Portland labor press., July 21, 1905, Image 1

Portland Labor Press
^FEDERATED TRADES ^ N C l Q
( state FEDERATION F q F labor )
T R A D E U N IO N S A R E T H E B U L W A R K S OF M O D ERN D E M O C R A C IE S — W. E. GLADS TON E.
Vol. V
P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N , J U L Y 21. 1905
TEN DESERTIONS
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COWARDLY CRIME
No. 2 4
ladies and gentlemen with no curtail­
knuckles. The sight of his left eye
ments upon our movements, and that
i was apparently gone. Deep gashes
upon our arrival here we would be
showed on both cheeks. The doctor
provided with the best of hotel ac­
said that he could not tell until to­
commodations.
morrow whether Donnelly would lose
San Francisco Printers “ As far as Sacramento we were Michael Donnelly IS As­ the sight of his eye if he lived.
treated half way decently, with the
Donnelly was unable to speak ex­
Have Strike Prac­
saulted by masked
exception that we were obliged to
cept in monosyllables. He said that
travel in a tourist sleeping car in­
tically Won
he did not know any of the thugs
Enemies
stead of a standard Pullman. At Sac-
who had assaulted him, nor could he
ment<^ our car, which had been in
explain the motive. It seemed strar;ge
U N IO N M A D E S h o e s
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the middle part of the train all the
to him, however, that he should be
Typothet&e Has Hard Work way out, was taken to the rear end He Is Badly Cnt With Brass singled out to be assaulted.
U N IO N M A D E S u its - « 1 2 .5 0 , « 2 5 .0 0
of the train, the entrances were both
In picking Michael Donnelly, who
U N IO N M A DE H a ts
- $ 1 .0 0 , « 3 .0 0
Keeping Members From
Knuckles, and May
locked
and
armed
guards
stationed
is
president of the Amalgamated
Eight-Hour Ranks
Lose an Eye
themselves at each entrance.
Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen
“ We were deprived of all newspa­
of North America, as a victim, the
pers, with strict instructions not to
thugs selected the labor leader who
attempt to buv the San Francisco
2 2 1 - 2 2 3 Morrison Street, Corner First
was directly responsible for the re­
Extraordinary efforts are being
Five men, flourishing magazine pis­
Examiner. This order was unneces­
pudiation
of John C. Driscoll by the
made by the Typothetae of San F ran­
tols, broke into the hall where the
sarily given, as the guards and a
Federation three years ago.
election of the Chicago Federation
cisco to induce non-union printers to
man named William Jenkins bought
Three years ago Donnelly was the
take the places of the union employes up all the papers from the newsboys. of Labor was held last Sunday, and,
victim of a similar assault, when he
who refused to remain after the nine- Since Thursday evening we had had after smashing the ballot boxes and
was beaten severely by sluggers and
hour conditions
were posted, but — so nothing to eat; we were promised tearing up the tickets, attacked Mich­
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had carbolic acid poured into his
ael Donnelly, international president
far the unfair employers are meeting 1
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breakfast at Tracey, hut for some
mouth. Driscoll confessed recently to
of the Butcher Workmen, and left
with little success. Lmon men, so it
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| »reason we did not receive it. \\ hen
the grand jury that he paid thugs
him lying on the floor in a pool of
is _ said, have also been tempted
with
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$50 each to “ put Donnelly away.’’
offers of stock to make them forget station our ear was sidetracked to a blood, with probably fatal injuries.
Donnelly will recover, but will prob­
The assailants, whom no one recog­
their obligations, hut without avail.
ard
heat ancy
ytent
point near the shore; and, like cat-
ably lose the use of his left eye.
In one instance a union compositor , , ¡e< W0 were herded into a launch, the nized, escaped.
After breaking up the election, the
The whole trouble lasted less than
was promised stock worth $200 of he, entjre .,6 of us being erowJed ,nto
sluggers made an attempt to get at
would return to work on the nine- , he eabiu. Tbe armed
dg s(ation three minutes, the victim stated aft-
President Dold, of the Federation,
hour basts, but he refused the offer | ed themselves at each end of {he erward. Nearly two hundred railway but were frightened away by the
and declared he would stand bv the boat and kept their revolvers in plain express drivers and. delegates to the
presence of friends of the labor lead­
Federation, who had voted, stood
union and the eight-hour conditions. >r,|ir 0£ ap
er. This was taken as an indication
Pure • Sweef • While •
The r pickets of the Press Feeders i
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, I ¡around Bricklayers’ Hall at the time,
in e bay was exceedingly
rough,
that the wrecking crew was under in­
but not one of them knew of the at-
and Assistants’ Union reported hav- and
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it is only a miracle that the b o a t, , , .
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structions to attack several of the
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tack being m ade on the litdges and
ing induced several additional non­ was
WAREHOUSE
not swamped and many ot us i
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men who have taken a prominent
union feeders to desert nine-hour drowned. The most pathetic scene i
election on the top floor,
part in the reorganization of the Fed­
shops. The pickets say that watch­ was enacted on the boat. The mother,! Aftejr president Donnelly was dis­
eration on lines that would result in
men affiliated with the Citizens’ Al­ who is not over 21 years old, with covered he was taken to a doctor,
the disposal of the “ machine.”
liance are helping the unfair employ­ her little three-months-old babe in who dressed his wounds. Later he
Fear of banded assassins, with its
ers and doing all they can to prevent her arms, was doing her best to keep was taken home.
parallel only in the terrorism that
The attack on the election officers
the unionists from conversing with back her tears. She seemed to real­
was inspired by the death-dealing op­
occurred
about 1 o ’clock. Dennis
the non-union ^employes.
ize that something awful was in store .
erations of the “ Mollie Maguires”
The officers of the Pressmen’s Un­ for her, and the armed guards that ° Toole’ a Pa,nter’ was at the door
in Pennsylvania thirty years ago,
ion and also the Press Feeders and were in our sight all the way from ! lnsPectln" ‘ba card«
‘hose who in- placed a seal of silence on labor lead­
Assistants’ Union say that many of Sacramento added much to her fright. ,euded to vote' Flve men aPP™aehed
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ers in Chicago in connection with the
their idle members are finding em­ All she could do was to hug her lit- !,he door and drew maS?azina pistols
mysterious attack on Michael Don­
white river
and one of them struck O ’Toole.
ployment in eight-hour shops that are tie babe and weep.
nelly, and the storming o f the elec­
getting much of the business of tb e
“ In another corner of the boat O ’Toole dodged and the men contin­ tion place o f the Chicago Federation
* A L L E N & ¿ .E /r Z S * S o /e A fre n /s No/vHrsn?' 0 /g ÿ C /S .A
unfair nine-hour employers. During stood the aged mother and her son, ued into
. « the room where the voting of Labor by eight armed men. While
the past three days no fewer than 30 who had come along as one of the was in progress. »
Donnelly, for the second time, a vic­
“ Line up your fade against the
pressmen and apprentices have had strike breakers. She, too, was weep­
tim of labor sluggers, lay suffering
wajl and hold up your hands,” shout­
their names taken from the out-of-
effects of the assault, the
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to comfort her.
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"'ho
were
held up in Bricklayers’
G IV E R S O F
busy eight-hour establishments.
mg
about
the
ballot
box.
Every
man
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TH IRD A N D
“ The boat pulled up at a wharf
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H all u nder th re a ts of d eath during
B E S T VALUE
M O R RISO N
Henry R itt-L , . . .
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Import Strike Breakers.
near the Pacific Mail docks and the did so. At this moment
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the beating ot the Stockyards leader
man,
the
sergeant-at-arms,
was
seen
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and the destruction of the ballot box-
On July 14, 26 strike breakers were landing was fully eight feet above
on the platform reaching for some-!
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T O D A Y finds us giving you b etter goods for less m oney, m ore to choose
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, es of ‘he federation election, admit-
landed in San Francisco from St. us. The guard first got up to the . ..
thing
in
the
pocket
of
his
coat,
which
from, quicker and belter service than ever before.
landing and then, with the assistance
Louis, Mo.
ted that they dare not talk about the
was hanging on a nail.
“ affair.”
On their arrival they were taken of another man of the party, the men
“ Watch that fellow,” yelled one
C h i l d r e n ’s “ P u r i t a n ” S t o c k i n g s
“ My life would not be worth a
in three ’buses to the Commercial were first lifted hand over hand to of the intruders. “ He's after a re­
snap if I should talk.” said Charles
200 dozen C hild ren ’s F ine Ribbed Cotton Stockings for Boys or G irls. The
Publishing Company’s establishment the landing. When it came to get­ volver.”
brand ••P u ritan ” stands for all that is best in the m anufacture
Dold. president of the Federation,
at 463 Mission street, where! they ting the women up, one of the men
o f hosiery. T om orrow we sell three pair for the
“ Hands up,” shouted another o f
were herded like cattle and conveyed grabbed the babe from the mother the gang. R ittm an's hands went up. and candidate for re-election, against
price o f tw o; the 25c quality on sale,
at the pair
J. F. O ’Neill, the “ machine” candi­
to the fourth floor, which has been and said, ‘Here, take this first,’ and,
“ Where is Donnelly?” asked the
date.
turned into a temporary abode for as if it had been a mere rag doll, leader.
handed
the
child
upside
down
to
the
Dold was the acknowledged victor
them,
cots
and
cocking
utensils
and
Three Pair for 50c
Three Pair for 50c
No one being able to answer, the
a gas range having been installed guard. Next the mother was pulled
in the election when the eight men
men were led to a small room in the
forced their way into the hall, kicked
there for that purpose. There are up. When it. came to the old woman
southeast
corner of the building and
the ballot boxes to pieces and de­
two women in the party, one of whom the son objected.
“ ‘You will have to get the ladder locked in. Then the thugs smashed stroyed the ballots before the assault
is a widowed mother with a babe of
the ballot boxes and tore the thou­
upon Donnelly.
three months, and the other woman for my mother,’ he said. ‘I won’t
Meet Your Friends at
P h on e Main 6171
sand
ballots awaiting to be counted
65 years old, the mother of one of stand for this.’ Whereupon one of
into pieces. Then the hunt for Don­
the guards said :
Attack the Label.
the strike breakers.
nelly
began. All the doors had been
“ ‘Oh, to hell with her and your
A decision has just been rendered
This party of strike breakers was
locked when the thugs entered the
which, if upheld, will prove more
gathered in St. Louis by one A. C, ladder,’ and with that two men
COL. J. F . H A R V E Y
hall. One of them went into a small
Bremer of the Greeley Printery of grabbed her hands and pulled her to
dangerous to organized labor than
anteroom in the western portion of
the recent decree handed down by
thai city, assisted by Attorney Cor­ the wharf, her breast rubbing against
the building and found Donnelly.
71 Sixth Street, B et. Oak and P ine
Portland, Oregon
the piles and tearing her clothing.
net of the same place.
the United States Supreme Court de­
“ You are wanted inside, Donnel­
No sooner were we all ashore
claring the New York ten-hour law
Their train was sidetracked to a
ly
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for bakeshops unconstitutional.
point near the shore and the entire than we were hustled to three cabs
“ All right,” was the reply, and
•H » 1 1 1 1 1 h i m i l i n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 » n 11 n 11 n m -i 1 1 > » 11 » number were transferred to a launch and driven to the Commercial Pub­
The Court of Errors and Appeals
Donnelly
opened the big doors lead­
of New Jersey has struck a blow at
and crowded into the cabin—men, lishing Company. Several of us pro­
ing into the main hall. No sooner
the union label law of that state.
women and children. They were con­ tested to going into the building
had he crossed the threshold than he
when
we
discovered
what
kind
of
a
An action was brought by the ci-
veyed to a pier near the Pacific Mail
was knocked senseless by one of the garmakers against one Goldberg, who
docks, where, without the aid of a house we had been taken to. We
thugs and then the rest of them was tried in the District Court of
ladder, they were hauled to the wharf inquired if this was the hotel that
jumped upon him. They escaped with­ Newark, and fined $200 for violating
we
had
been
promised.
Jenkins
an­
hand over hand.
out a person being able to identify the label law.
Three ’buses met them and took swered ;
them.
“ ‘We are taking you here merely
The case was then taken up to the
them to the Commercial Publishing
Donnelly Injured.
IF THE SACK LOOKS
Court of Appeals, and last week the
Company’s building. Since their ar­ to straighten out matters with the
Secretary Edward N. Niskels, lower court was reversed, it being
LIKE THIS YOU ARE
rival there three of the men have de­ publishers, and after that you will
Treasurer Robert Noran and Finan­ held that section 10 of the label law,
be
taken
to
a
hotel.’
serted the crowd on account of the
GETTING
“ But when we stepped out of the cial Secretary F. G. Hopp were in an providing a fine of not less than $200
misrepresentation made to them of
anteroom in the southwest corner of or more than $500, for violating the
the accommodations that were prom­ elevator we found the room a place
the building during the affair, but it jiiroWisioiis thereof, was unconstitu­
ised them. Six guards now are watch­ filled with cots and cooking uten­
was so quietly done that they heard tional. The court declared that the
sils.
The
apartment
is
divided
into
ing the entrance to this building.
two sections, by a curtain. One for nothing. Secretary Hopp happened legislature had no power to enact a
Tells of the Trip.
the men, the other for the women. to step out into the big hall, when he law exacting a penalty for the bene­
discovered Donnelly lying in a pool
One of the men who escaped tells I t is like a large dormitory.
fit of the plaintiff, the Cigarmakers’
a graphic story of the manner in
“ On the pretense of taking his 14- of bIood aPParent’y dead- The 3udSea Union.
which they were handled on their year-old son, who is also one of the and clerks lopkpd ,n the llttle room
The fight will now he transferred
trip to the city and of the false rep­ party, out to get medical attention in the sontheast corner of tbe b,,lld- to the State Supreme Court, and if
resentations of the way they were to to a wound received from a Fourth
began t0 knopk for reIease' HoPP the latest decision is upheld the un­
be treated on their arrival here. He of July accident, one of the men es- «nlo«ked the door and then attention ion label law of New Jersey—after
ITS THE VERY BEST
said:
caped; another on the pretense of was Paid to Donnelly> who had grad- which the label laws in many other
AND ITS MADE IN
“ This party was gathered up by needing a shave, and myself on my ual,y rePaln,'d consciousness,
states are modeled—will be practic­
OREGON
a man named A. C. Bremer, assisted own statements that everything had
William Rossell called
a cab and ally killed, for after the section pro­
by Attorney Cornet, both of St. (,een grossly misrepresented. ”
hastened with Donnelly to the office viding penalties is emasculated the
Louis. They told us that we would
gix of them will g0 over to the of Dr. W. C. Caldwell, where the statute is useless.
be provided with accommodations in
cause of the Typographical Union. wounds of the labor leader were
standard sleepers and that during the This was iearned from conversation dressed. His nose was crushed, as
Help down the "trust” by asking
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if his assailants had used brass for blue label cigars and tobacco.
entire trip we were to be treated as
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