The Sunday Oregonian., November 04, 1917, Section One, Page 6, Image 6

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, rORTLAXD, XOTE3rBER 4, 1917.
NO PEACE TALK IN
PHQHE CASE HEARD
Strikers Declare They Are De
termined to Fight It Out if
..V It Takes All Winter. .
UNION STATEMENT ISSUED
Company Officials Say Tliey See No
Reason. Why Business Should Be'
Commandeered as Long as
" Servico Is Normal.
LATEST DEVEI.OPMEXTS IX
TELEPHONE STRIKES
LISTED.
Company officials say tele
phone service is normal and they,
see no reason for the Govern
ment commandeering plants.
Request of District Council of
Electrical Workers and Opera
tors at Kan Francisco is received,
but Portland locals refuse to ac
cede and remain out, explaining
they would, by . returning to
work, automatically remove the
emergency which caused Media
tor Reed to recommend comman
deering. Officials of the unions issue
statement In which they lay their
case before the public and also
make denial of rumor that they
have asked unlort : members
throughout the city to order out
Pacific telephones.
Nothing short of Government
commandeering plants or recog
nition of operators will cause
return to work, they. say.
Anything short of Government commandeering-
of the plants of the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Company or
recognition of the operators' union
means a continuation of the present
strike in Portland, with whatever re
sults may follow.
: While the company officials strug
gle with the situation in an endeavor
to maintain normal -service, the strik
ers are remaining firm, and it- was
officially declared yesterday that only
the Administration can get the serv
ices of the linemen and operators here
without absolute recognition of the op
erators' union.
The fact is- that the strikers here
are anxious for the Government to take
over the company's business and are
ready, as published yesterday, to re
turn to their posts for the period of
the war instantly should the plants
be commandeered, and it is no secret
that many of them are hoping for
permanent control of telephone serv
ice by the Government.
While a request has been received
from the district council at San Fran
cisco that the Portland locals return
to work, pending mediation or com
mandeering of the plants, the Elec
trical Workers' and the operators'
unions have stood out against acced
ing to it on the ground that to do so
at this time "would be playing into
the hands of the company."
Workers Views Given.
"If we were to return to work now."
paid Frank J. Shubert. business agent
for the Electrical Workers, "we would
automatically remove the existing
emergency which caused Federal Medi
ator Reed to recommend commandeer
ing af the company's plants and lines.
Our return to work would mean normal
service and 'business as usual' and
would therefore defeat our own pur
pose in striking, provided the company
refuses still to recognize the operators'
union."
Asked by a prominent labor official
what effect it would have upon the
local3 involved should the request of
their district council be granted and
work resumed. Mr. Shubert replied:
"It would break up our unions. Should
we desert the girls now, we never
could again control the situation
Neither the girls nor the linemen want
to return to work; they have the upper
hand and intend to keep it, notwith
standing the fact that the California
locals are working: we have the state
of Washington with us and feel cer
tain that we will compel recognition of
the operators or Government control,
and either suits us."
Service Declared Normal.
TCo statement was made by company
officials yesterday, except that the
service is practically being kept
normal and that they are doing their
best to maintain it.
As to commandeering of the com
pany's plants, nothing is known here,
either by company officers or union
officials, except what has been pub
lished in the press, but the company
management can see no reason, it i
said, why the Government should take
any such action now, with service,
they say, maintained at normal.
Miss Gertrude Plllsbury, one of the
Information operators at the Broadway
exchange, who has a record of long
service with the company, said yester.
day that there is every reason why a
girl should remain with the company
and do faithful work.
"We are treated fine," said Miss Pills
pury, "and are given every opportunity
for advancement. Just now the com
pany is furnishing us three meals a
day. of fine quality, and also is to pro
vide lodging for those who wish it. We
have always been provided with all of
the leading newspapers of the city and
with the magazines and a fine rest-
rnnm i f f t t V, n anv T hnVA pvor Kfon
We also have dancing, the company
having Installed a victrola. Taken all
in all, I will ssy that' I never worked
for any people who have given me such
excellent treatment all the time. I be
lieve the public should support the
company at a time like this and be as
considerate as possible, remembering
the company is doing lta best to give
good service."
Boycott la Denied.
Official denial of a rumor to the effect
that the strikers had urged union mem
bers to have their Pacific telephones
removed were made yesterday.
"We have asked for nothing of the
kind," said Mr. Shubert. "While we are
on strike, it is for what we regard as
principles which we must stand upon,
but we are not 'knocking the company;
we are simply trying to get by strike
that to which our members feel we are
Justly entitled."
An official statement as follows was
issued yesterday by the chairman of
the strike committee:
For 14 year, the Tnte rnatlonftl Brother
hood of Electrical Worker, ha. been at prace
with the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph Com
pany. On October 1, 1916. negotiation, were
started with this corporation looking to
wards an Increase In pay for the employe..
These negotiations were continued up to
th first nart of October of this year and
would probably have come to a successful
and peaceful conclusion had not the com
pany attempted to crush the unions of girl
nnerators who were making no demands on
their employers, but simply organizing for
mutual protection. The .method, employea
to coerce thi-se girl, were of such a nature
that it was Imperative that any person call-
ttip; himself a man. much less a union man,
must come to their assistance.
Girls' Union I. Issue.
The organization Immediately placed a
demand for a recognition by the company
of the right of these girls to organize and
hat discrimination shoulu cease. 'inis de
mand Is placed first and until compiled with
all other negol lati'j.is are off. In support
of this contention a. strike vote was taken
and after canvass the local union, were
notified to leave the Job between 8 and 12
P. , JI., October 31. This action was taKen
bv all locals in Washington and Oregon.
Since that time rumors and telegrams have
been flying thick and fast and the electrical
worker lives and light, according to pro
gramme and will fight It out on this line if
t takes all Winter. II this is unpatriotic.
we plead guilty.
Of the fund, gathered for meeting this
strike emergency, $10oo was invested In
iberty bonds. Over SOO liberty bonds are
held by the individual member, of the two
locals.
Local No. 125 is keeping up the due. of
33 members who are In the Signal Corps,
regular Army, volunteers and the Navy.
Since this strike has been Inaugurated we
have lost three members to the' United States
Navy.
We have offered to enlist for the period
of the war If the Government takes over tha
telephone business.
The telephone operator la hand-picked
Only one of each 10 girls that make apptl
cation for a position Is accepted. After ap
plication the health and morals of the ap
plicant are rigidly Investigated by secret
operatives employed by the telephone com
pany, hence she is healthy, mentally, morally
and physically.
Each operator was asked and urged by
representative, of the telephone company
to sign her name to a promise not to join
labor organization.
Each operator was given a third degree
several times, at each interview being made.
Operators suspected of joining the or
ganization were reduced in position and sub
Jected to all kinds of indignities.
Every member struck the Job. They have
CURED HIMSELF OF THE
- LIQUOR HABIT
Missouri Man After . Drinking for
Thirty-five Years Banished Ilia
Craving for Liquor With, a.
Simple Home Recipe.
MEDIATOR REED IS DOXIT
IX ti SERVICES TO NATION.
Verner Z. Reed, Federal media
tor, who was rushed to San Fran
cisco by the Government in an
effort to avert the telephone
strike, is a wealthy oil man of
Denver and is one of the number
of rich men who are donating
their services for $1 a year dur
ing the war to help the United
States in the hour of National
peril.
Mr. Reed is not only donating
his services, but his private car,
"Chicago." in which he is trav
eling while working for the Gov
ernment. Mr. Reed is a member of the
Special Labor Conciliation Com
mission, of which Secretary of
Labor Wilson Is chairman and
which Is now investigating con
ditions on the Pacific Slope.
gained 72 recruits since that time and lost
not one.
They are determined we are determined
We know that we are right and right and
truth are mighty and will prevail.
W. L. QUINN.
Chairman Strike Committee. Locan Unions
Nos. 125 and 44-A.
'RESIDENT MAKES
PATRIOTISM PLEA
Organized Electrical Workers
and Telephone Operators
Urged to Stop Strike. .
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MEDIATION WILL FOLLOW
Sir. Thomas J. D. O'Bannon, a well
known resident of Missouri, living at
R. F. D. No. S, Frederlckstown, Mo.
banished his craving for liquor with
a simple recipe which he mixed at
home.
Mr. O'Bannon recently made the fol
lowing statement: "I am 61 years
old and had drank for thirty-five
years. My craving- was so great I
could not quit liquor. More than a
year ago I had the following simple
recipe filled- and began taking it and
it entirely banished my Craving for
liquor. To three ounces of water add
20 grains of muriate of ammonia, a
small box of Varlex Compound and 10
grains of pepsin. Take a . teaspoonful
three times a day. Any druggist can
mix it for you or supply the ingredi
ents at very little cost. This recipe
can be taken of your own accord or
given to anyone secretly in coffee, tea.
milk or in food, as it has no taste,
color or smell and is perfectly harm
less. I believe any drunkard can cure
himself with, this simple recipe." Adv.
STRIKE HAS HUMOROUS SIDE
Police Reporter Picks Up Interest
ins Sidelights of Situation.
Sergeant Joe Burke says: "By golly,
I know how to handle a bunch of I. W,
W.. but when they put me against a
crowd of pretty girls I m lost."
At West Park and Alder streets last
night an ex-operator saw a girl come
out of the exchange wearing a green
cap.
Hey, there, she cried out, "you
better quit; no Irishman ever took
striker's place."
W hereat a policeman walked up and
dispersed the crowd.
.
"We're not pickets." said a pretty
striker in front of the Broadway ex
change last night.
"What are you, then?" asked a stern
policeman.
We re here to see that the com
pany's property is protected," was the
reply.
And everyone laughed.
.
"Aren't you tired and wouldn't you
like a ride home?" asked a fair drive
in a small .car of a woman who had
Just emerged from the Woodlawn ex
change yesterday.
"Oh, thank you so much." replied th
new operator, as she climbed into th
machine. i
"Ten minutes later," said the driver
of the car, "I had her signed up wit!
the union."
It develops that the girl strikers art
operating motorcars now, instead of
switchboards, and have taken this way
to win friends.
District Commercial Superintendent
Halllday is not at all a "union baiter,"
but, to the contrary, says he has no ob
jection to organization.
"I am, however, very sorry to see
those who have worked long enough to
have pensions coming strike and there
by Jeopardize their ratings," he said.
"Really, the company does much for its
employes and feels they are a big part
of its business."
It was all a mistake, of course, but
none the less a good Joke, when some
one stating he was a representative of
the company called up the wife of one
of the chief officers of the Electrical
Workers' Union and asked her if she
"would like to return to work," she
having been formerly In the company's
employ.
"I'll think it over and let you know
later," she replied.
'
"'Twixt love and duty" was the situa
tion in which "Bob" Phillips, popular
policeman on duty at the Broadway
exchange, found himself when a man
rushed up and very mysteriously asked:
"Do you see that guy over across the
street? Well, he's a bunco man. wanted
everywhere." At that the man across
the street took to his heels and "beat
It."
"I love this exchange, but my duty is
to catch the 'bunk,' " said Phillips, and
he dashed after his man, capturing him
within two blocks and delivering him
to headquarters. ,
Suggestion Brought Forward by
Commissioner Reed Is That Gov
ernment Commandeer Prop
erties of Companies.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. S. A direct.
personal appeal from Secretary of
Labor William B. Wilson to the or
ganized electrical workers and tele
phone operators of the Pacific Coast
urging them to subordinate their own
interests to those of the Nation and
to postpone their strike was made
public here tonight.
Telegraphing from Bisbee, Ariz.,
where he is detained on official busi
ness. Secretary Wilson in a message to
the leaders of the workers and oper
ators makes a powerful plea to the
patriotism of the workers, declaring
that whatever sacrifices they make in
granting an extension of time, they
will not be great when comoared to
the sacrifices American boys are
making on the battlefront. His mes
sage closes with an appeal, in the
name of President Wilson, that the
workers and operators remain at their
posts until the commission of mediators
can reach San Francisco and endeavor
to adjust the differences existing be
tween the telephone company and its
employes.
Commandeering la Recommended.
Verner Z. Reed, a member of the
commission now here, yesterday tele
graphed Secretary Wilson recommend
ing that the properties and plants of
the telephone company be commandeered.
Mr. Wilson's telegram is as follows:
"Mr. Reed, a member of the Presi
dent's mediation commission, has ad
vised the commission of his efforts to
bring about an adjustment of the im
pending strike of the linemen and tele
phone operators of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Company and its
subsidiaries and has suggested that we
recommend to the President that the
properties be commandeered.
"The commission has felt that in
fairness to all parties concerned it
should not undertake to make such
recommendation until it is familiar
with all the facts.
Sacrifice Small In Comparison.
"The Government is vitally interested
In having the telegraph and telephone
lines kept in operation. This commis
sion knows nothing at the present time
of the merits of the controversy be
tween you and your employers. It will
be ahout two weeks before we can
reach San Francisco. It may be that
the conditions under which you have
labored in the past are difficult and
burdensome, but you have lived and
worked under them for a considerable
length of time, and the continuation of
those conditions for two or three weeks
longer cannot be a very great sacrifice
to you compared with the sacrifices
that the boys are making who have
gone to the front.
"May I not. therefore. In the name or
the President and of this Commission
appeal to you to make the necessary
sacrifice and continue at work until
the Commission can reach San Fran
cisco and endeavor to bring about an
adjustment on a basis that will be fair
to all?"
Fact Held Significant.
Representatives of the workers and
operators were in conference today. In
view of the fact that last night, the
same night Secretary Wilson's message
was received, they advised their 40
Pacific Coast locals to return to work.
Is taken as an indication that they will
make every effort to enlist the support
of the workers in granting Secretary
Wilson's request.
Earlier in the day a grievance com
mittee of the representatives visited
Mr. Reed and , asserted that the tele
phone company was taking advantage
of the situation to displace union work
ers and operators and supplant them
with non-union employes. Mr. Reed
promised to submit the matter to Secre
tary Wilson.
Reports from the Pacific Northwest
section indicate that many of the strik
ers are complying with their local rep
resentatives' requests and are return
ing to work.
Statna Quo la Dealred.
Mr. Reed said tonight he had been
In constant communication with Sec
retary Wilson since yesterday after
noon. "Pending the arrival of the commis
sion and its becoming acquainted with
the entire situation," he said, "it is
GRAY'S
twenty!
Every Man Owes It to His Country and Himself to
Hooverize in Every Way Possible!
The man who does not give and do what he can to aid in winning this war is not a good
American, and there is no place left in the country for those who are not good Ameri
cans. Every cent you can save on the clothes you buy you can give to your country,
and not feel it. I offer you a way to save from $5.00 to $15.00 on the Suit or Overcoat
you may need this Fall and at the same time give you as good clothes as the market
affords. Under my Profit Sharing Policy each customer can save one-half the profit
he must pay elsewhere, if he buys his Suit, Overcoat or Raincoat at Gray's. I pay
from $13.50 to $21.50 for suits and overcoats to sell at $20.00. I pay from $20 to $32 for
clothes to sell at $30.00
Guarantee to duplicate in value Suits and Overcoats sold by other stores for $25 and
$30, at our price,
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l guarantee to duplicate in value Suits and Overcoats sold by other stores for $35, $40
and $45, at our price.
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And I do this every day in the year. No more special sales. No more discounts. No
more credit to anyone a saving to all.
Corner Washington
and West Park Streets
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the wish of the Secretary of Labor that
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company and its employes all holds
matters in status quo without any dis
crimination on the part of the company
or any agitation or strike on the part
of the employes until his arrival and
investigation.
"A decision as to commandeering
either of telephone plants or of em
ployes will be deferred until the ar
rival of the full commission here.
Commandeering of employes would be
about the worst thing that could hap
pen to them."
OFFICIALS AUTHORITY DENIED
Seattle Unions Demand That Cali
fornia Workers Strike.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 3. Nothing
but Government intervention or the
grunting, of their demands in full will
take the striking Seattle telephone
operators and electrical workers back,
to work, it was announced tonight by
the strike committee. Orders from the
international officials in San Francisco
to return to work were ignored.
The Seattle strike committee sent a
message to the international officials
late today demanding that all union
ized telephone workers in California
be ordered out on strike Immediately,
and serving notice that if this is not
done the Pacific Northwest strikers
will establish a mediation and negotia
tion zone of their own with the south
ern boundary of Oregon as the terri
torial limit.
The demand for the California strike
order is based on the referendum whlcn
declared for a strike at midnight Octo
ber 31.
PASTOR AT CAMP
Rev. J. D. Snyder.ex-Portland-er,
Lectures on Sex.
1200 MEN LISTEN DAILY
Oregon Social Hygiene Society
Worker Talks to Soldicr9 at
American Luke Several Times
a Day; Instruction Routine.
Rev. J. D. Snyder, formerly pastor of
the Piedmont Presbyterian Church in
Portland, but lately with the First
Presbyterian Church in Pendleton, has
dropped his work as pastor for the
time being that he may devote all his
time to social hygiene work among the
soldiers at Camp Lewis, American
Lake, Washington.
Rev. Mr. Knvder hns been an Active
worker for the Oregon Social Hygiene
Society for some time, and it was at the
request of the society that he has now
undertaken work among the soldiers.
Major-General Greene, commandant
at Camp Lewis, and Brigadier-General
Henry D. Styer, Adjutant-Ueneral. are
both greatly interested in the work the
Oregon Social Hygiene Society is doing
at the camp in giving Instruction to
the men along sex hygiene lines. Gen
eral Styer hus made arrangements for
Rev. Mr. Snyder to give three or four
lectures each day to groups of soldiers,
the number hearing him in the course
of each day being from 1200 to 1500.
It is indicative of the great impor
tance the Government attaches to the
sex problem and the question of sex
hygiene that such instruction has been
made part of the regular Army routine.
At each meeting of soldiers to hear
Rev. Mr. Snyder an Army medical of
ficer is detailed to emphasize the sub
ject of sex hygiene from the physi
cian's point of view.
Dr. Calvin S. White, former presi
dent of the Oregon Social Hygiene So
ciety, now a Major in the Army medi
cal corps at American Lake, has been
asked by Adjutant-General Styer to ob
tain the co-operation of other medical
officers with Rev. Mr. Snyder.
lln W. McCutchen, New York lawyer,
secretary-general of the Red Cross, to
advise on International relationship
questions. He will serve without pay
and be In charge of relief to American
and allied prisoners.
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Campbell Hotel
Twenty-Third and Hoyt Streets.
Fhone Marahnll KN1.
Dinner Served 4:30 to 8:30 P. M.
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! November 4th, 1017.
Watermelon.
Head Lettuce with Thousand Island
Dressing.
Queen Olives.
Mock Turtle Soup.
Fried Spring Chicken with Country
Gravy.
J. Top Sirloin Steak.
Creamed potatoes. Mashed Squash.
Tea Biscuits.
Home-made Jam.
J. Cocoanut Cream Pie.
French Vanilla Ice Cream and Cake.
Crackers. Cheese. Coffee.
F. W. McCutclien Secretary-General.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. The Red
Cross War Council today named Frank-
Campbell Hill Hotel t
741 Washington Street.
l'bone Main 754.
Dinner Served B to 7 P. M.
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RIETH MAN UNDER ARREST
A. Cohen Detected While Attempting
to Enter Poolliall.
PENDLETON. Or.. Nov. 3. (Special.)
A. Cohen Is under arrest here
charged with an attempt to rob the
poolhall at Rieth, owned by Peter
Gunis. Gunis interrupted Cohen and
a companion trying to make their way
through a rear window shortly after
he had asked them to leave so he
could close his place.
He secured a gun and fired a shot
over their heads as they ran. Cohen
fell and hit his head against a rock
and was later arrested by the Sheriff.
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