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P age T w o Thuredty. December 21 PO R T L A N D LABOR PRESS were received, and the delegate, Brother Al bert Kuhns, was obligated and seated. IIQIIAI PHIITIMP The following communications were re- U d L H L n u U IlllE i DUOIllDOO feivcd !U1(J dis,M)SMl of; Pron, the president T h e O n l y U N I O N S T O R E, i n P o r t l a n d of the San Diego Central Council, referred to Central Labor Council met in regular ses- Executive Committee; Seattle Machinists, to sion at 8:00 p. m., President Daly in the j nCw business; White Rats’ Actors’ Union of chair. All officers were present at roll call. New York, to legislative Committee; A. F. Minutes of the previous meeting were read of £., concerning municipal eight-hour law, and approved. secret uYv instructed to comply; A. F. of L., J. I). NielAqd was granted the floor and ex- protest to Congress on cheapening method of plained his mission with regard to the Men making paper money, new business; A. F. of and Religion Forward movement. lie £., statement of McNamara Ways and stated it was his desire that the Council se- Means Committee, filed as same is published cure for him statistics comparing the condi- ¡n L aboh P ress ; George K. Rogers, announc- ing at the Lion Complete your Xmas tions of organized workers with those unor-! ¡ng Ehrgott lecture Tuesday evening, filed; where you will be sure to nd an abundant ganized who were in the same or similar in- Waterfront, concurring in Teamsters’request assortment of pretty things for men’s wear dustries. ] to place Allen & Lewis and Clay S. Morse on Credentials from the Stationary I'iremen . unfair list, referred to Executive Com-j and union m a a e .......................................... , mittee; Building Trades Council, resolution condemning city administration, new busi- . ncss. Our Xmas Tree is blooming I No re|>orts were made from Building Our Toggery Department is with every kind of bloomjn^ S P E C IA L ! that is UNK j Trades, Metal Trades and Waterfront. The ' P> all aglow with handsome MADE. Men’a $30 and $25 Overcoats, j Label Trades reported everything in fine AMCMCAN r U X M T K M OF LABOR, Union Made Christmas neck The 59 HUZZY WUZZY Suita and Rain Coata, nou> shape with their crafts. Brewery Trades re- and wear. Silks and shapes that apecial a t ................................ ported everything The 53 VEAVER are espe are new, handsome, and ex No reports were made from Building cially recommended. clusive. Priced 90c, 79c, $1 Tades, Metal Trades and Waterfront. Tho _ . Brewery Trades rejairted everything in fine IOU W ill Be Wise to Eat at These Places shape with their crufts. The Laliel Trades ] made an extensive re|x»rt of their regular ses- ] sion on Tuesday and the splendid results they Eat W h m ? W ell, 1*11 T ell You, at the are having in reorganizing that section. The Coat Sweaters ........ 53 to 59 House Costs ........54.89 to 39 I Printing Trades reported everything going Wool Underwear . . .$1 to 59 Bath Robes . . . . 53.49 to $«.50 well and are helping rejuvenate the Label Flannel Shirts.......... 5* to $4 Beaver Hats a t . . . ......... 53.00 ! Trades. U i y , Yamhill St., Under D rexel Hotel. Golf Shirt« ...............51 to 5« Men’s Caps ___ • 90c to 52 50 Under officers’ reports, the seyetary re- M e n ’s S h o e s . . ..........54 to $5 Fancy Vests . $1.90 to $8.90 ’ ported on the Savoy Theatre and the rotten W hy? Because it is the beat Place la conditions existing there, on progress made the City at Popular Prices. Kid Gloves . . . .51.00 to 53.90 House Slippers . . 5l.5O to $3 by the Label Trades Section, and on the re Home Cooking. cent expose of loan sharks. F. V. Lanken. Christ Spreeu. The president reported on the need of liquidating the debts of the Labor Temple SPECIAL Or Send Home One Association and recommended that the Coun of Our Merchandise 90c Silk Four-in-Hand Harry ML Holden. Carl Schlickeiser. GUS KUHN, Proprietor cil vote on a proposition to place to the refer Orders. Any Amount. Ties—Special, 3 for $1 endum a per capita assessment. He also 166 TO 170 THIRD ST. brought out the immense benefits it would be to organized labor to establish co-operative Harry A CarL concerns for the handling of the necessaries 247 Alder St., bet. Second and Third. of life and thereby decrease the cost of living by increasing the purchasing power. He Phone Mala 847*. EIQHT-HOUR LAW SAVED. Stationary Engineers—Portland, Crys Locomotive Engineers, No. 236.. 75,00 was followed by other speakers who gave ex tal Ice Co., Liberty Coal & Ice Co., Inde Firemen and Enginemen, No. 193 25.00 amples of the splendid results obtained under B eaumont , T ex .—An eight-hour bill was Grain Handlers 20 00 the co-operative system. A special order for pendent Ice & Coal Co. passed in the closing days of the last Legis- Longshoremen’s Union No. Tailors— All custom tailor firms that 25.no 9:30 o’clock the next meeting we set for lature, together with a mass of other bills. ] Typographical Union. cannot supply the label. Union, No. 58. 50.0(1 further discussion along this line. Brewery Trades Section—Spring Valley Under the state law the governor has to act Lathers ............................ Open D ay aad N ig h t 6.00 Executive, Legislative and Organization within twenty days after the adjournment Cleared on benefit dance............. 408.55 Wine Co. Committees held no meetings. Motion Pic 51 North Sixth S tr e e t Portland, Oregon. W aiters—Cassell and Auto Restaur- on all measures or they become law. A Boilermakers of V an’ver, Wash. 19.00 ture Operators desired the Council to take large number of these bills the governor immediate action on their request to place j ants, vetoed, among them the eight-hour bill. Total 418351'I the Savoy Theatre on the unfair list. The | The governor did not count Sundays in the Disbursements’ of Relief Fund H a iliin 9» R esta u ra n t Council withdrew the matter from the Ex FOREIGN NEWS twenty days allowed, and in an action before , Groceries ’ mi i > I rOKMKMJLY B X O W X ’4 R M T A V f t A N T ecutive Committee and concurred iu the re- the Supreme Court that judicial body de- Wood ............................................. n fi-’-l uest of the Motion Picture Operators. Sim- L ondon .—The railroad employees of this cided that Sunday must be reckoned in com- ] Money 0” •„‘¡¿¿ne8s; ’ ; ’ ar action was taken with the request of the country, incensed at the conclusions reached 3 8 5 B a s t M o r r is o n S t. Building Trades’ request to place Woodard by the commission of inquiry, appointed as a puting the twenty days. As a result the Storeroom rent 31.50 U n te n » o d G ra n d A eeo. eight-hour law has been saved. & Clarke on the unfair list. I Freight and express ................... 12.71» result of last summer’s strike, are now taking Special committee on McGinn lecture re a strike vote to determine whether the re Money loaned, on n o te s ............... 40.001 TO STOP MAN-STEALINQ. ported progress. Labor Temple Association port of the commissicn’shall be accepted on ¡Supplies ......................................... 19.J IT A I C T L Y M O M B C O O K IN G committee reported progress. Broadway trial or cease Work until their grievances are I Car tic k e ts ..................................... 9,(H » 1 W ashington .—The practice of shanghai N atk in s Fancy but Good and Plenty Bridge and Auditorium committees reported adjusted. There appears to lie an unanimity ing men in the ports adjacent to the oyster securing the co-operation of the mayor and of opinion and it is predicted that a large Total ...................................... $1697.8.s| expect! to secure an audience before the next percentage of the men will vote for the beds of Chesapeake Bay by the sailing mas Phun« Main 8670 session of the commissioners having the audi strike. The last day for the return of the ters has reached such a brutal stage that the B a la n c e ...................................$ 132.27 ASK « t a i l s Jft. N o t. O a k Ok P i n o government, through the Department of torium affairs in charge. voting to the headquarters Unity House is Commerce and Labor, has chartered a swift Receipts for the General Fund, for| A motion to submit to the referendum a December 5. motor yacht to patrol the oyster fields. October and November. proposition to assess the membership for the L ondon .—While the strike vote among Many men have been practically stolen and Balance on hand. Oct. 1st............. $ 3.32 purpose of liquidating the debt of the Labor Great Britain’s railway men is in progress, a Blacksmiths, No. 37 ....................... 11.80| Temple Association was defeated. Letter number of the railroad companies are an forced to work on the oyster boats at low Boilermakers, No. 72...................... 54.05 wages and under unhealthy, unsanitary and R e s ta u r a n t a n d C h o p h o u s e from the Seattle Machinists was referred to nouncing concessions. It begins to look as Carmen, B. R. C. of A., No. 269... 46.35 other terrible conditions for long periods of the Executive Committee. A. F. of L. com though the attitude of the railroad employ time. The penalty for shanghaiing ranges Sheet Metal Workers ..................... 12.501 Open all N ig h t 232 Yam hill S treet munication requesting action on paper ees is responsible for the concessions being from a fine of 51,000 and one year in prison Machinist Helpers ......................... 23.85 money was referred to Legislative Commit made by the companies. Metal Trades Council ................... 25.00 to the same fine and five years in prison. tee. Resolutions emanating from Building L ondon .—Mr. Lloyd George has again Square Deal Restaurant aad Oyster House Trades, condemning the present city admin demonstrated his tremendous influence over Owing to the land monopoly, many thous Total ....................................... $218.57 IAH aad «ALIK IlIBU. PraarMan istration were read. Motion was made to the House of Commons. Through his influ ands of the most competent and skilled agri Disbursements of General Fund: condemn the condemnatory resolutions. ence a resolution has been unanimously ■aab M casta aadap. MealTkkata55 M farISM Amended that this Council request the adopted by that body, calling on the railway cultural workers are compelled to leave the P o s ta g e ............................................$ 24.0O] country, herd in our already overcrowded Telegrams ........................................ 10.70 229 Maia Street Between first aad Secoad Building Trades Council to give its reasons directors to meet the representatives of the cities, thus reducing wages, adding to the Supplies ........................................... 30.20 for proposing such resolutions, and amend men in order to discuss with them the best unemployed, and to the degeneracy of the Printing ........................................... 10.50 HUGH HAM WILBY HAM ment was carried, and the original motion as method of putting into operation the report nation. At the same time, as the authori Hall rent .......................................... 40.25 amended was carried, Telephone A 3929 of the Railway Commission. The resolution The receipts for the week were as follows : in effect favors the recognition of the Rail- ties often tell us, an immense amount of land Fuel for P ic k e ts ............................. 10.20 ! Elevator Constructors, 91.00; Tailors, 59.90; waymen’s Unions and condemns the railway hpre is labor-starved, while whole masses of Attorneys’ f e e s ............................... 70.00 I Retail Clerks, 57.00; Stationary Firemen, directors for the policy of the closed door to men are kept out of work by landlords who Fines ................................................. 10.00 '52.40; Sheet Metal Yorkers, 53.00; total, wards the unions which they have hitherto demand an exorbitant price from those who All Kindaot wish to use their land. .$20.5.85 1 8 7 F o u r th S tr e e t i 523.30. No expenses. Total Lunchae at All Houra ] adopted. • Council adjourned for one week. G lasgow .—A report just out states that SUBMIT FINANCIAL STATEMENT. A rthur W. L awrence , Balance on hand, Dec. 1 s t... .$ 12.72 I the number of passengers at Scottish posts Secretary, j I to and from places out of Europe during the Shop Federation Makes Accounting o f . J. W. WANNER. Proprietor Grand total on hand............... $1 44 99 Money Received for Strike Purpose*, i first ten months of the present year was 60,- O p en D a y and N ig h t Approved by the trustees: '934 outward, and 21,776 inward. Of the Unfair List of Central Council E. D. McIntyre, Receipts for the relief fun for October] 1 outward pasengers 54,503 persons and of the 187 Manina Stint Manian Stmt Bridge Aparaatti Robert Molander, ! inward 9,302 persons were regarded as of and November: J. J. Traverso. Brewery Workers. No. 320..........$ 50.00 Bakeries—Royal Bakery & Confection- jScottish nationality. ' Carl Wohlforth, Fin. Secy. 10.00 ' ery Co. ’ V ictoria -, B. C.—The United States con- Beer Drivers and Bottlers, No. 201 25.00 Bartenders—All saloons that do not d is-1 sul here has Riven publicity through the Tailors’ Union, No. 1 4 . . . ............ HAVX YOUR r a m BANgglf. Pr^HWar 10.00: play the Union Bar Card. daily consular rejwrts to the congested labor Elevator Constructors’ Union 5.00: P a i n t i n g <Sk P a p e r h a n g in g Building. Trades—Stone & Webster, 1 conditions existing here. Although there Iron M oulders........... OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Elevator Constructors 10.00] arc 2,000 men employed on the streets laying -- Don« By-- National lee Co., Maegly, Tichenor 112 T H I R D S T R E E T 20.60 building, T. B. Wilcox and all his prod fifty miles of paving and other public work, Meat C u tte rs ................................. 5.00! O. E . N ordstrom ucts, Foster & Kleiser, Watrin & Mar- and while the building permits issued far ex Garment Workers M erchants....................................... 432.30 ceed those of a like period a year ago, still tien, Woodard, Clarke & Co., druggists, there are a greater number of men unem- ] Stationary & Hoisting Engineers 5.001 F ir « t< > C l* a a W o r k G u » r « e t e e d Fourth and Washington. B o s . P h o n o M a r . 325*» ■ ployed than ever before in the history of the ] System Federation 200.00 Carpenters—Rothchild Bros. When the seasonal industries, such as Stationary E n g in eers................... 25.00 Strictly Home Cooking Cigarmakers—United Cigar Stores and city. fisheries, building, etc., close for the winter a Book Binders ............................... 25.00 j all cigars that do not bear the Union Label. still larger number of men will be without Steam Fitters ............................... 5.00 107 Russell Street Metal Trades—Portland Artificial Ice employment. ’ Pattern M ak e rs............................. 10.00 Co., Bell, Wildman & Co., Portland Sheet Tile Setters ................................... 15.00 Metal Works, Enterprise Brewing Agen- 2 45\ Stark Stn < ( Riggers and Liners ..................... 5.00 Solícita Your Printit" MORE COMINO. jcy, Willamette Iron & Steel Works, all Socialist Party ............................. 98.70 machine shops not working an 8-hour Teamsters’ Union, No. 62.............. 10.00 I day. Wages in England have increased about ] Portland Press Assistan“ts i Meat Cutters— Frank L. Smith Meat — five and one-tenth per eent within the last j na„ „ n v qqq irn 5.00 nn v ? m ’ N 33J----- 1o?S2 ] Co., and all markets not displaying few months, while pauperism is on the de- {crease by about 12 per cent. It is partly due ¡2 \ T?' • 1 ’<T” ’.¡A............ “2 ™ i unjon card. The B ett of Sorrloao to Every Oao. ifle Stove & Range Co., : to the pension laws, no doubt; but the great- .,res.s . en ,s n i o n .' ‘ ' V • ; ....... 10.00 ! Mulders—Pacific MANICURING MASSAGING >y Calef Bros. ' cat factor is the taxes levied and to be levied : Jf«.8>cians Y ^tual Association. . . 25.00 'stoves handled by E. O. Ekbom ood E. J. Barbara, Prop*. re Onerators—Savov The-1 on land values. These taxes are not on im- a,ntPrs aru> D ecorators.............. u.00 Moving Picture Operators—Savoy The- 25.00 43 Third 8treet, Between Pine and A |h ! atre, North Sixth street. ¡provements. Jusi the value of the naked Ray Barkhnrt ............................... Musicians—Yorke band. Yorke Musi- ' land alone. Only a two-mill tax now; but a LEE M. CLARK. Pres H O M E P H O N E A 1413 [cal Repair House and J. Neubauer, gro- ] 20 per eent tax on all increases of values, GEO. M. ORTO N Mg. Sa# FRO NT STR EETJ cer; eo. 11. Parsons and orchestra. ] More levies comjng. Lords selling lands and Painters—Williams & Blied, Sheehy putting lands to use. Labor demanded Bros., John Blied aud all shops that em- makes wages a little higher. The pensions ¡ploy non-union men. take the aged off the labor market to some R e sta u ra n t Printing Trades—Saturday Evening extent, and the opening of land to use takes t . A. PRTKkSON, Proprietor C O N ST IT U T IO N S x-BTTERHEADS ¡Post, Independent Printing Co. the idle labor off the market some. If the B Y -L A W S A N D ENVELOPES-In Fact Quick Service and Reasonable Prices Plumbers—J . F. Shea and all firms lax levies on land are doubled the benefits W O R K IN G C ARDS ANYTHING You Want 1 8 6 M o r r lio n S tre e t i not employing union mechanics. .will be quadrupled. LABOR COUNCIL TRANSACTS Merry Xmas To All the Readers o f the Labor Press $20 HMM HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY ITEMS WE WANT YOU TO SEE L & S. Restaurant LION MARQUAI» RESTAURANT CLOTHING CO. The B. & B. Restaurant 3 DOPPLER’S RESTAURANT DEAN’S THE BAY CITY R E ST A U R A N T P a p ’s R e s t a u r a n t W illamette R estaurant Mike’s Restaurant Schwab Printing Co. Multnomah Barber Shop POPULAR W ULTNOW AM P Ü I M I ^ G C O
