The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-04
UNION LABOR To BUILD
HOME. FOR fR|EhDLEss
TO be Erected in Spokane, Wash.
ington at a Cost Of Forty
Thous and Dollars. =.
Individuals to Contribute One
p Days Work or it's Equiva-
y: lent in Cash. i,

SPOKANE, Wash, March 18.-Or
ganized labor will lay every brick
stone and tile, drive every nail and
WELD the paint brushes, as we'll as do
the roofing and other work on a struc-
ture, costing $4,000, to be erected in
the Friendless: Business and profess
slonal men and members of the vari-
GUS unions in Spokane are to raise the
fund needed to erect the building and
furnish it from cellar to garnet. Every
able bodied man in Spokane will he
invited to contribute one days work
or it's. equivalent In cash, while the
100000 club, of which Arthur W. Jones,
an official Of the Cigarmakers' Union,
is secretary, undertakes to subscribe a
dollar for every one raised Nv the
unions and businessmen.
Asa V. Braderick, chairman Of n
/ special committee of the 10000 club,
has set aside Thursday. April 2, when
100 representative members of the Or
ganization, which has 5000 names on
! it's rolls, will make a whirlwind CAM
paign in Spokane for funds. Soliciting
committees will also be sent to Cheney,
Medical Lake, Mead, Chattaroy, Deer
Park, Spangle, Rockford and other
towns in Spokane county,
The proposal to donate a days work
| came from H. E. Hermanson, secre-
| tary of the Stone Mason's Internation-
al Union No. of Spokane, and was
| quickly taken up by the 10000 club
and other trades and labor unions, in
Guiding Federal No. 1854, Thomas
| Mallory, secretary of which, said:
1.-THE Home for the Friendless is an
! institution for which the workingmen
of Spokane are willing to donate their
services or money. It is for the bene-
| tit of their children. also for widows
| and orphans who are unable to sup
| port themselves because of age or
sickness. The orphans of the wealthy
| are not likely to need the provisions
OF such a home, but for the working
man, who depends upon his labor for
! the support Of himself and his family,
| the institution makes a direct appeal"
Mr.. Braderick said that if the club
and unions had the opportunity OF
| reaching every man in the county with
| their proposal the amount REQUIRED
| would be subscribed over several
I times, as there is not one who will
! refuse to give assistance to a charity
of this character He added:
| How little = it means to each one
and yet in the aggregate what a.
| great amount Of good could be accom-
pllshed with this money. Another
great factor entering into this popular
! subscription will be the general inter-
est and sympathy for the welfare of
the home in the future, for the reason
| that every one who subscribes to the
I fund will always be Interested in the
/ cause, regardless Of the amount OF his
contribution
Through the combined efforts of or
ganlzed labor and the 100000 club, the
WIDOWS and orphans Of, the city and
/ county will be better protected AMI
provided for in the future than thew
nave ever been before, ad I feel that
/ the interest will continue.
I'VE will have general COMMITTEES
of 100 men in the field early in the
morning of April 2, and a systematic
campaign will be made The CON-
| mittee will send squads into everv
block Of the city, and every man will
| be solicited.
1--WE are all much gratified over the
| action taken by the unions in SPOKANE
and I may add that every member is
! enthusiastic. For every dollar sub
scrlbed by the working men the $780,
600 club will add another to the fund.
Every salaried man, whether identified
| with union or other organization,
Will be asked to subscribe.
I'VE believe that the men in the far
tories, mills, stores and other business
houses realize their responsibility in
this cause and that each will donate a.
days work to the fund without further
question when the soliciting commit
tees make their rounds"
The 100000 club has been siena11v
successful in its campaigns for funds.
the last being the raising of $4,000
| toward the completion of the Young
| Mems Christian Associations home in
Spokane, The structure and furnish
lngs cost $185,000. In addition to IT'S
rooms, gymnasium and classes there
is a department for the training Of
young men and boys. This was en-
dowed by Col. D. P. Jenkins, a pionear
Of Spokane, who set aside $4,000 for
the. equipment and teaching staff. The
Jenkins institute was opened two
months ago and has today 200 students
on its rolls: Many of these are young
men,: employed during the day. -:
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