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THE 3IORMNG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1917.
ARPi
IVAL OF LABOR
IS
BOARD
AWAITED
Federal Commission Sent to
Investigate Coast Condi
tions Due Monday.
EACH SIDE IS CONFIDENT
Bosses Say Several Hundred Men
Are at AVork Strikers Contend
Plants Are Tied Up Cornfoot
Proposal Being Considered.
All parties to the shipbuilding strike
In Portland and vicinity are awaiting
the arrival of the Federal Labor Ad
justment Board, scheduled to investi
gate conditions and to recommend a
basis of settlement. According to in
formation received yesterday by G. Y.
Harry, federal mediator, the members
will be here Monday morning and will
immediately take up the task assigned
by President Wilson. They are now
in Seattle.
Meanwhile managers of some of the
fteel and wooden shipbuilding plants
In Portland report that they are en
gaging men right along and are en
deavoring to organize their crews on
an efficient basis from day to day,
and that they nope soon to have full
complements. While it is not known
just how many have been employed
during the week, it is said that several
hundred have been put to work.
Members of the Metal Trades Council,
on the other hand, declare that the
strike is a complete success; that the
Plants are nearly all tied up and that
the strikers are "holding solid" and in
time will get all of the demands they
have made.
Proposal Being Considered.
Members of the Metal Trades Coun
cil executive committee, to whom the
subject of a proposal by William Corn
foot, of the Albina Engine & Machine
Works, was made to the mass meeting
of union men held Thursday night, are
still considering it. While it embodies
many points for which the council has
made demands, it does not fully grant
"closed-shop" conditions and, to that
extent, is unsatisfactory to them.
It was officially announced last night
that a conference committee of the
Metal Trades Council win meet with
Mr. Cornfoot today to go over li is pro
posal with him. Should it be decided
that it is wise from their standpoint
to accept the agreement, it will be
necessary for it to be referred back to
each union organization on strike for a
referendum vote.
The clauses relating to recognition
of the unions in Mr. Cornfoot's pro
posal are as follows:
"Employers agree to keep the union
informed about their need for labor,
but reserve to themselves the right to
employ union or non-union men, leav
ing it to the employes to decide whether
they shall belong to a union or not.
but the employers agree not to an
tagonize the union or give any prefer
ence to non-union men because of their
not being members of any union.
'Unfair'' Work Defined.
"It shall not be construed a violation
of this agreement for members of any
affiliated crafts of the Metal Trades
Council to refuse to work on any work
or for any employer that has been de
clared unfair by the Metal Trades
Council. This, however, only to apply
in such cases where it can be proved
that work and material found neces
sary for the completion of contracts
entered into and to be entered into by
the Albina Engine & Machine Work's
can be supplied on equal terms by-
other firms or employers in Portland
And 'vicinity not declared unfair, and
it is also agreed that no work or em
ployer is to be considered unfair un
less the Albina Engine & Machine
Works has been notified to this effect
in writing before is entered into con
tract for work or material in question
It is likewise agreed that work and
material resulting from contracts al
ready entered into by the Albina En
gine & Machine Works ehall not be
considered unfair.
Increased Pay Guaranteed.
"All labor in connection with con
struction work and repairs shall be
done by men of their respective crafts.
"It is agreed that the life of this
agreement shall be one year, and shall
be continued thereafter until either
party to same considers its continu
ance unnecessary or out of keeping
with the change in conditions. The
party wishing adjustment shall give 30
days' notice of desired change and,
upon receipt of notice, a conference
fihall be called to adjust differences.
Failing to come to a satisfactory set
tlement at the end of 30 days, this
agreement shall cease."
Mr. Cornfoot yesterday caused notices
to be posted in the yards of his com
pany appealing to all former employes
to return to work and guaranteeing
them the rates of increase contained
in his proposal, which amount to about
-o per cent over those formerly paid.
SEATTLE STRIKE EXD IS ,E.Ul
Temporary Truce Expected, so Ship
Men AVill Return to Work Monday.
SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. 12. As a re
BUlt of the efforts of the we-e ariimi
inent committee of the United States
Shipping Board, now holding hearings
in this citv. it is exnet-terf that o tem
porary truce will be effected whereby
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this district, who are on strike or au
tomatieally locked out, may return t
work on a temporary basis Mondav.
This agreement will continue until
a permanent adjustment of the con
troversy is made by the federal
Board.
It is now said to be quite likely that
n fijmllar Aerrppment mav a roanhoH
between the striking steel shipyard
worKers and the employers.
Joseph Franklin, international pre
ident of the Boilermakers. Shipbuild
ers and Helpers' Union, who recentl;
ordered the return to work of the Sai
Francisco strikers on a temporary
scale, nas arrived here.
the Beaver, of the San Francisco &
Portland line, is of 4507 tons gross, and
the Rose City, "of the same fleet, is of
3468 tons gross, both coming within
the passenger class. The Beaver also
would be in the class of 2500-ton cargo
carriers as far as her capacity is con
cerned. The President, of the Pacific Steam
ship Company's fleet, operating from
Puget Sound to California ports, is of
5453 tons gross," and the Governor, of
the same flag, is 5474 tons gross. Both
also carry in excess of 2500 tons dead
weight. The F. A. Kilburn and Breakwater,
of the Emerald line, running between
Portland and San Francisco, will not
be included in the call of the Shipping
Board, as the former is of 997 tons
gross and the Breakwater is of 1065
tons gross.
Of course, the vessels coming within
the classification will be held in the
same service as at present until such
time as the Government needs them
for emergency purposes. The impres
sion prevails here that many of them
may not be called for a time., that are
deemed suitable for troop transports,
unless there is a plan aroot to move
large numbers of troops across tho
Atlantic during the Winter, in which
event the vessels would have to be
called for in time to have accommoda
tions installed.
There are a number of carriers on
the. Pacific Coast that will be requisi
tioned as cargo vessels of 2500 tons,
deadweight, and more should the Ship
ping Board extend its order to those
of not less than 1500 tons.-
CAMPAIGN GALLS
FOR MORE ENERGY
Liberty Loan Today but Little
Nearer Goal Than It
Was Yesterday.
SHIPS ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN
(Continued From Firt Pag.)
FARMERS ROARD SPUDS
FOOD DIRECTOR DECLARES PRO-
DICERS ARE RIDING XO FALL.
Warning Is Issued That When Dis-
eorge Comes Potato Market May
Go Down to Zero Point.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12. The farmer, im
mune from the anti-hoarding law, is
hoarding his potatoes, according to
Harry A. Wheeler, food director of
Illinois under Mr. Hoover.
Mr. Wheeler issued a warning that
as the crop was the greatest on record.
not mentioning the unrecorded crop of
tens of thousands of gardens, the farm
ers were riding to a fall. He said that
when the hoard began to disgorge it
would come all at once, unless the
hoarding was stopped, and prices
woJld drop to zero. He suggested that
the farmer would benefit himself by
allowing the movement to follow its
normal course.
MOORHEAD. X. D.. Oct. 12. Failure
of the railroads to supply cars to haul
potatoes to market was cited by potato
men in the Red River Valley section of
Northwestern Minnesota as the reason
for the so-called hoarding charged by
Harry A. Wheeler, food director of
Illinois.
Farmers, when digging began, it wes
pointed out. held out for higher prices,
but after the market advanced it was
said railroads would not supply tu
cars to be loaded to destinations off
their lines and as a result the potatoes
in this section have remained in the
cellars. . .
VANCOUVER MEN AT LEWIS
Captain Tingley, Quartermaster
Corps, Gets Recruits.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) E. H. Mackey, a . Councilman
from East Vancouver, left today for
Camp Lewis, where he will be employed
in the Quartermaster Corps.
Captain Tingley, of this city, is in
charge of the Quartermaster Corps
there. Glen N. Ranck is also at the
camp. Captain Tingley was here a
few days ago hiring men to go to
American Lake.
NEW DRAFT QUESTION UP
(Continued From First Pie.)
Clothing and equipment are coming for
ward only at a rate that can meet the
demands of the forces already called,
and the railways of the country have
been overburdened with the job of
moving the Army and its necessities
without hindering freight shipments
vital to the allies.
Fixing the date of the call for the
second increment probably hinges also
upon the careful study being made by
Provost Marshal-General Crowder and
hi3 assistants of the results of the
plan followed in assembling the men
called first. Many questions have
arisen which it may be desired to avoid
hereafter, and substitute regulations
to euide both local and district boards.
trejiared in the light of what actual
experience taught, may be issued to
govern the second call.
APPEALS ARE GOING OUT
Workers Plan Xow to Rcacli Out for
Small Subscribers Pressure
Is Exerted on Banks
of Minneapolis.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. The liberty
loan has moved only $18,730,550 nearer
its $5,000,000,000 goal, or approximately
one-third of 1 per cent.
The total for the entire campaign
thus far. as officially announced to
night, stands still at less than 7 per
cent on the basis of returns received
today and including subscriptions re
ported to all reserve banks, except Min
neapolis, up to the close of business
yesterday. At the rate of subscrip
tions reported today it would take from
eight to nine months to obtain the
$5,000,000,000 desired.
"At the end of 11 days sales of second
liberty loan bonds," the treasury De
partment's announcement reads, "total
subscriptions of $344,195,550 had been
reported to 11 of the 12 reserve banks
in the United States. This is less than
7 per cent of the maximum amount of
subscriptions expected by Secretary
McAdoo before tlje close of the drive
ror 5. 000.000.000 on October 27.
"Official returns up to the close of
business October 11:
Boston s 4s.eno.onn
New 1 ork 2-S,.U7.1iOO
Philadelphia 14.712.sr)
Cleveland 1.971. Oun
Richmond 14.:it(.4r.0
Atlanta 1 . 7 i:; u ill
Chit-ago r,l71.)MtO
st. i,ouis :i.ll:i,ii.i
Kansas City l.i;:;7.rt)
Oallas
San Francisco 2,o0l.J00
Minneapolis, no report.
"As a result of the new totals shown
by the official statements, appeals are
going out tonight from various local
chairmen to their workers to make to
morrow one of the biggest days re
corded. Vigorous methods for increas
ing sales also will be resorted to
throughout the country next week.
"While the unofficial figures re
ceived from different sections indicate
that subscriptions are much larger
than those shown bv the official re
turn, progress made thus far is causing
no optimism.
i ne particular need or the cam
paign, workers report, is an increased
number of small subscribers to spread
the message of the loan, and with this
end in view, the rallying cry of "ten
million liberty bond buyers' will be
sounded throughout the land in thi
coming days of the drive."
Analysis of the official figures an
nounced tonight indicates that no
report was received in time for in
clusion in the tabulation from New
York and Atlanta, the total announced
from these districts standing just
where it was last night. The report
is therefore far from complete. There
is no showing for Minneapolis and
Kansas City shows a change of only
$600 for the day for the entire dis
trict a situation which officials admit
is almost inconceivable.
Chicago is credited with an increase
of only $855,000 for the day and Cleve
land is given only $76,000 more than
reported yesterday, both reports in
dicating that only a small percentage
of subscriptions actually was reported
to the reserve banks."
"Cleveland reported tonight." the
statement continues, "that its district
shows an unofficial total of $60,000,000.
of which about $18,000,000 came from
the city of Cleveland itself."
Although reported subscriptions at
Chicago were only $865,000 for the en
tire district, the announcement adds
that "Chicago continued a steady drive
and reports good sales in the various
Illinois districts. Four thousand five
hundred subscriptions were obtained by
the Chicago flying squadron yester
day."
As the situation stands tonight there
remain 13 working days in which to
raise J4,6a4, 814,450. To accomplish this
huge task it will be necessary to strike
a daily average of S3rS,000.000, or ap
proximately $la, 000,000 every hour of
the 24.
at noon, and accounts adjusted accord
ingly. "Fifth (a) Owners whose 'steamers
are operating in their regular trades
are to continue the operation of their
steamers for account of the Govern
ment, as they have been doing for
themselves, until they receive further
instructions. b) Owners whose steam
ers are chartered to others will apply
to the Shipping Board for instructions
regarding the future employment of
eaid steamers."
UEST COAST TO KEEL ORDER
Beaver and Rose City Included In
Ships Wanted by Government.
Portland will feel the results of the
order becoming effective Monday for
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LIQUOR FOUND
Special Officer Rounds Up
Bootleggers in Grant.
FOUR MEN UNDER ARREST
Officers Assert That Liquor Has
Been Sold by Bootleggers in
- Great Quantities and at
Exorbitant Prices.
CANYON CITY, Or.. Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) This has been round-up week
for liquor and bootlegrgers in this
county. A number of arrests have been
made and several cases are still under
investigation.
Special Agent Frank W. Rogers has
been in the county for two weeks assisting-
District Attorney Ashford and
Sheriff W. W: Howell Investigating the
illegal traffic. It is understood that
many complaints were received by Gov
ernor. Withy-combe with regard to con
ditions in this county and Mr. Kogers
was sent here to secure information.
The first man arrested was J. A.
Steach. of Long Creek, who had about
18 gallons of whisky in his car. He
secured the liquor in Nevada and was
taking it to his home. He was fined
1250.
Guy Sproul also paid a fine of $60
for having a quantity of - liquor in his
possession. The officers raided his
room in a local hotel, as he and several
friends were having a little party. Jack
Morgan, of Prairie City, was also caught
in the net arid was fined $250.
The officers received a clew that
Morgan was engaged in carrying liquor
with his auto and he was watched
closely. The Sheriff stationed men
along the road and he was located in
the mountains south of Prairie City,
where his car had broken down.
No liquor was found in the car, but
indications led them to believe he had
a cache in that vicinity. After a search
of three days Agent Rogers found 10
quarts of bottled whisky in a suit
case under a loir. Kurtiier search re-
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the recent raids. Liquor has been sell
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is rumored that a Federal officer is
coming in and that those who have
been arrested will have to appear as
the defendants In several cases which
can be brought against them by the
Federal authorities.
While drilling for oil near Lafayette,
La., prospectors struck salt deposits
from few feet under the surface to a
depth of 1000 feet.
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