PORTLAND LABOR PRESS, PORTLAND, OREGON
to w ork in the interests of reciprocity
with Canada. Frank K. F oster, the
(Continued from page 1)
w ell-know n w riter and speaker on
trade-union topics, was nam ed as a
dism issal and two dismissed. Strike
or surrender was then our position, m em ber of the com mittee. Mr. F os
te r is a printer, and has for many
and we struck.
"T he com pany then offered to re years been active in the labor m ove
instate th e tw o girls dismissed, and ment of New England. In a recent
to consider onr grievances at a con
ference tw o days later, if the girls debate with President Eliot, of H a r
would go back to work until then. vard, held in Eaneuil H all, Boston, on
rrade-U nionism ,”
L et it be understood th it we are the question of
striking for the union, and reinstate Mr. F o ster unquestionably had the
m ents of union members. W e were best of the argum ent, and his ability
required t o hold up our hands and
faithfully prom ise to work until our I and eloquence were publicly acknow l
grievances were adjusted. And so we edged hv P resident Eliot himself.
I returned to work.
' The best know n production of Mr.
I "H ow did the com pany keep its I F oster's p*11 is a volume on "The
! faith? It im ported strikebreakers,
! paying them strikebreakers’ wages and • Evolution of a T rade-U nionist.”
i when the conference met refused to
I treat w ith the com m ittee of 11 be
cause ‘the com pany will not recognize
the union.’ T he com pany w anted to
(C o n tiu u e d fr o m page 5)
treat with all the girls in a body. A
stro n g corporation like them treating
; m a d e :
with an unorganized body of girls in union-made bread. The label is found
¡a state o f sem idesperation! W e all generally upon the loaves, but there
knew w hat that m eant, defection of are one or two dealers that have the
the weaker, disintegration, the scat label stuck on the w rapping paper.
tering of the weak by the strong.
It will also be found that the la
“ ‘Cut out the union or quit the
service of the com pany’s dictum .’ A bels. upon the loaves are baked in.
very different note to that of two days Before the loaf is baked the labels
before; the com pany was then will
ing for the union girls to come back. are pressed upon the fresh dough,
And as honest men they should have then the bread is placed in the oven
told us at th at time. ‘W e will not and baked. This prevents the label
recognize the union or perm it union from falling off, and at the same time
girls to work in our office.’ And in refutes the malicious report circulat
using this interval in m easures pro
m oting the step they took, and their ed by some disgruntled person that
u tter refusal to confer with the o r the bakers m oistened the labels with
ganized girls, they com m itted an act their tongue and then stuck them
th at wc thing puts their conduct un upon the bread. T his is n ot only
der suspicion and justifies the public
in believing that we are rig h t and false hut the labels will not stick upon
a fresh loaf of bread so applied.
that our grievances are ju st.’’
In a short time the B akers’ Union
will give another list of cash prizes
P R IN T E R S ’ B R IE F S .
T he prin tin g business in M ontana for the retu rn of labels, and this will
Board and L odging, $4.52
cities is reported as being dull. A be continued from tim e to tim e as Lodging, 25 Cents
per week, and upw ard
genera! cut has been made on the long as there is an unfair bakery in Meals, 20 Cents
Clark papers in Butte, H elena and the city.
A nother bakery has signed up with
Oregon Telephone, North 981
G reat Falls.
the
union, leaving only nine unfair
New Y ork Typographical Union at
its Septem ber m eeting p'aced a two hake shops in the city out of 28.
per cent assessm ent on all mem bers T he proprietors of the Peoples Bak
to provide funds for the inauguration ery, 363 F irst street, signed up about
of the eight-hour w ork day on Ja n u two weeks ago, and are now entitled
ary 1, 1905, on which date the agree to the p atronage of the union people.
m ent w ith the T ypothetae expires. In addition to this the following bak
JOHN MATTHIESEN, Prop.
No. 6 claims to be in an excellent eries are fair:
T
he
bakeries
w
orking
under
fair
position to secure the prize.
The forty-six double magazine lino conditions in the city are:
L og Cabin Baking Co., 114 Rus 253-255 Front Street
P o rtla n d , O re g o n
types supplied the governm ent p rin t
Corner o f M adison
ing office are to be used as follows: sell street.
California
Bakery,
304 Russell
Thirty-five for the Record room, seven
in the job office, and four in the Con street.
gressional L ibrary office. T he in tro
O w en's Bakery, Sellwood.
duction of the L anston m onotype m a
Sellwood Bakery, Sellwood.
chines reduced the G azette force by
M iller’s Bakery, H olladay and E.
about tw enty “slugs,” also a num ber First.
New Y ork Bakery, 403 H aw thorne
of extra men. T hese men have been
assigned to oth er departm ents of the avenue.
W HO LESALE
governm ent printing office.
D eutsch's Bakery, Seventeenth and
E x -P resid en t A. C. Schw atka died Lovejoy.
Im perial Bakery, E ighteenth and
from diphtheria on W ednesday after
noon, O ctober 12. T h e fatal illness Savier.
Stein’s Bakery, S ixteenth and Q uim
was of sh o rt duration. O n the 9th
he called at headquarters, and com by.
G °K - F o u r t h a n d ( p li s a n S t r e e t s
Columbia Bakery, 499 M arket.
plained of not feeling well, but it was
Pacific Bakery, 340 F ront.
little th ought that the end was so
O regon Bakery, F o u rteen th and
P o r tla n d , O r e g o n
near. Few p rin ters were b etter known
T e le p h o n e 8 3 3 .
than A. C. Schwatka. Ten years ago Flanders.
M uhlig’s Bakery, E. Pine near
he was president of No. 21. For
th irty years he carried a local card Union.
E n terp rise Bakery, 380 E. M orrison.
and did yeom an service for the o r
W isconsin Bakery, 524 Milwaukie.
ganization in storm y times. H e was
K ern ’s Bakery, E. T h irty -fo u rth
a b rother of Lieutenant Frederick
Schwatka. the famous explorer, and a near Belm ont.
R e m in g t o n , S y r a c u s e , Ith a c a »
D ucks are com ing in.
To CDjoy this kin g of
cousin of General Jo h n C. Smith, of
W in c h e s t e r , B a k e r
Jo h n M cBrearty, of Broad and all sports you should
Chicago, and Jo h n Schwatka, one of
have a good gun, a
B altim ore's leading attorneys.
At H am ilton streets, is the first shoe good shell and a good
one time he was Pacific Coast corre m anufacturer in Philadelphia for all round equipm ent.
spondent for the New York H erald m any years to apply voluntarily to We sell ’em! A big
A T R I G H T P R IC E S
Mr. Schw atka was a pioneer of O re the Boot and Shoe W o rk ers’ U nion stock!
for the use of the union label. N ego
gon. H e buried his wife in that state.
tiations by which the use of the label F o o t B a l l a n d G e n e r a l A t h l e t ic G o o d s , B i c y c l e
Born sixty-one years ago in Burling will be extended to him were con a n d A u t o m o b ile T ir e s V u lc a n iz e d b y a n E x p e r t .
ton, Iowa, A. C. Schw atka is servived cluded in a conference held between BY T H E W A Y , w e have tw o Second-H and A utom obiles for sale cheap.
You m ust see them if you are in the m arket.
by two daughters, Mrs. J. W . H aw es the m anufacturer and C. J. McMor- A ctually B argains.
of this city, and Mrs. E. T. Johnson row. business agent of the union. The
of M ountain View, Cal.
300 em ployes of the factory have al
P resident W hitney, of the Boston ready organized as Local 104, of the
122 Grand Ave., Citizens Bank Building
Boot and Shoe W o rk ers’ Union. Mc
Cham ber of Com merce, recently ap B rearty said th at he had been led to
gagr- Pnintnr— H and-Loaded Shells K ill M ore Than Others
pointed a com m ittee consisting of two unionize his factory by the grow ing
hundred of Boston's leading citizens dem and for union-m ade shoes.
PHONE SERVICE DEMORALIZED
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Neckties—G eneral H ouse
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Cor. 13th and Burnside Sts.
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F u r n itu r e P o c k e d a n d S h ip p e d
a n d A U K in d » o f E r p r e n i n g
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M em b e r o f T e a m d r iv e r » ’ U n io n No. 1 6 3
R esid e n c e 9 13 R o d n e y A ven u e
Lea re O rd e r» a t
R O S S S H A R P C I G A R CO.
3 1 0 A id e r S tre et
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P o r tla n d , Oregon
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P O R T L A N D ,
FLEISCH NER. MAYER & CO.
MAKERS'
Union Meat Co
The Largest Plant in the Pacific Northwest
Office P h o n e < fa y 1 0 6 3
R e». P h o n e Scott 5 4 S 0
“ A Little Better Than Seems Necessary"
H otel zur R heinphalz
O F F IC E
PHONE
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and
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I I 1 I I 1 I II I H I H I U I I H - M I II I I I I I II 1 I I I I F H II I I l + H *
“ Mimic W ar in C alifornia” is strik
ingly described in O ctober Sunset
M agazine. A rticles by G eneral Mac
A rth u r and others. Beautiful colored
draw ings. M any industrial articles,
sketches, stories, etc. T en cents from
all new sdealers.
“Mt. Hood”
Shirts and
Overalls
on you; send in your subscription
now. It takes m oney to run a paper,
and it takes a paper to help fight your
battles.
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F arm laborers in M ahnohuslan,
Sweden, are on strike, their principal
grievance being the im portation of
Pnlacks and Galicians, who tend to
D on’t w'ait for our solicitor to call reduce the wages.
Seventh St.
Between
Morrison
and Alder
GO.
Seventh St.
Between
Morrison
anil Alder
EXTRA GOOD SHOE BARGAINS i
<H VL
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ SHOES LADIES’ $2.75 SHOES $1.98
Just to show how much cheaper we
$2 GRADE AT $1.68
can sell goods than our competitors
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Shoes with good looks, but withal
built for hard knocks. The boys'
shoes Of heavy calf and grain-double
soles—nailed. The girls’ shoes of
soft box calf or heavy vici stock,
spring heel or low flat heel, all sizes.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
UNION MADE CLOTHING
" D u i/
B E S ID E S C A R H A R T T S U N I O N M A D E
O V E R A L L S . J U M P E R S . P A N T S . E T C .,
W E OFFER TW O G R E A T L IN E S O F
M E N S S U IT S A N D O V E R C O A TS FO R
W O R K IN G M E N A T
(dl
$ 7 .8 5
ALL
WOOL
AND
TROUSERS
$ 1 0 .0 0
A T # 1 .9 5
H I M I I I 111 I 1 1 m
I I I I I I I I I I I H H I I H i l l II I » !» ♦ ♦ ♦
—the credit stores—we offer excel
lent vici kid $2.75 shoes, in all styles,
at the very low price of $1.98. Light
or heavy soles, “ foot form” or nar
row toes. A great bargain.
LADIES’ $3.50 SHOES $2.50
ROBBERS CHEAP
Beautiful shoes. New foot form
shapes, with heavy extension soles;
or narrow toe style, with high heel—
turned sole. Made of finest vici kid
skin, bright and lustrous, patent
leather or kid tips, Cuban, military
and opera heels. Sizes a'A to 8, all
widths. No better $3.50 shoe on the
market. Now on sale at $2 50.
In spite of the heavy rise in rubber
shoes, our buyers succeeded in break
ing the pool and buying direct from
the factory in Boston, M ass., at
prices lower than wholesale.
Ladies’ Best Quality Storm - - - 45c
M isses’
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Children’s “
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