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I Portland Labor Press c OFFICIAL PAPER STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR ( feder OFFICIAL PAPER ATED TRADES COUNCI L j , — ----- ------ TRADE UE10ES ARE THE BULWARKS OF MODERE DEM 0CRAC1ES.-W . E. OLADSTOEE. EIGHT HOUR BILL FREE fr o m CARE is th e m a n w h o h a s a n a d eq u a te E n d o w m e n t P o lic y i n t h e Before Committee on Edu cation and Labor. EQUITABLE LIFE •• Strongest in the World.” - C all or w rite for Inform ation. , Sam uel. M anager. 30« O regonian B uilding. P ortland, Oregon, ijg • •••« •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••J ¡OVERCOAT SALE! MEN'S $ 2 0 .0 0 OVERCOATS, $ 1 6 .0 0 MEN’S $ 1 5 .0 0 OVERCOATS, $ 1 2 .0 0 MEN'S $ 7 .75 OVERCOATS, $ 6.20 : WELCH. THE AMERICAN CLOTHIER« • • 221-223 Morrison Street, Corner First • • 5 Still Hi Tie Old Stand ¡S3 ROUISDR uu ran W ith entire N ew Store and New Fixture* An Up-to-Date Store C o m e See M e K x p e r t O p tic ia n O p tic a l In C h a rg e of A. N. WRIGHT D e p a rtm e n t K a a n a in a V o ta r E y e « F re e T h e I o w a J e w e le r ROBERTS BROS.1 T H I R D a n d M O R R IS O N S T S . D ry Goods G ents’ F u r n is h in g s a n d Shoes | The Fastest ^Growing* Store * of« »the * Northwest« Î |4 E U S T flD T E R S BROS. U N IO N • a « • a a a a M ANUFACTURERS OF mADE • a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a • a a a a a a a a a a fííCHANÍc^etOTHÍÍfe * B EST BEST IN E V E R Y D ETA IL W ARP ANTED WARRANTED N O T . TO R I P • S B b B S R O O M : S. U f. C o r n a r F i f t h a n d S t a r k J pnCTO RV: A • ” S tra a ts a a a a a a a a a • a a a a a C o rn a r B ra n d n v a n u a a n d B a a t T a y lo r S tra a t PORTLAND, against the eig h t-h o u r bill. It is ex pected th a t the hearings will be co n tinued on Friday. R epresentative Ile a rs t, of New Y ork, introduced a bill last F riday “to em pow er U nited S tates atto rn ey s, w ithout the direction of the atto rn ey - general. to enforce the act to p ro tect trade and com m erce against unlawful Ira stra in ts and m onopolies." T he bill am end- the Sherm an an ti-tru st law to ANTI-LABOR MEN ASK FOR TIME ¡re a d N o tw ith sta n d in g th at th e E Q U I T A B L E L I F E i» the »trongeot In the w o rld , rate« are n o h igh er than o th er oom paniea. In fo rm a tio n ch eerfu lly ta rn ish ed . __ ________________ • No. 2 7 P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N . F E B R U A R Y 12. 1904 V ol. IV ORECÒN • • < • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • aaaaaaaaaaa a aaasaaaaa Taubenheimer $ Schmeer Carpet and Furniture Company Ititi a n d Ititi F in d S treet W e show a line of FU R N IT U R E and CARPETS, CURTAINS and PORTIBRES to fit any purge, whether it be for a PALACE or for modest COTTAGE. W e have the goods. We sell at L IV IN G PRICES, LATEST STYLES and RELIABLE MANUFACTURERS. • • as follow s in sectio n 4: MINERS ASK AID Agent Canvassing Unions in Portland. MILITARY OUTFACES RLVEALED "T h e several circuit courts of the I U nited States are hereby ve-ted with EinleHv .r t'» Kill the M-astire I jurisdiction to prevent and restrain Rights Uuaiai.t ed by lederai eiolations of this act; and it shall be Constitution to t I t i Z c i i x By Waging a ('ainpaigii the duty of the several district a tto r Outraged. of Delay. neys of the U nited S tates, in th e ir respective districts, to in stitu te p ro ceedings in equity to prevent and re F o r the first tim e in the h isto ry of It was the same old sto ry of delay strain such violations. Such pro ceed and put (iff th at has becom e so com ings m ay be by w ay of petition se t th e W estern F ed eratio n of M iners m on w ith legislation these days as to ting forth the case and p raying th at that o rganization is seeking financial bring upon congress th e nam e of the such violations shall be enjoined or a-si-ta n ce from outside unions to aid them in their struggle in Colorado. "put-off co n g ress’’ w hen the house otherw ise prohibited. ‘‘W hen the parties com plained of P. S. W ilson is in P o rtlan d for that com m ittee on labor m et F eb ru ary 4 to hear argum ents for and against shall have been duly notified of such purpose, having arrived here the first the eig h t-h o u r bill. T he cham pions petition the court shall proceed as of the week. Each evening he visits of the cause of labor, headed by P re s soon as m ay be to th e hearin g and the unions of this city, relates the ident Samuel G om pers of th e A m er d eterm ination of th e case, and p en d h isto ry of the trouble, describes the ican F ed eratio n of L abor, were th ere ing such petition, and before final o u trag es p erp etrated by the m ilitary decree, th e court m ay, at any tim e, upon unoffending citizens, and asks ready to begin th e battle. m ake such te m p o rary restrain in g o r co n tributions for the m iners and their R epresentatives of m an u factu rers’ d er or prohibition as shall be deem ed fam ilies. H e states th at he will not associations from far and near, m en just in the prem ises; but n o th in g in accept funds personally, but requests who are a pow er in financial circles, were th ere, as were m en w ho came this act or in the acts of w hich it is th a t they be sent to W m . D. H ay am en d ato ry shall be so co n stru ed as wood, secretary of the W estern F ed to decry the attem p t of organized la bor to secure rig h ts for w hich th ey to apply to trad es unions or o th e r o r e r a t i o n of Miners. ganizations of labor organized to deal O ver 7000 men are idle in the C rip have long been stru g g lin g and to with hours of labor, w ages, or o th e r ple Creek and T elluride districts, speak in the nam e of m an u factu rers’ conditions under w hich labor is to be which involves an expenditure of associations w ith secretive m em ber perform ed.” from $2000 to $3000 per day. T his ship. has been continued for six m onths, T he cry of the an ti-lab o r men was A FT E R L IC E N SE LAW. eating up a treasu ry of a q u arter of for m ore time. "W e arc n ot ready,” I a m illion dollars, besides regular as was th eir lame excuse. N o tw ith stan d in g th e fact th a t they Engineers Organize Political Club sessm ents levied upon w orking m em for This Purpose. bers of the federation. were notified nearly a m o n th before T he engineers of P o rtlan d are de the com m ittee, th ey cam e unprepared In addition to the cost of keeping to m ake th eir ob jectio n s and hoping term ined to have an E n g in eers' Li> th e m iners and th eir families in food to defeat the plan for an eight-hour- cense Law , and th eir prelim inary and clothing, considerable m oney has day bill by a request for m ore delay. m ove to secure it is to organize a been expended in co u rt trials, em N ot being ready to go ahead, th ey political club. T his was done last ploym ent of detectives, etc. It has endeavored to force the m en w ho will ■londay evening, w hen over 200 m a been necessary to keep a force of se speak for the rig h ts of labor to be rine and sta tio n a ry engineers m et in cre t service m en co n stan tly in the heard first. T he practice of all con heir hall at 4 7 ^ F irst street for th at field to p ro tect the union against out gressional bodies is first to hear those purpose. rages credited to them th a t have been who are opposed to a m easure. T his W hile the m arine engineers o perate com m itted by men in th e em ploy of practice is never deviated from. under a federal license th ey are in th e com panies. Some of the b itte r T he rep resen tativ es of the m anufac vm pathy w ith the statio n ary men est enem ies of the union are men tu rers, how ever, w ere angered th at id will aid them to secure w hat leg hired to com m it unlaw ful acts which are laid to union m en, and this re the com m ittee did n ot give them ihe islation th ey dem and. rig h t to be heard last. R ep resen ta F o r the past tw o sessions of the port is sent bro ad cast as facts from tive H u g h es, of New Jersey , a staunch legislature the engineers have endeav the censuring board of the m ilitary. friend of labor, expressed disgust at ored to secure a license law, b ut the Mr. W ilson says th a t th ere was the w hole affair. opposition th at arose against the never a m ore law -abiding, loyal com “ It is n o th in g but delay, delay, d e m easure from the outside m em bers, m unity of m iners th an are those in lay.” he exclaimed. “ Several weeks aided by a few leg islato rs from the th e C ripple Creek country. H e says ago w hen we decided to take up the city, killed it. T his opposition to the th a t fully ninety per cent of them are eig h t-h o u r bill I m oved th a t h ear bill is to be elim inated by m aking the A m ericans, w ho have purchased their ings be sta rted im m ediately. T he law apply o nly to cities of 20,000 pop hom es and reared splendid families. com m ittee decided, how ever, to sta rt ulation and over. F ra n k ’ A sher was T h e children have been sent to school on F ebruary- 4. N otices w ere sent elected president of th e club, and M. and m any of them are well educated. out to th a t effect 1 oday the oppo-1 \ [ oran secretary. A nam e will be Many of the hom es are com fortably nents com e here and ask for m ore chosen later. furnished, pianos are frequently seen, time. It's -im ply a trick to kill the A m em bership of nearly 400 can be and the young ladies are good m usi bill.” secured am ongst the engineers alone, cians. D aniel D avenport introduced him anil organization will be furth ered T h e heads of these families, men self to the com m ittee as an a tto rn e y ' diligently from now until election. It who were unknow n to excessive h ab of B ridgeport. Conn. H e said th a t is the purpose of th e engineers to its, and the very best of citizens, w ere he rep resen ted an association of m an support at the polls the p arty w ho arrested w ithout due process of law, ufacturers. the m em bership of w hich guaran tees to them the legislation j th ro w n into the bull-pen w ithout a was secretive. H e asked to be heard hearing or trial by the m ilitia, and they seek. by the com m ittee at a later date. H is T he club is to be absolutely n o n kept for weeks w ithout charges being request was g ran ted , but before tak in g Men who partisan. T hey have sim ply resolved preferred against them. his seat Mr. D avenport took it upon ow ned p ro p erty anil had a bank ac to w ork for them selves and have him self to deliver a tirade against were arrested lor vagrancy, united th eir political energies with count org an ized labor. that in ten tio n fixed. No prom ises loaded o nto a train and banished l'r. in P resid en t G om pers was quick to will be considered. S om ething of a the country. They were accused of hurl back the slander H e said: m ore substantial natu re m ust be being dangerous men. yet the m ilitary “ I can readily un d erstan d the bona shown the engineers, for they have officials, w h o were supposed io pro fide class of the g en tlem an 's clients long since learned th a t the ways of tect the peace of the com m unity, sent when he will not bring them here. train lo ad s of these “dangerous ch ar the political boss arc many. O rganized labor has never failed to ac te rs" into oth er p art- o f t h e s t a te . In addition to th e ir intention to bring men here, men who are w orkers T he trouble started originally with support m en who will enact th eir li and com petent to speak. tin- mill men In Colorado ( ity a “T his m an com es here in a m y ste cense bill the engineers will take an large m illing com pany paid i(,s men the rious fashion, saying th a t the asso in terest in the candidates for a m inim um wage of $1.75 per day in ciation he rep resen ts has a private bench. T h ey feel th at if they should a country where the neces-itie- of m em bership, and I have no doubt th at secure the law, th at if it was drafted life were unusually high, and w'here he will refuse to give your com m ittee carefully and in accordance w ith the vegetable- cannot be raised. E very co nstitution, it should not he declared th eir nam es.” th in g has to be shipped into that void upon sonic technicality, if tested. I country. T hese men had families and T h ey are perfectly w illing that their L egislation in which organized la they earned so little that they could law shall stand upon its m erits, but bor is in terested received considera not keep them half clothed and fed. don't intend that it -hall be in te r tion by the labor com m ittees of the T h e little fellows were com pelled to preted by a biased judge. house and senate. M onday m orning go barefooted and th eir ten d er feet A çom tnittee was appointed to draw were sore and bleeding from cuts on a sub-com m ittee of the com m ittee on up a set o f b y-law s, a n d as soon as this labor in the house held a special ses jag g ed rocks. Beside# the lives of the com m ittee rep o rt- to the elnh, w ork sion to hear an address by P resident men in the mills were shortened by will he com m enced in earnest. poisonous dust from various ores. Samuel G om pers of the A m erican F ederation of L abor on the an ti-in T w elve hours co n stitu ted a day's H azleto n (P a .) B ro th erh o o d of C ar work. junction bill. Mr. G om pers departs T his was th e sta te of affairs th at upon an official visit to P o rto Rico p en ters’ U nion has form ulated a new this week, and the com m ittee wished schedule of w ages, which will raise the officers of the W estern F ed eratio n to hear his opinions reg ard in g the the m axim um rate from 28 to 32 cents of M iners found in C olorado City last an hour, to becom e effective on April spring. T hey im m ediately to o k the pending bill. m atter up with the sup erin ten d en t, The senate com m ittee on education 1st. who agreed in th irty days to concede and labor took up the consideration the dem ands m ade by th e federation, o f the F oss arb itratio n hill last Mon- Ready for BllNioeNH day m orning which p roposes to create T h fl F e d e r a t e d T ra d e 8 L a u n d r y j At th e expiration of th e th irty days the su p erin ten d en t had n ot only not a special court with jurisdiction to ad ju st d is p u te s b etw een em p lo y es an d is now running and ready for busi- ! dime as he agreed but had discharged cmploycrs. I ness. Your patronage is solicited. the m ost pro m in en t union m en around On T h u rsd ay the house com m ittee Address, Corner Quimby and 17th ' the mill. T h e federation then gave I him a certain num ber of days to rc- on labor heard arg u m en ts for and I Streets. Phone, Main 146.5. agrecd. H e ignored the o rd er and a strike was declared T he strike was prosecuted for some tim e when the m ining com panies of Cripple Creek, who furnished th e mill with fire, be gan to let a few union men go at a time. T his becom e so frequent th a t the m iners were forced to go out to save iheniselv( This occurred ab o u t the tentit of A ugust, since w hich tim e t h e battle has been waged w ith m uch b iitiiu e s - mi both sides. As soon as the si rike w as declared the business nu n - m em bers uf the C itizens’ Alli ance refused the m iners credit, and tip at the -im plest p retex t m artial law was ordered by G overnor P eabody against the p ro test of the sheriff and county com m issioners. As soon as the m ercantile houses refused credit to the m iners the fed eration began to establish supply houses in the d istricts, until tod ay th ey have four—located at Goldfield, Cripple Creek, V ictor and A naconda. The-v s t o r e s are doing an im m ense business. M iners who have the m eans are required to pay for th eir goods, but those w ho have no m oney are given a $10 book. T his book is ex pected to last a m onth. Fam ilies, how ever, are given a little m ore. A t first th e federation had difficulty in purchasing goods. T he supply houses in the state refused to sell them a d o llar's w orth. F inally ag en ts w ere sent into K ansas and o th e r states w here th ey purchased an y th in g they required, after w hich the C olorado houses sought the p atronage of the miners. G oods are purchased in ca r load lots and shipped into Cripple Creek, and from there distrib u ted to the various points where stores are located. T he federation has been to a tr e m endous expense and still are. T hey have all the grit necessary, but th ey need money. A gents are being sent out in all directions. Mr. W ilson has been assigned the d istrict of O re gon and W ashington. J. H. L eo nard is now in California and has succeeded in g ettin g substantial returns. In fact California owes the W estern F ed eration of M iners a debt th ey can scarcely repay. D uring the w ater front strike in San F rancisco n early three years ago the F ederation of M iners donated liberally to the strik ers of the G olden Gate city. Mr. W ilson's m ission in P o rtlan d will not be in vain, some of the un ions having m ade donations already. It is to be Imped that all w ho can will not forget the struggling m iners of C olorado, who are fighting for th e rig h ts guaranteed by the co n stitu tion of our country, but denied by the gov ernor of a state. Fail to Agree. A fter tw o weeks of deliberation upon the question of the wage -cale to be operative in the central com pe titive district of the bitum inous coat field from April 1. the rep resen ta tives of the M iners' N ational o rg ani zation and of the o p erato r- of the slates of W estern Pennsylvania, O hio, Indiana and Illinois, have adjourned their joint conference. N othing at all definite was accom plished and th e situation rem ains unchanged. From the opening day of the joint confer ence it was evident that an agree ment con’d not be reached T h e o p erato rs adhered to their dem and fo r a general reduction of the l j per cent in the present wage scale which they declared to he im perative in view of th e th reatening com petitive outlook. A gainst this proposition the m iners dem anded a strictly run of mine basis for w eighing coal and a flat differen tial of seven c e n t' betw een pick and m achined coal. N either side was will ing to give any ground or to listen to a com prom ise A deadlock resulted and wa- not broken until the conven tion adjourned. In Indianapolis a second conference is Io be held beginning F ebruary 15. It is the belief that at this second conference both parties to the in te r ests involved will be in a m ood to grant certain im portant m odifications in the original dem ands and that the scale of 190n will be again affirmed. T his scale will be practically a vic to ry for the o perators, an it will in volve a reduction in the present wage scale of approxim ately 12 per cent. C hildren under sixteen years of age probably will not be seen on the Chi cago stage h ereafter later th an 7 o'clock in the evening. T h is is an o th er result of th e Iroquois fire. S tate Factory In sp ecto r Davis has received hundreds of letters since the disaster pointing out a city ordinance which prohibits em ploym ent of children on the stage during the n ig h t p erform ance. He will take im m ediate action when the th e ate rs reopen.