5
PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
AROUND TOWN
What the Union Men of Port
land Are Doing.
A GOOD SHOW ING IN ALL TRADES
A C o m p e n d iu m o f t h e V a r io u s L o r a l O r
g a n is a t io n s In t h e C ity — A ll in a
H e a lt h y C o n d itio n a u d
G r o w in g .
federated trades council .
T h e Allied P rin tin g T rad es Council
has sent the follow ing circular le tte r
to all of the job shops p ro p rieto rs,
and this is the plan endorsed by the
P re ssm e n ’s U nion:
P ortlan d . O re., Aug. 13. 1903.
D ear Sirs:
T h e Allied P rin tin g
T ra d es Council, com posed of M ult
nom ah T y p o g rap h ical Union No. 58,
P o rtlan d P rin tin g P ressm en ’s U nion
No. 43 and L ocal B ro th erh o o d of
B ookbinders No. 90. have decided to
place in force an eig h t-h o u r w'orkday.
In o rd er th a t p resen t trad e conditions
be not seriously in terfered with, it
has been decided to do th is on a g ra d
uated basis.
B eginning the first M onday in S ep
tem ber the ho u rs will be sh o rten ed
fifteen m inutes each day, w ith th e ex
ception of S aturday, thus reducing the
tim e one h o u r an d fifteen m inutes per
week. T h e second red u ctio n in tim e
will be m ade th ree m o n th s later, D e
cem ber 7, 1903; the ’hird reduction
M arch 3. 1904. and the last June 2,
1904. T he n um ber of h ours per week
being as follow s:
F irst M onday in S ep tem b er (Sep
tem ber 7, 1903). 51 hours 45 m inutes.
F irst M onday in D ecem ber (D ecem
ber 7. 1903). 50 h ours 30 m inutes.
F irst M onday in M arch (M arch 3,
1904), 49 h o u rs 15 m inutes.
F irst M onday in Ju n e (Ju n e 2, 1904),
48 hours.
T he p resen t scale for nine hours in
all b ranch es to be m aintained. Y ours
respectfully,
P O R T L A N D A L L IE D P R IN T IN G
T R A D E S C O U N C IL .
We n m Hem
ORIENT ■ NATIONAL
on strike, or because they refuse to
join the union.
A fter the conference Mr. Sabin is
sued a public b e tte r settin g fo rth the
com pany's side of the co n tro v ersy .
Many statem en ts m ade by him will
1903 “ O R I E N T S ” N O W IN .
n o t bear investigation. A m ong the
m isstatem en ts he m akes is the fol
low ing:
Before the strik e we bad
on the Pacific C oast, in round n u m
bers. one th o u san d
linem en.
Five
hundred m en w ent on strik e ; five h u n
1 9 0 3 “ N A T I O N A L ” N O W IB i.
dred rem ain ed .”
In the le tte r he a tte m p ts to assu re
the public th a t the service has not
been affected by the strik e in the least,
when, in fact, the service could not
Any coaster brake $5.00 extra on all models.
be m uch w orse. T h is so rt of stuff A few of last season’s “ O rients” at $25 and up according to equipm ent
is not supposed to he read at the tim e
Tires, Lamps, Bells, all sundries at right prices.
one is try in g for five m inutes to get
a p arty over the phone.
S a t is f a c t o r y R e p a i r i n g
T he only developm ents, th erefo re,
in the co n tro v ersy is th a t Jo h n 1. Sa
bin has at last ag reed to talk, w here
before he kept up a p ersisten t si
SU C C E S S O R T O D E N T O N A C O M PANY
lence. He m ay yet be p ersu ad ed to
confer with the rep resen tativ e ag en ts
i>f the linem en th ro u g h m a tte rs of ne-
1 cessity.
$ 3 0 .5 5 . $ 4 0 .5 5 . $ 5 0 .5 5 - $ 6 0 .5 5 .
the N ew est Styles and
Largest 8toek in the
City from : : : : :
lo S5I
$ 4 0 .5 5 . $ 5 0 .5 5 .
SHIRTS, the up-to-date kind
P ortland, O r.. A ugust 14.
at the right price
M eeting called to order at 8 o clock
by P re sid en t G urr. M inutes of p re
NECKW EAR, the very latest
vious m eeting read and approved.
U ND ER W EA R, the very best
C redentials—T y p o g rap h ical U nion,
for the least money
A. R. I.aw ton; B utchers. J. T. W elch;
T ailors, J. A. B endroth.
C om m unications — F ro m Sam uel
LABOR DAY SPORTS.
G om pers, relative to the appointm ent
T
h
e
L abor D ay co m m ittee from the
o f agent for A. F. of L ."publications;
F ed erated T ra d es Council m et a t the
placed on file. F rom S ta b le m e n s
ffice of the L ab o r P re ss last W e d n es
U nion of San F rancisco, sta tin g th a t
day evening and listened to an d acted
th e M orton Special D elivery Co., of
upon the rep o rts of the sub-com m it-
San F rancisco, is unfair to th a t union,
BARBERS’ UNIÖN.
ees.
m
aking
this
selection
the
ad
m
in
istra
re fe rre d to T eam D rivers U nion, No.
N o tw ith stan d in g the g reat resp o n
T he com m ittee on sp o rts rep o rted
tion
has
m
ade
no
m
istake.
162. F rom T acom a S h in g lers’ W eav sibilities th a t have overcom e our aged
that
the L ea th erw o rk e rs, B room -
A
special
m
eetin
g
of
the
T
y
p
o
e r s ’ U nion, sta tin g th a t the St. Paul president d u rin g the past few days,
m akers and T eam -d riv ers, No. 162,
graphical
U
nion
will
be
held
Sunday
& T acom a and F ar W e st L um ber Co. and the tria ls and trib u latio n s th at he
had placed challenges in the h an d s of
is unfair to their union; referred to has been forced to face in th e future, aftern o o n . A ugust 23, for the purpose
the com m ittee for a baseball gam e.
of
discussing
the
eig
h
t-h
o
u
r
schedule,
C a rp e n te rs’ U nion. F ro m Beer D riv and w hich m an y of his fellow -w ork
All unions who w ish to en ter the b ase
e r s and Bottlers* U nion, asking th a t men have fallen by the wayside in a t and also to in v estig ate certain co n
ball co n test m ust no tify th e co m m it
tra
c
ts
th
a
t
w
ere
m
ade
som
e
tim
e
ago.
th e O lym pia B ottling shop be placed tem p tin g to obtain for them selves the
tee of the fact n o t la ter th an A ugust
o n th e unfair list; referred to griev exalted p osition in life as a dutiful
29..
FALSE STATEMENTS.
an c e com m ittee. F ro m S tre et R ail tisband and th e possibility of a lov
O th e r sp u rts have been a rran g e d
way' E m p lo y es’ U nion, d onating $10 ing father, was able to perform all
as follow s:
to strik in g E lectrical W o rk e rs; filed. th e duties of his office at the union last Reports That Linemen Return to
F o o t race—50 yards, for girls h old
F ro m Jo h n G. H offm an, ten d erin g his T uesday evening to th e queen ’s taste.
Work Not True.
ing union cards.
resig n atio n as statistical secretary of
T h ere w ere tw o m em bers accepted
P o tato race—F o r union men.
T h e Pacific S tate s T elep h o n es C om
th is C ouncil; resignation accepted and by card and B. B utler was initiated.
F o o t race—200. y ards, for union
pany
p
ersists
in
circulating,
and
hav
C ouncil extended him a vote of th an k s
T h e revised price list was read for ing prin ted in th e n ew spapers, false men.
fo r his faithful services.
the second read in g and at th e n ex t rep o rts ab o u t th e linem en’s strike.
Sack race— 50 yards.
R eport of C om m ittees— E xecutive regular m eeting will come up fo r final
T h ree-leg g ed race—75 yards.
L ast M onday a teleg ram dated from
co m m ittee rep o rt th a t the books of passage.
Several o th e r featu res are u nder
San Jose, Cal., was published in th e
th e se creta ry and tre a su re r w ere ex
T h e se creta ry has received w ord T eleg ram sta tin g th a t the union th e re consideration.
am ined and found co rrec t; th e com from h ea d q u arte rs th a t w hile m oving
T eam -d riv ers’ L ocal 162 are still
had called th e strik e off and th e m en
m ittee recom m end th a t the balance of th e general office from Cleveland.
had retu rn ed to w ork. W o rd has since w aiting for som e union to challenge
$49.25 in the strike fund be tran sfe rred O hio, to In d ian ap o lis, Ind.. w hich was
been received from th a t point sta tin g th eir ch am pionship-team for a tu g -o f
to the general fund o f the C ouncil; quite an u n d ertak in g . Jaco b F ischer, th at no m en have retu rn ed to w o rk war. T he te am sters are read y to do
re p o rt accepted and recom m endation general o rg an iz er aud assista n t secre
there, and th e situ atio n all alo n g the business, but so far no am b itio u s co n
c o n c u rre d in. C om m ittee ap pointed ta ry -tre a su re r, was seriously in ju red
line is th e sam e as it has been fo r te sta n t has show ed up. A n effort will
a t last m eeting to consider advisabil in a railro ad w reck. T h is m eans a d e
be m ade to get a gasoline launch
the past tw'o m onths.
ity of am ending co n stitu tio n of A. F. lay to som e e x te n t in the tran sa ctio n
T h e b u lletin s sent o ut by the W est placed upon the lake in H aw th o rn e
o f L. as suggested by the San F ra n of business, as th e g eneral secretary-
ern C onference E xecutive C om m ittee P ark.
cisco L ab o r Council, re p o rt in favor trea su rer. K layetezky, has taken a
A s sta te d in la st w eek's p ap er a
in San F rg n cisco indicate an y th in g
o f the proposed am endm ent and re leave of absence and is now in th e
but a fain t-h earted fight. Com m uni large and com m odious p latfo rm will
com m end th a t we take steps to place W est, on account of his p o o r health.
catio n s received from all p oints a f be erected for dancing in the a fte r
ourselves in a position to send a del
T h e official “jo u rn a l,” published by fected by th e strik e are of the m ost noon an d evening.
eg a te to the next convention of A. F. the In tern atio n al U nion, will cease
I11 n ex t w eek’s issue the p ro g ram m e
cheerful kind.
o f L .; rep o rt adopted. C om m ittee to publication fo r a few m o n th s on ac
T h ere has been an effort m ade in will be published in full.
w hom w as referred th e w ithdraw al of count of th e ed ito r's illness, and the
San F ran cisco by M ayor Schm itz to
th e B lacksm ith’s U nion from the new officers in charge are so pressed
ATTENTION. BARTENDERS.
induce Mr. Sabin to ag ree to a co n
C ouncil, rep o rt progress. C om m ittee w ith o th e r w ork th a t it w ould be im
ference w ith th e men. A t a secret
At
o u r n ex t reg u lar m eeting, A ugust
o n revision of by-law s relative to possible for them to tak e up th e w ork
m eeting held last w eek the m a tte r 25. at 7:30 P. M., business of im p o rt
blackboard, rep o rt th at tw o vacancies of the “jo u rn a l” at this tim e, until at
was discussed at length.
ance.
T. S. W O R L Ë Y ,
ex ist in the com m ittee; chair appoint
east th ey are th o ro u g h ly settled in
M ayor S chm itz presided, and th e re
F in. Sec'y L ocal 339.
<d B ro th ers C annon and S in n o tt to th e ir new h ead q u arters.
were p resen t, besides P re sid en t Sabin
fill the vacancies.
S up erv iso rs
B rau n h art. Rea and
FOURTH PAYMENT DUE.
N ew B usiness—M otion th a t a com
L
oughery,
D.
I..
R andolph, presid en t
LOCAL
NEWS.
T h e fo u rth p ay m en t on th e P o rt
m itte e of th ree be appointed to devise
of the N ational E lectric C om pany;
W m . C. Ilen n elly , rep resen tativ e of A ndrew M. H unt, general m anager of land F ed era ted T ra d e s L au n d ry Co.
w ays and m eans for sending a dele
g a te to the next convention of the the U nited H a tte rs of N o rth America, the In d ep en d en t E lectric L ight and slock is now due. M ake p ay m en t at
A. F. of L .; carried. C hair appointed is in the city in the in terest of his o r P ow er C om pany: G eneral S u p erin P o rtla n d L ab o r P ress office, 232%
B ro th ers G ram . W elch and Z erw ehk. ganization.
ten d en t P o llo k of the San F rancisco W a sh in g to n street.
A. W .'J O N E S , Secy.
T h e chair ap pointed the follow ing
T he baseball team of th e C arp en G as and E lectric L ig h t Com pany and
standing com m ittees for the term te rs ' U nion ch allenged any o th e r S ecretary T ay lo r of the C o n su m ers’
G rievance—J . B. L orch. W. H union team for a gam e on L abor D ay Gas Com pany.
Q U E S T IO N -W h y is it Staples
Klaney, J. T . W orley.
and th eir d efy , w as accepted by the
P resid en t Sabin insisted th a t the the Jew eler, is doing a good busi
O rg a n iz atio n —A. R. L aw ton. J. W Iron W o rk ers.
service of th e telep h o n e com pany in ness?
W arn er, M. A. Trurfim er.
ANSW ER Because
he
sells
G. Y. H a rry left for Salem on T u e s th e city and co u n ty of San F rancisco
E xecutive—I.. D. Reed. H. H enck day afte rn o o n 's local w ith the in te n was not suffering by reaso n of the goods at a reasonable profit and his
A. W alsh, M. E. Gill. J. H oltz.
tion of being p resen t at a m ettin g of strike, and th a t th ere was n o th in g for work is w ell done.
L egislative—B. P. W elsh, J. K th e C entral L ab o r Council in the even the com m ittee to adjust. T h e m ayor
S tan to n . W . R. H ealis. J. R oberts, J ing. F ro m th e re he will go south vis and com m ittee urged th a t th e re o ught
Operates Own School.
A. G oldrainer.
iting the various tow ns in O reg o n to be som e basis upon w hich a se ttle
In C incinnati T y p o g rap h ical U nion,
A rb itra tio n —H. G. P arso n s, J. J. w here th e re is o rg an izatio n w ork to m ent m ig h t be reached if the te le
No. 3, C incinnati possesses so m eth in g
F erris, W . J. T hom pson, C. M. R ich do. O n his retu rn he will revisit the phone com pany would agree to som e I
w ith w hich to challenge co m parison
m ond, S. Berven.
valley cities and hold public m eetings. plan of arb itratio n .
w ith an y city in A m erica. Chicago
P re ss— G. M cD onald, M. \ \ . F H e will be gone ab o u t tw o weeks.
A fter a long discussion in w hich can n o t duplicate it, n o r can N ew
H olling. J. T. W elch.
G. B. T h o m a s retu rn ed from C hica the com m ittee sta te d th a t th e p resen t j Y ork say ditto. E ven p attern B oston
N om ination and election o f officers g o last T u esd ay aftern o o n , w here he sta te of affairs was cau sin g m uch in
and u p -to -d ate ’F risco have n o th in g
being the n ext o rd er of business, the w ent to secure the m achinery for the convenience in San F ran cisco , especi- I
like it. C incinnati has th e o n ly lino
ch air sta te d that n o m inations fo r the F ed erated T ra d e s L au n d ry Co. He ally in view o f the b o y co tt placed up- j
type school in th e w orld free to her
office of statistical secreta ry w ere in en coun tered som e difficulty and o p p o on the telephone com p an y by the la
union prin ters. It has been in opera-
order. J. A. G oldrainer, of the B ar sition from th e M an u factu rin g A sso b o r unions and the rem oval of m any
•ion for eig h t m onths, 20 ex p e rts have
bers. and M iss Birdie G oertz, of the ciation, hut succeeded in securing a telephones, P resid en t Sabin stated
C ooks and W aiters, w ere th e only ci m plete and up -to -d ate plant. T h e th a t he w ould be w illing to m eet a been g rad u ated as co m p eten t to hold
nom inees. T h e chair appointed B ro th m achinery will arriv e early in S ep com m ittee of m en and have a friendly their ow n in any com pany, an d 100
m ore are knocking at th e d o o r fo r a
ers Rhodes and R oberts as tellers tem ber.
discussion w ith them , b u t the co m chance to be tau g h t. I t is co stly , b u t
M iss G oertz receiving the m ajo rity of
J. T. M organ, at one tim e a delegate m ittee m ust be em ployes o r ex-em No. 3 pays the bills and believes the
all votes cast was declared elected. to the F ed erated T ra d e s Council from ployes of the telephone com pany.
m oney is profitably invested, in accu
P. H . Scullen asked perm ission to ad the M illw o rk ers' U nion, is billed to
H e stated th a t the com pany would m u latin g skill th a t shall n o t o nly keep
d re ss the Council. H e was ad m itted lecture at B eaverton S atu rd ay even n o t discrim inate ag ain st linem en be C incinnati p rin te rd o n i ab re ast o f th e
tim es, b u t to develop th e hom e trad e
an d m ade an address fo r his plan of ing, A ugust 29, his subject being “J u s lon g in g to th e union, but positively to an ever-in creasin g ex ten t and re
a rb itra tio n am i asked the indorserrtent tice.” Mr. M organ is a lectu rer of refused to d isch arg e any non-union now n. — C hicago Allied P rin tin g
o f the Council. M otion to refer m at exceptional ability w ho is certain to n.an to m ake way for those th a t w ent Trades Jo u rn al.
te r to com m ittee of th ree carried. in te rest and am use his hearers.
C hair appointed B ro th ers G raham ,
F ra n k C urtis, fo rm erly p resid en t of
Berven and Davis.
the G rain h ad lers' U nion of th is city,
and o th erw ise p ro m in en t in local la
bor circles, has been app o in ted first
PRESSMEN MEET.
At the m eeting of the P ressm en in w arden at th e sta te prison. Mr. C u r
th e evening of A ugust 11, the eight- tis accepted the p osition of shop g u ard
hour plan as p roposed by the Allied under th e new ad m in istratio n , and dis
P rin tin g T rad es Council w as en dorsed charged the duties im posed upon him
unanim ously, and it w as voted th a t the itt such a creditable m an n er th a t w hen
m a tte r be left to th e A. P. T . C. to the office of first w-arden was m ade
c a rry out along the lines recom m end vacant by the resig n atio n of Mr. M c
P h erso n , he was offered th e place
ed.
Paul Shttele was elected financial sec Mr. C urtis has m any friends in P o r t
I f So—Com e a n d See U s
re ta ry in place of B. J. D eponning, land who are pleased to learn of his
good fo rtu n e. T h ey feel th a t F ra n k
resigned.
Two new members were initiated, C urtis will fill the position as he has
one application filed, and one member filled all p ositions of tru st, w ith cred it
to the institution, and him self.
In
8.
k
$ 6 0 .5 1
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Go to pisher, Jhorsen & Go.
r
Sell Agtat for the JÀÏESQN BAT
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A V E N A R IU S C A R B O L E N IU 11
W ill Destroy Chicken Lice, Ants, Roaches, Red Bugs and
All Insect Life Permanently.
We Do Not Sell!
A1I the m en’s clothing in Portland!
W e don’t want to, but the clothing we do sell, is very
easily distinguished from the common kind.
It fits the wearer!
It has in d iv id u a lity !
It w ill give satisfaction!
It is not freakish!
- in
______
can very easily afford
Dress up
good You
style.
it, and if you haven’t got the m oney to pay all cash for
it, it’s all right.
i Our Easy Payment Plan!
W ill help you along and it won’t cost you a cent extra!
Clothing
Hats
Trunks
Shoes
Underwear
Watches
E a s t e r n O u tfittin g Co.
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Carpet and Furniture Company
166 a n d 168 F ir s t S treet
W e show a line of F U R N IT U R E and CARPETS, CURTAINS
and PO RTIERES to fit any purse, whether it be for a PALACE
or for m odest COTTAGE-------
W e have the goods. W e sell at L IV IN G PRICES, LATEST
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W at
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