Portland labor press., January 13, 1905, Page 3, Image 3

PORTLAND LABOR PRESS, PORTLAND, OREGON
LABOR
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T o ro n to ’s labor tem ple was form ­
ally opened on December 21.
Abolit 13,000 men are on strike in
the W est V irginia coal fields.
W. H. W illiam s, the new labor
com m issioner of M innesota, is an
old-tim e m em ber of the M inneapolis
T ypographical Union.
W illiam M. O. Dawson, whom the
Republicans of W est V irginia elected
governor N ovem ber 8, began active
life as a union printer.
T he threatened strike of the 10,000
men employed in the thirty mills of
the International Paper C om pany of
Glens Falls, N. Y., has been averted.
It is announced that no action will
be taken in the senate on the national
eight-hour bill until a report has been
made of the investigations by the D e­
partm ent of Com merce and Labor.
T he National L abor T ribune of
P ittsburg, Pa., th^, oldest labor paper
in the U nited States, with its issue
o f Decem ber 15, began the thirty-
third year of its journalistic career.
T he Canadian Association o f Steam
E ngineers intends to petition the O n­
tario legislature to pass an act re­
quiring every man in charge of a
steam engine o f over twenty-five
horse-pow er to have an engineers'
certificate.
T he laundry w orkers of California
have started a cam paign for com plete'
organization that will em brace as
nearly as possible, every m em ber of
their craft in the state, the Chinese
excluded, and that will have a local
union in every tow n and city.
O ut of respect for the Clerks'
U nion the leading jew elry establish­
m ents of A berdeen, W ash., have de­
cided to close their stores at 0:30 p. m.
excepting Saturdays. The m ovem ent
w as made by L. H. B urnett, of B ur­
nett Bros., and followed by Emil
Pfund.
T he labor organizations of M ontana
arc going to sta rt a co-operative
broom factory in the city of H elena.
No labor union or other m em ber can
hold and vote m ore than one share of
stock. T he unions now run a co­
operative laundry and in two m onths
it has clc ired m ore than $500.
T rades unions of Jacksonville, 111.,
have com pleted their “ Labor T em ­
ple.” It has three stories and a base­
m ent, an»l is built of brick. T he w ork
of construction was done free of
charge, while the trades not connect­
ed w ith the building industry fur­
nished the m oney for the m aterial.
T w o thousand w aiters m et at the
L ab or Exchange in Chicago a short
tim e ago and unanim ously adopted a
resolution in favor of abolishing tips.
T hey protested against their em ploy­
ers refusing to pay them w ages suf­
ficient for a livelihood, thus com pell­
ing them to degrade them selves by
accepting tips.
Ju dge C arter, in the Suprem e Court
at Indianapolis, Ind.. has granted a
restrain in g order against the trust
com posed of the plum bers’ supply
houses of th at city. Joseph Miller
com plained that the supply houses
would sell goods only to m em bers,
and that he was refused the privilege
of purchasing.
T he New York unions affiliated
with
the
Intern atio n al
Seam en's
,U nion have received instructions from
the international officers to watch
out for attem pts to ship Chinese on
Am erican vessels as cooks or stew ­
ards. The union holds that their em ­
ploym ent on the vessels is a violation
of the Chinese exclusion act.
N early all the wage agreem ents of
the workm en em ployed in the build­
ing trades in P ittsburg, -which ex­
pired Decem ber 31, w ith the exception
of three trades, arc being continued
on last y ear’s basis. T he painters,
plum bers and plasterers are the three
unions arranging wage conferences
with the contractors, covering wage
scales for the com ing year.
T he N ational Alliance of A m alga­
m ated Painters, D ecorators and P a ­
per H angers, recently in session in
New Y ork City, is in favor of am al­
gam ating with the B rotherhood of
Painters. Action looking to this end
w as taken when a com m ittee was ap­
pointed to arrange a conference with
the brotherhood to settle all differ­
ences and bring about Amalgamation.
Is your home swept with a union-
label broom ? If not, call the a tte n ­
tion of your wife to the fact that a
vast quantity o f Chinese and convict-
m ade broom s are sold on this m ar­
ket, and that the product of union
broom -m akers bears the label of the
International Broom M akers’ Union
(a circular label, printed on blue pa­
p er), placed under the wire at the
finish of the broom.
A dispatch from C onstantinople re ­
p o rts the first labor strike in the his­
to ry of Turkey. T he workm en in a
tobacco factory became enraged by
the introduction of m achinery, a t­
tacked their superiors and threatened
to strike unless their wages were in­
creased. T he police decided that a
strike wQitld be equivalent to a revo­
lutionary movement. As a result 220
persons are now in prison.
T he wages of all. the union tin plate
w orkers in the em ploy of the Uiyted
States Steel C orporation have been
advanced 2 per cent following au to ­
m atically the $2 a ton advance on
tin plate, per cent with every 10 per
cent advance. U n d er the agreem ent
with the Tin P late W o rk ers’ A ssocia­
tion, wages advance 2 per cent, with
every 10 per cent advance in the price
per ton of tin plate.
T he labor unions of U tah will sup­
port a lobby at the com ing session
of the state legislature. T h ey are
after a steam boiler inspection law; a
m etalliferous mine inspection law;
and an em ployers’ liability law.
U tah already has an eight-hour law.
T hey will also insist that the legisla­
ture enact the direction legislation
law, which was elected by the people
of the state in 1900, as an am endm ent
to the constitution of the state, by a
decisive vote of 19,219 to 7786.
T he latest union to organize an
auxiliary is the bricklayers. It was
organized O cto b er 8, 1904, in Coffey­
ville, Kan. T he m em bership is made
up o f the m others, wives, daughters
or sisters of m em bers of the brick­
layers’ union. I t is proposed to have
an insurance feature to the auxiliary.
The Bricklayer and Mason prints a
fac simile of the auxiliary charier.
Mrs. Joseph Dagle, 601 E ast F o u rth
street, Coffeyville, Kan., is president
of the L adies’ Intern atio n al Auxiliary
to the B. & M. I. U. of A.
A reduction of the wages of the
tonnage men em ployed by the H ow ­
ard axle w orks of the Carnegie Steel
C om pany, took effect January 1. The
cut ranges from 16 2-3 per cent down
to 5 per cent. T he g reatest reduc­
tion is made in the scale of the heavy
axle m akers and ranges through the
helpers, ham m er men and forgers to
the m en w orking on light axles, who
received the 5 per cent. T he tonnage
men are alone affected by the reduc­
tion. Tw o departm ent forem en of
the H om estead w orks stated th at in
their opinion the reduction at the
H ow ard w orks would have no b ear­
ing on the prospects for an increase
for the w orkingm en of the H om estead
w orks proper.
T he N ational F o u n d ers’ A ssociation
adopted a resolution disapproving of
strikes and lockouts and favoring a r­
b itration 'w h e n ev e r and w herever
it will enable them to establish and
m aintain just and equitable relations
betw een m em bers and em ployes.”
W hat is term ed an “outline policy”
was adopted and will be issued in
pam phlet form soon from th e head­
q uarters in D etroit.
It is in con­
form ity with resolutions adopted
ab rogating the New Y ork agreem ent,
which provides for arb itratio n with
the president of the N ational F o u n d ­
ers' A ssociation and the president of
the Iron M ulders Union of N orth
Am erica as tw o of the fixed m em bers
of the board, with power to select
the other.
V aluable statistics regarding strikes
and 1 ckouts in the U nited States for
the past tw enty years have been pub­
lished by the house com m ittee on
labor. T hey w ere secured during the
hearings on the bill to create a na­
tional arbitratio n tribunal. T he total
num ber o f workm en throw n out of
em ploym ent in that period on ac­
count of strikes am ounted to 6,105,-
694, and a loss in wages of over a
q u arter of a billion dollars. M ore
than 127,000 establishm ents were in­
volved. T here was an average loss
o f $46 to each person involved. New
Y ork came first in the num ber of
strikes and Pennsylvania second, the
form er having over 20,000 and the
la tte r having over 18.000 strikes. The
coal
industry
experienced
more
strikes than any other.
CLIPPINGS.
A w ord to you all. P ost-m ortem
praises and love are in the air. P eo ­
ple kiss their dead who never stoop to
kiss th eir living; they hover over
open caskets with hysterical sobs,
but fail to throw their arm s about
their loved ones who are fighting the
stern battle of life. A word of cheer
to the struggling soul in life is worth
m ore than the roses of C hristendom
piled high on the casket covers. T he
dead can not smell the flowers, but
the living can; scatter them broadcast
in their pathw ay therefore, and pluck
out the thorns before it is too late.—
New Brunsw ick (N. J.) F ederationist.
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Man never fastened one end of a
chain around the neck of his brother
that God did not fasten the o th er end
round the neck of the oppressor.—
Lam artim e.
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J. L. Russell, Sr., and his son, J. L.
Russell, are w orking in the state
printing office. T h e form er is eighty-
three years of age, and show s not the
least signs of the long period of time
he has lived. A m orevigorous man,
considering his age, could n ot be
found. Mr. Russell is desirous of
rounding out his seventieth year at
the prin tin g business in harness, and
the prospects are good th at his wish
will be complied with, for he has al­
ready worked over sixty-nine years.
—San F rancisco L abor Clarion.
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Labor Saving Machinery.
An autom atic packing machine has
been invented in Paris. “ By means
of this apparatus, which is alm ost hu­
man in its action,” says Scientific
A m ercan, "it is possible to fashon
the package, charge it and then seal
it, ready for transit. T h e appliance
is a com bination of a weighing m a­
chine and a packer. F irst the machine
cuts off the requsite length of lead,
paper, or whatever is utilized for the
envelopes', from a continuous travel­
ing band, pastes and folds into shape,
leaving the m outh of the bag open.
The package then passes along, stop­
ping in its passage for a m om ent to
receive its contents of tea, sugar or
cereals through a funnel. It makes
another forw ard m ovem ent, and an
electric pressure piston comes into
action and ram s down the contents to
the minimum volume. By a further
series of operations the bag is shaken
into shape, pressed, and the ends are
folded down, pasted and then labeled.
Not once during the operation is the
bag or its contents touched by hands.
T he inventor has been engaged for
three years upon the device. W hen
perfected it will perform the work, of
seventy people and com plete the
whole cycle of operations at a speed
of forty packages per m inute, thus
effecting rem arkable saving in time
and expenses.”
If half the energy used by some
uni',ns in organizing a strike wer^ ex ­
ercised in unionizing the outsiders in
their craft they would be fewer “la­
m ented failures” in the strike busi­
ness.—Seattle Union Record.
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T oo niaaiy unionists interpret co n ­
servatism to mean servility. As ap­
plied to unions conservatism means
being right in the first place and then
sticking to it; not startin g w rong
and then receding from the position.
W hen m aking a contract with your
em ployers, see to it th at it covers
his rights and yours—then stick to;
th a t’s conservatism . D on’t force a
corftract that is unfair—and then
strike to m aintain it; th at's not con­
servatism , it's dam phoolishness.—Se­
attle U nion Record.
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W e believe the day will soon come
and the sooner the b etter, when all
unfair lists will be killed and in their
stead a "fair list” published. It looks
like a pity to give so much space to
CORVALLIS & EA STER N RAIL­
advertising unfair firms, and we b e­
ROAD.
lieve that only the nam es of the fair
should be published.—G alesburg L a­
T IM E CARD NO. 28.
bor News.
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No. 2 for Y aquina—
In junctions against everything but Leaves A lbany ...................12:45 F. M.
purchasing union goods have been Leaves Corvallis ................. 1:48 P. M.
sustained. If we will hew to the line Arrives Yaquina ................. 6:26 P. M.
on the union label question there will
No. 1 retu rn in g —
be little opportunity for injunctions or Leaves Yaquina ................ 6:45 A. M.
any o th er obstacles being sought to Leaves Corvallis ............... 11:30 A. M
impede the progress of labor. H ow Arrives A lbany ................... 12:15 P. M.
best to educate the women on the
No. 3 for A lbany-D etroit—
union label issue, the trade union is­ Leaves Corvallis .............. 6:00 A. M.
sue, should be the question for con­ Arrives A lbany .................. 6:40 A. M.
sideration. O nce the w eapon of the Leaves A lbany for D etro it 7:30 A. M.
union label, is intelligently handled Arrives D etro it ................... 12:02 P. M.
by the wives of A m erican wage-
No. 4 from D etroit—
earners and the force of our enemies
will have lost its source of g en era­ Leaves D etroit ................... 12:35 P. M.
tion; injunctions, strikes and lock­ Arrives A lbany .................. 5:15 P. M.
Lv. A lbany for C o rv allis.. 7:15 P. M.
outs will be conflicts of the past.—
Arrives Corvallis .............. 7:55 P. M.
N iagara T oiler.
T rain No. 1 arrives in A lbany in
time to connect w ith the S. P. south
GET SH O R TE R HOURS.
bound train, as well as giving two or
three hours in A lbany before d ep art­
Eight-H our Day Established in San ure of S. 1’. n orth bound train.
Francisco W ithout Friction.
T rain No. 2 connects w ith the S. P.
trains
at Corvallis and A lbany, giving
O n Ja n u ary 4, the eight-hour w ork
day becam e effective in all the book direct service to N ew port and adja­
anu job prin tin g offices in San F ra n ­ cent beaches.
T rain No. 3 for D etro it via Albany,
cisco. T he sh o rter w ork day in the
prin tin g trades was agreed upon by leaves Corvallis at 6:00 A. M. and
the T y p o th etae and T ypographical connects w ith the S. P. A lb an y -P o rt­
U nion No, 21 tw o years ago. T he land local train leaving A lbany at
agreem ent provided th a t the reduction 7:00 A. M. T rain No. 3 leaves Albany
from the nine to the eight hour day for D etro it at 7:30 A. M., arriving
should be accom plished m four sem i­ there at noon, giving am ple tim e to
annual periods, the tim e to be reduced reach the B reitenbush H o t Springs
fifteen m inutes at the end of each the same day.
T rain No. 4 connects at A lbany with
six m onths. An increase of 50 cents a
week was also to be paid at the ex­ the P ortland-A lbany local, which a r­
piration of each half year until the rives here at 7:10, and runs to Cor­
wage scale for book and job printers vallis leaving A lbany at 7:15 and ar­
should be $2(> a week on and after riving in Corvallis at 7 :55 P. M.
F o r fu rth er inform ation apply to
Ja n u ary 2, 1905. T he m inim um wage
E D W IN S T O N E , M anager.
for forem en was also increased like­
wise, until the weekly wage should T. C O C K R E L L , A gent, Albany.
H. H. C R O N IS E , A gent, Corvallis.
be $23.
S ecretary W hite of the local T ypo­
graphical Union said th a t the change
had been made w ithout friction and
all rep o rts received at his office were
favorable, indicating th a t the em ­
ployers had generally respected the
agreem ent.
R egarding the sh o rter w ork day
elightful route
the sentim ent of the p rin ters is voiced
AYLIGHT RIDE
in the follow ing article appearing in
IZZY CRAGS
the T ypographical notes in the last
EEP CANONS
issue of the San Francisco Labor
C lario n :
“F o r the first tim e in the history of
the oldest trade union of the Pacific
Coast—San F rancisco T ypographical
Union, No. 21—th e book and job
p rin ters started w ork at the beginning
of this week on an eight-hour basis,
with a minimum wage scale of $20
See Nature, in all her
a week. W hile, at this w riting, it
glorious beauty, a n d
would hardly be conservative to state
then
the acme of man’s
that n ot the slightest hitch occurred
anyw here, at the same tim e the agree­
handiwork. The first is
m ent has been lived up to by both
found
along the line of
sides—the T ypothetae and the Union.
the D e n v e r & Ric
Certainly the latter is to be co n g ratu ­
lated on the im proved conditions.
G rande R ailroad , the
W hen we look back to the drudgery
latter at the St. Louis
of the ten-hour day, the change is
W orlds F a ir . Your
more th an appreciated by those who
have w orked under b oth system s. T he
t r i p w ill be one of
clipping of fifteen m inutes every six
pleasure, make the ruofli
m onths, proposed by the T ypothetae,
of it. For information
was not favorably received at first by
our m em bers, but now th at the tw o
a n d illustrated litera­
years have passed the good business
ture write : : : :
sense th at prom pted No. 21 to accept
the proposition becom es apparent.
The norm al w ork day is here. Let W. C. McBRIDE, Gen. Agt.
us not only enjoy its fruits, but
stren g th en in every possible way the
PORTLAND, OREGON
international m ovem ent to the same
end. W hen the eight-hour day b e­
comes universal—as it undoubtedly T - X T . J u i k M E S
will—our fellow craftsm en will hail
H an dles a Good Line o f
the tim e, and there will be no o p p o r­
U N IO N M A D E C IO AR S
tunity for em ployers to com plain of a
and TOBACCOS ..............
A ll K inds o f
variance of w orking tim e in different
F R U IT S . N U T S and CAN D I M
parts of the country. Give cheerfully
and put every shoulder to the wheel.” 224 WASMIWTM 3T.
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H Goiflen floooiioniiy
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The Cigarm akers U nion o f Portland ia a strong advocate o f the
P a t r o n i z e H o m e I n d u s tr y
policy. I f the sm oker purchases hom e-m ade goods, his m oney rem ains
in the com m unity, and adds to the volum e o f hom e enterprise. I f you
buy Eastern Cigars and Tobacco your m oney is taken out o f your own
com m unity.
P a t r o n iz e Y o u r H o m e F a c to rle a
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THE
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For rates, folders and oth er
W . C. M cB R ID E , G e n . A g t.
In form ation, address
134 T hird St., P ortlan d , Ora.
Tourist
Car East
Many experienced travelers
□refer tourist sleeping cars
\or the tran sc o n tin e n ta l
journey. The
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway
can arrange for your trip
east in tourist cars, offer you
choice of routes and save
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HA neT *’^ ,.
134 Third Street, Portland
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ARE you
A UNION MAN?
W H EN YOU SEE
ONE O F TH ESE LA BELS
Y ou w i l l k n ow it w m p r in t e d In
an o ffice r u n u n d e r fa ir c o n d it io n s .
D e m a n d i t o n a ll y o u r p r in t in g .
Then See That This Label is on
Your Custom-Made Clothing
DEMAND IT
I t is an indication o f f a i r con­
ditions. and takes the place
o f boy cots, strikes and
lockouts
Portland Allied Printing Trades
C O M PO SED OF
T h e T y p o g r a p h ic a l U n io n
T h e P r in t in g P r e s s m e n ’s U n io n
T h e W e b P r e s s m e n ’s U n io n
T h e M a ile rs' 1 n io n
L a d y B o o k b in d e r s ’ U n io n
B r o th e r h o o d o f B o o k b in d e r s
P h o to E n g r a v e r s ’ I n io n
s te r e o typ ers* A E le c t r o t y pert* U n io n
OHlflH DUBBED SHOPS
See Tkat Thi» Badge is Worn by the
Teamster Who Does Your Draying
Display the above card in the shopa.
If you do not see the card, please s'ak
j (or i t
The following is a list of the unfair
I barber shops ia the city:
All to-cent barber shops, all Japanese
' barber shops, and all Chinese bartwr
shops.
16862120
OF TEAMSTERS’
No. 162
M eats B vary T uesday in U nion H all
WEIS’ LABEL
Look out for the Brewers Lnbel.
Colors—Red, W hite and Blue.
It ran be round on all packages
o f Union Made beverages .*. .*.
The B illb o a r d
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