The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-10-22
FEDERATION
MAKES GAIN
Splendid Work Accom-
plished by Officers
During Third Quarter.
TACOMA, October. 1909.


The passing of the third quarter o
the year has witnessed greater progres
in the trades union movement than
either the first or second, both of whicl
showed remarkable gains.
The general and successful observance
of Labor Day throughout the state ha,
tended to convince the public and EN-
poyers that the latter's effort to Grip.
pie and destroy our organization ha
but furnished further incentive to get
together That the day was marked
with greater interest, larger and better
demonstrations and farer press reports
than in previous years shows plainly
that labor is gaining in public favor as
numerical strength. The effort in Sc
attic to commercialze Labor Day was
not success, and in the opinion of an
antagonistic press was a serious mis-
take on the part of the exposition
management
Immediately following the close of
the extra session of the legislature,
which, as YOU are aware, did nothing
save add heavy burden to the tax
payers Cdirectly or indirectly the wage
Garner pays the taXes), we took up with
the executive and legislative committee
by correspondence the question of
greater activity in federation work and
plans for the fall months. All were of
the opinion that the expense of Il com
mittee meeting could be avoided and
the money be expended in organization
work and efforts to secure new affilia
tiOns The results thus far are most
flattering and we believe they are but
beginning. Members Of the committee
have pledged themselves to do every
thing possible to further this work, and
your president and secretary will de
vote some time to work in the field.
The frightfu disaster and loss of
life at the Rosyln mines is greatly de
plored. The prompt action of the Dis
trict Mine Workers and their interna
tional officers in placing $4,000 where it
could be used to relieve suffering, and
the local bylaws, which provide for a
81 assessment on all members of the To-
cal for each death, will provide in part
for the needs of those who remain to
mourn the loss of relatives, Such acts
foster a desire among all workers to
become members of unions, so that they
may participate in the benefits and re-
sponsibilities of such occasions.
The secretary treasurer has made
numerous addresses in the interest of
the federation before local unions and is
prepared to organize unions wherever
opportunity offers. BY his aid unions
were formed in Gle Elum in the follow
inc trades: Bartenders, cooks and
walters. carpenters, laundry workers,
sawmill workers, and a trades council.
This locality is now well organized
The thanks of the federation are due to
the Gle Elum Mine Workers for eff
fective preliminary work, as well as to
State Organizer Won Eschen, of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
for effective work with his craft. Off
GERS and members of locals will confer
favor upon the federation by sending
to the secretary-treasurer the addresses
of unorganized men, with occupations
designated to whom trade union litera-
tIre will be mailed. BY this means Is
the seed of unionism often sown.
Affiliated unions which have made a
distinct gain in membership during the
third quarter, as compared with the
second, are: Aberdeen, carpenters;
Black Diamond, mine workers; Burnett,
mine workers; Edmunds, shingle weav-
ers: Everett bartenders, building Ia
borers, BARRIERS, electrical workers,
laundry workers, musicians, maehinists;
Georgetown, carpenters; Hoquiam, Car
penters, painters, teamsters; Jonesville,
mine workers; Olympia, painters; Pasco,
carpenters; Roslyn, mine workers 20lo;
Rayensdale, mine workers; Seattle,
brewers, brewery engineers, carpenters
1871. coopers, electrical workers u, elec-
trical workers 2l7, plumbers, plasterers,
typographical, mattresses, postoffice
clerks. garment workers; Snohomish,
shingle weavers; Spokane, brewery
workers, bakers, plumbers, steam engi-
neers, typographical, bartenders; Taco
ma BARRIERS, brewers, carpenters, cooks
and walters, electrical workers 76, elec-
trical workers 4S3, horseshoers, plum
bers, typographical, painters; Walla
Walla. butchers, brewers, typographical.
New affiliations since last report are
as follows; North Yakima, carpenters;
Marysville. shingle weavers; Belling-
ham. carpenters (re-affiliationl; Taco
ma, bookbinders, garment workers ire
affiliation) Carbonate, united mine
workers; Aberdeen, laundry workers;
Gle Elum, bartenders, cooks and walters
newly organized; Dayton, carpenters;