PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
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World-Wide Labor Movement
I n te r e s tin g
Ite m s
F rom
T rade
U n io n P a p e r s a n d E x c h a n g e s ,
a t H om e an d A b road .
Sm oke the
T he e ig h t-h o u r law has passed th e
M ontana leg isla tu re and was im m edi
a te ly approved by th e governor. T his
law was th e effort of th e union m en in
th e leg isla tu re and th ey won out.
“ Multnomah,” “ M t. Hood”
“ Mozart
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A new le a th e r w o rk e rs’ union
been form ed in Sacram ento.
has
The union le a th e r w orkers of P o rt
land a re g en erally a t w ork, b ut th ere
is n o room for any m ore.
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T h e T ypographical U nion of New
Y ork have w ith d raw n th e boycott
w hich they h av e had on th e Sun.
B ecause o f th e p rese n t long h our day
m an y are unem ployed, and th e m an on
th e s tre e t fixes th e w ages paid to th e
m an a t work.
S trik e s a re th e b a ttle fields w here th e
conflict wages
m ost d ire to both
p a rtie s; th erefo re, should be reso rted
to only as a la st reso rt.
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T he use of the label of th e U nited
B rew ery W o rk e rs’ N atio n al U nion is
only g ran ted to such firm s w here all
em ployes a re organized and child labor-
is abolished.
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T he St. Louis p la s te re rs ’ union, w hich
w as suspended by th e In te rn a tio n a l
convention for failin g to com ply w ith
o rd ers of th e n a tio n a l executive board,
h a s been re-in sta te d .
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T he In d ia n a p o lis p rin te rs have called
on th e In te rn a tio n a l T yp o g rap h ical
U nion to an n u l th e a g re e m e n t w ith the
pressm en and bookbinders, and tak e
ste p s to com bine every b ran ch of the
tra d e .
T he A m algam ated E n g in e e rs re p o rt
in th e ir J a n u a ry J o u rn a l th a t in spite
of th e burden of th e ir self-im posed
s u p e ra n n u a tio n fund, th ey a re adding
to th e ir rese rv e a t th e ra te of $10,000 a
m onth. The p a st year produced a low
er unem ployed lis t th a n for m any years
in th e past.
T he S w itch m en ’s U nion of N orth
A m erica, organized in F e b ru a ry . 1899,
now has 185 local unions. A sick bene-
fit of .$5 per w eek and an in su ran ce
plan of paying $1,000 to an y m em ber
so disabled as to prevent him follow
ing th e avocation of a sw itchm an, are
fe a tu re s of the union.
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Since 1871, 1,195 unions, w ith an
a v e ra g e m em bership of 96,295, have
been organized in D enm ark. In th e
p a st 30 y ears w ages h av e advanced 70
per cent, and th e h o u rs of lab o r r e
duced from 11 to 9 hours. D enm ark
affords an exam ple of w h a t o rg an iz a
tio n accom plishes for w o rk in g men.
T he Lord now ow ns th e Second B ap
tis t church, as th e m em bers of th e con
g reg a tio n burned th e m o rtg ag e upon
th e b uilding y esterd ay evening.. Some
day th e re will be no m o rtg ag es to
b u rn , for such docum ents are evidences
of som e one liv in g upon th e necessity
of o th e r ir.en.—L abor News.
A fter tw elve m onths of war, th e a rb i
tra tio n com m ittees of th e C a rp e n te rs’
and B u ild ers’ A ssociation and th e C a r
p e n te rs ’ executive council have signed
an agreem ent.
T he S a tu rd a y h a lf
holiday, tim e and a h a lf for over
tim e and double tim e for S undays and
holidays, and th e w eekly pay-day have
been given th e men.
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T he Illin o is factory inspector, in hi»
a n n u a l rep o rt, show s th a t tu e re has
been “ an u nusual increase in tr e num
ber of ch ild ren em ployed in th e fac
to ries, and th e consequent crow ding
o u t of m en and w om en.” In C hicago
alone ab o u t 11,000 children are em ploy
ed in places visited. More law s are de
m anded, not to rem ove causes, b ut to
deal w ith effects.
A n u m b er of sm all job p rin te rs in
C hicago h av e form ed an asso ciatio n
and procured a s ta te c h a rte r to lau n ch
a new label in t'he field. T he Allied
P rin tin g T ra d e s ’ Council declares th a t
th is label is an in frin g e m en t, a n d has
tak e n steps to have th e co u rts re s tra in
its use.
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CIGARS
Manufactured by
P H IL HARRIS
’Phone, clay 623
2 0 2 £ Washington St.
L o d g in g p e r n ig h t, 2oc
S en ato r M cM illan h a s introduced,
am ong o th e r m easures, a bill to p ro
vide fo r an in v e stig a tio n in to th e s a n i
ta r y co n d itio n s of th e m an u fa ctu re and
sale of c lo th in g in th e D istric t of Co
lum bia. It a u th o rize s and d ire c ts th e
h e a lth officer to in v estig a te th is m a tte r
in re la tio n to public h e a lth , and to re
p o rt th e re s u lt of th e in v e stig a tio n at
th e n ex t session of C ongress.
B o a r d a n d L o d g in g , $ 4 .0 0
M e a ls , 2 0 c
B o a r d p e r w e e k $ 3 .2 5
Oregon Telephone, North 981
Hotel zur Rheinphalz
JOHN MATTHIESEN, Prop.
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253-255 Front street
T he P h ila d e lp h ia L e tte r C a rrie rs ’
A ssociation has decided th a t th e ta ilo r
w ho secures th e o rd e r fo r th e ir sp rin g
and su m m er u n ifo rm s m u st in se rt a
clause in th e ir c o n tra c t to th e effect
th a t each su it w ill b e a r th e union label.
P o s tm a s te r H icks, w ho a c ts as th e ir
a g e n t in c o n tra c tin g for th e 1,200 u n i
form s, approves of th e clause and will
in sist on com pliance w ith it.
Corner of Madison
A reso lu tio n in tro d u ced in th e B ric k
la y e rs ’ and M asons’ In te rn a tio n a l
U n.on convention a t M ilw aukee calls
upon th e u n ions th ro u g h o u t th e coun
try to w ait upon city councils for th e
purpose of in d u cin g th o se bodies to
pass such le g isla tio n as will do aw ay
w ith th e le ttin g of c o n tra c ts by cities
on all m unicipal b u ildings and re p a ir
w ork, th e cities em ploying m en d irect-
per diem.
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It is rep o rted th a t th e G reat N o rth
ern will d isch arg e all Ja p s in th e em
ploy of th e road because th e ir cheap
labor has proven a failu re. T hese yel
low m en c a n n o t do as m uch w ork as a
w h ite m an. and th ey a re said to w aste
la w m ate ria l. In the long ru n th e com
pany is o u t of pocket in em ploying
them , and now w a n ts to get rid of
them . T he question rem ains. W h a t
will these m en do w hen th ey a re o u t of
jobs? The u n ions should see th a t they
are not em ployed on local work.
T he o ld est u nion re ta il c le rk in th e
U nited S ta te s is said to be Jaco b K op-
lin, of A kron, O. H e is 73, and h as been
in a c tu a l service as a salesm an since
1849, ex cepting th re e y ears, d u rin g th e
C ivil W ar, w hen he served in th e 49th
O. V. I., an d one y e a r w hen he was
M arshal of A kron. K oplin w as born
in C hippew a to w n sh ip and m oved to
S um m it county w hen five y ears of age.
Since 1878 he h a s been em ployed by J.
K och & Co. He Is tre a s u re r of C le rk s ’
U nion, No. 100, of A kron, and is also
a m em ber of B uckley post. G. A. R.
K oplin has also served as in firm ary
d irector.
P ro m in e n t lab o r m en claim th a t th e
e ig h t-h o u r d a y h a s m ade a rad ical
ch an g e in th e d esire fo r stro n g d rin k
am ong m em bers of tra d e unions. To
prove th e ir claim s they p o in t to th e
d isa s te r t h a t o v e rta k e s all who open
saloons in “ L abor R ow .” Several years,
ago th e re w ere six saloons w ith in 100
feet of th e B uild in g T rad es C ouncil
h ta d q u a rte rs. A t th e p rese n t tim e
th e re is only one. W h ile on an a v e r
age 10.000 m en m eet a t 187 W a sh in g
ton s tre e t ev ery w eek, it is said to be a
ra re th in g to find a h a lf a dozen In any
of. th e salo o n s in th a t n eighborhood.—
C hicago A m erican.
Ja m e s R id p a th , th e h isto ria n , said:
“ I favor th e e ig h t-h o u r w orkday,
w h eth er o r not it will Increase th e cost
of production. T he cost of pro d u cin g
goods is of infinitely less im p o rta n c e to
a dem ocratic civ ilizatio n th a n th e m ore
e q u itab le d istrib u tio n of w ealth, leisure
Portland, Oregon
HENRY WEINHARD
PROPRIETOR OF THE
CITY BREWERY
Established in 1 8 6 2 . Largest and most
complete Brewery in the Northwest
BOTTLED BEER A SPECIALTY
Office: Thirteenth and
Burnside Streets....
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C h ic a g o
C o s tu m e
H o u s e
F G. WONDER, P roprietor
(M e m b er M u s ic ia n s ' U n io n L o ca l No. 99)
MANUFACTURING COSTUMER
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES
SPECIAL RATES TO UNIONS AND SOCIETIES-
329 Morrison Street
and e d u c atin a l ad v an tag es.
B e tte r
dear goods th a n cheap m en. T he m ost
im p o rta n t p ro d u cts of a republic are
no tits m an u fa ctu res, b u t its citizens.
Long h o u rs m ak e shoddy A m ericans.”
lab o r h as proven a failu re. T hese yel-
not its m a n u fa c tu re rs, b u t its citizens,
raw m aterial. I n th e long ru n th e com
pany is o u t of pocket in em ploying
SMOKE the SCHILLER and STATE SEAL CIGARS
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281 WASHINGTON STREET
Schiller Cigar Faciorg
Manufacturer, Wholesale and
Retail Dealer in
Havana^ Domestic Cigars
A p ro m in e n t S e a ttle shoe dealer sa id
re c e n tly : “ A t first I could n o t look
fav o rab ly upon th e C le rk s’ U nion. F o r
ten y ears in th is city I k e p t my sto re
open an d w orked my c le rk s and m yself
u n til 10 P. M. I th o u g h t th a t closing
a t 6, as req u ired by th e clerks, would
reduce m y incom e to such an e x te n t
t h a t it w ould ru in me. A y e a r’s tria l
of e a rly closing has convinced m e of
th e e rro r of m y opinion. My clerk s and
m yself now q u it a t 6, and m y receip ts
a re as la rg e as ever. I figure th a t
u n til th e e a rly closing m ovem ent w as
in a u g u ra te d I h av e p ra c tic a lly been in
a s ta te of v o lu n ta ry se rv itu d e , and I
have th e C le rk s’ U nion to th a n k fo r
liftin g m e o u t of it.”
U nder public ow nership, T opeka,
K an., p o p u latio n 32,000, pays $59.73 for
th e sam e service, w hich includes 5 per
cen t fo r in te re s t and
d e p re c ia tio n
charges. Coal. $2 p er ton.
U nder p riv a te ow n ersh ip , F u lto n , N.
Y., p o p u latio n 5,000 p ays $60 p e r a n
num for s tre e t arcs. W a te r pow er is
used. T h e price Is too h ig h because
u n d e r public o w n ersh ip , N iles, M ich.,
p o p u latio n 5,000, pays $25.48 fo r th e
sam e service, w hich includes) 5 p er c e n t
fo r in te re s t and d e p re c ia tio n of p lan t.
W a te r is th e pow er used.
U nder p riv a te ow nership, S a cram en
to, Cal., p o p u latio n 35,000, pays $123
per an n u m for each s tre e t arc. W a te r
pow er is used.
Show y our n o n -u n io n b ro th e r, th a t
you a re in e a rn e s t in y o u r unio n ism
and it w ill go a long w ay to w a rd con
v e rtin g him.
N . W . Cor. F o u r th
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P o r tla n d , O regon
Telephone No. 1831 Black