Portland labor press., July 21, 1905, Page 6, Image 6

PORTLAND LABOR PRZ88, PORTLAND. OKKOON
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November 13, Pittsburg, Pa., Amer­ ens; Sixth district, H. L. Darby; Sev­
CONVENTIONS, 1905.
are charged with the duties of legis­
enth district, C. W. Krumm; Eighth
ican
Federation of Labor.
August —, New York, United Gold
Chief of Police Dinan gave out the lation and administration.
district, no nominations; Ninth dis­
December
4,
Denver,
Colo.,
Nation­
(OonUnued from p««e 1)
In
the
first
place,
the
strike
break­
Beaters.
statement that he would not permit
al Alliance of Bill Posters and Bill­ trict, S. Malone; Tenth district, no
nominations; Eleventh district, Wil­
August 1, Chicago, 111., Interna­ ers of America.
any lawlessness in connection with ers were brought here under misrep­
liam Hunter; Twelfth district, E.
tional
Glove
Worker»’
Union
of
resentation.
They
were
told
there
with them on the train by the man the printers’ lockout.
ternational Seamens’ Union.
Simper.
December 4, Cleveland, Ohio, In-
“ If the employing printers retain was no sort of trouble and that it America.
who has furnished the very graphic
The members of the committee say
August
7,
Boston,
Mass.,
National
was
merely
a
question
of
the
open
description of the manner in which armed guards to surround their non­
the Leather Workers’ organiztion
was never in better shape. The or­
the strike breakers were transferred union men we will arrest the armed shop. They were led to believe that Association Heat, Frost, General In­
Leather Workers Prosperous.
sulators,
and
Asbestos
Workers
of
they
would
bç
housed
in
good
hotels
ganization
has not got one strike on
guards, unless they can show their
to this city.
The executive committee of the In­ now, and has satisfactory agreements
and would be treated like human be­ America.
right
to
bear
concealed
weapons.
Any
ternational United Brotherhood of
Jenkins also said that there were
August 7, Philadelphia, Pa., Inter­ Leather Workers on Horse Goods is with both the National Saddlery
ings. In fact, they are herded like
Manufacturing Association and also
about 58 men and women living in other form of lawlessness that may
cattle in the loft of a priting house, national Brotherhood of Teamsters. still in session at the headquarters with the employers in the trade dis­
the Commercial Publishing Compa­ appear will be vigorously dealt with.
August 8, Chicago, 111., Shirt, of the Brotherhood in the Gibraltar tricts.
men, women and children together
n y ’s rooms, who had been previously I hav% not yet received any com­
Waist,
and Laundry Workers’ Inter­ building, says the Kansas City (Mo.)
without
provision
for
the
common
de­
shipped out here, but that he came plaints against the locked-out prin­
Labor Herald of June 16, anil will
national
Union.
PROMINENT CHAMPIONS.
cencies
of
life.
If
any
of
these
pris­
ters, and I trust there will be none.
probably be unable to close up the
over only with the last twenty-six.
August
8,
Chicago,
111.,
Stereo­
oners
want
to
go
out
of
doors
every
work
in
hand
until
the
latter
part
The printer’s and the employers are
Hon. Joel P. Heatwole, a former
Ten Printers Desert.
of next week.
congressman and one of the political
on the same footing so far as the po­ effort is made to restrain them short typers and Electrotypers’ Union.
August 13, Toronto, International
The canvas of the returns from the leaders of Minnesota, has taken a de­
One by one the strike breakers are lice are concerned, and .hey, as well of physical force. There has been no
referendum election shows the fol­ cided stand for the eight-hour day
going over to the cause of the Typo­ as the employers, will be expected bint of violence on the part of the Typographical Union.
lowing officers elected:
movement inaugurated by the Inter­
graphical Union and are leaving the to keep well within the law.”
union printers. Even the Citizens’ August 14, Sandyhill, N. Y., Na­
national Typographical Union. Mr.
General
president-—
Mark
Jardine.
tional
Association
of
Machine
Print­
quarters in the Commercial Publish­
Alliance people will not pretend they
Heatwole
is himself a union printer
First
vice
president—E.
J.
Baker.
Employers Getting Tired.
ing Company ’s building. Those who
expect anything of the kind. Yet ers’ Color Mixers.
Second vice president — Frank and carries a card in the Washing­
That the employing printers who when any of the importations is let
ton (D. C.) Typographical Union, of
September 7, Springfield, Mass., Sweeney.
have left are unanimous in saying
Third vice president—O. I. K in ­ which he has been a member for
that it is only a matter of a short are standing with the Typothetae in out of prison to get a meal or for Table Knife Grinders’ National
twenty-five years. The Northwestern
ger.
time until all of the strike breakers its fight for a longer work day are other errand, he is accompanied by Union.
Master Printers’ association has
Fourth
vice
president
—
George
September 11, Boston, Mass., In­ Shipman.
will have taken up the fight of the very much annoyed and disheartened an armed guard employed by the Cit­
formed a combination to oppose the
ternational Association of Machin­
eight hour men. Illness,, improper j at the failure of the plan to import izens’ Alliance.
They invited
General secretary-treasurer—John printers’ demand.
Heatwole to enter their convention,
feeding and the immaterialization of strike-breakers to win their fight was
J. Pfeiffer.
W hy! Simply and solely to pre­ ists.
District presidents—First district, but he refused. As editor and pro­
September 11, Easthampton, Mass.,
the promises of the Tvpothetae are made apparent last Monday by one vent him from learning the true con­
of the Northfield News and
of the employers who is trying to run ditions that concern their importation Elastic Goring Weavers’ Amalga­ Herbert Martyn; Second district, A. prietor
said to be responsible for this.
W. Spencer; Third district, Harry the Faribault Journal he favors and
mated Association.
As soon as one of the strike break­ a nine-hour shop. He expressed dis­ and employment in San Francisco.
Thomas;
Fourth district, C. C. will continue to favor an eight-hour
September 11, Boston, Mass., Inter­ Hutchins; Fifth district, D. D. Ow­ day for working printers.
ers leaves the buildings he is met satisfaction to another employer, re­
The result of all this is inevitable
by pickets from the Typographical marking that he did not see what use where men of American breeding and national Union of Elevator Con­
Union, who offer him inducing terms it was of expending a large sum of training are concerned. The decent structors.
September 11, Toronto, Canada, In­
to desert the strike breakers. Ten money to bring nonunion men here men among the importations are es­
men have deserted and are now being from St. Louis only to have them caping from their prison house as ternational Union of Steam En­
fast as they can, and those who fail gineers.
taken care of by the union men. taken away by the union.
Other employers are reported to to get out are dissatisfied and dis­
September 12, Springfield, 111.,
These are housed in different hotels
feel the same way, and it is safe to | gusted. If the Citizens’) Alliance American Brotherhood of Cement
in the city under assumed names.
Contrary to ordinance of the Fire say they will think well before dig­ would call off its armed guards there Workers.
September 18, Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Police Board, the Commercial ging down into’ their pockets to im­ would be nothing left o f the import­
port
other
strike-breakers.
International
Association of Bridge
ed
crew
but
a
few
tramp
printers
Publishing Company’s building is un­
Manufacturers
The Typographical Union will call who have made themselves outcasts and Structural Iron Workers.
provided with a fire escape. This is
October 2, Kansas City, Mo.,
said to have caused much unfavora­ a special meeting on next Sunday j —men who will undoubtedly be heard
ble comment among the strike break­ afternoon for the purpose of reveiw- from later in the local police courts Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ In­
ers and will have mueh to do with ing the situation and also making ar­ as a contribution to the community ternational Union.
October 2, Chicago, 111., Amalga­
their final and complete desertion rangements to continue the contest from the Citizens’ Alliance.
indefinitely. A proposition will also
This herding of labor under guard mated Association of Street and
from the Typothetae.
Electric
Railway
Employes of
H alf of the strike breakers are not be made to increase the lockout bene­ is not a new thing. I t was done in America.
fits
for
married
members.
It
is
ex-
the
middle
ages
in
Europe
for
hun­
employed and spend their time in
October 2, Chicago, 111., Interna­
gambling. Some are said to have lost pected that a large gathering will r e - ! dreds of years. Men were tied to tional Union of Shipwrights, Joiners,
suit.
Other
matters
connected
with
the soil. Where they were born, there and Calkers of America.
the little money they had and are
sticking it out with the strike break­ the existing controversy with the em-1 they must die. Something of the
October 2, St. Paul, Minn., Inter­
same sort is still found in Russia. national Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
ers only because they depend upon ployers may be brought up.
The officers of the Typographical In America it survives only in the and Helpers.
the Typothetae wholly for their food
Union are very much encouraged at chain-gang and the Citizens’ Alliance
October 2, Buffalo, N. Y., Inter­
and beds.
Salesroom—Corner f i f t h and Stark Streets
national Photo-Engravers.
the attitude of the members who are imported prisoners.
Mrs. Houchins. the 65-year-old
October 17, New York, N. Y.,
idle. They say that they are stand­
Union
printers
when
they
grow
old
fa
cto r y —Cor. Grand
and f a s t Taylor St.
woman who accompanied her son to
ing firm and are as determined now are provided for in a comfortable United Textile Workers of America.
San Francisco, is said to be in a pre­
October 26, New York, N. Y., In­
to hold out their cause as they were home among the Colorado mountains,
carious condition. She has been af­
ternational Compressed Air W orkers’
when the vote was taken the last of where they are better off than when Union.
flicted with heart trouble for many
June.
they were able to work at good
November 6, Pen Argyl, Pa., In­
years, and, owing to the conditions
The union is prepared to carry on wages. The Citizens’ Alliance meth­ ternational Union of Slate Workers. ■I I I I H I M I I I I I I M - I H -H - H I M I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l l l l l l l-l l l l II-
in the quarters, is anything but im­
the fight indefinitely, and has many od is to hold them under guard while
proving by her visit to the Coast,
tenders of financial support when­ they are wanted and cast them off
which it was assured her would do
ever money is wanted. At present the minute the occasion ceases.
her much good. She also lives in fear
the unions have plenty of money in
That is the way of the Citizens’
of violence on the part of the guards
sight. Several non-union composi­ Alliance with labor. Let us see how
within the building.
tors who have been working in non­ the alliance behaves to the employer.
One of the young men who left|
union establishments have made ap­ Agents of the alliance engaged in
the strike breakers and went over to
plication to affiliate with the Typo­ forcing on this strike have gone to
the cause of the union said last
graphical Union.
printing houses where the eight-hour
n ight:
The Press Feeders and Assistant’s day obtains—have gone with threats
“ When we were gathered up in St. Union has succeeded in getting 35
in their mouths to get converts to
Louis we signed contracts with A. C.
feeders and apprentices to desert the the nine-hour movement. When the
Bremer to come to this city and go unfair employers and is paying lock­
employers refused to be converted
to work in open shops and work in out money to all of these persons.
and said that they were satisfied to
opposition to the demands of the
The union feeders report that they abide by their contract with the Typ­ ■
NEVER BEFORE HAS THERE BEEN
■
Typographical
Union. We were
have succeeded in getting two more ographical Union the alliance agents
promised in these contracts our fare
SUCH A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
■
non-union feeders to walk out of E. urged, “ Are you going to let the un­ ■
out, our meals en route and a steady C. Hughes’ shop on Sansome street,
ion run your business!” If the em­
OFFERED THE RENT-PAYERS TO
position as soon as we arrived in this making four non-union employes
ployer answered that in fact the un­
city and our wages to be not less1 that have left this concern since last
ion was wholly reasonable in its de­ "
OWN THEIR OWN HOMES.
than $21 per week. So far these Saturday.
mands and that there was no inter­
promises have been carried out only
A committee from the Pressmen’s ference and that the Typographical
in that we received our fares here Union called on Mayor Schmitz and Union has no walking delegate, then
and our meals en route. Not half of the board of fire commissioners and the alliance agents showed their
the men have received work, and have directed attention to the lack of fire
teeth. “ If you don’t side with ns,”
done nothing but lie around gambling escapes on the building at First and
they threatened, “ we will make you.
in the rooms at the Commercial Pub­ Mission streets, which the Commer­
We will ruin your business.” The
lishing Company’s building. What cial Publishing Company is using as
methods are the same as those pur­
has actually been given us is decid­ a boarding house for its strike-break­
sued in the strike of the stablemen,
edly different from the promise of ers. The laws require that all build­
and they are characteristic.
the Typothetae.
ings used for lodgings or hotels must
It is worth while to draw atten­
“ A few of us who have managed be provided with safety appliances tion to these methods for the reason
to get out of their clutches have been for the inmates. There are no means that they expose the essential and
received with open arms by the boys by which the occupants of the unfair vital hypocrisy of the alliance and its
INVITES YOU IF YOU WISH TO
of the union and have been treated boarding house run by the Commer­ management. They are constantly
like brothers. When the first com­ cial Publishing Company could es­ preaching the wickedness of the boy­
STOP THE RENT-PAYING-HABIT.
plaints began to be expressed after cape with their lives if a fire should cott, and yet the boycott is their in­
our arrival here we were not allowed break out.
A CHOICE LOT IN A MOST SELECT
variable recourse in case of opposi­
to leave the building. But, for some
Citizen’s Alliance Methods in the tion. I f a man does not agree at
RESIDENT TRACT FOR ONLY 10c
reason or other, we were allowed a
once to fall in with their plans they
Printers’ Strike.
little more freedom yesterday, and
A DAY. A HOUSE BUILT TO SUIT
threaten to ruin> his business by a
The gospel of non-unionism as ap­
one of the leaders told us that if we
boycott.
YOU AND SOLD AT ACTUAL COST.
wanted to go we were at liberty to plied to labor probably finds its most
This quarrel between a few of the
do so. Several of us started to leave. representative expression in the Citi­ employing printers and the Typo­
FAST CARS— 15 MINUTE SERVICE
“ When we did so we were told to zen’s Alliance. L t us see, then, what graphical Union was wholly unpro­
find a lodging house and our hotel this gospel proposes to do for the voked. I t was engineered and set on
AND 5c FARE.
CITY WATER,
bill would be paid. If we had not man who works with his hands as foot not by the general membership
SCHOOLS, PHONES, CHURCHES
been met bv members of the union we well as his head. The Citizen’s Al­ of the Citizens’ Alliance, but by the
would not have had shelter tonight. liance, which furnishes the inspira­ men who draw salaries from that
DESIRABLE NEIGHBORS COMING
There was no sign of money being tion and motive power behind the body and hope to demonstrate their
furnished us for our substistence by lockout of union printers who stand usefulness by making trouble. They
SOON.
the leaders. The only men that have on their contract for an eight-hour have endeavored to compass that end
received any work at all are the lead-, day—the Citizens’ Alliance, we say, by tyrannical methods in direct con­
ers of the party.
in the effort to break the present
travention of the declared principles
“ Jenkins, who is a self-confessed strike, has imported a crew of so-
F IR L A N D O F F IC E
of their own announcement that a
C IT Y O F F IC E
strike-breaker, and takes much pride called printers, partly disreputable,
man should be allowed to pursue his
in discussing his operations in the and partly misled.
business in the way that to him seems
East, has been given work as a stone-
An examination of the character of
best.
man in the offices of the Sunset Mag­ these importations and the methods
ON THE GROUND
203 FAILING BLDG
The Alliance management appears
azine. A. C. Bremer and Attorney by which they are handled by the
TO SHOW YOU
to exist for the purpose of breeding
PHONE MAIN 2129
OPEN EVENINCS
Cornet have returned to St. Louis. Citizens’ Alliance shonld be instruc­
trouble and upsetting industry.
The other leaders of the party are tive and may afford valuable socio­
employed in the offices of the Com­ logical data of interest to employers
This is a good time to practice
mercial Publishing Company.”
and employed as well ns the men who union principles.
TEN DESERTIONS
Must Oljey Law.
Jieustadter pros.
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