THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
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CUT THE FUEL BILL 1 TWO HY USIXO OUIt WOOD
PHONE 11)0. 18S2 SOUTH ItltOADWAY
bor Celebrates Today
HIS JLinicCU.il. iinaw.y vuaww w.&uu(D1u.uvu'J1J1 iUU JUkOLMJOJI US
JlfBUVVEUo3'a-ttu v .- . 'h-.uu Mii a XJvui(Dly 4.(QIH n a?
M f c my led by tliolr hrothoru of crnft orjrnn
1 i v maUlMB "'t,rry nnt, colebrntlnj; the progress
. nirinir the twulvo months past, townru me goal
Udeuurinh "u ,....,,,.. i,ii f frab
f he mock brotherhood which has fettered the civ-
t, .,ImI oni WhOll UI080 who liuiiuim intuitu muui
JlSlOriiai v. ,. ,,,! .ulmti i.lllllv
, the true nrimocrnu. w . - ,
Ulnrtcud of a hn.f-folt to..
aud till' DM"" 01 uuiumuiu, uubuiiu hub tin; tin
wJc nbservnnco uivhib 1110 cuiuuiuuuu ii
-Tig one day when nil people, rich and poor,
. i,,. num mid women who spend their
Llr enurglc In useful toll.
ore are now seven crnft organizations or unions.
ire than three hunurcii memuors in nn. aucccss
.. uf iir mi tin recent nihnths. nlthouuli
19 teen i" - ;
foeen made during a course of fifteen or twenty
'workers to a realization 01
iratlon. The earnest unarm
JinnMhorcsiiien, whoso num-
L time of mechnnlcnl holnt-
Bctrlral cranes for tho ns-
bi far greater thnn today,
population on tho Day.
ir ago the longsiioroumcn
n,o LoiiKshoresmen's Ahbo-
rt the order was changed
Stotigshorcsmen'B Association
brt Workers' Association.
I'aclflr Coast and latter
k! Longshori'smen's Assocla-
ihlch they are now known.
Jrganlzo was tho carpenters.
In organizing a local In
ort lived, and not until tho
Mwrc they ngifln able to form
saddlers' "serving men" announred they had n fraternity "tlmc-ont-of-nilnd,"
though the masters declared It was not more thnn thirteen
years old, and that Its object was to ralso wages.
In 1 I ir n law was passed forbidding tho "servlng-
nien'
day carlnw
saw
THE CRY OF TOIL
Wo hnvo fed you nil for a thousand
years,
And you hall us still unfed;
Though there's never n dollar of
your wealth
Hut marks the workers dead.
Wo hnvo yielded our best to glvo
you roBt,
Aud you lie on u crimson wool,
For If blood bo the prlcu of nil your
wealth,
flood God, wo liu' pnld It In full!
initio blown sky
There's .never n
wnrd now
Hut wo'ro burled nllvo for you;
Thero's never n wreck drifting
Bhorewnrd now
Hut wo nre Its ghastly crew.
do,
reckon our dead by thu forges
red
And the factories where vu sp:n
If blood bo tho price of your cursed
wealth,
Good God, wo hn' paid It In!
Wo huvo fed you nil for a thousand
yenrs,
For that was our doom, you
know,
Prom tho day when you c'inlned
us In your fields
To tho strllco of n week ngo.
You
nnd our
hn' enton our lives
bnbles nnd wives.
And wo'ro told It's your
share;
llut If blood bo tho price of
lawful wealth,
Good God, wo hn' bought It fair!
Hudyard Kipling,
leg'al
your
ago a Central Labor
thu North Dead long-
ihflehl longshoresmen, nnd
nhflelil carpenters wiih
failed of permanency, nl-
i of North llend still ro
be old organization.
10 a labor leader wns sent
Educed Individual workers,
into what was called Thu
. This body, ns Its pro
Infancy, nnd six monthB
khere were no locals nllvo
orcimcn. Kor about two
o resuscitate unionism on
the spring of lUlIl, tho
r and orgnnzled. their lo
pe of the strongest In tho
i later the bartenders wero
: an organization, followed
' the painters und decorators. These three now
r with the loiiKshoresmen, formed tho prcsout
II. In thu eitrlv wlnlur nf lnnt vnnr. HI lire that
unions have become ufflllated with thu contrnl
waiters, carpenters nnd plumbers, making a to
(filiated Into tho onu directing unit of tho Con-
Bfleld not nloao In tho Stnto of Oregon nor tho
pout an over tho world Is tho cnuso of Labor
Ute Inconcelvnlilv rnnlil. lirlnirlnir flinilL'OB thnt
her civilization nnd hotter citizenship becauso It
inen it lias achluved strength, become clean and
t retirements llin i.rnnl nlnau if plrlrniiH wlin 11 II-
fnergles toward gaining for nil tho workers or-
Plied Of the wnrlil. Imttnr rnniUtlnnn of llvlnir.
homes, Letter schools, moro cheerful firesides,
lm Illiteracy, less Insanity, less homelcssness
i
Bhave leen born nmld birth pangs of animosity.
ptwanaing, nnd trade unionism hns suffered cnl-
reform Inaugurated by tho faith nnd teachings
Nazareth, but Rnnm ,nv nrrmnlvml lnhnr will lin
y men win uso tho samo effort In trying to un-
ZDOVemplU no tlim. .int.. ... In M..ln n .tllalill.
-..v u tllVj itUtT UOU III Vllllb M MltHIV-
,ne Some day tho cry of nnrrow-mlnded men
i. and organized labor will come Into its own nt
'Blhlp Which will lrlnillv rinrnnt tlio rnmllllntis
i0UBb lano and coiiBorvntlvo effort nmong tho
Plovers 0f the country.
labor movement !mrn.. ohnrllv I.nfrvrn-tlm (1IkQ.
'nlKht of May 3, 1S8C, when u email bomb
' Square, glinltnro.l 11... I... l.lr mllllnn
W. ' - vv IIIU IIUli;o Ul U IIUII IIIII..W..
I'ouded the Usuo toward which one of tho great-
Pread social and Industrial agitations of tho
Nag. That was neither tho beginning nor tho
et. In fact, the beginning, as far as wo have
oi wun .Moses, tho groat leader of tho
i "" In the fat)iprhn1 nf r?r.l on.l .l.a tinltv nf
...wi .tuu.. u UUU llt.U IIU M.... w
the Mnf Pat0r, wh0' 150 yonra beforo Ul Silk Hatters, Stone Cutters, 1
cbeiiinl ." f l8ral frora th0 PPres8,on of Founders, Hat Finishers, l
EUCIIIOD from COndlllnnn en imlmnmhta tlinf tllO ... ,. ..... -.l Ttlr.
U(e the renuirnH r..o.,.i... t.i.i. ....n (n.mi
, .---.. 4..uiivii ui ui ii;iv, nciv tw.v..
M "fe Into a new country.
' ba a manger In Bethlehem, wns born
tlin "snrvliii'.innii mill Innriinv.
Ill t.ntlllntl 1(1 (llUnll tllltirt fffl.il 1iiiIm iinnrH.i Hn.. Ili.ti. 1...1.I ....
---..,... ...u.. i... i, ituiii tn-ii iiiunicio, 119 HIUJ IIWIU 1ID-
somniies nmi iiavo formed n kind of nssoclatlon." Tho masters nnd
the nobility of tho nntlon had always looked upon tho tollers ns n sort
of chattel property belonging to them, nnd, of course, held sufficient
lnfluenco with the Inwnmkers to control legislation In their favor. On
tho other hand the workers had for so manv centuries nccontoil tliesn
conuitions and tolled on 11, 1G nnd oven 18 hours a day ca
for little oIbo than to servo their masters, that thu next fifty yenrs
only Isolated nttempts nt separate associations of workers.
About the beginning of tho next century, however, the masters wero
aroused to find ninny "frlondly societies" nnd other organizations of
Journeymen being formed. Moreover, tho troublo wns not confined
to London, and In 1(138 we find the njsliop of My reporting to Crom
well that "twenty-ono Journeymen shoemakers havo assembled on n
hill without tho town and Bent three of their
number to summon nil tho mnstor shoemakers
to meet them In order to Insist upon an ad
vance In wages, threatening that 'thero shall
bo none come Into town to servo for thnt
wnges within n twelve month nnd n day, but
wo woll have an hnruio or leggo of hym except
they woll take nn otho us wo havo doom' "
l'rlor to 1700 no continuous association of
wage enruers existed for maintaining or Improv
ing tho conditions of employment. Tho Jour
neymen tailors formed what might bo clnssed
tho first poBalblo forerunner of tho trndes un
ion, by organizing n trade society about 1710
to 1720. Irotwcen that time nnd tho close of
tho century a number of other societies of
tradesmen were Instituted, only to bo extermin
ated by the pnssngo of tho famous "General
Combination Act" In 17011, which forbado com
binations of wngo earners In tho Ujiltcd Kingdom.
an-
- - .Mt.feVI 111 U
L . ' nimself a worker In a modest calling, wlio
jr or life, accused by Pilate of "stirring up
' 'n Chrl6t'8 time, was full of trade unions or
and desiilsfid nriiE,, .,.. . ,i. i,,i
BlDnenl l """"i ""u u uico ui,iui..v
,;,.' 8IUrtng Into their lives nnd carrying
- U.IU edllllHtV tllPni.irl. tl.n ...nrl.l
' toncelved ami rur. r,i i , ,.n..u,i
kfj,.,. ,,, i...u in OOVIB17, uid ini"v
'" UeI0re the ntirlutlnn oo nnbnra nt
I earl -tf 0t CatUe' ')urve'orfl t 'rult In nnctent
Ir. . '. U,orla8 relate wonderful stories of re-
as v laouions mnda unondurnble by nn
but th Wero slaves man' of th0
V did h ""iuuun8 were not evoKea uy any
I 'hey result In any permanent association
sen in:
men'
qIde at ionuon coru-wuuioio
rsL '"ak,ns a Permai.ent fraternity" In re-
e'S Of the trade." nnd nlno .Mri Intor HlO
Through tho efforts of Francis Place, n mem
ber or tho common Council, n broad-minded
man, who sympathies extended to tho tolling
masses, though he himself wnB u man of some
wealth, this unjust Act was repealed In tlm
early part of tho nineteenth century and organ
izations of labor began onco moro to thrive
throughout tho Kingdom.
Tho traditional history of tho trades union
movement represents tho period prior to 1810
ns ono of unmitigated persecution and contin
uous repression. Such unions ns clnlmeii nn
existence before that dato possessed n roman
tic legend of Its early days. Tho midnight
meeting of patriots In tho comer of tho field,
tho burled box of records, tho secret oath, the
long terms of Imprisonment of tho leaders,
formed tho-bnsls of many nn Interesting nnec-
doto told Inter as tho organizations gained
strength throughout the land. Kven as lato 18IH six Dorchester ln
bor lenders wero convicted for the moro act of administering nn onth
nnd sentenced to soven yenrs' Imprisonment, which action stirred tho
tollers, to still grentor demands for Justice and tho right to nssoclate
themselves together for protection.
Early In 1829 tho fact became ovldont thnt solidarity nmong tho
wholo body of wngo enrnorB wns essontlnl ngnlnst tho combination
of omployors, nnd, following n disastrous six-months strlko nt Hyde,
near Manchester, the Spinners' Societies of England, Scotland nnd
Ireland wero Invited to solid dolegntes to a conference to bo hold nt
llnmsoy. In tho Islo of Muu, In tho month of December, 1820. As a
result of this conforanco a "Grand General Union of tho United
Kingdom" wns estnbllshed. During u decudo the successful of tho
lorger labor body fluctuated until In 1838 tho "Graud Consolidated
Trado Union," tho real forerunner of trades unionism, was formed.
Tclny tho llrltlBh Trades Union Congross, organized In 18C8, nnd
which correspondent to tho American Federation of Lnbor In America,
is tho national bend or Federntlon of nil the unions of tho Dritlsh
Isles Tho Urltlsh Trades Union Leaguo Is tho federation of tho wo
men's unions and has affiliated with It nbout 350.000 women .trades
unionists.
Tho birth of trndos unionism In Amorlcn occurred In tho year 1803
whan we find the Now York Society of Journeymen Shipwrights was
Incorporated April 3. Tho House Cnrpentors of Now York City soon
followed, hb did nlso a society of Journeymen Tailors, both of which
wero organized and Incorporated In tho yenr 1800. Tho nlms of theso
unions nt this early dato wero tho shortening of tho dally labor tlmo
nnd nn Incrense In wnges. -.
Worklngmen In other trades soon began to roallozo the benefits of
organization nnd many new unions wero formed, not only In Now York
City but In Boston, Philadelphia, naltlmoro and sevornl others of tho
larger cities. Then enmo tho Idea of n union of unions the first
form of federntlon in the United Statesami In August, 1833, n
"Gonoral Trades Union" was formed In Now York, binding together
In one federation nil the local unions of tho city. December 2, 1833,
occurred whnt had been ndvertlsed In ono of tho dally papers of Now
York as n procession of the "Gonernl Trndes Union," taking part In
which wero tho following locnl unions: Typographical Union, Jour
neymen House Carpenters, Ilook Binders, Leather Dressers. Coopers.
.. i nni,ior iinknia. Cabinet Makers, Cordwalnors, Tailors,
VUOU1B Uliu v.w.w...-. - -
Tin t'lnto ami aneei iron wornurn, jiu
lllow Basket Makers, Chair Makers nmi
nn.i-. sn Mnknra nnd Block nnd Pump Makers. Tho parade was
an imposing one. An address was delivered by My Moore, who,' dur
lug Jackson's administration, became tho first Labor Representative
'"prom'about 1850 to the "close of the Civil Wa. -vas a period of nu
tonomous trade organizations on a National basis while little energy
was spent devising or perfecting federations of an kind. Tho Inter
national Typographical Union was organized In 1850, tho National
Trade Association of Hat Finishers In 1854. the Iron Molders' Union
of North America In 1859, the Machinists, Blacksmiths, Brotherhood
of Locomtlvo Engineers and scores of others from 18C0 to 180C.
Trades unions In 1873, like everything else thnt depended upon In
dustrial activity for support, went to the wall In the great financial
nanlc of that year, and wages fell rapidly, and for several years
ho success of organization was despaired of, but In 1878 thero began
a healthy growth of local unions and even National organizations. In
1881 n call was sent out Inviting delegates to a convention at Pitts
burgh. This convention was the foundation of the American Fedora-
tl0Tho history" of labor has been a long and bitter ono, and not until
the last decade has thero been evidence that It would not continue to
remain Indefinitely the problem of civilization. Now, however, the
silver lining has begun to peep forth f,rom behind .the;. dark clodd."
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