Galveston Journal. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 4, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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I
Galveston Journal
YOU
AN AD
JOURNAL OFFICE.
BRINGS RESULTS
A
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE GALVESTON LABOR COUNCIL AND AFFILIATED UNIONS.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1905
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$1.00 PER YEAR.
THE EABLY CLOSING
PHONE 79!
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MODEL LAUNDRY
4e
SMALL STORES THE OBSTACLE
Deal With Headquarters.
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BUY A SET
OF CARVERS
for myself.
ment.
Union labor
Boddeker 5 Lyons
Altention!
2211 Postoffce Street.
Do You Want Your Local to Win
of the
Great Sacrifice
Shoe Sale
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DRINK
investment.
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N KEES
Pressmen’s Ball.
WAS READ! TO RESIGN
Ue also sell the renowned
MAGNOLIA SPLITS
A CORRECTION.
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Comic
Lace
VALENTINES
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houses that have not
do so and make it
unanimous.
All Sizes
The cheapest
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12 for 250.
FROM JOHN GLAZE.
IN THE CITY.
We can save you money on Valentines at the “Old Reliable”
2
Ted collier’s Racket store
2105
Market St.
We have a pretty
line of Valentines
DESIRE RESULTS.
IN THE JOURNAL
signed up should
and Dye works
24m and postorniee sts.
, NO BRANCH OFFICES.
CASH SHOE STORE
And secure a ballot with
every 50c purchase.
WANTED- Iady or gentleman of fair
education to travel for a firm of $250,-
000.00 capital. Salary 51,072.00 per year
and expenses; salary paid weekly and ex-
panses advanced. Address with stamp, J.
A. Alexander, Galveston, Texas.
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J. W. Keenan & Sun.
W. J. Burke, Picture Frames.
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From us and have peace
in the family
is the beverage for the home use by the most
exclusive families.
They Will Not Close Because CustomersWish Them to Be Open
Influence of Wealthy in Favor of Early Closing,
DO IT NOW!
Have Your Winter Clothes
Cleaned and Pressed-—It
Makes ’Em Look
Like New
ROBT. 1. COHEN,
Correct Clothes for Men and Boys.
Contract Work Proven Expensive
to the Government.
Success of the Movement is imperiled by Indifference
of the Families of Workingmen.
Your friend,
JOHN CLAZE.
ADVERTISE
IN A PAPER THAT REACHES
The following is a list
of the merchants who
have signed the six o’clock
agreement up to Friday
af« ernoon:
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
Mistrot, F. E.
Garbade, Eiband & Co.
CLOTHIN*.
Robt. I. Cohen,
Levy, E .S. & Co.
Joseph, E. A, & Co.
RACKET STORES
Ted Collier Racket Store,
S. H. Kress & Co
Jacobs’ Crockery Store.
Engelke Crockery Store
MILLINERY.
Bord, Rex, Millinery Co.
Danby Millinery Co.
Modern Millinery Co.
Mrs. J. Nice, Millinery
George, old friend, we wish you well
As you meet us here and now.
Should not all our union men
Make this self same bow?
This world is full of joy and woe,
And pleasure and mirthfulness.
May you always tread the forward path
And ne'er betray a kiss.
For love and duty in this world sublime
is full of joy, delight and mirth,
So may your heart, so pure and true,
Be still like it was at birth.
May your life centinue in usefulness
For humanity and the workingman,
Helping your friends when in despair
Wherever and when you can.
God bless you, George, for you we love
As you travel from place to place.
May God above your sins forgive
When you meet him face to face.
The Journal Force
Galveston, Texas. Feb. 2,1905.
VALENTINES
12 FOR 5c
COFFEE DEAALERS.
Reliance Coffee Co.
Galveston Coffee and Spies Co.
SHOE DEALERS,
H. Kaiser, Shoe Dealer.
Hammersmith Bros.
Louis Himelfarb.
Ideal Shoe Store.
Flatto Bros.
__ HARDWARE.
Boddeker & Lyons.
CARPETS, LINOLEUM * MATTIN*.
Kauffman, Myers & Co.
The People’s House Furnishing Co.
E. Dulitz.
Beuhler Furniture Co.
E. T. Horn & Co.
GROCER* ,
Moore Bros.
Schneider Bros.
NOW GOING ON AT
“THE IDEAL”
IP We want to impress the fact
that we can save you money on Para-
gon Pants at $5. Their real values
are $6.50, $7, and $7.50.
P In sizes to fit every man whether
stout or thin.
A CREDITABLE PAPER.
On last Saturday T. W. Dee, of the
Galveston Journal, issued a very credit-
able special edition appropriately illus-
trated and printed on fine book paper.
It contained eight pages and was filled
with good reading and paying adver-
tisements, Mr. Dee has shown his abil-
iy as the publisher of a labor journal
which pleases his numerous patrons.—
Optra Glass,
The government has not the slightest
reason, after demonstration that it can
do its own work well and cheaply, to let
others do this work no better and at
cost much greater.—Washington Times.
known as collusion, and not generally
approved, make the bids upon a basis.
'■ of contemplated profit far greater than
would fairly represent a return for their
__ - tore
1 WILL BE HERE AT FOUR O'CLOCK MIT MY FAN!I
THE PRODUCERS IF
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TDelegate Randall, of Wyoming, who
charged President Mitchell with having
sold out the Colorado miners, was ex-
pelled from the United Mine .Workers’
Union.
It became known that John Mitchell
had his resignation ready to submit to
the convention when it met at Indian-
apolis.
It can be stated positively he was
ready to quit when he was made the
victim of great personal abuse.
Leaders in the convention knew some-
thing was in the wind when Mitchell,
as has been his custom, did not occupy
the Piano? If so take advantage
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.
YOU’LL HAVE TO
DRESS “TACKY”
If you want to win the prize at the Hop
and “Tacky” Party to be given by the
Woman’s Union Label League,
February 22nd
at Maccabee Hall, Mechanic street, be-
tween list and 22nd. Admission 15c.
Prizes to the “tackiest” dressed lady
and gentleman.
"=EE
TO OUR FRIEND GEO. R. FRENCH
Austin, Texas, January 30, 1905.
T. W. Dee, .
Editor Galveston Journal,
Galveston, Texas.
Dear Sir and Friend : I fully realize
the great power for good the Journal
has been and is and I beg to thank you
for your kind editorial in your issue of
the 28th instant, relating to the $75,000
bond issue. However, it is but just to
my colleague, Hon.Thos. W. Masterson,
to advise you that he was the leader in
framing the proposition as it now stands.
I simply approved his wise suggestions
in the matter and joined with him in
carrying them into the amendments to
the city charter.
Thanking you in advance for making
this correction in the Journal, I am,
Sincerely your friend,
EDWARD F. HARRIS.
that the workmen are really determined
to help their co-workers, and that em-
ployers will suffer rather than gain by
any attempt to defeat the movement.
The subject has been sufficiently discusg.
ed. The thing for the public to do is to
do now is to absolutely refrain from
evening purchases. Then the stores
will close of themselves. And the move-
ment must begin with the workingmen!s
families.
•3 d LOCAL NEWS ITEMS ae
Monday with several cigarmakers em-
ployed .
Several idle carpenters were put to
work last week by registering their
names in the out-of-work book at the
Journal office.
The preachers’ union passed resolu-
tions last Monday to assist the city of-
ficers in suppressing public gambling in
Galveston.
H. C. Shearer, of the Musicians’ Un-
i®n was stepping light Thursday—liter-
ally speaking, he was touching the
ground in high places. Cause, a fine
boy made its appearance at his home
Wednesday night.
Tom Moore has recovered from his
attack of the grip, but is laid up with a
bad case of erysipelas in the face, and it
will be some time before he will be able
JOB PRINTING
or ALL KINDS
NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THE
Attention is called to the advertise-
ment in this issue of the famous “Rep”
beer, brewed by the Houston Brewing
Co., D. Rossi local agent.
The Labor Council committee will
count the votes in the piano contest
next Wednesday night and the result
will be published in -the Journal next
week.
John Moody is still suffering with his
eye and it will be some time before he
will be able to use it. Bro. Moody was
uneasy for a time for fear he would lose
the sight of the eye entirely.
The grade raising contractors have
ordered another dredge boat built to
replace the Texas, which was lost at
sea. It will be known as Texas No.-2,
bidders, the conclusion cannot be avoid- t0 work
ed that these bidders, through a process
Mitchel^Was in Angry Mood but
Was Induced By Friends
Not to Resign.
with any of those firms impress upon
them the importance of giving their
employes a shorter workday. Do not
buy anything after six o’clock, even if
you have to be inconvenienced by doing
without it.
The summer is fast, approaching and
what has been done toward providing
amusement on the beach for the excur.
sionists to the city during the summer.
It is said there will be more visitors to
Galveston this summer than ever to see
the grade raising. And then Galveston
people like amusement themselve once
in awhile. The Journal devoutly trusts
that something substantial in the way
of improving the beach front will re-
suit from all the discussion on the sub*
ject that has appeared in the newspapers
recently.
The Houston Labor Journal says the
Nacogdoches Havana Cigar Co. located
in Galveston because they could not se-
cure a suftable place for their factory in
Houston. Max is evidently laboring
under an hallucination. The gentle*
men desired to locate in the best city in
the coast country and after visiting
Houston, Beaumont and other smaller
towns came to Galveston and located,
which proves they know a good town
when they see it. It will be one of the
largest cigar factories in the state and
the Journal is pleased to add them to
our list of manufacturing enterprises—
and especially so since they will employ
Union cigarmakers and use the label.
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Amarillo, Texas, Jan. 29, 1905.
Editor Journal: Not having written
to you or heard from you or any of my
friends downthere in a long time, I
thought I would drop you a few lines,
thinking that perchance when you be-
come familiar with my address you would
drop me a few lines.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. is
fighting the compulsory education bill.
This is not surprising when it is under-
stood that the passage of such a bill
will prevent this soulless corporation
from employing girls of tender age to
deliver messages.
Geo. Webber, of Houston, f ormerly
of Denver, was in the city Thursday.
Bro. Webber is a cigarmaker, and an
active worker in the ranks of unionism.
He got acquainted with the bunch
before he had been in town twelve
hours and declared he would not be sat-
isfied until he got ajob sohe could locate
in.Galveston, ,
The Journal this week publishes the
second of a series of articles on the early
closing movement of the clerks. The
article is of interest to the general pub-
lic as well as union people, and shows
some of the obstacles in the way of the
clerks securing all the stores in the city
to sign the six o’clock closing agree.
i for organized labor, and by their wisdom
and conservatism have, placed unionism
on a high plane in Galveston. _
The secretary of the Labor Council
has arranged a roll call of the delegatee
so as he will be able to send each local
at the end of every month a printed
report of the meetings attended
by the local’s delegates the preceding-
month. The idea of Secretary Rabe is
a good one and will be appreciated by
the organizations composing the Coun.
cil, for it will enable them to know
whether their delegates are attending to
their duties or not.
Again the Journal would urge upon
the people of Galveston to rally to the
clerks in their efforts to secure a short-
er workday. While the clerks have
been very successful in securing signa-
tures there are some who should sign
that have not done so. If you trade
FOR ORCHESTRA MUSIC,
♦ BALLS AND RECEPTIONS,
X ' EMPLOY THE J
I Galveston Orchestra
♦ J.W.LANE, Leader.
? F- C. VOIGHT ana ARTHUR SCHNEIDER,
♦ Businesm Managers.
2 Address all communications 01 call at the Journal office. Telephone No.
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That all stores should be closed in the
evening will be heartily acknowledged
by everyone not interested n keeping
some store open. Justice to themselves
and to their famlies, requires that elrk
employes have their evenings to them-
selves. The day is long enough for
wook. The night is given for rest and
recreation. He who having worked all
day must work also in the night is de-
prived of his just due, and of what he
needs forhis own well being and that of
his family. The retail clerks are crry
ing on a commendable agitation for the
early closing of stores, and their reser-
vations of Saturdays and holiday seasons
as times for night work are ex-
ceedingly liberal. There is no reason
why retail clerks should not enjoy these
periods of recreation as well as others.
The movement is meeting with some
check by therefusal of some small stores
to join it. It is to be hoped that this
obsticle will be overcome, and that this
most desirable reform will be accom-
plished.
The truth requires that it should be
stated that the success of the movement
is imperiled by the indifference of the
families of the workmen who are most
insistent in their demands for public
sympathy and support when from time
to time they have occason to resist the
unreasonable requerements of employers
The unions pass strong resolutions in
favor of early closing, or even the well-
to-do. The stores whose trade is most
largely among that class are either
closed already in the evening or are
ready to close. The places which stand
out are those in which the poorer
classes trade most. They will not close
because their customers wish them to
be open. When they are made to un-
derstand that their customerswish them
to close they will do so. Whatever in-
fluence wealth can give is all in favor of
closing. It rests with the workingmen
and their tamilys, who should be the
first to recognize that all workers must
stand together. How can they expect
the aid of the public in their times of
trouble if they will not aid their fellow-
workers in another line of life by so
simple a matter as making purchases in
the daytime and letting it be plainly
seen that they wish stores to be closed
in the evening? The labor unions and
federations which by resolution have in-
dorsed the early closing movement have
in their power to effect the reform by
taking the matter right home to their
families. It is necessary to await the
formal announcement that stores will be
closed at night. Let people stay out of
them in the evening from this time on.
Any concerted action in this direction
wilibeteltatonce. It will be a notice
the chair. A delegate wielded the
gavel.
Delegate Randall, of Wyoming, who
called Mitchell “a carbuncle on the
fairest union in the world, who should
be relegated to the trash pile or to a
wore place,” was sought for and urged
to make apology.
Randall had evidently slept over his
remarks, and after talking with the
miners who had backed him, he said he
would say something.
He asserted strongly, however, that
he would make no apology.
Randall was recognized. He said
perhaps he had expressed himself in
stronger words than were best for his
cause.
“I guess,” said he, John Mitchell is
not a carbuncle.”
When he had gotten this far Mitch-
ell’s adherents, who outnumbered his
opponents five to one, began their
applause, and amid cries of “Mitchell!”
and yells for “John,” the stampede was
complete. -
When quiet was restored Mitchell did
not rise to speak. To his friends he
said:
“I did not seek the office, did not ask
to be elected, or re-elected and I don’t
want it now.”
To make the stampede, Delegate
Jones and others from the Colorado dis
trict gained the floor and virtually
called Randall a liar.
They all declared that the big major-
ity of miners in Colorado love John
Mitchell to this day, though they did
losehe trike.
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I have been away from Fort Worrh
about six weeks and have kept neglect-
I ing to write. I have wanted the Journal
which I haven’t seen on account of my
neglect in notifying you of my depart-
ure. I like this dry atmosphere fine
and am looking better than usual. The
weather has been cold up here—was be-
low zero a couple of times so far.
The new factory is going slowly on
account ®f a hesitancy of the retailers
taking hold and pushing them. This
is one of the dumping places for the
trust. The Owl is in great demand
among the smokers. The town is fairly
well organized, was much stronger be-
fore the carpenters lost out some time
ago. There is no central body here.
The Berbers, Clerks, Machinists and
railroad men are thoroughly organized.
I am going to do some organizing in the
immediate future. On account of not
having a labor paper here and no cen-
tral body I haven’t learned where or at
what time the unions meet.
I have been doing nicely since here.
Have made fair money and am sav-
ing some of it. If I stick here until
next Sunday I hope to make a venture
Remember, good people, the Woman’s
Union Label League will entertain you
on the night of Feb. 22, at the Maccabee
hall, with a “tacky party” and hop.
It will only cost you 15c to attend and
you might be lucky enough to win one
of the prizes, provided you dress tacky.
The ladies are doing a good work for
unionism and we should encourage
them in their efforts.
Joe Hughes has so far escaped the
ravages of the grip and is enjoying the
best of health. This information is
given because he has been working pret-
ty regular of late and his friends did
not know to what to attribute his ab-
sence frem his usual haunts. The last
the Journal saw of Joe he was hustling
votes in the piano contest, and he asserts
that the union that beats the Screwmen
will get the piano. -
Among the great number of new dele-
gates received at the last meeting of the
Labor Council is some. good material
and the organizations can expect results
from the central body during the pres-
ent year. The faces of a number .of the
old “war horses” can again be seen in
the meetings, men who in the past have
engaged in many a hard fought battle
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and it will take eight months to com-
plete it.
The Womam’s Label League is a can-
didate for the piano and Louis Ricci has
been hustling votes for the organiza-
tion. Louis says the ladies ought to
win the prize.
E. P. Keach, representing the Texas
Farmer of Dallas, was in the city Tues-
day and made the Journal office a visit.
The Journal office is prepared to do
all kinds of job printing. Give us your
next order.
Geo. R. French, international organ-
izer for the Cigarmakers’ union, left
yesterday for San Antonio and other
points in the state. We all enjoyed his
stay among us and will be glad when
the time comes for him to visit the lo-
cal here again.
The meeting of the Clerks’ Unior
next T uesday night will bean important
one and all members are urged to be
present. The matter of entertaining
the International convention will be
taken up and committees appointed.
The clerks are progressing finely with
their early closing movement, there
being but few houses who have not
signed up. The six o’clock closing is an
assured fact in Galveston and those
VOL. 7- NO. 35.
Recently there was an undertaking
to construct two battleships at the
sometime. One was to be the product
of government work and the other of a
private yard. These ships are the Con-
necticut and Louisiana. In the present
stage of completion, in this respect the
ships being equally advanced, one has
cost $2,234,937.08 and the other $3,548,-
250.65. This saving of nearly a million
and a quarter is in favor of government
construction.
Owners of shipbuilding plants have
been free with the assurance that they
could do work at less cost than the
government. They have appealed to the
people of the country to uphold them in
this contention. They have pointed
out the industrial advantage in the
the maintainance of extensive private
plants.
The sentiment in favor of a large navy
does not rest upon the belief that it
would benefit the promoters of any par-
ticular industry. There is a friendly
jeeling toward shipbuilders but there is
not an extreme devotion to their wel-
fare that would -sanction the letting of
contracts to them at ruinous disparity
made manifest in an actual test. If the
goverdment can so far outdo individual
The voting in the piano contest is
getting warm.
The Musicians’ Unio meets next
Sunday morning.
Remember your obligation and do
your buying before six o’clock.
The Retail Clerks meet next Tuesday
night and the members are requested to
attend.
Label agitation should receive more
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The third grand fancy dress and mas-
querade ball of the Galveston Printing
Pressmen's Union No. 25 took place at
Harmony Club Hall Friday night, Jan.
27. Although the weather was
inclement it did not deter the friends of
this popular organization from attend-
ing in such numbers that the spacious
ballroom was completely fillled. Twenty
four dances were on the program, and
from the moment the grand march, led
by Mr. H, O. Williams and Mrs. W. W,
Tidd, until 3 a. m. wallflowers were con-
spicicuous by their absence. The
maskers wore original and unique cos-
tumes, and to the merry strains of the
Harpers kept time with twinkling feet
This ball was one of the finest this or-
ganization has ever given, and the
thanks of their friends for so pleasurable
an occassion are due the committees.
attention in Galveston if we desire to
build up home industries.
Geo. Jacobs, Louis Va*n Name and
Miss Annie Stewart, all members of the
Clerks’ Union, are on the sick list.
Henry Rabe is recovering from the
effects of the dog bite he was so unfort-
unate to receive last week.
The Retail Clerks’ Union is in the
race for the piano which is being voted
for.
The Typographical Uuion will hold
its regular meeting Sunday afternoon at
Cooks and Waiters’ hall.
T. W. Dee, editor of the Journal,
spent the greater part of the week at
Austin on business for the Bay Fish and
Oystermen’s Union.
Emil Dantin of the Clerks’ Union,
has the sympathy of the union people of
the city in the death of his father which
occurred recently.
Mrs. Mitchell, wife of Bro. Dave
Mitchell of the Painters’ Union, was
quite sick several days this week, we
regret to learn.
John Butler says he knows now how
it feels to live in Venice. The grade
raising has reached his place and he has
to get around his yard in a skiff.
The big cigar factory of Nacogdoches
Havana Cigar Co. will begin operations
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