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14 THE MORXIAli. UKt(iOMAX, FRIDAY, 'MARCH' lo, lk)T. AVAGE ON LABOR LEADER C. H. Gram Target of Circular Issued by Striking Saw mill Workers. FIERCE RIVALRY CROPS OUT President of Oregon Federal ion of Labor Culled I.lar and I.Hlior Inker MlllliaiHls will ot Aeeeiit .rliitralioii. SAWMII.r. STRIKE SITUATION. Thr rxoc-utlve board of tlie Indus trial AorkT of the WorM haa ia Mi'.l a circular In which C. H. Gram, prraHent of the Oregon Federation or Labor, is called a liar and a labor fakr. Men employed in logging camps are not in sympathy with lumber mill strike and may com to this city to asaiat In breaking strike. Mayor T.snp meeting with little mrrcsa In his efforts to effect a con ference between the millowners and the millhands. SrrlVers are not rucceedinK in closing- cj-nvn outsitle lumber mill as had been planned. A- . - "l.iar" and labor faker" arc among? the epithets applied to O. H. Oram, president of the Oregon Federation of ijabor, tn a . circular that was issued yemerday after noon by the executive board of the In dustrial Workers of the World. The cir culiir. scurrilous in its denunciation of Mr. ijram. was edited by Fred W. Hesle wood, member of the general executive board of the Industrial Workers of the World. 11 had the indorsement of the strike executive committee of that or KHntzatinn. The pnhllcation has followed an inter view a few days ago with Mr. Oram, in which the oflicial bead of the American Federation of Labor in this state was repotted as laying that the Federation id Labor was not only not in sympathy with the striking tnillhands, but would fall to lend the strikers any assistance whit- they were affiliated with the In dustrial Worker of the World because that organization was recognized as an Hcency for disrupting- the Federation' of Labor. Industrial Workers' Circular. Following are some of the extracts from the circular: Mr. (Irani rajs that the Industrial A orkers of the World was started for the put pose of disrupting Hie American Fed eration of Labor. Nothing could be fur ther from the facts, and thir. statement is a malicious lie and could onlv be hatched In the brain or a labor raker. The Industrial Workers of the World was organized for tile purpose of get 1inK all the wasc-earnc.rs in the world Into ore union, with one universal label anil with one enemy, regardless of the A. F. of I., or any other organization. - It is a fact that we do not believe in craft and trade unions, which keep the woikers divided and pitted against each ut her by sacred contracts undPr the name of unionism. We say that this form of organized lahor has done good work, but lias aliout outlived its usefulness, as con centrated wealth and industry undo,- the trust system using automatic machinery, Ijss compelled us to industrially organize. If the streetcar men hud been organized under this motto together with all otiier A. V. of L men. the streetcar strike yonld not have lasted 10 minutes. The members of the Carmen's Union are still on strike and have appealed to the Industrial Workers of the World to asalst thcin. and we have promised to do anything in our power to do so. .no. tepiow workers, we have nothing against any man who has to work for wages, which includes the rank and file of the A. F. of I... but we have some thing agHiust liars and fakers of the tiram type. Moral support and llowerv resolutions count for nothing- in lime of strikes. It is action that counts. The difference between the A. F. of I.. inl the I. w. v. ts very plain for any one to see. The officers of the A. F of I nay thai there is an identity of interests between labor and capital. Sumue Gom pera and John Mitchell have not onlv said so, but they have acted the part bv be longing to the Civic Federation "with Andrew Carnesie and Eliot, the president of Hat card University, liver iti men were slaughtered with buckshot for asking for some of the iilfiHjtv of interests from Mr. Carnegie at Homestead, and Mr Mint has said that a scab was a hem. Labor fakers always dine and wine with mil lionaires, and honest men who nre loval to the working class gererallv dine and wine in jail on bread and wa'ter. That Is the reason that Moyer. Meywood and rettihnne are in iail today, and that is the reason why nearly cverv man at the head of the Industrial Workers of the orld nre either in jail now or has been The Industrial Workers of the World say that there is no Identity of interests between labor and capital. 'We say that the duty of the millowners is to get all the profit possible by working men long hours and paying short wages, while ti e duty of the working class is to get -hort-er hours and longer wages. These two interests are diametrically opposed lo each other and can rover' mix any more Than oil and water can. Mr. nraio has made the statement in this city that he would see that the In dustrial Woikers of the World would neve,- get a foothold if he could help it "I have no Of. use to make of the American Federation of Iwibor," said Mr. Cli.m hint night. The history of that organization has in itself demonstrated Its value to Itbor. As far as the scurril ous circular !.s concerned. I merely judge It and its utterances by the source from which ;t emat ates anil am willing to leave the matter entirely to the sober judg ment i f the general public. As to th statement attributed to me wherein T wvs o.ioted as saying that the Industrial Workers of the World, as an organiza tion, has for itn purpose the disruption of the American Federation of Labor, there is every indication of that fact in the general tenor of the circular that ha? been Isxnefl by that organization. "This circular." continued Air. Oram, "wis ivlilcm.'.y provoked by the recently published interview with myself. Now. the faciei Hi- this interview was without au thorization from me. The reporter of an rveninr pap. c culled me tip by telephone at the beginning of the strike, and the following brief conversation ensued: What do you know of the strike'." "Noth ing." Arc the Industrial Workers of tin World as-.n-iated with the Federation of Ijiborr "No." "Will your organization go out on. n sympathetic strike?" 'It Is up to the individual organizations. J n no." know what action they will take." 'Will you ailow your men lo take the places of the .-.trlkers?' "Under no con sideration will it be allowed." "From this conversation the reporter wrote an extended interview in whk-h I was made to st.y that the various unions affiliated with the Federation of Labor re not in sympathy with the strike of the mill lahorets and will In no way as sist them. I was grossly misquoted. .At no time have I ever made statements Irom which fcuch conclusions could be leached." "Another Statement contained in the circular that is without foundation as to fact, said Organizer W, G, Burton, who is directing the streetcar-men's strike, "is the claim that the streetcar men have applied to the Industrial Work ers of the World for assistance. This is not true, because they do not need any help. The streetcar-men are receiving all the assistance they need from the Ameri can Federation of Labor and the Feder ated Trades Council of this city, with which they are affiliated." Much comment has been caused among the members of the different organiza tions that are affiliated with the Federa tion of Labor by the issuing of the cir cular by the Industrial Workers of -the World because of what is considered the unprovoked attack on President Gram. "Until this time," said a member of the Federation of Labor last night, "the members of our organization have ex pressed great sympathy for the striking miilhands and have hoped that they might win in. their contentions for better wages and a shorter workday, but the publication of such circulars as that of today will not conduce to a promotion of this feeling of sympathy or enlist from us a more active co-oneration." Strikers Dp Not Want Arbitration. Arbitration of their differences with the j millowners will not be agreed to by the striking miilhands and It is unlikely that the efforts of Mayor Lane to bring about a conference between the interested par ties will prove successful. The striking mill laborers maintain that they have nothing to arbitrate. They demand a conference with the millowners. While the millowners refrain from making any statement it is improbable that they will recede from the position originally taken when they decided against arbitration for the alleged reason that there was nothing to arbitrate. The employers have also Intimated during the progress of the trou ble that they will not receive or consider demands for advanced wages and a short er day from any organization or any other source than from the employes themselves. This attitude, it Is believed, will defeat any attempt at a conference on the basis that is desired by the strik ers. ' On the theory that a continuation of the strike and the consequent paralysis of other industries dependent on the lum ber mills will work incalculable harm to Portland and vicinity. Mayor Ianc is en deavoring to effect a settlement of the difficulty by a conference. Yesterday af ternoon he interviewed by telephone sev eral of the millowners. requesting that a conference be arranged between employ ers and employes. Last night he would not make known the result of his efforts, saying he would not make any statement until he had tnlkcd with all of the em ployers that are involved in the present lockout. Mayor I-ane will renew his ef forts with the millowners today. .Serious Kffeot of Strike. The Mayor considers that the strike has now reached the proportions that urgently call for steps to remedy the situation in the interest of the public. A dlsoontinu- IVEW INSTRUCTOR ITV BIOLOUY AT STATE AGRHlIiTlIt AI. COI.I.KCJE. ii WTlWfrill ffllrftlM.M-riiftrt) itWi'MlfrniW.lil I'roffnnor J. . BrtdTvell. CORVAI-.L.1S. Or.. March 13. (Special.) rrofossor .1. t Rrld well. of Pacific University. Hfot ert Instructor In th department of biolopy - at th Stat Agricul tural Collepre, rtlls tlie vnciincy caused by the resignation of Pro fessor Shaw, who goes to the Washington State 'College. Pro fessor Rritlwt-Il sracluRtcd from Baker l.'niversity, Kansas, in 1000, and was at the institution as instructor after graduation. He resigned at thp end of a year to accept a fellowship in the Ohio State University, where he U one year's graduate work, Koin thence to AVashinsrton, I . t, where he dtrl -special work in tho National Museum. He was also employed by the National Ento mologist in the study of scale in sects, and was a special investi gator in the Oepartmcnt of Agri- culture. From 1 90 to 1 90" he ' was an assistant to the State Kntomolog:ist of New Hampshire. He is the author of several tech nical papers on entomology. ance of the lumber mills for any length of time, it is predicted, will materially affect the fuel market. By largely cur tailing; the production of slabwood. the value of this product will be sure to ad vance and every family, including1 the poor people of the city who tfepend al most exclusively on slabwood for fuel, will be required to pay additional tribute to the trust that now monopolizes this output and exavtts exorbitant charees. Tlie strikers- are iilU mceiirti: with the same success in their efforts to extend the strike which nttended their organization during the first ten dajs of the trouble. They are. nverthelosy, sanguine of their ability to control the situation and en force their demands if ail attempts to ef fect a conference prove fi;til. Iittle progress has been made thi week in clos ing down the outlying lumber mills, while the attitude of the loggers, who will be directly affected by the shutdown of log ging camps on the Iower Columbia and its tributaries, is anything but friendly towards the strikers. Toshers May Take Strikers PInccs. P. Benson, of the Benson Logging & T-iUmberlnR Company, which operates a larg logging camp p.t Clatskanie. em ploying about 160 men. reports that the employes of his company have no sympa thy w'rrt the strikers. When informed yes terday by their foreman tha i. the camp would be closed down until the strike in Portland should be settled, the men were not s'-w to express their displeasure of the movement that caused them to be thrown out of cmploment. "Our men," said Mr. Fenson, "are all satistled with the wages that are being pa id , and their sy m pa t h y is not with the striking miilhands. If the fie-up of the lumber mills should continue and the loegers remain out of work for two weeks, it wouid not surprise me if they should come to Portland in a body and apply for work in the mills, thereby act ing as strikebreakers rather than co-operating in the movement that is intended to seriously cripple the lumber- and loeg irsar tousiners of the entire Coast. The feeling is raid also to prevail among the employes in tlie other logging camps on the I-fOwer Columbia, practically all of which will be closed down Saturday night for an indefinite period. When these men are paid off. as they will be when dis- missed from work, a great majority of them will immediately come to Portland, and their sentiment is to take a part in settling the pending difficulty In the lum ber mills of this city." , Few. Quit at Peninsula Mill. The Peninsular Lumber Company is operating more than a full crew on the day shift. Thope employed on the night watch who desired to remain at work were transferred to the day shift and day men who wanted to join forces with the- strikers, departed. In all less than one-fourth of the employes left. These were mostly wanderers. "The majority of our men are married and are building homes." said C. C. Barker, president of the Peninsular Lum ber Company yesterday. "The men who left the nii H were what is known as 'floaters. After two days several of them returned to us. and desired to be given their jobs back. To this I refused, telling them that it was unfair to Mr. Yarrow, of the Industrial Workers of the World to quit him after only two days. If they did not like his llrst payday to return. If our men desire to listen to t!i speeches of the Industrial Workers 1 have no objections as long as they do not molest the men on our property or In going to and from work. "Bvery man who wurks for us and desires to work we will take care of. If the log supply gives out we will do our own logging until enough timber is obtained to start the mill. What I desire to know is. can a man who wants to work, be permitted to do so or not? If he can I will remain in Oregon: if not. I will move. "Sheriff Stevens and Mayor Lane have been decidedly fair in furnishing guards. There is a portion of our property In the city limits, which I requested the Mayor to have guar4ed.' At a meeting at UtO Davis street last night. Organizer Yarrow, of the Indus trial Workers of the World, reports that it was decided to undertake the closing of ail planing mills and sash and door factories in this city. 'The strikers claim to have the men in these mills partially organized. Tt was also reported at strikers' head quarters .lute last night that all ot the teamsters t Vancouver, Wash., have gone on a strike and will refuse to handle lumber from any of the mills that are involved in the strike. A mass meeting of the strikers will be held in Arion hall. Second and Oak streets, tonight. At the Theaters Wbat the Press Agents Sax. RESTOX CLARKE TONIGHT. Favorite Actor Mnkcs Hit in Thc liagffed Mcsseiijscr" at- HelHg. The attraction at tn Hilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, to night and tomorrow night, with a speclul matinee tomorrow Saturday ), will be the fnvorlt aftor. t'reston ''arko. in tli prob lem drama. 'Tho KaBud MosscinrT." This clever a-tor will bo remembered by Port land thet4r-goers for his PxeHlnt acting fu "Monsieur BeaiirairA." last season ami incidentally for th $10nO bnenV he nttod the fire and policmpn's benefit fund of this city on his last appearance at the tleilig. Crowds Laugh at Black Slieop." The hundreds of spectators who launh heartily at each performance of Hoyt's "A Black Sheep" at the Baker Theater, de clare that it is the funniest of all the funny comedies that popular company has put on this season, the queer antics of "Hot Stuff' proving simply convulsing. Special matinee tomorrow. Real IiUtiiH-h I'scd hi Play. The smallest practical steam launch pver built Is ued in -lost in N'w York." no-.v ptayinp at. the Kmpire. "The T-itltan" ha a carrying capacity of ten persons and is electrically illumed, making a trikfg pic ture as she enters laden with a slntetnic quartette who are on pleasure bent. Spe cial week end matinee tomorrow. "t ntlcr Two Flags' Matinee. Remember the matinee performance of "I'ndrr Two Flans" at the Star Theater tomorrow. Miss V'erna Felton is appearing as Oiftarotte. the creation of Blanche Bate?, and it is the greatest emotional acting this talented tittle actress has performer! In Port land. Matinee tomorrow and Sunday. Lyric Company Makes Hit. The I-yrlc Theater Stock Company has scored a (treat success this week In the beautiful pastoral play. "The T'arlfh Priest." the play in hich Panicl Sully starred for so long, rhildren's matinee Saturday; two performance Saturday and Sunday evening. COMING ATTRACTION'S. Advance Scat Sale for "The Virgin ian' at the llcilis Theater. The advance seat sate wilt open at lO o'clock tills morn i UK at box-office the Hcl Hg Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, for DuMin Karnuni in "The Yir stnian." which cornea to the above theatr-r m-xt Thursday. Friday. Saturday liiRhts, March IS. t and 2. with a special mati nee Saturday. Dust In Farnum. who has played, the title role ever since the first performance of the piece, will be seen in tli is well-known character here. Frank Campeau will again appear as the leader of the cattle th.ie.ves. and Mary Wright will play the school teacher heroine, Molly Wood. 'Shannon of the Sixth" at Baker. The Baker Theater Company always has the. appropriate thing ready for any occa sion, and next week will honor the memory of the patron Paint of old Ireland, St. Fat rick, by producing one of the bpgt Irish play ever seen here, "Shannon of the Sixth." The. play has a military selling. Kmpire lo Show "King of Tramps.'" "The Kins of Tramps." which will open at the Empire Theater Sunday afternoon for a week s run. will be something of a novelty in the way of road shows and will doubtless prove an immediate favorite. This tramp 1 different from the rd-nosed hobo of past days, and be simply scatters sunshine and. good nature throughout every audience "Michael Strosoff at the Lyric. Begin ning Monday matinee and continu ing all week, the bill at the Lyric will be "Michael StroBoff." the famous drama of Kus.iati life and adventure, founded on the novel of Jules Verne. Seats are now selling for the week. 'Deserted nt the Altar" at Star. For the next week the Allen Stock Com pany will present "Vesertcd at the Attar."' a play which will appeal to the best, class of theater-goers. The first performance giv en of this play in this section of the coun try wilt be at the Star Theater, Monday night. W. IC. Sherwood. Pianist. Coming. At the new Murlark Hall, corner Twency tnird and Washington streets next Tuesday night, March l!, an event, of more than especial interest to teachers, pupils and the music-loving public tn general, will take place. WJIliam H. Sherwood, the noted pian ist, coming from the Atlantic Coast, where the cultured devotees of musical tastes have showered their praises upon him. will give a recital. Hailed as one of the great est virtuosos. Mr. Sherwood brings a re pertory of the highest order. containing gems from the greatest European and American composers. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS Laughable Acts nt Grand. Laurhabl vaudeville Is found at ths . . I ' I I if' ,1 ' .1 ! 1 I . ' i I ' ' . ' . I t . I f I I O " I lull - . ,u 1 ; m: f i ; , . :i , , . i. ' H I .iL'u I ; ; i . - V I fawn , y With the Price You Pay for a $400 Rose City Park Lot Graded Streets, saving $ 30 Cement Curbs, saving 13 Cement Walk, saving, 37 Water Mains, saving 20 Miscellaneous, saving 15 Total saving to you $115 These Improvements Would Cost You 40 More If You Had Them Done (ff This will give you a faint conception of the manner in which the great sums of money that have been appropriated for Rose City Park improvements will be spent. There are a large number of lots in a 1000 acre tract. If a $400 lot is to be improved to this extent, figure, if you can, how much it will cost to make Rose City Park a high-classresidence location. Nevertheless, it is to be done and the work is in progress at this very moment. . Imagine, if you can, the number of hours of labor, the number of horses, of men, the tons of gravel, the barrels of cement, the feet of pipe, the steam roller expense and all the other various Jittle things that will enter in the construction of all the improvements. J If you purchased a lot at Rose City Park and had to make all these improvements yourself, it would cost you no less than $150 and perhaps much more. We get the work done at less cost, because it is done on the wholesale plan. There are six miles of streets to be graded, double that distance of sidewalk to be built, as well as curbing, just in the small section of Rose City Park that is now for sale. " (J As fast as money and men can do the work it will be done. Rest assured, however, that Rose City Park will soon be the best improved section in the city before the Summer is half over. BUY A ROSE CITY PARK LOT FOR $400 Note Automobiles Every Half Hour All Day TMAN & THOMPSON Chamber of Commerce, Ground Floor BANKERS Phone Private Exchange 20 Grand. O'Neil!'? minstrels give a show of their own, which is worth the price of ad mission. This Is a distinct novelty in vaudeville and the performers keep the fun going fast all the time. Kelly and Ueno, "the men with the chairs," are the head-liners. liig Show at PaiUHces. The world's greatest xylophone .players, the Mart-eillis. are at Pantages Theater this week as one of several distinct hits. Jto.s Iewis & Company. in the Ruian dance; Ver Allen & Company in a ventt iloquial act, introducing the mechanical woman. Is an other hit. AH the ot hers are "going big." GR0HS AT DEATH'S DOOR Garrctz May Knee Charjje of Murder Any Hour. Anton Grohs. proprietor of the Spokane saloon, who was shot by Peter, Garrelz Tuesday night, grew worse at trie Good Samaritan Hospital last niifht and his fteath was momentarily expected. It was wtated by those in attendance that his endurance is most remarkable, and it is difficult to understand how he lived so Ion;?. He wan of very robust frame and in excellent health when wounded. James Higley. who was thought to be fatally wounded by Garretz while rush ing to serurc a physician for Gohs. is in a precarious condition, but has hopes of recovery. Yesterday afternoon it was said at the hospital that Grohs had a fighting chance for his life, but he grew worse during the night. Garretz was arraigned yesterday in the Municipal Court before .T.ndpe Cameron on a charg-e of aa?ault with a dangerous weapon. He entered no plea and his case was continued. No action will be taken until the victims die or recover. A charge of murder in the first degree will be filed at once against him should either one de. Garret still refuses to make any state ment of his case, but it is becoming more apparent daily that his defense will be insanity, as was published in The Ore gonian yesterday. The case will probably become one of considerable interest, as It is now known to the police and Dis trict Attorney that they will be com pelled to fight the insanity plea. The District Attorney's assistants are gathering evidence to be used in the trial, but nothing new developed yesterday. It will be shown that Garretz was drink ing quite heavily Tuesday night prior to the shooting-, hut the authorities will Aght hard against the insanity defense. Asks for Sanity Commission. Lawyer John F. Watts, counsel for Garretz. wrote to District Attorney Man ning yesterday, requesting the official to permit an examination of the prisoner by a commission of alienists, to determine whether the assassin's mental condition is puch ttt he should be declared insane. Mr.. Manning Immediately replied, refus ing the request. Watts staled later that he will ask Municipal Judge Cameron to order the examination, and if refused, will appeal to the Circuit Court. SPEAKS ON RACE PROBLEM Rabbi J. B. Wise Delivers Address to People's Forum. An able address upon "Race Prejudice" was delivered last night by Rabbi J. B. Wise before the People's Forum. The speaker dealt with the theme in a broad way. but laid special emphasis upon its application to America's great race prob lem. Dr. Wise said that we will not get rid of race prejudice in the United States un til people have developed a distinctive race consciousness. This, he declared, has not yet been attained, owing to the non amalgamation of the many different rep resentatives of race prejudice, who con stitute a large part of the Nation. The greatest obstacle to the formation of a National race consciousness in this coun try, he said, is the negro. ""The negro lias been considered an in ferior and servant race ever since Noah cursed Ham," he said. The only way to raise the negro race and free it from ex isting prejudice is to give it social and political recognition. The first generation of the descendants of slaves cannot be expected to do .much for its race." The speaker showed how race preju dice had had its inception in primitive savagery. From that stage it had evo luted through, physical, intellectual and religious phases of humanity to its pres ent status. When two civilizations came in contact, the one hated the other the result being race prejudice. So strong is race prejudice, the speaker averred, that more than 90 per cent of people have the belief of their fathers. Religion has been a great source of the intellectual prejudice of races. The Germans represent a distinctive race consciousness. The Jew is a type of extreme racial prejudice and persecution has had much to do in creating it. Whiie class prejudice is stfong in England, there is no prejudice against the negro as a race. Following Dr. Wise's remarks, there was a general discussion of the question by those present. Next Thursday night. Judge A. 1. Frailer will deliver an ad dress on '"Ritrhts of the Child." Wasco Knights Knjoy Banquet. WASCO, Or., March 14. (Special.) Aurora Lodge No. 54. Knights of Pythias. Initiated 15 members last night. The Dalles lodge to the number of 50 came in on a special train and had full charge of the work. At mid night supper was served by the Pythian Sisters of Wasco, which was socially presided over by Toastmaster Joseph Marsh. Mayor Cattron. Judge Cake, of Pprtland: Judge Bradshaw. Frank Menefee and others responded to toasts. Taken in all it was one of the most successful and enjoyable events the little city of Wasco has ever had. Sure Thing Men Arrested F. Henderson and C. Johnson, two al leged bunco men. were pointed out to Pa trolman Thompson. as the Northern Pa cific train from the Sound reached the Union Depot late last night by Detective Cummir.gs, of the railroad company. The men were sent to the police station and the victim of their game accompanied them. He is H. A. Baldwin, a member of the crew of the United States ship Philadelphia, who i on his way from Bremerton to Mare Island, Oal. Diving to the necessity for reaching the. Navy-yard Immediately he announced that ho would not prosecute the men. who returned his losses to him before they were liberated by the police. Baldwin and Sam Stein berg, a friend whom the card sharps tried to inveigle Into the game, says they used marked cards. Before beinj allowed to go. HenderFOn and Johnson were pa raded before the members of the second night relief for the purpose of furure iden tification should they be caught at any of their games In Portland in the future. 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