The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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FOR LIVE STATE-WIDE LABOR NEWS SUBSCRIBE FOR THE UP'/-, $1 YEAR
THE OKLAHOMA LABOR UNIT
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR AND THE F. E. C. U. OF A. OF OKLAHOMA
Endorsed by the
OK1AHOMA CITY BUILDING TRADES COINCIL
Endorsed by the
OKLAHOMA STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR
Endorsed by the Oklahoma City
CENTRAL TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
VOL. 2
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, .11 LY 31, 1000.
NO. 6
LABOR ASSEMBLES IN 6TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
The Biggest Convention Ever Held in
State Will Assemble in Tulsa,
Monday, August 2nd.
Tulsa unions are ready to welcome
the delegates to the sixtn annual con-
vention, which will be called to order
Monday morning.
All arrangements have been perfect-
ed and everything is in readiness (or
the big gathering.
Many prominent speakers will be
there. Some politicians will be there
making "goo-goo eyes" at the horny
handed sons of toil. All eyes are on
that convention, for public opinion is
moulded in labor conventions.
Many important matters of public
concern will be considered. The old
age pension, convict labor as a com-
petitor of free labor, child labor, com-
pulsory education, eight hour work-
day, the attempted repeal of section
nine, article nine of the state consti-
tution, and many other matters of
ba advanced by all the speakers.
Headquarters will be at the Brady
leltel and the sessions of the conven-
tion will be held in the Bijou theater.
The following is a partial list of
delegates to the sixth annual conven-
tion:
Miners.
Local 1127, Wilburton—Matt McBl-
voy. Morris Cheatham.
Local 1306, Adamson H. E. Ma-
bry, Sam Allen, Luther St. Clair.
Local 541!, Midway—Wilfred Itlier-
wor,i (proxy.)
Local 1026 CMaignt" C. McMican,
Wilfred Isherwood: alternates, Stew-
art How-aids, 15. Pritchard.
Local 1176, Haileyville—J. W. Keith.
Local 12r>8, Alderson—A. E. Mortcr.
Local 1243, Hartshorne—A. O Ham-
ilton, F. N. Johnson.
C. C. ZEIGLER, Oklahoma City.
Newly Elected President State Federation of Labor.
NALLY, Lehigh.
First Vice President.
Newly
Common Labor
Should be Organized
The couvenion which assembles in
Tulsa Monday morning, August 2, will,
be a body of laboring men. It will be
the greatest r.nd best convention ever
held in the city of Tulsa, though there
may have been larger ones from a
point of numbers in attendance.
There will be a few delegates from
what is generally known as the Fed-
eral Labor Union, the organization of
day laborers. But there should be a
hundred. This class of labor should
be looked after the coming year, and
thoroughly organized. Organized that
they may be in a position to demand
lor their sevices a living wage. The
majority of that particular class of
labor receives as a day's pay on an
average of less than $1.50 per •lay—
v.hen tliey nave a job. But when they
i:
J. LUTHER LANGSTON, Oklahoma City.
Il< -Elected Secretary-Treasurer State Federation of Labor.
Continued on Page 8.)
LABOR'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
TO BE FITTINGLY CELEBRATED
Grand Parade, Headed by a Queen—Thirty-Five Lo-
cal Unions In Line of March—Outing at Park.
Labor's national holiday Is approach-
ing, and the Central Tradees and La-
bor Council is making preparations to
hold the biggest and best celebration
ever hold in the 30UtbwesL The
committees are working hard and
from report;, are meeting with noth-
ing but success on every hand.
The sports feature will be enlarged
upon and will be one of the most en-
tertaining affairs of its kind ever
seen in collection with a labor day cel-
ebration.
The parade will surpass In magni
tude any ever seen in Oklahoma City
and every labor organization in this
vicinity will be in the line of march.
An attempt will be made to induce
several thousand mlnerF to Join this
parade, and it is expected that at least
five thousand union men will be in
line.
Following are the rules governing
the queen contest*.
Rules Governing Labor Day Queen
Contest.
Rules governing the labor day
queen voting contest of the Oklahoma
Trades an I Labor Council and Build-
ing Trades Department, for labor day
parade, Sept. 6, 1909, are as follows:
Rule 1—Candidates.
Candidates to be the unmarried
daughter or sister, not under 16 years
of age, of any white union man or
woman living in Oklahoma City, nom-
inated by the central body and build-
lug trades department.
Rule 2—Nominations.
Time of nomination shall begin
July 2S, 1909. and close the first
(Continued on Page 5.)
Patronize your Home Merchant.
E. A. BOWERMAN, Oklahoma City.
Retiring President State Federation of Labor.
vital interest to the laboring people, | Local 1777, Gowen—Tom Roe Ctro
i. e. the farmers, and mechanics, will j Mastri, Victor Febro.
be taken up and acted upon. Local 1780, Krebs—Wm. Anient. Ji.
Governor Haskell will address the Local 1811, Phillips—Lee Payne,
delegates Monday night. | Local 1816, Alderson—W. J. Ander
Charles L. Daugherty, a member cf , son, H. H. Bosley, Thomas Malloy.
the typographical union, and commis- J Local 181'), Lehigh John Thorpe,
sionei- of labor, will tell the working | C. E. Connally.
people some things they ought to! Local 1864, Wilburton Tiiad villi-
know.
Robert W. Hobbs, editor of the Okla-
homa News, who Is perhaps better
versed in labor affairs than any other |
man in Oklahoma, will address the
convention Tuesday afternoon on the
"Attitude the Pess Should Take In
Labor Matters."
I j. y. Callahan, fraternal delegate
| from the state farmers* union, will ad-
dress the conven- —
ningham, S. M. Boydston.
Local 2070, Dow—S. W. Hen'ion. Ed
Hughes.
2097, Hartshorne
Matt Parsons.
2590, Haileyvlle—Joseph
Dan
Local
Hughes,
Local
Rouse.
Carpenters.
Local 276, Oklahoma City—F. H. Da
vis, Fred Kent
Local 165!). Bartlesville George Me-
| Connell, II. F. Akin, M. S. Miller.
Local 1886, Guthrie- John Millsap.
Local 1950, Cherokee -Geo. A. Walk-
er.
Local 292, Shawnee—M. K Akin.
Local 943, Tulsa—A. W. Patton, Jim.
.Miller, W. F. Brown, .1. 1C. Wall.
Painters.
Local 695, Bartlesville 'A'. G. Virgo.
Local 807, Oklahoma UlfcY II J.
Kobiits, W. It. Walter, Frame Martin
Local 935, Tulra—A. I. longer;
alternate, ('. S Kilwards.
Local) 1005, Chickasha A. W. iien-
n. It; alternat \ inmes Sevier.
Barbers.
Local 200, Oklahoma City—K. J
Miller, Ray Roberts.
Local 382, Guthrie—O. F. Fowle'.
Local 384, Shawnee W. M. Myeis.
Local 442, Tulsa—H. A. Sml'h.
Local 564, Sapulpa Abraham Kin-
ley.
Local 403, Ardmore—J. H. Smith
Electrical Workers.
Local 155, Oklahoma City—O. A.
Waller.
Local 456, Oklahoma City—Sam
Floris, F. E. Cross.
Typographical.
Local 283, Oklahoma City Ollie S.
Wilson, Mont R. Powell, Howard M.
Casler.
Local 403, Tulsa Oakley Thomas.
Local 490, Shawnee— C. Tullls.
Local 587, Guthrie, John I. Lovelace.
Local 613, Enid—L. S. Corey.
Local 649, Ardmore—Jesse L. Day.
Local 654, El Reno—O. S. Wilson.
Local 661, Chandler—P. L. Ulam.
Printing Pressmen.
Local 149, Oklahoma City—C. H.
Channaberry.
Leatherworkers.
GUS E. KOECKER, Tulsa.
Newly Elected Third Vice President
| tion some lime
during the ses-
sions.
W. T. Field, of
the locomotive en-
gineers, will be
in attendance
| und will moat
likely have some-
I thing of interest
to tell the dele-
gates.
There will be
other speakers
who will get their
"say" before the
conv«tJon ad-
1 journs.
| Every delegate
i should take ad-
' vantage of this
J opportunity t o
hear these speak-
ers, as much food
^or thought will
S. M. BOYDSTON, Wilburton.
Xewlv Elected Fourth Vice President
Local 653.
Chickasha — C
D. Martin, C. H
Heckman, S. P
Hall, J. E. BlicV
Local 763, Enid
—Julius Pleh, J
D. Carr; alter
nates, W. D. Wfl
ler, Chas. Webb
Local 986, Mc-
Alester — C. R
Mumaw.
Local 1028, AH
more — A. H.
White.
Local 1431, El
Reno—H. H. Be
ling, J. S. Camp
bell.
Local 1 5 8 5,
Lawton — H. F
Pugh.
Local 1603, An
idarko — Albert
Deemer.
< \ J.jL
J. S. CAMPBELL/ El Reno.
ewly Elected Fifth Vice president
JOHN D. CARR, Enid.
Newly Elected Second Vice President.
Local 67, Oklahoma City- John Von
Elm; alternate, C. C. Zeigler.
Street Railway Employes.
Local 408, McAlester—A. B. Good-
ner.
Teamsters.
Local 241, Chickasha—Ben F. James,
Joseph Belcher.
Local 330, Enid—A. W. Hair.
Local 583, Ardmore—J. B. DeAr*
mond.
Gas Fitters.
Local 440, Oklahoma City—H. F.
Cooke.
Plumbers.
Local 176, Tulsa—Edgar F. Jones.
Local 201, Oklahoma City—Bud Oy-
ler.
Sheet Metal Workers.
Local 344, Enid—J. R. Godfrey.
Garment Workers.
Local 222, Shawnee Miss Alice
Stone, Miss Viola Collier.
Federal Labor U Ions.
Local 12645, Bartlesville—Bert Rich-
ardson; alternate, Harry Jones.
Trade Councils.
Oklahoma City—J. A. Boggess.
Shawnee—J. A. Holland.
Sapulpa W. H. Johnson.
Chickasha—E. W. Powell, T. A. Bird
alternate.
I Tulsa—T. H. Clark; alternate Gus
E. Koecker.
Guthrie—W. C. Reaves.
! Ardmore—D. N. Ferguson.
Fraternal Delegates.
State Farmers' Union J. Y. Calla-
han, L. B. Clift.
Brick Masons—Oklahoma City, C. R.
Ruth.
Locomotive Engineers—W. T. Field,
W. L. Blessing.
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The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1909, newspaper, July 31, 1909; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106839/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.