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© P ortland labor press in some of the factories in Indiana to use devices th a t have been put in for T h e C itizens’ A lliance and the L abor their personal safety. “ I t ’s a peculiar th in g ,” said D. H U nions of Los A ngeles Cross McAbee, chief of the d ep artm en t of Swords. inspection, “th at there are m any fac L O S A N G E L E S . Cal., Feb. 25.— tory em ployes ^ h o absolutely refuse (Special C orrespondence.)—T he C iti to m ake use of safety devices on m a zen s’ A lliance of Los A ngeles, re chines th a t they m ay be operating. cently organized by " H e rb '' G eorge, 1 have had num erous cases come to of D enver, a tool of G overnor P ea my notice since being in th is office, body of C olorado, and of B lather and they have w orried m e not a lit skite P a rry of Indianapolis, has had tle. Some tim e ago I visited a large its first tilt w ith the unions of th is factory in a tow n some distance from city. T his “alliance” is com posed of Indianapolis to see w hat had been all the unionhaters w ho, for the p a s t ! do" e »* th e w»y oi Pu tt,n 8 >" certain tw o years, have dom inated the Em- j safet>' devices. T h e com pany had p lo y e rs’ and the M erchants’ and M an- - com plied to the letter, and wood- u fac tu re rs’ A ssociations. H. G. O tis w orking m achinery of a certain class is chairm an of the executive board of had been p roperly equipped th e new com bination, and the Los I w as surprised to find, how ever, A ngeles T im es is its official m outh-1 th a t ° " e m an w ho was at w ork on piece. A few days ago the Rival a ripsaw had discarded the guard ar R estaurant, which, fo r years, had rangem ent w hich was designed es been a union house, discharged its pecially to p rotect his hands and arm s union help, and the p ro p rie to r im m e from com ing in contact w ith the saw. diately joined the C itizens’ A lliance. I asked him about it, and from his T h e council of labor placed a boycott m anner I knew in stan tly th a t he felt the use of such a thing would reflect upon the house, and pickets were upon his ability as a w orkm an. H e stationed in fro n t of th e place. F or had w orked so m any years in th e th e first day o r tw o th e alliance dis very face of danger and had never trib u te d free m eal tick ets to hobos, been scratched th at he regarded a w ith w hom the city is now flooded. safety device as a ridiculous creation. T h is proved too expensive a ruse for “It is a fact duly recorded by me the union-haters, so they had the that w ithin th ree weeks from th a t day stree t railw ay com pany, the T im es office and a big d ep artm en t sto re is this same m an, while at w ork on the sue ord ers to th eir em ployes to p at self-sam e saw, with the safety guard ronize the boycotted resta u ran t, w hich throw n aside, had one of his arm s of course they did, in o rd er to retain cut com pletely off w hile pushing a th e ir jobs. Police have been placed board th ro u g h the machine. “I have know n of several sim ilar about th e place, th eir presence a t trac tin g large crow ds about noon instances during the last year o r tw o. In an o th er facto ry this departm ent hour. Ju st how long the alliance can force ordered dust p ro tecto rs for m achines th e clerks, bookkeepers, nonunion in one of th e room s. It was deem ed m echanics and others to patronize the 1 an un h ealth y place, the m en being b o ycotted •'lace, tim e alone can tell. com pelled to fill th eir lungs w ith air that was heavily dust-laden. T he m a O rganized labor is thoroughly chines w ere equipped w ith covers so aroused, and the effect will be a m ore , th a t little o r no dust could escape, determ ined fight against th e Tim es. ( Since Ja n u ary 1 the follow ing ad- j but when an inspection o f the factory v ertisem ents have been w ithdraw n was made it was found th a t few of from th a t notorious paper, as a re the devices were in use. T he men sult of letter-w riting by unionists seem ed to care little fo r their own com fort. ev e ry w h e re: “So, you see, th at one of the things B orden’s C ondensed M ilk Co., 71 we are try in g to do besides com pell H udson S treet, New Y ork, N. Y. “ Mrs. W inslow ’- S oothing Syrup '— ing factory people to com ply w ith A nglo-A m erican D rug Co., 215 F u l the laws for the p ro tectio n of th eir men, is to educate the m en th em ton St., New York, N. Y. W olff P rocess L eath er Co., P h ila selves to the use of safety appliances.” -—Indianapolis News. delphia, Pa. P h ilo -H ay Specialties Co., Newark, N. J. A bolition of Lagniappe. “ S. B. C atarrh C ure”—Sm ith Bros., i T he labor unions of New O rleans F resno, Cal. have been the m eans o f killing an “W hite Ribbon R em edy"—Dr. W m. ancient in stitu tio n of th e city which P. Brown, 218 T rem o n t St., B o sto n ,' the retail dealers have long tried to Mass. get rid of—lagniappe, the giving of a Radcliffe SI: e Co., D ept. 42. Bos-j small present with each purchase. ton Mass. D uring the Spanish rule, in the 18th T he follow ing ad vertisers h a v e ! century, the lagniappe practice was prom ised to w ithdraw at the expira- ! begun, and furnished a m uch-prized tion of th e ir contracts: i perquisite for the slaves w ho did the “ C astoria”—T he C entaur Co., 77 i ' shopping for th eir m asters. F o r six M urray St. j generations every retail dealer has had W elsbach Co., 25 W . Broadw ay. displayed on his counters ja rs of nuts, N ew Y ork, N. Y. candy, cakes and raisins and other Dr. P ierce M edical Co., Buffalo, dainties, from which the purchaser N. Y. ' could select his lagniappe (la napa, a “G hirardelli G round C hocolate"—■ I gift) after he had bought his goods. D. G hirardelli. San F rancisco, Cal. I L agniappe was the pourboire of the Ivory P _ ro c to _. r & Gamble, r-„ n c h u , the .i i- nglish ,• t tip, . ■ a free-wtll- r . . S . . oap”— . . _ lre E T h ird & W alnut Sts.. Cincinnati, O. T H E F IR ST FIG H T . ------------------------------ I Reject Safety Devices. T he special province of th e Indiana d epartm ent of factory inspection is to see that m anufacturing concerns com ply with th e factory law s th a t are designed to p rotect em ployes. T he average m an and probably few of the legislato rs who assist in m aking the factory laws know th a t one of the | chief difficulties tNat confronts the j departm en t is to persuade em ployes offering, and the children of later days have considered it a com m ission for b ringing th eir trade. It had d e veloped in to a g reat nuisance, and dealers had to keep try in g to make th eir lagniappe m ore and m ore a t tractive, so as to outbid th e ir rivals. T h e children becam e very crafty in g ettin g lagniappe. If a sm all sh o p per had a num ber of purchases to m ake he w ould go to one sto re for his sugar, and take the cu sto m ary lag niappe; to an o th er for the salt, again tak in g toll, and so on until he had m ade a goodly collection of edibles. T h e L ab o r Council decided th a t those who gave o r could afford to give the best lagniappe w ere those w ho dealt in prison-m ade goods or in articles m ade by child labor. T h ey declared ag ain st th e ancient in stitution, and the shopkeepers, .only too glad of the chance to relieve them selves of the burden, have obeyed w ith alac rity. T h ere is one th in g to be said for lagniappe: D uring its sw ay there was no difficulty in g ettin g th e e r rands to th e sto re done.— P h ilad el phia Public L edger. The Labor Situation in Spokane. T h e condition of organizel labor in Spokane was never better. F o r th is season of the year p robably a larg er per cent of the m em bership o f the unions are em ployed th an ever be fore. It is true th a t th e m achinists are having a little tro u b le w ith the Spokane M achinery & Supply Co., and the plum bers are o ut on strike, but the num ber of m en o ut of w ork on account of th e tw o strikes am ounts to p ractically nothing. But six m en are involved in the m achinists' strike, and a g reat m any of th e plum bers are at w ork. Since th e strike fo u r of the union plum bers have sta rted shops of th eir own, and all are d o in g a good business. H o llin g b erry & M axwell are em ploying about 15 men, and the plum bers have practically won out. No tro u b le is being experienced in g ettin g all th e supplies needed, d e spite th e fact th a t the local supply houses refuse to sell to the independ ent co n tracto rs. Som e of the supplies are bought in Seattle and P o rtlan d , and th e C rane Com pany, of Chicago, is supplying a num ber o f shops. All of th e building trad es are look ing forw ard to a busy year, at their old scales, and no tro u b le will be ex perienced unless the co n tra cto rs p ro voke it.—S pokane Record. BUTTER 45c and 50c Beat oream ory.............................0 0 c and tiSc Egga, aeleoted , d o a e n ............................_. 3Oc B e a t b u g a r -C u r e d H a m ............................... 16o P ic n ic H a m ......... 10c 5 p ou n d s P u re L ard .................................. 56o 10 pou nd s P ure L ard...........................* 1 .1 0 Beat 6Oo T e a . ............ ................................. 30c L eave order for Chriatmaa T u r k e y s, 23o, early; C hicken, 15c; G eese, l4 c , for baturday. La Grande Creamery 3 0 4 Y A M H IL L D A V ID M. DUNNE & CO. Interesting W indow Display. It b eats ev ery th in g in the city to exam ine the 16 show w indow s full of special bargains. L ad ies’ and m en ’s $3 and $4 shoes, for $1.50 and $2.50; m isses’ and b o y s’ $2 shoes for $1.25 and $1.50; also a lot of reg u lar $1.50 grade for 75c; big asso rtm en t of m en's siuts and o vercoats, w o rth $12.50, $15 and $18, for $9.95. A n o th er big lot of reg u lar $10 grade, fo r $5.75. A window full of reg u lar $2.50 and $3 hats for $1.75. A n o th er lo t of reg u lar $2 grad e fo r 99c. P an ts, shirts, underw ear, tru n k s, valises, blankets and com forters, at cut prices. JO H N D E L L A R , co rn er F irst and Yamhill. MERCHANTS' NATIONAL B A N K — PO R TLAND , OR. J. F R A N K W A TSO N ...................... President R. L. D U R H A M .....................V ice-President R. W. HOYT............................................ Cashier GEORGE W. HOYT.........A ssistan t Cashier TRANSACTS A G EN ER A L B A N K IN G BU SIN E SS. In terest paid on tim e deposits. D rafts and letters of credit issued, avail able In all parts of the world. Collections a sp ecialty. Gold dust bought. LONDON A N D SA N FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED. Chamber of Commerce Building, Third and Stark Streets. Head offles, B* Old Broad street, London. This bank transacts a general hanking business, m akes loans, discounts bills ana Issues letters of credit available for trav elers and the purchase of m erchandise In any city of the world. D eals In foreign ana dom estic exchange. Interest paid on term deposits. W. A. MACRAE, Manager. PfyKDiX Paint it Oil HOIKS L U B R IC A T IN G O ILS o f e v e r y d e sc r ip tio n fo r M ille, M in es, and L o g g in g M a ch in ery C om p onn d s, P a c k in g , etc. F a m o u s B ra n d s P H O E N IX COTTAGK P A IN T S * Office a n d F a cto ry * Cor. 19th and Sherlock Avenue C. J . B o h k o k l W . T. M oore SCHLEG EL & MOORE L IN O T Y P E R S S eoono and S tark 8 tr « ets Dr. Stoddart San Francisco’s Pioneer Specialist for Men P r iv a t e O ffice s a t 74 Sixth Street Gor. 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