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The First Arbitration Agreement
W_THE_SHOE_rRADE
Board and Lodging, ts.stw
per week, and upwnad
Oregon Telephone, North 981
JOHN OELLAR, FIRST ANO YAMHILL
Hotel zur Rheinphalz
STREETS, PORTLAND, ORE.
B e tw e e n th e W . L. D ouglas S hoe
C o m p a n y of B ro ck to n , M ass., a n d th e
Boot a n d S h o e W o rk e rs ’ U nion, in
e x iste n c e sin ce N o v e m b e r I , 1 8 98.
JOHN MATTHIESIN, Prop.
263-255 Front Street
Hort J and, Oregon
Cerner »t Maalaea
A. D. z; 1898. By
between inc
the W*
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w . L. 'í)ougiss
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Shoe Company of
Massachusetts,___
*’ Brockton,
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», »hoe
P«ty of the first part, and the Boot
^tnesse”“ W° rU
Un‘On' pirty ° ‘
‘eCOnd P " 1’
department be affected by a dispute, the Joint Coum
cil to which the local onions, represented in the factory
,re *ttach«d, may also join with the parties to the
application. A general officer may act as the author
ized agent of the employee in the application io any
ease to the State Board.
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in
force,
shall be bo strike declared by any person or persons
First The party of the first part agrees that it will
employ as boot and shoe workers in its factory in
Brockton none but members of the Boot and Shoe
. L * “7 “ “?*• Pretext ot excuse whatsoever, in the
Workers Lmon in good standing.
factory of the party of the first part, nor shall the
"2! “,Ot cmPlo7 <*y member of party of the first part for any cause, pretext ur excuse
the Boot and Shoe Worker»’ Union, or any other
person as a boot and shoe worker, who is objectionable whatsoever, cause a lockout against any of its em
tc said Union, either on account of being in arrears ployes. The party of the first part shall suffer uo
interruption of business during the decision of any
“ X ° ther c ,“ e- *,ter ™«‘ving dispute or grievance.
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notice oi the objection by some authorized agent of
Fourteenth—'This agreement shall remain in force
the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union or local union or
for three yea» from Nov. i, 1898. Should either
unions.
Third—-That it will not hinder or obstruct the col party desira to alter, amend or annul thia agreement,
lectors of said Union working in its factory in the it shall giv; a written notice thereof to the other
three months before the expiration of the agree
performance of their duties of collecting the dues of party
the members of said Union due to the respective ment, and if the parties fail to give such notice
the agreement shall continue in force for another
local unions.
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year, and so on from year to year, until such notice
Fourth—That it will not cause or allow the Union 1»
given.
Stamp, which will be supplied to it by the party of
Fifteenth—Incase the party of the first part violates
the second part, as part of this agreement, to be placed
the terms of this agreement, directly or indirectly
on any goods not made in the faotory for which the (which
may ba a matter of dispute to be referred to
use of the Lmon Stamp was granted.
«b?i|lfth,~H 7 par7 Of the second part, or its deputy, the State Board of Arbitration), the party of the
shall at all times be allowed to visit the factory on second part shall have the right to demand and receive
from the party of the first part the Stamp or Stamp,
business connected with the Union Stamp.
delivered to it by the party of the second part under
.
*" ,paliy the second P»rt may present
to the party of the first part a bill of prices of the this agreement, and to take the Stamp or Stamp,
wherever the same may be, without being liable to any
local union or unions, which, if it cannot be agreed claim
for damages or otherwise. The party of the
upon shall be referred to the State Board in the man- first part
agrees that it will surrender said Union
ner provided in paragraph 12.
Seventh—The party of the second part agrees to btamp or Stamps on the termination of this agree-
ment or upon the decision of the State Board that it
supply to the party of the first part, its Union Stamp; has
violated its terms, and that it will make no con
ano that in making prices with the party of the first test against the party of the second part upon tha
part, no additional price shall be made for the use of
of the ownership of said Stamper Stamps,
the Stamp which shall be furnished to the party of the question
but the party of the second part shall be treated
first part free of charge: nor shall any discrimination and
recognized as the owner of the same.
be made between the party of the first part and other
Sixteenth—No person shall have the right to de-
firms, persons or corporations who may enter into an mand
or receive said Union Stamp from the party of
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p«
« » the first part except the General President of the ¿ o t
Eighth—That all reasonable efforts shall be made and Shoe Workers’ Union, or tome person duly au-
by the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union to advertise thorized by him in writing to receive the same, which
,'uD Sha, bea,ened by the General President
the Union Stamp in the public press, trade journals,
labor unions, labor conventions and otherwise, ami to and bear the seal of the organization, as affixed here
to. In case the party of the first part shall be unable
use every- exertion to create a demand for the Union from
any cause to deliver the said Stamp to the party
Stamped goods among consumers.
Ninth—Thai they will furnish to the party of the of the second part, or whoever may hold the office of
first part when and as often as it may be required, all General President of the Boot and Shoe Workers’
fiS part^ ShOC W°rkerl desired b>' the P“ ‘y
»he Union, or to the person properly authorized by him
!hsrn CieiVr to® “ ld, StamP> the P*rty of the first part
to 1 ent.c~T-hat the " ght of the PartX ol ‘he first part i h ^ b^ I*bie £ S ' Piar,y ° f the iecond Part> to
Party who holds the office of General President,
to use the L nion Stamp shall be in no way affected in he the
sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered
actlon of a locaI union or unions, or by the hyitfhth P*ffir ‘’V i ' Second Part> or whosoever may
tact that one or more local unions has withdrawn hold
the office of General President of said Union, in
Wo7ke"’ VmnondiSnliSSe<1 ‘r°m * * B°Ot “ d Sh°e
an action of contract against the party of the first part
as liquidated damages.
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Eleventh—Both said parties agree to adjust in an
~ i n -Case the Parfy of ‘he first part
honest and equitable manner all grievances of what- eh,HeVentee.nt^
shall cease to do business or shall transfer interest, or
ever nature, and all matters of dispute in reference to any part thereof, to any other person or persons or
wages or any other subject, including the true con corporations,
agreement shall be ended, and the
struction of this agreement, that may arise between Stamp shall b this
. returned to the General President.
tfiem, and in case of failure to mutually adjust any ilvdfirm h<| e' T 7 / Change in the o’etobership of
dispute or grievance, the party of the first part and any firm who shall have entered into this agreement
the members of the department or departments where
his agreement shall be ended, and the Union Stamp
such dispute or grievance shall arise, shall join in the returned to the General President, when a new agreed
manner provided by Statute, in an application to the
Massachusetts State Board of Arbitration for a de ment of similar tenor as this may be entered into. ‘
(Signed),
cision on the matters or matter in dispute, and the
c ald B° ard Shal1 t>e bindin? upon the
W. L. D ouglas S hob C o .,
party of the first part, the party of the second part,
By W. L. Douglas, President
the local unions and employes.
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S T IL E O N T H E U N F A IR L IS T
W hile They Last.
*Feraen‘
Twelfth—A general officer of the Boot and Shoe
Workers I nion may join with the parties to an an.
plication to said Board, and should more than one
[ seal ]
B oot and S hoe W orkers ’ U nion ,
John F. Tobin, General President
H orace M. E aton ,
General Secretary-Treasure».
O u r S o l e A g e n t s in P o r t la n d
W. H. McMonies
Still a chance to get fitted w ith a
I regular $10 suit for $5.75 o r w om en’s
J o r m en ’s $4
lot of $3 and
$1.98. Tt is
vestigate this
ner f ir s t and
shoes for $3.49; also a
$3 g rad es for $1.48 and
to y o u r in te rest to in
sale. Jo h n D ellar, c o r
Yamhill.
REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE UNION LABOR
Leather Workers’ Union, Local No. 56
B « l « ~ t . U l « J m p .t h l.e r s to b « j „ t h i n ,
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’ r FL AD U R H ^S SON......... ••••..President
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| TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING
BUSINESS.
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LIMITED.
Chamber of Commerce Building Third
and Stark Street«.
Head office, 66 Old Broad street. London.
h“" 11 1tr»»,«act« a general banking
business, makes loans, discounts bills and
Issues letters of credit available for trav-
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merchandise In
any city of the world. Deals In foreign
id domestic exchange. Interest paid on
rm deposits.
W. A. MACRAE, Manager.
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GODDARD-KELLI SHOE COMPANY
i F rank Galkina
Allan A. Dale •
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C A L K IN S & CO.
S IX T H A N D W A S H IN G T O N S T R E E T S
t a il o r s
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LEE M. CLARK, P resident
GEO. M ORTON, M anager
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MECHANICS
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in
C olumbia 75
re B E S T
E v e r y D e t a il
C L O T H IN G
W ARRANTED
Such -trikes as the laundry w orkers, 1 •
the w aiters and freight h an d lers could
? î c T o flR°y°“c<,rs owr„ c; ï v* :
„ t l 5, ? ? . ? , " ' " ’
easily have been satisfacto rily a d ju
dicated had the advice of experienced
P O R T —
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c. G
vji O
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ir.ionists been heeded. But th e new B B
WE PRINT
trad e unionist rushes w here m ore ex
C O N S T IT U T IO N S , B Y -L A W S , W O R K IN G
perienced
men fear to tread, and a
107 FRONT STREET
CAROS, L E T T E R H E A D S , E N V E L O P E S
com prom ise that would be satisfac
IN FA O T A N Y T H IN G YOU M A Y W A N T
PORTLAND, ORE.
tory to a veteran in the m ovem ent is
““ ^ .« o n w h
B2?h “ hver, kidney
spu rn ed w ith contem pt by the recent
»wefllogs. Bright's dl.,’.w "eV £BtlOD’ dl» "h o e^ dropsni’i
convert.
Full of th a t en th u sia sm :
Chinese Regulations Prepared.
K ID N E Y A N D U R IN A R Y
Io such adm ission. R egulations gov F o rm s of blanks are prescribed and w hich is, after all. highly com m end- '
A new set of Chinese regulations, erning the arrest and d ep o rtatio n of
l-uST
/urtni,
“ 11*7 or
able,
and
which,
besides,
is
essential
rules m ade to g overn the officers
p repared by C om m issioner-G eneral Chinese unlaw fully within th e U nited
charged w ith the en forcem ent of the to success, the new unionist rushes
of Im m igration S argent and approved S tates are included. All told th e re are
such
TH E RECTUM
w hen experienced m en w ould falter.
exclusion laws.
f ln X yo?i,Ch‘ rge"’
’ Uhou“'ther kmSi.
“ d
by S ecretary C ortelyou. of the De 61 rules em braced in the new régula
N one of the well disciplined C h i-j
p artm en t of Com m erce and Labor, lions. A ccom panying the regulations
W h y Some Strikes Have Been Lost. cago unions have succum bed to d e - '
poison, g ^ Ssu i m r e Su ° ' ; M E N
a r e ready for distribution.
are laws and treaties relatin g to the
feat. T h eir experience has enabled
W e have been inform ed by reliable
'These rules designate w h a t‘Chinese exclusion of Chinese.
.»«.roughly cued. ’No fallu;e
»'„'»«MHmpotonoy,
hem to achieve success.
« ^ ,
,< ,
ir u u o ie a w if h night einlHBinna
» « » 'B n u e e a ,
■persons are perm itted to land at p o rts
Provision is m ade for a B ertillion a u th o rity th at d u rin g the past three
1 lie lesson wc can take from the
o f the U nited States under the provis lecord of all CRinese laborers arriving and a half m o n th s there has been in failures chronicled in the daily papers
M I D D L E A G F „ M E N . w ,,o .............. .....
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T r i . , M F°R
ions of the laws and treaties, to g eth er and departing at ports of entry, copies Chicago, the storm cen ter of indus of the W estern m etro p o lis is th at the I
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LOOD A
N D SKIN
S K I N DIME
I . I H E V H . H H. Hr,
H vrh
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mA«LY
BLDOD
AND
h ll«
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‘ thelr «AMLY
w ith the p orts at which Chinese, oth er "I such reg istry to be tran sm itted to trial w arfare, the cen ter w here so
advice o f those who have helped la
», r-ziiiHigen rnw
than Chinese diplom atic and consular tlie C om m issioner-G eneral of Im m i m any industrial b attles are lost and bor to b attle successfully for m any Trouble«, cured without
Rheunoatlsm CIJRHI)
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officers, m ay land, and nam e th e offi gration.
won. only one successful strike, th at
I« a m mre..1 ..- .. «
Uli.x. Catarrh and
years
against
w
rong
and
injustice
1
•f the D eering H arv ester C om pany’s
cers who have been vested with the
should not he treated with contem pt
C onditions are prescribed to which
pow er and a u th o rity heretofore con all Chinese persons claim ing the right em ployes. N aturally enough, we ask by the new trad e unionists.—In tern a-
ferred on C ollectors of Custom s, giv of tran sit th ro u g h the United States ourselves how it com es that in C hi
lional W ood W orker.
in g their statio n s and jurisdiction.
0 R. WALKER, 181 Firs. Strest, Com«, Ylmhll(j
to foreign te rrito ry m ust conform as cago, a city generally conceded to be
m e of the best organized in the W e st
C onditions are nam ed to w hich
a condition preceding such privilege.
1 lie I nion L ab o r p arty in San
every Chinese person seeking adm is N um erous changes have been neces ern hem isphere, th at this deplorable F ran cisco has declared for m unicipal
N u tb ro w n & S on
record obtains? T he an sw er is clear.
sion into the U nited S tates under the
D ea ler« I*
sary in the revision of these rules to
ALBINA BAKERY
o w nership of public utilities, and is
■
he
strikes
were
precipitated
by
men
provisions of the act of 1902. for the make them conform to the tran sfer
N E W AHD SECOND-HAND
opposed
to
the
attem
p
t»
of
the
S
o
u
th
purpose of taking p art in any fair o r of jurisdiction over the subject from w ho were recent converts to trad es ern Pacific and o th e rb ig co rp o ratio n s
h F R IT T M A N N , Proprietor
exhibition authorized by C ongress, the Treasury D epartm ent to the De unionism , and whose know ledge of
to gain co n tro l of public offices in o r
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Rt-SSKI.J,
TIM W A R K , RTC.
—»—««a« nt .
trade union tactics is purely elem en
shall co n firm as a condition precedent
der to ro b the people of valuable fra n
p artm en t of Com m erce and Labor. tary.
,
chises.
M n g b u tü M ^ T to Ä 1
110-131 Russell
Phone P | . k 11#e
MULTNOMAH PRINTING CO.
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