Portland labor press., September 21, 1911, Image 1

L abor P ress
ortland
p u t it e
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Whole Number 607
Portland, Oregon, September 21, 1911
Number 27
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: THE WILCOX AND MAEGLY-TICHNER BOYCOTT^
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WË BELIEVE in
ORGANIZED labor
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WE BELIEVE IN
ORGANIZED LABOR
* Central Council Asks Labor to Keep Out of Unfair Buildings --- Also ♦ Because it makes the shop better to
work in. The brutal foreman can t
¡t enlarges acquaintance,
X
Not
to
Eat
Portland
Flouring
Mills
Company’s
Cereals
bullv
the union card.
v u n h l is too restricted for most
Because it is our duty. The non­
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,
W AR ON VICE.
union man is the sutler of the union
A great fight for hum an liberty and against
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WHAT TRUSTS HAVE DONE.
army.
i vv r the d‘* rad atio n of the workers is now being
.
, ¡Mt
business men and hu-
liec&u&e it help* the fsiuily. More
W ashington .—When the great ( n il W ar waKed ¡n Portland.
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lean in g i i
atwP.«»d a c a m p a ig n
money, more comforts, more luxuries,
was raging and thousands of men were e n - . The p uilding Trades Council is making its niaiutanans in this n ty .
I .
if you please.
I g»go! in .he mighty n.nllic. ; »hei, the .t a p
,„ r
cm JItta,-
¡£
Because it helps the state. I n«»r-
condition8 and propose
and the mill, the mine and the fields were de­ hy,s,crisy of the open shoppers, or .v„.v .... —
ganized and discontented lalx»r is the
populated to such an extent that laljorers " ’ T he'w 'ilc'i'x’ building, corner Sixth and many restrictive measures, as well iw lines
parent of the mob and revolution.
were few the prices of the commodities of
t he Maeglev-Tichnor of personal education of the child. AU thi.
life increased. Today we are at peace, the ! ^ ^ h in g to n , and
nth an.l Alder, have is well, and the factors they add up m this
machinery in the shop and mill is tended by building, corner Seve
thousands of willing workers, the
industriously, and skilled husbandme
one
tilling the soil and gathering abundant
of so-
I vests. Nevertheless, the prices < e
extent
ducts of the shop, the mill, the mine and the oj t jie niost unfair
savants
are
K ansas C ity , Mo., Sept. 17, 1911.
field are soaring. The following table of stnK, lion and promotion companies of the , than moralists ami c n a ru v
prices is taken fr m the Times-Dispatch. of United States, to p u t up their two skyscrap- awa" \
,
j
and breeds im-« To T hk L abok P r ess :
V« The war-time prices are ___
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Poverty prouuces.
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« .v «f
„ following paragraphs are taken from JHchmond. Va.
rhe first « week
of tl
the fourteenth conven-
b . |, to have some
» m e small
„rn.ll p . ^ e w
„ n . « t a jc
e m m ta i.,,' -anJ P o v .«
by tta
tg- I tion'of
. .
-------VVork-
"‘"som e bait
o » » f pm dueed
man.' not
bv the
the Bakery and . . Confectionery
1
delivered
by
President^
Samuel
fr)),n
t
,)e
i
ndex.
Appeal.
a
reliable
authority
(idre*'*-
of
the
work
on
these
buildings
«lone
by
union
noram
i
a
n
d
I
a
i
.
cruelty
of
God.
era’
International
Union
of
America
is
now
vhile on his "tour of California:
on the Civil war:
[ulular»
lain,r was property scorned The building nigga « 11. c
s s <
T
h
e
, S to ry
The first six days were m ainly de­
Thb American labor m ovem ent, reviled. W ar time.
Now.
Article.
There ». Pl
pjtip8 b voted to prelim inary work, such as electing
. . . $7 75 trades suffered too much m the past from
. H o u r.........
¿»use .Hacked as no other movement has $4 1(1.........
these
ambushes,
cleverly
lanl
by
some
shrewd
y®“
“«
and
s,,cial
conditions
and lack committees, receiving and referring resolu-
ur
attacked, reviled or abused in the 14c l b ........
.lK
-20clb.
. P o r k ........
fi,^ £ ^ S 3 r^ v - T i c h n o r build- o ^ V ^ r e la iio n X tw e e n producers of tions ami hearing the reports of the national
‘f * ,.f man. is. after all, the loftiest, the
20-28c
lb.
. H am s........
3:,4' c l b .. ..
t and the purest, most hum anitarian 84«- lb. .
. ,1 2 4 c lb.
■ L a r d ........
30-35c lb. ings are grei
.B utte: ...
Itltlltloll that has existed in any age or 15-20c lb
.. .35c lb. the power of capital to oppress lalx»r
aI„ time, It
it has
n a s n no
o lim itations to its J4( , |(
.C heese....
Well, the Building Trades Council, backed
,,r to its work or its hopes or its , () , S(. n,
... ,6-7c lb.
S u g ar.......
E c m c i ït / o r its aspirations for the good
bv
the Central Labor Coumil. has taken up «r.> excellent but unless we dig to the founda- previously passed by the General Extent
32-38c
gal.
. Molasses..
3O-35c gal
S
S
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‘;.j| It is not confined to the membership (»> .,<• lb .. .
. . . . 15c lb. the gauntlet of battle so ruthlessly Hung into E
. Beef..........
¡'organized lalx»r alone.
.
.
.20c
lb.
o
.
,
|
Lai tor’s face.
Shoulders
5c lb ........
.. 25-10c lb.
Th,.re j, ,,ot an act which the labor move­ 13-löc lb.
Union men and women are asked amt
. Coffee
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The tru sts »re «sponsible for the , . r h « pleaded with « keep their money (tom these
ment can do to prevent an imposition of
but what, it will have an influence and
iir i reasonabh? Fioura for the workers of both support and confidence in his l
and
are giving battle
ami the
m e same
same trusts
iru»w ««y
- ....... two unfair
it buildings.
, t, t •
reasonable and fair
otect even the unorganized. There is not now.
se sexes, than all other agen ies in the country, which Bro. McNamara s p ile d .
- n th .......ions in , heir ..(h .rtto m ,« » se w a g e s.
A ta s u « ^ y t h » t » » « » m .»
gratulatory tele-
movement which we can set on foot to se-
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A large numt»er ot congrai
buildings or within a block, union workers
aiIlD ......
communications were received.
•rcase
in
wages,
shorter
the
work-
grams
and
iure ¡in m<
buildings erected
Altogether 103 resolutions were subm itted.
¡¡nir day. „„prove shop or sanitary comb-
»I*1“1, tJ ^ r m° ney in
Among them was one aiming to change tue
¡twns but what will have its beneficent influ­
with
Bakers’ Journal to either a m onthly or semi­
ence even upon non-union workers.
m onthly publication in magazine form. I his
Anv legislative program which we set out
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¡of union labor, have moved, or intend to
resolution as vet has not. lieen up for consid­
arco m p lish . and succeeds, cannot affect
W ashington .—With a steady tread th e ' move, into these buildings And some of
the union workers alone.
W ashington . — Governor I’laisted of eration. All the other resolutions advocate
.
.
ftd ,
delivered a t Lewiston onstitutional
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.
changes,
tending to bring
1» th e re anv one in all this audience, or unorganized workers of the land are march- ! the8e e«?ncerns have leases signed, and..claim
s«>ntember 4 sa id : “ Organized labor h a s ' about increased benefits for the members
m this o r anv com m unity, who can show ¡ng to join the arm y of organized lalw»r. now t |iat it would l»e unjust for u m o i
that non-union workers have ever attem pted Since
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.. report
,
the last
the following new unions and women not to continue to m.
,,;Vpn to the state of Maine her Australian , of the organization.
.t h e m .
.
............... . . v . : _ : . . J S i ? u ; n roani«ed labor has given to th ei
It is intended to increase the w eeklysick
to seeure legislation for the advancement bave been organized:
Unjust, indeed!
and protection of the interests of men and
Ashville, Tenn.. Electrical Workers and
J and the differing W la l^ ^ if staJe of Maine her initiative ami referendun,
ie suffering to lalx»r, if »tate of Maine ne _ i(> .....
|uluir w;i] | (>rease tbp
the num lier of weeks for which sue!
such
« mien of lalx»r and the children of the jMM>r? Buiiding Trades Council; Middleport. O., tice to lal»or
the Stone A W ebsters, the Wilcoxes, and and on ^ P ^ * r ^ ¡ n J ^ i i m a r v ejection ¡¿nefit V t S 'b e daid. The bulk of the reso-
There is not anvwhere outside of the ranks of (>ar \\'„ rkers. Laborers’ Protective 1 nion, the Stone &
Maeglev-Tichnor crowd were (»ermitted give to the sta
lutions are vet to be acted upon and it is
organized lalx.r a potent force th at has ex- Machini8ts’ Helpers Union; Muskogee, Okla., the
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and lengthen
the hours of a* he word8 of the KOVernor were a historic hard telling'how the delegates will disjajse
erted its ¡x»wer and influence to have the Trade8 and Labor Council ; Shawnee, Okla., lo ,ower wages and
lengtl
.
.
,
¡state's arm extended to encircle the young y jeam Engineers; Memphis, Tenn., Federal i
, , . • f •
and proved prophetic, for, on of them .
and innocent, to take them from the factory .
Vnfon; Fari8, Tex.. P lu m b e rs .J ia s ! These would-be fnends of union labor have declaration aim pro
,
,
When the convention is not in session it­
"»lame if thev suffer Septemlier 12 the citizens of Maine, led by
and simp and mill and the mini ant^.fr”5n 1 Fitters and Steam F itte rs’ I nion. Retail ’onjy themselves to
pn- self. the various committees are hard a t
i.„.....Au_ r>riruniz<>il lalxir, declared for direct
financial
a vote of 55.K40 to 17.751.
work sometimes meeting until midnight in
thestorcs. a n d place them in the home, in the n e rk g
p r|nting Pressmen. B lacksm iths,, finali>
ia, loss. Surely the Emp,lnye™..-.A1'
. .
Illrtrips
Khool room, in the playground, where thev , Bookbindcrs; S|x>kane. W ash.. Meatcut- rt(H.iation of Oregon hasf l'r,,' oke'1
ln
t he battle for the establishm ent order to lie ready for the convention to re-
' ()f thc Australian ballot system was begun j»ort
mav grew and develop into manhood and tprs; 1,arkersburg. W. Va Street Railway publicity to m any a bitter la x’r
Monday.
ber
mhnod of the future, upon which our En, plovees, Teamsters. Chauffeurs. Stable- these last few years. And only some m onth
„
¡zed ialx)r. i t ended in a partial, .......
....... . Septem
- ç
. 18th, has been set
republican institutions depend.
f # me,J aIld Helpers, Cement W orkers: I on du ago t hev called in Harrison ^ a . '^
union >vi(.t()I^. which was made complete in 1893 »aide for the discussion of the fight again, t
To say that our unions are responsible for
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’
O r-1 the Bread T rust.
_ po- ' The real hard work of the convention will
this error, for th at m istake, or for some indis-
its ad- begin tomorrow and the delegates hope to
rretion. is begging the question. I grant you
id
the have their laliors accomplished by next
in advance that the lal»or m ovem ent is not
enables ' Thursday evening. The convention has so
free from error. I grant in advance that
arpentera; Meailviiie., r a .. v « - , land n Ounng Mins.
n.Pn to surm ount great barriers and they ) far been the most harmonious gath en n ? «
mistakes may l>e made, b u t who among us, j
,s controlling owner. At the breakfast table men to surm ount gre
i delegates in the history of the organization.
which institution of men and women in all nient W orkers; Sacramento, Cal.. Lal»orere;
organized labor, represented by | Every one ...
- - de.egates,
— r
« whom
l
of the 52
among
our country, or the w’orld, is perfect? Let East St. Louis. 111., Steam F itters; W heaton. many tens of thousands of workingnu n all ^ al.lie
throughout
the
Pacific
(-»aat
eat
l,an<‘ak
'
,
Mai
e
Federation
of
Lalxir,'began
the
I
¡a
a
lady,
representing
the
Cracker
I
ackers,
111..
Electrical
W
orkers;
Joliet,
111.,
Meatcut-
I he or she who is perfect cast the first stone.
memorable struggle for the initiative and is determ ined to help accomplish greate
The unions of lalx>r are made up of men tere, Retail Clerks; Streator. 111.. Hod Car- made Ou t of o b 'I»P“’„ " " ^ b r a n d ? -
referendum
Resolutions had been things.
Fraternally,
land women with all their strength and weak- fiers and Building Laborers; Springfield, nianv use some of the following brand. .
snow drift. Brilliant.
fter. i l i e - t l ^ ref en ulu .
f hp bUU? ,)od
C ha 8. E . H ohm ann ,
ness. with all their hopes and all their sad- ... Bookbinders; Pontiac.
...... ........ Mich., Brewery ’ —
, „ , « Souare«
i i , i»rid„
L,,v’
1
nde>
ng
for
t
i
e
svstem
.
and
they
were
fol-1
Editor
the Bakers’ Jo u rn a .
ness. Among th a t mass of people, hum an Workinent Moldera, Carriage and M agon atem< G ranulated, Golden Lily, rim . l
in even respect, is it possible th at some er-
hou8e, D ayton, Cascadia. Sunhgh 8 m n k lowed by a campaign th a t will never be for- j ,». S ,- W ill E. Jenkins, the, representative
rers should—th at every error can lx> avoided?
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flake, .........,
Wildrose. 1 <’rtla
, ^ .. L . ^ « L i . ’ \ls<» gotten in Maine. The support of the State of our Portland Local, No. 114. has been suc-
W b <atkH earts anda afl ,»t her products of the Grange was asked and given, and every nook ceiwful in ¡„stilling i n t'.s o m e o f ’ Gw other
This one thing let me say: T hat any error
,r,»ducts of the ^ n g e was assvu =
=
w
,r it. He
l«r mistake of the organized lalx»r movement
Portland Flouring M ill
who lx-lieve American Federation of Lalx,r was request- is ¡ndeed a credit to our Portland brothers.
recoils u|x»n us greater th an upon any other.
But it is l»etter th a t the error shall occur,
.'.„lent is the ed to send representatives into the state, and and he is very anxious th have the conven-
J i.,l„,^
of ..
______ iL,k
.„.,„1, work ns iMissihle.
that the mistake shall be made, than the
of their ; ^ \ 2 l k ^ o ihe members Of the Building greatest bulwark against capital stn gined ,d so^
ne
¿ , usl active. Bar- We a„ „ ¡ J , we had more delegates of the
denial of the |>eople the exercise
' S e s Council a t Rs meeting Monday even- and oppression should
‘
’¿ | g d „«»nev were use«!, and wagon loads calibrc of Bn». Jenkins,
I ae’;v‘‘ies.
made
bv
Miss
Daly
was
:
flour
goes
into
their
breakfast
foods
™ terature were 8cattered all over the state
In Los Angeles, President Gompera is re
,rted as saying:
¡V*' ()f thp ten thousand workers in the col- their bread.
.
| X)VCo tt.” A denouncing the system . Daib
"I want to do some work and possibly
industrv of the countrv, only th irty were
Remember, Tin re
published columns of adverse c
tv
r ^ d E ^ ^ i i a i n - n b e r a
ijf .J J - n e M
W m ^ J h e , b o g t ^ a n
> f
^ o ra =
f n . ^ d different parts i
nr t
id appeals to | The regular weekly meeting of the lhrec-
rinian
the
defeat the proposition a t the tors was held on W ednesday, Septeml»er 13.
! gele
'
,
«
’' " " J
- -
' voters to
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the Bell brand.
en dose
This announcement
l,alVVhen’ the smoke Of battle cleared away i ’ H i r i k ’s S i w«J placed <
‘W an H-
sident of the American
&nd thp talk was a hel|»fu
helpful
one.
Samuel Gompera, president
attention and
of
the
Marble
F ederatio n of Labor, m arked the first com
F W Preher. secretary
lunation
in any city of Socialism and organ­
as a new delegate.
Nil „1
»Yorkers was received •eived
as
bv an X rw h e lm in g m ajority had declared dering services for aforesaid party until the
ized la ihor in a united effort to elect a mum« 1-
' ,
t hat the efforts are still be-
Union. ¡,i favor of the initiative an.l referendum.
m atter is adjusted.
pal ti« ■ket. This is the first tim e in the his-1 I t w»s snow
The o w n meeting of Teamsters
The
Maine
Federation
of
Labor
has
won
Transfers issued: Mari«* W andrath and
3, held last Thursday, while only fairly
»f the citizens
, of , the state i Miss P. Hutchison (icj„i»l,<‘(l: A. A. Hoiti,»»»
W l ^ » „ » . . . t t t a r » m . p .....
n . « ........
t a t o lx»
t a a « the
tl„- confidence
™>„„>e>^„
to what is planned to lie a and is now making preparations, to initiate
from N’<>. 45; E. E. Miller, N’o. 6; card of D
sful sta rt
other beneficent reforms.
open m onthly imx’tings.
1* Nason, from Ix»cal No. 117, was laid ovei
The evening was ilevoted to music re­
<
for
one week for in’'estigati«»n.
flpctioll
in-
boinpers is n«»t a Socialist, but h«'
MUSICIANS WIN STRIKE.
k
Ä
h
Ä
„ .g .....ta lo ,,,. T,„. H ta
Un' M iitiments of the lalx»r element
The
lx»ys
sure
had
a
sociable
time
at
the
"ben he sa id :
stx'akers were -rom other unions and later
Because memltera of the Musicians I ni«»n
"I may disagree with Job H arrim an in mg
several of the former members men who M eatcutters' smoker last W ednesday when in Chicago desired b e tte r conditions ami an
niaiiv (if his |x>litieal views, but I know th a t or« 1 z'dwiilge
n.
served as chairm an of the meet- were active years ago. were called on, and twelve new members were obligated. Able
increased wage scale, the theatrical m anag­
I"' places hum an lives lx?fore dollars, and if
Vm -i
1 the vice-president’s
position was oc- the advice given by these men was most help­ speeches by Bros. Rosenlx'rg, Penney. Lav- ers decided to get along without orchestras.
t a „ , l » III give the „.lien, In I»» A ngel« »
man and Burns relative to the existing con-
ful
raft * were
.peaking
through Bl?-o J
the fUThe
history of the Team sters’organization flitions of our «raft
[p<‘ p well received
w e r e s iib s tk irte i but their introdution did
'air an.l s.piare deal.”
L
,paking thro
1' r«‘c other candidates also seek the nonu-
They are: G(x»rge Alexander, ln-
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'■'iii’ .«'lit. elected on a reform patlform ; VA. help during hfe recent sickness
eide.l th a t orchestras must be restored anil
a n o . i w aiiiiAivin
coming in bunches,
1 Mushet, Republican, and Mill's Gregory,
vlelded to the demands of th e muon.
as
a
t
the
present
tim
e;
........
(
Business
Agent
Linde
is
a
very
busy
man.
T
he
llcinocrats.
H J 1‘arkison. former editor of
The o n ,» ,lt.ee » *
^
1
^
j 'T
» ifth e tim e, doing v»l„»l,le
As ,. result, it has l»een agreed th a t here­
V-ked as ty the wom an's suffrage amend- ' I ABOH i ’KESH. why S«»me time ago went to
H.
after
each leading theatre would employ a
m
ents
were
rni'iit now before the people of California, he California because of poor health, returned Gilmore. Bert Roberts and M. E. Nolan.
sionary work.
minimum of eleven musicians, besides the
S:il(A -
•
Iz’t
each
member
devoh'
just
a
little
time
I»,. Portland this week. Bro. I arkison s.«ys
The officers of the union are: H. A. t as«.
lea.ler, and that each would receive 527 a
most certainly am for woman s suf-
LnYnYmnst like a different man. so great president: A. C. Miller. rec«»rdmg secretary^ looking for recruits, and it won’t lx* l«»ng be­
week instead of $21. and the leader $(»() in­
h A «mi earnestly hojx' the constitutional e
thp ¡n,p n ,Vement in his health,
and Ed Braithwaite, financial secretary and fore everyone working at the trade will tx> stead of $35.
an» ndnient carries. Equal suffrage would
•
t<>o f(ir
is as brown as a nut,
Ixmefited. es|»eeially the lx»sses. f«»r when
'iiean so much to the home and it would also n e
• .
•,
f hp t r j arp ap_ tr<The organization m eits every Thurailay we Ixmefit ourselves we surely Ixmefit them .
There is plentv of g«x»d m eat where th«»
the
p
u
n
h
e
a
.-a
n
d
the
¡n
taken
up his work
lx>t's all get together and lxx»st for lxtcal
n'«:in much in the direction ........ - r
» „ ^ ^ Ä W
„ » me
Ä » » 4 t ‘Ä
- M » „ W .» ' ‘ Hall, third floor. 1 3 1 4
I
union
card of the M eatcutters is display«»!.
fion .f |x»litics, as well as the betterm ent of pareni.
No. 143.
■ L 'y iditions. Yon can’t make a woman
Ysnk wich.
' L «gainst im provem ent of conditions.
. T1.
1
. .liners.
, »¡a'
¡t teaches co-operation
Hc<
borers co-o,»erate they will
, When la'
111 i i1 c«irt 11 •
"
it curbs selfishness. The
,
toned down by the fear of
^ " ‘ •‘¡„.on Of his fellows.
.
,th«’<»P> it levels up. G etting more
Because
for the low man raises the stan-
; 3 for all.
«ESTIONS DISCUSSED BY
IMPERS IN CALIFORNIA
BAKERS’ CONVENTION NOW
MEETING AT KANSAS CITY
i
WORKMEN ARE ORGANIZING :
IN EVERY PART OF L A N
D
i « ^
M
LABOR HELPS IN DIRECT
PRIMARY FOUGHT IN MAINE
1 m.ri.uvi. <l«>elaration
It
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL MEETS
ellient IS in»
, _ _ •_
Dfti,yrSXTnd
any city «»«
. ....
TEAMSTERS OPEN MEETING
PROVES
rilU lL O ENJOYABLE EVENT,
MEAT CUTTERS’ UNION GROWING
iiaiii>n.
I
NEWS OF MUSICIANS’ UNION
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