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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1912)
Vol. II. No 2. P O R TLA N D , OREGON, A P R IL 27, 1912 SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF METAL TRADES ASSOCIATION HELD HERE BIG SUCCESS The sixth annual convention and banquet of the United Metal Trades Association of the Pacific Coast was held at the Hotel Mult nomah. Portland, Ore., April 19-20. Delegates were presen* from all sections covered by this Association; also delegates from British Columbia were present. Prom a numerical standpoint the convention was no more success ful than previous conventions, but what was lacking in numbers was made up in enthusiasm, so taken as a whole it was the best conven tion the association has had. An interesting report was made by the president, II T. Clarke, on the work o f the association dur ing his term of office. He gave a brief review of the strikes which we have had during the past year and reported the conditions in the shops at the present time which, from a labor standpoint, is every thing that could be desired. lie reported business conditions which have been very poor during his term of office and congratulated the different members on the in terest they have taken in making the association stronger, even though business was far below the average. The report of the work done in the labor bureau of the Washing ton district was very interesting The secretary’s report showed that during the past year he had sent to membfAs of the associa tion 136 men, being an increase of 92§ per cent over the previous year. Practically all the mechan ics they have required has been sent from the office and by so do ing they have given the good men what they have been looking for — an opportunity to secure work whenever there is work, at the highest wages they are capable o f earning without regard to their church or other affiliations. The secretary of the Oregon dis trict reported an increase in membership since our last conven tion and stated that practically all firms within the limits of our jurisdiction are new members He compared the condition of the association a year ago with that of today, the result of which is very encouraging. Reference was made to the efficient employment bureau, which is in force in the Seattle office and the local mem bers were urged to make use of the Portland office the same as the Washington district does. Eminent M en W h o W ere Lost W hen the Titanic W e n t Down to combine it with the Trades & W orkers’ Association o f Battle Creek, Mich. Mr. Phelps stated that the object of this association was not only to give the men a social organization, but an organi zation which the employer can join and talk matters which are of mutual interest to the employer and employee. The association would do what it could to make better mechanics of the members and to regulate their pay accord ing to their ability. It was the sense of the meeting that although the business is quiet and probably will be during the year, it is just as important as ever that the association should keep the good work on and that the members should all be very active in the association. No changes were made in the policy of the organization. The following officers were elected: President, John Hartman, man ager Atlas Foundry & Machinery Co., Tacoma, W ash.; first vice- president, A G. Labbe, Wiliam* ette I. & S. Wks.! Portland, Ore.; second vice-president. F G. Frink, Washington Iron Wks., Seattle, Wash.; third vice-president, J. M. Fitzpatrick, Union Iron Wks.. Spokane, Wash.; treasurer, A. M. Clark, Columbia Steel Co., Port land, Ore. The sixth annual banquet was held Saturday evening, the 20th at. the Multnomah Hotel. II. T. Clarke, the retiring president, pre sided at this banquet. Speeches were made by John Hartman, the newly-elected president; Carl Jackson, President of the Employ ers Association of Oregon ; George James of Seattle; W. II. McMon- ies, President of the Manufactur WO continents mourn the loss of eminent men who went down with the ers Association of the Northwest; Titanic. Among the lost were Isldor Straus, one of the wealthiest and Stanley Mayall of Spokane; Jas. best known of New York merchants; Colonel John Jucob Astor, head Howard o f Vancouver, B. C .; Mr. of the Astor family in America; William T. Stead, the veteran London Turner, of Tacoma, and F. W. journnllst and advocate of International peace; Krnncls D. Millet, the famous Amerlcun painter, who made his home In England; Major Archibald W. Butt, Phelps, o f Seattle. T ANARCHISTS PLOT TO DESTROY SAN DIEGO, G A L SAN DIEGO. — For several nights every vulnerable point in the city water system has been un der the guard o f city employees to prevent what the police say they have reason to believe is a A most interesting report was carefully laid plot of anarchists made by the Spokane delegation. to blow up the mains and cut off The Inland Empire district with the entire water supply and then headquarters in Spokane, was set the city afire. The information that the plot formed since our last convention and the reports show that up to was to be carried out was con this time they have taken into veyed to Chief o f Police Wilson membership all metal trade firms by government officials together in that vicinity with the excep with a description of seven “ reds” tion of two. These two not mem constituting the “ dynamite bri bers employ a total of six to gade” which it is charged has eight men. Their membership not been selected to do the dastardly only includes the jobbing shops work. but the railroad shops as well. So startling were the plans of Reports were made by the chair the conspirators to destroy the man of each district. All reports city which has stood for law and showed that notwithstanding the order and the American flag that fact that business has been very the police have made every effort quiet, the members have lost no to keep the facts from the public. interest in the association. Councilman II. R. Fay, super Representatives from the Fed intendent of the water depart eration of Employers Association ment. has been directing the work of the Pacific Coast were presenl of guarding the reservoirs. He and told o f the good work that | has been on duty constantly since the first news was received. It the association is doing. It was decided that the United is known that the added precau Metal Trades Association become tion was taken this morning of establishing day patrol at all the a member of the Federation. L etters and telegrams wishing! reservoirs. The police have a description of the association a successful con vention and stating their regrets the seven men constituting the because they were unable to at “ dynamite brigade” so it is said. tend. were received from Los An This crowd came here from Los geles. Sail Francisco. John Kirby, Angeles early this week. They Jr.. President National Associa were at once placed under sur tion of Manufacturers: J. P. Bird. veillance and their movements General Manager National Asso closely watched until Wednes ciation of Manufactnreres; O. P. day night when they succeeded Briggs. President National Foun in eluding the detectives and have since kept out of sight. This is ders Association and others. F. W. Phelps, editor of the what caused the guard to be es Pacific Coast Mechanic, told of tablished at the reservoirs. Orders were issued for the po the Brotherhood of Independent Mechanics, of which he is the lice to arrest all suspects found head, and the movement on foot in the city. Price 5 Cents I. W. W. HELD BY JUDGE IRWIN TO BE REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY CANNOT USE FINN HALL Judge Irwin, in the Superior Court at Montesano, Wash., rec ently,in ruling on the application o f the Finnish Socialist club of Aberdeen for an injunction against, Mayor Parks and Chief o f Police Templeman of that city, to re strain them from closing the Fin nish hall of Aberdeen, held in ef fect that the I. W. W. is a revolu tionary organization and denied it the use of the hall. He, how ever, agreed to the opening of the place provided the socialists would not permit its use by the I. W. W. Ilis decision in full follows: “ Gentlemen, the courts are al ways cautious about interfering with police power and police offi cers in doing what they consider a discharge of their duty in the maintenance of peace and order in the city in which they have juris diction. I don’t feel that the facts as shown to me in this case at this time will justify me in totally granting a complete injunction against the police officers in keep ing that hall closed under the showing that has ben made here. The doctrine as taught by that society known as the Industrial Workers of the World as shown by that book can’t be too strong ly condemned; it is in fact anar chistic in its tendency. The own ers of this hall were socialists and were unfortunate in allowing that society to get, into it. I don’t eontsrue a single doctrine ns put in that book to the socialists, or any principle that the socialists advocate, but I must condemn to the fullest degree the methods that are advocated in that book oil the part o f the Industrial Workers of the World. “ If you people are satisfied with the relief uu order granting that the hall shall be opened up for the purpose temporarily until the case is finally heard, except for the use of the Industrial Work ers of the World or addresses to be made by their agitators, 1 am willing to go that far, but if you are not satisfied with that I will not interefere with the case at all. Every other use tlint has been made of this building, unless it should be that it is in an actual commission of a nuisance there, which the witnesses have testified to, I hardly think the evidence sufficient in that regard to justify the keeping of the hall closed. Every other use except this use of the Industrial Workers of the World lias been a lawful and per fectly proper use of that ball, and I am not granting an injunction here »gainst the police that will result in allowing that society to hold its meetings or for its agita tors to make addresses in that hall.” Mr. Bone: “ W ill the court grant the order with the under standing that the hall is not to be used by the Industrial Workers of the World, that is what 1 uni derstand to be the ruling; am I correct, your honor?” Court: “ I think I will go to that extent, gentlemen, and au thorize the police that the first I. W. W. meeting that is held there or the first address that is held there by the I. W. W. agitators, they shall be authorized to close it. If the Socialists are satisfied with that we will give them that, relief; otherwise, I will do nothing with the case.” B. G. OOPS ROSE FESTIVAL TO ENTERTAIN BRING I. W.W. S TO TIME NOTED SPEAKER aid to the president of the United States and a close friend of Mr. Taft, and Jacques Kutrelle, one of the most popular of American wrlter8 of Action. The LYTTON, B. C. — Forty-four David Starr Jordan, President of fearful loss of life In the sinking o f the world's finest passenger ship will prob ably bring about a revision by Great Britain and other countries qf the regula members of the Industrial W ork Stanford University to tions dealing with the safety of sea travelers. It Is admitted on all hands that ers of the World are in jail at Lecture Here Rose the present safeguards are Inadequate, the rapid development of passenger Kamloops as the result of a raid traffic having outstripped that of the laws. Sunday. Battleship M ichigan, Am erican Dreadnought, at Gun Practice Copyright, 1912, by American Press Association. VST year the champion of the navy In target practice with big gnna, the battleship Michigan this spring lost her laurels to the battleship Utah j In the tests inaile off Ilamp'en Roads. She has an Imp -lng bulk, with her two huge sets of superimposed turrets fore and aft. her lofty "peach basket" steel masts supporting her fire control platforms and wireless apparatus, and is altogether a splendid specimen of the American llreaduougfit type. She Is of 111,000 tons displacement, carries In her main battery eight twelve-inch guns and cost about $5,000,000. One o f her twelve lnehers throws an S50 pound projectile. Each shot requires 300 pounds of smokeless powder and costs about $225. The Michigan won the red silk pennant “ for battle effi ciency” for the year 1911, defeating the former holder, the battleship Maryland. The photograph here reproduced shows the Michigan discharging a broadside In the target practice In which the Atlantic fleet recently engaged. L made upon a steam shovel crew at D aly’s camp near Savonna recent ly. The Provincial police were mobilized at the company’s works intime to prevent the mob from running the men away from the works. While the officers and strikers were milling around the grade, a donkey engine came through and struck one of the strikers, breaking his thigh and otherwise injuring him. He was taken to the hospital in Kam loops. All illegal arms, consisting of knives arid billies, were thrown into the river. Alexander Bothwell, a night watchman at Lytton, who last week shot a striker in the leg while preventing a raid on the company’s camp and who has since been held in Kamloops un der #'>000 bail, was discharged and returned to his work. Mr. Bothwell. after being deputized threatened to shoot the first man to put a foot inside the door of the building he was guarding. One of the strikers stuck a leg in and suffered a puncture of the calf. I. W. W. ROUTERS LEAVE ASTORIA ASTORIA, Ore The F. W. W agitators, having failed to make any impression upon the working men of this city, and discouraged in their efforts to make trouble here, hav<- shaken the dust of Astoria off their feet, and sought fresh fields and pastures new. W. T. Neff, who was fined #20 in the Police Court last week for refus ing to move on when asked to do so by a policeman, was the last to leave, going yesterday. The Rose Festival Association has been fortunate enough to se cure the services of David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University. Stanford, Gal., to de liver an address on Rose Sunday, June 9th, at 3 P. M., at the Gypsy Smith auditorium. Professor Jordan is an excellent lecturcror and too well known as an entertainer to receive any comment from us. This will be a great patriotic and religious festival given under the auspices of .Multnomah County Sunday School Association and will have a grand chorus of one thousand bovs and girls and five hundred adults. GOOD ROADS MEETING IS ON Preliminary plans for Good Roads day, May I. are being ar ranged at a meeting o f the “ Good Roads Squadron.” under the di rection of O T Prall, in the Com mercial club convention hall this aftem oon. Much interest is being taken in the proposed parade and many business men are backing the movement. President. Brookings o f tin- Business Men’s club lias appointed a committee to assist Mr. Prall. It is planned to have Governor West act as chief admiral of the “ squadron.” Nearly 13,000 names of the 00,- 000 needed for the good roads pe titions have been secured. Urg ent need o f speed is being im pressed on the eirculators in order to have the petitions tilled in time to get the hills placed on tin November ballot.