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5 PORTLA ND LABOR PRESS LOCALLABORNEWS It was decided to attend the Labor Day meeting in a body, and Monday was declared a holiday. , A. B. Steinbach & Co. C A R P E N TE R S . BEER W ork is good just now, and no union men are idle. There has been a great demand lately for union carpenters, and it is expected th a t the member ship of this union will be considerably increased within a short time. Broth er W endland is certainly doing a great deal to advance the interests of his union. You cannot have too many of th a t brand of union men. T Y P O G R A P H IC A L U N IO N . The la st regular meeting was well attended. Many members from near by towns were present. It was decided by a vote th a t every member who was not working on September 4th should take p a rt in the Carnival parade. Typo graphical union is sure to be well represented in the labor division. Two new members were initiated. The num erical strength of this union is increasing slowly, but surely. After disposing of some minor business, the m eeting adjourned. EXPRESSM ENS’ U N IO N . The membership of this organiza tion is rapidly increasing, and it is only a question of a short tim e when the expressmen of this city will be thoroughly organized. Bro. Spencer is doing yeoman work for the wel fare of the expressmen, and, with the aid of organized labor, he is bound to succeed. The members are requested to attend the next regular meeting, as very im portant business is to be disposed of. The ch arter is due this week, and every union expressm an will shortly have a union tag on his wagon. B R IC K L A Y E R S ’ U N IO N . There was a large attendance a t the last regular meeting. It was decided to attend the Labor Day m eeting in a body. This union will take part in the Carnival parade, and Brothers Blaney and Jorgensen are on a committee to arrange everything pertaining there to. It was moved th a t Labor Day be regarded as a holiday, and m embers of this union will not work on th a t day. One member of the union was fined $10 for scabbing, and he considers him self lucky to get off so “easy.” No doubt he will rem em ber this ob ject lesson. P A IN T E R S ’ U N IO N . The event of the week was the unionizing of one of the larg est shops in the city. ‘Henry Berger has ac ceded to the demands of the union, and all the men employed by him, seventeen in number, joined in a body. Brother Rogers, the business agent, of the union, is entitled to a very great extent for this victory. Some outside influence, no doubt, has helped the painters a great deal in this m at ter. The fact th a t any one union is backed up in its just demands by or ganized labor is of inestim able value to such a union. We congratulate the painters, and wish them furth er suc cess. L E A T H E R W O R K E R S ’ U N IO N . On July 16th this union was organ ized with a charter membership of tw enty men. Since th a t tim e it has nearly trebled its numbers, and today is one of the best unions in the city. Brothers Kitch and Lorch are doing everything in their power to get ev ery leatherw orker in this city into the ranks of the union. They certain ly will succeed, as they are indefa tigable workers. The last meeting was well attended and considerable business transacted. Work is good a t the present. Southw est C orner o f F ourth and M orrison C orner E ntrance. D R IV E R S . This union is rapidly progressing, both in the increase of membership and in securing b etter conditions of work. The contract was received last week from the National Executive Board, and the Beer Drivers will have no trouble In getting it signed by their employers. At th e last regular m eeting it was unanimously decided th a t the union subscribe In a body for the Portland Labor Press, both for the general fund and a copy of the paper for each member. Brother August Eschle was elected as the representative of this union on the Board of Directors of the Portland Labor P ress Publishing As sociation. Our Fall and Winter Stock 1900=1901 Clothing, Furnishing Goods and Hats Is now Com plete in every d e p a rtm e n t and we ask your inspection. W e carry a large range o f p a tte rn s a n d prices and g u a ra n te e every g arm en t. W e are sole agents for C arh artt “ U nion M ade” w orking clothes. T he best goods in America. A. B. Steinbach & Co. M en’s and Boys’ O u tfitters Portland, Oregon THe Famous doming House Should Get a Share of Your Trade ................... M IL L W O R K E R S ’ U N IO N . ..W E SELL.. M illworkers’ Union m et at the usual hour Sunday afternoon. J. A. Bushman, chairm an; L. Becker, secretary; H. G. Coats, treasu rer ,and other officers were present. The attendance other wise was good. C. A. Read, one of the delegates to the Federated Trades Assembly, resigned, as his employ m ent prevented his being able to a t tend the meetings thereof as regular ly as he thinks his duty requires. On motion, L. A. P ark er was elected to fill the vacancy thereby caused. Sev eral m atters coming up for consider ation were elaborately discussed, and disposed of, but, not being of interest to the public a t large, need no furth er mention here. J. T. MORGAN. The N ational Association of Letter- carriers is holding its annual session in Detroit, Mich. Officers of the association announce th a t it has now a mem bership of 16,- 000, with 45 local branches, and th a t all the governm ent letter carriers, with the exception of about 1,000, are included in its membership. One of the principal subjects of discussion will relate to the increase of salaries to a uniform rate for carriers both of the first and second class. C arriers of postoffices of the first class now re ceive $1,000 and of the second class, $850. W hat the men desire is a uni form salary of $1,200. The question for a provision for in firm and disabled letter carriers will also receive due consideration. A bill has been prepared for the adm inistra tion of the’ m atter by the postoffice de partm ent, without any further expense to the government. Another conference of importance, a t which it is thought a scale will be agreed to, is fixed for September 4th, at Detroit, between the representa tives of the Republic Iron & Steel Company, the American Steel Hoop Company, the Standard Chain Com pany and the Amalgamated Associa tion. There m ust be something higher in the idea of trades unionism than “short hours and high wages.” other wise it would not have survived so long. It is the idea of brotherhood, fellowship and equality, which are in herent in unionism, and more than any other power tends to keep the workers together and raise them to a higher level. If you have any time to spare you can use it to no b etter advantage than by reading literatu re dealing with the modern labor movement. E ngland lias d om inated In d ia 150 years, anil now o f In d ia 's 300 m illio ns, b u t 100,000 are B ritis h b o rn ; and it takes 70,000 B ritis h soldiers and 140.- 000 n a tive soldiers to m ake life bear able fo r these 100,000. “ UNION LABEL GOODS” IN ALL DEPARTMENTS WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO OBTAIN THEfl The Waldorf Hat... T h e on ly A g en cy H a t in the C ity that has the Label. Sweet, Orr & Co.’s... P an ts and O veralls. Cor. Morrison and Second PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY laso; Issued Dy Authority of tne Cigar Matters Internauonol Union of America Union-made Cigars. Hwtta corlatned .nth's to U n » " mad» b/> FlEtOtS MukCU. 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W o rk ingm en w ho yet s w a llo w the p o litic a l and econom ic ro t d e a lt o ut to them by th e ir c a p ita lis t masters, should find no d iffic u lty in accepting the above figures as an in d ic a tio n o f gen eral “ p ro s p e rity .” The statem ent th a t the c h ild re n o f the locked-out w o r k men in th is c ity are using dia m on d s to p la y m arbles w ith , is not. one w h jft less w o rth y o f b e lie f tha n most o f Koe o ilie r “ p roofs o f prosi»erity” w h ic h are concocted by and appear d a ily in ihe c a p ita lis t press. The “ p ro s p e rity " o f ilie w o rk in g class m ig h t ju s t as w e ll be m easured b y the im p o rta tio n o f d iam onds as by any o th e r c a p ita lis t s ta n d a rd .—W o rk e rs ' C all.
