G OFFICIAL PAPER FEDERATED TRADES COUNCIL Portland Labor Press ( OFFICIAL PAPER E state federation of labor TRAD E U E 10E S A R E T IIE B U L W A R K S OE M O D ERE DEM OCRACIES.— W. E. CLADS TORE. No. 29 P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N , F E B R U A R Y 2 6 , 1904 Vol. IV T h is p recu rso ry b u rst of reasoning th a t of M assachusetts, to-w it, in 1780, inspired the convention to do things, and in th at co n stitu tio n was em bodied which it did w ithout a d issenting the same provision as is contained in voice. T h e spirit of. p atrio tism and the co n stitu tio n of C olorado, to-w it, freedom ran so high th a t the follow th at the w rit of habeas corpus should A • • ing reso lu tio n s were passed unani not be suspended, except in cases of m ously, in spite of the fact th e re were rebellion, or invasion, when the public som e good, lib erty -lo v in g A m ericans safety dem anded it. It was stated in absent, and not a few dead: tins co n stitu tio n al convention, w ithout ----------------- - The W icked Unions. dispute, and was a w ell-recognized and ad m itted fact, th at the G overnor “ Resolved, T h at th e p ro p aganda of had no pojver to suspend the w rit in labor unionism in the U nited S tates, a state; th at the suspension of the and the everyday p ractical w orkings w rit was intended to be, and w as in --------------------- thereof, are rev o lu tio n ary and sub • M assachusetts, as in E ngland, a m a t versive of the rig h ts of labor, and • I • I ter for legislative action. Declare War Against Organized 'h e em ployers of labor and of the • Governors of Idaho and Colo 221-223 Morrison Street, Corner First I laws of the land. A bove all, they are In 1787 the co n stitu tio n of the W age Workers by Series rado Assumed Arbitrary i d estructive of the rig h ts and liberties U nited S tates was adopted, and the of Resolutions. Authority. of th e g reat body of the people irre- I same provision was placed in it. In I spective of th eir affiliation with un- , 1796-7 occurred S h ay ’s rebellion in 1 M assachusetts, and the L egislature of ; ionism or w ith em ployers of labor. the state and n ot the G overnor, sus “ Resolved, fu rth er. T h a t the pres T h e C itizens' In d u strial A ssociation F. W . O w ers, an able counsel anti pended the w rit of habeas corpus. ent condition of an arch y and con of A m erica, an o th er “friend "(?) of D istrict A tto rn ey of T eller County, In 1807 Jo h n M arshall, Chief Ju stice the trad es union m ovem ent, held its tem pt for law and th e co n stitu ted au- C olorado, attack s th e au th o rity of of the Suprem e C ourt of th e U nited first annual convention in In d ian ap o | th o rities b ro u g h t about by th e law less G overnor P eabody to suspend the S tates, in the case of ex p arte Bohl- lis, I n d , com m encing last M onday ! leaders and m em bers of labor unions With entire New Store and w rit of habeas corpus, during the m in has forced upon the peace-loving citi- man, 4 Cranch, 75, em phatically de- m orning. New Fixtures ers n o of r m ’ .. e rs’ trouble, tro u b le, and aeciaraiio d eclaration m a ar r - I . , , , r- t f 1 1 » » . ‘ c a r e d th a t it at any tim e it should D. M. P arry , the industrial Moses, zens of the U nited States the neces- tial law in the Cripple C reek district. £ » An Up-to-Date Store ,, . „ j * becom e n ecessary for the w rit ot ha- was there pro m p tly as scheduled, and sltX ° f dem anding th a t the nam es and Mr. O w ers has never been classed : / , , . , , - ■ , ■ i , • beas corpus to be suspended, it was delivered one of his ch aracteristic a d - . w hereabouts of these law breakers p articu larly a friend to organized la- " , U . , , . C o m e S e e M e • •• dresses in “favor” of organized labor, w ho Practice intim idation, boycotting, , i - is i know n ,i bor. but he th ro u g h i ,™ o u ,. t th e i for th e L eg islatu re to say so, and th , a t as fo llo w s' picketing, d estru ctio n of p ro p erty , and , , _______ „ . , ¡ „ „ - u n ti l the L egislature had said so, the E x p e r t o p t i c i a n in C ta a r jje o f sta te as a brillian t atto rn ey and a ju s t ' “T he in terests of all classes, includ- , who com m it a ssau lts upon th eir fel- co u rts m ust issue the writ. O p tic a l D e p a r tm e n t man. H e says: Some tim e after this, Judge S torey ing those of labor, can n o t avoid being | low laborers, o r com m it o th e r crim es H isto ry of H ab eas Corpus. w ro te his C om m entaries on th e Con injured by attem p ts upon th e p art ; ,n tb e nam e of labor, be m ade know n T h e Io w a J e w e le r E x a m in e lo u r E y e » F re e T h e w rit of habeas corpus lias stitu tio n of the U nited S tates, and he of cith er g o v ern m en t o r civil organi- !Or tb e P rotection of al, law -abiding g en erally been spoken of as being em phatically declares th a t the execu zations looking to the arb itra ry regu- PeoPIe and for the best in terest of based on M agna C harta, adopted in tive has no pow er to suspend the w rit lation of industry. T h erefo re, eight- Iabor ltsclf and to the end th at justice 1215, w here the express declaratio n is of habeas corpus. hour, an ti-injunction and national ar- nla>' be nieted out. m ade th a t a m an shall n o t be de "R esolved, fu rth er, T h a t the execu- T h e question n ex t arose in the S tate , h itratio n bills are to he u tte rly con- prived of his lib erty except upon ju d g o f L ouisiana. In th e w ar of 1812 i dem ned as being dangerous innova-1 tlve com m ittee is h ereby directed to m en t of his peers, an d th a t no free G eneral Jack so n declared m artial law lio n s in governm ent and certain to ,ak e tbe n ecessary steps to ascertain m an shall be subject to arb itra ry to be in existence in th e City of Nc.v affect d isastro u sly th e n ational w e l- , tbe id en tity of such persons, and ob- T H IR D a n d M O R R IS O N S T S . a rre st by th e king; but, as a m atter of O rleans and surrounding country, and fare T h ere could be no freedom if ,ain fu l> inform ation in connection fact, th e sam e principle had been re attem p ted to suspend th e w rit of h a-j only a certain p ortion o f th e people | therew ith, and a rep o rt of the same peatedly applied by th e co u rts in E n g heas corpus on the au th o rity of the had the rig h t to co n tract for the sale i be m ade to each o rganization holding land long p rio r to the ad o ption of the P resid en t of the U n ited S tates. T he of th e ir labor or services. T h e era- , m em bership in th is association.” M agna C harta. I t is even claim ed by Suprem e C ourt of L ouisiana sh o rtly ployer should n o t be influenced by The Naughty Label, able w riters th a t the w rit w as b ro u g h t th e re afte r discussed the question, and any o th e r consid eratio n in the hiring “T h at the use of the union label on to th e island by the R om an conquer held th a t no such pow er existed either of m en th a n the ability, fitness and | m anufactured articles recognizes and o rs d u rin g th eir conquest, and th a t in G eneral Jack so n o r in the P re si lo y alty of th e applicant. I t is only | endorses th e endeavor of th e labor or- th e w rit is an o u tg ro w th of civil law dent of th e U nited S tates. A short by follow ing a policy of th is kind th a t ganization to control the entire labor alone. It is tru e th a t such a w rit ex tim e afte r this, th e U n ited S tates C ir m erit can receive its ju st rew ard and m ark et; th at it is no indication of the in th e ancient days of Rom e cuit C ourt of L ouisiana arrested G en the highest m easure of success he se- quality of the goods, and as its use is The Fastest Growing Store of the Northwest j isted and th a t it w as n o t suspended in eral Ja ck so n on th e charge of v io lat cured in industry. T h erefore, it is a su rren d er of individual freedom and Rom e except by o rd er o f th e Senate. ing th e w rits of the court, and held the plain duty of the em ployer to re is a badge of subserviency, be it re W hile it is tru e th a t th e w rit was th a t he had no p o w er to declare o r a t sist to the utm o st the closed-shop de solved. th at the C itizens’ In d u strial ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• used in E n g lan d p rio r to M agna C har tem pt to declare the existence of m ar m and of organized labor. A ssociation of A m erica declares its ta, it is also tru e th a t it w as rep eat tial law, and com pelled G eneral Jack- “Since it is his m oral duty n ot to opposition to the use of such labels edly violated by the king and th at it son to pay a thousand dollars fine for discrim inate betw een union and inde- and urges upon m an u factu rers th a t m ANUFACTURERS Ï was n ot effective. It w as supposed his disobedience to courts. T h e tw o pendent labor, it is his duty, th ro u g h . th ey refuse its use on th eir products, • — — ■—■ • th a t it w ould be effective after the L ouisiana eases will he found to be o rganization, to d em o n strate to the being a species of b oycott, and it is b aro n s had w rested th e g rea t M a g n a K ed ¡n 3 M artin , O. S. 530. of U N I O N m f lD E general public th a t he should n ot be j only by reason of u n tram m elled en - rigfit C h arta from th e king, b u t repeat -I In 1845 in the case of - W forced in to becom ing an involuntary ! terp rise th a t im provem ent in manu- edly afterw ard s th e p rovisions of the ! against Jo h n so n , 5 Ark. 687, th e Su p arty to such discrim ination. I do facture and national advancem ent can M agna C h arta w ere defied and disre prem e C ourt of A rkansas declared n ot believe th a t the general public . be secured." g arded and it w as n o t until 1679 th a t th a t it to o k an act of L eg islatu re to will su p p o rt organized labor in its ef- S eparate resolutions denouncing the the g reat habeas corpus act of Eng- au th o rize the suspension of th e w rit fo rts to com pel th e em ployer to b e - : eight-hour law and anti-injunction and was passed, w hich has been ef of habeas corpus. com e its business agent, for such he bills now pending before congress fective in th a t co u n try ever since. It In 1861, a sh o rt tim e afte r the would becom e if he be forced to re- w ere also ---<ed. Copies of the reso- has been claim ed by learned judges b reaking o ut of the war, P resident fuse em ploym ent to m en because they | lutions will be sent to the congres- and w riters, th a t w ith the passage of Lincoln, un d erto o k to suspend the w rit do not b elong to the union. T he lead- sional com m ittees. the habeas corpus act th e re passed of habeas corpus as to all p riso n ers ers of o rganized labor will be relieved | F rederick E. M atson of Indianap aw ay the last vestige of ty ran n y in arrested by the m ilitary, and the ques of a g reat deal of the burden of m ain olis. spoke ag ain st the an ti-injunction E ngland. tion cam e before Chief Ju stice T aney, taining th e m em bership of their o r bill. Mr. M atson is the atto rn e y for D u rin g the days p receding the R ev of th e U n ited S tates Suprem e Court, ganization if the em ployers could be the N ational A ssociation. o lu tio n ary w ar in A m erica the crown in the case ex p arte M errim an, T an ey com pelled to keep up th eir m em ber T h e co n stitu tio n adopted at the p re claim ed th a t th e colonies had not the 246, and was fully an d exhaustively ship for them . T h erefo re, in n ot re lim inary m eeting of the association: sam e rig h ts th a t th e people of E ng- discussed. T h e em inent judge of th e sisting the efforts of the labor ag ita at Chicago, O cto b er 29 and 30, prob and had. T h ere w as at th a t tim e no Suprem e C ourt em phatically rep u to rs to m ake them th eir tools in the ably will be adopted with few changes. question as to the rig h ts of E nglish- diated the attem p t to suspend th e w rit w ork of fasten in g the shackles of des A m ong th e m em bers of the revision I m en; the habeas corpus law protected of habeas corpus, and declared this potism upon labor, th e em ployers are of the co n stitu tio n are C. T. Kinnie, I hint, and he had all th e lib erty th a t w rit to be the g rea test rig h t th a t any gravely lacking in the duty th ey owe vice-president th e C olorado S tate anyone desired: b ut in the colonies it citizen could have, and th a t such a to lab o r in general. T he em ployer Alliance, of C olorado S prings, and WARRANTED BEST was claim ed th a t the co n stitu tio n of rig h t could n ot be suspended, except has a legal rieffit to em ploy only union F letch er Linn, NOT TO R I P P o rtlan d , O r. IN . E V E R Y D ETA IL E ngland did n ot apply. T h is was a by legislative act, w hich w ould be ac men if he chooses, and the m em bers G eneral H. D onzelm ann, of C hey co n stan t source of irritatio n betw een com panied w ith restric tio n s and lim i of a union have th e legal rig h t to enne. W yo., chief legal counsel for the • S A L E S R O O M : S. t il . C o r n a r F i f t h a n d S t a r k S tr e e ts the colonies and the crow n. In E n g tatio n s, to prevent its abuse. refuse to w ork w ith independent la In dependent O rd e r of L abor, was also • F A C T O R Y : C o rn e r G ra n d H v e n u e a n d B a s t T a y lo r S tr e e t land th e m ilitary w as recognized as In O cto b er, 1861, the question came bor. But I m aintain th a t n eith er the there. Mr. D onzelm ann w as th e re to su b o rd in ate to th e civil pow er, and up again before th e U n ited States em ployer n o r the m em ber of the un- ask m oral su p p o rt for the new organ- P O R T ü flN D , OREGON th ere w as no dispute o r contention C ircuit C ourt for th e D istrict of Co ion has any m oral rig h t in either case ; ization, w hich is a w o rk e rs' union th a t th ere could be any such th in g as lum bia, and is rep o rted in U. S. vs. to d iscrim inate ag ain st m en who do ¡th a t is en tirely independent of other •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• m artial law. I t w as a w ell recog P o rte r, F ed eral Case 16074-A; and n ot care to belong to union organiza- \ o rganized unions. It stan d s firm ly for nized fact, and had been for a hundred this co u rt declares th a t no such pow er tions. If the union men p ersist, how - 'h e open-shop principle. L ocals have years, th a t th e w rit of habeas corpus existed it) the P re sid en t of the L m te d ever, in d iscrim inating ag ain st the in- been estao n sh ed in Cheyenne, Den- could n o t he suspended in E ngland, States. dependent lab o rer by refusing to w o rk , vcr. O gden and in m any o th e r W est- except by act of P arliam en t; but in In Septem ber, 1862, the U nited with him, th eir legal rig h t to discrim - ern cities, he said. T he p urposes of the colonics the crow n m ade the civil S tates D istrict C ourt for the S tate inate ends w ith th eir refusal to work. this o rganization are: T o p ro tec t the pow er su b o rd in ate to the m ilitary of N ew Y o rk again set its seal of co n No union has the legal rig h t to p re lives, liberty anil p ro p erty and p u r pow er and claim ed the rig h t to make dem nation upon the action of P re si vent an independent lab o rer from suit of hanniness of its m em bers, as arb itra ry arrests, from w hich it was d en t L incoln, and said th a t it m ade w orking, and n eith er has it the legal well as to pro m o te th e cultivation of 166 a n d 168 F ir s t S treet claim ed no release could be had by no difference how g reat or how pure rig h t to com pel the em ployer n ot to social in terco u rse and m utual p ro tec w rit of habeas corpus. tion. Mr. D onzelm ann said in a sh o rt a p atrio t the P resid en t of th e U nited hire the independent w orkm an. Ip 1776 th e colonies, in th eir D ec S tate s m ig h t be, no such p recedent “ Now, if the unions take th e posi talk: We show a line of FURNITURE and CARPETS, CURTAINS laratio n of Independence, as one of should be established as m eant the tion th a t th ere m ust be discrim ination “ U nionism will d estro y all com pe and PORTIERES to fit any purse, whether it be for a PALACE th eir chief grievances ag ain st the p ossibility of people being deprived ag ain st independent labor as the price tition, am bition and individualism .” K in g of E ngland, declared th a t he of th e ir rights. Mr. D onzelm ann w as a U nited or for modest COTTAGE. ------- for the em ploym ent of union labor, had attem p ted to su b ordinate the civil We have the goods. We sell at LIVING PRICE8, LATEST T h e question n ex t arose in V er then I believe it m ay becom e the duty S tates consul at I rague. pow er to th e m ilitary pow er, and had m o n t in O ctober, 1862, and is rep o rted of th e em ployers to discrim inate j STYLES and RELIABLE MANUFACTURERS. attem p ted to m ake the m ilitary pow er in ex p arte Field, 5 Blatch. 63, Judge ag ain st union laborers. T h e em ployer M assachusetts Copies Law. su p erio r to the judiciary. T h e D ec L ab o r p apers all over th e country Sm alley, U n ited S tates C ircuit Judge, is n ot to be expected to em ploy men laration of Independence declares held th a t w hile th e re could be no sus w ho are seeking to com pel him n o t j are p raisin g the M assachusetts law do n 't see th e label, we ask you to TO O RG A N IZED LABOR. th a t no m an w ho w ould atte m p t so to pension bf the w rit of habeas corpus, to em ploy o th er men and w ho are which gives th e S tate L ab o r Com mis- govern yourselves accordingly. T he M usicians’ A ssociation of P o rt act w as fit to be th e ru ler of free u n d er the first proclam ations which also seeking to invade his rig h ts in sioner pow er to ascertain and pub T H E M U S IC IA N S ’ M U T U A L AS land, local No. 99, A. F. of M., wish people. had been issued by the S ecretary of o th e r respects. T h e union m ust un lish th e facts in a co n tro v ersy betw een S O C IA T IO N . D u rin g th e R ev olutionary W ar, G en W ar, under the sanction of th e P re si d erstan d th a t while m en have th e an em ployer and his em ployes, in case to call the atten tio n of m em bers of L ocal 99, A. F. of M. eral W ash in g to n addressed a le tte r to dent of th e U n ited S tates, th a t still rig h t to o rganize any association they eith er refuses to arb itra te. W a sh in g affiliated unions and their friends to his generals, in w hich he stric tly com th e fact th a t very few of the am use th e P re sid en t him self had the pow er see fit, th e re is th is qualification, th at ton unionists are n ot envious o r they Ready for Business. m anded them to resp ect the civil au to suspend th e w rit, and th a t the last the acts an d p urposes of such asso would claim som e of the praise th a t is m ent reso rts in the N orth E nd of the The Federated Trades Laundry th o rities, an d n o t to attem p t to m ake p ro clam atio n m ade b y th e P resid en t, ciations shall n o t be co n tra ry to law being given th eir M assach u setts con city em ploy union m usicians. T he reason for this discrim ination is b e is now running and ready for busi the m ilitary su p erio r to the civil au to -w it: In Septem ber, 1862, suspend and th e sp irit of A m erican freedom , tem poraries. I t is a fact th a t the cause they can get the oth er kind a I ness. Your patronage is solicited. thorities. ing th e w rit as to all m ilitary arrests, and th ey m ust u n d erstan d th a t those law of the la tte r sta te is th e copy of W h en independence w as achieved, w as valid. T h e ju d g e says th a t he is w ho join asso ciatio n s w hich seek to th e W ash in g to n law, and th a t law few hits cheaper. W e call the a tte n Address, Corner Quimby and 17th th en cam e th e adoption of th e con inform ed th a t th e A tto rn ey General, d iscrim inate ag a in st o th e r m en may was fram ed by o rganized labor, and by tion of union men to the fact th a t the Streets. Phone, Main 1405. stitu tio n of th e different states, and m usicians label (house card) will as w ell as som e o th e r em inent law yers expect in tim e to find them selves dis them lobbied th ro u g h a hostile L egis See that the union label is on your of the U nited S tates. O ne of the first lature.—S eattle U n io n Record. h ereafter be displayed in all houses crim in ated ag ain st.” • co n stitu tio n s th a t was ado p ted was em ploying union m usicians. If you goods. •••••••••••••••••»••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••J HABEAS CORPUS A N T I-U N IO N IS T S History of Writ by Able ^Attorney. Meet in First Annual Con: vention. WHO HAS POWER Î 0 SUSPEND ATTACK POLICY OF UNION LABOR ¡OVERCOAT SALE! M EN'S $ 2 0 .0 0 OVERCOATS, $ 1 6 .0 0 MEN'S $ 1 5 .0 0 OVERCOATS, $ 1 2 .0 0 MEN'S $ 7 .7 5 OVERCOATS, $ 6 .2 0 ¡WELCH, THE AMERICAN CLOTHIER S still m The on stanil 299 BOHHKOH i!ir FIFTH A. N. WRIGHT I ROBERTS BROS. f D ry Goods G en ts’ F u r n is h in g s a n d S h o es i N E U S T flD T E R BRO S. : î jCCHARBgæeCOTHlÎÎQ Taubenheimer fy Schmeer Carpet and Furniture Company of of