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FEDERATED TRADES COUNCILj
OFFICIAL PAPER
STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR
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TllA D E UNIO NS A R E TH E B U L W A R K S OF M ODERN DEM OCRACIES.— W. E. GLADSTONE.
P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N , A U G U S T 21, 1903
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MEET IN CHICAGO
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STRONGEST IN THE WORLD
¡Civic Federation Will Convene
in October.
W ILL BE A B IC REPRESENTATION
Bates for Insurance no H igher Than Other Companies
Information Cheerfully Furnished
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to g eth er has been very rare indeed.
We have been in stru m en tal in settling
nearly Ititi strikes in tw o years.
The only failure of any im portance
was in the great an th ra cite strike. I
made a proposition to the m ine o w n ­
ers to settle the strike on a basis of 5
per cent advance to the m iners and
they refused. T he arb itra tio n board
appointed by P resident Roosevelt gave
the m iners m ore than tw ice as much,
li our offer had been accepted it would
fcave saved this co u n try $200,000,001).
UNFAIR HATTERS
Using Bogus Labels in Western
Trade.
Mr. H ennelly is passin g out som e
¡very nice souvenir m atch boxes, also
billing the city w ith ad v ertisin g m a t­
ter. calling atten tio n to the h a tte rs’
label, and how it is sewed in th e
i union hat. H e will m ake a th o ro u g h
canvass of th e state in th e in te re st of
the h atters and will be w ith us from
tim e to tim e until the h a tte r s ’ tro u ­
ble- are ad ju sted on the Coast.
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STATE LAW W ILL BE INVOKED
A N O T H E R V IC T O R Y .
L au n d ries of L o s A ngeles
U nionized in E v ery D e p a rt­
m ent.
L. SAMUEL, Manager, 306 Oregonian Building, Portland, Oregon
Los
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Cal.. Aug. 20.— (S pe­
A lters P rovisions R egarding P er Cap­
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At the convention of the N ational '
An im purtaiit conference, re p re se n t­ Building T rad es convention an im ­
W. C. H ennelly, national rep rese n t­ com ing stro n g e r and stro n g e r even
ative of b o th labor and capital, and portant change was m ade in the con- ative of the U nited H atters of N o rth in L o s A ngeles, w here the unions are
aim ing to establish industrial peace, stitu tio n affecting per capita assess- ! A m erica, is at p resen t in the city. H is , beinK fo u g h t h ard e r th an in any o th e r
says R oyce's W eekly, is to be held in ment for strike and lockout benefits, m ission here is to acquaint the local city in ^the U nited S tates. U n der the
Chicago
next O ctober. It will be u n ­ H ereto fo re such assessm en t was lev-! retail hat dealers of th e fact th at I 'cad ersh ip of the n o to rio u s L os A n­
Men’s $20.00 Suits for $15.00
Men’s $15 00 i®uit8 for $9.75
der the auspices of the N ational Civic ied upon the tqtal m em bership of all T rie st & Co., hat jo b b ers of San F ran geles T im es, the E m p lo y ers' A ssocia­
tion ,s
is e-
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every influence to
M en’s $9.75 Suits for $7.45
x ertin
e rt,n g g every
F ederation, and universal arb itra tio n N ational and in tern atio n al locals i cisco, who also have a branch at No. j tiOn
B oys’ $2.50 8uits for $2.00
affiliated with the Council. U nder th e ! H F irst street, in th is city, have been ; '• '!' ru Pt the unions, hut unionism goes
and
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will
form
the
B oys’ $4 00 8uit8 for $3.20
change this assessm ent will be lim - ' declared unfair by organized labor of m arching on. T w o y ears ago th e re
principal topics of discussion.
Men’s $2.00 Straw Hats $1.60
T he N ational Civic F ed eratio n in ­ ited to unions w hich are affiliated ‘he sta te of C alifornia for p ersistently was n o t a union laundry in L os A n­
It Will Pay You to Trade With
tends to b rin g to g eth er the em ployers with the local Councils th at are m em - handling non-union hats m ade by D. geles. T h e g irls em ployed in th is
and em ployes of the co u n try, but p rin ­ bers of the N ational B uilding T rad es \ E. Loew e & Co., of D anbury, Conn., class of w ork were trea ted in such
w here the union h atters have been on an o u trag eo u s m an n er th a t filially [Ja-
cipally those of the M iddle W est. T h e Council.
labor o rg an izatio n s will be re p re se n t­
T he U nited B ro th erh o o d of C a r - J '‘tik e fo r la ir conditions since Aug- tience ceased to be a v irtu e and th e y
221 223 Morrison & First Sts.
w ent on strike. A co-operative laun­
ed, as will the em ployers an d the penters and Jo in ers of Am erica w ere ust, 1902.
te e e
larger com m ercial bodies of C hicago, extended an invitation to join t h e 1 Mr. H en n elly says th a t T rie st & Co. dry w as sta rted and the L au n d ry
M ilwaukee, St. Louis, M inneapolis, Council. T h e recom m endation of the are about the only jobbing house ban- W o rk e rs’ U nion began to grow . A s
K ansas City, D enver, C incinnati, I n ­ co n stitu tio n com m ittee th at the j u r - | dling these non-union hats, the E ast- a direct result of this brave stand, last
NO GELATINE IN dianapolis,
Louisville, D etro it, C leve­ isdiction of the la th ers trad e be ern jo b b ers having refused to handle week four of the larg est laundries
O I R ICE CREAM land and o th e r cities.
am ended so as to give all the B u rg ett them , ow ing to the fact of a strike in this city signed a c o n tra c t w ith
It is also u n d ersto o d th a t P re si­ sheeting w ork to the c a rp e n te rs’ trade being in p rogress, and to th e inferior the Council of L ab o r unionizing th e ir
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dent G oinpers of the A m erican F e d e r­ was concurred in by a vote of 112 quality of the goods, as no skilled m e­ estab lish m en ts in every d e p a rtm e n t—
chanics are now em ployed there. O w ­ laundry w orkers, en g in eers, office
ation of L ab o r will be on hand, as to 50,
will
also
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M
itchell,
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C ongressm an-elect W illiam R an­ ing to this sta te of affairs, no doubt, help, w agon drivers and all. T his has
Pure, High Test Cream,
U nited M ine W o rk ers of A m erica, E. dolph H earst, of New York, was in ­ T riest & Co. are g ettin g large induce­ proved a severe blow to the n o to rio u s
3 4 4 W a s h in g t o n S t r e e t
Sugar and Best Quality of
E. Clark, g ran d chief O rd e r of R ail­ dorsed for the Presidency of the m ents from the Loew e & Co. concern T im es and its w ould-be u nion-w reck­
Flavors are the only in­
to push th eir inferior non-union made ing backers.
way C onductors, Jam es D uncan, first U nited S tates by a vote of 28 to 19.
T h e fight th a t is being m ade
gredients o f our Ice Cream
P H O M T 31A .1IW W 1 7
vice-president A m erican F ed eratio n of
A fter the vote had been taken, the hats on the local trade, and thereb y
against the T im es is n ot alone th e
L abor, Jo h n B. L ennon, g eneral sec­ opponents of the reso lu tio n w ithdrew keep 300 union w orkm en on the
I fight of the union men and w om en of
retary Jo u rn ey m en T a ilo rs’ U n io n of their objections, and the indorsem ent streets at D anbury, Conn.
The le e Cream Soda and Fancy
S outhern California. It has the in­
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erica,
and
m
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ts
was
m
ade
unanim
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Mr. H en n elly says the H a tte rs ’
Drinks prepared at our Foun­
d
o rsem en t of th e A m erican F e d e ra ­
FRICKS REASONABLE of in tern atio n al and n ational unions in R esolutions w ere adopted, com m it­ U nion fully respect the in terests of tion of L ab o r and of the In te rn a tio n a l
tain are u nexcelled : : : : :
the F ed eratio n ranks.
ting the Council to th e principles of o th ers, and try to deal fairly with all
O nce tncfre
C apitalists will have as th eir prin - ' strict trad e autonom y, and recogniz- concerns, as far as it is possible. H e T y p o g rap h ical U nion.
every rea d er of the P o rtlan d L ab o r
cipal ex p o n en t U nited S tates S en ato r ing the indisputable a n d absolute has visited the local hat dealers and
P ress is requested to w rite a le tte r
M ark H an n a and form er P re sid en t rig h ts of an y or each trad e to th eir sep- acquainted them of the tru e circum ­
to each of th e follow ing ad v e rtise rs
G rover Cleveland, w hile, it is said, arate and d istrict o rganizations, w ith- stances reg ard in g the troubles of the
in the un fair L os A ngeles T im es:
P residcut R oosevelt will also he in . -mt h indrance or in terferen ce from any h alters and should they patro n ize this
M unyon R em edy Co.. 53d and Je f­
vited to ad d ress the g ath erin g . Arch-1 o th er organization. A resolution was unfair jo b b in g house lit the future,
ferson
stree ts, Philadelphia, Pa.
bishop Irelan d of St. Paul and B ishop |ad o p ted th at am ended the co n stitu tio n or until such tim e as the m atter is ad-
Royal B aking P o w d er Co., 100 W il­
P o tte r of N ew Y ork m ay also be in so th at all local unions or crafts, ju sted , they will do so with a full
H A V E M O VED TO OUR
eluded am ong the m em bers of th e w hose N ational o r in tern atio n al or- know ledge of the situation, and should liams street. New Y ork, N. Y.
P h ilo -H ay Specialties Co., N ew ark,
conference.
ganizations are affiliated with the Na- find no fault w ith anyone should they
N.
J.
T he idea of holding the m eeting in i tional Building T rad es Council, shall w ithdraw th eir patro n ag e from stores
“C
asto ria,” the C entaur Co., 77 M ur-
Chicago is said to be because it is felt (be required to affiliate w ith local build- d esiring to fight the b attles of jobbing
tiiat labor d istu rb an ces are m ore com ­ ing trad es councils of th e ir vicinity, houses or m an u factu rers w ho will not rav street, N ew Y ork, N. Y.
T H IR D a n d M O R R IS O N S T S .
“C u ticu ra.” P o tte r D rug & C hem ­
m on in the W est than the E ast and
A reso lu tio n was also passed in- deal fairly w ith th eir em ployes. Mr.
the publication o f the ad d resses and do rsin g th e S to n em aso n s' In tern a- H ennelly inform s us th a t o ver eight- ical Co.. B oston, Mass.
A B i g O P E N I N G S A L E N o w O n ;; debates in the press o f Chicago will tional U nion of A m erica, which is te n th s of the hat factories are union “ P o stu m .” P ostum C ereal Co., B at-
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serve to show the w orkers the u n d er­
eig h t-ten th s
w ith the N ational Building factories, co nsequently
V e r y S p e c i a l I n d u c e m e n t « D u r in g T h i s W e e k < lying principles of o rg an izatio n and affiliated
Lydia E. Pinkham M edicine Co.,
T rad es Council, and condem ning the of th e hats m ade and w orn bear the
the good resu lts that can be gained B ricklayers' and M asons' In tern atio n al union label, such a good m ajo rity of Lynn, M ass.
S co tt's E m ulsion. S cott & Bow ne,
th ro u g h arb itratio n . O n th e o th e r U nion of A m erica, because of its al- the factories beiirg union brings the
T H E S l i r r L T H O l'S E O F T H E
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P earl street, New Y ork. N. Y.
hand it will also dispose m any em ­ leged actio n s tow ard d isru p tin g the com petition am ong the union factories :
W rig h t's In d ian V egetable Pill Co.,
ployers who are not biased on the la­ sto n em aso n s’ o rganization with a view and not am ong the non-union facto­
bor question to see th e facts m ore to ab so rb in g it as a body. T he vote r ie s consequently the best quality for New Y ork, N. Y.
G hirard elli’s G round C hocolate, D .
clearly and recognize the justice of on the resolution was 117 ayes and the least m oney is the hat with the
G hirardelli. San F rancisco. Cal.
the w orkers in th eir claim s for rec o g ­ 52 noes.
label.
W rite le tte rs to the above firms,
nition and easier co nditions of em ­
Mr. H en n elly is visiting and ad ­
T he convention by a vote of inn t o
C A R R IE S E V E R Y T H IN G N EC ESSA R Y FOR TH E
IN ST A L L A T IO N , O PE R A TIO N A N U M A IN T A 1N A N C E OF
ploym ent. In the E ast th is is n ot co n ­ 52 refused to give to the carpenters d ressing m eetings o f the local unions telling them th a t it is useless to ex­
sidered so necessary, as E astern m an ­ th e w ork of p u ttin g in place channel and acquainting them of the h a tte rs’ pect w orking men and w om en to pa­
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ufactu rers and the unions have a d ju st­ rion, stu d d in g and brackets. T his troubles; also to bew are of bogus la­ tronize any ad v ertiser in the union-
ed m ost of th eir d isputes on an am i­ w ork now belongs to th e lathers.
bels. which are being used in n o n ­ h atin g L os A ngeles Tim es.
cable basis.
T he convention refused to gran t the lln'" n mad hats. H e says T riest &
TH B ONLY FULLY E Q U IPPE D SU PPL Y HOUSE IN THE
W rig h t I s U m pire.
Sim ilar conventions by the F e d e ra ­ application of the U nited A s s o c ia tio n ,1- " " t,K' unfair jobbing house, have
PACIFIC NORTHW EST.
tion have been held* on a sm all Scale of P lu m b ers’, Gas and Steam F itte rs' been selling h ats bearing a bogus label
T D. N ichols, se creta ry of th e m in-
in New Y ork and St. Louis. T h ey did H elpers for m em bership until its jur- Legal steps will be tak en by the H at- j ers' conciliation board, has received
not result as satisfacto rily as th ey isdiction b lank is filled.
ters Union should th ey continue th is • w ord from Ju d g e G ray, of W ilm ing-
m ight because th e rep resen tatio n was
O n the aftern o o n of A ugust Is the . unlawful proceeding. M r. H ennelly ton. Del., n o tify in g him th a t he had
sm all each tim e.
convention ad journed after
electing als" ' a-v< tI,at ‘he S tetso n hat is non- appointed C arroll D. W rig h t, ex-
PORTLAND, ORE.
T he C hicago conference, how ever, the follow ing officers for the ensuing union and has been ever since its ex- U nited S tates C o m m issio n er of La-
will be of such m agnitude as to claim te rm :
: istenee, the factory being o p erated un- bor. and m em ber of th e A n th rac ite
national im portance an d will a ttra c t
J. H. M aloney, president, Chicago, , tlcr tlle app ren tice system . T h ere are, S trike C om m ission, um pire of th e
the w orkers and em ployers th ro u g h ­ first vice-president of the In tern atio n - ‘ ai the present tim e, over 700 hoys and board. T he conciliation b o ard several
out th e U nited States.
ai B ro th erh o o d of E lectrician s; H. W. children em ployed in th is factory, days ago req u ested Ju d g e G ray to ap ­
T he p ro g ram for th e conference S teinbiss, general secretary , of St. tb ' s being continuous.
T h e boys, point an um pire, as provided for in
has not yet been a rran g e d and will Louis, fath e r of the N ational B uilding when ‘hey becom e men are obliged to the aw ard on the strik e com m ission.
Mr. N ichols denies th a t th e q uestio n
not be fully com pleted until next Sep­ T rad es Council, and its general secre- ,eave an<1 lry a'1«1 fin<1 em ploym ent at
tem ber. T he sessions will last tw o ta ry since th e organization. Six vice- som ething else to m ake room for o f the em p lo y ers' rig h t to d ischarge
and p erhaps th ree days.
p resid en ts w ere elected. Sioux City, o th e r bays, so th at the S tetso n con- for any reason o th e r th an m em ber-
T h at the F ed eratio n is becom ing of la., was selected as th e next place Icern m ay se t ‘heir hats m ade 5« per -hip in a lab o r union is th e prim al
national im portance w as illu strated re ­ of m eeting. An am endm ent to the cen t cheaper than the g rea t m ajority question on w hich th e b o ard dead­
cently at Cleveland, w here S en ato r co n stitu tio n w as ad a p te d rem oving | ,,f ‘be hat m an u factu rers of this coun- locked. and w hich req u ired th e ap­
H anna delivered an ad d ress devoted the rig h t o f the executive board to j tr y- T his m ay sound stran g e to those p o in tm en t of an um pire.
to an explanation of the N ational Civ­ levy on affiliated in tern atio n als and ! w ho have been believing th e stories
T h e dem an d of th e R ockm en’s
ic F ed era tio n 's work. H e spoke be­ N ationals for strike benefits, b u t it I circulated by the ag en ts of this noto- U nion th a t its m em b ers share in the
fore the m em bers of th e Cleveland gives the h oard the rig h t to levy rious concern to the effect th a t th is aw ard of th e com m ission is th e m ain
assessm en ts of 5 cents p er w iek upon concern paid fair w ages to its men. point of dispute. Mr. N ichols says.
Builders' E xchange, say in g in p art:
Since the o rg an izatio n of the Civic all affiliated locals. It also rem oves the It is true, th a t th ey arc obliged at O th e r p o in ts on w hich the b oard is
F ed eratio n the w orking people have to w eeks’ lim itation o f strike assess­ tim es to pay an in stru c to r fair w ages deadlocked are the alleged m ainte­
been pro sp ero u s as never before and m ent, and m akes the levy unlim ited to teach th o se boys, wfiieh is usually nance of a “black list” by the L ehigh
so has th e em ployer. T h e w age-earn­ as to tim e. It also p u ts the conduct one in stru c to r to every 24 boys, but Coal & N avigation Com pany and the
U n io n M ad e
ers, how ever, th o u g h t to them selves: and disbursem ent of th e strike fund how ab o u t th e boys? T h e y receive alleged b rea k in g of an agreem ent en­
A re we g ettin g o u r share of this in the hands of the general secretary- for th e ir services $3 to $4 per week. te re d in to by Coxe Bros., of the H azle­
eSc
p ro sp erity ?” I m ust adm it th at in trea su rer of the N ational B uilding T h is fact th e ir ag en ts do n o t circulate, ton d istrict, w hen th eir em ployes re ­
r O K T L A . X I» . O H 1-5.
O'J T H I R D H T R E K T
and dare n o t should they w ish to re ­ tu rn ed to w o rk after the lock-out fol­
m any cases th ey w ere not. W e aim T rad es Council.
m ain in the em ploy of th is concern. low ing th e aw ard of the strike com ­
to rem edy th at condition. W h ere
T h ere will com e a tim e, and n o t far m ission.
The p ro secu tin g atto rn e y in the
there is a difference of opinion b e­
O n r D e n t a l W o r k 1*
P resid en t N ichols declared him self
tween labor and capital we try to F irst D istrict of C olorado has been d istan t, w hen the U n ited H a tte rs of
suspended by Ju d g e O w ens for neg ­ N o rth A m erica will m ake an effort to as well satisfied with the ap p o in tm e n t
bring them to g eth er.
A b s o l u t e l y P a ln le a *
The fed eratio n does not act as a lect of duty in th e in v estig atio n of acquaint the g eneral public of th e sys­ c f C om m issioner of L ab o r W rig h t as
board
of arb itratio n . W e o nly w ant the blow ing up of th e Sun and M oon tem s em ployed by th e J. B. S tetso n the um pire of th e conciliation board.
D e c a y e d T e e t h a n d P o o r H e a lt h
O n H a n d In H a n d s t t t « s
to m ake it possible to get the em ploy­ tran sfo rm er house and th e expulsion concern, and feel satisfied th a t after
T he several gas and light com panies
er and the em ployed to g e th er to ad ­ from Id ah o S prings of 14 m em bers the public becom es fully aw are of the
WISE BROS. DENTISTS
ju st th e ir troubles. A failure on the of the M in ers’ U n io n by m em bers of tru e co n d itio n s p revailing in th is fac­ of San F rancisco have unionized th e ir
« O S - S - lO - l 1 - 0 - 1 3 r a i l i n g B u il d in g
to ry th a t th ey will not to le ra te them. plants.
C o r n e r T h ir d a n d W a s h in g to n S tre e ts p art of th e federation to b rin g them the C itizens' P ro tectiv e League.
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