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PO R TLA N D LA BO R PRESS AROUND TOWN E Pluribus Un tun In Union There’s Strength What the Union Men of Port- land Are Doing. Union Made Goods ...For Union Men... A GOOD SHOWING IN ALL TRADES It’s up to you, if you w ill not support this Label, no one else should. OUR GOODS havo the Label . . . A C om pend ium o f tin, Verlou* L ocal Or g a n isa tio n s In tli« C ity— A ll In a H ealth y C ondition ami G ro w in g . SUITS AND OVERCOATS $10 to $30 Hats, $1.50 to $ 4 .0 0 FAMOUS CLOTHING CO. MORRISON AND SECOND STREETS W ood O n ly U n io n W<>»<1 Saw er O re g o n P h o n e gin I o n 9 > 7 A ll O r d e r« I* r o m p tly A lle iid e d to 3 1 4 E a s t S ix th S t., C o r . E . M a r k e t PO R TLA N D , ORE. M U E S S IG W rapper Sale Three Great SPECIALS in L A D IE 8’ FL A N N E L E T T E W RAPPERS a t ....................... mcallen & M c D onnell Cor. 3d and Morrison Sts. Portland I. GEUURTZ & SONS The Home Furnishers 173-175 First Street, 219 to 227 Yamhill Street W e carry a com plete line o f Furniture, Carpets and Stoves. W e sell these goods for cash or on easy paym ents if desired. Wo wish to call your especial attention to our line of CONOVER SE W IN G M ACHINES and F A L Y ’S GOLD WATCHES. CONOVER SEWING MACHINES Ball bearing throughout, every improvement, case made of Beaut l'ul Golden Oak, warranted ten years. W e sell those m achines on easy paym ents if desired ..$20.. Faly’a Gold Watches Best Elgin Movements W e oarry 1OO styles F a ly ’s 18 Karat Gold W atchos with the best Elgin Movements. W e sell these w atches for less than jew elry stores. We have these w atches from $15 to $1OO. Fach watch warranted for 20 years. You can get one by paying each week ..$1.00.. The Baker Theatre GEO. L. BAKER, Manager One W eek, Beginning Sunday Afternoon, Nov, 18 M atinees SATURDAY and SUN D A Y F E D U H A T E D T R A D E I COUNCIL. P O R T L A N D , Nov. 7, 1902.—P re si dent Mickley called the m eeting to rder at 8 P. M. M inutes of previous m eeting were read and approved.^ C redentials— Prom L um ber Millmen H . W. P a rk e r; L aborers, Tim Casey. C om m unications—From San Fran cisco L ab o r Council, acknow ledging receipt of $25 sent by this council to the striking tanners, tiled. From Am erican IIK IIX ^ F : A M ) N T H I 4 T I K M . I K O \ - W U I I K I . I I S , M M * L 21). L abor U nion, thanking council ior ef forts in behalf <»f the D enver m attress- The bridge and structural iron w ork m akers, filed. From Mine W orkers, er-. have prepared and given notice to acknow ledging receipt of donations the c o n tra cto rs of a new wage schedule from the following unions, sent through that is to go into effect on the first of the Council: P e r A. W. Jo n e s—L a the com ing year. Notice was given at borers, $50; B akers, $25; Laundry this time so as to prepare the co n tract W orkers, $22 85; T ailors, $203 50. Per o rs to figure upon new w ork upon the A. R. L aw ton—Bookbinders, $20; basis of the new wage scale. The new llo rs e s h o e rs , $35 50; T eam drivers, scale is practically the same as rtiat of $50; Stablem en, $4 50; G rainhandlers, 1902, with the exception of the steel P lasterers. $50; S tationary F ire structure w ork in buildings. The scale: men, $8. Cash subscriptions collected Forem en, $4; engineers, $3; raftsm en, $3: pile drivers, $3; w oodw orkers, $3; by Alex M utch, $12. T otal, $497 35- From T anners U nions of C alifornia steel and stru ctu ral ironw orkers, $3.50. E ight hours shall constitute a day’s —referred to Grievance Com m ittee. From E xpress D rivers stating name w ork upon all G overnm ent and state f firm em ploying non-union m en— work, and steel and iron structural Secretary rep o rted having interviewed buildings. O n all o th e r work, nine m em ber of firm, who prom ised to em hours shall constitute a day’s work. The ploy none but union men in future. w ork claimed by the union shall include From State Federation of L ab o r—to the building of wharves, bridges, via new business. From Boilerm akers, ducts, and tow ers, of either stone^w ood w ithdraw ing delegates—To new busi or iron, ami work pertaining th ereto ; the driving, sawing off and capping of ness. , E xecutive Com m ittee reported hav piles, the erection of iron buildings, and ing exam ined books of S ecretary and o th er structural ironw ork, fram ing of T reasu rer, found them c o rre c t; recom tim bers, etc. At the m eeting of the union last S a t m ended that list ol donations to Mine- w orkers be sent to each union. Re urday night, nine new m em bers were in po rt accepted. As the Mine w orkers itiated. New applications are a regular have not yet notified Council to dis thing. The assessm ent of one day’s pay per continue donations, it was decided to act on recom m endation after all dona m em ber ior the Pennsylvania m iners is being paid in at each m eeting, and the tions have been sent. L ab o r Day C om m ittee reported that ag g reg ate am ount will reach over $300. All m em bers of the union are w ork they had been unable to find all o u t standing tickets and desired that their ing, and the prospects are good for all re p o rt of Septem ber 26 be accepted as winter. F. H. T aylor, secretary of the union, final rep o rt, with addition of $17 ia already turned in and $12 they had in was nom inated and received the unani hand. It was moved and carried that m ous support of the m em bers for L a • the rep o rt be accepted and com m ittee bor C om m issioner. New officers for the ensuing term will discharged. T he trea su re r of the com be elected at the last m eeting of the m ittee thought the tickets could be union in D ecem ber. found, and will endeavor to find them. S ecretary rep o rted having received G R A IX H A W I.E K S * I M O V books of S ecretary -T reasu rer of the R egular m eeting of the G rainhan lishanded Retail T rades Section, and dlers’ Union, LoCal 263, was called to an outstanding hill oi $7 of M ultnom ah o rd e r by President C urtis last Tuesday P rinting Com pany for by-laws. Bill night, and there was a very good a t was o rdered paid, and S ecretary in tendance. M inutes of previous m eeting structed to collect from secretary of were read and approved. F our appli Section a small am ount in treasury cations for m em bership were received and turn same in to Council. T he fol and acted upon. lowing bills were also o rd e re d paid B rothers T hom as and A lger, re p re and w arrants draw n for the am ounts: sentatives of the L ab o r Press, were a d Hall rent. $10; Glass & Prudhom m e, m itted. B ro th er T hom as m ade an elo 500 ic stam ped envelopes anil printing quent appeal for his paper, and received sam e, $7 75; 500 letterheads, $3; Chas. quite a num ber of new nam es on the E. P otter, seal, $3; B oxm akers, dues, subscription list of the L abor Press. $9 00. B rother T hom as is undoubtedly a well- Council accepted w ithdraw al of selected man for that place. B rother B oilerm akers as per their com m uni A lger also m ade a stro n g appeal for cation. new subscribers. B rother A lger is m ost The com m unication from S tate F ed assuredly a good m an as a representa eration regarding Lalx»r C om m issioner tive of the L ab o r Press. was taken up. and G. Y. H arry, H enry The m em bers feel greatly relieved G urr and A. A. Bailey were nom in since the settlem ent with Balfour, Guth ated. Ballot was taken and G. Y. rie & Co. E verything is going on very H arry, receiving m ajority of votes, was nicely and every man is at his old place declared the choice of the Council for as before the trouble arose. the position, should the office be c re T he second annual ball of the union ated. , was held last S aturday at M air’s Hall. A ttention was called to Sec. 2 of The m usic was excellent, furnished by Article IL, and that som e of the del Le Banvey’s orchestra. A nice crowd egates are not at present actively en was in attendance, and everybody en gaged at th eir trade o r calling. D is joyed a pleasant evening. Mrs. H. Reh- cussion ensued, and on m otion, the bin and W. J. T ag g art received the h o n Secretary was in stru cte d , to draft ors of being the best w altzers of the am endm ent to the section so as to a d evening. Mrs. Rehbin received for the mit and retain such delegates by a two- ladies’ prize a handsom e gold pen, and thirds vo^e. Mr. T ag g art for the gentlem an’s prize S tationary Firem en reported that a silver m atch case. th eir new agreem ent with Brew eries The corresponding secretary read a will go into effect M onday, N evem ber letter from the international president, Mr. Keefe, statin g everything is Jound 10. C ooks and W aiters reported con | in a p rosperous condition in San Fran- 1 cisco. solidation and invited Council to sm oker M onday, N ovem ber 10. M ACHINISTS* I M O Y I. L. M. AMI) T . A ., NO. 2 0 5 . Prices W ithin Reach o f All Z v e n lz x g 1 5 -2 5 -3 5 -5 0 o P h o n e .: O reg o n N o r th 1 0 7 5 eclipse anything of the kind given this season. A few of the boys are learning to dance ami are try in g to k eep it quiet. C ertain allegations have been made against them , in which Cupid is to do som e of his fatal m arksm anship, but the time and place is yet a mystery, though one o r tw o of the designing parties are known. Unless this sneak ing disposition is dispensed with, charges will be preferred against them in the union. A. J. M adsen, fourth vice-president of the In ternational L ongshorem en, M a rine an<l T ran sp o rt W o rk ers’ U nion, has received w ord from President Keefe, who is in San Francisco, that the trouble with the Pacific Coast Steam ship Com pany is about to be sa t isfactorily settled. The m anagers of the com pany, he states, will soon sign an agreem ent to the effect that they will employ none but union longshorem en. The union has had trouble with this com pany at S eattle for several m onths past, and for a tim e a strike of gigantic p ro p o rtio n s was threatened. Had it been declared, every shipping p e rt along the Coast, excepting Portland, would have been affected. M a t i n e e 1 0 -1 5 -2 5 o C o lu m b ia 5 0 6 JJloïER C lothing C d . Carries the largest stock o f UNION MADE CLOTHING in the city. Every hat w e sell bears the UNION LABEL. Patronize us and encourage UNION LABOR. W hen you see it in our ad it’s so. The plasterers of New Y ork, who The stationary engineers are joining the striking tanners in C alifornia, and have been on strike since O ctober 21. it is believed that this action will tend have settled their differences by a rb itra tion ami retu rn ed to w ork N ovem ber 5. to bring aboht an early settlem ent. At the m eeting of the L ongshorem en N ovem ber 6, tw-o new m em bers were initiated and eight applications received. A com m ittee was appointed to amend the by-laws in relation to certain local conditions. R. T om assen, who was injured on the leg about a m onth ago by a sack of w heat, is able to be around. G eorge Bradley is reported on the sick list. W ork along the w ater front is fair and enough men are available to do all there is at present. A few m em bers from o th er p o rts have arrived lately. The sto rk visited the hom e of Frank \V illis, trea su re r of No. 265, Ikst M on day, and left a handsom e io-pound baby girl. The boys are sm oking blue-la beled cigars and subm erging Frank with congratulations. Last Saturday night a num ber of the boys attended the dance given by the G rainhandlers at M air’s Hall.- and re port a splendid time. Fully 150 couples were in attendance, and free ears were furnished the participants after the dance was over. No. 265 expects to give a grand hall in the near future that will, they say D O N ’T B Ï I S S I T ■ A R R B R I* I M O V A large attendance was present last M onday evening, and the m eeting was quite interesting, ow ing to the fact that am endm ents to the state b a rb ers’ law were taken up. Every one seem ed in terested, and the tim e was -pent in oratory. At the conclusion of the m eeting the necessary am endm ent- were settled upon as far as this local was concerned. T he m em bers were all well satisfied with the result, and the executive board was given full power to act at the coining m eeting of barbers which is to be held on the 16th inst. in E agles’ H all at 1 o ’clock P. M. B a r bers from different p a rts of the state . will he there, and they will fully discuss the m erits of the law, and will settle upon the am endm ents necessary to m ake the law self-supporting, and will be of g re ater benefit to the b arber fra ternity. T hree m em bers were initiated—Bros. J. M. Pitm an. C. E. Boom an and A. C. D anford. T w o adm itted by card and three tran sfer cards issued. The secretary received instructions from the international to visit Seattle as soon as possible and aid in o rg a n izing the barbers there. He will leave for that city about the 18th inst. The Last W eek o f Our Great $ 3 .6 5 OVERCOAT and SU IT SALE LION CLOTHING CO. 165 Third St. Morri.on W E LL! I DECLARE! T h e W ord G u a ra n teed I h u s e d s o in iiv li n o w * a c l a y H i l i a t I t lia w t o n i c 10 m e a n little . H u t o u r ;u a ra u te e o f S O P A IN n d e n t a lw o r k lia n b e e n m a d e k o o <1 f r o m th e M tu rt a n d I h b e l u u m a d e g o o d e x e ry d a y . It In a g u a r a n t e e t l i a t h ( h i i <1 h . r Wise Pros. TAJLOKM' I M OY. 208,209.210,211.212.213 FAIlittC BiOC CO« IlM O WASHIKCTON STS. M onday night the T ailors initiated four new’ m em bers, besides the usual Open even ings till »; M unday»from » to 12 Both Hhonea: Or. South 22B1; Cot. am ount of routine w ork, and voted $10 to the striking m em bers of No. 64. at Board and L odging, $4.00 L o d g in g , 20 and 25 C ents Buffalo, N. Y. per week, and upward The nom ination of L ab o r Com m is M eals, 20 C ents sioner was taken up. and C harles M ick Oregon Telephone, North 981 ley, form er president of the T ailors, and at present president of the F e d e r ated T rades Council, was the unani m ous choice of the union. S ubsequent ly, Mr. Mickley resigned in favor oi G. Y. H arry, and the latter was also chosen w ithout a dissenting voice. JOHN MATTHIESEN. Prop. O n the donation of a day’s pay from each m em ber for the m iners in P e n n sylvania. $60.50 was collected, in addi 253-255 Front Street tion to th at already sent. C o r n e r o f M a d is o n A plan was considered to deal with a tailor by the nam e of Rush, and the Polay b rothers, who were asked not to accept work from any of the unfair sto res pending a settlem ent, hut did so. and were fined $25 each by the union. These men d isregarded all the rules and principles of unionism , and will be dealt with accordingly. Hotel zur Rheinphalz Portland, Oregon T B A M D R IY K R S . NO. 102. M eeting called to ord er by P resident Jones with good attendance. Nine a p plications found on the table. A com m unication was read from L o cal 294. Retail C lerks International P ro tective A ssociation, requesting that the m em bers of labor unions call for the clerk s’ union card before buying goods in the stores. W e will say to our b ro th ers th at this ha- been the custom of all union team sters. E ight m ore nam es were added to the roll of Local 162. T hus the good work is going on. and a m erry smile is visible on the faces of all old union boys. Let us make a clean sweep of this locality and see that every man that w ork- is a m em ber of some union. The social of the Team D river- was a grand success. E very one enjoyed the event and look forw ard for the next social. A. A. H A L L , Cor. Secy. I PH O LSTER ER S AM ) I .A V E R S . OF .orrai CARPKT- The U p h o lste re rs’ and C arp et-L ay e rs’ U nion m et in reg u lar session W ednesday night and discussed at con siderable length the wage schedule that they had recently presented to the bosses. It was show n th at besides the carpet houses, the only firm up to the present tim e th at m et the requirem ents asked for was the P o rtlan d U pholster ing & M attress C om pany. T his firm agreed at once to an advance, and now em ploys none but union men. The U p h o lsterers’ and C arp et-L a y e rs’ U n ion desires to call the attention of o r ganized labor to this fact and ask their assistance in securing b e tte r conditions for the u pholsterers in the contending establishm ents. BROTHERHOOD X-yt «oMt PRODUCTION A S K DEAEvEKSA'- V N I O N M AUSE, S T A T IO N A H I Notice to Unions Step in line and secure your portion o f these unusual low priced n ecessities Men’s All W ool Sox. extra heavy, per pair P IR R M B Y . L I M A I , U N . E ditor L abor P re ss: D ear Sir and B ro th er—I am glad to inform you that the S tationary F ire men have been successful with the p ro p rieto rs of the brew eries for eight hours. At W e in h a rd s it went into effect on N ovem ber 10. and hope to have everything settled with the G am brinus by the 17th. I m ust say th at the pro prietors treated the firem en’s com m ittee like gentlem en. I hope we will be m ore successful getting firemen to join our union after this, as there is a g re at num ber of them in the city w orking 12 hours at the present time. W e will try our best to get them . Y o u rs fraternally. JA M E S R O B E R T S . Secy. 25c Men’s extra heavy 8eotch Wool double breasted and double seated underwear, per ga rm en t........... $1.25 W orking Men’s extra heavy suspenders, regular 50c grade for - ............... 35c And in the D om estic D ep art ment you can get 10-4 Cotton Blankets that w ere CO 75c f o r ............................... D O C Large Feather P illow 3 g (2 W ool F lannels in all colors, 28 inches w ide, per OC yard.................................... Z O C For any o f the articles m entioned above and for the low est prices and b est valu es in U n derwear, Cloaks, Bedding and G eneral Dry Goods, come to L. SHANAHAN HHEW ERM ' I M OV. .At the re g u la r m eeting of the M a The m eeting last Saturday night wa chinists. N ovem ber 7, considerable ro u tine business was transacted, two new weH attended and m uch interest m ani m em bers were initiated, and one appli fested. T here were no initiations, no I applications for m em bership, as there cation filed. The finance com m ittee on the ball are no brew ers outside of the union. given about a m onth ago, reported The union is in good condition finan M tT N C M S T about $50 in excess of expenses, which cially and in m em bership. The Brew am ount was voted to tWc striking m a ery Firem en are delighted with the chinists in the U nion Pacific Railroad. 1 shortening of their hours. H eretofore od r"*oe «*«* A b ro th er from the A storia U N IO ^ was present, and under the good of the ’ hours per day. and on last Monday they ord er m ade a very pleasliTg and i n - ' started to work on an eight-hour day. C A I . I . F O B T I A Iß structive address along the lines of u n the same as the brew ers, and for thi reduction of tour and six hours they ionism. This led to a general discus have conceded 50 cents per week, m ak sion of the union label, unionism from ing th eir wages p e r week $17 50 instead an econom ic standpoint, and the social of $18. advancem ent of the m odern industrial P R B 9 B M K V S I MOW. w orker. The argum ent was particip at The usual am ount of routine business ed in by B rothers U pton. A hrens. A l F a c t o r y 1 0 5 F ir s t S t r e e t ger, T hom as, and P resident Joe Tracey was transacted at the m eeting last Tues- m ade a good talk, which was listened to f’ay evening. B. J. D epenning, sec re tary -trea su re r wilh a g re at deal of interest. It will hereafter be the policy of the of the union, was nom inated for L abor J . L E S S E It JACK KING’S union to take up tljese questions m ore C om m issioner. JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER Carl A bendroth, em ployed in the fully at ea h m eeting. As the reg u lar 18819613 R E P A I R I N G A S P R C IA L T Y m eetings of the union occur on the sec pressroom of the O reg o n ian , whose left SURE CURE FOR RHEUMATISM ond and fourth Friday evenings of each hand was badlv lacerated two weeks A full lin e of lUautofxl*, Wat ehe«, EXPERT CHIROPODIST FREE m onth, an effort will l»e m ade to take ago by being hem g caught betw een the cyl- Jew elry, o p tica l «o» d « ................... B A S E M E N T IM P E R I A L H O T E L im proving and ex up the first and third Friday evenings I 1 in tk rs, is gradually gra< 2«» W A SH!NO TON RT. able to resum e his w ork i, 7ra AND WASHINCION SIS. in the future with social affairs and ( peats t o be al m h * lm » 2« o OH*. HOT«!. riWKIMA m onths. PO RTLAND, OR. debates of various!kinds. I a v a i t tw o mo 144-46 Third Street ^4^ Portland, Oregon This Label will be found on every pair of our Suspenders A ll our Suspenders h a s the Union Label , and are th e best rnnrla.— HOME M ANUFACTURED U N IO N M A D E C O L U M B IA , HOT AIR TUBS
