Oklahoma State Labor News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1906 Page: 3 of 4
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ROSTER OF UNIONS
Of all Bona Fide Labor Organizations of Oklahoma City, Giving
Time and Place of Meetings and Address of Secretary.
The Central Body.
The Oklahoma Trades and Labor As-
sembly was organized In 1898. The
present offllcers are:
President—T. B. Wolford, Electrical
Workers, Xo. 456.
Vice President—L. S. Huey, Cigar-
makers' Union.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. Laura
Corder, Label League.
Financial Secretary—B. Cash, Typo-
graphical Union.
Treasurer—H. J. Miller.
Heading Clerk—A. C. Heln, Electri-
cal Workers.
Sergeant-at-Arms—J. J. Sullivan,
Stage Employes.
Organizer—J. B. Traylor, Painters'
Union.
Board of Directors—F. R. Blackmar,
F. A. Young and W. J. Ashton.
Delegates from Label League to
Trades Assembly:
Nora I. Krogh.
Laura Carder.
Clara E. Walter.
Warden—T. W. Barnes, 211 W.
Washington.
Conductor—Z. M. Ray, Postofflce.
Trustees—J. L. Conner, Ernest
WYst, 11' North Harrah; B. M. Curley.
DELEGATES TO TRADES AS
SEMBLY.
M. H. Rodgers
Z. M. Ray.
5 Cent Brands.
Clubettes.
Little Martha.
Washburnettes.
Live Spark.
Sweet Erin.
American Perfecto.
.Oklahoma Leader.
PAINTERS
Unions Growing.
The laundry workers- of Ardmore
have organized a Laundry Workers
Union. They elected Oscar Wright
president of the union and E- L. Jones
secretary and treasurer. They iuad«'
application for a charter this week
and expect it to arrive within a few
lays. This is the tirst union of th
Every patron that has work done at
the Watton Studio, 1291-2 W. M tin
remarks on the superior quality of
the work, they cannot help n>t!ng the
difference of finish to that what thoy
have been iu the habit of rece'vlnn
from other st.i.lu>s Ullt ■('id>.> m n- w
thmughout and only tin* IMN w>>:;v
ia turned out.
WOOD. WIRE AND METAL LATH
ERS INTERNATIONAL UNION,
LOCAL NO. 26.
MattHon Paint Co. are doing a large
job at Tuttle, Okla.. for Mr. Thomp-
son. one of the ttnest farm residences
iu this |>art of the country. Such
W"!' b8 d°"e !>f J member kilul ever organl«ed here. The unoln Women have queer ways of doing
of 807 and they are the kind of union wa3 organixed with twelve charter things, and men have queer ways of
members, but there will 1
President—O. A. Shephardson.
Secretary—J A. Samples, 1126 West
Fourth street.
Treasurer—Charles Cooper.
WOMAN'S UNION LABEL LEAGUE. Fourth street.
LOCAL 184.
President—Laura Corder.
1st Vice President—Ola Blackmar.
2nd Vice President—Clara Walter.
Recording Secretary—No ^ I. Krogh.
Corresponding Secretary—Ella M.
Conner.
The union meets every Friday night.
DELEGATES TO TRADES
SEMBLY.
J. A. Samples.
Tracy Robinson.
workmen to employ,
Mr. M. S. Dutton, who U foreniau at twenty llv
Matson Paint company, has gone over a|j th;, laundry workers in the city
the entire school buildings In the way j„jn The union Includes men and
of calsomlnlng and repair work the women. There are about thirty laun
past week. The High school, Enu-i dry workers in this city, working in
son, Bryant and Washington schools, laundries and it is thought they
The reason why this work was done wm aj| j0|n There are at present
so well was that 807 got busy and em- ten unions In the city and the add!
ployed 8 men. members of the Painters tion of the Laundry Workers' Union
AS- and Decorators union and each of will make eleven. There are about
these men carry a union card, paid seven hundred members of the.dlf-
up to date. They are one of the ferent unions in the city.—Union Re
unions in Oklahoma City who believes view.
in doing things in a nice neat artis-1
tic manner. You can depend on hav-
ing this* kind of work done when you
be about getting out of doing things.
members in the union when '
If you are in need of machinery or
building material of any kind, New
or Second-hand, send us a memo-
randum of what you want, and we
will publish it Free of Charge.
Call at Collins millinery and see the
fine line of white hats at 10 North
Fox and Smith have opened a real
estate office at 1 i7Vii N. Robinson in
the Perrin building. Call and see them
and buy a home.
JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' UNION
NO. 200.
Meets every second and fourth
Tuesday In Labor hall.
President, J. A. Boggess, First Nat.
shop.
Vice President—W. J. Carpenter,
New Lee building.
Recorder—W. E. Jackson.
Treasurer—Ted Kangley.
Delegates to the Trades assembly
H. J. Miller W. J. Carpenter.
BREWERY WORKERS' UNION NO.
359.
Meets at Labor hall first and third
Thursdays at 8 p. m.
President, J .L. Gibbons; vice presi-
dent, Wm. Schmidt; treasurer, M. D.
Roberts; financial secretary, Geo. W.
Kading; corresponding secretary, Wm.
Use. Delegates for Trades Assembly.
Bob. Schrmek, Chas. Schlossed, Chas.
E. Harder. Inside guard, John Am-
sler. Union meeting every first and
third Thursday In each month.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS LOCAL
1398.
L. D. Russell, president.
William Hedges, vice president.
J. W. Reynolds, recording secretary
J. W. Ward, financial secretary.
T. E. Tehse, treasurer.
W. H. Mueller, warden.
T. E. Tehse, conductor.
Meets every Monday night at Union
Labor hall.
CARPENTERS 276.
Meets every Tuesday at Woodmen
Hall. E. C. Rodgers, president; bus!
uess agent, E. C. Rodgers, 202 Grand
Ave. Phone 122.
New officers were elected as follows
President—E. C. Rogers.
Recording Secretary—F. C. Kent.
Treasurer—Wm. Newbaner.
Conductor—Fred Petty.
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
NO. 456.
Meets every Wednesday night In
Trades Assembly hall at 8 o'clock.
President, T. B. Wolford; recording
secretary. J. E. Merriam.
What can you expect of a union man
Financial Secretary—Dot. L. Conner. wh^n ( employ men of this local union and
Treasurer—Mrs. B. O. Miller.
Seargeant at Arms—Mae Dean.
Door Keeper-Ella Blocher. | We oklahomans will not soon for-
get the congressman who voted to
Masonic Notice.
Regular communication of Oklaho
TRUSTEES.
Ola Blackmar.
Mrs. J. Bogges.
Laura Corder.
DELEGATES TO THE CENTRAL
TRADES ASSEMBLY.
Nora I. Krogh.
Clara E. Walter.
Laura Corder.
meets the officers of the union to p™'7ely"on" theirwork"tthe"l «t"u j ma City Lodge. No. II, A. F. it A. M . i„
Dull them up the hill of prosperity? „ot KOO(J for th(, wo,.k tllrne(i out occurs on the First and Third Mon | Sep ember 7 Ne« \otk N. Y. In-
bv the men who are union men and ! 'lays of each month, at 7:30 p. m., In September l4, Niagara Kills, N Y,
not only carry a card but are the pro- India Temple, corner Second and | I rite I Brotherhood of Carpenters and
ducers of the best workmanship. Ask Broadway. Visiting brothers always
keep from us the freedom which we
justly deserve.
for a card when you have any work welcome
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
(Paid Advertising.)
FOR SHERIFF.
We are hereby antuorlzed tv an-
nounce G. W. Garrison as a candidate
for the office of sheriff of Oklahoma
BRICK LAYERS' INTERNATIONAL county, subject to the democratic con-
UNION. ! vention or primary.
ocal No. 1 meets each Monday
to do Phone 3192. M. S. Dutoon mana
ger of the well known firm will do thi
i .st Ask Md you shall receive.
Patronize home Industry.
G. W.
S. A. BY ERS, W. M.
SPENCER. Secretary.
night at 7:30.
By request of his friends in the city
and country we have solicited the
name of Shirley Dyer for the office of
PRESSMENS UNION. sheriff of Oklahoma county, subject to
Printing Pressmen and Assistants i Democratic primary or conven-
RECORD BREAKING COWBOYS.
Many Will Participate in the Great
Contest on the 101 Ranch.
union meets the second Tuesday
each month at Union Labor Hall.
President, Dixon.
Vice President, Walker.
Secretary-Treasurer, Chrlstson.
Sergeant at Arms, Decker.
Executive Committee, Walker
Logeness.
Meeting second Tuesday of
month.
in
tion.
Bliss, Oklahoma.—With hundreds
of ropers In atendance, the
roping contest which >8 a parr of the'
wild west show on the 101 ranch Sep-
tember 15 and 16. woirlses to be one
of the greatest gathe.Mtgs of cowltjs
that has been held In years, in ad-
dition to the ropers there will co imny
riders who will try tliolr skill with
the herd of bucking horses kept on
the ranch for this and similar occa-
sions. These horses have nothing to
do except to keep from being broken
to ride. They are vicious buckers
and use every means at hand to keep
the cowboys from retaining their
seats on their backs. The riding con-
enn rnimTV n frk ,pst °Pen ,(> l dipp has several en-
, w COUNTY CLERK- tries and promises to be a feature or
J. W. Riley announces himself as |)ip |)r0Kramme whlch wl|I be |on?
candidate for the nomination for ,.„nu,mbei.ea by ali ()f the visitors.
Journeymen Tailors' Union. county clerk, subject to the action of „ the intention of Miller Broth
Meets second Monday in each month the Republican convention or primary. ,.pgt owners of this famous ranch, tJ
ar ITnion Labor hall. Henry Straus, \ make this cellebration something long
president: W. G. Southcrs, vice pres REGISTER OF DEEDS. j to be remembered. It is on the his
ident; William Munz, treasurer; E. L. William Rand announces himself a | torlcal order and the visitors will see
Matz, recording secretary, N. H. Katz, | candidate for the nomination of regis- j something which in a few years will
sergeant-at-arms.
Firemen'# Convention.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 10.—The
tenth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
opened today with about 700 dele-
gates present.
That the membership roll of the
Woman's Label League is gaining
steadily.
FOR SHERIFF.
We are hereby authorized to an-
nounce John H. Lawrence as a candi-
Orr, ; 'late for sheriff of Oklahoma county,
i subject to the decision of the primary
each convention of the Republican party.
Joiners of America.
October 1, Minneapolis, Minn., In-
ternational Photo-Engravers' Union.
October (first week, Toronto, Ont,
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' In-
ternational Union.
October 8, Milwaukee, Wis. Coopers'
International Union.
October lfi. Patterson, N. J., United
Textile Workers of America.
November 12, Minneapolis, Minn.,
American Federation of I^abor
Get the habit and trade with Hey-
IB All
It pays to advertise in the Oklahoma
State Labor News.
, ter of deeds, subject to th,. republican j recalled only as the early day In
convention or primary election
STONE MASONS.
Stone Masons' Union No. 2 meets Get the habit and trade with Hey-
Wednesday nights of each week. man-
| the west.
Fighting a Common Foe.
Christianity is largely responsible
j Prof. Griffith, the magnetic healer, for the social unrest which character-
0F successfully treats all known disease, izes the present generation. For cen
I Prof. Griffith is a graduate of the Welt- j turies it has been presenting to men
result
Oklahoma Wholesale Grocery Go.
Importers and Roasters of the well known
O.K.,Cocoa Blend, Amber Cream
and Quail
Union Brands of Coffee. Ask for these Brands.
Fresh Roasted Daily.
ALL KINDS OF BREAD. CAKES AND PIES
"Like Mother used to Make"
The Best at the
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE
THEATRICAL EMPLOYEES.
The local meets the Hist and third mer school of magnetic healing oiI the highest ideals which are
Sundays of every month In the Trades Nevada, Mo., and close student of all ; ing in nobler asperatlons. The l>eo- 4gj Robinson St"
Assembly hall at 9 o'clock a. m. 'he different methods of drugless heal- 1 pie have responded to the appeal mad"
Pres E S Haubach Jr ■ vice presi ing, and has developed unusual powers in the name or its founder, and we I
sent p'J Murray; financial secretary. !ls 11 diagnottlssian an,t healer, and dare not now repudiate the result-1
H A Boone- corresponding and re- onP of 'he hest known Instructors in ant demands which have become «0
cording secretary. Geo. W. Nesbit; | this cult. His school and office Is lo- inslstant
business agent, John B. Campbell; eated at 1200 \\. 30th St., Oklahoma Christianity has been teaching the
trustees, H. C. Davis, J. C. Pratt; City. Okla., where you can enter as i value of the individual. The practi
delegates to Trades Assembly, Hau- student at any time for a term of 1. , caj application of that teaching is
bach, Boone and J. J. Sullivan. lessons which gives you understanding found incarnated in the labor union's
i yourself anil lead you Into tne jnsj8tence upon the right of every man
_ ,, , . « * .. deeper mysteries of occult science Wf> .m(, chj] to ,jve the ]ifo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, telephathy. mind force and right
HOME BAKERY
M BROOKS, Prop,
Phone 1887
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local Union No. 155. Meets Wednes-
day night of each week.
Officers of Local Union No. 155.
President—W. R. Davis, 720 West
Chickasaw.
Vice President—J. O. Miller. 631
East Second.
Rec. Sec.—C. F. Bloucher, 1233 W.
Fourth.
Fin. Sec.—J. C. Clark, 1020 W. First.
Treas.—H. J. Orrick, 310 W. D street,
Capitol Hill.
PRINTERS LOCAL NO. 283.
Printers, No. 283 meet every third
Sunday, 2 p. m. in the month, at
Union Labor hall. M. R. Powell pres-
ident; O. S. Wilson, secretary;
PAINTERS' LOCAL NO. 807.
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
and Paperhangers of America meets
each Friday evening at 8 o'clock at
Labor Hall.
E. IT. Stanton, president.
T. Stubbelfleld, vice president.
Charles R. Hart, rec. sec.
W. G. Ashton, financial secretary
W. T. Black, treasurer.
M. S. Dutton, G. T. Chopman, A.
Christofferson, trustees.
.. .. . - . . .. , which God intended should be lived
Statehood Lodge No. 688, Brother thought activity, which is the key to } them
locomotive Firemen meet at health and happiness, also of self re-
liance and the secrets of successful
business methods It costs you nothing
to have a talk with this healer and
instructor and you can rest assured
any advice he gives you is reliable.
hood of
Trades Assembly Hall on Saturday
evening at 8 p. m. Officers are as
follows:
Master—E. C. Johnson.
Co llector—F. Fessles.
Secretary and Treasurer—Wm.
Maples.
Local Chairman—A. B. Smith.
American Federation of Labor Of-
ficers.
Samuel Gompers, president; Jas.
All visiting members are cordially Duncan, first vice president; Jno. F.
invited to attend. Mitchell, first vice president; Jas. O'-
Connell, second vice president; Max
_ .. r , . _ _ Morris, fourth vice president, D. A.
Operative Plasterers International Hayes f|fth ylce presldent; Dani(>1
vicTnin- meets^ every^ Monday ' mght Keefe. sixth vice president; W D.
ONVoer5"TNWOB?0°ahdtayD,P8Oman,!,A5ylUra' *^en^h^^r^^idr;
No. „ N. Broadway. John R Lennon trea8urer; Frank
Morrison, secretary.
This is a correct list of fair con- Headquarters are located at Wash-
tractors. ington, D. C., where all communica-
F. H. Cain, 10 South Peach Ave. tlons should be addressed to either
Gross Construction Co., Walker and Samuel Gompers, president, or Prank
PLUMBERS' UNION, LOCAL 291.
President—M. Sullivan.
Vice President—George Gardon.
Corresponding Secretary—Henry
Keiser.
Financial Secretary—Arthur Hamil-
ton.
Treasurer—George McGee.
MUSICIANS LOCAL A. F. OF M. NO.
375.
Meets at Trades Assembly hall the
First Sunday in each month. Offi-
cers:
President—M. E. Forsyth.
Vice President—Frank Zigler.
Anton Rabe, treasurer.
Secretary—H. D. Grout.
TEAMSTERS' UNION NO. 572
President—M. H. Rodgers, 100% W.
Grand.
Vice President—O. L. Foster, 217
W. Noble.
Corresponding Secretary—J. L. Con-
ner, 214 W. Washington.
Recording Secretary—G. A. Rodg-
ers, 100% W. Grand.
14th streets.
Parker & VanMeter.
Robert Kruger, West 2nd street.
South Side Planing mill.
William Lawrence, 1014 West 4th
street.
James Mitchell, Capitol Hill.
Tom Tracy.
T. F. Donnell, East 3rd street.
Mechanics Planing Mill Co., 700 W
2nd street. Phone 379.
F. W. Klein, 416 West 7th street.
J. A. Norris, 117 Western avenue.
S. E. Davis, 1200 West Grand ave-
nue.
J. A. Gronquest, C25 West 7th
street, phone 1797.
Morrison, secretary.
Qlatform of the American Federatiof
of Labor.
1. Compulsory education.
2. Direct legislation through
initiative and referendum.
3. A legal workday of not more than I greed of gold.
Because of the churche's teaching
it must stand by the working man
in his fight for the child. It must
fearlessly support him in his endeav
or to relieve ahe almost unbearable
condition of the woman who tolls.
Because of Its repeated messages
In respect to cleanliness It must cha.Ti
pion te workers in their struggles to
secure for themselves better sanitary
conditions In the homme and in the
shop . It must fire volley after volley
into the accursed sweat shop and Into
everybody and Into everything thet.
supports It, until the damnable thing
Is absolutely wiped out of existence.
Because o fits well-known teaching i"
should give no peace until the work-
ers have the fullest opportunity o^
developing the highest type of man-
hood and citizenship. If only one
life were involved, all this would be
demanded. But there are millions in
whose behalf the fight must be made.
So let us get together—the church
and labor—In the name of our com-
mon leader, to put to route e^ery foe
of the hlger life, whther that foe be
found In ourselves, whether he be In
the our own ranks, or whether he be an
outsider, who is denominated by the
EE. H. GARVER
The "O. K " House JVIovef, House Raising.
331 Frisco Street. I'lione 1015
UNION MEN
Corner Broadway and Reno Ave
Phone 3046
I dont care a snap if you come or not, but if
you call, look out for YOUR goods.
INGOLA'S
Katy Bar and Cafe
BARGAINS!
If you are looking for Bargains iu Farms or City
Property, or if you have something von really
want to sell, call « ml see*
S T EE A l_ EE V & L_ A D D
Phone 1888 Rooms 5 and f>, 132 12 Main Street
We do not care to handle anything but BARGAINS.
eight hours.
4. Sanitary inspection of workshop,
mine and home.
5. Liability of employers
for health, body and life.
6. The abolition of the contract
system of public work.
7. The abolition of the sweatshon
system.
for injury helleveln
soon a
Just how this shall be done must
depend upon local conditions. I hav
no panacea. I am an opportunist, i
getting all that I can as
I can. Therefore, without
elaborating a "cock-sure" scheme, I
would mention some every lay prlnci-
whlch are fundamen-:ii. N'ecessarii;\
our plant must In r\>-v case begin
with a camoaign of .■•■Iucation. We
^ .,h - The municipal ownership of the (.:innot to h;.< Ii.-m bcor.n-
Van Curon Bros., 200 West 4th st street carSi waterworks and gas and cnhunlastic In om '.ii. until then'
Phone 2859
Knight & Stewart, phone 2882.
Love & Ranen, 27th and McKlnley,
415 Choctaw avenue.
E. C. Petri, 303 Frisco.
F. P. Bramer & Co., 330 West Reno.
Jayne & Godfrey, 1141 West Second
Street.
J. Banard, 526 East 5th street.
G. E. Thurmona, 316 W. 3rd street.
B. H. Thurber, 1010 East 8th St.
J. S. Boyd, 419 Pottawatomie.
electric light plants for public distri- haa been an r. ,lt n'a.inn
bution of light, heat and power. of the fact, ril .... s,0|) fuming
9. The nationalization of telegraph fault, until you 1 i .<* .r djiv,i the
telephone, railroads and mines. facts' Then keep at it until somebody
10. The abolition of the monopoly begins to move. Men are waiting
system of land holding and substitut- for your message. Most of them
ing therefor a title of occupancy anrt would rather not be disturbed. But a
use only. t reasonable attitude is sure to win
11. Repeal of conspiracy or penal OUI
FAIR LIST OF UNION MADE
CIGARS.
List of union made cigars manufac-
tured in Oklahoma City, O. T.:
10 Cent Brands.
Florde* Washburn; 3 sizes—(a) In-
vlncibles; (b) Club House; (c) Per-
fectos.
Menton's Favorite. %
White Seal.
Espanoli.
laws affecting seamen and other work-
men incorporated in the federal laws
of the United States.
12. The abolition of the monopoly
privileges of Issuing money and substi-
tuting therefor a system of direct is-
suance to and by the people.
Rf. definite In your demands. If
you voiirself do not know' what you
are after, you must not expect others
to know it.
Be consistent* If you believe in
relieving sweat-shop conditions and I*
you would abolish Sunday labor. b«'
ware of adding to 'he burdens or
those whom you profess to be trying
to relieve
Be patient. There i.* no short cu<
Ladies, patronize the merchant who to the millennium. Rome wis not
adv.'itis.-s in your paper. built in idaj You will not correct
1 all of the evils of your generation,
Look for the card on the teamsters but oyur reasonable. <lefinlte, consls
wagon. Stand corner First ahi. tent campaign will surely bring som
Broadway. things to pass.
Perrine Hotel
ISO West First Street.
Mrs. J. K. Verrine, "Proprietress
Livery in Connection
patronize the
New State Laundry !
FOR . |
Good Service and Emaculate Linen |
PHONE 232
24 main STREET
If every union man would demand
the label there would be no scab
goods on the market.
SAY! Mr. Union Man
WHY don t you patronize a union teamster when you have baggage
or anything else to haul?
AL GILBRECH
Stand N.E. Corner First and Broadway
Member I. B. of T. Local 572.
Phone 2919
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