Voi. II. No 14,
PO RTLAND , OREGON, JU LY 20, 1912
COMMISSION PLAN HIBERNIANS
ELECTION DATE IS
TURN DOWN
AGAIN ADVANCED
SOCIALIST
Delay OccMioned by Fact That Rejtet 0rsdenUall ot Delaware
N o Meeting of Charter Board
JDdeg!lte Healey Under In.
Has Been C a lle d -A n d t.
vest,gallon,
tonum Must W ait.
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Tw o Striking Figures at
The Baltimore Convention
WAGE INCREASE TO
RUIN RAILROADS
OPEN SHOP ON THE PACIFIC
OUTLINED BY WALTER RISK
SECRETARY TACOMA ASSN.
There has been considerable tnined a sort o f indifference, and
correspondence between a certain were optimistic in believing that
large
manufacturing
concern each comunity would be able to
about to locate on the Coast and cope with any difficulty that might
the allied Employers’ ’ Associa arise.
tions. the point o f contention be
“ But following that outrage the
ing the insertion in the building employers o f labor and those in
contracts of a strict “ Union La terested in
labor
conditions,
bor clause.”
throughout the Pacific Coast, real
It is needleess to say that a vig ized fo r the first time that some
orous protest to any such clause thing more than individual effort
was made by the employers.
i was necessary if independent
The letter sent to this concern workmen were to have protection
by Secretary W alter Risk, o f the in their rights as citizens, and es
i Builder’s and Employers’ Asso cape tin' death-dealing onslaught,
ciation. of Tacoma, is so strong directed by unscrupulous leaders
and comprehensive that we pub and lay-members of Organized La
lish it not only with pleasure, but bor !
“ The arrest o f the McNamara
as a splendid exposition o f the
real attitude o f the employers of Brothers and their subsequent
the Pacific Coast as regards the dramatic confessions are now mat
question o f “ Open Shop” and as ters o f Pacific Coast history,
a true statement o f the conditions which o f themselves need no fur
ther comment. Disclosures werq
which prevail.
That is, that the Pacific Coast is made, however, during the pro
“ Open Shop” and proposes to re cedure o f the ease, which proved
conclusively that for cold-blooded
main so.
“ Dear Sir: 1 have you letter o f and deliberately calculated crimi
March 25th, which is an answer nality. the dynamiting outrages
to my ‘ night lettergram ” relative committed on the Pacific Coast
to the construction o f your plant. and throughout the country had
Replying, l beg to state fo r your no parallel. Even to this day, I
information that tin* Federation doubt very much if anything like
of Employers’ Associations o f the a majority o f the employers o f
Pacific Coast is an association hav this country realize and under
ing for its component parts the stand what the ultimate aim and
object o f the dynamiting cam
following named organizations:
“ Founders and Employers As paign was. or what it would fin
sociation o f Los Angeles. I). P. N. ally have lead up to had not the
Little, president. Los Angeles. Cal. strong arm o f the law laid hold
“ The Citizens’ Alliance of San on some of the leaders, who after
Francisco, \ \ \ , L. Gerstle, pres confessing their part o f the crimes
were sent to prison.
ident. San Francisco, Cal.
“ First o f all. it was a move
“
The
Employers
Association
of
A S T Is east nnd west Is west,” but In spite o f Kipling tbe twain do
ment conceived and directed by
Oregon.
Geo.
<'.
Mason,
president.
meet occasionally at American natlonul conventions. The accom
some of the prominent leaders of
panying Illustration presents an example. The dark man In light Portland. Ore.
“ United Metal Trades of the ( trganized Labor, o f which John J.
clothes at the left is Manuel L. Quezon, delegate from the Philippine
Islands to the Democratic convention
The tall, rawboned veteran at the I Pacific Coast. II. T. Clarke, pres McNamara was one. (Others are
now under Federal indictment at
right Is Colonel 15111 Fairman o f Punxsutawney, Pa., who was a delegate to ident. Portland. Ore.
the Baltimore convention, as he has been to conventions o f bis party for the
“ Builders and Employers Asso Indianapolis.) According to state
last seventy years. Both o f the delegates were objects of Interest to their
ciation of Tacoma, Charles Rich ments made by both the .McNa
fellow delegates and to spectators—the one because o f his age and the other
maras and ntliers during the trial
by reason o f bis foreign appearance. The representation o f the Philippines In ardson. president. Tacoma, Wash. proceedings in Los Angeles those
“ Employers
Association
of
the convention was due to an error In the call under which the delegates were
leaders were engaged in a cam
summoned. Dp to this convention "Imperialism” has not been recognized to Washington, Geo. James, pres
paign calculated to utterly destroy
the extent o f admitting Filipino delegates. Senor Quezon Is a Nationalist and ident. Seattle, Wash.
Is resident commissioner In Washington for the Islands.
“ Employers and Manufactur anyone and everyone standing in
ers Association of Snohomish Co.. opposition tu Organized Labor
J. Bruce Gibson, president, Ever and its “ Closed S h o p " policy.
“ To say that all members of
ett. Wash.
“ Employers Association of Van Organized Labor were in accord
couver. It. (
R. T. Cope, pres with such an monstrous campaign
would be untruthful and unjust.
ident, Vancouver, It. <
“ The above-named nrganiza- But to say that a very large part
i tions arc in turn composed of the of the rank and file were forced
I employing interests of the cities into a show of sympathy with the
| o f the Pacific Coast, and territory .McNamaras and bitterly Con
| tributary thereto. It is the prim- demned all public officials iden
I ary aim ami purpose of these or tified In any way with their arrest
ganizations and of the Federation and trial, and in response to calls
to secure for the individual all from high otlieials of Organized
rights guaranteed to him under Labor gave generous financial sup
their
murderous
I the Constitution o f the United port to save
| States, and to protect him ill uc- necks, is only staling the truth.
“ The .McNamaras were known
I cordance therewith. To secure
for employers and employes the to be guilty from the very first.
j freedom of individual contract in Their one hope for e s c a p e was
the matter of employment, irre Humgli a dastardly attempt on the
spective of whether or not an em- part of their ehief eolllisel til bribe
j plover or an employe is a member members o f the trial jury. But
of any organization.
Further 1 when that damnable pint was dis-
[more, the associations aim and envereil (bey were overeome with
strive at all times til avert or pre eonfusion and tilled with dismay,
lor there remained no other eonrse
vent industrial disturbances, to
open
but to make eonfessinu and
harmonize differenees between em
ployers and employee with justice throw themselves at the feet of the
to all eoneemed and to assist in i court and beg for mercy. This
the full enforcement of tile laws | they did, under the very law
Though the revised draft of the
CHICAGO.— Because he is a
commission plan charter proposed Socialist and worked actively as
for Portland has been complete such in the last campaign, the An
three weeks, no meeting o f the | cient Order o f Hibernians rejected
charter board has been called to the credentials o f Edward Nor
consider its provisions. Meanwhile ton, a Wilmington, Delà., delegate
the time set fo r calling the special to its convention here.
commission plan election has been
The convention also proposes to
advanced until it now seems that consider charges against President
it w ill conflict with the presiden Ilealy o f the Hibernians in Dela
tial general election in November. ware, and it is declared that if
When the first movement for com Ilealy is found to be an active
mission plan government o f Port Socialist, he w ill be asked to re
land was inaugurated it was ex sign from the order. Yesterday
pected that the special election the Hibernians attended high pon
would be held last November.
tifical mass.
An embarassing feature o f the
Delegates from Oregon attend
delay is the fact that hope o f hav ing the national biennial conven
ing the public auditorium com tion at Chicago o f the Ancient Or
plete in time for the second der o f Hibernians are John Fer
W o rld ’s Christian Citizenship con rell and John O ’Mara, both o f
ference has been given up. This Portland. In the women’s auxilary
fo r the reason that the additional convention, Oregon is represented
$200.01X1 bond issue which the au by Miss Marie Chambers, Mrs. T.
ditorium commission says it must S. Hogan. Mrs. W. A. Fivers, Miss
have before it can do anything in Sophia Wilson, Mrs. E. II. Deery
the way of securing a site for con and Miss Katherine Madigan.
structing the building was to be
At the meeting Monday evening
submitted to the people at, the o f the local order telegrams of
time of the special election. Bonds congratulations were sent the an
to tlie amount o f $600,000 were nual convention. These telegrams
voted by the people at the last were signed by E. II. Deery, state
election. This, the commission an president o f the A. O. H „ and
nounces. w ill only be enough for C. G. Murphy, division president.
the building and w ill not cover the Reports received by local members
site. The Market block, which be of the order show the convention
longs to the city, has been re is proving one o f the best ever
jected because it is only 200 by held, attendance is largerThan last
200
year, and all locals show progress.
G. P. Johnson, chairman o f the
Commercial club executive com
mittee. told Dr. Henry Collin Min
ton. president o f the National Re
form association, when Dr. Min
ton was in Portland last week that
the club executive committee of
which he is chairman, and which
Worthington
Tells Arbitrators
has led the preparations for the
Firemen Also Demand In
great 101J conference, had no
crease of $20,000,000.
hope that the auditorium would
he built, and Dr. Minton an
swered :
NEW7* YO R K .— That many rail
“ I greatly regret this fact. One roads would face bankruptcy if all
o f the reasons the world confer the pending demands o f various
ence was assigned to Portland classes of employes for increased
was because o f the representation wages should be granted was as
that the auditorium would be serted by B. A. Worthington when
christened by the conference. We he resumed argument in behalf
have done our part in the matter of 50 eastern railroads before the
o f advertising the great meeting in arbitration committee which is de
every language and among the ciding the wage dispute between
people o f every nation. W e regret the railroads and the locomotive
the delay, but we will rely on the engineers. He said that While only
pledge o f the Portland people that the demands of the engineers are
some building suitable fo r such a directly before the committee, the
meeting will be provided.”
tiremen have tiled an application
It is likely that the Gipsy Smith fo r an increase which, if granted,
auditorium, which is 200 by 200 would cost the railroads $20,(XX),-
and has a post every lti feet, will (XX) a year. He added that shop
be kept in condtion for the meet men and other classes of employes
ing.
also expect advances similar to
Those who are interested in the whatever the engineers obtain.
proposal to institute commission
plan government in Portland are
anxious that there shall be no fur M IN IS T E R A T T A C K S C A F E S
ther delay in putting the draft be
A N D G R ILLS.
fore the people and then, after it
has been thoroughly studied, sub
In his three minutes ‘ ‘ current
mitted to popular vote at a special
topic” talk preceding his sermon
election.
at the Centenary M. E. church last
W M . M M U R R A Y GOES H OM E. night. Rev. Delmar II. Trimble
took occasion to sav a good word
A fter an absence o f 30 years, for the Elk visitors to the conven
William McMurray, general pas tion. Hi* also attacked the rath
senger agent o f the O.-W. R. & N., skellers and grills o f the city, la
is returning to his native home in menting that “ extraordinary li
Ireland, to visit his parents, each cense” had been indulged in in
o f whom has passed 85 years. such places during the convention
He is accompanied by Mrs. Mc week.
Murray and their little daughter.
In closing he said: "T h e day
They expect to be gone from is dawning when cafes and grills
Portland about two months.
will cease to violate the spirit o f
Mr. McMurray returned to our laws. The serving of the sem
Portland last week, after an ab blance of a lunch as an excuse for
sence o f nearly a month, during liquor sales, or the sale of liquor
which time he attended the meet without even the semblance o f a
ing of passenger representatives lunch", as was the case last week,
A G E A N T R Y 1» In the «Ir this mimrner Representation* of Incidents nt
o f all the Ilarriman lines in New and especially the serving o f li
local blRtorleal Interest through the medium» of tableaux, fiance« anil
York. He was here for the Elks’ quor to women under such circum
the like, which have for a number of year* been popular In England
convention and no sooner had he stances; the serving o f liquor to
and thla country, are more In vogue than ever before
One of the
concluded his work in that connec minors, both girls anil boys; the earfieet of thla senson’s pageanta wa* mat preaented at <'rofon-on Hudson for
tion than he started fo r New serving of liquor to those intoxi the benefit o f the local health league Many of the descendante of the early
York, where he will leave late cated; the keeping open beyond I "itch eettlere took part tn costume» and with setting* historically accurate
'Uuetratton ehow» the miller's ten children as they troop out of the old
this week for Queenstown. His the stipulated hours— will cease.
ii..
cat their breakfast In the open elr. Not only were the cœtiime» of the
father and mother live in County The public of Portland says to co i. . -rin d, but the songs sung during the two day* of the repreaentatlon
Down, on the same farm where grills, cafes and liquor license Were i ,. -e 1n word* »ad muele familiar to the Dutch «oreetor* of meny of the
the Portland man spent his boy restaurants: “ Toe the mark or preneui day dwellefh In the Flndeon vtlley.
w e ’ll put you out o f business.”
hood days.
.
Price 5 Cents
E
Part of the Dutch Pageant
Given at Croton-on-Hudson
itHurs ¿9
P
(C o n t i n t t P f l
on I’ago 2.)
of the land.
“ Therefore, you can readily see
P O R T LA N D LA U D E D IN TH E
that as an organization of employ
“ LONDON TIM E S '
ers wi* are not opposed to Organ '
ized Labor as a principle. To the I Dregon ¡uni Portland reeoi ve
contrary, we believe in organiza | prominont montimi in thè speeial
lion and uphold labor in its right railway numlier of thè “ London
I to organize, and willingly grant Times’ ’, dateli .lune 28, whieh luis
to organizerd labor every right just beoti reeeivoiI bv file ehainbor
and privilege that we. as individ o f eommeree
Oregon, savs thè
unis, claim or ask for and expect “ Times,” is leader in present and
to enjoy under the law. No more. prospettivo lleveloplnellt lllnollg
nn less!
thè States of thè west. The fact
“ Assuming tluit your company tluit oeeau vessels easilv reaoli thè
is nut altogether familiar with la- splendili harbnr of Portland via
i bur conditions on the Pacific tbe Columbia riter is eoiiiinented
Giiast. I beg to state that the em- on. The prodtietiou of wheat in
| ploying interests made no attempt basterò Oregon and thè inereasc
i at concerted action until after the of Carni lands of 205.8 per et. and
dynamite outrage at Los Angels, land per aere inereasc of 2117 per
whieh ns you are no doubt aware, eeiit are noted, as is thè great
resulted in the death o f twenty- production ami supply o f liimber,
one men. I do not wish to be nn - frillt and fisti. Ilio Rose Festival
derstood as meaning that there is mentioned as mie o f thè distine-
I were no labor troubles previous to tive liestas o f thè natimi and Port
I that time. The contrary is a fact. land is eharacferized as thè
, however, the employers bad main- “ Great City.”