The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-01-14
WEAVERS ARE PROGRESSING RAPIDLY

eight hour day but the Marysville con.
vention was the first one at which
something definite was accomplished
toward bringing the shorter workdav
INTO effect. Very encouraging report :
were heard from manufacturers in vari-
Gus parts of the state who favored an
eight hour day if it could be made uni
versal in the trade The industry has
been handicapped for many years by
production which has been re-
Sponsibc for glutted markets and low
prices. Close downs have been fire.
! qucnt and disastrous to weavers and to
many small mill owners whose limited
capital calls for continuous cutting oper-
ations. 1t is believed that a shorter
workday cannot fail of producing a
stimulating effect upon the shingle
market. The advantages to wcavcrs of
an eight-hou day in increased labor
efficiency and added time for study and
ic'ic"tion Wtic 700 Ncll known TO the
delegates to need much discussion.
Plans for introducing the eight hour
day with as little friction as possible
between mill owners and weavcrs were
promulgamated and an educational cam
paign will be conducted among the
members at large, and it is the hope of
all that the industry will be placed on
an eight hour day basis in the near fu-
ture.
Miss Elizabeth Gurley Finn address
ed the convention and in IN impassioned
speech portrayed the relentless police
persecution going on in the city of Spo-
kane
Regardless of the sentiments of the
delegates toward the tenets of the or
ganzation to which Miss Finn be-
longed, the convention was a unit in
denunciation of the brutal methods en-.
ployed by the city officials of Spokane
in their warfare against the Industrial
Workers. BY a unanimous vote the con-
vention donated the sum of one hundred
dollars to the Industrial Workers to aid
them in the Spokane fight.
The convention was royalty enter
tanned by Local No. l3. of Marysville,
and the citizens generally. The banquet
Wednesday evening was an occasion
long to be remembered by those present.
An elaborate menu was served and the
boys did full justice to the good things.
A number of rafting good speeches
followed the banquet, among the speak
ers being See Treas. Charles Perry Tay-
lor. of the State Federation of Labor:
President Case. of the Federation: Rev.
Bushell: D. A. Ford, of the Single
Grading associations; Organizer Young
of the American Federation of Labor;
Ex-president ]. G. Brown, of the Inter
nationals President Folsom. of the In
ternational, and others. Delegate Geo.
Morrison, of Marysville local, ably
acted as toast master and introduced
each speaker in a happy vein.
The local committee IN charge of the
ball did themselves proud in the manner
in which they made the delegates at
home Stornfel's orchestra furnished
the music and the dancers made merry
until an early hour in the morning.
Blaine, Sedro Woolley and Raymond
were bidders for the next convention,
and Raymond carried off the plum after
spirited contest
The sub-district plan of organization
received the unqualified endorsement of
the convention and the work of organ
izing the yet unorganized will be
pushed with VICAR during the coming
year.
| The single weavers will fall in line
with the electricians, cooks and walters,
bartenders and other trades that wear
monthly buttons, the convention vot-
ing to adopt that system. The unquali-
fled success which has attended Ev-
erett local in the use of monthly
button was strong factor in Undue
ing the convention to give it an In
ternational try-out.
These annual conventions are prov
ing of good educational value to the
membership and with the elimination
of election eanvassing during the ses-
sions it has been made possible to de-
vote the time of the sessions toward
planning ana working out of the vari-
Gus measures of vital Importance.
Watch the Single Viewers during
1910!
Everett is well represented at Ho-
quiam this week, large delegation being
| in attandauaa at tho aanvauf ion of the