Galveston Journal. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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file are induced to read their labor lam's Lake, on Sunday May 22nd,
The Galveston Journal
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
EDITOR.
T. W. DEE
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LABOR COUNCIL OFFICERS.
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AS TO HOME LABOR,
as “the poor?”
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THE UNFAIR FIRM,
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poor.”
Again we ask, who are these
people thus distinguished since
the days of Christ—thus set apart
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Official Organ of the Galveston Labor
Council and Affiliated Unions.
Entertainment Committee Have
Arranged for Picnic.
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Entered at the Postoffice in Galveston,
Texas, as second class matter.
United States Customs Officials Seized Her Famous Collection of
Jewels and Demanded $60,000 Duty—She Wore Them on State
Occasions and Everybody Thought They Were Worth $1,000,000.
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First Vice President
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Correspondence solicited from the Sec-
retaries and members of unions. Space
will be given in these columns for dis-
cussion of economic and social questions
in brief form.
Widov/ of Guatemalans Assassinated President De-
tained at San Francisco.
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among the prosperous as among
the poor.
We also know that in one class
—the largest class of all—we find
widespread, increasing poverty as
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THE poOR AND THE RICH.
Barrios Diamonds crstheanerre Approahto anteifird,amornrd‘andbrin.
S iancy of old dine gems and will stand acids, heat, alkali, etc. Do not confound Barrios
8 Diamonds with such worthless imitations as Rhinestones, Brazilian, Montana, Bolivia
* diamanoa. Barrios Damonds ham river before been offered for sale in this city.
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Labor papers may preach until
the day of judgment of the right,
justice and necessity of trade
unionists, but until the rank and
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has been on the side of mercy and
humanity, for, as an organization,
she has always marched forward,
only demanding the God-given
and constitutional right of the
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EXPERTS DECEIVED
BY GENUINE BARRIOS DIAMONDS.
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At the meeting of the State
Federation entertainment com-
mittee Wednesday night, they
heard reports from the different
sub-committees in regard to dif-
ferent matters referred to them.
The picnic to be given at Wool-
Come to Our Store and See the Genuine Barrios Dia- I
monds the Kind Mme. Barrios Wore.
Why people continue to pay extravagant prices for diamonds is more than we can understand.
Anybody who will read the following special dispatch telegraphed from San Francisco to the lead-
ing newspapers of this city will readily understand that it is no longer necessary to pay enormous
sums for diamonds: .
“San Francisco, March IS.—Mme. Algerie Reyna Barrios’ famous diamond necklace, which she has worn
on state occasions in Guatemala and at social functions in New York, is not composed of high-priced diamonds
after all,but of Barrios Diamonds. Many other gems in what was thought to be one of the most magnificent collec-
tions of jewels in the world are but clever imitations. This astounding discovery was made by Custom House
experts, who examined them for the purpose of fixing their value.”
Mme. Barrios, the widow of the second Barrios, President of Guatemala, assassinated, like
his uncle, two years ago, arrived in San Francisco recently. The Custom House officials demanded
that $60,000 duty be paid on Mme. Barrios’ jewels. She demurred, claiming that the gems were
bought in New York by her late husband’s agents.
The Custom House experts examined the jewels after Mme. Barrios had failed to establish
her statement by documentary proof, and the amazing discovery was made that the jewels of Mme.
Barrios, reported to be one of the wealthiest women in the world, are, many of them, only "Barrios
Diamonds.” The jewels upon which $60,000 duty was demanded are not worth $20,000. Experts
thought the jewels were worth more than a million dollars.
Now, what do you say to that? If Barrios Diamonds are good enough for a president’s wife
to wear on state occasions, don’t you think they are good enough for you?
If expert jewelers, selected by the United States Government to appraise such articles, think
Barrios Diamonds are the high-priced kind, do you think any ordinary ditizen would detect the
difference? We defy them to distinguish Barrios Diamonds from the kind sold in exclusive jewel-
ry stores every day for fancy prices. Don’t go astray in such an important matter as buying dia-
monds. Come to our store and get the Barrios Diamonds.
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criticise the action of their repre-
sentatives. It they are lacking in
confidence of them, let them be
retired and others placed in con-
trol, on the other ha.d, if they
are men of courage, honest in-
tentions, so far as their work is
concerned—and let it be said that
leaders in labor circles must be
honest if they succeed any length
of time—then they should be up-
held in their every act by the
rank and file of the organizations
they are trying so hard to build
up.
Rings that seem to be worth $100.00 for $2.50.
Studs that seem to be worth $150.00 for $2.00.
Scarf Pins that seem to be worth $200.00 for $2.50.
Cuff Buttons that seem to be worth $150.00 for $3.50
Lockets that seem to be worth $35.00 for $1.50.
Rings that seem to be worth $50.00 for $2.00.
Brooches that seem to be worth $50.00 for $2.00.
Brooches that seem to be worth $300.00 for $4.50.
Brooches that seem to be worth $150.00 for $2.50
Studs that seem to be worth $75.00 for $1.50.
and improving their environments
its chief characteristic, and the in general. If she has erred it
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Star Sunburst or Pendant.
A blaze of bril Haney. Exact copy
of a Tiffany design coating $375.
Set with magnificently beautiful,
pure white and briillant stonea.
Heavy gold filled mountings, war-
ranted to wear for 150 A •6
years. Actually worth Sh4 N5D
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employment of labor or
purchase of any commodity.
A union man in one trade or
calling is not a union man in any
other trade, unless he carries a
card in that particular trade.
Here in Galveston, a great many
men belong to one organization
and claim to be union men of long
standing, but who scab on other
trades. This should not be per-
mitted by any labor organization,
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The Clerks initiated twenty
new members Wednesday night,
all grocery clerks from the Peter
Gengler Co. and Maas-Tussup.
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ulilCCi monds to retain their brilliancy forever. We
will give $10,000 to any charitable institution If it can be shown that we ever rf.
fused d replace one of these stones whiPh failed te gist perfee zHefaclen.
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Five-Stone Ring.
A marvel of brilliancy
and color. A Tiffany
design. Five beautifully
white, brilliant, perfect-
ly matched and gradu-
ated stonea. A ring actu-
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Small Marquise
Ring.
Beautiful white and
briillant stones, with
Ruby, Emerald or Tur-
quoise centers. Eaeh
stone set by hand. A
positive beauty and
cannot be distinguished
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The action of the Labor Council
in petitioning the city commis-
sioners to employ home labor on
all public work, is timely and
quiet suggestive. In all of the
street paving that has been, done
by the city, -nearly all of it has
been done by outside labor. The
first to be laid on Tremont street.
There was a bricklayer imported
from some other section of the
country to do the work, while our
Galveston bricklayers stood on
the street and watched him work.
Conditions of this kind can be
very easily averted, if the city
commissioners will make such
provisions in there contracts. The
Labor Council, in its petition to
the commissioners Tuesday, did
not urge upon them the employ-
ment of union labor, white labor
or any particular kind of labor
except* Galveston labor—home
labor. In this they are right. It
is to the best interest of any cum-
munity to give home people the
preference in all cases, either by
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Is there any connection between
the extravagant luxury of the
rich and the daily suffering of
the poor?
Who are the “poor,” anyway?
Are they simply the intemperate,
the incompetent, the vicious and
occasionally the unfortunate?
Surely we all know that intem-
perance, incompetency, vice and
misfortune are not confined to
any class, but are as common
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The expanding notion that
trade unions monopolize labor
and that the “closed shop” de-
prives outsiders of work is not
true. What the unions may yet
do in that direction is another
question. As yet they deprive
no workmen of opportunities to
work. They simply say that any
workman may belong to their
Flat Belcher.
A ring that seems to be
worth at least $200.00.
Heavy hand - made
mounting. Bet with
large, mgnific’nt spark-
ling stone. The most
popular man’s ring of
85. $4.50
Moorish Brooch.
A quaint and beautiful design
ertginally worn as a pendant.
An exact copy of a Moorish
depig costing $275. Heavy
gold filled set with pure white,
perfectly brilliant AA A A
72.00
Grecian Scro l Brooch.
A dainty design copied from
a classic found in Athene.
Beaut!fully engraved, with a
sparkling, dashing atone in the
center. Cannot be told from
original brooch A 1 2 A
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But the persistent questioner
has another question to ask: Why
in the name of heaven, are these
useful people who do so much for
the welfare of all—who are so
absolutely indispensable to our
comfort and happiness—why are
thev known as “the poor?” Are
they not all paid for their useful
work? Why do they not save
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Gold Tracery Brooch.
One of the handsomest and
daintiest brooches ever de-
signed. Buraished gold, filled.
Will wear for IS yrs. Set with
seven magnificently beautiful
stones. A bargain d* A A A
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year (in advance).......... $1.00
Six Months (in advance)......... 60
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will be the largest picnic ever
seen at the lake, outside ot Labor
Day and the Fourth of July. This
is to be known as the “Conven-
tion Picnic” and will have all the
ammusements, races and attrac-
tions that are to be thought of.
A communication was received
from John Mitchell, stating that
it would be impossible to be here
on the occasion, as he would be
in Paris, France, attending an in-
ternational conference of the
miners interets. As Bro. Mitchell
can not be with us, it is not likely
that we will have any speaking at
this picnic.
The sale of stands will be an-
nounced latter in the Journal, or
just as soon as the ground com-
mittee have mad up the list of
privileges to be sold.
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papers; until they see the import-
ance of solidifying their every
effort, they will still be struggling
against the greatest odds.
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Labor unions throughout the
country are aroused over the pro-
posed attempt to make all em-
ployes at the St. Louis World’s
Fair non-union.
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The daily newspapers in the
country are practically a unit in
the fight on union labor.
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STATE FEDERATION.
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organization if he wishes to, and
that they will not work by the
side of any man who refuses to
join them and contribute his
share toward checking the agges-
sions of employers. This they
have a right to do. True, they
hereby in • a sense coerce men
who may not wish to pay union
dues. But how do they coerce?
Merely by refusing to be shop-
mates with men who refuse to be
union mates with them. To deny
this right of coercion to any man
is to deprive him of his individual
rights. To deny it to him if
others join with him in such re-
fusal, is none the less to deprive
him of his individual rights. No
one can lose any individual right
because others with the same
right assert their right when he
asserts his.—The Public.
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The American trade union was
born with a sympathetic soul.
Her ear is tuned to catch the
whispering walls of oppression.
Her tongue has always denounced
the wrong and upheld the right.
Her hands have always been lift-
ing men to a higher and better
life by shortening their hours of
toil, increasing their rate of pay
Labor papers of the country
and thpir editors are often called
upon to declare this and that firm
unfaire to the world of union
labor they are serving. For this
action, they are always condemn-
ed by the unfortunate party and
many times by the unionists
themselves. In speaking of the
action of a union here in the city
recently, to one of the members,
regarding the signing of a new
contract, covering conditions of
employment for the coming
twelve months, the business man
stated that he would have signed
the contract befor had it not have
been for the editor of the Journal.
We presume that had it not have
been for the editor of this Journal
and its existance the gentleman
would not have signed the con-
tract at all. With the influence
the Journal has in the community;
the strong standing of organiza-
tion in the city; the solid front of
organization presented by the
individual membership, the result
has been that this and other firms
of a like character have thought it
advisable to sign the contracts in
question. It is perfectly natural,
that the man, or set of men, who,
by tact, ability or diplomacy are
able to best an employer with
good sound argument and prac-
tically force recognition of any
craft, that he or they should be
despised by the converted party.
This has been the case here in
Galveston many times. It is not
only the ones that are forced to
recognize the organization by
sound argument that have a
grievance against the successful
parties, but there are those busi-
ness houses that are most unfair,
houses that have been fair but
have slid back to old conditions
that are heaping insult, injury
and defaming the good names of
those earnest labor unionists who
are working for the upbuildment
of the crafts in this city. Labor
union men should be the last to
Grecian Knot.
A beautiful small pin of
chased gold and one
large whlte stone ot per-
fect cut and briillany
in the center. This ph
cannot be distinguished
from the original, worth
” $1.50
Issued by Authority of the Cigar Makers’ International Union of America.
Union-made Cigars.
s-Ge Thig Certifies, That the Cigars contained inthis box have been made bya hirst-ulaSS Workman,
Y a MEMBER OF THE CIGAR MAKERS ’INTERNATIONAL UNION of America, an organization devoted to the ad-
" "8 vancement of the MORAL MATERIALand INTELLECTUALWELFARE OF THE CRAFT. Therefore we recommend
people of this class we call “the
rights as citizens of a great repub-
lic and through organization es-
tablish their liberty. She has
never thrown down the gauntlet
to anyone, and only stood by de-
manding the rights of free men
under a free flag. If this is un-
American, I pause for someone
to show me where and why.—J.
W. Bramwood.
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We would like to see William
R. Hearst president of these
United States just as much as we
would like to see every factory in
the States unionized, but we are
broad minded enough to believe
the present time is not the time
for his advancement to this high
office. That he is the best friend
that the laboring people of this
country have, there can be no
question; that he would be knifed
by thousands of Republican trade
unionists, there is no doubt; that
the combined political influence
of trusts and monopolies will be
against him, there is no question.
Then we would ask, why sacrifice
a man at present when the future
will bring certain success?
no matter who the men are or
what is their circumstances. There
is room enough for all good union
men in every organization and
they should not take advantage
of their brother unionist by ac-
cepting work of his craft unless
he carries a card in that craft.
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We have in our midst a repre-
sentative of the Tobacco Work-
ers’ International Union, Mr. Jos-
eph T. Faust, and it is our pleas-
ure to say that in him we have
found on of the best champions
of the union label ever sent out
by that or any other labor organ-
ization. While he hands it out to
the boys pretty forcibly at times,
still he carries with his argument
that convincing sentiment that
brings support to the cause. Give
us more like him.
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Three-Stone Tif-
• fany.
A mnarret of beauty and
■pleader. Three white,
perfectly b r 111 1 a a 1
stones, evenly matehed.
Bet high and finished
throughout with the
greatest care. A mag
nlfieent ring at a
sx $3.00
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MME. ALGERIE REYNA BARRIOS.
The customs officials at San Fraacisco who had demanded $60,000 d.ty on her collec-
tion of diamonds and other gems were astonished at the discovery that most of them
are "Barrios Diamonds,’ and that the entire collection did not cost $20,000. Mme.
Barrios is the widow of a former president of Guatemala, and her jewels were con-
L sidered by everybody to be the finest in 'he world.____
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2\VNSN these Cigars to all smokers throughout the world.
All Infringements upon this Label will be punished according to law.
"ame / 7. Wsdeaza, President,
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their wagesand grow rich?
Has our philanthropist been
asleep for half a century, that he .
does not know of the extraordi-
nary growth of mechanical in-
ventions which has changed the
hand worker into a machine feed-
er in nearly every shop and mill
in the country?
Does he not know that every
child, women or boy employed
throws a man out of work?
Child labor is a two-edged
sword that cuts its way right and
left through the rank and file of
the hosts of labor. It degrades
and blights the child’s life, while,
it casts the once manly man out
of doors to tramp from street to
street and city to city in search of
a “job.”
Behold him—the latest product
of our civilization—the man out
of a job because little children,
young girls, boys and women, are
now feeding the machines that do
the work he might be doing, and
do it 100 per cent faster than he
could possibly do it.
It is not a question of whom to
blame for the present conditions.
It is a questson of seeing things
as they are and observing closely
the course of events.
Never before have men and
women sought to solve the terrible
problems of the working class in
a democracy lightened by the
great torches of universal suffrage
and a free public school system.
If it be the destiny of the
American people to solve these
problems we shall simply be fol-
lowing the natural revolution of
out historical ideals that began
with the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.—-Organized Labor.
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Nature has constructed some
men in a very peculiar fashion, at
least that is the way they appear
to some of us. . A man that scabs
on himself by purchasing non-
union goods, says an exchange, is
the worst kind of traitor to the
cause. Right again brother. Not
only is he a scab to himself, but
to the world. The labor unionist
that has lost his mind or memory
to such a degree that he has for-
gotten his bound duty to protect
the interests of all crafts, is worse
than a scab. We know a real
scab and w’here to place him, but
the scab in our own ranks is hard
to locate.
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Geo. St Armand - - Second Vice Presiden
Henry Rabe - - Recoding Secretary
Ge.o Hanselman - - Financial Secretary
C. A. Gehret - - - - - Treasurer
H. P. C. Lassen - - - Reading Clerk
Louis Ricci ------ Guardian
Galveston Journal - - - Official Organ
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