Oregon labor press., April 08, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

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OREGON LABOR PRESS
W hat’s What in the Building Trades
R» E U G E N E E
School Election
S M IT H
HOUSE WRECKERS GAIN.
i a le tte r of p ro te st to the Commis- i
sion in view of Mr. E a tc h e is long
A fter a tw o w eeks strike the
and efficient «service to the County
H
ouse
W reckers . Union of New
and to also in stru c t the B oard to
the C om m issioners.
C,,y has raised w ages 7 cents
Then it was suit th a t fitted as
tightly as a bologne-skin. And now
__ |loj j yO|ir h rv a th l—it is bracelets!
T he o th e r day, a bew ildered stre e t-
car passenger rubbed his eyes and
only tw o bracelets (also w ith chain
connection) it w ouldn’t be so bad.
And now we are sittin g up in ex-
pectation of seeing ear-rings, nose
rings in th e ir snouts, and bells upon
opinion
M ost of us will he willing to see have organised a federal union and
m ore serious and w eighty questions
,,r going to do to take p art in it?
MACHINISTS RAISE WACES.
a bracelet around the neck of th e affiliated w ith the C entral Labor
Ju
ry
Maybe you are one of those who are “ not Inter- th a t the H onorable G rand
useless near-m ale biped, provided. Union. U nions of cigarm akers and
(>ted.” If so, i t ’s a safe het you are also one of those could have delved into th an a t- I M achinists employed by the Gris- of course, th a t a chain is connected horseshoers have also been o rg a n ­
besm irch the records
Iwlnless pessimists who grudges his union its monthly tem P,,n « ,o to b«
m ,rcb llle
r t c r u s coin. RuMen plant at
MaSsiiiion. w ith the circlet. And if there were ized.
i
md
-ilw-ivs
has
his
“
ham
m
er”
out
for
his
Local
the
°-
emp,oyees
w hose lengt
of » r- Ohio, have won th e ir strike. W ages
dues and always Has ms Hammer m t ror ms i tai, t V1CC speaks louder than any Grand
increased from 3 to 5 cents an
Building Trades and Central Labor Council.
j ury can speak on points
of effi- hour with pay for overtim t, The
Bilt it S lICVCr too lute to turn over il new le<lL <111(1 cicncy.
la tte r clause, to g e th e r w ith the
nrivhe YOU can be shown good and sufficient reason to D elegate E dw ards reported th a t! nine-hour day. will tak e effect June
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the F ra n k Sm ith M eat M arket had j S(
•’w a x e u p .
been sold out to the unfair F a ir-
M a n u fa ctu rers o f “ B lit z ”
School D istrict No. 1 is governed by a school hoard
Unjon men beware! LABORERS INCREASE WAGES.
et.
consisting of five directors. One director is elected each I est ye patronize enemies 1
vear for a term of five years. They serve without salary. Deiegate Butler of the ste a m - The newly organized lab o rers'
They have charge of all Public Schools in the dis- F itte rs asked for fu rth e r action in unii,n of Schnectady, X. V.. affili
trief" they elect the school superintendent, choose the the m a tte r of the N orthw est Elec- ated to the Am erican F ederation ot
• Jlrvole and fpflphprR
trie Co. On m otion- the sub>ect L ab° r’ haS ra ' SCd W3ges 5" Ce" ‘ S 3
day
P They pass upon the tex t books from which your
GET SATURDAY HOLIDAY.
children absorb knowledge or near knowledge as the case ,er gave it as w, opinion th a t
(S tr ik e b r ea k er s E m p lo y ed )
mav he.
,
every building tra d e s union and in
S team fitters of D etroit, Mich.,
They have charge of the V o c a tio n a l Schools.
fact every o th e r union should see have secured a S aturday half h o li­
They build all schoolhouses and keep them in repair. to ,l that every m em ber to o k the day tlie year round, beginning next
month.
They directly employ or indirectly employ all labor
necessary to maintain and keep in repair all school piop- and wbo is unfair and who is fa ir? ”
O. YOU WILL1E1
erties and to build new schoolhouses.
asked B utler. Amen, say we. Even
And in doing all these things they spend yearly Tom M cCusher reads the Labor T lie p re tty hoys of fashiondom ,
in irlv 50 per cent of the taxes collected in the district. Pre' s; {or he realizes how essen- are fast following »heir sisters in!
adopting the modes and vogues o f'
Every workingman s and workingwoman s boy or ‘. .
girl is compelled by law to come under the control o f !d°I7*may be only a co.incident> b u t i ^ ‘[ X t o V pam » w i t h T h e '^ u f ” j
tllCSC men for several hours each day tor live days a D elegates Sullivan
and S lc e tn a n ‘th a t reach half-w ay up to the knee.;
week during the school months and are under this control w ere both absent fro.n the Council
during that period of the boy’s or g irl’s life when he at ‘he same tim e last m eeting,
E M IL T H IE L H O R N
Y ou’ll find us ready with all new styles iti Spring Suits
and she is most susceptible to good or had, false or true j Jam es T aylor, In tern atio n al O r- Pupil of Sevcik. T eacher of Violin.
ganizer of the M achinists. was
and Raincoats for iiieu and young men.
T hirty Y ears’ International E x p eri­
teachings.
.
present Mondav evening and the
ence. 207 Fliedner Bldg., 10th and
And, despite all the foregoing and much more th at phair calkd upon hini for ........
Correctly styled garments, splendidly tailored by union
a few
W ashington.
IS obvious, the Work people tire SO dense or lazy or help* rem arks, and we w ere glad he did.
Phones Marshall 162»
workmen in some of this country’s foremost shops. Come in
less, or God knows what, th a t they separately and col- Jim told some unpleasant tru th s
and see these new ones at
lectivelv go serenely on their way year in and year out and paid hi« respects to card men
l e a v i n g their most Cherished possessions, their Children, and the Cham ber of Commerce a s ,
TH E
subjected to the teachings of directors elected by the he has found them
,
«•lass that
and JS
. He
*aid busi"ess for machinists,
v.. lives - off the labor o f the workingmen
o
good everyw here except in P o rt-
Portland Brewing Company
U N FA IR
To Organized Labor
Mr. Union Man!
Get the Label in your Clothes
at the LION STORE
W O m en.
land, w here m ost of the w ork
Very Best
is
And, being elected by that class, you may be quite done by the men who filled the ;
C lo th in g fo r M en
sure the directors, with few exceptions, represent th at strik e rs 'places some few years !
and W o m en
class just the same as would a worker represent the »(?<»• T hese strik e-b reak ers have
workers if he was elected by the workers.
su» 7 d for , h d r treaso n ab le actio " [
L O W E S T P R IC E S AND
The Central Labor Council has, through a com- Portland machinists, thanks
niittee, called all this to the attention of you and your 'th e s e w orthies, are paid the lowest
fellow unionists by circular letter. If you did not get '-wages and w ork h a rd e r and longer
for all — w i t h
the
lllis letter it is the fault of your union. The Building th a n in any o th e r industrial cen-
easiest p tssible term s
Trades
Council
has
appropriated
a
good
sum
of
good
,rc
,n
the
1
n,tpd
St:,tes
.
L ittu v o vyvyxav/ *
r
p
o
P o rtlan d em ployers of m achinists
money to help the Central Council defray the expense in turn arc feeling tbe pincb of
of Spreading this information.
needing com petent men and will
EASTERN OUTF’TTIMG GO.
And, having w ritten the foregoing, there is no use fe -l it m ore as pro sp erity returns,
<•1 W a s h in g to n S t r e e t , a t T e n th
for the w riter to write more. I f you are not sufficientlv The union in P o rtla n d has a stand-
interested now to get busy and find out the balance for
vourself if you have not already done so, you are a hope- arf bfing 5fnt otIt Evprv dog basj
THE BOLLS WALL PAPER CO.
less case and fu rth er time and space would he wasted. his day;
Wholesale and Retail
Credit
$10 $14 $17 $20
E v e r y th in g you n eed to w ea r— w ith th e U N IO N
A T
S IG N L P Q j T M C. U O N ^
TH E
ill
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LABEL.
ri
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Affi; I
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I II I l i I) S T 13 I T T
BETWEEN MORRISON AND YAMHILL
MEVES RESTAURANT
Sestine Capacity U S
N . E. earn er Sixth and Washington Sta.
The Hob of Portland
Orchestra Noon and Evening
P artir nd’a Maat Pspalar Reetaa rant
M ORGAN
WALL PAPER CO.
230 Second St.
Bet. Main and Salmon Sta.
— *----------------------------------------------------- T aylor stated he had just come
B u r la p s, L in cru sta , E tc .
DR. ELOF T. HEDLUND
Sam arrived at this conclusion a fte r from M ontana, w here in G reat Falls
208 Second « N e a r T a y lo r )
h earin g S ecretary M acM asters read and in A naconda m achinists in the
Packard Shoes $3.50 a Pair
D en ta l O ffice» and
P h o n e M e in <00
Pike's le tte r of th an k s to the dele- employ of the A m algam ated Copper
PO R TLA N D . OREGON
L aboratory.
Repair Prides
/ gates M onday evening. Before we Co. had lately received an increase
Man's Solas aad Heel», Leather or
DENTIST
The Building T rad es was called Pass aw aV from this P,eas' nS sub‘ of 75 cents per day of eight hours,
Rubber .............................
a . a .71
to order M onday by V ice-P resid en t Hect we m 'Kht rem ark th a t a mu- T hese tw o cities now have the
h N tim a t o a c h e e rfu lly : Mon’g Soloffi .......................
given fo r gold and porce- ( Maa'» Baal», Leather or Rffibbor . . . .u
Hannan, who presided over th e e n - |tu a l friend of ours told me the same scale as B u tte : U nion shops,
la in bridges: rubber, cast , Ladira' Soles and Heal», Leather or
Rubber .............................
a lu m in u m
and
g o ld !
tire m eeting as P resid en t Sullivan !o tb f r day th a t T hom as M cCusker eight hours at $5.00 per, and plenty
rapid »r.wth W
plates. M y la b o ra to ry la I XaMltoffi' gulig .,
. . . .M
was absent until la te in th e m e e t - p a s s i n g election j:a rd s for R obert to do.
_ .
“ ’ *■»» w ith 4 per rent
towraai
equipped to m ake these | Ladha' Heals. Leather . . .
. .. .M
appliances In one o r tw o
T
ucker,
one
of
P
ike’s
opponents
Ladles' Heals. R u b b e r ....
In
thc
past
year
I
aylor
S
inter-
B()d ed . w t h a r t p re p a re d th e fa llo w ln < ta b le :
ing on o th e r business.
days' time.
Boys'
Solos
aad
Bools........................Tie
an
natio n ,.1 has gained 20,000 in m em ­
for th e judgeship. E nuff!
Roll call found all officers p re s­
This W ork Is A bsolutely G uaranteed
.5
2
_2
i .2
bership
and
expect
a
la
rg
e
r
gain
T here was a slight flurry when
C a* , M «•
Co-Operative Shoe Store
ent excepting th e P resid en t.
Phone KarahaU M
a 2 a
Rate ot
■2 £ S3 S S § !S 3 g a i S
I th e S ecretary read the bill for a during the com ing year.
In terest
1 U Sesead. N ear
456-4S9 Morraa Bldg., 4th Floor, Wash­
- u iO
Twenty-five d elegates either an- '
ington., wear Broadway, Portland, Oxo.
In the E ast, through the efforts
2* 5
q u a rte r’s dues to the C ham ber of
<wtrcd roll call or cam e in later
Commerce. V ice-P resident H annan of the M achinists and o th e r o rg a n ­ .2 5 FOUR Per cent $ 73 91A2. » 4 0 3 . »1.204
MOO. 2.588
324.
14«.
The Building L aborers, E lectrical took a fresb grip on tbe gave, and ized w orkers, over 400,000 u n o rg a n ­
■'<0 per annum Com­
Named Shoes are frequently made in Non-Union Factories
293
6M ). 1014. 6.177
1 0 0 pounded (wire a
Workers, G
Glaziers,
rs 1 las- we op;ne F ran k would have ra th e r ized and organized w orkers have 2 0 0 year,
1301. 3 2 2 « . 10.356
laziers, P a in te rs,
January ■
DO NOT BUY ANY SHOES
3
2
5
2
«
1
7
0
.
25.888.
14«
2.
terers. Sheet M etal W o rk e rs and not have been w eighted down w ith gained the eight-hour day w ith an 5 0 0 and Julv 1.
no matter what its name, unless it bean
^
0
1
lilt-layers had all d elegates in a t­ th e duties and dignity of the chair. increase wage.
Jim said m achin­
>1 O P E N S an account
a plain and readable impression of this
UNION STAMP.
tendance.
WORKERS UNION
(Eetehllehed 18 T e e r.)
The bill was ordered paid. W hile ists w ho w ere g e ttin g 17 and 18
All shoes without the Union Stamp are
Xo
delegates from th e H oisting we disclaim any prophetic pow ers, cents p er hour for a te n -h o u r day
always Non-Union. Do not accept any
Engineers or Sign P a in te rs w ere we do not h .itate to aver th a t at since organizing are g e ttin g 40 and
excuse for the absence of the Union
ÄMP
UNIO
Stamp.
preset t.
The A sbestos W o rk e rs i some m eeting, some tim e, instead T5 cents an hour for an eight-hour 8ECOND ANU W ashington streets
had one deleg ate; th e Iro n W o rk ers. o f a flu rry a reg u lar K ansas bliz- day. P o rtlan d m achinists get about
O pen S a te r d a ,
Factory
BOOT A N D SH O E
K v e n in ts , • t© $
one: C arpenters, tw o ; L athers. o n c ; . zard wjj, o v ertake a like bill.
35 cents per hour, some more and Ceatedian
W O R K E R S ’ U N IO N
Machinists, one, and th c Plum bers
It was rep o rted by D elegate E d­ m any less.
K a rtfc c r
the
H oar
In d a a t r y
M ovem ent
Jim
said
the
m
achinists
w
ere
not
246
Summer
Street,
Boston, Mass.
and Steam -fitters, tw o, p resent.
by h a v in g t h U L a b e l
appear
on
your
w ards th a t the p lasterers grievance
p r in te d m a tte r .
I t atn d a f o r good w o r k *
John F. Tobin, President
Chas.
L. Baine, Secretary-Treasurer
•'ecretary M acM asters is usually on thc bank job had been adjusted w orrying now about the P ortland
m a n a h ip , f a i r w agea a n d the u p b u ild in g
strik e -b re a k ers and th e ir employ
o f tb e c ity
and m onotonously co rre c t and effi-
¿ '' by'"t 'he Board’ of B. A.
ers, as they, the m achinists, have
rient in his clerical duties. It gave
D elegates H annan and L unth re- p k n ty Qf tjm c
)(.t Tim(t a ;id (h r
ns great pleasure to be able to
p
orted
for
the
Executive
Board
Etnploy
Crs.
A
sso
ria
tion
to
tend
make a correction to his m inutes
A llie d
P r i n t in g
T ra d e a
C o n n e ll
(o n
and Legislative Com m ittee of th e > thps<; w o rth j„
poaed o f
last Mondav evening.
rep o rted the
Tk. n
•
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, C. L. C.
H annan reported
T y p o g r a p h ic a l U n io n
I he Glaziers subm itted new w ork-
. . .
Our foundation was laid by a co n scien ­
W e b P re a a in e n 'a U n io n
B oard had made some progress on BUILDERS RECOGNIZE UNIONS
'ng i,iles tor approval
of
th
e
Coun-
.
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P
r
i
n t in g P r e ta m o n 'a U n io n
tious, hard-w orking m an, striving to ren d er
.4 e ’I'
11 V ue
._ a 1 Biscuit
3
f Co. m atter.
i
I ■" r ””
.
th
T rue H
P re a a A a a la ta n ta ’ U n io n
The glassm en an ticip ate no
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..
.
r
honest service at a reasonable price. Less
S te re o ty p e rs ' »n<l E le c tr o ty iie r a U n io n
trouble w ith these new rules. The Tbe Council took no fu rth e r a c -j Tbc Building C onstruction
F.m
B o o k b in d e rs ' U n io n
than
tw enty years ago Mr. S taples ran the
B in d e ry W o m e n ’s U n io n
Council referred them to th e Ex- tio n '
p la y e rs’ A ssociation of Cincinnati,
M a ile r s ' U n io n
-to re w ithout assistance. N ow we employ
P h o to e n g r a v e r s ' U n io n
ecutive Board for perusal and re
D elegate W e b ste r rep o rted th a t Ohio, has signed a tw o-year agree-
more th an tw enty honest, cheerful pain s­
port.
th e O rganization Com m ittee
bad m ent w ith th e Building T rades
taking young men and women, ready to
A long time ago it was o rdained learned th e B ricklayers have
de- Council. Provision is made for arbi-
DEMAND OF YOUR
ca te r to your w ants.
’hat one W. M. Davis, b e tte r know n ferred action for one m onth
on tra tin g differences betw een the tw o
THE LABEL
Pike," in the year 1916 A. D.. affiliatin g w ith thc Council,
for parties.
The agreem ent also pro- TAIIiOR
was to be elected Circuit bulge of fu rth e r tim e in which to consider vides fo r the elim ination of strikes
District Court No. 3 to succeed the m atter.
because of jurisdictional disputes,
266 M O R R ISO N S T R E E T
’«dge H enry McGinn,
' • *
McGinn, p p resen
resent t i n - 1 Clint Sm ith, of thc E lectrical
SECURE
EIGHT-HOUR
DAY.
a
W
o
rkers,
was
a
Council
visitor.
He
umbent. who
incidentally is
trong supporter of Davis as his had n o th in g on his hip.
Tw o hundred em ployes of the
U nder new business the Council
M ain »47
a 1147
‘uceessor.
And Sam W eb ster of th c P las- to o k official notice of th a t p art of A m erican E lectrical H eater Com-
OLSEN-ROE TRANSFER COMPANY
’erers says he now know s one rea- th e late G rand Ju ry ’s re p o rt re- pany, at D etroit. Mich., have reduced
m
,
Fcrniture
Mover«, Packer« and General Trnnaferring
0" why it is a cinch th a t Davis com m ending the discharge of Mr. hours from ten to eight w ith a 10- Of the Journeymen Tailors
Fireproof Storage Warehouse
will be elected. It’s due in p art, W m. F.atchel by the C ounty Com- j hour w age a fte r a four days’ s tr ik e .! j
•
f America <W all
Sa»n ’»ys, to the wise w av Pike m issio n e d .
A fter discussion
th e T hees w orkers, both men and w o v . . .
,
.
Office and Warehouae: FIFTEENTH AND HOYT STREETS
• ously
• to send
— ■'—
*—J
clothing made to measure.
h»» of acknow ledging e n d o rse m e n ts.' Council voted unanim
men, ---------
are organized.
S a r ln n
Weekly
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OUR SECRET OF SUCCESS
STAPLES, the Jeweler Optician