The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-10-17

Wednesday, October Is, 1919.
President Moncur called the
meeting to order at s p. m.
Credentials were presented by
Bro. Proyesky, of the Cigarmakers,
n to succeed Delegate F. d. Sartor;
Bro. P. J. Murphy, of the Engineers,
to succeed Delegate Anderson;
Bros. Lindstrom, Overvold and Cot
tie, of the Timberworkers; Bro.
Coyne, to succeed Delegate Mukle-
& bust, of the Tailors.
Il Delegate Taylor, of the Shoe Pol
ishers, rendered his resignation be-
cause of dissatisfaction in his
union. Acceptance deferred two
weeks.
Jewel Tea Co, Unfair
A communication from the Team
sters' International Union was re-
ceived and the request therein con-
tanned, granted. The communica-
tion follows:
Friends of Labor Everywhere,
Greeting: Our International Union
never before asked for assistance
from a general standpoint towards
patronizing our friends and refusing
to patroniZe our enemies.
For four months we have been
waging a battle against the Jewel
Tea Company, Incorporated. This
is a large concern selling tea and
coffee off of wagons in about two
hundred cities and towns in the Unit
ed States. nj the city of st. Louis a
new manager refused to grant living
conditions to the men Wol king Tor
that company. The membership
were forced to go on strike. The
same condition prevailed in Detroit,
We were unable to reach an agree
ment with the company
After the strike had been on for
four weeks, the General President OF
our International Union held con-
ference with the officials of the COM
pany at the Statler Hotel, in the city
of st. Louis, and endeavored 30 reach
a settlement, but failed.
For several years we had been
doing business with this company
without airy friction. The company
changed hands, Il majority of the
common stock being turned over to
strangers a new manager was ap-
pointed, and this manager imme-
diately started to reduce the expense
of delivering the goods to the Gus
toners. the new scientific manager
boosting himself on the plea that he
could reduce the expenses of the
company by reducing the wages of
the men. The same old system. For
the protection of our men in st
Louis and Detroit, the International
Union requested the membership of
our unions working for this company
in other cities to assist the local
unions in st. Louis and Detroit, who
were struggling for an honest days
pay, and in response the member
ship of our unions working for the
Jewel Tea Company in st. Paul. Gin
cinnnati, Chicago, Seattle, San Fran
cisco, Oakland, and several other cit
les refused to work for this company,
knowing that were their brothers in
ST. Louis and Detroit defeated, and
a reduction in salaries enforced. that
they, in turn, would have to fight for
their existence in their respective
cities. The men have been out on
strike now in those cities for several
months past.
We are not asking your organiZa-
ton for financial assistance. Our In
ternational brotherhood is perfectly
willing and able to finance this
strike, but we are asking you, as
trade unionists, to advertise the fact
IN your locality everywhere that the
Jewel Tea Company is UNFAIR to
our International and that the pat
ronage of your membership and their
friends be given to companies that
are not unfair to the trade union
movement. We have no grievance
with any other tea and coffee COM
panies or houses in this country.
The Jewel Tea Company sells tea,
coffee and other small household ar
ticles off their wagons-they have no
stores.
Render us all the assistance that
you can by advertising this condition
TO your membership, hoping that by
the friends of the trade union move
ment refraining from spending their
money with corporations or concerns
such as the one named herein, we
may be able to reach an understand
ing in the very near future.
You may rest assured that any
time in the future our international
Union can possibly render assistance
TO your respective organizations, that
said assistance will be gladly given.
Fraternally and sincerely yours,
DANIEL ]. TOBIN,
General President.
The following letter was received
from the Boot and Shoe Workers
International Union, notifying the
Council that the Endicott-Johnson
Corporation operated none but
strictly non-union factories. The let
ter follows:
TO All Local Unions. Central Bodies
and State Federations of Labor.
Greeting: Recently. there have
appeared in some OF the official
journals and labor papers large ad-
vertisements of the T.. Ss ]. Soc, man
ufactured by the Endicott-J ohnson
Corporation, of Endicott, New York.
We are writing TO advise organ
lied labor that the Endicott- ] Johnson
Corporation operate strictly nom
union factories.
When purchasing shoes, look for
the Union Stamp of the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union. the only guar
antee that shoes are union made.
Fraternally yours,
&. l.. BAINE,
General Secretary Treasurer.
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