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Union Labor Column. EDITED BY JOHN PENN. I This Department is devoted! The Statesman assumes no re to the interests of Organized sponsibility for opinions ex j ,t„ jr pressed in these coirmns. Published Wednesday and Saturday. A COMPROMISE. ■ • The Schwabaeher Difficulty Amicably Settled —Will KeeD Open Until 7 O'Clock. The controversy existing between the Retail Clerks' Protective Associa tion and the Schwabaeher Co.. was settled by a compromise last Monday evening. All the stores in the city agreed to close at t! p. m. with this one exception the firm (dosing its place of business at 8 o'clock. As re quested hy the clerks a committee from the Trades and Labor Council called on the manager and discussed the point at issue. They met with a heartj reception hy the firm and thy 'att.'i finally agreed to a compromise and stated their willingness to sign an agreement to (dose their store at seven o'clock during the months id' June, July und August, and at t> o'clock ile- months following. This compromise was reported to tiie derks ;.t a called meeting Monday evening and the committee recom mended its adoption. After a full and 1 omplete" discussion, the report and recommendation was received and unanimously adopted. A committee of i!e.' clerks was then appointed to •all upon the stores of Messrs. Seil and Shott and that of Mi. Beck aud these gentlemen readily consented to close their stores at. that hour. The clerks wish to express their deepest appreciation to tiie proprietors of the various union stores in the city for their kindness in tiie past in agreeing to the ,; >'clock closing movement. The clerks feel indebted to these business men ami assure them that their action in agreeing to that hour will long lie remembered. Under the xisting circumstances, however, at the urg nt desire of their supporters, 'he Trad, Council, the Clerks' Asso ciation felt 't their duty to abide by the committee's recommendation un til such time as the purchasing public ran if- educated to the shorter-day movent* nt. The secretary of tiie Clerks association was instructed to notify all stores holding union cards of tic compromise and the new hour of ( losing. While the committee was ;it work, an effort to enrol] smaller' stores as "Union" stores was success ful and. in each case permission to use tie- store card was granted. The Clerks Association will at one* take steps to enroll every female clerk in their ranks and in this manner enlarge their organization, it is the i earnest desire of the association to avoid anything tending to friction ia the future and for that reason an in vitation is extended to ail clerks not already enrolled, to send in their ap plication as soon as possible. The obj< i , -of tins is that tiie benefits of the union patronage may be extended to all stores in the city. The union men of tiie various locals are compell ed by their laws to trade with only union clerks under penalty of a fine. Phis i.- .le- only method by which the association could ever become a suc cess. For this reason it is the earnest desire ef the members that all stores enroll their clerks in the association a.id accept the patronage of the union public, ia reference to the authority 't tin association over clerks in stores with whi< h tiie association may have t controversy, a word of explanation would not come amiss. Tiie associa tion does not ask the clerks of said -tore to walk out. to go on strike — by no means. If the controversy as sumes a direct issue, the clerks may retain their position but must give up their union card, which is the prop erty of tiie association. Tic buying public naturally being informed of the fact and the union patronage as ■i matter of course, seeks new fields or s;oies wherein the clerk possesses a current working card of the associa tion. The above is given just to en lighten those not familiar with the rules governing situations of that character. Any further information .may be obtained from any of the offi ■ers of the organization. In (dosing the association wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the members of tiie Trades Council for 'heir efficient and zealous service. ENTHUSIASTIC UNIONIST. Julius Rammelsburg of Tacoma—Help ed to Organize the Tacoma Trade s Council. Among the Saengerfest visitors to Walla Walla was Julius Rammolsburg. president of the Tacoma trades coun cil. Mr. Rammelsberg is a cigarmaker by trade and as is gem-rally the case, is an ardent supporter of the trade union movement in all its ramifica tions. He is at present greatly inter •sted in the. formation of a Blue Label League, an organization which has for ts object tiie advancement of the la bel of the International Cigarmakers' union throughout the northwest. "Last year.' said Mr. Rammelsberg. "the In ternational Cigarmakers' union spent in the neighborhood of $30,000 in ad vertising th.' Blue l>abel of their union to the general public. Whenever you hear any cigar dealer or merchant in form tiie would-be purchaser of union cigars that the cigar under discus sion is a union product hut that the manufacturer does not care to use the label on the box. you can tell that per son he is talking through his hat. It is plain to see that the spending of jthis large sum in advertising tiie label brings good results to the manufac turer using the label thus advertised. Consequently, there is no manufac turer of union cigar who does not gladly take advantage of our label. We are intending to establish a northwestern branch of the Blue Label league for the purpose of bringing be fore the smoking public our union pro duct." "In referring to the local situation he said: "Let every union man in this city a.-k for union cigars which are made in your own city. Let the local cigar manufacturers put up the best product aud advertise the fact that they are alive. If the union men 'then pan. nize your home cigarmakers a mutual ber .it would thus he oh [tained. The local union cigar manu facturers should make their brands a well known aiming union labor." "In reference to the early struggle of the labor movement in this city Mr. Rammelsberg told his hearers of the birth of the present Tacoma trades council: "We had no trade council." said he. "and one evening three of us. union men. met on the street corner ami sitting down on the curbstone we organized the Tacoma trade council, wiih three members and discussed ways and means and a future meeting place. We then adjourned to the offices of the local papers and gave out an interesting account of the new Tacoma Trade council which would hold its second meeting at Xo. — the following week. In that way were we started a,id today we have a represent tative body of several thousand union men." PRAISES LABOR LEADERS. Mr. Menzies' Talk on the Work Ac complished in Walla Walla. Walla Walla was visited for the first time last Saturday by the well known and popular labor leader James Men zies. secretary of the Washington State Federation of Labor. Mr. Menzies was in town but a brief period hut during that time became acquainted with the majority of our local union men. Speaking of the local labor situation Mr. Menzies said: "Your union work ers deserve much praise for the splendid results as seen in the union labor movement in this city today. You are closely united, heartily in sympathy with one another, and the affairs of one organization quickly be come that of all. You seem ever ready to lend a helping hand towards one another and indeed I congratulate you on the noble spirit shown. It is indeed a pleasure to meet with so much deep interest in our cause and at. the same time so much conserva tism. You are to be commended for the careful handling of local condi tions and if this spirit continues / shall be compelled to look upon Walla Waila labor organizations as among the banner organizations of the siate. I am much interested in the local bakers' union and have for sonic time been following their course. It should be the duty of every union man in the city to turn their attention in this or ganization's direction and if any as sistance be desired to give it with a promptness sufficient to meet the oc casion. "The local clerks' association is to be congratulated for its conservative spirit and the support given to it by organized labor stands as a shining example to labor in general The local trades council strikes me as being composed of excellent mate rial, thoughtful conservative yet deep ly enthusiastic union men. and I trust they may long continue to guide ihe labor movement here. As you are aware, the state federa tion was organized to push labor legis lation and look after labor's interests in general. This being the case each union in your city should at once see the necessity of affiliating with us and thus lending their efforts in this direc tion. The association asks but two cents per nn>nth from each member and in the aggregate this sum enables us to ably represent labor at the legis lative halls. Let me urge you to take action in the union to which you be long, to bring up this question at your n< xt meeting and see that your organi zation affiliates." Mr. Menzies was formerly a cler.k and at present holds a membership card in one of the clerk's unions on the Sound. THE EVENING STATESMAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1903. LABOR SOTES. Last Sunday the Cooks* and Waiters' union met and enrolled a total of fif teen new members. This was a not able addition to their ranks and the members feel elated with their suc cess. The attendance at meetings has been good and the number of ac tive workers many. This local should at once elect delegates to the Trades Council at its next meeting. The Freemen's Labor Journal of Spokane, a weekly newspaper devoted to the cause of union labor, has re cently changed management and is now owned and conducted by T. S. Heskitt, of that city. The first issue under the new regime was received on our exchange list this week and it appears to meet the requirements of interested union men. We wish Brer. Heskitt all the success possible and urge local unionists to secure a copy of future issues. The- Teamsters' Union will meet next Thursday evening at Trade and Labor hall at 7:30. Every member is requested to be present. A list •of nearly thirty candidates for initiation will be presented and for that reason the hoys must attend early. This new organization meets with popular ap proval and applicationss for member ship have been very num. rous. The members of the organization commit tee of the Trades council will also be present. Delegates to the Trades Council are expected to be elected. The Ikikers' union met last Satur day evening ami wore visited by the Secretary of the Washington State Federation of Labor James Menzies. The gentleman had been for some time interested in this union and had asked to visit their union meeting. He 1 briefly outlined the work cut out for them in the future, but being pressed for time, could stay only a few moments. Broth* r John Houser of Spokane and August Klingsaefel of Pendleton were also present and gave the local boys the "glad hand" and urged them on ward towards success. Prompt and vigorous action if necessary will be taken to remedy difficulties in the way of the attainment of this object, and the prime-movers will he ably assisted whenever such assistance is necessary. Don't forget Cauvel. Tobacco and cigars. Xo. 9, Second street. Meath & StJ ; M y handle union made beer. Porter also on draught. TO DREDGC COLUMBIA. Vancouver, Wash.—The county com missioners will meet on the 12th of June to settle the matter of levying a tax on the improvement district to raise a sum to dredge out the channel of the Columbia at the mouth of the Willamette. The taxable property in the proposed district is about $1,000,- --300, and the largest levy that can be made is 2% mills. This will raise $2000. This will be sufficient to start the work. The matter is being car ried out under the provisions of the bill passed by the legislature last winter, ft means much to the people here, and it is thought will eventually be the means of securing an appropri ation from congress to further the work. The estimated cost of the im provement, is about $2.">.000. Union made beer at Meath &. Strad ley's Xo. <"> Main. Porter on draught. Cityitr—By the way. have any link with your vegetable garden this year? Surbanite —Great! A cyclone blew it over into the next county be fore I'd wasted over two weeks' work on it. It doesn't paint landscapes on the brain of man. but invigorates. That union made beer handled by Meath & Stradley. Senator Depew refuses to indorse the Pennypacker idea of cartoons. '"Instead of drawing and quartering the cartoonists." says he. "I would take him out to dinner." And then — do you see the method in his madness? —he would get even with his hapless victim hy inflicting an after-dinner speech upon him. It hits the spot these warm and sultry days. W T hat? That union made beer handled by Meath & Stradley. "Do you consider it a moral wrong to cheat a lawyer?" asked the person whet is always looking for a chance to start something. "No," replied the man whose specialty is worldly wis dom, "but. I consider it a physical impossibility." When you want a cool and refresh ing drink of union made beer call on Meath & Stradley. "What is a trust?" asked the teach er. "A trust." replied the newspaper man's hoy. "is a subject for an edito rial when there is nothing else to be discussed." OASTOHIA. Bears the [T OEY SIXTY DAYS AROI.\D THE WORLD Railroad Man Points Out How the Trip Could Be Gteatly Shortened. London.— Mr. Gerrare, the editor of Bradshaw's Genera] Railroad and Steam Navigation Guide, points out the fact that, although there are 100 routes for anyone who wants to go around the world there is no through service, as the trains and steamers do not connect, with one exception. The ocean route of 25,412 miles from New Zealand via the Cape of Goo] Hope and homeward via Cape Horn was covered by Shaw Savill in an Al bion steamer in about eighty-five days. He points out that the time now actually required to travel by the dif ferent sections of the overland route is less than forty-five days, but as the services of the railroads and steamers do not connect the shortest time recorded for a round-the-world journey is sixty-three days, and that by the long sea i.is,cad of the over land route. But the different sections of the latter are already so well served that it is even now possible to go around the world in sixty days with ease and comfort. Th is would he a certainty if the companies arranged for the transference of passengers and mails at the termini. Two Main Routes. He continues: "There are two main routes, one British and the other foreign. The former is controlled by the Canadian Pacific railroad between Great Brit ain and .Japan or Hongkong, by the Peninsula and Oriental between China or Japan and England. The mere readjustment in the hours and days of sailing to and from Yokohama or Hongkong would constitute a thorough mail service. The record time to or from Hongkong eastward is twenty four days. From Hongkong to Van couver it is sevente* n and one-haif days, and from Vancouver to London eleven days, making a total of six ty-two and om-half days. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a sixty-day service around the world with an am ple margin for contingencies and waits." The editor proceeds u> point out thar. the foreign route which is most likely to compete with the British service is the Transsiberian express service, which connects Vladivostok with the mail steamers for Yokohama by way of Tsaruga. The crossing of the Pacific at high speed will be possible by the enormous steamers of the Great Northern railway, of which two are already afloat. The same company will convey passengers from Tacoma to New York and there the ships of the International Mer cantile Marine company will bring them to and from Europe. British Urged to Act. He urges the companies interested in the British route to hasten the link ing of their connections before a thorough service is established be tween the Atlantic and Chinese ports by the other route, as the first all round through service is likely to be the best known and best patroniz ed. As against any possible argument that no one wants to go around in sixty days, he points out that if such a service exists, people would use it as far a s they cared to go. comparing it with the inner circle of the metrop olitan railway of London. Quite re cently a man in Wei-Hai-Wei posted two letters for London. One which came by way of Siberia arrived in twenty-eight days, the other hy the western route in twenty-nine, yet a trip around the world by way of Wei Hai-Wei can only be accomplished in certain seasons, and with good luck, in eighty days. With a sixty days' through service any place can he reached east or west within a month. Mother—Do you thiol; that young man has matrimonial intentions, my dear? Daughter—l certainly do, mam ma. He tried to convince me last night that I looked prettier in that $2 hat than in the one that cost twen ty. "My wife is a famous cook." Mul lins announced proudly. "So?" re sponded Barlow, indifferently. "Yes. sir. She concocts sauces that make even health foods palatable." CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Vhe Kind You Have Always Bought Almost as pure as the water that ripples from the mountain springs. That union made beer to be had at .Meath & Stradley's. Read the ads in the Statesman. The Kind Wm Have Always Bought, and which has l> o ea in use for over 30 years, has home the signature of /fr — a»d has been made under his per- sonal supervision since its infancy. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ««Jnst-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment, What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops aud Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Wonug and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Chiktren's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CtNTlun COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW VOflK CITY. WEDNESDAY IS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS IN THE WEEK TO PUT IN A GAS- I STOVE THE OTHERS ARE i Thursday, Honday, Saturday, Tuesday, j Friday, Sunday. Cheaper tfeai Woed or €oal Cool and Comfortable, Sold on Installments. IF YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE BUY HER A GAS STOVE. J WALLA WALLA GAS AND ELECTRIC CO. /npHE ROBERTS MONUMENTAL COMPANY are just X unloading an immense stock of moderate-priced monumeol J work just irom the quarries of Vermont. Thib work is oi the finest and very beautiful. THe Roberts Monumental Co.