The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 16, 1919, Page 16

Labor Readjustment ASK LABOR TO Program Is Planned BACK KEYMEN Commercial Telegraphers nnn of three to meet with a committer . [continued From Page One ||ot five from the state federatior Appeal to Convention Bjto draw up a workable plan of With an address of welcome by Mayor | in the building Industry, even includ Sohh A. Sells of Bellingham, a so-| ing thegoamsters elanst. FA Up to Delegates -_pscellleg- aggre lanket agreements with employ President William Short of the| ors would je, with definite | cat @tate federation responded to the | wage scale covering all crafts within Mayor's adiress and was followed | the organization All agreements of he say by F. ta Fave, president of the/ihe various trades with employers | collective Bellingham Central “Labor council. | would be made to expire on the sacne | increase in wages A committee on credentials was day, according to the plan Both anies refuse to art ony appointed and the convention! such a scheme, in the belief of | trate, refuse to sanction organizatior ‘eg @n adjournment until after-| those who are working it out, would | for collective bargaining. The aver meen. mtisfy all but the most unreasonable | age wage of these telegraphers js ‘Because of the tremendous growth | o¢ those who have been demanding a| leas than $3.25 a day for eight hourw labor in the state| revolutionary reorganization of the work the last year, extra pre-| American and state federation, at the “Postmaster General Burleson le were taken in the work | sume time keeping harmony within responsible for these rights to be ar eating delegates. There were | organized labor bitrated, for he is upholding Presi charges that an attempt was| ‘The plan, after it has been com. dent Carlton and President Mackay made by some of the larger! pleted by the joint committee, un. of the Western Union and Postal in the metal trades | doubtedly will be placed before the Telegraph companies, respectively “pack” the convention. It was! convention, and an effort will be “Will you kindly Imy this matter from one source that the| made to secure tts endorsement. If Defore the honorable members of the Dollermakers had come here} this is given, it is predicted, tt will Washington State Federation of Rearty twice as many dele-|pave the way for similar organiza | Labor” as were entitled to seats|tion of trades into industrial depart: | the convention, intending to have seated. ger of tearing up the federation, ean meet are pointing out that em Sy gy tp tgp were | ployers in the lumber and building A Byers ee nro industry particularly are hard at te . aos of com-\work attempting to promote disrup Beginning of Strike End Be- Members of the coun-| tion in organized labor “ i Ot meet in several sessions Sat-| “Ay avidence of this they are pot lieved to Be in Sight and Sunday tn an effort to! mg to meetings held in Liberty hall gape leroy aa it. |here last week in the interest of the apeaeee | Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum cog Garvetiontists. |Dermen in which it was ald the Boone cree ened. Presi timber workers’ union was denounced ioe than he hes shew doriee in, |e radical and 1. W. W. Guy Man | fers, an Engtish writer, was one of immediately preceding the/ine leading speakers at this meet- He expressed confidence | ing Se etion ie cate (2 Keep the! Some of the leaders of the conven: largely on the action of from British Cotumbia. It is predict strikers and company representatives He boilermakers last Fri- aides ; | together ‘When they refused to instruct |" yC "nich has teen mencpine Ge, President Konenkamp said thts Gelegation to fo down the) radian cities may be injected into the | P**# Was recetved jubllantly by! hiv for Tom Russell, Tacoma | convention by this delegate men. He said he predicted such ac ter, candidate of the tn-| nar an effort may be made by this |ti0D by the wire chief, basing his for president of the fed-| qieeate to stampede the convention | Prophecy on the contention that in their drive to overturn |aiso is predicted. The British Co-| “What he did for the electrical work and his administration. Ruseeli comes with the upon to do for the telegraphers.” of the bulk of the Tacoma | jaa Nt 7% Arrived on the woene to) THA" committee i ready to conter trades, his opponents de-| - either with Burleson or the com that mach of the support| "ten wien the queetion of eaters, panies and only awaits the call, Ko has been banking on is falling ing the proposed Mooney eneral| Renkamp mid CHICAGO, June 16-— Ry United Preen.)—The beginning of the end” of the nation wide strike of commer cial telegraphers was seen here today by President & J. Konenkamp and other union officials as a reult of the jannouncement by Secretary Frank Morrison of the American ‘ation of Labor, that Postmaster neral te miners will refuse to tional vice president at New York, to- involving asx it will the question of ta stoshes. 5. @ay was requested by Prowident Ko fe .<i: | nengamp to visit Samuel Gompers to When s woman whist she|a#k him to take up the strikers’ de oe | measures out the = as if she| mands with Burleson, Konenkamp Mines was the meeting of th? | were going to make a pudding. | said tis 2 | ‘Thomas also was instructed to ap- advertising, # peal to President Wilson for ald tn —-¢ yesterday. a ——EEEE yl B THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT We Would Shout This From the Housetops if We Could-- So That Everybody in Seattle Might Know It Three Big Lots of | WASH DRESSES |, at Less Than Current Wholesale Prices | | At $6.95—Mostly Lawns—a Few Crepes At $8.95—Voiles and Lawns At $10.95—Dimities and Voiles “THERE are styles and styles and styles—long tunics and short, rib- bon-belts, belts of self material, frilled models for slender figures, some with collars, cuffs or vestees of organdie—truly it would seem that Dame Fashion had put her entire staff of designers at work with orders to make as great a variety of beautiful dresses as they could. The patterns are as varied as the styles—figures and checks in every imaginable light and dark shade, combinations of harmonizing or con- trasting colors, and some plain white. No matter what your preference in style or color, you can easily find gng these dresses just what you want. Dor’t\ miss this opportunity. ments, with power to make contracts and agreements. | delegation) As an added argument of the dan leaders who are working to find « j common ground on which all factions Jumbia delegate, whoever he nay be,|0T# he necessarily would be called | him. It was also stated | strixe for July 4 comes to the floor,| Perey Thomas, deputy interna: | THE SEATTLE “KEFP COOL” IS CONVENTION PLEA LABOR FLASHES From the State Federation Convention ! BY EDGAR WHEELER STAR STAFF CORRESPONDENT He has been a union man since 1884 and, and wh expected to cou At first glance farmer, but he gray hair, gray operation, he is right on jer in thin district ate federation m hold the respect of | the at he has to offer is|o¢ women to w nt big in the conven ie at doewn't say arly anxious aboot Gifford looks Ike a a parpe in his eyes, and you have him chance to work under the He told some of his ideas yerter-| conditions when she has to. day advanced they r cannot tolerate call them imped they have to oft instance, they interested in w KO without thet: nterented they He summed 1 mane radioaliom, practi “We can't cat J insanity, with these words Increasing of the mtntmum We can work with the radicals. | gor Woe can consider their ideas, however are fighting for may be. Th onwe; » affiliation of the ratiway men Women delegates are here in committee | strength and are expected to count on appointed | big in the convention Here's what ty of hey have up their sleev be y ia! pay for wome and men ital after same Jobs; the recognition men workers and the right d Mrs, Charles Perry Tay “We believe that no married er, Irom | woman should have to work, but sideboards and & fire we believe in giving a woman a women {s another point they @pent in earnest endeavor to build a | industrial organization of the build ee see te RELLINGHAM, June 16.—The| The first steps in the political al- | Givilization, and anger, revenge./ing trades, the basic tne y of| BELLINGHAM une Fe | outstanding figure today In the fight federation with the | ‘greed, ambition, jealousy, lust for! the state quest for the Sta Fede f for progressive barmony to prevent welfare jeague, the Power, may wreck that civilization] Their plan, generally outlined, is &| Labor ventio ta » man who | nization of the without bringing real improvement ding tr of the! support of the m ere of the will be taken tn The sea ts rough; do not needlessly © federa nm of h rah lakek saeiee dies of Rellingham ween state federa Feck the boat.” the laws of the federation. It would | ™erele! v — idents of thes t or executives and the The convention opened m a hall |include carp plumbers, lumber | strike aga the Western Unior of the executive committee of the league PeMiant with the Stars and Strtpes, | workers and all other trac ngaged | and Postal telegra 4 labor in the tny night nay be right | wage omen organizers of the state are the Impossible. I) ta@eration who are attending the anible because What convention are Mins Morenc fer won't work. For | gan, talk about not being /artie: Mra. C. P. Tyt ages. Well, let them jand Mias Edith Down r wages and nee how Tacoma; Mra. Ida Levi, Se m Spokane Other prominent women here are/ verett, are!’ Mrs. Wiliam Short, wife of the| up hin advooacy Of | president; Mra. Ia BH. McDonald of! as opposed to tm rocks like chickens.” Other members of the committee the phone girl operators are with Gifford are ©. K. Sweeney, vice | .. } president, from Walla Walla; ¥d | Francois, vice-p ett; Charles Riel retary of the Tacoma Building | °° ‘Trades council, plumber, sceretary of the Seattle Building Trades council. . ‘The Seattle 140. ‘They arr headed by Jim retary Landabury ts botlermakers have a regular army of a delegation, about president, from Ever | himond, teamster, nec: Tacoma; Mra A. J. Johnson of! Bverett, and Alice Lord of Seattle Mra Tyler declared today that organ ized tn every city of the state, Whether the federation will make | peace with the state grange will be of the interesting develop: and Frank Cotterti,|™menta. Fred Chambertain, of Puy * on. The report of Secretary of the federation shows thy ived Saturday night, Landsbury, thelr seo- allup, fraternal delegate from the grange, is attending the conven- Taylor at the grange has not paid its share of the expenses of the ltast election campaign, and that the two or- known as “the piano playing bollermaker” mony.” ‘The first thing he did when he hit The grange, it t» reported, has town wae to make for the pixno tn Geciared it is out of funds, res the Colum.| “Billy” Short, chief mogn! the eee Oerere ‘he ‘riveted ott |show, opened the eyes of some of bia hotel TT the ragtime and President H. C ma, led the singing. It sounded like a boiler factory. |Ungbam Saturday in four Fred B. Norman, chairman of and he had a broken axie the house labor legislature, and industrial code Pickering, of Taco | “slow-moving Scotchman committer in the Inet | Way at that ganizations have beon “out of har- of the! jazz. while Vice |those have been calling him a lie drove from Seattle to Bel- hours, on the momber of the state| Secretary Taylor, who considers commixsion, is here| himself some bustier, can't | ing the formation of a labor|it of William. The best pi leould do for the trip was five! party. men's welfare the state for He says he's for an alliance of | hours |the state federation, the railway-/ be delleve | Taylor | league, the grange} Nobody has found out what Tom | and all other progressive forces of | Russell did it in. political action in- bia diind and gives this reason: Taylor, by the way, hax @ need the combination of all|off his mustache. shaved Maybe be thot progressive forces to asmure the |it would fetard his progress. } settling the difficntty, he announced success of labor's potitical program. | A labor party [thin support. “An alltance, will cement all these forces tnto a/ himself known Charies Perry refused to have his | formed from organ- | plcture mapped because, he maid, | lined labor alone would not gain) he was afraid nobody would know | | him without his plumage. on the other hand,| He expects, however, to powerful organization.” the week COM | _ LABOR CONVENTION MITTEE LIST OF BY EDGAR WHEELER Commitice on Greviences | gents as well present administration, were an-| Walia: G ¥. Wellman, nounced today council Among lending tneureente to re ceive appointment were the follow ing. A lh Dickson, secretary of |the Tacoma Central Labor céuncil }and leader in t eral strikes, who waa named on|#tace employes, Brerect committee. Commities on Ralew and Order or, Machinists, Seat-| John Wateon, plumbers, Iverett, ehatr man | the credentials whose eration officers Three ch » dele WwW. Cam ant committee Norman, of I member. J.P, Martin |makers, head grievances; Alle |tle wal nes, j|committee on | Rosenberg, of |heads the committee on resolutions The appointments follow Commitios on Legislation fp | drivers, | Rellingh trical workers neraphical, El Seattle; Mra, it et linagh Committee appointments for the | RC tek Ul. fein State Federation of Labor, declared by President Wiliam Short to be) Parka, steam engineers, Brerett. impartially representative of tneur | Auditing Committes jwtructed to oppose the present fed- manships went to Se| m engineers, heads the import which State Representative Fred B Martin, bollermakers, Seattle: P. aPF (Gar Hiatt Corvempandent) | 2,4, arn, bat RELLINGHAM, Wash, June 16.| De Iden, moving piety cham 5 kane; Jack Leith. plum MeGuern, bakers, Seattle; . se) 3 TL Moneur, trades counet! as supporters of the) waiter Kimmerly, trades by the executive | Aberdeen |teameters, Chehalis; A. Ta he shipyard and gen | trades counetl. Tacoma; Mark HK Garvin, ral? tal tradesman ghar make | before the end of! | | | Walter Allender, Rebeau, clerks. Spokane; C. P Woleott, carpenters, | 4, shipyard laborera, Walla Walla; W. L. Rreckinreed, elec wor delegation was in | of the Spokane on Jegisiation, of Walla; Charles W Tacoma; FL. Fh. Hewketh, ec taymond, also is 7 le; Geo. W. Riggins, typ: foal, Bverett of the Seattle botler-| the committee on} « ¢ Lord, of the Beat is chairman of the! © credential the Seattle sailors, rhoa. J. Hgan, bar- | fh, Clifford, shipyard Reporte as one of the m Opies discussed by today label jeaque, Wy. | the crisis, according to Thom Church, Inbel league rty, of the Postal worker workers would be at ldge again when the wires are fetu their owners. Hellinghar If the employes find they | workers, | powraphical, Oly el Seattle: Harry & Wood, timber workers, Iverett, , | been “double crossed,” in ‘the timber/of Frank MeNulty, inte president of the Wlectrical fr T, P. Molleratt, ty-| mpia; Louis D, Nash, determined than ever.” can Federation of Labor de! Burleson's order will only postpone as Fla avon, label league, | predicted the companies {and the workers, “our action wiil\be more ower carpen . painters, | dons ost en: Ameri- legates ads rned to have words jonal jephone STAR | | ThsBonMarché ¢ Home Made Dresses Making your summer dresses at home is good fun—it is work, of course—but then nothing can be accomplished without work—and it is not nearly such a serious business as making a suit or a coat. First of. all, you want a reliable pattern. | Wehave two good | lines of patterns —McCall’s and Ladies’ Home Journal Bon Marche Personal Service is here to help you choose your pattern, fabric and & yous trimmings. Is Your Summer F rock’ to Be Made of Silk? Is It to Be Home Made? 5 _, Did it ever occur to you that silk is the nicest kind of material to work | with? Well, it is, and it’s so sensible for summer frocks, waists and suits. 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