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...TVX... THE OREGON "SUNDAY ' JOURNAL,' f, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ; MORNING. - OCTOBER - 1. 1911. REAL TEST IN BIG WALKOUT ON S; P. r-TO COME MONDAY ContInud from Page One.y I .1.1 I I I 'I' tii i . i .1 j-wn i .. r.. -J 1 nt i -" " ; : J . ( . ... , Union Employes of Harriman Car Shops, in Obeying Orders, Quietly Lay poivn Tools and Walk Out ly Bfihf the walk-put, were in session j all afternoon, but the declined JO 1s iuo any Official statement of th Sttua- "V do not know. ourselves, ;What tho niluatloii'l,- aM C R, Merrill, sec retary or the local federation and a member of th. general advlaory com mittee, nva win not know .untilkeoma time Monday, when th men wMl make report. - At that tlm we Will be pre pared, to Issuers detalledstatenient, which will ba. accurate." c , '.; ; Working- Wndr Ordrj The Members of tho advisory toard had expected to vet reporta yesterday from other cltlea afeotd by the atrlke, but they had received no reporta laat . evening. ' .' J' v .- -, "AH we can do la to took after our local affair," said Henry' Weber, presi dent of the local federation and mem ber of the general advlaory board. "The head officers of the national federation are running this atrlka and all ordera will coma from them." . " At the mass meeting yeaterday flva men were appointed to act with a gen eral advlao.'y committee, which probably will oon be called together and ba pre pared to negotiate with the railroad officials tf negotiation are opened. There will be 88 members on thla com mittee, representing the local feder ation 'of all the, cities affected by the strike. The committee will be called the general advlaory board, while 10 others : were appointed- with this five as a local advisory board. There are five crafts-Included In the strike and three -men were chosen from each craft as members of the local advisory board. ' Members of Board. N . The membera 'of the general advisory board are: Henry Weber, president of the local federation and representing the Blacksmiths union; C. R. Merrill, secretary of the local federation and representing the Machinists uionn; C. . F. Wohlf orthi representing the boller- ' makers and helpers; Joseph Vana, rep resenting the car men. . and J. W. Tar" naaky, , representing -the sheet metal , porkers. -, '. '. ' ' - " . " ' The other ten members who com plete the local advisory board are: Blacksmiths union C V. Gsrdncr and William Stevenson; machinists. F. D. Mclntyre and Albert Moe bollermakers, : Robert, Molander and John F. McAllis ter: sheet metal workera, H. G., Budahn and Charles Craig: carmen, Russel 8in ljfjeld and C. H. Arnold. fT Henry Weber estimated that between tOO and no men in the Portland snops were effected by the strike. The Joi. al yesterday afternoon placed Its es-. llmate at 169.' ' ' ""r "I do not feelleve there were more than a half dozen men who remained at work,' "said Mr, Weber. "Some of these were . old .men, who . hod been In the service for many years, and we did not ask them to strike. They can be of . bOt little use to the railroad com pony now and ttffeir. working will not injur us. Neither na we sk me lore men to strike, but ..we expect them to attehd strictly to their own business and not herd a bunch of scsbs around." XTo Tlolenc Contemplated. . -It is rtported that the railroad com pany will have men here to take your place Monday. What are you going to do about it?" ha was asked. "We ahall try to persuade the men not to go to work," tie replied. "Our pick ets will 06,4 all' they an, peaceably, to keep them fr.pni going to work, but there will be n violence. We do not .intend to uigage In- violence to win this strike, - Ave bellev' w are asking for nothing more than our- righWt. that public eeo- timent will be with us and that we will win - . - ' , ' .' J. P. O'Brien, general superintendent of the Harriman lines la Oregon, Jssued a statement at noon yesterday say ing that about 65 per cent of the men In bis division in the five crafts affect e. responded to the strike order. He said that the train service of the rail-.; road systeht' was not , impaired la tho least and that h did not anticipate that it would be -impaired. He announcea that ho would ' Issue. a statement, if conditions . warranted It. each day at noon, and aside from these statements l.e would have nothing to say for publl- tavtlen' the hour fq the strike arrived the men quietly gathered up or laid saldo their tools and walked" from the yards In groups or four or five. - Be cause of the; retrenchment policy of the railroad companies only a small force if men have been working on Saturdays, eo there wete only about ohe-thlrd of the usual number of men in the' shops, . both at the O.-W. R. as N. shops at Albina and the Souther? . Pacific shops at Brooklyn. , -.- At Albina, where 250 men have been working , five days' In the -week, about no were working yesterday, or tnn number 75 walked out at 10 o'clock and most of-those who remained quit work at noon At the Brooklyn shopB, where 309mcn are employed and 90 men were working today. 63 men left their work at 10 o'clock and moBt of the others did not return after noon. Pickets Are Put Out. "Most of the machinists who were not to be employed on Saturday took their tools home with, tbem Friday night," -Bald Mr. weber. Immediately after, the men walked . out pickets were placed about the yards of thef car shops of both companies. nd the strikers stated 'the- pickets would be maintained day and night un v til fhs controversy Is settled. While the advlaory board was .meeting . yesterday Afternoon one of the strikers brought the' report that the a witch men of Oakland had gone on strike . In" iynv. ; pathy. .... The news was received with great elation. .. y - ; - "There will ba more of them wut than that before the strike , Is very far ad vanced." said Secretary Merrill. "And 5f the strifto lasts very long , I predict thai other raiiroaaa win become In One of the members of the advisory hoard taW that , considerable Agitation had be-n goinjf on among' tKe freight tlerlts, and there was' a prospect that jncy would oln, the, strikers, , , FEDERATION HEAD Vv: MAKES STATEMENT. ON STRIKE ISSUE ''.. . ..'.V;'.;":?r:'U-'.- ' i '"V i':i',.y A atatf ment front F. X. Beguln of San riahrlki'o, president of the . newly or- j-anizfl federation, which the Harrlmaa' fiisttrn refused to recognize, this being r.f of the chief Oauses of the present ra.iroad strike, was made public by of f .cp rs or the local federation last night. The slntrment outlining the stand taken r-Y Hi unitfn men on the question In tortroveisy followsi. 11 , 1 "In order to correct misleading state made by the management, of the linrilinatt lines and given to the public, dorm it necessary that the public at lmge. should be made acquainted With tie facts In the ca regarding the re tiucntd of our, federation;, , The company "M ImIs iiave sen fit to discuss our li i.oM.jsreemort article by article. "The'tiave laid irreat stress upon the iiit-Amit lean principles of our appren vfiri. lifigardlng that matter, Hint which we have requested Is at the i roHeiit time In existence, snfl in defense f out resent apprentice system wc beg - - V v , . . . , VIS III' Jt I ? T h ' ' ' t I I f "v ' I . i ' o ... i - . --a. , , '- i - yi ss - :: i ' - -' ' . ' ' , ..; I -. &Ssy - 1 . i Vx I ' ,','" ' n. v i' W v? Yi - ! It J -SV x iT1- - '-' "M1 to' submit the following reasons for its existence, nameiy: ' ' "That It became necessary to estab lish an apprentice system on account of the abuses that had been practiced by" various employers; which were, that a boy could continue his apprenticeship Indefinitely and riow gray In th em ploy of his master without receiving Just compensation. We do not deny the right of any hoy to acquire a. thorough knowledge of our various' crafts, . but we do Insist upon the right' to judge the moral standing and educational qual ifications of men who are to succeed us in our vocations, and thereby In crease the intelligence and moral charac ter of our crafts. " "It has beefl customary with various employers to make specialists of their apprentices. Instead of permitting rto acquire a full knowledge of the trada. and thereby placing them at . the mercy) of unscrupulous and mammon worshp4 lng employers. We can not see any thing un-American In the stand we have taken for tne betterment of the Ameri can mechanic and the working class at lar. .i-. Another Statement made by the com pany officials la that we object to the physical examination and personal rec ord system. This hasebeen fought out Scenes Immediately following strike at O.-W. R. & N. company's car shops in lower Albina yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock. In top picture is shown strikers leaving yards with overalls undr-their arms. Pic ture in circle shows a similar scene... Adjoining it is the crowd of of outsiders on hand to greet the striking shopmen. and abolished and we insist that It re main so, that Is, In so far as the men employed 1b" the 'shops are concerned. We do not dispute the right of the company to examine men In various departments where It Is absolutely es sential for the safety of the. general public and in compliance with the law, Buch as lnspectora In the car depart ment But we do Insist that n6 man shall he subject to ' ti.e ' un-American treatment similar to the days previous to 1861. when a black man was placed upon the Mock and his teeth, eyesight, mind and muscles examined. "We contend that our employers buy only our labor power and not our per sons. They have foremen arid bosses to Judge whether a man Is physically able to do trie work required of him and they have the right to dismiss the em ploye It he does not meet -the require ments, j "Another statement made by the com pany officials concerns the hospital system. iWe contend that the men who furnish the' money to maintain the hospital should have voice In the management, f One Of the causes f th . revolutionary war was taxation with .......t.tiA.' nri ! thi American S. IIU, , DVI l"ll . - I people still revolt agalnst: that 'prkot- pie. f.-t;..-''Vit '.' I , "W are told that the, amount con. trlbuted by the employees Is nof ' iuf . .,. , flolcni to meet the running espenses. -' We are' only told this. Wo: have no means either to prove Or disprove this statement. There is notia man In tha employ of any 6f ; the roads , In our jurisdiction who would hesitate for a moment to pay twice tn amount ne is paying today if he had a voloe in . the administration of the money. We; believe that men who ere hurt or dis abled should be . aeoorded the beat treatment possible and awe are willing to pay for it -If this Is unreasonable, we have no proper1 understanding, of Justice. - : ' '. , '' "There have been Instances where men . have been "discharged from the hospital before a -cure had been effected, for the simple reason that the time allowance had expired. . . 1 1' . .w "Particular stress has been laid upon , v tfee subject of pensions, aa though this ; were desired by the majority.of the men.. ' We state for the benefit of the public ! that there Is no' guarantee that our. old and disabled brothera will receive -the benefits of this pension. ' In most-v cases, when a man becomes old and , disabled he la laid off during times of retrenchment and offtimes not reem-.-., ployed.- Furthermore, there 'Is no guar-j ( antes, that the men who are now re-, eel vlng these benefXa will -continue to , do so. It is only an aet of charity at best In case of a Job on Wall street the management of the roads might chans hands. Then what assurance. would these old men have that they would be taken care of by the new managers? What the average Amer- , lean wanta Is not charity, but a fair living wage, whereby he can provlds for his declining years and for those depending upon him. . ' . "Much has been said regarding the unreasonable demands of the men for an eight hour day. Men who havs , studied -the economlo question Of the day . .." are -forced to admit that the trend of , the times Is toward a shorter work day. -Where the eight hour work day la in ' effect more work and better results have been obtained by the railroad com-. , panles. ' ... "The company officials speak of the ,t . large Increase in their' shop exponas that 7 cent flat Increase would- make, claiming- that' In some Instances It : would be as high a 70 per cent. It . readily can be aeen that this Is absurd. -. If .any men are working in any of the shops on the Harriman system for 10 cents an hour they are certainly en titled to a 10 per cent Increase. ' "The Increases we have, received dur ing th last five, years have not kept pace with the increased cost of living. With data at hand, w are willing to . debate with our company officials that subject of hours and wages, and with yiat end in view we have asked that they meet us In joint conference as a . system federation. - - "The statement is mad hy the man agement that they are paying higher wages than are belngald on com petitive lines. This we will not admit. The Hill roads-in the northwest are paying a higher rate and allow one hour with pay to all employes at th dose of the week. Irrespective of the number of ' hours worked. This Is objected to by the management' of the Harriman lines. . The Gould roads, In competitive terri tory, also are paying a higher rate. "We request recognition of the feder- ation because we believe that more can be accomplished in that way, with leas expense both to tho men and to the company. The plan has been tried on other roads with the greatest success to all parties. We believe that all future 'j difficulties can best be adjusted ' through- this medium, and therefore deem, it advisable to Insist that -w-meet the company officials as a fed- i eratlon, or not at alL" I PARKROSE See f ' ' Baok . ' Page : Classified ; Section)'-, 2 Will Be Closed All Day Monday, Oct. 2 Jewish Holiday ' V f MOYER' ' .. f? v - , . , . Second and Morrison First and Morrison First and Yamhill Third and Oak 89 Third St. K i sjj i jjajii If 11 i The First Cost - ANDIRONS' SPARK GUARDS FIRE SETS uu w OF A HEATING STOVE ' SHOULn NOT .INFLUENCE ONE TOO MUCH IN MAKING A PURCHASE, FOR OFTENTIMES A LOW PRICED, FAIR LOOKING .STOVE HAS PROVEN TO BE ' ? 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