The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-03-20
SEVEN SISTERS
CAMPAIGN ON.
PETITIONS ARE OUT AND CIR
CULATORS WILL BEGIN
WORK IN EVERETT-FED-
ERAL MEDIATOR FAILS TO
SETTLE LOCAL TROUBLE.

The Universal Eight Hour League
sounded the sentiment of the voters of
Seattle on the question of an eight
hour day when circulators secured 22-
900 signatures at the polling places on
city election day. And forty precincts
were not canvassed at all because ofl
lack of circulators. The people have
made up their minds to try out this
! thing called direct legislation, despite
the warnings of the State Employers
Association 1t will not be as easy a
task to get the signatures for the
Seven Sisters because of the multiple
| ity of the measures and the necessity
of going more or less into explanation
Of their purport. Everybody knew
what the eight-hour bill was and were
either for or against it. Argument
wasn't necessary. The Seven Sisters
will require systematic organization of
our union and grange forces and we
ought to be terribly busy right now.
What are the unions in your locality
doing? The blank petitions are being
distributed now from our Seattle head
quarters and the campaign must be
pushed energetically to a successful
conclusion. An hour or two each
evening in your own neighborhood
where you are acquainted will turn
the trick. Go to your campaign COM
mittee and enlist for this campaign
If you have friend outside the labor
movement who is interested and will
take a petition around, mail his or her
name and address to our headquarters,
1913 Sixteenth Ave. N, Seattle, Wash.
AND DO 1T NOW!
For the first time in the history of
this state the federal government has
taken hand in bringing about an
amicable adjustment of an industrial
dispute T. w. Boyce, an agent of the
Bureau of Mediation and Cancellation
attached to the Department of Labor,
was sent at the request of organized
labor to Raymond and Everett to ad-
Just if possible the trouble between
mill owners and employees in those To-
calities. After two days continuous
conference in Raymond settlement
was reached agreeable to both sides
and Virtually the conditions obtaining
prior to the lockout were restored
There will be no further discrimina-
tion against union men, and, in the
two mills operating with scabs, the
men employed at the time of the strike
will be re-employed as fast as open
ings can be made for them. In place
of shop stewards a committee from
the union will in future take up with
the management any dispute that may
arise These are the terms OF settle
ment which the daily press distorted
into a complete victory for the mill
men. We are perfectly willing they
should have that kind of a victory"
| In Everett the government agent
could do nothing the Robinson Co. |
taking the insolent attitude that it had
nothing to arbitrate" NOTHING TO |
ARBITRATE when, the company de-
liberately discharged it's men for no
other reason than that they had as
serted their right to organize. This
public -be-damned" attitude of some of
our large employers of labor may tide |
much longer against changing pub
lie sentiment. Upon what meat hath
this our Caesar fed that he hath grown
so great?"
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