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PORTLAND LABOR PRESS, PORTLAND, OREGON 4 I WEAKNESS OF OUR LAWS. Immigration of Incapables From Europe Greater Than Ever. ev" RAILROAD Journeym en B arbers, L ocal 75— Meets B rotherhood P ainters, D ecorators and P ap er H an g ers of America, Local every M onday evening at 230% 10—M eets every T h u rsd ay evening Yamhill street. in P ain te rs’ H all, 234% M orrison. TUESDAY. FR ID A Y . Sol B lu m a u tr Eugene Hocb Biumauer i H och How weak and ineffectual our im Bartenders* International League of M achinists, W illam ette L odge No. 63 T he U nited States has granted 35UO America, Local 338— M eets every m igration laws are in protecting us —M eets every F riday evening at 162 Wholesale Dealers and Importer« paten ts to women. T uesday, altern ate aftern o o n and Second street. from an influx of paupers and other evening, at B arten d ers’ H all, 264% T he headquarters of the Bakery & elig h tful route Federated Trades Council— Meets A lder street. Confectionery W orkers Internatio n al ; incapables from Europe is shown by AYLIGHT RIDE every F riday evening at 162 Sec the testim ony of the im m igration offi Allied Printing Trades Council.— U nion have been rem oved from Cleve ond street. IZZY URAGH Meets fourth Tuesday of each cials at Ellis Island, who declare that land to Chicago. EEP CANONS m onth, P ain te rs’ sm all hall, 234% U nited G arm ent W orkers of America, C onductors and ntotorm en who the num ber of im m igrants is much L ocal 228— Meets every first ant M orrison street. work on Sunday cars in K ingston, O n larger now than ever before, but that third F riday evening of each m onth Brotherhood of Bookbinders, No. 90 tario, are to be prosecuted by the the proportion of ignorant and de in the M arquam building in K nights —M eets th ird T uesday in m onth at L ord's Day Alliance. of P y th ias Hall. graded is much larger. It is the 162 Second street, Room 200. L aundry W orkers, Local 90— Meets T he m em bership of the U nited O r I opinion of these officials th at the C abinet-M akers’ Union, A m algam ated every Friday evening in P la ste re rs’ der of Box M akers and Saw yers is i European cities have taken advantage W oodw orkers, No. 252— M e e t s H all, 127% F irst street. taking a referendum vote on joining every fourth T uesday evening at B rotherhood of C arpenters and Join I of the cut rate recently put in force the A merican L abor Union. P lasterers’ H all, 127% F irst street. ers, Local 50— M eets every F riday I by the steam ship com panies to ship Secretary, H a rry B urroughs, 692 G erm any leads the world in the evening at U nion H all, Second and See N ature, in all her F ro n t street. chemical industries, notably in aniline ' here their paupers, crim inals and 110 F O U R T H S T R E E T S tark streets, th ird floor. dyes. T he 1385 establishm ents em ne'er-do-w ells. O ne case is cited of C igar M akers, 202— M eets every first SA TU R D A Y . glorious beauty, a n d ploy m ore than 150,000 persons. and th ird T uesday evening of each Bakery and Confectionery Workers — a couple who brought over their Portland, Oregon m onth A rion H all, 228% Yamhill. then the acme of man’s T he San F rancisco Gas and Electric seven children on the Arcada. Not Local 114— M eets every first and Journeym en H orseshoers, 41— M eets Com pany has granted in all its de one of the children was over thirteen th ird S aturdays, 6 o’clock p. m., at handiwork. The first is the first and third T uesday evening partm ents the eight-hour day at a years of age, and the family had less 228% Y am hill street. get of each m onth at the P lasterers’ minimum wage rate of $3.50 a day. _ Jeff. _____ C. Taylor’« Red, Ww found along the line of Beer Drivers’ and Bottlers’, Local SOI Pure M alt, Old than 25 cents in Am erican money. H all, 127 F irst street. Blue Star, Mount Vernon Rye, Repeold’e i — Eeets every first and th ird S at Brandy. U nited Cloth H at and Cap M akers’ T hey intended to land and go where the D e n v e r <fe R ic Musicians* M utual P ro tectiv e Asso urday evening at B arten d ers’ H all, Union, No. 33, of M ontreal, Canada, ciation— M eets first T uesday after 264% A lder street. has decided to spend $5000 advertising ' Providence directed them. G rande R ailroad , the noon of each m o n th room 227 B rew ers’ U n io n — M eets every first H R e s o r t le v Q e n t i e m e n O n l y T he officials at Ellis Island are do their union label throughout the do Cham ber of Commerce. and last Saturday evening in the O o n e e P ts , B v e n l a g a f r o m 7 : 9 0 to 1 2 : 9 0 latter at the St. Louis ing all that they can, under the p res minion. P o rtlan d P rin tin g P ressm en, 43— m onth at 228% Yamhill street, W orld's . F a i r . Your At the close of the colonial period ent law, to strain out and turn back M eets every second T uesday eve Arion Hall. J it life © r tfe in this country, shoem akers were paid the undesirable elem ents in the m ud ning in the m onth in the P lasterers’ L ongshorem en’s A ssociation, 264— t r i p w i l l be one of 40 cents a day. T oday m any .skilled dy stream , and on one day recently H all, 127% F irs t street. M eets every first and th ird S atu r operatives can make 40 cents an hour day evening in U nion H all, Second T eam D rivers, 162 — M eets every pleasure, make the most there were one thousand five hundred P o o l a n d B illa r d P a r lo r s and S tark streets, third floor. when business is good. T uesday evening in U nion H all, new arrivals under detention at the of it. F o r information S tationary F irem en — M eets every Second and S tark streets, th ird T he report of the secretary -treas 1 8 8 -1 0 7 T H IR D S T . first and third Saturday evenings in A S H A P IR O , M g . floor. urer of the Sw itchm en's U nion of island, with the probability that most a n d illustrated litera M usicians’ H all, 227 Cham ber of of them would be deported. But in R etail C lerks No. 294— M eets every Am erica shows that m ore than $300,- Commerce. ture write : : : : T uesday evening at 162 Second St. P h o n e M a in 1 7 4 4 000 have been paid out to m em bers : spite of the im m igration bureau there Bridge and S tru ctu ral Iro n W orkers w ithin the last three years. Riggers, L iners, Ship P ain te rs and are num bers who are certain to slip — M eets every S aturday evening at Cleaners— M eets second T uesday of John M cDowell, of Bothel, Conn., 1 through whose presence here will be W . C. McBRIDE, Gen. Agt. 230% Yamhill street. each m onth in A lisky building, Shipw rights, Jo in ers and Caulkers, will be 98 years old his next b irth - | a burden and a curse to the country. O U S W A H L O H E N , P ro p r. room 300. No. 12— M eets first and third T ues day. H e is the treasurer of the H at- ■ T he rem edy lies in b etter national T savelers’ Goods and L eath er N ovel PORTLAND, OREGON day evenings in E ngineers’ Hall, > 3 4 W a s h in g t o n S t r e e t m akers’ U nion of that city, which po ty W orkers, Local 24— M eets the legislation. As a leading intn igration 47% F irst street. sition he has held for 40 years. first and th ird T uesday evenings P o r tla n d , O reg o n officer declares, "the law is inade Bay City, Mich., street car em- | of each m onth at the P ain te rs’ Hall, quate. It does not specify any p ar ployes have secured a ten-hour day 324% M orrison street. A T O P -L IN E R T H Ï J ) t r U L S O lf HARRY KAD K and m inor concessions w ithout re- , ticular sum as a standard by which W ED N E 8D A Y . course to a strike. T he form er sched we can gauge the probability of an B ricklayers’ U nion — M eets every ule called for twelve hours a day. im m igrant becom ing a public charge. W ednesday evening in A rion H all, THE DRUGGIST SUNDAY. 228% Y am hill street. The U nited States Steel Corpora In fact, the law in its title specific tion has planned to com pensate its ally states that it is an act to regu Photo Engravers, Local 31— M eets B rotherhood of E lectrical W orkers, Corner Second and Washington Street: em ployes for suggestions that will L ocal 125— M eets every W ednesday every first Sunday in m onth at 11 L e t u s su p p ly y o u r d ru g w o n ts increase the consum ption or reduce late, not to restrict, im m igration.” evening in P ain te rs’ H all, 234% A. M. at 230% Yamhill street. Repeated attem pts have been made Typographical Union, 58 — M eets the cost of m anufacturing its p ro d M orrison street. ucts. in congress to pass im m igration laws every first Sunday in the m onth in L eatherw orkers— M eets every W ed Third and Salmon Sts. Phones Ojflce Hours the A uditorium building. 10 to IS 1 to S nesday evening, 162 Second street, Office, B lack S0S1 M em bers of the Piano and O rgan that would be really restrictive, but N ight, Hood iOS third floor. D. H. W illiam s, sec.- W o rk e rs’ Intern atio n al U nion are thus far these attem pts have been Railway Freight Handlers, 334— Portland, Oregon M eets every second and fourth treas. A ddress, 442 E. E ig h th St. taking a referendum vote on w hether largely failures p artly through am end Sunday 230% Yamilill street. Marguerite E. Pomeroy, M. D. P lasterers’ U nion, 821—M eets every th e organization shall establish a Wyptirian anb burgeon MONDAY. W ednesday evening P lasterers’ union factory for the m aking of m usi m ents which have weakened their C O U N T Y A N D B A N K S U P P L IE S force and partly through an aversion Building L ab o rers’ In tern atio n al P ro Hall. 127 F irst street. cal instrum ents. Rooms 3QS-309 A lisky B uilding 3rd M orrison fits. tective U nion of America, L ocal No. Ice D rivers’ and H elp ers’ Union, No. Women a n d Children Glass w orkers of N orthern Bohemia on the part of our national legisla P ortland Oregon 316— M eets first and th ird W ednes Diseases a Sjtccialty 1— M eets every M onday evening at to the num ber of 2000 have fought out tors to exact laws th at m ight injure day evenings at B arten d ers’ H all, 8 P. M. at 264% A lder street. a strike of about two m onths' duration them politically in the future. T he PRINTERS 264% A lder street. and have been successful in increas net result is th at in spite of the im Broom M akers— M eets every first and B LA N K BOOK M A K E R S third M onday evening at P la ste re rs’ C arpet W o rk e rs and D rapers, L ocal ing their wages and bettering the g en m igration bureau we are filling up fas L IT H O G R A P H E R S H all, 127 F irst street. 110— M eets every W ednesday eve eral conditions of em ploym ent. H andles a Good L in e of ter than ever before with the dregs Cooks’ and Waiters’, Local 189— 123-128 F ir s t s t . P o r t l a n d , o r is o n ning at 230% Yamhill street. U N IO N M A D E C IG A R S A student of the population of the M eets every M onday evening at and T O B A C C O S ............. TH URSDA Y. anthracite region of Pennsylvania re of Europe. Possibly, however, the 287 Salmon A ll Kinds of evils of the situation m ay yet become p orts that there are 630,000 people in G rainhandlers, No. 263— M eets every A m algam ated Sheet M etal W orkers, F R U IT S . N U T S and C A N D IE S habiting that section, of which 430,- so apparent as to compel m ore ef L ocal 15— M eets every second and W ednesday evening at Davis H all, 000 are foreign-born. Of this latter fective and stringent legislation.—L es fourth T h u rsd ay evenings in the 224 WASHINGTON ST. Russell street and A lbina avenue. fhome columbu tti Best Bread in Town Ask Your Ordcer fo r U num ber over 50,000 cannot read or lie's W eekly. m onth E n g in eers’ H all, 47% F irst. Journeymen Tailors, Local 74— M eets Made by the write. every second and fourth Monday Boiler M akers’ U nion—M eets every evening in U nion H all, corner Sec second and fourth T h u rsd ay eve In the case of its 20,000 em ployes The Religion of Labor. LOG CABI» BAKING CO. ond and S tark streets, th ird floor. ning at A rion H all, 228% Yamhill and the Republic Iro n and Steel Co., Bam S tr o u s e , P r o p r ie to r P h on e B a # 6 T 9 1 1 4 R U S S F I X ST. street. Rev. H erb ert S. Bigelow, of Cin Sailors’ U nion of Pacific — M eets at A shtabula, O., the board of arb i every M onday nig h t at 23 N orth L ongshorem en’s A ssociation, 265— tration appointed to adjust the wage cinnati, recently delivered the follow F ir st-C la s s M ea ls S e r v e d for 2 5 c up F ro n t street. dispute has decided upon a decrease ing eloquent serm on on the subject of M eets first and third T hursday eve A Cup o f F a m o u s C offee w ith C ak e 1 0 K. 4 . S o h lc o c l w . T. Moona P h o to g rap h ers and E n g rav ers— M eets ranging from 2 to 13 per cent. T he ning in U nion H all, Second and 229 W ashington St. labor. H e said: first M onday in each m onth in the skilled men will suffer the m ost. S tark streets, third floor. engraving departm ent, O regonian B e t. 1 st an d 2 d , n ea r 1 st an d W ash in gton "Zangwill, in his 'M antle of Elijah,' C oopers’ U nion—M eets first and third In 1776 bricklayers worked fourteen Bldg., ninth floor. has made a splendid plea for peace T h u rsd ay evenings at B arten d ers’ hours for 50 cents; in 1850, twelve P lum bers — M eets every M onday H all, 264% A lder street. hours for $1.75; in 1904, eight hours and industrial freedom. Zola, in his evening at 228% Yamhill street. W IL L S H E E H Y C . C. BRADLEY G EO. H E W E TT for $4.80—from less than 4 cents an novel entitled ‘L ab o r,’ has voiced the Stereotypers and Electrotypers, 48— Steam E ngineers, L ocal 87— M eets SCH LEG EL & M OORE every T h u rsd ay evening in Engin- hour to 60 cents an hour. T his union same p ro test against the present M eets first M onday in each m onth ers* H all, 47% F irst street. has expended during the past thir- at P ain te rs’ small hall, 234% M orri LINOTYPERS been years for benevolent purposes w rongs of men and pleaded for a new son street. W ood and W ire and M etal L athers, society in which labor, free and jo y S tre et Railway Employes’ Associa $1,700,000. Local 54— M eets ev ery T h u rsd ay H A T T E R S AND tion, 18— M eets every first and third evening at 230% Yamhill street. F U R N IS H E R S A gents of the Chicago Boot and ful, shall be the psalm of life, and the 8 E D O N O ANO 8 T A R K 8 T R E E T S M onday in each m onth in Union T heatrical E m ployes, Local 28— M eets Shoe W orkers' U nion are to begin wail of poverty and the curse of war H all, Second and S tark streets, every second and fourth T hursday R oom S4 3 4 8 W A 9 H IN Q T O N S T . a house-to-house canvass to interest shall no longer m ingle with the laugh third floor. in M arquam building at 2 P. M. CORDRAY B THCATRC BLD. P O R T L A N D , O re U nion B lock P ortland , O re . w omen in asking for the union stam p ter of the children. when purchasing shoes. It is the first “ It is well for the world th a t the CHOICE tim e th a t such a plan has been p ro great novelists are beginning to take jected and the leaders expect good re LEE M. CLARK, P r e s id e n t for their heroes men who win glory W1NEN, LIQUORS and CIGARS sults from it. GEO. M. ORTON, M a na g er P H O N E M A IN 7 0 5 not by vanquishing their fellow-men, F a m ily R oom s and F a m ily G arden. Girl cutters are now em ployed at. but by toiling for their freedom. It the factory of the M illet-W oodbury TIV O LI GARDEN SALOON is well for the w orld, saddened by Shoe Com pany, Beverly, Mass. The A N D R E W S W A N S O N , P ro p r. poverty and perverted by luxury, that firm is teaching them to cut shoes Cor. 28d and W ash in gton , P obtlam d , O b the prophets arc grow ing in num ber with the hope of breaking the strike declared by the K nights of L abor at who proclaim a new social conscience Oregon Phone N o rth 1341 C olum bia Phone jd the shop. Girl cutters are employed to which the present inequalities are in a num ber of places in the W est. WE PRINT and ever shall be intolerable. IO7 FRONT STREET T he H earst coal suit, which was to C O N S T IT U T IO N S , B Y -LA W S , W O RK IN G "Z ola’s hero exclaim s: ‘Ah, w hat OAROB, L E T T E R H E A D 8 , E N V E L O P E S : be held before the In tersta te Com m isery may be produced by labor, PORTLAND ORE. IN F A O T A N Y T H IN G YO U M A Y W A N T m erce Com mission sititng at Chicago men changed into wolves by over JOHN RCKLUND on O ctober 11, has been transferred to work, by injustice, by bread so liaTd Proprietor New Y ork and the date postponed to to earn and that m ust be shared by O ctober 24, both sides agreeing to other starving creatu res!” the man who- will n ot work. O ur increase its wage and its condition in • ————————————————————————a 1 2 5 F I R S T S T R E E T the change. T he w itnesses that were “W hether this kingdom of God on m odern civilization is the result of the shop or home has been brought about to be heard at Chicago will all be Bet. W a s h in g to n and A ld e r lie through the organized effort of labor earth, this reign of brotherhood, this toil of ihe m an who works. heard at New Y ork on that date. fells our forests, tills our farms, w orks ing men. T he very men who refuse P O R T L A N D ,O R E G O N All the halibut fishermen of the trium ph of justice and peace will come our mines, builds our vast structures, to ally them selves in organization about as Zola believes is a question V ancouver, B. C., port w ent on a runs our railroads and builds our with their fellow w orkers are also Q ua F r e lw a ld , P r e s id e n t strike O ctober 7, and th e steam ers upon which honest men differ. But steam ships. And the m echanic's past J . M G e lie r t, v l o e P re» . participants in the advantages which come it m ust in some w ay—the city- K ingfisher, Columbia and New E n g A . F r e tw a ld , S e o ’r a n d T r e a t. is as full of achievem ent as the pres have resulted from the efforts of land, of the New England Fish Com in which labor is all jo y ; the happy ent. T he very pyram ids are his m on those with whom they refuse to unite. pany's fleet, are w ithout fishing crews. city that is to be realized at last ‘in T he trouble is about wages. T he men the religion of life, the religion of uments. have been paid 25 cents per fish, and hum anity, freed at length from dog I call on you men to honor your R ather Be in H —. B r ew er» »n d B o ttle r » the com pany has adopted a new rule o w n special trade. Do not apologize o f th e F a m o u s m as'; ihe city in which men shall for paying them 1 cent per pound per Sam Jones, evangelist, preaching in for it. W hen I was a “p rin te r’s devil” Phone Main 1465 | fish. T he latter m ethod of paym ent build and not lack shelter, in which Georgia, recently, saw a w ell-dressed the men have refused to accept. i they shall sow and reap and not faint I was proud of the ink on my cheek. young man leaving the church. Shak j o f hunger, in which they shall weave F.lihu B urritt always declared him M achinists’ U nion No. 68, of San ing his finger at the retirin g man, self a blacksm ith, though he was one O reg o n P h o n e E a s t 4 0 17 Hi and Quimby Sis. ! Francisco, last week received a com and not shiver with the cold. Jones thu n d ered : “Y oung man, would C o lu m b ia P h o n e BIBO "T he noblest conception of God is of the g reatest scholars of his age. you rath er go to hell than to sit. m unication from Jam es O ’Connell, H onor your own trad e by showing president of the International Union, that of a father who loves all of his here and hear me finish this serm on?“ ! EAST THIRD AND BURNSIDE STS. co ngratulating the uion on the very children. It followed th at men are that a m anly life can be lived in its Stopping a m om ent and scratching P o r tla n d , O reg o n pursuit. able m anner in which it had handled brothers and th at the fruits of ju s I.end your influence to exalt the his head, the young man replied: the strike against the Santa Fe Rail tice betw een man and man, nation and way. H e gave assurance that the I n nation, are proof of a vital religion." dignity of your calling. T o this end “Yes, I think I would,” and stepped (EAST SIDE) ternational Union is able to pay ally yourself with your fellow trades outside the doors. It broke ttp the strike benefits, notw ithstanding the ------~TB------------------- 1 2 0 G R A N D AVEN UE men. O rganize your fellows for self meeting. statem ents of officials of the railroad Must Act Together. T here is a lesson in this for the im provem ent and for the betterm ent com pany to the contrary. The offi “wind h ag ” in trade union m eetings. In view of th e fact that all are la of the class of apprentices adm itted to W e have on m ore than one occasion, cers of the Santa Fe have been tra v eling all over the lines, telling the men borers and that there is dignity in your trade. O rganize for self protec seen men occupy the floor an unneces M a n u fa c tu rer W h o le s a le a n d B e ta ll that the funds of the union are ex all honest toil, think not m eanly of sarily long tim e w ithout saying an y Domestic and Foreign Exchange D e a le r In tion. If you do not hang together, hausted and that it will not be able to thing practical, and during the time pay strike benefits, and that the strik your work. All honest toil is manly, you will hang separately. Labor has thus occupied the m em bers would go ers will soon be com pelled to return says the Rev. C. B. Mitchell in the the -am e right to organize that cap out until there was but a handful to work. President O 'C onnell also Buffalo Express. T hank God, our ital has. If you are not organized, left by the tim e the "w ind hag" sat Interest Paid on T im e Deposits stated that the m achinists of the Ca American ideal of a gentlem an in you will n o t he treated like men, but down. D on't drive the men out of the nadian Pacific had settled their strike, m eetings by hot-air effusions, talk cludes the toiler and excludes the like slaves. returning to work on favorable term s, practical, make the m eetings in te rest 281 W a s h in g to n St., Cor. F o u rth gaining an increase of wages and tram p. T he European ideal excludes E very accession which has been se ing, and the attendance will be larger. See that the Union Label is on sh o rter hours. the toiler and includes the tram p, or £ tired to labor, ev erything done to T rade and Labor Gazette. everything you wear. Phene Black 1881 D Winns. Uguors ano Cigars J Golden Opportunity Trade Union Directory :: A L B E R T BERM I GLASS & PRUDHOMME GO. T- XT. 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