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VOL. VII
GALVESTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 12th, 1917
No. 15
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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State Federation of Labor With Other Information
Sunday officers for the coming year
THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION
meets held by the printers in
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dustry rules hundreds of thousands
break whole communities
H. C. Lange, commissioner of waterworks and
sewerage,
also died in office.
Valery Austin declined to offer for re-election
Mr.
attendance.
GEORGE H. SLATER,
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New York, May 11.—The United
four years ago.
PRINTERS NOMINATE
COMING OFFICIALS
If you talk to your friends of noth-
ing but yourself they possibly think
you are uninteresting.
Typographical Union Will Elect Of-
ficers May 23—Other Import
ant Matters Transacted.
BIG CORPORATION
IS INVESTIGATED
Opens at Fort Worth May, 21 One of Most Important Gatherings in History
of Organization. Full Attendance Desired. Special Train Will Be
Run From Houston For South Texas Delegation.
Golden weddings deserving as big
headlines as a divorce suit must be
interesting.
half dozen subsidiary companies com-
posing the trust be forced to operate
Entire Citizens Ticket Sweep Into Office By Large Majorities.
United Labor Party Lost One Man.
same power that levies taxes on
Veteran Union Man Passes Peaceful-
ly Away—} or fears Oficer--
In Pressmen’s Union.
and thereby to control the acts of
public officials, evn to procuring the
' m
g
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THE ELECTRICIANS.
The steel corporation dominates in-
dustry because it owns or controls
absolutely the great bulk of the iron
—Cavin, commissioner of fire and olice; Suderman, commissioner
A man with more money than
brains usually has more friends than
enemies.
great service can be rendered to the
work necessary for the defense of the
nation and in the development of one
of the important national resources
of Texas. It is of the utmost impor-
tance that ' action in the matter be
taken promptly.
old board of commissioners last night the vote was canvassed and
arrangements made for formally notifying the new commissioners
of their election. Last night was the last meeting of the old board.
The next meeting of the commissioners will show three new faces
routine duties which are placed upon these department heads.
About the city hall and at the police and fire stations there is
owners and operators of plants pro-
ducing crushed stone, gravel and
sand in every county in Texas. In-
formation is also desired about lo-
calities where road materials may be
obtained, and the kind of road mate-
held at the Cooks and Waiters Hall States Steel corporation, most pow-
Sunday officers for the coming year erfol of all industrial autocracies and
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BARTENDERS HOLD
INTERESTING MEETING
ddes this through the Oliver Mining
Company of Duluth, one of its sub-
-mams,and-,-ne smat —ep
of men under another name, would
continue to dominate if the Supreme
Court should order a dissolution.
Of the corporation’s $2,000,000,000
capitalization, it has been estimated
that nearly half representes the value
of iron ore deposits to which it holds
title on the Mesaba rangs of north-
with its orders succeed and that oth-
ers fail.
Because it has acquired control of
graet tracts of land underlain by iron
ore placed there by nature and dis-
covered less than forty years ago,
this corporation is enabled to make
huge profits on watered stock, by
taxing every industrial and commer-
cial enterprise in America. And the
MOST EXCITING CAMPAIGN WITNESSED
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Mr. Norman, Last of Original Commissioners, Retires After 16 Year
Service. Entire Campaign Conducted On High Plane. New Board Will
Be Organized Next Week and Begin Work of Bettering Conditions.
Another remarkable incident connected with the election is the
defeat of Mr. Norman for commissioner of fire and police. Mr.
Norman is the first original commissioner to suffer defeat at the
Concerning Credentials.
All delegates-elect who anticipate
having proxies at the convention are
earnestly requested to see to it that
their duplicate credentials are for-
warded to this office at once. This
is imprative if the convention is to
be permitted to at once proceed with
the regular order of business.
tine natuer were discussed. Business
was reported fairly good, with future
prospects about as usual.
I. H. Kempner did the same thing two years ago.
In connection with the compaign the United Labor Party,
while not eleceting both men endorsed, has the satisfaction of se-
and constitutions standing between
their wll and the liberties ©f working
men.
This is not the fault of the steel
corporation. Morgan and Gary mere-
ly played the game according to the
rules. It is the fault of a community
that is willing to endure the tyranny
the holding corporation.
Everyone knows that the steel cor-
poration dominates the steel indus-
try. At the time of the strike at
The mae
make or
were nominated* and arrangements
made for the election. The election
of officers for the Typos will take
place Sunday, May 23. At this time
polls. He has been commissioner of fire and police since the incep-
tion of the city commission form of government Judge William
. . - Austin, the first mayor-president under the commission form, died
disregard and Violation ad statutes in office — - -
J. L. Nichols Elected Delegate to
International Convention—New
Places Are Signed Up.
Due to the fact that Tuesday was
election day and on Tuesday night
the returns of the election were to
be had there was no meeting of the
Sign Painters of Galveston. There
was nothing but matters of a routine
nature to be discussed at the meeting
and they were passed over until the
next meeting. Members of th union
declare that business has been pick-
ing up for the past week or ten days
and that prospects are brighter than
in some time.
Foi one month preceding the election the campaign was a bat-
tle royal. The fight was the hardest ever witnessed here. Rally
after rally was held in every portion of the city and people turned
out to hear what the candidates had to say. In practically all cases
the campaign was conducted upon a high plane. There was but
in- little -mudslinging.
power enables them to
and extortion which a small minority
are able to inflict by their control of
natural resources.
country and every local should be
represnted. There is some specula-
tion as to who will be selected to at-
tend this convention.
The following are the officers nom-
inated for the ensuing year and
whose names will be placed before
the Typos for confirmation at the
special. meeting held May 23:
President, J. B. Stephenson.
Vice-President, Amos N. Lowden.
Secretary, Emil Peterson.
Sergeant at Arms, William Beau-
lieu.
The last meeting of the Typos was
very enthusiastic and interesting.
Many questions were discussed and
while they were of a routine nature
it developed that every printer pres-
ent was interestd in them. President
Slater presided, with most of the offi-
cers and the membership in attend-
ance.
and the closed shops of the Typothe-
ta At this special meeting the print-
ers will select a delegate to the In-
ternational convention. This conven-
tion is one of the most important
the members were in
The regular meeting of the Chauf-
feurs was held at the Carpenters hall
last Thursday night. The attendance
was excellent, most of the officers
and members being present. Matters
of aroutine nature were discussed.
The Chauffeurs reported that several
new contracts had been signed up.
Business ngeerally was reported good
and the prospects better.
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THE CARPENTERS.
to vote upon the. ratification of the
arbitration agreement between the
The Painters and Decorators held
their regular meeting at the Cooks
and Waiters hall on Tremont Street
last Thursday night. President Potts
presided Most of the officers and
rorcommssonerorrrreanaporce-==
TEXAS ROAD MATERIAL
IN GREAT DEMAND.
Austin, Texas, May 11.—Engineers
of the United States army wish to se- :
cure at the earliest possible date com- .
plete information about available ma-
terials for road construction in the '
Southwest. The authorities of the ,
University of Texas have been re-
quested to collect this information I
and transmit it to Washington. To
carry out this plan it is necessary to
secure the names and addresses of ।
The regular meeting of the Car-
penters and Joiners of America, Lo-
cal No. 526, was held at the Carpen-
ters hall Tuesday night. Most of the
officers and members were in attend-
ance. Matters of a routine nature
only were discussed at he meeting.
Business was reported as being about
all that could be expected at this
time, while prospects were said to be
a little better. The Carpenters are
still looking after those-, who desire
to enter the employment of the gov-
ernment and it was staed that from,
time to time applications come in for
this class of service.
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THE PAINTERS.
men and there is no doubt that they will readily fall into the various
ance and revenue for many years. Cavin and Suderman are able
quired to announce for the positions they sought. Formerly candi-
dates just announced for commissioner and the board at the first
meeting elected the members to various places. Hence, all “single-
shotting” was disposed of and the citizen voted for the man he
wanted for a particular place.
ARE BEING MAILED OUT
Secretary Slater Sends Out Report of OfficersOFTherexas—A e e ul r meettne ofLhe Ty
sworn foe of indstrial demorrary
through labor organization, is on
trial beforenthe Supreme Court at
Washington.
pographical Union, Local No. 28,
Secretary-Treasurer T. S. F. of L.
The report of the officers of the
Federation is bound in pamphlet
form and is arranged in a manner
which will make it easily perused.
Each official has reported in detail,
showing the work done and the ac-
complishments for the year. From a
perusal of the report it will be found
that many important laws have been
passed since the last meeting of the
Federation. It will also be seen that
new unions have sprung up all over
the state and have affiliated with the
state organization. Further, it will
be seen the financial affairs of the
Texas State Federaton of Labor are
in excellnt conditoin.
The twentieth annual convention of
the Texas State Federation, which
will be held in Fort Worth during
the week beginning Monday, May 21,
promises to be one of the best at-
tened and most important sessions of
the body. There will be many things
of vital importance to the labor move-
ment in Texas discussed at his con-
vention and it is urged that every or-
ganization enttled to send a delegate
to the convention do so.
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RETAIL CLERKS
PICNIC TOMORROW
ore deposits on this continent. It
of wage earners with an iron hand,
compelling them to labor for less
than a living wage or to starve, and
flouting every attempt to organize.
Cavin .......................
Norman ............
Young ..........................
Baushell ................;......
Compton ...........................
Connolly .....................
In many ways the campaign was the most recarkable
the city. It was the first election in which candidates
no little amount of speculation as to who will be retained in the
employment of the city. It is possible that no announcement of the
slate of the various commissioners will be made for several weeks.
Supplementing the anouncement
already published regarding the rail-
road rate—one and a third fare for
the round trip—for the forthcoming
annual conventon, all delegates-elect
are informed that arrangements have
been made whereby tickets, will be
on sale on both May 19 and 20, good
to return leaving Fort Worth May 27.
Convention Program.
The Entertainment Committee of
the T rades Assembly has reported a
program for the meeting of the Fed-
eration as follows:
The meeting will be opened by
President H. W. Wentworth of the
Fort Worth Trades Assembly.
Address of welcome by Mayor Da-
vis.
' Response sby .President Cunning-
ham of the State Federation.
Address by Governor Ferguson.
Address by Labor Commissioner
Woodman,
And probably addresses by others.
A barbecue by the Chamber of
Commerce.
A ball by the Chamber of Com-
merce.
A visit to the packing houses.
A trip over the city.
The different labor organizations of '
the city will have entertainments for
their fellow craftsmen during the
week. (
ern Minnesota and in other iron
fields bordering on Lake Michigan. .
Youngstown, Ohio, in 1916, it was T . , • • , . . . _
this shown that even the biggest of all -n 0116 of the most exciting and interesting municipal campaigns
the so called “independent” compa- ever wage in the city of Galveston the entire Citizens Ticket was
hies would ont increase wages and elected Tuesday. The United Labor Party succeeded in electing
prevnt a strike without the approval one of the two candidates it announced.
Of Judge Gary and the other Morgan r
’directors. Early reports from the polling places showed the Citizens’
• There is one doubtful factor and 1 icket sweeping the field and the final count of the vote gave each
curing one place on the board. It has the further satisfaction of
knowing it conducted its campaign in such fair and impartial way
mat it can not be criticised by those who approve of a fight for
men on their own merits. The United Labor Party and its leaders
and candidates will be found standing behind the coming adminis-
tration and willlig and ready to led any assistance possible in solv-
ing the great problems which are to confront the new board. It
fought a good fight and lost. It realizes that this is not a time when
there should be any dissention. It knows what Galveston needs
and must have and can be counted upon to assist in securing these
things.
The newly elected mayor and commissioners will organize
themselves during the next week. At the regular meeting of the
the local union will be called upon . The government is asking that the
International Typographical Union independently of each other and of
Only matters of aroutine nature
were given consideration at the regu-
lar meeting of the Electricians at
their regular meeting in their hall
over the Tribune building Wenes-
day night. Most of the officers and
members of the organization were in
attendance. Business was reported
good and prospects about as usual.
one certainty in the present situation, and every candidate on that ticket large majorities. Mr. Shay, can-
rhe action of the Supreme Court is didate for waterworks and sewerage commissioner on the United
dor dissonutonay or it may not or Labor Party ticket, polled one of the largest votes of any of the
The certainty is that, regardless of candidates having opposition.
what the Court does, the men domi- The following are total votes cast or each candidate in the elec-
neering the steel industry will con-tion.
tinue to domineer it and fix prices!
and profits on the basis of what the P 01 Mayor
traffic will bear. Also they will con- Kempner ......................................
tinue to dictate the labor policy and Campbell ......................................
to beat down every attempt at demo- Sappington ....................................
cfatic organization of the working For Commissioner of Finance and Revenue—
force. „
For the real source of the danger- ' - ..........................................
offs power exercised by the Corpor- For Commissioner of Streets and Public Property—
ation is ont its size or its efficiency.] Suderman
Stafford .......................................
Price .........................................
For Commissioner of Waterworks and Sewerage-
Shay ..........................................
Malitz .........................
rials available. Persons owing gravel
pits, sand pits, or stone quarries or , -
who have information about such de- of streets and public property, and Kempner, mayor-president.
Sible,torsubrsitdstmpieiteorndheifPqe- Kempner, however, is a veteran, having been commissioner of fin-
rials to Dr. J. A. Udden, University
of Texas, Austin, Texas. By re-
sponding at once to this request a
The report of the officers of .the
Texas State Federation of Labor has
just come from the press and is now
being distributed over the state. Ac-
companying the report is a letter
from Secretary George H. Slater of
Galveston calling attention to the
fact that these reports should be
thoughtfully considered prior to the
meeting of the Federation which will
be in Fort Worth on May 21. Sec-
retary Slater is also inclosing with
the report much valuable information
concerning the convention.
The following is the letter and the
convention arrangements:
To All Delegates-Elect—Greeting:
Deeming it important that, the rep-
resentatives of affiliated locals who
will attend the Twentieth Annual
Convention of the Texas State Fed-
eration of Labor, to be held in Fort
Worth beginning Monday, May 21,
should have opportunity to carefully
investigate the reports of officers
thereto prior to their arrival in the
convention city I am herewith en-
closing some for your thoughtful
consideration.
All delegates-elect are respectfully
resuested to call on the secretary-
ur-e.c ut Ene Camer of Cou-
merce building, where the convention
will be held, before submitting their
credentials to the credntials commit-
tee. Fraternally yours,
GEORGE H. SLATER,
Secretary-Treasurer T. S. F. of L.
Convention Arrangements.
The following information regard-
ing the hotel rates and distance of
same from Convention Hall has been
furnished this office by the arrange-
ment committee:
Westbrook, $1.00 and up; one
block.
Worth, $1.00 and up; four blocks.
Metropolitan, $1.00 and up; five
blocks.
Terminal, $1.00 and up; thirteen
blocks.
None of the above hotels have un-
ion dining rooms, but there are plen-
ty of union restaurants.
Important Notice.
Delightfully anticipating the pleas-
ure of meeting you in Fort Worth President Potts, following the meet-
and with best wishes, I beg to re- ing, said that only matters of a rou-
main, Fraternally yours,
Cle flavor Mifiptth
Official Organ of the Galveston Laboi Council, Dock and Marine Council of Galveston and Vicinity
The twentieth annual picnic of the
Retail Clerks of Galveston will be
held at Dicinkson on Sunday, May 13
—tomorrow. Arrangements have
been completed for the outing and it
is expect that one of the largest
crowds of the season will be found
on the picnic grounds of South Tex-
as. The Retail Clerks have arranged
for the proper entertainment of all
persons who care to spend the day
with them. The grounds at Dickin-
son are reported to be in the finest
shape and the weather is expected to
be suitable for such outing.
Spcial trains will leave Galveston
for the picnic grounds at 8:30 and
10:45 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. The first
of the contingent of clerks, those hav-
ing in charge the success of the af-
fair, will leave Galveston on the first
train. The families of the clerks and
their many friends will get to the pic-
nic grounds in time for the entertain-
ment and refreshment.
There will be plenty of music and
dancing as well as various other
forms of amusements. The local un-
ion has extended an invitation to all
employers and their families, all
friends and their families and all
those who desire a little recreation
to come to Dickinson for the day.
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THE CHAUFFEURS.
Through its control of the raw ma-
terial the steel corporation, or, if it
is dissolved, its mining subsidary, can
work ts will wth every ndependent
steel maker in "the country. It can
see to it that -those whom comply
----------- Galveston_May_10 ,1912
J. L. Nicholas was unanimously
elected delegate to the International
convention to the held in St. Louis
in June, 1917.
Local No. 749, Bartenders Union,
held thtir regular meeting last Sun-
day with a very good attendance and
all business ‘ was transacted in the
regular form of order.
Several communications were read
from different locals and regular ac-
tion taken on same.
The application of J. C. Mares was
repoited favorably and he being in
waiting was elected and obligated in
Local 749.
Bro. Elex Saphos was admitted by
transfer card from Local 69.
A unanimous vote of thanks was
extended the committe on the last
outing for services rendered in mak-
ing same a grand success.
Bio. Zapp reported collections good
no one sick, very few men idle and
all matters in flourishing condition.
Business agent reported having
placed cards n different houses and
no grievances existing at present.
The house of A. Martini, on 26th
and Market, was placed on the unfair
list by Local 749, and all organized
labor was asked to omit patronizing
this said place in the future.
With no other further business on
hand, the meeting closed in due form
until next meeting, which is May" 13,
1917, at which time all members are
urgently requested to attend, as sev-
eral matters of importance are to
come up and each and every one is
needed, so don’t fail to come. Re-
spectfully yours,
J. DANTIN,
•Business Agent.
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