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PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
Iportlanfc Xabor flbvess
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
(B y D. O G allup, Secretary.»
Official Publication of the Central Labor Council of Portland and
\
Merrick of B aker but more
Vicinity, and the Oregon State Federation of Labor.
' recently of the' Coos Hay district,
passed through P o rtland Friday last.
Published every M onday by the C entral l-ahor Council of P ortland and
C. E. E sselstyne, w ho has been for
Vicinity, under the direction of the following
a short tim e forem an of the Coos
Bay Tim es at M arshfield, has de-
B o a r d o f C o n tr o l
Otis I) F orte, President ........................................................
. Brew ery T rades posted a traveling card and will be
F ran k B. Raeubig, S ecretary ............................................................. M etal T rades with us for some time. Mr. E ssel
J. C, D irk ................................................................................W a te rfro n t Federation styne, who is an old-tim e San F ra n
Ben O sborne ........................................................................................Building T rades cisco p rin ter, has som ething to say
W. F. O tto ......................................................... .................................P rinting T rades about the conditions in the Times
E. J. Stack ................................. ............. ............................................... Label T rades office, and advises p rin te rs to stay
Board m eets second T hursday each m onth, at 8 P. M„ at Labor Press office. away from it.
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W alter E. Coshy, who took an
Office, Room ¿2d Lumber Exchange Building, corner Second and S tark ' honorable w ithdraw al card from this
S treets, P ortlan d O regon.
j union in Septem ber, has again taken
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C M. RYNERSON, Editor and Manager
! week for a short tim e at W ells &
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Subscription, $1 OU per year in advance
A. E. Shurr, E. J. Jones and G. L. I
■ P atterso n have retu rn ed from R ain
A dvertising rates furnished on application
ier, w here they w ere em ployed fo ri
about eight days in g e ttin g out a
E ntered at the Post Office, at P ortland. O regon, as second-class mail m a tte r holiday edition for the R ainier Re-
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1914
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M rs N ellie J. Shirley, a form er
¡m em ber of M ultnom ah Union, w h o '
too« an honorable w ithdraw al card
in M arch, 1911, has again becom e an j
; active member,
J. W. P roctor, w ho cam e here from |
i ' anco*iver-.B- c - bas seci,red a i«no-
type situation at the S ta te P rin tin g
office at Salem,
rb« Allied Trades Bow ling League
For the Men
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'•n it-
O v e n - o it -
Ruin Coats
Mackinaw«
H ath Koho»
S m oking J ,irk , -
he
T Christmas Spirit
Louiigin» If.-
For the Boys
Suits Keefers
Overcoat»—Hats
Raincoats—Cap-
S h o e s— llo s c
Ti,
Sw eaters -Olov,
S h irts — Uh,
Pervades every nook and (‘inner of
this great G i f t Store for Men and
Boys. Nothing has been left undone to
make your Christmas shopping easv
and your selections pleasing to the
recipient. Come in now and let men
who know help you to choose the right
thing for Him.
For the Men
H a ts — S hoes
DEAL CAREFULLY WITH LABOR LAWS
S h ir ts — T ics
There seems to be some sort of underground influ-
G loves -Hose
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ence -fit work over the country to bring about changes in
S lipp ers lia r '.
existing labor laws, abolish state labor commissioners
Cuff Link-
S ia r f C h
and otherwise interfere with laws th at have been placed last week, ow ing to the fact th a t
upon the statute books through the efforts of organized ^VsdJy,e\ h r 7 a yn?cheadukdble The
labor.
regular day h e re a fter will be T ues-
There are few labor laws that tend to protect the I da£everly B. Crawford has tak en an
workers from greedy, avaricious, slave-driving, p ro fit-ihonrab,e w ithdraw al card,
mad employers that have not been put in operation by
VTAXvma o r t h e l e a g u e s
JOB P R IN T E R S .
organized labor.
W
L.
Pet.
w een ey, V. A- S . . .
15 .615 i
Can it be possible that that class of employers who S Gia»»
Prudhomme: .2 24
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w in -llo Is o n
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must be forced by law to protect their employees, and P I r ortland
P tg. Hou
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who have been compelled to make their shops sanitary, wmih"twoaout3'ortnthre?afrrom V r E i
T H F - A J X ? \ ^ S I G N o p ) I f f Pi L IO N
adopt safety devices and otherwise contribute to the
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Double Trading Stamps Daih
OPEN EVENINGS
Till Christmas If You
welfare of their employees, see in the temporary wave of 1 ¡m? or'V h^e9rromr o u * s pnr„dh0?mmê° I UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
Mention This Ad
reaction
that
has swept
the country an opportunity J to | ! high
high in d ivid u al a verage, H edherg, 102;
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a verage. Heil berg* and G lenn. 103'
do away with the restrictions that have been placed upon ieach
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J. H. RANKIN, Mgr.
their operation?
n e w s p a p e r p r in t e r s .
Pet. '
If this is not the case why all this sudden activity i ‘abor"1p r e i» ,’o ,y p e :: :: î® ? . 7 m '’2 th a t business in our line seems to be . ates to N orthw est D istrict Coun
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.278 on the increase.
cil Sheet M etal W o rk ers, B. M o ro -|
relative to the changes in labor law’s th at have been 111 Journal
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’• - " i i - f i u j — Labor P r e ss iu,m tw o j W hen you buy an y th in g in our line ney and Robt V. Sm ith J r .; dele
The Dunn Barber Shop
successful operation for years? W hy the sudden desire
^ T h i g h ” 1^ a ’h for
G arm e" ‘ W o rk e rs’ label, gales to M etal T rades C oundi; W ?L .
J. A. Dunn. Propr
to abolish or combine with some other office the Labor a\gvedBalza!,ncors9. M
po7a"n<i Linm*Vtook
B"y sh'rt,; ov--ral!s' worl< aP™ns,,Sullivan, Edward e . Erickson and'
__lnotvpe
etc., made in P ortland,
P atronize J. C. Cam pbell; delegate to O regon
169 FOURTH STREET
• three g a m e s from Journal. H igh team
Commissioners.
score, P ortlan d I.in o ty p e and T elegram home industry.
O p posite F ire l)epartm ,>ni
1 S tate F ederation of Labor, W. L.
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ii. zx
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¡tied , w ith 445 pins, p la y -o ff w on by
Sullivan.
Here is a tip * for the Oregon Legislators.
The labor- 1116;
i h ,?0,,y,
peJ bi*h individual score, Hecker,
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high average. H ecker, 93.
DU NN ’S FOAMING
ing people, organized and unorganized, don’t want the
¡th e past elected th e ir In te rn a tio n a l'
A L L IE D P R IN T IN G T R A D E S.
HAIR TONIC
Local
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99,
at th e ir convention hut if a
Labor Commissioner’s office abolished, neither do they P rin te rs ................................ W. 7 L. Pet 7 Amari or n Federation o f M usicians. I | officers
proposed
am
endm
ent
to
the
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Absolutely Dissolves llandrufi
n gravers .........................
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oiI,ea<!i,uarAerR. and ??cS?taZ y s Office, ! national C onstitution now being
want it combined with some other office where it will E Bookbinders
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Stop« Itching Immediately
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Banzer,
Sec-
S tereo ty p ers ....................... 0
.000 retary.
voted on carries they will h e re a fter
lose its individuality » and effectiveness. Paste that in • S tereotyp
T u esd a y — E n gravers won th r e e from
Ask for it in all Barber Shop-
be elected by referendum vote o f !
ers.
H igh team score. En- '
your hat
gravers, 412; high ind ividu .1 score,
Full m em ber on tra n sfe r w. A. ; the unions. This union voted unan- I
G allup, 97; high average. C allup, 91.
M cKevitt.
' imously in favor of th e change.
So far as laws are concerned organized labor has Friday-
F rid ay— P rin te rs won tw o out o f
R einstated: W. J. Elliott.
HIOH ORADE
,
th ree gam es from B ookb inders.
H igh
T ran sfers issued: Frank Viola.
th
e
laws
lee
m score. P rin ters. 451; high individ-
never in , its
history
proposed
a
selfish
law.
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ual suoce. N a g e l, 106; high average,
T ra n sfe rs w ith d raw n : Percy H a r
Letters from the People
proposed by them are usually of greater benefit to the NagPl 94
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vey, Bram w ell Coultas.
T ran sfers issued; W . J. Elliott,
unorganized than to the union men.
Mrs. S. D. Brown.
“W on’t Work».”
I t would be well for the Legislators to remember
T ra n sfe rs cancelled: F. H. W ing.
(B y A. G tuedauber.)
P
ortland.
Ore., Dec. 18—E ditor L a
The officers has received n o tifi
th at any action they take concerning labor legislation1
cation of the death of B rother E. bor P re ss: Ju st so long as one in
directly affects about 80 per cent of the population of L„ i ; iS !,arN; o« h';.;'’hdd'!i.« F. M cConaty, at Denver, Colorado, dividual in any given com m unity
M cConaty has been ill in a cannot get w ork—which case is
the state, and th at the other 20 per cent is pretty well Tuesday, Dec. 15. Several im portant D Mr.
enver hospital for some time. In acknow ledged—no charge can be
able to take care of itself.
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V X ' e n Z e consequence of his death, m em bers laid against any man who don’t
Or Buy Him One of Our Gift Certificates
BjELTONSTORl
t t
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Musicians Mutual Association
BOOKBINDERS UNION
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was obligated into the m ysteries of
will he assessed the usual death ben
efit assessm ent of fifty cents each.
B rother Tom Gilman has ju st re
turned from a visit w ith old friends
a t San Francisco, C alifornia. Mr.
• G’’man is a m em ber of San E ran-
i cisco Local and at one time was
■ president of Local No. 99.
Don’t forget the Ja n u a ry m eeting
on T uesday the 5th. Besides the
in stallatio n
of
officers
several
changes in our by-law s and consti-
tution and the price list is content-
plated. T he subject of doubling and
singing will also be- discussed.
On T hursday last, m em bers of this
local joined forces w ith the M utts
in th e ir en tertain m en t for the bene
fit of the poor and needy of the city.
Dues, locker ren t and death a s
sessm ent will lie due and pa> able on
Jan u ary 1st. All who have not paid
this u a rte rs dues by th a t tim e will
be prom ptlj suspended.
w ork. T h ai th ere are such individ-
u a l s j s adm itted, but w ith the elim i
nation of enforced idleness, volun
tary unem ploym ent o r vagrancy
could be successfully dealt with.
The foregoing p aragraph, a self-
evident and undisputed fact, was in
cluded in an article w ritten on un
em ploym ent and subm itted to a
papcr w hose colum ns had been
! °.pcned to ,h e Public f ° y ’he discus-
! s,on °f "('em ploym ent and the un-
' 1 ',nP'°>'cd problem.
It
was blue-
Pencilled from th e rem ainder of
the article, which w as otherw ise
printed. It is given to the L abor |
Press to encourage w orkers and 1
the w orking class to support th e ir j
own press and organized unions. 1
W ere . bor not thu* organized anil
represented by th eir own press— i
weapons of defense and offense—
they would get far less respect from i
the pow ers th at he. th an they even |
now get.
INCREASE THE RAILROAD MAN’S WAGE.
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Two weeks of the inquiry a t Chicago into the jus-
tice of the request of engineers and firemen of W estern local, which surprised all members
he arose to do an oratorical
railroads have passed. A great deal of new and inter when
stunt (which, by the way. he must
esting evidence lias been produced and the impartial have rehearsed for a m onth or so),
somehow he got his lines
observer cannot fail to understand why the men of the but
tw isted, which some lum bers took in
a hum orous sort of a w ay and a few
locomotive cab are making such a strong fight.
took seriously. They say he is of
I t has been brought out th at not only are the haz G erm an descent, so got “the cart
the horse.” N evertheless he
ards of the work unusual and the responsibilities great before
spoke “mit his h e a rt out.”
but the hours of work are long and the compensation, in B. S utherland dropped in on us
from V ancouver, B. C. He was fo r
most instances, too low. The spectacular testimony of m
erly an active m em ber of Local 90.
th at young engineer, Jones, the “ respirator m an” of the A fter the m eeting. "K ing” Chris-
Siskiyou Mountain Range tunnels, for the first tim e |tenson
roundert up b,s ,eam mates
to give an exhibition at the bowling
gave the public a fair idea of what these quiet and allies. Some high scores w ere made.
Fred Anderson, our president, w on
earnest fellows undergo day after day and year after dered
why so m any of th e balls he
year th a t the public may travel in safety and the people threw rolled in the g u tte r, but Fred
dustrially and politically for the p re s
redeem ed himself by coming out ,
ervation of the cause of hum anity,
receive their food and fuel supplies as they are needed. second.
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which lies alto g e th e r w ith the w ork- !
The B ookbinders’ Ten Pin League! Fred L. Bourne and Sam M artin ing class of every governm ent on
I t always has been known th a t the average engineer and was
badly beaten last T hursday bavc bct’" chosen as delegates to the earth.
fireman is something of a hero, but the disclosures at Chi- night by the B U ke-M cFaii team, hr S tate F ederation of Labor.
C. W. BARZF.E. |
A good percentage of the m em ber
expect to have an o th er match in the
cago have given the picture a more vivid tint.
ship is w orking and we are in a very
near future.
r m e n t W o r k e r » O r g a n iz e .
All signs point to the fact th a t the comparatively The B ookbinders and the P rin ters prosperous condition. O ur only dif By G a the
form ation of a local of
ficulty is w ith the Hom e Phone
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. U nited G arm ent W o rk ers Sunerior
few dollars now paid daily to engineers and firemen i n ' p^tag^iom jsu7f«?ho"or?i^ Company
and we arc receiving such
, hp fips,
■„ n
, up< r ? r
— i support . . in this
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«8 m e tirst to he organized in this
the W estern territo ry are trivial for what they perform, Friday night. The P rin te rs won tw o • loyal
controversy , section |,y t jlesv w ork c rs.
feel it is only a question
what they endure and w hat they always are ready t o , ° *Jred .^Xson"” RkBrindie and th
of a t we ««
h » *< win he able to
face, calmlv, and with never-failing patience.
J Justice were delegates to the » « u r e a settlem ent. W e wish to
ARTHUR R. BURNS
Allied P rin tin g T rades Council last t a *e ,bis occasion to publicly thank
ELECTRICIANS NO. 1 2 5
I f all the energy which is expended d(«ing charity
about this time of year, were expended toward bringing
about, a eondition that would make charitv » unneeessarv •
what a revolution there would he in the industrial world.
Those who are looking for a man to succeed to the
title now held
Jack .loiiuson
Johnson should look among the
title
nel« by
oy .jack
union men of Portland. We have some of the most sci
entific knockers in tin* world.
In state alter state it appears that the standpat vic
tories were won for lack of proportional representation.
The majority is unrepresented, or has less than its share.
Friday.
At last our wish was granted
which we have been longing for.
Every m em ber of our local union is
w orking and look forw ard for a
busy season.
Local Union No. 90 wishes all the
i allied cra fts a M erry Xmas.
our friends who have given us such
valuable assistance and to assure
,b c '" ,b a t if opportunity affords
w f will re tu rn the com plim ent,
SHEET METAL WORKERS
ing officers have been
TH|?C4DMFNTU,,nRKPDC 1 he follow serve
the ensuing term :
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presiden nt. Thom as D. P e te rs: vice
I president. P. J Sam m on; recording
I he em ployes of N eustadter's Eac | and corresponding secretary, Robt.
lory will hold a Mut day Tuesday. |V . Smith J r .; financial secretary and
l)rc
| business agent, W. I.. Sullivan; w ar-
At the regular m eeting T h u rsd a y .) den. Geo. W. C u rtin ; conductor,
Ja n u ary 7, will occur ’lie install: tion I H arry C arlson; delegates to Ruild-
of the newly elected officers. It is I ing T rades Council. \V. L. Sullivan,
planned to have a social m eet'ng < i 1. J. E rtle and Chas. Schum an: dele-
th at night.
¡gates to C entral Labor Council. B
W e are glad to be able to report M o ro n e v and W. J. T hom son; dele
Union Label Cigars and
Tobaccos
271 Washington Street
H arry
ac. H oidan
P ro g r e ssiv e
Funeral Directors and Etnbalnier-
C om p etent L ady A ssista n t
6th and M ontgom ery. Phone Ma
ORGANIZED LABOR EVERYWHERE
Thi» I» Our New UNION LAB FI
Ask For It Insist On It
If you believe in and stand f> r v
ing Class Solidarity and really "
assist the Clothing Workers
you will recognise this label an I <!•’
It from your tailor, merchHni
dealers.
C arl Bchllck»l»»r
MARQUAM RESTAURANT
Harry & Carl
324 ALDER STREET
Bet. 6th and B roadw ay
P hone M ain 4 826
E orm trly L ocated a t 947 A lder Bt.
G J. Erdner
J. P. FINLEY & SON
R. H oehull
CHICAGO MARKET
Dealer» In
"Q UA LITY M EATS"
Phone» Main 413, A 3613
187 Third S treet
N ear Y am hill
r u r th a r th e H om » In d u stry M
m ea t by h a v in g thi» L abel app»’.
yonr p rinted m atter. It itan iis
good w orkm an ship , good citizen*
fa ir w a g e s and th e upbuilding >f
c ity .
A llied P r in tin g Trade» Connell C
poeed of
T yp ograp h ical Union
W eb P ressm en'» l ’m •
P rin tin g P ressm en 's I';
P r e ss A ssista n t» ' I'r
S tereotyper»' and E lectrotyp e-
B ook b in d ers’ 1'hioii
B ind ery W om en's ’ ‘
M ailers' I'- "n
P h o to e n g r a v er s I n -
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