Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-29
LABOR NEWS

cx6vuv,, One person is hap
sz6st4S ssLss5se54S generous impulse, and
the Christmas of 1871
will long live in the memory OF a nelp-
less woman. who, had 1t not peen hor
the kind hearts u certain union men,
might have been compelled 10 hVe hi
want for years to come. ,s ,,,,e
frrhe woman is Mrs James Tolland wi1e
of a former member OF the Fasaueno
Plasterers' union who died some sn'
ago. Recently Mrs. Toland purcnaseu =
small lot on Fifty-seventh street' INTENT
ing to erect a home on 1t wnen sne
cured the money Hearing OF ner ln.en-
tions. a number of the union men IN Los
Angeles and Pasadena got together anu
decided 10 give her Christmas present
After talking the matter over tney ue-
a,5ad 10 talxa the task Of building of her
hands. ,a,d-
Joe How and Ed Gerety were the ieao-
ers They visited e. j. BISHOP VINO .s oie"
the plans for the new house anu nlaue
out a list Of the materials necessaly'
This list was taken to Blinn g. Robinson,
who filled Il for a small sum and tnen
hauled the material to the lot. The Al
nine plaster company donated the plas-
| for while Talbot & Co. supplied the paint.
| Contractor Pingan donated the piuHpils
supplies. while the Labor Temple asso-
c,ation volunteered the brick and j. Pep-
pers did the hauling.
Early Christmas morning carpenters o
plumbers. plasterers and painters assem-
| bled at the lot, and before the shades oI
,ioi,t fall a nrettv cottage home stood.
rssdv for Mrs. Toland, and complete IN
every detail.
Pasadena Carpenters local No 7e9 held
omen house in the Stanton block nan
Thursday night, and the meeting was IN
every way a great success. r. ". Lam
bert acted as master Of ceremonies.
| The exercises opened at O'CLOCK WIZ WIZ
a pretty phonographic song, after wnlcn
n A. Gerety of Los Angeles Bricklayero
ana business agent for the Bulloins
Trades council. delivered the evening ad-
dress. welcoming especially the laoies ~
| the audience and speaking OF the extra
| efforts being made by the American feo-
! GRAFTON OF Labor Il, the cause OF the
| laboring people in general ana Soutnern
| California in particular. A SOLO Dy Hiiss
Matte Hicks followed.
| r. p. Mcmahon was then introduced
| He declared that all human endeavor
was the resul. of organization and tnat
| labor must, to wrestle fairly with tne
| tinoes organize The speaker stated that
| the objects of organized labor were man
fold. that the agitation against chid
| labor was due to work of the American
Federation of Labor, and urged that labor
| organizations take up the battle OF tne
| weak. He said: when the child iapor
| laws have become effective all those iit-
tie hands over yonder that used to work
| and drudge in the mills and factories OF
| the east will be held up in prayer pless-
| ing the name of Samuel Gompers."
| M. C. Hughes, a special national or
| ganizer for the carpenters, delivered
| forcible address on the objects and aims
| of the organization, which was twenty
six years old last June. 1t is the largest
trade organization in the world.
| He stated that in that time the aver
| age wage had been increased from 70
| cents per hour to A cents per hour. The
point was made that doctors, lawyers and
| all professional men have a strictly closed
| shop system; If 1t is good and Just for
them 1t is right and best for the me-
chanic.
Then followed plano solo by Miss
Drew, and Mrs. Hicks spoke in the in
terest of the Union Label league and
equal pay for women who do equal work
| with men.
Stanley B. Wilson was then presented
and delivered the address of the evening,
and was received with many demonstra-
tions of approval.
Among other things he said: II have
no particular quarrel with the capitalist
If he is a man, but in the face of all
the want and suffering l see sometimes
wonder how 1t is possible for capitalist
to be man.
"It is impossible for the foes Of or
ganized labor to kill 1t, because there is
i that in the movement which 1t is impos-
sible to destroy-the instinct of brotherly
| love and preservation of our fellows and
| ourselves.
1.-THE name of 'scab' is too good for
those of whom it is spoken, for scab
is an evidence of healing and one who
is known as scab brings no evidence
of healing to the body polite.
There is not thing that happens in
a union meeting that a good woman
should not know.
LET the organizations support each
other by always calling for union label
goods.
"This is not fanaticism, as some would
wish you to believe, but straight business.
Let us strive for the time when all men
shall receive enough pay for services,
during reasonable hours, to keep soul
and body together
c. N Hughes. business agent of the
Machinists of this city, is one of the most
enthusiastic boosters of the Labor temple
In recent statement, after referring to
conditions of the machinists' trade In
Los Angeles. Hughes says:
NOW the bad conditions have been
told, let us tell you the good conditions
here that compare with any city in the
world, and one in particular that every
union man and woman in the city of Los
Angeles feels proud of, and that is our
magnificent Union Labor temple.
1.-The temple ground covers 100 feet
frontage and is 120 feet deep, and we have
all the steel constructed up to the top
| of the building, which is seven stories
high, and the brick work Is now being
completed on the seventh floor. and by
January 1, 1908, the contractors claim
| they will have the roof completed.
"This Labor temple stock is sellirsg 1t
81 per share and can be sold only to
unions, members of unions or members
of unions holding honorary retiring cards;
l this is done in order that enemies cannot
Nhave anything to do with the temple.
"If any union man or woman can pos
sibly invest as much as $40, or your union
can do so, it is advisable that you do so
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