Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-12-14
TRADES COUNCIL MEETING.

G.. A. Wright of the Shipyard La
borers presented credentials at the
meeting of December 6 and is now
an active member of the Trades
Council.
Joe Forstell announced his pass
ing into the employer class and his
ineligibility to sit in the Council
meetings. The Council asked him to
remain during the session. and later
he addressed the members. express
ing regret at being compelled to
forego active membership in his
union, and pledging consistent sup
port of the trades unions in all his
future acts.
The secretary read letters from
the State Public Service Commission
in regard to the Councils protest of
the local gas rates; from Camas pa
permakers, thanking the Council for
its donation of funds; from Mayor
Jesse T. Mills, suggesting a commit
teeman for a central committee
which will direct local soldiers re-
irrational work. J. A. Stocks was
appointed to this committee.
A communication from Transfers,
requesting the boycott of certain
stubborn drivers. was referred to the
Council executive committee, which
acts as the committee on concilia-
ton.
P. M. Kendrick was elected to the
board of trustees in place of Forstell.
Resolutions on the death Of C. A.
Beatty were adopted, as follows:
Chester A. Beatty, former presi-
dent of Olympia Trades Council, was
called by death the evening of No
vember 81, 1917.
I'm the passing of this young man
the Labor Movement has lost a
staunch and able champion. There
fore, be 1t
Resolved, That we, the members
Of Olympia Trades Council, bear wit
ness to his kind and generous heart,
to his integrity, to his faithfulness,
to the fact that he was a most de-
sirable citizen-morally, mentally,
physically. His jealous and intelli-
gent championship of the rights of
fellow workers and his fidelity to
their interests endeared him to hosts
of friends and commanded the re-
spect of everybody. His death is a
distinct loss to organized labor and
to the commonwealth. Be 1t further
Resolved, That these resolutions
be made a part of the minutes of
this meeting. and copies thereof be
given to the bereaved widow and
children and to Olympia Union of
Single Weavers.'
A resolution from Shipyard Labor
ers, asking Endorsement of its petit
ton to the American Federation for
"a charter which will give proper
protection" was read and, on mo-
ton to adopt, the question was lost.
In the discussion 1t was brought out
that the resolution did not state the
nature of the charter changes petit
toned by the Shipyard Laborers'
union.
Delegates Cramer and Burrell re-
ported on the status of the contro-
versy between the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company and its oper-
ators and linemen. H. L. Hughes
also discussed the question of repu-
diation by the telephone company of
the agreement Of settlement between
the company. its striking employees,
and the federal mediation commits
sion. In this connection two COM
mittees were appointed. One, con-
sisting of M. c. Burrell, E. r. Moh-
Ter and Henry Bettcher, has the duty
of soliciting funds for relief of the
striking telephone operators; the
other committee, made up of Fred
Hudson, p. M. Kendrick and C. B.
Young. will wait upon the local tele-
phone manager and discuss with him
his attitude toward the contract of
settlement of the strike. 'It is a
truism," said one delegate that
corporations are without souls, and
in this instance they appear also to
be without honor. After agreeing to
put back to work within seven days,
with former standing, all striking
employees who applied for reinstate-
ment within the time set, the COM
pany substituted it's own brow
beating policy and insisted that the
strikers should make application in
as new employees, and they
would be given work at the conven-
lence of the company. The operators
the contemplate offer and
denounced the company to the fed