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
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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
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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
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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
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everything you wear.
Phene Black 1881
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