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I rev o lu tio n ary p ro ceed in g is a ch a n g e in o u r bu°iaess plans, .January
■ 1st, 1005. B -fore th a t tim e o u r im m ense sto c k o f M en’s an d B oys’ ■
Clothing, F u rnishings, S hoes an d H a ts m u st be sold a t a te m p o ra ry
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(Incorporated August 18, 1900.)
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T H E Y H A V E TH E LA BEL
A N D A R E U N I O N MADE
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
In Advance.
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men's Fill anil Wigiei Suiis and flieitoais
these young women. But then who P o rtlan d F lo u rin g Mills Co., is su
ADVERTISING RATES:
Ratae will be made known upon appli ever rem em bers the O regonian when perior in every way to the unfair
cation.
it did n o t line upon the side of co rp o r M inneapolis brands. Because of its
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George K. McCord.....................Business Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
N. H. Bird................Team Drivers' Union
President.
A. Hyronlmus.............Beer Drivers’ Union
Vice-President.
J J Sharkey.................. Pressmen's Union
Secretary.
George H. H ow ell.. .Typographical Union
J. E. Webber.. .Retail Clerks' Association
C. H. Bateman___Millworkers' Local. 384
A. C. Mofflt.................. CIgarmakers’ Union
Win. Wanner......................... Barbers’ Union
G. F. Germann....................Brewers’ Union
Entered at the Postofflce as second-class
matter. September 29. 1900.
TELEPHONE
G IRLS’
STRIK E.
T h e present difficulty betw een the
Pacific States T elephone Com pany
and its operators in this city is the
sequel of an attem pt to subordinate
the individual spirit of the average
A m erican girl to the stringent and un
com prom ising rules of some men s
■conception of business. E ither this
or there is at the bottom a dishon
orable scheme to cast off the faithful
em ploye, w ho by virtue of years of
efficient service is entitled to better
com pensation, in favor of younger
and cheaper help. T o say that 200
girls are w rong and the com pany s
officials are right in the contention at
hand is an adm ission th at the com
pany has been w rong all these years
for em ploying this small arm y of stu
pid girls. And to say that the girls
had been stricken suddenly with an
insane spasm of error would be' cred
iting the com pany s officials with too
much intellectual strength.
Then
w here does the fault lie? A ccording
to the O regonian the girls are simple
things whose only achievem ents lie
in the chewing of gum and foolish
perform ances, but these sta te m e n t'
are qualified by the financial sym
pathy that exists betw een the O re
gonian and the T elephone Co. If one
will interest them selves enough to
m eet the girts they will find them a
bright lot, but not over-robust, due
unquestionably to the nerve-straining
character of their work.
Several
tim es there has been an effort made
to organize the telephone operators
in this city by outside parties, but
nothing was accom plished. T h is time
the m ovem ent started am ongst the
girls them selves, who were forced to
gether by intolerable conditions they
could not endure. Because they rebel
the O regonian charges that they have
fallen under the spell of the labor
M ephisto, or “agitator." whom, in
fact, the operator-, had not seen. Such
clap-trap is simply an attem pt to
shift the burden of the contention and
make it appear that organized labor
is the source of all industrial ills.
T he tacts how ever are contrary. It
is the grinding process of unscrupu
lous capital that taught the em ploye
the pow er of protection that lay in
unity. And it is this unity am ongst
the w age-w orker that relieves him of
industrial bondage. T he telephone
girls have but done w hat thousands
have done before them , and will con
tinue to do, so long as there are
C o o p ers and T h atch ers faw ning at
the feet of usurious investors. W hat
the citizens of P ortlan d should do is
to give the telephone com pany to un
derstand that they cannot acquire and
hold a valuable franchise in this city,
and treat its fair daughters w ith dis
respect and im punity. N obody wi.l
questi n that discipline is necessary
in all w ill regulated places of busi
ness. and no fa:r-m inded w orkm an will
question this, but where discipline is
used to accom plish and hide a ne-
fareotts scheme, justice itself cries out
and mankind rebels.
That men in
stro n g places will ridicule a ju st cause
for the purpose of biasing public opin
ion is a craven disposition th a t no
brave man strives for. L et the fight
of the telephone girls be given to the
public in facts laid bare, and then the
public can decide for itself whom to
blame.
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T he attem pt of the O regonian to
poison public opinion by describing
the 300 P ortland young ladies, who
are now m aking a struggle for their
very existence, as “gum chew ers,” etc.,
will be resented by every m an and
woman who has come in contact with
ate w ealth, even though it com m itted
an injustice in doing so?
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L o s t—T h e m inds of a num ber of
prom inent citizens of P o rtlan d , who
were last seen at a telephone try in g
to get a num ber. F in d er will please
report at the state insane asylum at
Salem, and get mileage.
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P rize Offer— A prize of a hand-
som ely Morocco-b‘ound bible will be
given to any m an who secures the
num ber he w ants th ro u g h central
w ithout jeopardizing his chances in
the kingdom come.
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If the innocent and unsuspecting
m anager of the P. S. T elephone Co.
w anted “discipline” w hy didn’t he in
troduce the lockstep w ith the o th e r
dantphoolishness inaugurated at the
P ortland office?
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A wise old bird is the M orning O re
gonian. H ow its attitu d e tow ard the
striking
telephone
o p erato rs has
changed since it m ade the discovery
that its best advertisers w ere the girls
friends and sym pathizers.
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O f course the psendo-patriotic Citi
zens’ Alliance m ust show its h atred
of everything and everybody connect
ed with organized lab o r by “b u ttin g
in." Small business for small people.
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And so G eneral M anager T h atch er
never knew of any disaffection am ong
the telephone girls under his charge.
A nother case of w here ignorance is
bliss, 'tis folly to be, etc.
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T he latest union to be sta rted in
Portland is the "T elephone Rem ov
ers' U nion.’’ T he ch a rter is expected
in a few days, when th e officers will
be elected and installed by D is-or
ganizer T hatcher.
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superiority and the fair conditions un
der which it is m anufactured, “O lym
pic” should find its way into every
w orkingm an's home. A splendid op
po rtu n ity p resen ts itself to the th o u
sands of union w orkers of this state
to answ er the appeal of their s tru g
gling b ro th ers in Minneapolis.
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T his offering appeals to m en in every w alk of
life. It in clu d es Rain Coats and W inter Over
coats, as w ell as Suita. H undreds to choose
from in all styles, fabrics and colorings affected
by careful dressers everyw h ere. This is cer
tain ly a splendid chance for the man w ith the
sm all purse, w ho w ishes to appear as w ell
dressed as the man w ith plenty o f m oney.
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A m ong th e union label goods ad
vertised in th is issue are the Hoffman.
R othchild & Co. union-m ade clothing
and o th e r union lines which are car
ried by the Fam ous Clothing Co. of
this city. T h is well-known store han
dles a large line o f well-known union-
made garm ents, which m em bers of o r
ganized labor should m ake a note of
for reference.
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“M onarch Starch" and “Union S alt”
are union-m ade goods, but their man
ufacturers, being located in the East,
quote only car-load lots.
G rocers
who have been interview ed state they
will o rd er if w holesalers can be in
duced to carry these lines.
Schools and L abor Q uestion.
Jo h n M itchell, president of the
U nited Mine W orkers of America, will
be the principal speaker at the con
vention of the M innesota Educational
A ssociation to be held in St. Paul
during the C hristm as holidays.
T he phase of the educational ques
tion which will receive special a tte n
tion during the convention will be th e
relations betw een the schools and the
labor question. In this connection the
covention will consider the age at
which children should be perm itted to
begin work. P rom inent men of the
state will answ er the questio n ; “H ow
m ay the schools of the sta te simplify
the problem s of labor a n a capital?”
T he plans of the officials of the as
sociation are rapidly m aturing for the
convention, and the program , which
will soon be announced, and which
will include P resident M itchell’s ad
PO IN T S FO R U N IO N MEN.
dress, is expected to be one of special
U nion men and sym pathizers of o r interest to all students of social
ganized labor throughout- this sta te and industrial problem s.—M innesota
should bear in mind th at the follow ing U nion Advocate.
brand- of flour made by the W ash
burn-C rosby M illing Co., of M inne
W O O D W A R D ’S DANCING ACAD
apolis, are on the unfair list: " P a r i
EMY.
sian," "T riple Ex.," "R egal,” “Gold
T he second series of parties given
Medal,” "Superlative,” "Snow drop,"
"N o rth ern Pacific," "C rocker's B est;” by W o o d w ard ’s D ancing Academy
"Q ueen W ilheim ina,” "N eth erlan d s,” was given at B u rk h art’s H all. T h u rs
"Iro n D uke,” Royal M illing Co.’s day evening, O ctober 13. O ne hun
"Ben H u r,” and "A jax," Jenkins Co.’s dred couples were in attendance.
“Bienna,” "F ren ch
F lag ,” “W hite K ried t’s orch estra furnished the m u
River,” M innesota’s F lo u r M nfg Co.’s sic. Tile n ex t party will be given
"Rex,” H um boldt M illing Co.’s “Su T hursday evening, O ctober 27. Mr.
prem e," "Big B onanza” and “A rlin g H erm an Ligm an and Jack Erickson,
ton." T hese products are m anufac in stru cto rs at W oodw ard’s D ancing
tured under the m ost unfair condi Academy, can be found at the Burk-
tions and no union m an should in any hard H all, M ondays and T hursdays.
T hese gentlem en have been winning
way patroize them.
a num ber of prizes at the parties given
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T he W ashburn-C rosby Co. is in in the city recently.
m any ways one of the m ost un rea
FOR RENT.
sonable enemies th at organized labor
has had to contend with. T hey have
Com plete set of oak furniture, and
ignored the request of the m ayor and heavy B russels carpet, all new, for
business men of M inneapolis to a r five room s; used only five m onths.
T he ow ner, a lady, will rent same
bitrate with their em ployes, refusing for board an d room. Inquire at this
even to see the com m ittee of m er office.
chants who took up the m atter. As
a result of their attitu d e tow ard o r
T here are 268 local unions attached
ganized labor, a vigorous boycott has to the Journeym en S to n ecu tters’ As
been placed on all the above products sociation of N o rth America. Every
throughout the country, and the fight one of these local unions m aintains
which is now being carried on has the eight-hour w ork-day; in many
caused their stuff to disappear from localities the hours are less than eight
some of the W estern m arkets.
on Saturdays. M ost of the unions
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have established scales of wages of
Speaking of flour, there need be no 50 cents or m ore per hour. T he high
fear of a shortage of th at necessary est rate received is 62J4 cents per
article because of the boycott on the hour, w hich applies only to a num
W ashburn-C rosby products, “O ly m ber of W estern localities and a p o r
pic F lour,” m anufactured here by the tion of the trade in New Y ork City.
For Choice of M e n ’s Fine
$15 Suits, Overcoats and
Cravenettes
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$10 .00
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For Choice of M e n ’ s
Swell Hand-Tailored
Overcoats a n d Cra
venettes, worth $ 1 2 and $ 1 5 .
H ere is a
bargain, and w hat is here w on’t rem ain long.
T hose w ho com e ffrst get p ick ; and a snap it
w ill be for them . An unprecedented oppor
tu n ity o f p ick in g up a rare value. A ll these
goods are made under fair conditions, and w ill
appeal to the U nion worker.
Onion mane Shoes and dais
I O ur lines in th e se d e p a rtm e n ts canD ot be duD licated in th is City,
M en’s N ew F all S h ap es in S tiff a n d S oft H a ts , M en’p, B oys’
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an d L ad ie s’ S hoes in all th e la te s t sty les, an d a t
prices t h a t w ill asto n ish th s m o st sk ep tical.
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MAMA won’t let me take any
other brand of canned fruit or
vegetables from the grocer ’cause
she says Monopole is the best.
Since Mama has been using
Monopole canned fruit she has to
lock it up, as my brothers, Jim
and Jack, would eat it all up, it’s
so good.
PAPA says that*’ Monopole
canned oysters, lobster and crab
are the best he eyer tasted, and
the salmon is out. of sight, what
ever he means by that: The
oysters are all full si2e and have
a delicious flavor.
WARNING
Don’t allow your grocer to sub
stitute any other brand for Mono
pole. Something just as good
only exists in the brain of the
dealer who wants to sell inferior
goods that pay a larger profit.
Assert your rights and insist on
receiving this brand. After one
trial you will use no other.
W ADHAMS &
W HOLESALE
KERR
BROS.
OROCERS
81-83-85 Front Street, Portland, Oregon
UNION MEN—TAKE NOTICE
[Demand Monopole Canned Goods
from Your Dealer. They are the
$ 12.50 to $25.00
FAMOUS CLOTHING COMPANY | Best. None Better.
HOFFMAN, ROTHCHILD &. CO., of New York and San Francisco
STRUM, MEYER & CO., of Chicago
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are Makers of Union Label Clothing, Suits from
These Goods can be bought of the
Corner Morrison and Second Streets
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