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M EN S’ S H IR T S AND D R A W ER S
I n h e a v y n a tu ra l grey wool o r ecru
and d ra b , E g y p tia n ribbed co tton,
$1.00 E ach
I n h eav y cashm ere, th e S h irts w ith
sllk-flnished f r o n ts .............. $1-50 E ach
T H E R E ’»
M EN S’ W ARM HO SE
A re n o t ex p en siv e if b o u g h t here. All
wool, grey or b lack sox, fu ll finished,
heels a n d toes double, a re 25c pair.
Sam e in grey C am el’s h a ir, 3 p a irs^ fo r
M EN S’ W H IT E S H IR T S
P e rfe c tly sh ap ed , w ell rein fo rced and
c o rre c tly m ade of m ost w o rth y m a ­
te ria ls, u n la u n d rie d , 50c to $1.00 ea
L a u n d rie d .......... $1.00 an d $1.25 each
Suits, Capes, Jackets and Furs
W e are exclusive ladies’ dry goods furnishers, and give exceptional
values in F ur Collarettes, F u r Coats and Capes.
Kainy-Day Skirts in Oxford Grays
m e n ’s F u r n is h in g s
E N A B L E S US TO SU IT E V E R Y PU R SE AND E V E R Y PER SO N .
PR O F IT A B L E R E A D IN G IN T H IS LIST.
R egular up-to-date garm ents and standard values from the leading de­
signers, cutters and finishers of Am erica.
In all lengths and sizes—elegant m aterial.
, 7 Dozen of Real French Kid Gloves—every shade, color, tint and size imaginable.
Several Cases o f T hom pson’s G love-F itting Corsets, W arner s Cele­
brated R ust-Proof, and, last but not least, the Fam ous Redfern, at re­
duced rates.
M c A l l e n & M c D o n n e l l
161-163 THIRD STREET
Exclusive D ry Goods House of Portland
Store Open U ntil 9:30 P. M.
M EN S’ W IN T E R GLOVES.
R ingw ood’s gloves, sm o o th rib b ed , of
fine y a rn s, p la in c o lo rs . . . . 60c pair.
D ogskin gloves fo r w a lk in g or d riv in g ,
$1.00, $1.25 a n d $1.50 per p a ir.
u n ite for th e ir ow n and th e com m on
e n a c tm e n t of a law pro v id in g for it3
en fo rcem en t, th e re w ould be re in tro ­ protection.
“ A t our in sta n c e a n am endm ent to
duced th e denial of th e rig h t of th e
th e so-called a n ti- tr u s t bill v a s sud -
w o rk m en to s trik e In defense of th e i.
in te re sts, and th e en fo rcem en t by gov­ m itted as follow s:
“ ‘P rovided th a t n o th in g in th is act
e rn m e n t of specific or p erso n al service
M
EN
S’
N
E
C
K
W
E
A
R
sh
all be co n stru ed as to apply to tra d e
N E G L IG E E SH IR TS.
and labor. In o th e r w ords, under a
unions c r o th er lab o r o rg an iz atio n s in ­
In
every
la
te
,
ta
s
ty
sty
le
and
color.
law
based
upon
com
pulsory
a
r
b
itr
a
­
Y our p ick of a sp len d id lo t from
s titu te d for the purpose of re g u la tin g
T eck s a n d fo u r-in -h a n d s, b lac k a n d
tio n , if an aw ard w ere m ade a g a in st
50c to $2.25 eacn.
colors,
p
rim
e
v
a
lu
e
s
a
t
-----25c
each.
lab o r, no m a tte r how u n fa ir or u n ju st, w ages, h ours, o r labor and o th er condi­
O ur b la c k s a te e n an d colored tw ill
tio n s u n d e r w hich lab o r is to be p e r­
and b ro u g h t a b o u t by an y m eans no
flannel s h ir ts a re stu rd y w earers, a t
A N U N EQ U A L LED L IN E AT 50c each.
m a tte r how q u estionable, we would be form ed.’
$1.00 each.
“ T h is am en d m en t, though rejected
com pelled to w ork or to suffer th e
by
th e a u th o r of th e bill and th e com ­
s ta te p e n a lty , w hich m ig h t be e ith e r
UXe C lose E v e r y D a y a t 6 P . M-
m ittee, w as offered upon th e floor of
m u lc tin g in dam ages, or going to ja il;
the house of re p re sen ta tiv e s. T he bill
A S W E C O N S ID E R O U R E M P L O Y E S A N D A L L W O R K IN G P E O P L E
n o t one s c in tilla of d istin ctio n , not one
as am ended passed th e house, p rac ­
A S W E C O N S ID E R E N T I T L E D TO T H E IR E V E N IN G S
jo t rem oved from sla v e ry .”
tic a lly by u n an im o u s vote; but w hen
T he e ig h t-h o u r bill w as practically
pressed for passage in th e sen ate, the
u n a n im o u sly passed by th e house May
bill, robbed of its s tin g a g a in st o rg a n ­
a n d a g ain in m em b ersh ip in th e p a st
ized labor, was p rac tic a lly killed , a t
P R E S ID E N T G O M PER S’ R E PO R T .
21,
1900.
T
h
e
re
p
o
rt
adds:
y e a r of 294,329.”
lea st fo r th e session, by its reference
“ T h e bill, as rep o rted by th e house
A fter briefly rev iew in g som e of th e
P re sid e n t G om pers’ re p o rt lies before
to th e ju d ic ia ry com m ittee, from w hich
com m ittee, w as in tro d u ced by S en ato r
unafliliated tra d e s, he h a s th is to say
P e n ro se of P e n n sy v a n ia , in th e senate, source no re p o rt w as possible.
us. I t is a n ex h a u stiv e and com pre­
“ T h a t to w hich we should d ire c t our
re fe rre d to th e se n ate com m ittee on
a b o u t s trik e s :
h en siv e docum ent. O ur space is too
a tte n tio n is th a t its passage o u g h t to
e
d
u
c
atio
n
an
d
labor,
before
w
hich
com
­
“ T h e s ta tis tic s p re p a re d and p re ­
lim ited to give m ore th a n th e p rin c ip al
be p rev en ted , unless th e a m en d m en t
sen ted in th e s e c re ta ry ’s re p o rt in d i­ m itte e several h e a rin g s on th e id e n ti­ ex cluding th e tra d e u n io n s and labor
cal
bill
w
ere
h
ad
d
u
rin
g
th
e
la
st
con­
p o in ts of th e re p o rt. In re fe rrin g to
c a te very s u b s ta n tia l im p ro v em en ts
gress, whieh w ere printed. We were o rg an iz atio n s from th e pro v isio n s, and
0«X evaw e wt o for th e past year.
the grow th of unions, he say s:
o p e ra tio n s of th e bill is reta in e d .
a
u th o rita tiv e ly inform ed th a t th e re
Six h u n d red and e ig h ty -e ig h t s trik e s
“ T he p a s t y e a r h a s w itnessed a m ost
w
ould
be
no
n
ecessity
for
any
h
e
a
r­
(To be continued.)
w ere rep o rted , 213,190 p erso n s being in-
re m a rk a b le g ro w th in o rg an iz atio n
ings. a fte r th e p assage of th e bill by
volved.
Of
th
is
n
u
m
b
e
r
455
s
trik
e
s
am o n g th e w o rk ers, who have realized
w ere successful, 106 lost, 74 com pro­ th e house. S ubsequently we w ere in ­
t h a t th e re is no p ro te c tio n fo r th e ir
SO M ETHING ABOUT T H E SH Y-
m
ised an d 53 still p en d in g ; 217.493 p e r­ form ed th a t h e a rin g s w ould be in sisted
in te re sts, or hope for ju stic e and free-
upon, and th a t th e re w as th e n no tim e
LOCKS.
sons
w
ere
d
ire
c
tly
benefited,
w
h
ile
dom in th e fu tu re , unless it re su lts
11,257 w ere involved in lo st or com pro­ to h a v e them p rio r to th e a d jo u rn ­
from th e u n ity of th e w age-w orking
I n a n u m b er of cities in th is and
m en t of congress. W e so u g h t to have
m ised s trik e s, th u s sh o w in g th a t even
m asses. W h ile th e g row th is very
th
e
co
m
m
ittee
d
ischarged
from
the
o
th
e r s ta te s th e re is m uch discussion
of th e sm all n u m b er of strik e s lost
g ra tify in g , th e re is a n o th e r fea tu re
fu rth e r co n sid e ratio n of th e bill, it to
th
e
p
erso
n
s
involved
in
them
w
ere
over
th e efTects of th e p rac tic e of
connected w ith it w hich is even a
be considered by th e sen ate, but w ere
co m p a rativ ely in fin ite sim al to th o se
usury.
T he M inneapolis S ta r is a t ­
g re a te r source fo r c o n g ra tu la tio n . T he
balk ed by objections. U pon th e follow ­
w ho g ain ed .”
w o rk ers h av e organized in th e u n ions
tac
k
in
g
th
e evil in th a t city. In C h i­
ing day, com ing up in its re g u la r order,
Mr. G om pers’ tre a tm e n t or com pul­
of th e ir tra d e s a.nd ca llin g s; new
th e p ro p o sitio n to d isch arg e the com ­ cago several big w holesale an d re ta il
u n ions have been form ed, an d several
so ry a rb itra tio n is of m ore th a n o r­
m itte e from fu rth e r co n sid e ratio n of
e sta b lish m e n ts to m eet th e dem and of
n a tio n a l u n io n s c re a te d from th e h e re ­
th e bill w as laid upon th e table. Our
d in a ry in te re s t. H e say s in p a rt:
em ployes for a little m oney in em er­
to fo re sc a tte re d and iso lated locals,
e ig h t-h o u r bill h a s not lo st its s ta tu s ;
“ In com m on w ith th e gen eral tre n d
and th u s th e s ta b ility of th e labor
gencies and to e n a b le them to escape
th
a
t
is,
h
a
v
in
g
passed
th
e
house,
it
is
of o rg an ized labor to p re v e n t s trik e s
m ovem ent h as been m ore n e a rly in ­
still
before
th
e
senate.
In
asm
u
c
h
as
the loan s h a rk s h av e provided a fund
and lo ck o u ts w h erev er a n d w henever
su re d .”
th e m em bers of our leg isla tiv e com ­ for th e accom m odation of such em ­
possible, a s e n tim e n t fo r a rb itra tio n
m itte e are d eleg ates to th is convention
In a d d itio n to th e above, th e follow ­
h a s been aw ak en ed am o n g th e people
and desirous of a v o id in g th e loss of ployes, says th e G alesburg L abor
ing figures w ill be of in te re st:
of o u r co u n try . T h e re a re some, how ­
News. I t is n ot enough th a t th e em ­
v alu ab le tim e, w ith th e co n sen t of th e
ever, who, p lay in g upon th e c re d u lity
“ T h ere w ere issued d u rin g th e year
executive council I ap p o in ted tem p o ­ ployers do this. It is sta te d th a t h u n ­
of
th
e
u
n
in
fo
rm
ed
,
seek
to
d
iv
e
rt
the
tro m n a tio n a l a n d in te rn a tio n a l unions
ra rily a co m p eten t u n io n ist to in sist
p rin c ip le of a rb itra tio n in to a coercive
and th e A m erican F e d e ra tio n of L abor
dreds of policem en and scores of school
upon a definite tim e fo r h e a rin g s upon
policy
of
so-called
com
pulsory
a
r
b
itr
a
­
(direct) c h a rte rs to th e follow ing:
teach ers are so deep in th e clutches of
th e bill, if any are to be had. The
tio n ; in o th e r w ords, th e c re a tio n by
N u m b er of new ly - form ed unions,
reco
m
m
en
d
atio
n
is
su
b
m
itted
to
you
u su re rs th a t they can nev er hope to
th e sta te s, or by th e n a tio n , of boards
3 375- c h a rte rs su rren d ered , o r unions
th
a
t
every
effort
be
m
ade
to
secure
its
pay th e u n ju st dem and. In te re s t a t
or c o u rts, w ith pow er to h e a r and de­
disbanded, 348; leav in g a n e t g r e a s e
p assage or en a ctm e n t before th e close
100 to 1,500 per c e n t is a fast-g ro w in g
of local u n io n s fo r th e y e a r of 3,027, te rm in e each case in d isp u te betw een
of th e p rese n t congress.”
th e w o rk e rs and th e ir em ployers, to
th
in g . A year ago the L ab o r New s ex­
P a ssin g on to th e su b je c t of a n ti­
m ak e a w a rd s, and, if necessary, to in ­
posed
som e s h a rk s h ere and explained
voke th e pow er of th e g o v ern m en t to
tr u s t leg islatio n , th e re p o rt says:
w
h
at
rav ag es th e y w ere co m m itting.
enforce th e aw ard s. O bservers have
M EN’S ALE-WOOL.
“ A bill, and an a m en d m en t to th e
for y e a rs noted th a t th o se Inclined to
T
he
exposure
did m uch good and gave
federal c o n stitu tio n , w ere introduced,
th is policy have devised m any schem es
o ste n sib ly to cu rb th e pow er of th e
th e u su re rs th e first severe set-hack
to deny th e w o rk e rs th e rig h t to q u it
tru s ts , b ut beyond q u estio n designed
th e ir em p lo y m en ts; and the schem e of and fram ed to s trik e a blow a t th e o r­ th ey had ever m et w ith here. If the
e n tire m em bership of th e churches
so-called com pulsory a rb itra tio n is th e
g a n iz a tio n s of labor.
T he tru s ts ,
la te s t design of th e w ell-in ten tio n ed ,
a g a in st w hich th is species of le g isla ­ w ould u n ite in a n effort to sta m p out
but u n in fo rm ed , as well as the fa d d ists
tio n was conceived, h a v e successfully
u su ry it w ould be done, and th a t
and schem ers.
defendeu them selves, or av erted its a p ­ quickly. T he success of such a n effort
“ T h ro u g h m ore com pact and b e tte r
p lication. F ro m th e tim e of th e first
w ould re s u lt in a gain to ch u rch m em ­
equipped tra d e u n io n s has come jo in t
o rg a n iz a tio n of labor, th e co u rts have
B L U E , B L A C K OR B R O W N
a g re e m e n ts and c o n c ilia tio n betw een
stig m atized th e tra d e unio n s as com bi­ b ership. L et us hope som e actio n will
th e w orkm en and asso ciated em ploy­ n a tio n s in re s tra in t of trad e, and th e
be tak e n to b rin g relief th a t m ay save
e rs; and only w hen c o n c ilia tio n has
dockets a re filled w ith in d ic tm e n ts, not only life itself, b u t keep v ictim s
H on est Value at $xo.oo, N ow on Sale
failed h a s it been n ecessary to reso rt
and th e ja ils w ere filled w ith m en
of u su re rs from c o m m u tin g crim e.
to a rb itra tio n , and th e n th e only suc­ ch arg ed w ith conspiracy because th ey
at
cessful a rb itra tio n w as a rb itra tio n
w ere m em bers of tra d e u n io n s, th is,
v o lu n ta rily en tered into.
too, n o tw ith s ta n d in g th e fact chat th e
S ubscribe fo r th e P o rtla n d L abor
“ It is su b m itte d t h a t th e very term s,
tra d e unions a re the m o st beneficent
a r b itr a tio n ’ and ‘co m p u lso ry ’ s ta n d in
o rg a n iz a tio n s th e w orld h a s ever w it­ P ress.
direct o p p o sition to each o th er. A rb i­ nessed to p ro m o te th e w elfare of all
tra tio n Im plies th e v o lu n ta ry actio n of th e people. We p ro tested a g a in s t th e
tw o p a rtie s of d iverse in te re s ts su b ­ p assage of th e c o n stitu tio n a l a m e n d ­
m ittin g to d isin te re ste d p a rtie s the
m ent. for we discerned th a t th e re w as
q u estio n in disp u te, or likely to come
t h u g rav e st possible d a n g e r to th e
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cess, and p a rtic u la rly by th e pow er of try . W e in sisted th a t if th e a n ti-tru s t
go v ern m en t, is re p u g n a n t to th e p rin ­
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bill should pass, it should c o n tain an
prepared for P ra ctica l O rchestra as w e ll
ciple as well as th e policy of a r b itr a ­
a m en d m en t th a t would e lim in a te th e
as Solo W o r k
tion. If org an ized la b o r should fail to
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a p p reciate th e d a n g e r involved in the
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tim s of th e to ile rs because th ey h av e
proposed schem es of so-called com pul­
and o th e r music furnished
sufficient in telligence and m anhood to
sory a rb itra tio n , and co n sen t to th e
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