Oregon labor press., October 21, 1916, Page 8, Image 8

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PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
Metal Trades Council
MARSHALL DANA FOR COUNTY the Social Movement in the Modern ORGANIZE; THEN RAISE WA(
Church?”
CLERIC
The general public is invited to
Teamsters of Carlstadt, N. J.,
Marshall N. Dana, Independent hear this forceful, clear-cut, fearless ganized and after a short s’t
of present-day
church won recognition and raised wa
candidate for the office of County analysis
Clerk, was born in Washington activities.
from $1.00 to $3.00 a week.
County, Ohio. Before coming to
Portland he was engaged in the
newspaper business in Ohio, and
later in Kansas City, Mo.
3 re a t jfn n u a i
He has been a member of the staff
of ‘he Oregon Journal since 1909,
For the past several years the
going has been rough for the metal
trades in Portland. Between the
strike in the contract shops for the
eight-hour day and the strike in the
railroad shops by the Shop Fed­
eration, the local Metal Trades
The last meeting of the Central |the Pile Drivers and Structural Iron
Council has had more trouble than
Labor Council instructed the presi-¡W orkers; B. W. Sleeman, Business
encouragement.
But thanks to the courage of a dent to appoint a permanent com- Agent of the District Council of
few of those made of the sterner mittee on ship building in Portland, Carpenters; W. L. Sullivan, Busi-
qualities the Council is on a firmer the committee to consist of tw o n e s s agent of the Sheet Metal
footing than ever before and is members from each interested sec­ Workers.
getting busier every minute.
tion, namely, the Waterfront Fed-
The purpose of the committee is
The Council meets regularly every ,eration, the Metal Trades Council to keep close watch on the ship
first and third Thursday of the and the Building Trades Council, building industry and to work in ■
month at its offices, ¿01 Stock Ex- and three members from the Central harmony with the sections and
change Building, Third and Yamhill ! Labor Council.
allied unions directly interested. All
Streets. The following unions are
Jn making the appointments the matters concerning this industry
affiliated and are using the Council 1 president considered the matter to referred to the Council by any inter­
as a medium through which to ob- he of such grave importance that he ested section or union will be
tain and maintain proper working w j u recommend at the next meet- referred to this committee for
conditions: Machinists, Blacksmiths, ¡¡ng o{ ,h e Council that he be em- recommendations and with instruc­
Boilermukcrs, S h i p w r i g h t s and powered to appoint three additional tions to bring all unions into har­
Joiners, Ship ( aulkers, Sheetinetal members to the committee thus in- mony and concert of action when
Workers, Moulders, Pattern Makers, creasing the sectional representa­ necessary.
MARSHALL N. DANA.
Plumbers and Steamfitters.
For this purpose the committee is
tion to three from each section, the
Arthur Burns, of the Moulders’ same as from the Central Labor admirably fle e te d as all members Independent Candidate for County
Union, is president of the Council; Co incil, and will ask for the ap- are active officers and members of
Clerk.
E. R. Nelson, of the Blacksmiths is pri val of the following appoint­ their respective unions and have
secretary-treasurer, and Joe Reed is ments ;
knowledge of methods of procedure specializing on administration of
vice-president.
and
conditions that will not only municipal and county affairs. In the
From the Central Labor Council,
The Council and affilated unions Secretary Stack; O. R. Hartwig, operate for the benefit of labor in course of his work he has been
are in the midst of jn organization delegate from Painters' Union, No. the industry, but will have a good identified with many practical move­
ments for public good.
campaign at present.
10, and President of the State Fed­ influence on the industry as a whole
and
assure
its
permanance
to
Port­
He is the sort of man who be­
eration of Labor; Wm. Mackenzie,
delegate from Stationary Engineers’ land is so far as such may be assured lieves that a public office should be
administered solely from the stand­
Union, No. 87, and International vice- by labor.
The
committee
will
in
no
way
point
of efficient and honest service
president of that organization.
interfere in the work of any of the thereby guaranteeing to the tax­
From the Waterfront Federation,
sections, but rather will bring the payers 100 cents worth of service
The time, Saturday evening of the E. R. Nelson and Jno. Furry, dele­ force of the entire labor movement
for every dollar in salary received.
14th. The place, Eagles’ H all. The gates from the Ship Carpenters’ of the city to bear on the efforts
Referring to his candidacy Mr.
occasion, a rousing organization Unions; Irwin Baldwin, business of these bodies. The policy of the
Dana
said:
meeting held under the auspices of agent of the Hoisting and Portable Central Labor Council and allied
“The
office of County Clerk is the
Engineers.
the Metal Trades Council. The pur­
unions will be to see that while
pose, to promote organization and
Front the Metal Trades Council, Portland is not discriminated against largest and in many ways the most
betterment of conditions among Joseph Reed, International Organ­ in favor of competing yards in important in the coutny.
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. i ,A11 deeds and mortgages are
metal tradesmen.
izer of the Boilermakers; Harry Seattle
and San Francisco, to also I recorded there.
For weeks the delegates and of­ Long, of the Machinists; Phi, Pol­ see to it that labor in local yards
“All complaints and other papers
ficers and the affiliated unions of lock, Business Agent of the Plum­ shall be treated as fairly as in
connected
with the Circuit Courts
the Metal Trades Council have bers and Steamfitters.
those ports. All good citizens can are filed there.
worked day and night, literature has
From the Building Trades Council, join with the Council in this policy
"All business relating to Circuit
been distributed, individual discus­ Frank Hannan, Buisness Agent of and will do so.
Court
jurors is handled by this office.
sion by unionists with non-unionists
“All
election officials are appointed
has been the order and every thing
by the County Clerk.
done that could be done to make
"It is the office where the highest
the meeting a success. And as a
efficiency
is required for the pro­
result of this conscientious and
tection of public business.
detailed work over 300 workers, I
“It is the greatest ‘plum’ that
union and non-union, assembled to- j
spoilsmen
politicians can hope to
gether and as a better understand­
grab in Multnomah County.
ing of each other and the labor !
“Do you want the office to fall
movement has been reached by many I The Crystal Laundry is the latest Secretary Stack, of the Central
into
th»* hands of self-seeking
Council
has
sent
out
the
following
to join the ranks of the employers
of the men.
politiciai. "
letter
to
a„
retailers
of
bread
in
the
O f those present over 250 were who believe that the best interests
“I do nc
if you elect me to the
unorganized workers, as only about of all concerned are conserved when community:
office,
business
efficiency will be the
The
Cent.al
Labor
Council
wishes
50 union men were in attendance.
the employees are compelled to work to call your attention to the fact sole consideration in conducting the
This was as planned for it. was dis­
that the United States Bakery has affairs of the office.”
long hours.
tinctly a meeting for the non-union­
been placed on the unfair list of
This
concern
has
in
the
past
been
His only opponent is Joe Beveridge.
ists called by the unionists for the
organized labor at the request of
employing
a
union
engineer.
First
Nuf sed.
the
Engineers'
Union,
for
the
reason
mutual benefit of all.
Among the unorganized men pres­ they insisted that he work 12 hours that the United States Bakery re-1
fuses to have any dealings with the i “MEPHISTO” AUGER BIT
IS
ent were those from the contract per day, then they were not satis­ union.
UNION MADE.
shops, the
railroad shops,
the fied and wanted the man to come
In our efforts to maintain living j
back after hours and do extra work. wages and decent working condi- I
foundries and steel works,
All
The result was that the engineer tions, it is necessary for the Central' To all affiliated organizations,
trades were represented and all
refused,
and we wish to take this Labor Council to take into consider greetings: The Union Label Trades
unions were represented.
occasion
to remind organized labor ation all of its affiliated locals.
Arthur Burns, international organ­
We are c<~ pelled by necessity to Department of the American Fed-
»ney with our friends : crat*on
Labor desires to officially
izer for the Moulders’ Union pre­ that this concern is unfair to the spend our
and disen. m ate against those whoiinform the local unions, their of-
sided as chairman of the evening Engineers* Union.
Another firm that has refused to deal unfairly with us.
ficers and individual members, that
and also delivered one of the ad­
V\e would appreciate the co-opera-
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have
anything
to
do
with
the
io n o
h e t grocers
r r o r e r « in
nr e
f l n r t e to
ephisto auger bit is strictly
dresses programmed. E. H. Misner,
tion
of f t the
in o our
efforts
international o r g a n i z e r for «the engineers’ organization is the United have the United States Bakery em­ union made. Every “Mephisto auger
ploy engineers at living wages and bit bears the union label which has
Machinists; Joseph
Reed, inter­ States Bakery.
Some time ago the organization reasonable hours. The Log Cabin the endorsement of the Metal Trades
national organizer of the Boiler­
and Royal Bakeries find it conveni-j
„ / . l a
1- .
makers; Anton Johannsen, in ter­ undertook to settle the difficulty ent to operate their bakeries under • DcPartment of ’he American Fed
with
the
bakery,
but
met
with
no
eration of Labor.
these conditions.
national organizer of the Brother­
Thanking you for any assistance
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, success, and at the request of the
The "Mephisto” auger bit is made
you can render in inducing this
each delivered telling addresses on engineers the Central Labor Council
by
the W. A. Ives Mfg. Co., of
company to deal fairly in recogni­
the benefits of organization and the placed the bakery on the unfair list. tion of labor’s rights to maintain Wallingford, Conn.
Every depart­
In order to acquaint the retail better standards, we are,
aims and objects of the American
ment in their factory is thoroughly
dealers with the facts in the case
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL.
labor movement.
unionized, which includes the metal
W . H. Fitzgerald, cigarmaker and
polishers, machinists, blasksmiths,
drop forgers, etc.
prominent trade unionist, now serv­
ing under Sheriff Hurlburt. spoke
These bits are used by carpenters,
with emphasis, urging the unorgan­
electrical workers, pattern makers,
ized men present to join with the
plumbers, and many others Every
The Building Trades Council at its this matter in a manner calculated to
one is guaranteed.
ranks of the organized workers that
meeting of Monday night instructed protect the lawful rights of every cit­
all might progress.
The Manufacturers’ Association is
izen
and
the
common
and
constitu­
Secretary McMasters to protest to
tional rights for the exercise of free trying to prevent the sale of this bit.
Elton W atkins, who delivered the
the Mayor the action of the police in speech, we are, very sincerely,
Labor Day address for the Central
This was to be expected. But it is
arresting Dr. Marie Equi the Satur­
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
Labor Council, spoke to the non-
even going so far as trying to
day night before for what the Coun­
CHARLES McMASTER, Sec'y, cripple the business of the Ives Com­
unionlsts with clearness and force,
cil believes to be the exercise of a
bringing a trained mind to bear on
pany by urging both jobbers and re­
citizen's rights of free speech.
The financial report of the Labor tailers not to handle them. But the
the subject and making it plain to
The letter of protest ad ipted by the Press asked for by the Council w .« I
wIM* h a n d le 'A e m T n d T o will
all how helpless the unorganized
Council
reads
as
follows:
rendered
at
this
meeting.
Delegates
the
jobbers
if the union men will
worker is under present day indus­
Hon. H. R. Albee, Mayor of Port­ Smith, Sullivan and Pollock discussed ¡demand them.
trial conditions. M r. W atkins is an
land—Dear Sir: At the regular meet­
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attorney and one of the few profes­ ing of the Building Trades Council, the report and the Labor Press and
its
management
at
some
length
a
n
d
|T
HE
SOCIAL
MOVEMENT IN THE
sional men in Portland, who really held Monday night, October 16, 1916,
understands the trade union move­ the undersigned was directed to ad­ the discussion resulted in a b e tte r '
CHURCH.
ment. He was formerly a member vise you of our protest against the understanding by the delegates of the
arrest of Dr. Marie Equi, Saturday. Labor Press, its virtues and its faults.
of the Brotherhood of Railway October 14, 1916.
Have the religious forces of the
Trainmen.
We consider that the citizens of The expressed opinion was that more world kept pace, in any sense, with
A member of the Musicians' Union Portland should be afforded the same local news could be put in the paper the other progressive developments
accompanied A. W . Jones, cigar- privileges and freedom of speech as with the result of a better support by of the times?
Can the religious
was rightfully accorded the women
maker, in several songs which were visitors coming from the east on the the movement. Editor Rynerson will institutions be saved from complete
appear before the Council next Mon­ defeat? Can the spirit of science
well received by those present. A. so-called Golden Hughes Special.
W . awakened the social instinct
Our information is that Dr. Equi day evening to go into the matter become completely devoted to the
without which all meetings are flat. was guilty of no offense except that further with the delegates.
social welfare?
Cigars were served and smoked. The of resenting the misrepresentations
Vice-President
Hannan
brought
the
The above are the questions which
of these interlopers, who come from
meeting was a decided success and the far east to teach our citizens how lack of funds for the defense of Bro­ will
be considered before the
those who worked so hard for it to cast their ballots at the coming ther Schmitt on trial in Los Angeles Young Men’s Forum of the First
are spurred to greater efforts be­ national election.
to the attention of the delegates and
We respectfully request that your after remarks by President Willison Methodist Church, Sunday at 12:15
cause of it, and its influence will be
P. M„ October 22. Dr. Joseph K.
office make an investigation as to the
felt throughout organized labor and cause of Dr. Equi’s arrest, and if you and Anton Johannsen, organizer for Hart is the leader in the above
our city.
find no legal grounds for such inter­ the carpenters, the Council voted to discussion, this being the last talk
ference with her personal liberty, that send the Defense Committee seventy- he will give before the forum upon
the officers guilty of making the ar­ five dollars. Every union man in the
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the Social Movements in the Church.
♦ V ete fur W il.e e and W illi.e *. ♦ rest be dismissed from th' service of city should interest himself in this
the Portland police department.
His direct subject Sunday is to be.
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Believing that you will deal with case is the belief of the Council.
“What Is the Real Significance of
To Guard The Ship
Building Industry
OPEN MEETING IS
ROUSING SUCCESS
Bakery And Laundry
Unfair To Engineers
S ate o f
Woolen Soods
Snds
Saturday Jfiy/it
Substantial Reductions
on Wool Blankets
At our great annual woolen goods sale,
now in progress, you may take your
choice of nice warm bed blankets, couch
covers and auto robes at a substantial
reduction in price. Also wool under­
wear, sweaters, socks, shirts, etc., are
reduced. Remember, this week ends
the sale.
B row nsville
Woolen Mills
Morrison at Third Street
Any Heater in the Store
Weekly
We Charge No
Interest
Illustrating tne “ Mission” Heater that is used in over 4000
Portland Homes
One of the very finest heaters for either wood or coal that
has ever been produced. It is beautifully nickeled, has a
large duplex grato and an extra size feed door to admit large
chunks of wood. The body, base and top are made of cast
iron, which will retain the heat hours after fuel has been
consumed. It has a swing top, fireplace front, and high
sanitary base. It is the most economical heater we have ever
offered at any price. Both styles—wood or coal.
$13.60 OPAL WOOD H EATER....................................
$9.85
Building Trades Council
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If you “ fall” for cheap stuff you’ll not get a run
for your money.
This long established concern of dependability guar­
antees that its offerings for men and boys arc the
utmost in style, in quality, in workmanship and in
economy.
LION SPECIAL SUITS, OVERCOATS,
RAINCOATS
at
14
are the best for the money—or your money back.
Boys double breasted, belted, black-blue Chinchilla
Mackinuws, new and different, $4.86.
Between Morrison and Yamhill
8 i H Stamps Given