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- PORTLAND LABOR PRESS J LABOR NO TES R ussian teachers are paid about the sam e m eager wages as the unskilled day laborer. Chicago painters are to take a referendum vote on th eir pruposed w age scale for this season. B ritish labor unions are m aking efforts to abolish the strike and to sub stitu te some form of arbitratio n . L aborers in the clay pits at Revere, M ass., have struck because of a re duction of 10 cents a day in wages T h e Pennsylvania S tate L abor F ed eration has issued a call for the a n nua! convention, to be held in E rie, M arch 8. Maine is th e only sta te north of the O hio and east of the M ississippi th a t has no local of the A m erican F ed eration of Musicians. T he yearly income of labor unions in G reat B ritain is nearly $10,000,000, and they have in their treasuries the sum of $18,330.000. F ifteen thousand m iners in Indiana suspended w ork at noon on F ebruary 19 in respect to the m em ory of the late S enator H anna» L ab o r unions of Santa Rosa, Cal., will place a m unicipal tick et in the field at th e com ing city election, w hich takes place in April. It is reported th a t m ore th an 3000 m en will be given steady em ploym ent a t the Cram p shipyards, a t P hiladel phia, Pa., for the n ex t th ree years. At Rio Janeiro, Brazil, the strike of sailors and dockers has ended, but th e coachm en, cabmen and car men are out, and some disturbances have occurred. R epresentatives of brush m akers’ lo cals m et at Chicago recen tly and o r ganized an international union w ith a ch a rter from the Am erican F ederation o f Labor. H alf a dozen candidates for P arlia m ent have been nom inated in as m any places by the C anadian union ists. L atest place to fall in line is T h u n d er Bay. A bill to abolish convict labor is being prepared by S enator Pollock, of th e O hio Assem bly. T he proposed m easure has the indorsem ent of the A m erican F ederation of L abor. S tate Capitol Com m ission from carry ing out a co n tract for decorating the sta te capitol. T h e strike of the carriage and cab drivers in St. L ouis is still on, with little prospects of an im m ediate agree m ent. T he men are standing firmly, and are gaining new signers to their scale nearly every day. D ouglass, the B rockton shoe m anu facturer, has w ithdraw n from the Shoe M an u factu rers’ A ssociation of that city because th ey adopted a rule ex cluding the ag en ts of labor o rg an iza tions from the factories. F ully 500 boys attended the m eet ing of B oston M essengef Boys Union 11,252, A. F. of L., last week. It was unanim ously voted to re-organize the union w hich has been dorm ant since the W estern U nion lockout. Since the 10-hour law in the bake shops has been declared constitutional ftom every b u tch ers' union on the New Y ork City, which say that the factory in sp ectcrs do n o t enforce it, are p reparing to do so by strikes. T h e S tate F ed eratio n of L abor of New Jersey is m aking a determ ined effort to have the S tate B oard of A r b itratio n w iped out and th e annual app ro p riatio n for its support tra n s ferred to the D epartm ent of Factories. Because O rganized L abor, the offi cial paper of* th e San F rancisco B uilding T rad es Council, published the fact th at W illiam H opps had been expelled from th e P a in te rs’ Union, H opps has b ro u g h t suit for $5000 for libel. T h e co n stitu tio n al convention of P anam a has passed a resolution p ro hibiting the fu rth e r en try of Chinese into the republic, to becom e effective in January, 1905. T he Chinese resid ing in the cities of Panam a and Colon are to be isolated. Union. T h e Canadian M anufacturers’ A s sociation declares th at it has no de sire to flood the country w ith surplus labor. On the o th er hand, organized lab o r declares it has no desire to ere ate a scarcity of labor. 'T h e wage scale of th e painters was signed at P ittsb u rg last week, and the lockout so far as this craft is concerned is declared off by the Build ers’ E xchange League. A lm ost 1000 pain ters who have been idle for about th ree m onths have retu rn ed to work. A deputation of m anufacturers re Richard Carvel, w alking delegate of cently urged the law am endm ent com m ittee of the M anitoba L egislature the D errickm en’s U nion, who pleaded to reduce the age for the em ploym ent guilty to a charge of ex to rtin g $900 o f youthful labor from 16 to 14 years. from the firm of Isaac A. H op p er & Son, was dism issed by Ju d g e Gieger- P resident John M itchell, of the ich, at New Y ork, on Ja n u ary 28, with U nited Mine W orkers, speaking be a suspended sentence and a repri fore the Illinois m iners at Chicago last mand. S aturday, advised them not to accept T he M assachusetts Bureau of Sta any reduction in wages. listics on L abor has rep o rted that free P. F. Doyle, one of the prim e m ov em ploym ent bureaus are in successful ers in the organization of th e In te r operation in 13 states in the U nited national Steam E ngin eers’ U nion, died S tates as well as in eight foreign coun a t Chicago, 111., on Ja n u ary 30, fol tries, and recom m ended the establish low ing an operation for appendicitis. m ent of such a bureau in M assachu D elegate K alanianaole, of H aw aii, setts. has introduced bills in C ongress p ro T he conference com m ittee of the hibiting the em ploym ent of M ongol U nited E ng in eers of California ians on public w orks in H aw aii, and form ed to secure the passage of a li m aking eight hours a day’s w ork in cense law by the next L egislature, met such em ploym ent. recently and appointed a com m ittee O tto B erger, form er trea su rer of the to m eet a com m ittee from the N a M usical U nion of B altim ore, Md., was tional A ssociation to enlist th eir aid recently convicted in the Criminal in the m ovem ent. C ourt of em bezzling $4000 of the T he 1900 census gives the num ber union’s funds. H e absconded tw o of wage w orkers in the U nited States years ago. as 29,285,022, divided as follow s: P ro T he labor tem ple com m ittee of the fessional, 1,264,737; trade and tra n s Chicago F ederation of L abor recom p o rtatio n , 4,778,233; dom estic and p er m ended th a t a $3,000,000 building be sonal service, 5,691,746; m anufactur erected by $10 contributions from the ing and /nechanical pursuits, 7,112,987; 300.000 m em bers of labor unions in agricultural pursuits, 10,438,919. the city. T he 1500 nonunion coal m iners em F our house painters in M inneapolis, ployed at the four m ines of the E lls Minn., claim ing union and non-union w orth Coal Com pany, at E llsw orth, backing, have begun suit to enjoin the Pa., who w ere notified on M onday of C orn er F IR S T and SALM O N S tr e e ts 1 a cu t in wages, have refused to work, and all are now out. A branch of the U nited Mine W o rk ers of A m erica was form ed recently, and the officials of the o rg an izatio n claim a m ajo rity of the men have joined. — T h e 6000 m em bers of B oston D riv ers' U nion will not strike for an in crease of w ages or a reduction of the hours of labor. A fter a week of con ferences the com m ittees from the M aster T e a m ste rs’ A ssociation and the T eam D riv ers’ D istrict Council arrived at an u n d erstan d in g and a new’ wage scale and agreem ent has been adopted. Samuel G om pers, president of the A m erican F ed eratio n of Labor, a r rived at San Juan, P o rto Rico, F eb ru ary 18, from the U nited S tates and received a cordial welcome. H e a f terw ard visited G overnor H unt. Mr. G om pers will rem ain in San Juan for a week and subsequently will make a to u r of the islands to study its labor conditions. italist and ow ner of the largest paper, pulp and fibre ware m ills in Canada, | and em ploying a couple of thousand | hands, has issued a writ for $50,000, dam ages against P resident P. M. Dra- ‘ per, S ecretary C. S. O. B eaudrault, of i the O ttaw a T rad es and L abor A sso -' K I R C H N E R di H A N N O ciation, and a num ber of the paper | Proprietor» m akers w ho are on strike. T h ey is- ■ sued a circular saying the big in d u s -, trial king m ade profits at th e sacrifice ] P ortland of his em ployes’ health and denied them the right to live. A stick of I X o r£ A « M l Corner Oregon Fourth a n d Yam hill Sts tim ber was described as being of m ore | value to Mr. E ddy than a w orkm an's life. Five hundred m en are out, ob jectin g to w orking 72 hours per week for pay that covers but 60 hours. A T O P -L IN E R ALBERT BERNI THE DRUGGIST ©xtrn galle Corner Second and Washington Streets B e t u , su pp ly your drug w an ts A IV. ALLEN Dispensing Pharmacist N . W . Corner 18th and M A R SH A LL ST R E E T S PO R T L A N D . OREGON Sol Blumauer FRITZ’S NEW THEATRE Eugene H o c b fliumauer s Hoch C h aracteristic of the age is th e : g row ing use of m ine m achines in the ' bitum inous coal mines of the U nited . Wholesale Dealers and Importer* S tate-. T he rep o rt of E dw ard W. Show from 8:00 to 1 P. M. P ark er on the production of coal in , , 1902, which form s part of the annual 8 8 volum e of m ineral resources, pub A dm ission, 15, 25 and 50 cents lished by the U nited States Geologi- 240-246 BURNSIDE A convention of the b u tch ers of the cal Survey, show s th at 5418 m achines were em ployed in 1900, as against 2622 Pacific Coast will be held in San F ra n P h o n e O h ec o h , O ak 1421 cisco the first Sunday in A pril. It is in 1898. In a few of the states there was a decided decrease in the num ber the intention of the p ro m o ters of the convention to have delegates present of m achines used, b ut w ith th e . ex A C o R n e c s e o r t r s t , f o E r v e G n e i n n g t l s e m f r e o n m O 7 h : l 3 y 0 to 1 2 : 3 0 from every b u tc h e rs’ union in the ception of W yom ing, these w ere states Coast for the purpose of establishing in w hich com paratively little develop closer relations in the W e ste rn ju ris m ent in the m echanical production of ¡110 F O U R T H S T R E E T diction. T he convention will be un coal has been made. All of the states w here the use of m achines had ex der the auspices of the P acking Portland, Oregon erted any significant effect upon the T rad es Council. P o o l a n d B i l l a r d P a r lo r s production prior to 1902 show ed su b Guilds have been form ed for m any stantial increase in th at year. Sole Agents: Old Kentucky Home Club, Shaw1» of the m ost im p o rtan t industries in n . S H A P IR O , M a i-. 1 8 6 -1 8 7 T H IR D S T . J Pure Malt, Old Jeff. C. Taylor’s Red, White and Blue Star, Mount Vernon Rye, Repsold’s Cognac New’ Y ork pain ters are seeking leg Japan, th eir o bject being to regulate Brandy. the quality of goods put oil th e m ar islation, to be fram ed on th e lines of P R E D N E L S O N HARRT EM DE I a G erm an law, prohibiting the use of ket and secure th e co-operation for Ous. F reiw ald , P re sid e n t the extension of trade. T h ey arc w’hite lead in paint for public build J. M G eliert, V ice Pres. A. F reiw a ld , S e c ’y and T reas. ings. T he C entral F ed erated U nion probably the o u tg ro w th of the pecu liar conditions which exist there,, has indorsed and forw arded to. the w here there are few or no large m an S tate F ed eratio n 's com m ittee at A l ufactories, but a great m any of inde bany this p ain ters’ bill, whose p ro B rew ers and B o ttle r , visions will apply only to w ork done pendent sm all concerns. o f the F am ous by the state o r its political subdivis Colin M cK ay, form er labor editor of ions. At the hearing the journeym en T h ird a n d S a lm o n Sts. the M ontreal H erald, says th a t the p ain ters’ representatives will show coal m iners of Nova Scotia have be how m any of th eir fellow craftsm en P o r tla n d , O regon O regon P h on e E ast 46 come prosperous by uniting politically are annually crippled w ith partial p a r C olum bia P h o n e 5 1 9 0 in defense of th eir interests. A legal alysis from w hite lead poisoning, and eig h t-h o u r day is in force and the urge this relief as a public health m iners receive in m ost instances $3 m easure. T h e bill proposes “zinc P ortlan d , O regon a day, w hich is equal to $5 in New w h ite” as a substitute. F o r the p u r Y ork. O w ing to the excellent system pose of m aking em ploym ent on scaf Phone Hood 1117 L A D IE S ' CAI of m ine inspection, disastrous m ining folding m ore secure th e pain ters have accidents are practically unknow n. also sent to A lbany w ith the “O. K .” 190 THIRD STREET ♦ + ♦ C. P. Shea, president, and George of the M an h attan C entral U nion an Can offer you b e tter good s for less m oney, Innis, au d ito r of the In tern atio n al am endm ent to the labor law im pos if you w ill patron ize Dome in d u stry, w e B ro th erh o o d of T eam sters, are on ing penalties on co n tracto rs who send m ake all goods w e se ll, and do JCxpert R ep airin g at very lo w prices. th eir w ay to investigate difficulties men to w ork on unsafe scaffolds. th a t have arisen betw een the locals i t . T. B R A D L E Y Proprietor reg ard in g the issuance and exchang ing of th e tra n sfe r card. Several of the local unions have refused to ac cept w ithdraw al cards from other 111 Jiorth T hird S tr e e t team drivers' unions, am ong the num PO RTLAN D , OREGON ber being th e Milk W agon D riv ers’ U n d er a sta te law of M issouri the use of the union label on w ork done CHOICE in a nonunion office co n stitu tes a fo r WINES, LIQUORS end CIGARS gery. C om plaint was m ade by the A l F a m ily R o o m s a n d F a m i l y G a r d e n . lied T rad es Council of K ansas City, TIVOLI GARDEN SALOON Mo., recently, against a local printer, A N D R E W SW A N SO N , P ropr. th a t he had used the label on w ork Cor. 2Sd and W ashington, P ortland , O b . w ithout au thority. H e was prosecut ed by the state, found guilty and fined $100, w ith the costs added. T he d e OTTO N U S S L E B ’8 fendant did n ot deny using the label, PALM EN G A R T E N and offered no evidence to show that First-C lass Fam ily Resort he had th e rig h t to do so. CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE Wines, Lupins and PORTLAND, ORE. is l i t eoe ©afe 36« t e a Star * Brewery 4 Go. HOP GOLD EAST THIRD AND BURNSIDE STS. The Portland U m brella OUorks T h e G o v e S a lo o n Boiler M akers and Iro n Ship Build ers, No. 205 and No. 25, of San F ra n cisco, have received an increase in w ages from $3.15 to $3.60 a day. T he new schedule w ent in to effect on the 15th inst., and n early 400 m en are benefited. T he F ulton Iro n W orks- refused to g ra n t the increase and 30 boiler m akers em ployed th e re w ent on strike on M onday in consequence. T h e m anagem ent reconsidered its ac tion, how ever, and agreed to the new scale, the men retu rn in g to w ork on T uesday. 8. E . Cor. W ashington and 11th Sts. The Bandwioh K ing If you come to us will enable you to carry an absolutely RELIABLE WATCH hacked by themakers with the strongest guarantee, both as to works and case. $12 50 will buy a WALTHAM or a DEUBER-HAMPDEN Don't jeopardize some good job by carrying a poor timepiece. I. G E V U R T Z <fc SO NS * Oregon P h one N orth 1341 J. H. STANTON, M anager C olum bia P h one sh : The Popular Saloon • < • • • • : I i I • ; JO H N B C K L U N D Proprietor 125 F IR S T S T R E E T B et. W a sh in g to n and A lder 219-227 Y a m h ill St. • An O ttaw a, O ntario, correspondent S 173-175 F ir s t St. rep o rts th a t E. B. Eddy, w ealthy cap- , t t , t t t e t t t e t * i e t t i t « i * t t , , « t t s t « t s s * * s t * t * t s s t s , * , s < THE BOSTON STORE Portland, Ore. P O R T L A N D ,O R E G O N t C orner F IR S T and SALM O N S tr e e ts ■B Union Made Collars and Cuffs FIRST ON SALE IN PORTLAND A ll S t y le s and. A ll S iz e s Cults 25c Pali, Collais Two lot 25a T h e s e G o o d s A re L in e n a n d F o u r -P ly is, , Eia.