The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 23, 1910 Page: 7 of 8
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PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES; THEY'RE LOYAL TO YOU
Leading Oklahoma City Concerns Who Solicit the Co-Operation of Organized Labor and Their Friends
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Buy them of Russell 128 Main^St.
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Sold and guara nteed by vie. Eczema, Piles, Stom-
ach Trouble, Kidney Rheumatism, Nerves.
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Weston Atwood
C. M. Blanchard
Atwood-Blanchard Lumber Co.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
City Phone Main 102
Established 1898
Stock Yards Phone 3792
Established 1 909
Kerfoot-Miller & Co.
Wholesale Dry Goods
AND
Makers of Strictly Union Made Overalls
ASK FOR "BRONCO BRAND."
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
MAIN OIHCE 9-11 W MAIN ST.
FACTORY 217 N. HARVEY
Oklahoma City
WE SAVE OUR CUSTOMERS FROM
81'1' to 20 cn their groceries and meats. Are you one? "The
more jou buy the more you save." Spot Cash and no delivery.
119 N. Broadway
HAWKINS BROS.
Phone P. B. X. 4.
tj Office Phone 3400
Residence Phone 2355
Gus Taliaferro
MILL and MACHINERY
: : SUPPLIES : :
« 300-302 W. First St.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
DRINK
Coca-Cola
!N BOTTLES
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NeiV State
Brewing Association
Ice Department
Retail and Wholesale Ice
PHONE P. B. X. 40
Phone 3743 New P. 0. Building
Cor. Main & Hudson Sts.
SOUTHERN PHARMACY
G. ROSS GOODNF.R
PROPRIETOR
A RFAL DRl'G STORK
OKLAHOMA CITY
Acme Manufacturing Company
: : : Manufacturers of ; : :
Home Made Cookies, Potato
Chips and Horse Radish : :
Ask Your Dealer
for : : :
ACME BRAND
Phone
5770
Theodore Maxfield Co.
WHOLESALE
DRY GOODS
212 West Second Street
Oklahoma City, Okla.
TRADE
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MARK
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
BRITTAIN BROS., Proprietors
phone 732 Oklahoma City, Okla.
Thia Brand Iniurra Satiifactie
Union Men
What in inorr refrrahing than muair after a hard
Jay'a work? Nothing. Mumc cornea from a
COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE
.rent to the record Hag Time, Popular
and Opeta at auch ntnall expenae, too-
Ditzell Music Co.
222 North Robinson, Oklahoma City
Home of Story & Clark Pianos and
Columbia Graphopliones
STAGE MEN ARE
GIVEN ADVICE
GOMPERS 0 ND MORRISON MAKE
addresses at stage
employees convention
LABOR LEADERS
! GET COMPROMISE
(By Pan-American Press.)
Washington, I). C., July 19.—"We
have the strength to defeat all our
enemies if we go about it in a well
•rgauized way. and there is no reason
why we should not succeed," declared
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor in an
appeal to the delegates attending the
convention of the International Alli-
ance of Stage Employees in this city,
to stand with organized labor in the
coining Congressional election. He
said:
"it. was organized labor that
brought about the successful fight on
Speaker Cannon and tin* House rules
during the past session, although this
is not generally known, and we can
be responsible for much more if we
only make our ballots count.
"We should have at least thirty or
forty members of Congress who ar.
friends of labor, and we would tlr*n
have no difficulty in having enacted
the legislation which is so necessary
to the advancement and protection of
our cause."
Two hundred and twenty delegates,
representing a membership of 2 ,ooo,
were in attendance at this convention
Reports from the officers indicate that
the stage employees are joining the
organization in great numbers, and
that the conditions of the trade are
steadily improving.
John J. Barry of Boston, was re-
elected president and Lee M. Hart of
Chicago, was re-elected secretary-
treasurer. The other results were:
First Vice President, .T. H. Screws,
Montgomery, Ala.: Second Vice Presi
dent. (J. Quinn, Minneapolis; Third
President. C Malloy, Butte,
Fourth Vice President, C. Shea,
New York City: Fifth Vice President,
L. C. Thompson, Galveston, Tex.;
Sixth Vice President, C. !\1. Taylor, Los
Angeles, and Seventh Vice President,
L. Merrill, Kansas City.
Delegates to the American Federa-
tion of Labor: Lee M. Hart, Chicago;
P. J. Harry, Boston, and M. C. Higgins,
Youhgstown.
With Milwaukee a close second. Ni-
agara Falls was chosen as the 1911
convention city. There is a move <>n
foot to abolish conventions, or at least
to have them held only once in five
years.
The local union of stage employees
gave a banquet in honor of the dele-
pates, which was attended by Presi-
dent Oompers of the A. F. of L and a
number of prominent Washington La-
bor leaders.
Improved conditions among theat-
rical stage employees throughout, the
United States and Canada during tin-
past 25 years formed the chief topic
for discussion. Mr. (lompers referred
to conditions existing 25 years ago,
when it was customary for stage hands
to give their services,for an opportu-
nity to witness the performance.
Through careful calculation by the
American Federation of Labor during
the last year, an average increase of
66 2-3 per cent in wages had been I ... . 4, „ . . . .
granted to stage employees. | 0 neinati. O., July 20,-The shadow
j of a prison cell was lifted from Sam-
WITH PATRIOTISM NEEDED, uel C.ompers, John Mitchell and Frank
UNIONISTS ARE PATRIOTS , Morrison, leaders of the American Fed-
eration of Labor, when the famous
Organized labor has always encour- ,, , 0. „ ,, .
aged thrift, saving, self-helpfulness , 1,uckB htov<> * Ran«e c"- boycott case
and loyalty to the institutions of civ-1 was settled by agreement here Tues-
ilization. The capitalists, on the con- day night.
trary, have always proven false in' The subsequent contempt proceed-
any matter requiring faith and good ings will probably b«* dropped
Itlzenshlp.
Milwaukee has a Socialist mayor
and Socialist city government, which
simply means an endeavor to secure
each citizen his rights and his prop-
TEAMSTERS SIGN PETITION
FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN
At the meeting of the Teamsters
Union Wednesday night, Mr. ted ward
Mansfeldt, representative of this pa-
per, submitted the following petition
to the local:
"To the Honorable Mayor and city
Council:
"We, the undersigned members of
Teamsters No. 341, petition your Hon-
orable Body to use your intluence in
creating an ordinance making it pos-1
sible to erect in various parts of our
city drinking fountains for horses and
dogs.
"At the present time Teamsters are
compelled to go blocks out of their
way to water their horses, thus losing j
time and money and compelling their
horses to suffer from thirst during |
these hot summer months.
"We must not overlook our faithful
friend the dog, and we feel that the
city would not incur much expense in
UNION HORSESHOEING SHOPS
8 Hours—8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
J. A. Murlin, 204 W. California.
J. J. Bradley, 115 West First St.
Larry VV. Reedy & Co., rear 307 W
California.
Schuler & Euliss, 302 W. Cal.
Broadway Shoeing Shop, Broadway
and Noble.
W. F. Eisenbeis, 410 West Second.
Wm. McRee, 815 West Main.
+**++++++++++++♦♦
+ PATRONIZE OUR FRIENDS. +
The live articles of the agreement
are as follows:
1.—A conference to be held by offi-
cers of the labor organizations in-
volved and Mr. Van Cleave within
erty, a fair remuneration for his labor j thirty days of date at St. Louis.
with special privileges to none. ! 2.—The agreement in regard to ] having an attachment made enabling
Thd so-called moneyed interests re-1 wages, hours and conditions of em- . him to drink."
fused to buy a new issue of bonds on ploynlent shall take effect ninety days j The petition was heartily applauded
account of the Socialistic government, from this date, based on wages and and every member not only affixed his
The International Bakers' lTnion conditions existing in shops of com signature but the seal of the local was
had $200,000 invested in United States petltors in the city of St. Louis oper I added to the same.
gold bonds, which it promptly sold, I atiug union shops. i The local commended Mr. Mansfeldt
and invested in Milwaukee bonds to 3.—The labor unions will make i on the stand he had taken and he was
show the faith of a labor union in the known that the difficulties between promised their support in every way
government. The Brewers' Union has the two organizations have been satis-1 to make the venture a successful one.
$.".00,000 invested in United States faetorily adjusted.
4 —The Bucks Stove & Range com-
pany will withdraw all suits now pend-
ing against the labor organizations.
r>.— A copy of agreement will be pub-
lished in the journals of the labor
organizations and displayed in the
labor departments of the stove com-
pany.
♦
Merchants who advertise in ♦
the labor papers show that +
they care* for the union man's 4
trade. Patronize those who +
are willing to help you. Read +
the advertisements in the La* +
bor Unit and if in need of any- *
thing in their line, visit their +
store<s and make your pur- +
chases, and tell them why you +
came there. +
+ + + + + + + + + + + 4, + + + + +
STRIKERS IN COMPETITION
Everett, Wash.—A laundry strike
here lasted one week. The girls prom
ised to start a union laundry of their
own and began soliciting. The open
shop bosses became panic-stricken.
They capitulated without demanding
anything. The increase went, so did
the recognition of the union.
Saturday Half-Holiday
Saturday half-holiday is recognized
in 16 states of this country and two
| cities.
Scenting of Toilet Soaps
| Many toilet soaps are scented with
the oil of petltgraln, which Is distilled
j in Paraguay from the leaves of the
; wild bitter orange trees.
England's Cotton Importation
Subject to considerable variation,
the average value of raw cotton im-
ported into England in the course of a
year is about $300,000,000.
Vice
Mont.
bonds, which it has notified the mayor
is at his disposal. Thus the tax-
payers teach the tax-eating classes a
lesson again, just as they did in I860,
when the workingman came forward
and saved the country.
It is not old history to re-state that
men came down from New York, in-
forming President Lincoln that they
represented $21,000,000 of property
and begged for war vessels In New
York harbor. The great president
smiled at them and said with empha-
sis. "If I controlled $21,000,00(1 in
property, I would buy a few gun-hoats
and protect my own property and then
give the government several millions
to aid It in its fight to maintain a
democratic form of government."
Labor can be depended upon day
after day and year after year, but the
selfish, unworking rich can always be
depended on to desert the government
that protects in the first emergency.
The rich New Yorkers in 1X60
bought no war vessels and the rich
hankers In Milwaukee buy no bonds
in 1910.
PRINTER GIRL WEDDED.
Miss Elva Dunn, member of Typo-
gaphical Union No. 283, was married
at her home in Oklahoma City, Sunday
to Dr. Riggs of Amarillo, Texas. The
happy couple left Monday for the gulf
coast, where they will spend the bal-
ance of the summer, after which they
will be at hoijie in Amarillo.
COOPERATIVE GLASS FACTORY
Toledo, O.—The American Flint
Class Workers' Union, in convention
here, is considering a proposition to
erect glass factories and going into
business on the co-operative system
I The delegates are greatly divided on
this question.
.1. A. Denny, the Teamsters business
| agent, also shares in the honors and
\sill do all in his power to push the
j petition.
' The Unit's subscription offer to lo
< als was also submitted to tliein by
Mr. Mansfeldt and we will no doubt
increase our subscription list to the
extent of S00 new subscriptions.
IT'S VERY OFTEN THAT
THE KICKER DON'T TRACK
Very often the men who complain
most because their union has not ac- :
compllshed certain things are the
very men whose conduct is respon-
sible for the union's failure to ac-
complish those particular things. If
their conduct had been in accord with
union principles; if they had walked
in the path which ine union had
marked out as the way to success, in-
stead of in the opposite direction.
these things might have been accom-
plished.
By their conduct some men load the
employers' guns and then when they
ask the employers for something and
the employers pull the trigger and fire
upon them with the ammunition
which they themselves have furnish-
ed, instead of recognizing their mis-1 of the union would not permit them
take they try to pk.ee the blame on to work for I ss than 50 cents an hour,
others. i They were willing to put in the ten
I ours, but demanded full pay They
were refused, and Saturday morning
they walked out.
Mr. McAuley, business agent of the
Electrical Workers, says that he
thinks Chief Engineer Eyle is fair and
would rather employ union men but
that he is controlled by the powers
higher up. He also says that the Mor-
ris people are importing men from
Chicago, paying their transportation
and board, and giving them $1.00 per
day more than the union scale calls
for here.
MORRIS COMPANY STARTS FIGHT
ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE
Electrical Workers, who have been
employed on the Morris Packing plain
are on strike. A disagreement over
the number of hours to be worked is
the cause of the strike.
The International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, the organization
to which the union men belong, has
fixed eight hours as a day's work.
The eight-hour day is recognized
everywhere.
Last Friday afternoon, according to
one of the electrical workers employed
at the Morris plant, who is a member
of the executive board, the men were
informed by Chief Electrician Eyle
that they would be expected to work
ten hours a day at $4 per day. The
men tried to compromise as the rules
ROGERS HAS NEW SONG
Since last Sunday Joe Rogers, of
the Typographical Union, has been
humming a new tune, and the wording,
so far as the writer has been able to
catch it, is as follows
Is her gone?
Have her went?
Did her leave I all alone?
Can we ne'er come back to she
Can her n'er come back to we?
Oh! It cannot was! [
Unto si Printing Offices
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^"TRADES ||UAM?y]cQUNCILp
"^lahoma
Fair List Allied Printing Trades Council
•(98) Dally Times, 117-119 West 2nd.
•(97) Times-Journal Printing Co.. (Job printing) 218-220 W. Grand.
•(96) Western Newspaper Union <Publi hers) Cor. 2nd & Haryev.
•(95) Warden Printing Co., (Job printing), Lee avenue, between
Main and Grand.
•(94) The Daily News. (Newspaper) 328 West Grand.
(93) Okahoman Job Office, (Job printing) 16 South Robinson.
(92) Manley Office Supply Co., (Job printing) 20-22 So. Robinson.
•('91) Daily Pointer, (Newspaper) 218 West Grand.
(90) Bridgers Printing Co , (Job printing) Basement Majestic Bldg.
(89) Wand & Son, (Printing, rubber stamps, etc.) 304% W. Main
(88) Bays-Burnett, (Job printing) 10 .V. Broadway.
(87) A. S. Ferguson, (Job printing) 1111,!' W. Main.
(86) Dunn & Sons, (Job printing) Room 15, W. N. U Bldg
(85) Baer Printing Co., (Job printing) 200H W Main.
•(84) Francis Typesetting Co., (Linotype) Basement Majestic Bldg
(83) Farm Journal, (Newspaper) Western Newspaper Union Bldg
'(82) The Peerless Press, (Job printing) 20 W. 1st.
!(81) Engraving & Printing Co., (Job printing) 1-.'! W Main
(80) Union Printing Co. (Job printing) 304 W. California
•(79) Oklahoma Typesetting Co., (Linotype).
(78) A. E. Samples. (Job printing,
(77) McLean Printing Co., (Job printing) Indiana Bldg.
(76) Okla. Specialty Co., (Novelties) 118 W. Second.
(75) Western Bank Note , (Job printing).
(74) Buck McMaster. (Job printing) 1230 W. 13th.
(73) Thoimas Print Shop, (Job printing) 127K W Grand.
(72) Hommas <£ Wilson, (Job printing) 21214 W. First
(71) Advocate-Review, (Job printing) Cor. Robinson & Reno
(70) Truth Printing Co., Capitol Hill
• 69) Iska Publishing Co. (Newspaper) 225 W Reno.
(68) Markwell Printing Co., (Job printing) 129V6 W. Main.
(67) Printers Publishing Co., (Publishers Masement Majefltic.
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!• (99) Daily Oklahoman, "02 North Broadway.
•Offices having Linotype machines.
! Offices having Monotype machines.
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Wilson, Ollie S. The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 23, 1910, newspaper, July 23, 1910; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106901/m1/7/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.