Portland and took up the busi ness of fire and marine insurance, in which he became extensively known throughout the entire Northwest. In the erly days he was very active in local affairs, and was a member of Co lumbia Engine Company No. 3, attached to the old volunteer fire department. He was vice-president of the Exempt Fire men's Association. For several years he made his home at the Arlington Club. He had no family. Jack Karl and L. Cluett May Pay a Penalty of Fine or Im prisonment for Street , Flirtation. A street-corner flirtation necessitated a protracted session of Judge Frazer's diviston of the State Circuit Court yester day. Two young girls who flirted ' were compelled to swallow their pride and sit before a staring crowd of court habitues and loafers. Two male persons who flirted with them were convicted by a jury of plying the girls with liquor. Whether the penalty will be cash fines or terms of imprisonment is a matter that rests with the court. Jack Earl, a self-styled detective, and one I Cluett, a dispenser of liquor, are the convicted men. And their downfall came about because of an exacting mamma of one of the girls, who requires her daughter to be home at 10 o'clock. The flirtation happened at least two weeks ago. Earl and Cluett struck up an acquaintance with Bronda Graves, age 16, and Jessie Ivers, age, age 19. at Fourth and Washington streets. They went to the theater 'and afterwards induced the girls to enter a Sixth-street saloon. Now, the anxious mother already re ferred to got very much exercised when her daughter did not return home at 10 o'clock. She did not pace up and down the house in nervous anxiety, nor did she arm herself with a stout slipper and wait. She simply stepped to the telephone and notified the police that her daughter was missing. The police took the case up promptly and chanced to locate the quartet In the saloon. The table was laden with emptied liquor glasses when the officers entered and arrested the men on a charge of plying minors with liquor. They were promptly indicted on the charge when the case was presented at the District Attorney's office. A bitter fight against conviction was made yester day, the plea, being made that the party merely stepped inside the saloon to rest and that the empty liquor glasses were on the table when they entered. Dan R. Murphy, legal representative for the men, asserted in his appeal to the jury that the District Attorney had harmed the girls much more by prose cuting the case and parading them before the public than had the defendants by enticing them into a saloon. Attorney Murphy declared that It was the bringing of girls into court that put them on the road to ruin and destruction. IXFKIXGEMEXT CASE DECIDED Petition of Western Mantle Company Denied. Judge Charles E. Wol verton held a session of the United States Circuit Court yesterday and disposed of two cases. In the matter of the Welsbach Light Company vs. the Western Mantle Com pany, an action for damages for infringe ment of patent, a. hearing on an order to show cause, the petition of defendants was denied, and order vacated. In the case of H. J. Schultz and others vs. the Highland Gold Mines Company, a suit on removal from the Circuit Court for Baker County, Or., the court denied the application for a receiver and dis missed the complaint. W. N. Vancil Bankrupt. A petition in bankruptcy was filed with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court yesterday, by the attorneys of W. N. Vancil, of Milton, Or. The secured creditors are the Advance Thesher Com pany, of Battle Creek, Mich., and the Bank of Milton. The former holds a mortgage on Vancil's ranch for $3590, and the latter one for $540. Other creditors represent unsecured debts to the amount of $917.65.' Vancil's assets consist of farm lands and machinery, all of which Is under mortgage to the two first named firms. Strike on Pllcdriver. Workmen on the piledriverg owned I T i T I J I I i 'I I U. 1 HTKAMSHIF CORONA ON THE ROCKS OFF HIUBOLT BAY, CALIFORNIA. The above picture of the wrecked steamship Corona was taken a tew hours after she struck and was brought to Portland by Captain Jessen, of the steamer George w. Elder. It la the first picture of the wreck to be published. The Corona, Captain Boyd, from San Francisco to Eureka, went ashore on the north Jetty of Humboldt Bay, California, at 10:40 A. M. March 1. Bhe carried a full crew and 95 passengers. All were saved by the life-saving crew with the exception of one sailor. In the picture the Corona Is in the foreground. The spot Indicated by the X Is all that remains of the Sequoia, which piled up on the Jetty about two months ago. The vessel under steam is the Eureka. Inward bound. On the hurricane deck, aft, the passengers are gathered awaiting the arrival of the life-saving crew. The Harry Wood Market ''Daily News" THE MEATSHOP ON THE CORNER WITH PRICES ON THE SQUARE 1 A dastard dares insult this flag That's waved so long on high. The Has; that many an rye has danced to se Float upward to the sky." The spirit that fired on Sumpter, the unholy hate that sunk the Maine, still lives in some men and crops out occasionally, as evinced by an ad vertiser recently, who issued an unpatriotic and assinine diatribe against "Uncle Sam." and his Government inspection. Look out for the man who sacrilegiously holds up his country, his flag, the Government under which he lives: and draws his pap, to ridicule, to satire to scorn ! ' There May Be Reason Why Some Meatdealers Dread and Oppose Government Inspection No doubt there exists in some minds a fear of sunlight. But there is no excuse for Uncle Sam. and his glorious Stars and Stripes being held up as an object of satire by an egotist, or an ass. WE BRI.IEVR IV THE FI.AO WE RF.I.IKVE IN HEALTH WE BELIEVE IN OCR COFNTRT WE BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT INSPECTION WE BELIEVE IN OREtiON WE BEIJEVE IN PEOPLE'S PRICES WE OPPOSE FILTH, TRAITORS AND BULL BEEF2 "Remember the Maine!" Buy Today at the Home of Government-Inspected Meats. Prices of the People, By the People and For the People! Bead. Beware of the Market That Buys and Sells "Bull Beef!" Choice Brisket Beef 4 Beef Necks to Boil. 4? Beef to Stew , 4? Beef Kidneys .... .-. 5? Oxtails, per pound. 5 Pigs' Feet ......... 5 Corned Beef ,. , . 6 Veal Shanks, broth 6 Beef Sh Ider Roast . 7 Pot Roast Beef . . .; 7 Beef Sh'lder Steak., 7 Best Round Steak .. 8 Rump Roast Beef. ., 8 Hamburger Steak.. 8 Veal for Stewing. . 8 gOiSSzSS: THE HARRY WOOD MARKET COMPANY SSKZeE0 Beef Tripe . ...- 8 Pork Hocks ........ 8? Pork Mix'd Sausage 10 Breast of Veal .... 10 Beef Brains , 10 Loin Steak ., 10 Rolled Rib Roast". 10 Sh'lder Roast Veal. 10 Sirloin Steak .121 Small Porterhouse. 12 y2$ Fancv Porterhouse Steak 121, Fancy "T"-Bone Steak 12i,? Beef Rib Steak . .12,? Veal Rump Roast. .121, Leg Roast of Veal. 121 Rib Roast of Veal. . 12i,? Rib Veal Cutlets . .12l Legs of Po:-k 12io? Leaf Lard ...121, Pickle Pork :l2i Side Pork ..12i Pork Sh'lder Roast.l2i? Pork Chops 12i? Loin Roast Veal. . . 15 Loin Veal Cutlets.. 15 Pork Loin Roast.. . 15 Pork Steak , 15 Hams 17 Breakfast Bacon. ..17i, Sensational Lot Selling Sixteen More Spanton Lots Picked Up These Lots Are, Without Doubt One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Below the Market But 22 Left We Will Take You to See Them in Our Carriage Any Time Today fl ' If we could have known a week ago what we know now about the new Spanton tract, we might have handled the sale of its lots a little differently. I Instead of selling them for three hundred dollars, as we have done, we could just as easily have gotten four hundred and fifty dollars for them, because they are worth it. Lots way out and wholly inaccessible to streetcars are selling for more than three hundred dollars. Of the hundred and forty-odd lots offered a week ago but twenty-two remain, and these will be gone long before Sunday. Today and tomor row will wind them up. J . We are not going to raise the price of the lots $300 is what we asked on the start, and that is the price. Pay $10 a month. J We have a few irregularly-shaped lots for $200 They are just as good; lie as nicely and are really as valuable, but one could hardly ask as much for them because of their irregularity. (J Come to. the office today in the Commonwealth building (ground floor), Sixth and Burnside, and we will drive you to the tract. It takes just a few minutes. We will show you what is undoubtedly the finest little investment in Portland today. You will double your money before the jrear is out. J There won't be a Spanton lot left in our hands by tomorrow night. In Friday's paper we will tell you how nearly we are right. (You may make your first payment any time In March.) The Spanton Company Owner of Spanton Addition Commonwealth Building (Ground Floor), Sixth and Burnside J by Robert Smith went on a strike yes terday. According to Mr. Smith, the principal grievance of the men was for an eight-hour day. When the proposal was made to him, Mr. Smith informed the men that he would grant their de mands if other employers would con sent to do likewise. Mr. Smith asserts that Tie has always treated his men squarely,' and for a long time has been considered the only 'fair'' owner of a piledriver on the river. PREVENTS A WORDY FIGHT Attorney Greene Anticipates Kow in St. Johns Council. City Attorney Greene prevented the explosion that was expected last night in the St. Johns Council by climbing on the lid and-sitting down good and tight. Mr.-Greene cautioned the Court cllmen that the Council Chamber was the place for business and not for the display of personal matters. He also said that the scenes in the Council had made St. Johns the laughing stock of the whole country, and It was time to call a halt. A communication was received from Contractors Youngferdorf & Son, who are finishing the City Hall, complain ing that members of the Council were interfering with the progress of the workmen and delaying the work. The contractors stated that they would hold the Council responsible for the result of any interference. The City Attorney, in answer to the communication, said that the court was the proper place to settle such difficulty, and that the matter did not concern the Council as a body. No action was taken on the communication. The plumbing ordinance was again laid over for another week for further corrections. Improvement af Hayes and and Charleston streets were accepted on the recommendation of the City En gineer. The Council adjourned until tonight to meet in the assembly hall of the schoolhouse to read the new charter in the hearing the public. All voters are expected to be present at this meeting. LINE BROKEN BY STUMP Short Circuit Forms and Burns Out Generator. A stump blown across the transmission line of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Monday afternoon by a farmer who was blasting in a nearby field, cost the corporation $500 besides considerable inconvenience to the con sumers of light and power in Portland during the afternoon. The stump broke one strand of the transmission wires and this fell across- other wires, causing a short circuit and burning out a generator in the Oregon City power station. The work, of repairing this machine win amount to fully 4500 say officials of the company. The accident occurred at Meldrum Sta tion on the Oregon Water Power line, and for a time the cause of the trouble could not be learned by the company. It was supposed that some miscreant had deliberately caused the short circuit, but this proved a mistake. The WeBt Side lines were patrolled but no evidence of trouble could be found on that line and inquiry revealed the fact that the East Side wires had been hurt by blasting. conference here tonight with the at torneys associated with mim in the case. Vinol builds you up and keeps you up Conference of Mrs. Eddy's Lawyers. BOSTON, March 6. Ex-Senator Wil liam E. Chandler, special counsel for George Washington Glover and the oth ers who have brought suit in behalf of Mary Baker G. Eddy against a number of Christian Science officers, held a Our delicious Cod Liver preparation without ofl. Better than old-fashionea cod liver oil and emulsions to restore health for Old people, delicate children; weak run-down persons, and after sickness, colds, coughs, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Try it on our guarantee,. Woodard, Clarke & Co., DrtuudaW