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L A T H E R S ' U i'iO IT .
T he L a th e rs ’ U nion held th e ir usual
w eekly m eetin g la st T h u rsd ay n ig h i
w ith a fa ir a tte n d a n c e . No business
of public in te re s t w as tra n sa cte d , and
th e e v en in g w as ta k e n up w ith ro u tin e
m a tte rs.
W O O D W O R K E R S ’ U N IO N .
T he wood w o rk ers w ho w ere rec e n tly
organized a re m a k in g good p ro g ress in
u n io n iz in g th e ir trad e. They a re an
in te llig e n t lot of m en, and know a
good th in g w hen th ey see it. T h eir
m eetin g s are well a tten d ed .
T E A M S T E R S ’ U N IO N .
P re sid e n t Jo n e s presided a t the m eet
ing of th e T e a m s te rs ’ U nion T uesday
n ig h t. T h e re w as one in itia tio n . A
com m ittee of th re e w as appointed to
am end th e by-law s. E. C. R o b erts was
elected d ire c to r o f th e P o rtla n d L abor
P ress. B ro th e r Ed Jo n e s was a p p o in t
ed co rresp o n d en t.
P L A S T E R E R S ’ U N IO N .
P re sid e n t Reed held th e c h a ir down
a t th e p la s te re rs ’ m ee tin g la s t F rid a y
e v e n in g in H orse S h o ers’ H all. The
m em bers tu rn e d o u t in goodly n u m
bers, th o u g h th e re w as n o t m uch b u si
ness to a tte n d to. W o rk is fairly good,
b u t th e re is> no lack of m en to do it.
L E A T H E R W O R K E R S ’ U N IO N .
T h e re is b u t little new to be said
a b o u t th e L e a th e r W o rk e rs’ U nion,
except th a t th e n e a r a p p ro ach c f sp rin g
bids f a ir to in crease em ploym ent, so
th a t all m en in th e city can h av e w ork.
T he a tte n d a n c e a t th e m eetin g s of th e
u n io n ia good, and th e m em bers feel
very hopeful fo r th e ir tra d e in P o r t
lan d . A t th e m ee tin g la s t week sev
e ra l new m em b ers w ere in itia te d . In
fact, n e a rly all th e le g itim a te le a th e r
w o rk e rs in tow n belo n g to th e union.
L A U N D R Y W O R K E R S ’ U N IO N .
E v e ry day w e h e a r rep o rts th a t con
firm th e o p in io n th a t if th e re ever was
a n ecessity for a la u n d ry w o rk e rs’
u n io n th e re is such a necessity
in
P o rtla n d . I t i3 c e rta in ly needed very
badly. T h e re a re m an y w ays in w hich
th e o verw orked people o f th is c allin g
c a n benefit th em selv es by fo rm in g an
o rg a n iz a tio n . G et to g e th e r and be o r
ganized in to a u n io n if you w a n t th e
abuse u n d e r w hich
you
stru g g le
stopped.
B A R B E R S ' U N IO N .
T h e m eetin g of th e B a rb e rs’ U nion
M onday n ig h t called out the usual
larg e nw riber of a tte n d a n ts . In fact,
th e b a rb e rs are alw ay s on hand a t the
m eetings of th e ir union, and th a t is the
reason w hy th ey a re g en erally suc
cessful. E very one d o esn 't sta y aw ay
and leave the h u-den for som e one else
to carry . They had. as they alw ays do,
an in te re s tin g m eetin g and did co nsid
erab le business. T hey co n tin u e to add
to th e ir m em bers and th e ir stre n g th .
S H IP W R IG H T S ’,
S H IP C A U L K -
E R S ’ A N D C A R P E N T E R S ’.
T he S h ip w rig h ts’ and
C a u lk e rs’
U nion m et la s t S a tu rd a y n ig h t, w ith
P re sid e n t D ouglas in th e chair. T hree
new m em bers w ere in itia ted . B ro th e rs
E . McGee and J o h n Nelson, w ho a re
on th e sick list, a re recovering. W ork
1 6 5 THIRD ST.
BET. M O R R IS O N A N D Y A M H IL L
M IL L M E N ’S U N IO N .
T he Mill W o rk e rs ’ U n io n m et a t 3
o’clock in th e a fte rn o o n , P re sid e n t
B ushm an in th e eh air. M uch b u sin ess
of im potance w as done, e lic itin g ex
tended discussion, p a tic ip a te d in by
M essrs. C h am b erlain , Reed, P a rk e r,
B ushm an and o th ers. L eo n ard B eck
e r’s re sig n a tio n as se c re ta ry of union
w as accepted. P re sid e n t B u sh m an and
W . H. P a rk e r m ade e a rn e s t and elo
q u e n t ad d resses in co m m en d atio n of a
little p a m p h le t on th e C hinese q u e s
tio n ju s t pu b lish ed by J. T. M organ,
one of th e m em b ers of th e union.
C A R P E N T E R S ’ U N IO N .
T h e C a rp e n te rs ’ U nion c o n tin u e s to
grow ; b u t n o t a s rap id ly as it should.
New m em bers are in itia te d a t a lm o st
ev ery m eeting, and th e w ork is g ra d u
a lly th o u g h slo w ly ad v an cin g . T h e re
a re scores of c a rp e n te rs in th e city,
how ever, w ho a re still o u tsid e of th e
union, and w ho o u g h t to he co n v erted
to good u nion m en. T h e ir h e a rts a re
r ig h t, b u t th e su b je c t ¡has n e v e r been
p rese n ted to th e m in a p ro p er m an n er.
T h e la s t m ee tin g o f th e u n io n w as
fa irly well a tte n d e d and a good deal
b u sin ess w as done.
The
m em bers
should get a m ove o n th em se lv e s to
ab so rb all th e d esirab le m a te ria l before
th e sp rin g w ork begins, and th a t w o n ’t
be long.
B ro th e r P e te r C ostello, of th e B u ild
ing L a b o re rs’ U nion, is sick a t his
hom e.
Mr. A rth u r B ooth, of th e T eam
D riv e rs’ U nion, left la st M onday e v e n
in g for M innesota, his old hom e, to a t
tend th e fu n e ra l of his fa th e r, w ho
rec e n tly died. B ro th e r B ooth has th e
sy m p a th y of a large n u m b er of frien d s.
C L E R K S ’ U N IO N .
T h e re w as a fa ir a tte n d a n c e a t the
m eetin g of th e C le rk s’ U nion F rid a y
n ig h t. T h ey h av e secured A lisky H all,
c o rn e r of T h ird an d M orrison stre e ts,
fo r m eetings. H e re a fte r, beg nn ng n ex t
m o n th , th e union will m eet every F r i
day n ig h t. C om m encing th e first of
n e x t m o n th , th e ro ll of m em bers will
he called a t every m eeting, and those
a b s e n t fo r th re e consecutive m eetings
w ith o u t a good excuse w ill be su s
pended.
THE LION STORE
is fairly good, th o u g h th e re is n ot
enough to keep all th e m em bers em
ployed.
A co m m ittee w as ap p o in ted a t th e
la st m eeting to get up th e by-law s for
the union.
Mr. J. T. M organ, of th e M ill M en’s
U nion, h as ju s t p u blished a p am p h let,
in w hich he discusses th e C hinese im
m ig ra tio n q u e stio n in a m ost e x h a u s
tiv e m an n er. Mr. M organ h as given
th e
su b je c t
m uch
th o u g h t
and
th o ro u g h ly u n d e rs ta n d s it. No one
w ho w a n ts to o b ta in lig h t on th is
m uch m ooted q u estio n can afford to be
w ith o u t th is little p u b licatio n . T h e
price of it is only 25 cents, and we
d o n ’t know w here one could get m ore
fo r th a t a m o u n t of m oney th a n by
p eru sin g th is p am phlet.
O P IN IO N W O R T H H E E D IN G .
“ If th e la b o rin g p o p u latio n could get
th e sto re s to close S a tu rd a y n ig h ts, it
w ould m ean a S a tu rd a y h a lf holiday
fo r th o se em ployed in th e m a n u fa c tu r
in g in d u strie s a t le a s t,” is th e opinion
of W illa rd M ilton C ollins, s u p e rin te n
den t of th e “ p u b licity b u re a u ” of H a m
ilto n C a rh a tt & Co., of D etro it. T he
p u b licity m an o f a g re a t c o rp o ra tio n ,
now adays, h a s m o re d u tie s th a n m erely
seein g to th e a d v e rtis in g of th e c o n
cern he re p re se n ts. O th e r w ays h av e
been found to give a. good re tu rn for
th e ex p en se in cu rred , and one of them
is to keep a s h a rp eye on all co n v e n
tio n s com posed in a n y w ay o f dele
gates, e ith e r d ire c tly o r in d ire c tly in
te re ste d in th e goods m an u fa ctu red .
A n o th e r is lo o k in g a fte r th e com fort
and e n jo y m e n ts of th e em ployes, w hen
th e term “ social s e c re ta ry ” is b eg in n in g
to he used.
“ W ith th e c le rk s relieved from S a t
u rd ay n ig h t w o rk ,” C ollins co n tin u ed ,
“ th e n ecessity fo r a S a tu rd a y h alf h o li
day would be m ore a p p a re n t, and th e
concerns th a t now s h u t dow n a t 3
would close a t 1. and th o se now r u n
n in g u n til 5 w ould stop a t 3. F in a lly
th e half ho lid ay woud becom e u n iv e r
sal.
“ I th in k if th e m e rc h a n ts w ould c a re
fully consider a ll th e ele m en ts of ex-
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pense th a t e n te r in to th is S a tu rd a y
n ig h t w ork th ey w ould sto p it pretty-
quick. B ut c u sto m is a s tro n g facto r,
for w h a t people a re accustom ed to th ey
w ill do, even if it involves a g re a te r
cost th a n a b e tte r m ethod. Look a t
c o u n try places keep in g open u n til 8 or
9 o’clock every n ig h t. W hy, if th e
sto re s w ere open only h a lf a day th e y
could do all th e b u sin ess th e re is. B ut
in stead , everybody is k ep t in from 7
or 8 o’clock in th e m o rn in g u n til 8 or
9 a t n ig h t. No w onder th e clerk s and
p ro p rie to rs d ra g th em selv es a ro u n d ,
and show n o a n im a tio n w hen a c u s
to m e r com es in .”
T H E C H IN E S E C R IM IN A L .
A9 had been a rra n g e d a t th e m ee tin g
of th e fo reig n m in is te rs and C hinese
p le n ip o te n tia rie s, th e e n tire pro ceed
ings w ere conducted o rally , no w rit
in g s bein g p rese n ted to th e C hinese. A
fo rm al in d ic tm e n t a g a in s t th e 12 offi
c ia ls w hose p u n ish m e n t had been de
m anded by th e pow ers w as read , how
ever, th o u g h K a n g Yi and Li Li P in g
a re dead.
T he p rin c ip al officials w hose p u n ish
m en t h a s been dem anded a re : P rin c e
C hung, co m m an d er in chief of th e B ox
ers, w ho 'had a larg e s h a re in th e r e
sp o n sib ility fo r prom ises of rew ard of
50 ta e ls for th e c a p tu re of fo re ig n ers
and th e d e a th of p erso n s p ro te c tin g
them .
P rin c e T u an , th e p rin c ip al in s tig a to r
of th e tro u b le s in to w hich he drag g ed
th e C hinese g o v e rn m e n t: w ho w as a p
pointed p re sid e n t of th e ts u n g li yam en
a fte r g iv in g advice to th e C hinese
g o v e rn m e n t; w ho w as resp o n sib le for
th e edicts a g a in s t th e fo re ig n ers issued
b etw een J u n e 30 and A u gust 16, and
w as m ain ly re sp o n sib le for th e m a s
sacres in th e provinces, especially
S han si; w ho o rd ered th e tro o p s to a t
tac k th e leg a tio n s in o p p o sitio n to th e
ad vice of h is m a n d a rin s , w ho w ere
lo o k in g to a cessatio n of h o s tilitie s ;
w ho secured th e ex ecution of m em bers
of th e tsu n g li yam en w ho w ere fa v o r
able to fo re ig n e rs; who is th e reco g
nized a u th o r of th e u ltim a tu m of J u n e
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19 d ire c tin g th e d iplom atic corps to
leave P e k in w ith in 24 hours, and w ho
o rd ered before th e e x p ira tio n of th is
decree firin g upon all fo reig n ers found
upon th e s tre e ts of th e c ap ital, and
w ho w as p ra c tic a lly the a u th o r of the
a s sa s s in a tio n of B aron von K etteler,
th e G erm an m in ister.
GOOD M A N GONE.
L a st S a tu rd a y th e frie n d s of the late
Jo h n F. B lack follow ed h is rem a in s to
M ount Zion cem etery, w here they w ere
buried. Mr. B lack had been in St.
V in c e n t's H ospital fo rty -tw o days w ith
pn eu m o n ia, and was d isch arg ed by his
p h y sic ia n as well. He, how ever, e x
posed h im self too soon and suffered a
relap se, w hich resu lted fata lly .
Mr.
B lack wa3 65 y e a rs old, w as a n a tiv e
of P o rtla n d , Me., and leaves many,
frien d s to m ourn h is death , one of the
m ost sin cere of whom is Tim Casey, a
m em ber of th e B uilding L a b o re rs’
U nion, an d w ho boarded a t Mr. B lack's
house.