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.
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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
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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
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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.—
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