Vancouver Daily World from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Page 26

Saturday, August 29, 1809. TWENTY SIX THE VANCOUVER WORLD TYPOGRAPHICAL HOW LABOR HALL WAS ACQUIRED I 1 UNION NO. 226 1 Ex Aid. Wllllami Wee Prominent Fig EIGHT YEARS OLDER THAN THE DOMINION without interfering with tho ilinary activities of tho union. The International union nia'n'ivns at Colorado Springs, a home for and disabled printers, which world Ire a creditj to any organizati m.

Thole are at presont about 200 old or infirm members enjoying in their Jfoii r' all the comforts which a 'jcn irons fraternity 'can provide for brothers whe are no longer able to provide I tlon selvos. Absolutely no charge is made upon any inmate, and for those wluse friends do not furnish them u'th tviket money, a small weekly made. In connection the but separated for snnitury v.asui, i maintained a tent sanatorium tor tub erculosis patients, and (he very satisfactory report is made ly the siipeiin tendeiit that fully SO per con, of those entering in the first or swoid stages of the disease have Wen so restored a to lie able to return to work, while many in more advanced stages have been much improved and able to loiun to linii, lirtmos IGHT years before the Dominion of Canada came into existence, the Corby Distillery, was founded, and next year, 1909, its jubilee will be celebrated. ry 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 Prlntcn Wert Among the Flrtt to Organize In Vancouver end Their Union Hai Continued One of the Mot Prominent.

(By Geo. Wilby) In the trade union moxcnient in Van eouver Typographical Tnion Mo. SSfi has always taken a prominent part. Organized at the Winning of Vancouver's history as a city by union members from tlie surrounding cities, it has niliintnin od the position of Vancouver nx a union in printing trade matters. Alt' ough always ready to uphold its con neany nan a century it nas Dccn Dunaing up a big business and a great reputation.

The Corby Distillery is at once ure In the Struggle that Ended In Organized Labor Securing Suitable Headquarters. Of all tho men in the city who have been connected with labor, the one tntui who waa most prominently identified with the movement made eight yr ago to acquiro labor premises where tho various trades could meet, is Mr. Francis Williams ex Aid. William. Previous to acquiring the Labor hall at tho corner of Dunsnuiir street and Homer street, the Trades and Labor Council met in premises in the 500 block on Hastings street, on the north side.

The building has since been pulled down, and th site is occupied by the premises of David Spencer Limited. In those days Vancouver was not what it is now, and the trades were neither so numerously represented in the council, nor, perhaps, so well organized. The delegates present at meetings rarely exceeded 10 or 15, and the total membership was about 32. The membership was drawn, however, from all the Tho International union nlro provides a funeral benefit for its icember, and has just introduced a pension heme, by which its aged members v. Hi do not wish to avail themselves cf lie legcs of1 the home may r'veivo a viekly allowance.

PIONEER DIVISION IIU, AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY EMPLOYEES OF AMERICA. To Mr. A. O. Perry The World is indebted for the following particulars regarding this flourishing union: The closing months of the year 1808 saw the birth of the Pioneer Divisian.

A few of the old members still remain in tho company's service. At the time of institution, the employees of the New Westminster branch joined hands with Vancouver, but only for about ten months, when they withdrew, and at a later date formed separate organization, which, like the parent division, is growing in numbers and usefulness. Skilful Organization Pioneer Division will always have cause to revere the memory of the late Jos. Watson, who, as organizer for the American Federation of Labor, materially assisted in the organizing of the Street Railway men, ably assisted by Geo. Hartley and a few others who vero at that time in the front rank of the one of the oldest and yet actually the most modern up to date distillery on this continent.

Its character and reputation are what they have ever been j' its methods have kept pace with the advancement in science and the inventions of the times; its product is uniformly the best. Corby's "Special Selected" Canadian Rye is unrivalled for quality, purity and flavor. The Corby Distillery is located right in the heart of the country surrounded by fields and flowers, where the air is uncontaminated by city nuisances, and the cold, crystal water from the living springs near by comes underground right to the spot where it is put into use. Every process from the arrival of the grain to the shipping of the whisky, is under government supervision, and the label of the Department of Inland Revenue attests the age of every bottle of Corby's whisky sold. 1 You do not know Canadian Whisky at its best until you have tried Corby's "Special Selected." tentions in dispute, the Has pursued a conservative policy, Mid thu mutual respect and confidence of v.nion and employers is shown by fact for fifteen years past there has been no general cessation of work or anv involving any of tho more impoitant offices.

Yet during this period a ledue tion in working hours from nine per day to eight in job offices a id seen and a half in newspaper together with several increases in rata of pay have been "peaceably xl. The earlier history of the union was not so tranquil. Many minor deputes arose, for hit tho system (.1 piecework then in vogue was The causes would seem indeed to persons unacquainted with Mw c.aft, but were sufii' iently annoying when these trifles interfered with the (fiort to set up a big "string" of type. "Chapel" meetings of the men employed in tho different offices were frequently called to settle these disputes, and constant irritation of this kind culminated in a strike over the question of whether the word independent, fer ring to political party, should have a capital 1 or not. The organizer of the International union, Jlj.

E. IIakes, of Seattle, was called in as mediator, and decided that the union was in the wrong and fined the union for acting without sufficient cause. T'pon the introduction of the linotype machines shortly afterwards, the piecework system was abolished, i'ing away with many causes of friction. About eight years ago, Mr. F.

3. i Peane, then proprietor of the Sentinel, impressed with the oemund for the union label, and tho advantages of dealing with a responsible organized body, joined with his employees in requesting Vancouver union to extend its jurisdiction to Kamloops, 'there not being enough printers in that city to form a separate organization. AlUough rather unusual for the jurisdiction of a local union to extend so far, uie request was granted, and Kamlo.ips became, as it were, a suburb if Vurcou ver, enjoying the same privileges of organisation and ftiaintaining the same, scale of wages. 1'or some years, also. New Westminster printers were affiliated with Vancouver union.

Early this Year, however, having a sufficient num unions in town, and by and by the place began to get too small, and the opinion grew that the council had bojter look into tho question of securing premises of its own. A committee was appointed to see if suitable quarters could be got at a fair rental. This committee reported that suitable premises could not be had for less than $125 a month. A Steep Figure This figure struck the council as being pretty steep, and Joe Dickson, Joe Watson, George Hartley and Alderman Williams were very forcible in giving expression to this view. Mr.

Williams, in particular, urged the desirability of the council's securing premises of its own, and took the ground, first, thnt the council by so doing could get all the accommodation it required and, second, that the possession of premises would give labor unions a prestige in the community, which they would not otherwise have. A committee was appointed to go into the question and re port as to the feasibility of a building scheme. Mr. Williams was on that committee, and at the rjrst meeting of the committee he presented a statement of the estimated income and expenditure. This statement showed a possible profit on the undertaking amounting to about $10 or $15 a month, by renting the rooms to the different unions.

Jle suggested that the proper way to finance the scheme would be to make the unions themselves financially interested in the undertaking by inviting them to buy shares say, $2 each, open to union men only, so that any man who was interested would be able to help the scheme without. burdening himself un labor movement. Starting out with a memltrship of about eighty, the growth for a time waB i rather slow, but of recent years it has been strong and steady, nearly every branch of labor in the company's service holding a membership card in the union. One remarkable feature is the interest tit tlio pnnltiunv in Union. The best of feeling lias always been evident in the negotiations that have 4 HI duly.

These suggestions were adopted from time to time been carried on by the two parties, each side having been benefited by the advice and counsel of tho other. The company has always warmlyi welcomed any suggestions by the men for the betterment of the service. One thing the men have always felt proud of is the esteem shown by the general public for their organization and on numerous, occasions they have received tangible token of the public good wilt. Our first president, John Peary, is still in the service. Our first secretary was Mr.

Shand. Our present president, Jas. Fletcher, who is ably assisted by VT. Bui rough, has a much larger family to preside over than our first set of officers, for our present membership is close upon four hundred, composed of the men operating North Vancouver and the Lulu T.i1:iml lit'Hneh. We are irroud of our ber of members, New Westminster formed a separate local union, taking SMITH HAWTHORN THWAITE FEUO (Continued from page 31.) with them the Kamloops and hilliwai members.

The growth of Vancouver Typwuph union, like that of the oily iterilf, has been very, rapid in the last few years, owing largely to I lie improvements in tho daily papers, requiri ig a greatly, increased number of skilled workers. years ago the membership numbered 80,. including. New Westminster, and Kamloops; today Vancouver alone 173 members ar tho roll. replied in kind.

There were charges cf breaches of faith, of confidences betrayed and so forth Vhen it was all over, that had passed between men who once were sworn friends which everybody knew could never be form'ven. "It it the for, during the ten years of our I existence, we have never had to call I upon our International officers to as sist us. in any negotiations with the company. Six years ago we had the pleasure of meeting an International I president, W. D.

Mahon, a grand man of sterfinr worth, one of tho fathers of our International, one who has dono more than any other man to belter the conditions of the street railway man's lot, cn( who has given the best years cf his 'life, who has worked early and You probably think it's caused by 'f 'something you've eaten. Of course it is but if your stomach, liver and bowels were O. K. you could eat anything that others eat and never have an uncomfortable moment. You can cure the headache and the indiges tion that caused it by putting your liver in shape.

Lazy liver is at the bottom of nine tenths of human ills. Put the liver right and constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, skin troubles all ailments the Snine. That he saw his position iry plainly there can be little question, and he would have been more than human had it not added to the cogency of the arguments in favor of Socialism, to which he had latterly begunx to pay some attention. On Labor day, 1902, at the Victoria celebration, he announced his conversion to collective ownership, and shortly afterwards was admitted a member of the church of the faith in Xanaimo, He at once brought all his ability and energy to the task of making tne new organization as formidable in his interests as the old one had been, and to some extent continued to be, in those of the friend with whom he had quarrelled. How well he succeeded the results of the 1903 and 1907 elections contests in which Sir.

Smith worked to defeat him as jioartily as ho worked to defeat" Mr. Smith, in the Dominion contest of 1901. So far it "has been a drawn game, but now the gladintors are to meet face to face in the same lists. The little encounter at Nanaimo a week ago was but a preliminary bout tne st which is to settle all the eccumUpteoV scores between men who ve fu'lowcd each other from platform piatfnm for. six years, and who l.

sve no epithets and no contumely it their discussion of each other's political back slidings. Candidates for the same seat, each with his own peculiar of strength, each with his own peculiar weaknesses, the fight would bo cf interest in any event. The personal factors involved make it possibly the most 'picturesque in the whole range of the Dominion elections. by the committee, and on the report ot the committee they were adopted by the council. Site Were Cheap Then came the question of site.

At thatjime Mr. Williams the offer of site at the corner of Pender and Hamilton streets, the Oddfellows block now stands. At that time the price was $5,000. He strongly advocated the purchase, and the erection of a suitable brick building. "If we had done that," says Mr.

Williams todav, "we could have had it arranged to be just what we wanted. There could have been a large hall, upstairs, which might have been used for public or semi public meetings. There could have been lodge rooms, and one or two smaller room for the smaller unions. If necessary, the ground floor could have been let for offices. My idea was that they would have been finely situated for lawyers, insurance men, and the rental derived from them would have been considerable.

Also, the building could have been so constructed as to carry another storey, when necessary or desirable. The committee and the council thought the undertaking too big. At that time the Homer Street Methodist church people were considering the advisability of building. They did build on Georgia street, and they proposed to sell their Homer street property. They offered it to us for $7,000, and this offer was finally accepted, under strong protest from myself.

I thought that, though the building was cheap, it was not tmitable, and never would be suitable for us. The offer was cheap, but in the end it would be dear, because extensive alterations on the building would be necessary, and perhaps it would have to be pulled down and rebuilt. My anticipations have proved about correct. A Shrewd Document "In carrying out the financial part of the enterprise, we consulted Mr. Mac donell, and Joe Watson and I were appointed to see him and explain what the council wished.

Our idea was that the building should be used exclusively for labor purposes, for meetings of the unions, with probably one portion fitted up as a reading and recreation room, where men out of work could spend their time, instead of hanging around saloons, and that sort of thing. We told Mr. Macdonell that we wished to make sure that no union, no individual, late, who leaves wife and family for months? at a time to carry on the great work that he loves so well. On that occasion, six years ago, we were proud to meet him, and I think if he were to drop into Vancouver again he would be sure of a warm a welcome (if not warmer) as that he enjoyed on his of the stomach, bowels and kidneys are bound to be cured. Prove it take an (j tablet tonight and youH feel better in the morning.

The Typographical union has nssvicd in' the organization of tho allied trades of Printing Pressmen with the that today all the daily newspapers and almost, job planting office in the city ore to ns the label of the Allied' "nntins idr upon all work, signifying ttf thei' em ployees are all union and working under tondition conducive to self rei ind good workmanship. A noticeable and pleasing phase of the shortened 'workday is the imr.ro.ed morale of. the union, taken collectively, While in the earlier days many sptnt their few hours, of jsurft in d'Kipa tion, and the saloon seemed to be the common gathering" pla today a drunken printer is a rarity in Vancouver, while the number who have established comfortable homes and devote their leisure to the saner and healthier pursuits of gardening or fiuit raismg is increasing. Mot perhaps that add old topers are reforming, but that the younger recruits are following the letter example of those who have i 'iind time to follow more rational firms el rme ation. Vancouver union is a part of the In ternatinnal Typographical limn of North America, one of most mly established trade unions in the world.

With a membership of nearly it receives their loyal suppirt in time nf trouble, as shown by the immr.ise sum of over 13,000,000 which was lecer.tly raised to secure the hour day. I previous visit. Through the International our organi I zation is affiliated with tho American Federation of Labor. Locally, we are affiliated with the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the Trades and Labor Council of Vancouver. Progress I is our foreword, and as we have pros pered in the past, so may wo in the future.

Better than pills for liver ills never gripe nor sicken, always and absolutely effective. Get a 25c Box of End of the Solid Labor Party in this town," chuckled the men who for years had hopelessly submitted to the domination of tho great majority. They were right, but they had yet to learn that the Labor party was still formidable, even though split into fragments. The smash found Mr. Smith in possession of the party organization and the party newspaper.

It left Mr. Haw thornthwaite very much in the air. He had no organization, nor, tho McBride (recession having occurred in the local house and the life of the government hanging by a thread, did it seem as if he would have time to build one up. As for a newspaper, he had no means other than his sessional indemnity, Wren half of what it is now, and therefore no way of providing ine. It would be very difficult to say how the party divided itself after the split between its leaders.

As a matter of fact, many men founff it quite possible for a time to maintain their allegiance to both, so long as they did not come into direct opposition in the same political field, but the heat which continued to be generated gradually forced these to one side or the other. Meanwhile the Socialists had obtained a footing in Na naimo and throve by the quarrel. Insignificant in membership as they Were at this time, the future now seemed to be with them. Moreover they had an organization in which this very inferiority made every man a worker. It followed that with such a body on his flank, Mr.

Hawthornthwaite, standing for nothing but his own interpretation of labor policy, would be seriously handicapped should he ever come to conclusions with Mr. Smith, or with any nominee who carried the banner of the Smith party with its traditions of victory. It is a question for the psychologist whether or not Mr. Hawthornthwaite would be a Socialist leader today had Vrcuinstanc.es shaped themselves differ eriily. That he had leaningB towards Socialism long before he joined the Socialist party there is no doubt, but that he would haveXgone over to a party of extremists at any lime, had he not had to choose between thutcourse and political extinction, may ell be doubted.

As an independent labot man he would have been crushed between the upper and the nether millstdneV He would have died fighting against heavy oods, but he would have died politically just 1,000,000 IN BANK NOTES. Toronto, Aug. 20. Guarded by two men, a consignment of in bank notes for the Imperial Kauk, arrived from England last week at tlnS customs house. There we fives, T.O.OOf) tens and fifties the lot.

The duty was Cuts of President I). It. Wilkie, the Prince of Wales and the Canadian coat of arms adorn the rotes. THE A. H.

LEWIS MEDICINE CO. St. Louis, Mo. For Sale by H. McDowell and Brown Beeton, Druggist Vancouver, B.

C. or body of individuals, should be able ABSOLUTE SECURITY at any time to obtain possession of the property by buying up a majority of the stock. We figured that hard times might come, and men who had bought five or six shares would be leaving the TKTEK THE WHALER. Loudon, Aug. 20.

The death is announced, the age of eighty two, of Captain Henry Foster, who for thirteen years was Queen Victoria's pilot for the port of London. He served his apprenticeship on board the whaler Sussex, of London, his first voyage lasting four and a half years. Captain Foster was the original of the hero of Kingston's boys' 1iook, "Peter the Whaler." BRIDAL PARTY FIGHT FLAMES. London, Aug. 29.

A few minutes before the time for a young woman to leave her home at Colehiil, near Wim borne, to be married, the" cottage was discovered in flames. The bridegroom and most of the members nf the bridal party were already assembled in the church, but they returned and saved the furniture, the cottage being burnt. The wedding was postponed until next day. KILLED AT POLO. London, Aug.

29. Mr. II. E. Lambe, of Stalbridge, Shertiorne.

died recently at OWery St. Mary Cottage hospital as the result of an accident while playing polo on the ground of the Otter Vale Club. Mr. I Jim be was playing for Klackmore Vale againxt the Devon Regiment, when two ponies fell in turning, and he and another rider were thrown. Genuine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS mast bear town and might wish to sell their rac simile Signature or ARTER'S SPITTLE Giving Away Absolutely Tree $1 00 in CASH and $50 GRAPHOPHONE Every purchaser of a piano from August 15th to October 31st, 1908, will receive coupons entitling them to a chance to win the 100 cash and the $50 graphophone.

An offer like this is worth serious consideration. Further particulars can be obtained at our place of business. W. Waitt Ltd. 558 GRANVILLE STREET.

Thfe 0ld9st Music House in British Columbia. bsoiutt Cure A'S BILIOUSNESS. SICK HEADACHE. TORPID LIVER. IVER shares.

In that case any vnterprising union or individual might bay up the shares and so obtain a majority of the stock. We wished to avoid this, and Mr. Macdonell advised incorporation under the Friendly Societies Act, which was done. A Dead Comrade "From the start the enterprise was snccessful, and five years from the taking over of the building from the Methodists the last dollar of the mortgage was paid, and the property passed absolutely into possession of the Trades and Labor Council. The first payment on the hall was made on Aug.

2t, 1809. It consisted of $500. The building is now the property of the Trades and Labor Council absolutely, except $3,000 in shares held by unions and by union men. CIVIL, SEUVICE AFFILIATION. Ottawa, Aiig.

A sneeial committee of the Civil Service Association, in a day or so will consider the federation of the civil service nf all Canada into one association to make on strong body every branch in the service. At prr nent Ottawa has the largest body and hev ar rni tn lad the movement. FURRED TONGUE. PILLS INDIGESTION. CONSTIPATION 3 DIZZINESS.

r' CORNS cured SALLOW SKIN. inn ran nainiesslv remove miv iu ran painiessiy remove sum, eilner M. T. AS A NAVVY. London, Ang.

29. Mr. John Ward. M. speaking at Xewbnry, said that the last time he visited Newbury wa twenty five years ago.

when he was a lad in search of work and slept nmlcr a haystack. Subseqneutlv he wan employed as a navvy on a local railway. A voices "That made a man of yoii, sir." Mr. Ward "I agree with yow now, but I should not have agreed with you then." Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cawe rutnam hard, soft or bleeding, by applying Corn F.x true tot It never bums, leavl contains no acids; Is harmless becausf any rin LIVI Small PiH. Smalt Oom.

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