The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-22

Portland Quiet, staid. prosper
Gus. selfeatisfied Portland until
this year never bothered much
with industrial warfare. The
unions. az latter years, have been
growing steadily Also a closely
organised Central Labor Council
has been In control Co keep down
individual hotheads. and the pro,
gram has been 70 keep out OF
strike fights and to be conten,
merely 20 Eruw.
So. when May / came to Port
land this year. every union was
whipped into line by the leaders,
all differences were either adjust
ed between employer and employc,
or forgotten. and, though inspired
reports had emanated from the
EMPLOYERS Assn. the local branch
OF the National Manufacturers
Assn. about great labor war com
ing. these doleful prophets were
discredited
hut Portland could not prevent
the gage OF battle being thrown
down By the fouudrymeu when the
machinists scale came az for dc
clsion. and as soon as this fight
was started, just as In Los Ange'
les. the Employers Assn. took
charge OF the entire struggle,
chiefly through the aid OF Pres.
Corbett az the Willamette Steel
works. who was one OF the local
leaders IN the Employers Assn.
ARBITRATION REFUSED
About the time this fight had
the team drivers asked for the
long expected Is cents a day more.
Their employers. at the start. were
for prompt settlement. but--and
here the general beauty OF the
scheme appears once more-Prvs.
nanfield OF the Employers Assn.
informs the team owners that this
was not their concern az all. that
they We're under contract 70 lct the
association handle all union mat
ters. and n there was any finan
cial loss the Employers Assn. would
pay the bills.
Arbitration was refused Ran.
field. with Josselyu OF the Portland
Railway. Light * Power Co. and
Corbett. openly backed by the
heads OF the lumber industry.
like Booth OF the Booth Kelley
Lumber Co. himself a state sena-
tor. al once took charge Of the en-.
tire fight
The mayor. Ia an open meeting
OF the Employers Assn was brow.
beaten. jeered AZ. Inundated and
Missed until be gave IN and agreed
to employ. az the city's expense
all the special police the Employ
ers Assn. wanted 20 drive teams
for the draymen.
The council showed through an
anti boycott ordinance f0rhidding
boycott banners on the streets II
also. At the instigafion % the az.
torney for the Employers Assn
took up the Los Angeles anti.
picket and the Spokane antlfrCe
speech ordinance fsee any couuec.
toiH in the big fightEl and the city
government aad police we're turned
over 70 Banfield. who became. 70
all intents and purposes. mayor
anu a&M -fNtE NNE z UEftAHla
5ANFiELD's OBJECT
And what Was Banfieid's atti-
tude2
We have nothing 10 arhitrate.
We viii quit when there isn't a
union left In Portland" These are
few OF his deflantly announced
denunciations
Further. the Portland Employers
Assn. whipped into line some Of the
Retail Merchants Assn. and. just
as was done IN Los Angeles.
worked through an agreement that
the stores 81 the town would dis
play "Open Shop" cards. Some
stores did many refused. aud 50
great was the effect Of the secret
boycott on the Open Shop" stores
that in three days not a card was
left. Tens OF thousands OF dollars
were lost by the shop-keepers OF
Portland, who were jerked into q
fight hlindfolded by Banneld and
Josselyn.
And. remember. that all this was
over a matter Of Is cents a day foi
a few score teamsters' Queer. ISM
IT. That Ia. u would seem queel
II you had not known what had
gone before and the big game be
hind.
The game. as II was worked on
in Los Angeles. as 1t IS belnl
worked out IN Seattle. Spokane ant
Tacoma. The game 10 force fight
on weak unions. throw the entir,
strength Of organized capital int,
every fight and 10 make ever
town an open shop town. a place
where the bosses decide how low
the wages shall be. and whether
white men or Hindug shall work
HlNDUS APPEAR
In Portland. the lumber mills
began to bring In Hindu workers