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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
CHICAGO PROGRESSIVE
CIGARMAKEES ARE
HAVING HARD FIGHT

Eight hundred members of the
Cigarmakers Union of Chicago have
rome on strike against the Havana
American Cigar Co in their Ch caFo
factory (making the Preferencia
cigar) about two months ago. and
called out on strike 500 cigarmskers
Of the cornpany's factory at New
York.
They are demanding an increase in
wages and better working conditions
The company has stubbornly refused
to settle by arbitration or med alton
The strikers are showing great
solidarity, tut they must have funds
o feed Their families. Union men are
asked to contribute In this hour OF
,eed. This will make victory certain
For the striker Make checks pay.
able to Progressive Local No. 627.
Cigsrmakers' International Union OF
AmerfsR
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
TRADES
COUNCIL
N E w S

Wednesday nights session of the
Trades Council was called to order
by President Smith, twenty-five dele
gates being present
No credentials for new delegates
were received.
AT the request of the Building
Trades Council John Theuson, cleo
trician; Email Muttersback, building
laborer and Dan Snyder, brtcklayer,
were placed on the unfair list The
Olympia Brewing Co., manufacturers
OF Lact, Applju, Loju and Fruju, tenn
perance drinks, were likewise placed
on the unfair list
C:garmakers reported every mem
ber working. Painters reported they'd
have a float Labor Day. Longshore-
men report good progress with their
strike
The Everett Department Store,
having adjusted their differences
with organized labor, was taken from
the unfair list.
At the regular election of officers
the following men were named to
guide the destinies of the Council for
the next SIX months: President, w.
c. Hall; vice-president, A. Dieterle:
secretary, O. F. Wefferling; treasurer,
r. II. Mills; reading clerk, A. w.
Stanley; trustee, NJ. ]. Grant; SER
geant-at arms, Fred Donicht.
1t was called to the attention of
union men that Judge Ralph Bell was
not the Bell who started the open
shop fight in Everett. w. p. Bell
was the man.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
INJUNCTIONS IN TACOMA

The federal court in Tacoma re-
Gently issued injunctions against the
striking longshoremen forbidding
them to put in an appearance upon
or near any of the docks in Tacoma.
A fair ship belonging to Rothschild
& Jones has been lying in Tacoma
for several weeks. The men at once
decided to try the metal of the court.
They dec ded to go to work and load
the ship.
We have not as yet heard of any
of the men at work being summoned
for violating the injunctions.
Truly a veritable farce. Injunc-
tions, HI!
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
X. G.. BAKING POWDER is
UNFAIR

The Jacques Manufacturing Co.,
makers of the K c. baking powder,
refuse to use union-made cooperage,
despite the efforts of the Chicago
Coopers' Local Union No. IS to have
them use union made products. They
eay that organized labor will have to
show them how they are gong to
benefit by patronizing union labor.
The gauntlet is down and it is up to
organized labor to tell your grocer
why you refuse to use X. C. baking
powder.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
CITY LABoRERS WANT MORE

Pusburg. Pa.-Seven hundred lab.
ercrs employed by the city are de-
manding that wages be increased
from 81 to t2.40 day. They are also
ohjecting to being compelled to pay
for their white uniforms, which cost
1886. These uniforms, it is claimed.
are hard 10 wash and last but a short
tine. These workers are organized
and affiliated with the American Fed
erst!on Of Labor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
RIOTERS IN CORK
SMASH WINDOWS IN
RECRUITING OFFICE

Cork.-Carryinc a eign on VIII ch a
large skull and crossbones was paint
ed, several hundred rioters paraded
the streets, boong and kissing the
British soldiers, and smashing the
windows of the chief recruiting Of
flee. After they had inscr bed on the
pillars OF the tar works the words
up with the republic" the soldiers
dispersed them.
Several shots were fired outside
the residence of Capt. Phillips, chief
of the government recruiting office,
but no one was seriously injured.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
WHAT HAS BECOME OF MILLION DOLLARS?
PACIFIC COAST LONGSHOREME CHARGE BETRAYAL OF
STRIKERS BY FRISCO POLITICAL LABOR SKATES


Tuesday, August /, p. m, in the
City of San Francisco, to adjust work
ing conditions and wages. 1t is agreed
between the employees and employers
that any adjustment of conditions and
wages agreed upon at the above con-
ference shall be effective August /.
1916
Should ongshOremen at other
ports not resume work under condi-
tions and terms of agreements in eff
feet on May 81, 1916, owing to diff
ferences between them and the EN-
ployers, the members of the Water
front Employers Union of San Fran
CISCO agree to employ union men di-
rect to do such work as they control
under the terms and conditions of
the agreements existing at the va
riou3 ports on May 81, 1916"
The San Francisco Chronicle plain
ly stated that the above named men
were working hand in hand with the
Commercial Club and the Chamber Of
Commerce. From the first arrival of
the District Board in San Francisco
the executive committee of the Water.
front Federation placed all and every
obstacle in the way of the board meet
ing with the Employers Union. their
claim being that they should have a
say in the settlement.
Imagine the measly ponuical crooks
of San Francisco having a say in the
business of the Pacific Coast District
of the International Longshoremen's
Association.
One amusing feature in the whole
proceedings is the action of NJ. T.
Doyle, business agent of the San
Francisco Riggers and Stevedores.
When Thomas Olsen, the union man
was murdered by the negro strike
breakers, NJ. T. Doyle demanded of
the District Board that every man
upon the coast working for the EN-
ployers Union be again called out on
the District Board, NJ. T. Doyle ap.
pended his signature to the call
Doyle for some reason or other
monetary, We presume) now is doing
his level best to drive the members
of his union back TO work and leave
the men he called to help them finish
he fight alone.
That the membership N Frisco will
be bullied into going back TO work We
do not believe. For many years the
werlG has known that Frisco was con-
trolled by measly grating bunch of
20 iticai labor skates. And among
these fakirs none were so disreput-
able and vile in their methods as the
above mentioned men.
Another of the fakirs is the chair
man of the str ke committee of the
San Francisco Riggers and Steve
dores, Thomas Herring, who holds
Wo job'-being superintendent of
he Rolph Steamship Line and fire
commits ioner of the CITY of San
Francisco. This gentleman draws
five dollars day from each job How
A.ce' Superintendent for Mr.. Rolph
Continued on Page Two
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28

the direct cause of the cessation of
work all along the coast June 1st.
The said Waterfront Employers
Union Immediately appealed to the
Federal Department of Labor for
mediation. Hon. Henry NJ. White was
detailed by Secretary of Labor Wilson
TO act as mediator between the en-
ployers and the Pacific Coast District
executive committee. Mr.. White, in
conjunction with the executive COM
mittee of the Waterfront Federation
of San Francisco, arranged a con-
ference between the Employers
Union and our executive board June
Sth. This conference resulted in an
agreement being reached on the
morning of June 9Th, and read as
follows:
San Francisco, June 8, 1916
Resume of Proceedings in Confer
ence Between the Executive Board of
the Pacific Coast District of the |. L..
A. and the Waterfront Employers
Union of San Francisco, the latter
Acting for Themselves and Also for
the Waterfront Employers Union of
Puget Sound.
Men to resume work Immediately
under scale of wages and working
rules as submitted by the employees.
This conference to be continued i'm
mediately and such wages and work
ing rules as are agreed upon by both
parties to be submitted to referen-
dunn vote of the employees at as early
a date as possible, in the meantime
the employees to receive the wage
scale and work in accordance with the
working rules as submitted by the en-
ployees until the new wage and work
ing rules as are agreed upon by both
parties are adopted by referendum
vote of the employees.
1t will be noticed that one of the
coalitions especially laid stress upon
was that the conferences were to con-
tinue Immediately, yet as soon as the
district executive board had sue
ceeded in having our members return
70 work under the above terms, we
were informed by the Employers
Union that no further conferences
would be held before June 26th. The
district executive board thought this
TO be a rather strange attitude for the
employers to assume and prot 'stei
against deferr!ng action. Mediator
White at our request endeavored to
have the conferences resumed June
10th, or as soon thereafter as posi-
BILE, but met with a flat refusal from
the employers. The district executive
board then began an investigation to
ascertain just what the employers
had in view or intended to do in re-
CARDS to the agreement our members
had resumed work under. We found
the employers still retaining their
strike-breakers. We also found that
they were making preparations to
gather and house ST.: more strike.
breakers. In view of the fact that
our members were working for the
very employers in question, We could
Continued on Page Two)
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
BoILERMAKERS WIN STRIKE

Seattle. h.--Bollermakers' union
No 104 has won its five months strike
against the Seattle Construction and
Dry Dock company. The union rati-
fled an agreement negotiated by its
business agent and the company's
superintendent
This concern has been a pronounced
advocate Of non-unionism, which 1t
advertised RS the open shop" The
settlement affects boilermakers. help.
ers and other mechanics to the num-
ber of about 400.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
LABOR DAY PARADE
AND PROGRAM ARE
ALMOST COMPILE ETED

The Labor Day committee is work
ng hard to make this coming Labor
Day red Letter day in history 1t is
enjoyable to see the enthus asm this
committee s. putting in its work.
They are without doubt the best and
.iyel!est working committee organized
.abor has had
The program so far arranged is a
Monster Peace Parade, to start at 10
a. m. sharp. Speaking at l p. m.
Boxing and sports at p. m A carni-
Sal and lots of fun for the young and
Did, AID dancing in the evening.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
THE LONCSHOREMENS SIDE OF THE CASE
A STATEMENT OF FACTS COVERING THE PACIFIC COAST
STRIKE AND THE CAUSES LEADING UP THERETO

The following is an official state.
ment of the executive board of the
|. l.. A The attitude assumed by the
employers Unions" should enlighten
strike:
YOU SHOULD KNOW WHO is
RIGHT
Riggers and Stevedores' Union of
Seattle. Pacific Coast District of the
International Lonashoremen's Asso-
citation, San Francisco, July 7, 1916
In introducing this statement we
wish to point out that while nearly
all classes of labor have received sub
stantial increases in wages and bet
terment in working conditions all
over the country, during the past few
years, by agreement with employers,
and in many cases several increases
and better working conditions have
bene granted voluntarily by en-
ployers however, the longshoremen
of the Pacific Coast ports have not
received any increase in wages or
better working conditions in the past
few years, except a few isolated cases
in some ports in which the employers
were paying much less wages than
was necessary to keep competent
longshoremen on the job. On the
contrary, the wages of longshoremen
on this coast have been reduced and
working conditions made harder by
the introduction of modern gear and
speeding up methods during the past
few years.
The Pacific Coast district conven-
ton of longshoremen which met in
Seattle, Wash, May 1st of this year,
was composed of representatives
from every port on the coast. In re-
viewing the situation the aforemen-
toned representatives found that
while our employers had increased
their profits from five to eight hun
dred per cent, they had granted us no
increase, nor in any way tried to
make the unbearable conditions un-
der which our members worked any
better, except the few cases hereto
fore mentioned. Therefore, it was
decided by unanimous vote of the said
convention, in view of the prosperous
conditions enjoyed by our employers,
TO request a modest increase In wages
and more humane working conditions
for all ports on the coast uniformity
in wages and working conditions and
rules being the one question that re-
ceived careful consideration and was
adopted in order that no one port
should enjoy all advantages in this
respect that was not enjoyed by all
ports alike.
Consequently, a Pacific coast wage
scale and working rules governing all
ports and effective June 1st was pre-
sented to our employers. Many fair
minded employers agreed to the said
wage scale and working rules, and
announced their willingness to COM
ply Herewith. The Waterfront EN-
ployers' Union, composed of some of
the principal employers on the coast
refused to grant the increase and was
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
STRIKE FOR EIGHT HOURS

Wilmington, Del--Nearly 1000 boil.
"rmakers and iron ship builders, EN-.
ploy"d by the Harlan & Hollings worth
corporation, are on strike for an eight
hou- dsy and 10 per cent. wage in
crease
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28

The first question to settle in the
minds of thinking people is Where
has the million-dollar slush fund
gone raised by the San Francisco
Waterfront Employers Union to fight
the striking Longshoremen?" The
Pacific Coast longshoreman knows
where much of it has gone, and
imagines the Riggers and Stevedores
of Frisco also know.
Let us glance at the personnel of
the executive committee of the Water
front federation of San Francisco,
not forgetting the fact that these are
the people who have blocked the way
Of the Pacific coast district board in
their negotiations with the ship
owners:
First comes J. H. Mclaughlin, pres
ident of the Material Teamsters, and
labor commissioner of the State of
California; Paul Sharrenberg, of the
Sailors Union; ]. Corey, of the Hoist
ms E@hS -HtelS, dlIlCh L ~ Iii, pItSl-
dent of the Marine Firemen, Oilers
and Water Tenders; Barnes, of the
Pile Drivers; Michael Casey, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Transfers
and past president of the Board of
Public Works, reputed to be worth a
million dollars.
Now to the committee of the Rig
gers and Stevedores of San Francisco,
who, in conjunction with the above
named men, violated the instructions
of the Seattle convention Of the
|. l. A:
John Kean. past president of the
Pacific Coast d strict of the l. L. A,
also deputy labor commissioner to
]. H. Mclaughlin; NJ T. Doyle, bust
ness agent of the Riggers and Steve
dores, who ran at the Seattle conven-
ton for the presidency of the district
and was overwhelmingly defeated;
McNulty business agent of the Rig
gers and Stevedores, and Ryan, bust
ness agent of the Oakland Riggers
and Stevedores; Thos A. Maloney, a
well-known lickspittle, peanut poll
tician and now a candidate for the
state assembly in the Twenty-first
District, a weak tool of the above
men, member of the local strike
committee.
The following is an exact copy OF
he agreement entered into by the
above named men with the Water
front Employers Union, despite the
explicit orders of the Seattle conven-
ton that all settlements made must
be made by the district board and
must be coastwise settlements;
The lOngshoremen of the port of
San Francisco to return to work on
Monday. July II, under the terms and
conditions of the agreemtnts in effect
May 81, 1916
That a conference, composed Of
committee from the Waterfront
Workers Federation, a committee
from the Riggers and Stevedores'
Union, Local 1888; a committee from
the Waterfront Employers Union,
and a committee from the locals of
the ports that are now affected by
the strike, shall go in conference on
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
cow BUTTER STORE IS FAIR

The Cow Butter Store, Hewitt ave
nue.. is now fair to organized labor
of the fact.
j. c. Sovde, 1916 Everett avenue, is
also fair to organized labor. Through
an oversight we forgot to take his
name off the Unfair List.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28
EDITOR WANTED

l. Man wanted to edit, manage 1.
+ and solicit advertising for the +
+ Journal Must be a live wire. !.
+ Salary $20.60 per week with COM /.
+ mission on increased business. T.
4 Make application to the Board i.
+ OF Control, Labor Temple. +
+ Board will select editor August I.
+ 9th. /.
I. + I. + + + 4. + + I. + + + + + I.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28

/ Social democracy is not a flock of
sheep to follow Its bellwether blindly.
or a pig to be led by the nose.-Au.
gust Bebel.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28

Later on It will be necessary to re-
claim the lands OF the soul that have
been swamped by the ser OF war
Australian Worker.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28

A society that has all its property
at the top and all its discomfort a,
the bottom will tumble over into
r. n. Huntington.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-28

Kodak Films developed for cents.
Prints &c and M. Juleen's Studio.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-29
Let Want Ads Run
Your Errands
s|}lIIfI7|IIi'':.l''||T.II

Almost every article of household
use from vacuum cleaner to din
ing room set, or any kind of household
help-a maid, cook-you can find
quickly and cheaply with our Want
Ads. Turn to our Classified Adver-
Using section, You may find there
right NOW just what you have been
looking for. If not, send or phone
a little three Or four line Want AID to
us today. 1t Will go out through the
columns of this paper all over this CITY
and will almost surely get the de.
sired result
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-29
q :
ADJUSTMENTS
EIks Matinee Today

Unbounded interest by the lady folk
is centered in the current Redmond
Production at the Elks theater namely
the famous play, The Great Divide.
The story reveals a great problem Civ
en- by one of their sex to solve and the
eventual working out of the theme
provides deep food for thought and q
great many aVerse opinions as to the
course she takes. Ruth Jordan, the
Young girl finds herself alone in lit
tie mountain cabin when three I'M
scruplous rascals, filled with liquor
break in and decide to toss dice for
her possession. The one with the
clearer mind buys off the others and
forces her to marry him, which she
does as the only other source left open
is to take her own life.
THE Great Divide" will hold the
boards up to Sunday evening, the reg
ular matinees being given this after
noon also tomorrow afternoon. Com
mencing Monday the Redmonds will
stage the we'll known Oliver Morosco
success. Help Wanted. This will
mark the first presentation Of the play
in the United States at popular prices.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-29
WAR JUST STARTING
SAYS LLOYD GEORGE


LONDON, Jan. %, 1915 p. nj
ginning" said David Lloyd George,
minister of munitions in an interview
today with the London correspondent
of the Milan Secolo, but ] am abso-
lutely confident of victory because,
although we all have made mistakes
in the past, England and her allies are
now taking counsel together and will
be stronger because they are better
united. BY next spring we shall have
for the first time more munitions than
the enemy, and our superiority in men
is unquestioned. Beside this, Ger
many's financial position is growing
worse daily"
The minister of munitions admitted
that the entente allies We're all caught
unprepared and had to organize armies.
England, he said, had to create an
army Asked if he thought the war
would end in deadlock, the minister
said that such a thing must not be
thought of for a moment
ut may take a long time" he said
but we must crack the nut before
we get at the interior Wearing down
the outside is too long and wouldn't be
a smashing, pulverized victory. Pres
sure is becoming greately. They are
spreading their frontiers temporarily
but are becoming weaker in a military
sense, and the process of strangulation
will squeeze them more and more"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-29
THRIFT DAY TO
Be CELEBRATED
Thrift Day February Third to An
nually Impress Public With Right
Understanding of Thrift

The tendency to misunderstood, if
not forget, the simple precepts OF
Benjamin Franklin for ones daily
life, mas already developed a mode of
living in this country that borders
Very closely on universal eXtrava-
gdnce. When wastefulness is INDUCED
in by the moneyed class it is re-
Srettable, though not serious. but
when it extends to the middle ami
working classes. then it becomes a
matter of vital Importance to every
individual in the country.
Many people misunderstood the
boarding of money as thrift Others
seem to consider it something to be
ashamed of-an indication of mean
ness 1t is q badly used and much
misunderstood English word that
finds itself in the past participle of
the verb TO thrive" 1t is not a word
of evil significance, but of good. 1t
carries Wisdom-not meanness; spend
ing Wisely-not boarding.
I Some even think of thrift as n
moaral weakness. 1t does not appeal
90 iiNiOi VI lOllldIliN L CT INV III
tie is there of strong moral character,
heroics or romance, to the unfortun
ate who has through lack of thrift
become dependent and in debt.
In the hope of adjusting the pub
lie mind as to its present day ideas
of thrift, there comes from Philadel-
phia, a new movement for the an
-.
ruary Sd. It is believed by infltenc-
ing every individual to observe thrift
once a year by actually practicing it,
much of the misrepresentation in re-
gard to it will eventually vanish.
1t is pointed out by those respon-
sible for the idea of Thrift Day, that
thrift actually began with civilization
when man first found it necessary
to provide for tomorrow as well as
today It's practice developed long
before money was used 1t is the
development of order in individual
management, and domestic organiza :
ton. 1t means the elimination of
Thoughts and actions. The resources
of the thrifty person are conserved;
useless expenditure is eliminated
Thrift is guided by forethought and
reason and never operates in fits and
Jerks 1t makes the most and best OF
everything. and lacks nothing. And
paradoXical as it may seem thrift is
not the saving of money merely for
savings sake. 1t frequently sacri-
fees for the immediate good of 9th
ers. and is always ready with a pres
ent priVation for a future need
Many financial institutions. in q
spirit of broad mindedness that is tC
be much commended, are cooperating
to properly develop a true under
standing of the meaning of thrift
and the establishing of Thrift Day
February ID is one big step forward
in this great educational undertake
ing.
With proper knowledge of thrift
and what it stands for personally ane
in the home, it is to be expected thai
every day will become Thrift Day t.
all thinking individuals. The spirit O
thrift is fully expressed in the words
of the Divine Master: Gather up the
fragments that remain so that moth
| ing may be lost"