Galveston Labor Dispatch (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1914 Page: 7 of 12
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Our Echo of Public Opinion
Real Estate and Classified
SUBJECT THIS WEEK:
Advertising Department
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
CONSENTED TO PARADE VISITING COMMITTEE UP
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gineer.
NEWS NOTES FROM LOCAL UNIONS
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prescribed.
WORK REPORTED SLACK WITH MOST CRAFTS
Colonial Park.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE.
The city council there is a determ-
day. After the regular routine busi- ing Trades Council, although wear-
None scheduled; fifth
None scheduled; fifth
for congressman at large, and to
possible.
MEETINGS HELD.
NOTICE PRESIDENTS.
fine attendance of
President E.
officers and members.
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IF PRIVATEERING COMES.
Saturday:
Saturday.
Sunday:
Sunday.
Monday:
Monday.
Tuesday:
If privateering should come again
Great Britain and France would be
And All Delegates Are Notified of
That Part of Program—Ribbons
for Parade Printed and Dele-
gates Urged to Attend.
George Rankin were delegated.
The details of the Labor Day pa-
rade were gone through and every-
thing is in fine shape for the big
If you wish your advertisement placed in these columns,
Phone 409 and our Ad Man will be pleased to call, quote
rates and secure copy.
The above extracts from a report of the
proceedings of the last Houston city council
meeting serves two purposes. It not only shows
what our sister city is doing to force her public
service corporations to give the city and people
fair, just treatment, but it shows how Houston
Haines, as it was in that official’s
department, and Mr. Haines refused
to accept the opportunity to correct
the inaccuracies that he charged ex-
isted.
lagra in and around this city.
The report says there is a cause
for all this pellagra, and Dr. Garrett
declares it is caused by the lowered
vitality, due to overwork and the in-
ing the uniforms designated by their
locals.
Ribbons reading “Building Trades
Council” will be printed for this oc-
casion and each delegate will be fur-
ble discussion.
The Building Trades Council will
request all of its delegates to be in
the parade, however, with the Build-
UNION MADE
SUITS $15 AND $20.
STANTON WOOLEN MILLS
2322 MARKET STREET.
FOR LIVE STOCK INSURANCE
Apply to G. C. CUENOD,
2220 Mchanic.
Season Has Served Some Fairly Well, However, and Unions Are
Reporting Pi gress.
Labor Council.
There was an exceedingly inter-
esting meeting of the Galveston La-
bor Council held last Monday even-
ing when many matters of general
interest were given attention. A full
account of this meeting, with details
of action taken, appears on the first
page of this issue of the Labor Dis-
patch, as taken from the minutes of
the secretary.
DECLARES PELLAGARA IS
COTTON MILL DISEASE
STELLA’S GARTEN VEREIN
BAND.
Plumbers 200.
Plumbers of the Galveston local
held a regular meeting last Thurs-
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VOIGT MACHINE SHOP
Blacksmiths, Machinists, Brass
Founders.
2609 Mechanic. Phone 1016. Galveston.
day night, with a
“Handling Public Service Corporations”
FOR SALE
Here is the chance for the labor-
ing man to get a well located lot.
I have 12 lots between Ave.s R and
S, between 41st and 43d streets that
I can sell for from $400 to $500
each, part cash and the balance on
your own time. BALDWIN TUCK-
ER, 2206 Mechanic street.
Au,
given attention.
A minimum amount of work on drainage
along these tracks would put everything in such
condition that the heaviest rainfalls which come
here would drain off as rapidly as they fell. We
must expect hard, tropical rains here always,
for we are within the tropical rain belt, where
hard rains are more the rule than are light
ones.
The city is, and should always be, able to
regulate the public service corporations operat-
ing within its limits, and we can think of no
more urgent need for attention right now than
the drainage system, or rather the absence of
a drainage system that prevails along the bay
shore side of the city and island.
In Houston, where the drainage facilities
are not so good as here, the city forces the rail-
roads to properly care for their right of way in
this matter. Drainage ditches must be dug and
these ditches must be kept in fine shape, so
that they are ready for any such emergency as
ficers and members was very large.
Three members were admitted on
application and five on clearance.
The sick committee submitted a
light report.
It was made known that the new
working rules for the Carpenters
go into effect Aug. 29.
The secretary was instructed to
wire credentials for J. A. Johnstone
as delegate to the general conven-
tion at Indianapolis.
Work was reported very slack at
present, a number of the members
being idle.
Routine work was given atten-
tion during the evening.
Noted Scientist Says It Is More
Easily Traced There Than to
“Corn Bread.”
____PROFESSIONAL._______
DR. E. E. LARKINS,
Osteopathic Physician.
Office hours 8:30 a .m to 2:30 p. m.
Phone 968; Res. Phone 657.
210 City Natl. Bank Building.
WEST BROADWAY LOTS are the
most desirable investment you can
make; they are right on the interur-
ban; they are close to all the big new
enterprises now building; they are
bound to increase in value faster than
Bny others; only $300, $10 down and
monthly payment. F. H. COLBY.
310 22nd St
None scheduled; fifth
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SEVERAL INTERESTING SESSIONS WERE HAD BY
UNIONS DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.
regret.
The committee on music reported
that it had the contract: ?rom the
Houston musicians.
Chairman Richardson of the com-
mittee on transportation asked for
further time for his committee,
which was granted.
M. W. Lusk was elected aide to
the nations to profit by it. British
owners of merchantmen would no
doubt seize the opportunity to send
out fleets of privateers and make up
by the fortunes of war the losses
occasioned by the curtailment of or-
dinary commercial work.
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Schedule for the week beginning
with tonight there are the following-
meetings of local labor organiza-
tions:
Tonight: Electrical Workers, I.
L. A. 317, Boilermakers 134.
Women’s Label League.
Wednesday night there was a reg-
ular meeting of the Women’s Label
League, which was well attended.
President Mrs. Flake presided and
all of the officers were present.
Routine business was given prompt
consideration and general business
of the week was taken up. There
was nothing out of the ordinary for
consideration at this meeting.
to society and a charge to charity if
they by chance miss the maingang
or the insane asylum.
“From the investigation I have
made, I fell safe to say that at least
75 per cent of all cases of pellagra
existing in Georgia today are tracea-
ble to the mill districts.”
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WAR IS CONDEMNED.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 27.—At a
meeting of the Central Labor Union
the following anti-war resolution was
adopted:
“Whereas, wars are as needless
and uncalled for between nations as
fights between individuals; and,
“Whereas, persistent preparations
for contests provoke war, and its
horrors and burdens fall upon the
poor,
“Resolved, That we appeal to the
conscience of humanity to put an
end to this wickedness.”
Woodmen Not Pleased.
(Continued from Page 1.)
only members of the W. O. W., but
are most of them members of some
other fraternal and secret organiza-
tion. We have made enemies of the
2,000 who were encamped here. Some
of these are certain to be present at
every fraternal state convention held
in Texas for a long time to come, and
they will not forget to mention the
reception that Galveston gave the
Woodmen when it comes time to se-
lect the place for the next convention
of the order. Our reputation as an
Clerks, Hotel and Restaurant Em-
ployes, Carpenters 526, I. L. A. 385.
Wednesday: I. L. A. 329, Tinners.
Thursday: Plumbers, aPinters.
Special Notice.
All members of the Garment
Workers are instructed to report on
Labor Day not later than 9:30 a. m.
at Miller Brothers, 2305 Strand.
I have been instructed by the
president of the Building Trades
Council to notify the president of
each affiliated local to please see
that their delegates attend the coun-
cil meetings more regularly in the
future than they have in the past.
Some of the delegates are very ir-
regular in their attendance. Thank-
ing you in advance for giving this
attention, I am, fraternally yours,
GEO. W. WHELTON,
Corresponding and Recording Secre-
tary, Galveston Building Trades
Council.
a long, hard rain, else the city imposes a good,
stiff fine upon the negligent corporation.
We have a most recent example of the man-
ner in which the city council of Houston handles
such matters. That council held a meeting
Monday afternoon of last week, and we take
the following from the account of that meeting:
“The council adopted an ordinance which
purports to compel railroads of the city to in-
stall adequate drainage along their right of
ways, subject to the approval of the city el-
ined body of men who are looking out for the
best interests of the people whom they are
elected to represent, and they believe that any
public service corporation that secures the
value of the city’s franchise for operating and
the value of the territory through and over
which its lines are operated, should be willing
to do its part toward civic improvements and
public works that are to be of benefit to all
parties. It not only believes this, but unless the
corporations voluntarily do their share of the
public work, the council forces it on them and
sees that the orders are obeyed.
What has been done elsewhere can be done
here. Galveston is in the greatest need of a bet-
ter drainage system so that flood waters will
not back up over curbs and into business houses'
in time of hard rains. Our commissioners have
as much power as the Houston officials. They
know our needs as well as the Houston officials
know the needs of their city, and their duty is
to look out after the whole Galveston as well as
a portion of it.
THE GALVESTON LABOR DISPATCH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914.
of which he has been a faithful mem-
ber of the Musicians’ Union and has
played continuously under the lead-
ership of Conway Shaw. This sea-
son he was also connected with Mr.
Shaw, but became director of the
band which he uses in his contract
for furnishing the Garten Verein
with music for all occasions.
He is a man that is well liked by
other members of the local and one
who has given constant attention to
R. Feltus presided and First Vice
President J. Page was absent on ac-
count of a slight injury received last
week.
Report of the business agent was
received, showing that the M. W.
Shaw plumbing contract has been
given to a union shop. Work was
reported rather slow at this time.
Brother A. Warren was elected
delegate to the Labor Council and
the plumbers’ representation to the
Central Council consists of Brothers
Warren and McNally.
As there were few reports to be
heard and little business to be given
attention the meeting was a very
brief one.
on this occasion.
It was decided to invite the Shrine
Band to head the Labor Day parade
this* year and the chairman was in-
structed to issue the invitation at
once. '
Drawing for position in the parade
formation will be held next Satur-
day night, and it was urged that all
delegates be present to represent
their locals on this occasion.
It was reported that all delegates
to the Building Trades Council wear
the uniforms of their respective lo-
cals in the parade.
It was also reported that Brother
Thomas Moore was elected marshal
of the painters.
Reports showed that the retail
clerks had decided to take part in
the parade and that they would elect
their marshal soon, also ' that the
lady clerks would ride in the parade.
The secretary was instructed to
send a postal card to each delegate
to the committee urging attendance
on the next regular meeting, which
will be held at offices of the Labor
Dispatch Saturday night.
ness, two new members were admit-
ted. The meeting was called after
an unusually long session and the
members enjoyed the refreshments
that are always on hand.
Stem Voices Humane Thought
Continued from Page 1.)
such a policy on Galveston would be
advantageous, for the loss in the
movement of wheat would be more
than made up by the corresponding-
ly greater movement of cotton. If
we set the example in that direction
I am sure that other countries that
may have a supply of foodstuffs to
offer the belligerent nations will do
likewise, and we will do a service
to humanity by starving the warriors
into peace. Then let us mediate aft-
erward.”
“Simultaneously with the adoption of the or-
dinance requiring railroads to drain their prop-
erties in such a way that water will not be
thrown upon other adjacent property, notices
were prepared ordering the Galveston, Harris-
burg & San Antonio, and the Galveston, Hous-
ton & Henderson railroads to clean and deepen
their ditches on both sides of their right of
ways in the city. The city engineer claimed
that the drainage of the Galveston, Harrisburg
& San Antonio was delinquent and insufficient
in the vicinity of Montrose and Hyde Park and
that the Galveston, Houston & Henderson
needed better drainage on both sides of its track
from Milby street to Slaughter Pen Bayou.
“In the ordinance it is required that the
railroads shall begin work within ten days after
receiving notice under the terms of the ordi-
nance from the city. A penalty of $50 for each
day’s delay after the ten days have elapsed is
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From Commercial Association Re-
garding That Body Having
Floats in Parade—Fricke
Resigns as Aide.
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Teamsters 604.
The usual meeting of the Team-
sters’ Union No. 604 was held on
Monday. This local is one of the
most promising in Galveston. It was
made known that they are about to
admit six new members in the next
few weeks. President Dean presided
over the meeting, with all the other
officers present. The regular busi-
ness was taken up and the commit-
tee in charge of the Labor Day do-
ings made a report that the badges
were already ordered and that there
was an overdemand for carriages
for the coming celebration.
All members of this organization
will be on parade on Labor Day.
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Garment Workers.
A regular monthly meeting of the
Garment Workers was held at the
Tremont Street Hall last Saturday
evening, when Mrs. E. Coull, presi-
dent, presided. The meeting was
well attended, all officers being in
their stations.
The Labor Day parade and cele-
bration formed the chief topic of
discussion during the evening. It
was decided that members of the
local shall wear plain white dresses
for the parade, and it was the sense
of the meeting that this order be
imperative, so that every member
will present a uniform appearance.
Seven new members were initi-
ated during the meeting.
under which there are very few drain pipes, is doing it.
and whose drainage facilities have never been
Several excellent meetings of local
unions were held during the past
week, and although routine business
was the chief order in most of the
meetings, some of them submitted
exceptionally good reports of ad-
vancement and indications for future
growth. There will be very few
meetings during the next few days,
as the end of August brings with it
the customary “fifth days.”
Every time a half hour’s hard, tropical rain
’alls here many of our principle business streets
become flooded, and after the rain has sub-
sided they remain standing in water from two
o six inches deep in the center and deeper
tearer the curbs. When the hard rains falls for
a longer period than half an hour the streets
become correspondingly deeper in water until
there have been times within the past few
months when Tremont and Market streets, as
well as all other down town streets, were any-
where from twelve to. thirty inches under water
all over the business sections of the city.
To the visitor in Galveston at such a time
there is but one meaning of so much ’water—the
island is inundated. People who are not thor-
oughly familiar with the island have a general
understanding that it is but very little higher
than the sea level. When the hard rains come
and our streets are all under water those not
familiar with the island immediately come to
the conclusion that the water in the bay and
gulf is so nearly up to the surface of the island
that the rainfall can not drain away faster.
They are perfectly justified in coming to such a
conclusion, but there is no logical reason for the
existing conditions which cause this.
As we all know, Galveston island is much
higher than the sealevel in all business portions
and practically all portions except the actual
shore line. From the seawall where a fill of
seventeen feet has been made there is a gradual
slope toward the bay shore/and even at the
wharves and piers there is from three to five
feet of land above the high tide mark.
With this formation, part given us by nature
and part made by man, the business and resi-
dence districts of Galveston Island should be
the most easily drained sections to be found
anywhere. And it would be very easily drained
were it not for the railroad tracks extending in
several parallel rows all along the water front,
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 18, 1914.—A
regular meeting of the Building
Trades Council was called to order
by Brother McClusky of the Electri-
cal Workers on the above date.
President Feltus and Vice President
Reynolds were absent. Brother J. F. |
Young acted as vice president, while
Brother Moore acted guard in place
of Brother Brooks, absent.
Credentials were received from
Brother E. Jones of the Electrical
Workers and he was duly seated.
A communication from H. J. Buist
was received and filed.
A communication was received
from Wm. J. Spencer in regard to
new buildings to be erected in Gal-
veston in the near future, this com-
munication taking the regular
course.
A motion carried that a report
showing the financial condition of
Barbers 62, Retail
Carpenters 526.
President Ludgate presided over
a fegular weekly meeting of Car-
penters 526 held Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock at their hall on Postof-
fice street. The attendance of of-
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“It was stated today that the city will
shortly take steps to require the street car
company to provide better street car service for
Brewery Workers.
Last Friday evening there was a
regularly scheduled meeting of the
Galveston Brewery Workers, when
a fairly good attendance of officers
and members was had.
Routine business was promptly
cared for, after which reports were
received and matters of general in-
terest discussed. Reports show that
the local is in fairly good shape now
and that work is as good as usual
for this season.
Bartenders Local No. 749.
The regular meeting of the Bar-
tenders’ Local was held on Sunday,
with President Aarts in the chair.
The attendance was exceedingly
large and many interesting features
were decided upon. A committee
was appointed to secure the sanction
of the proprietors let the bartend-
ers off for a short time on Labor
Day so they could enjoy the ride
in the autos. The motion was car-
ried and Brothers John Sweeney and
e,Peg
A regular meeting of the Galves-
ton Labor Day committee was held
last Saturday evening, with a splen-
did attendance of committeemen, and
during the evening several details of
the coming Labor Day celebration
were worked out.
The Labor Day committee had ask-
ed the Commercial Association to
appoint a committee to confer with
the Labor Day committee in the
matter of putting floats in the Labor
Day parade. A communication was
received from the Commercial Asso-
ciation advising that this committee
has been appointed.
It was the sense of the meeting
that the time is now so late that
little in that line can be accomplish-
ed. The chairman was authorized to
appoint a committee to see the Com-
mercial Association committee and
explain this, asking them to ascer-
A. F. of L. News Service.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27.—“It has
heretofore been called by the laity
‘corn bread disease,’ but I think it
should be called ‘cotton mill dis-
ease,’ ” is the verdict of Dr. W. V.
Garrett, who has been investigating
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Dispatch Classified Ad.
A motion prevailed that a commit- George H. Slater, secretary-treas-
tee be appointed to wait on Brother urer of the Texas State Federation
McNally of the Plumbers and of Labor, to be orators of the day
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F. Stella, member of the local
union of musicians, has made quite a
success as director of the Garten
Verein Band during this season,
which is Stella’s first season as a
director.
Mr. Stella has resided in Galveston
for sixteen years, the past twelve
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PROF. AND MRS A. WILLIAMS
Experts in Facial Message, Sham-
pooing, Hairdressing and
Chiropody.
Phone 4015. Tremont Hotel Bldg.
Brother Young of the I. L. A. in re-
gard to the school contracts. This
committee consisted of Brothers
Potts, House and Jones. The com-
mittee was also instructed to take
up the different matters with the
contractors.
There being no further business
the council stood adjourned until its
next regular meeting date, Sept. 1.
GEO. W. WHELTON,
Corresponding and Recording Secre-
tary, Galveston Building Trades
Council.
sanitary condition in which the
workers are thrown. He states that
during the year he has investigated
forty cases of pellagra in the vicinity
of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills,
whose textile workers are now on
strike for decent working conditions,
increased wages and the abolish-
ment of child labor.
Dr. Garrett also says:
“I do say cotton mill work, as car-
ried on by some mills in the South,
where women and helpless children
are forced to a machine by starva-
tion, dashed to it, forced to remain
there day after day, working long
hours, until every watt of energy—
both mental and physical—and
every drop of blood, is spun out of
them and converted into dollars,
leaving the unfortunate individual
an easy prey to pellagra, tuberculo-
sis and all other diseases, leaving
them a burden to themselves, a curse
entertainer of conventions has been
set back until it will take us many
years of earnest work to offset the
damage that has been done.”
Traffic Manager H. H. Haines of
the Galveston Commercial Associa-
tion was shown the above article.
When he had finished reading it he
was asked if he cared to give out a
statement to be used with it.
His reply was that he had no state-
ment to make, other than to say that
the story was full of inaccuracies.
“If the Labor Dispatch prints that
story it will print it knowing that it
is full of inaccuracies,” he said.
Asked if he cared to correct the
“inaccuracies,” he replied that he
did not.
These statements, styled “inaccu-
racies” by Mr. Haines, were gath-
ered from Generals Fraser and
Fitzgerald by different representa-
tives of the Labor Dispatch and
their reports of the interviews of
the two men tallied in all that is
given above. If the story is inaccu-
rate, it is because the two men
named above gave inaccurate state-
ments. These men occupy positions
of extremely high trust in the order
of which they are members.
The Labor Dispatch is ready at all
times to correct any mistakes or in-
accuracies that it reports. Both
Messrs. Frost and Haines were
shown the above article before it
was printed, a courtesy that is by
no means extended to everyone. Mr.
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Frost referred the matter to Mr. the dreaded disease known as pel-
his work until he has become a most
capable musician and director.
Members of the band shown above
are: F. Stella, director; Otto H. El-
bert, Julio Galindo, William Kraus,
W. H. Poullain, John Ragone, H. T.
Read, R. Rizzo, Louis Sala, H. C.
Shearer, Frank Voight, G. W. Gaed-
ecke, J. F. Eicherly, T. C. Hayes,
Alex Nat, George Amburn, I. R.
Haynes, L. DeSantis, Alfonso
Mejia.
TRADES COUNCIL GOOD MEETING
HAS MEETING OF COMMITTEE
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the council be furnished each affili- tain whether any of the merchants of
ated local at the end of each quarter, the city would put floats in the pa-
the motion also providing that at any I rade.
time any local shall ask for the fi- I At the former meeting E. W. Bock
nancial standing of the council it had been elected grand marshal,
shall be the duty of the financial with j H. Fricke and J. J. McNally
secretary to furnish same. , I as aides. At this meeting Mr. Fricke
it was decided that delegates to stated that he very much regretted
the Building Trades Council will I to report that he would be absent
wear as uniforms in the Labor Day from the city on the date of the pa-
parade the form of uniform desig-1 rade and therefore could not serve as
nated by their respective locals. This aids to the grand marshal. The com-
decision was reached after considera- I mittee received this resignation with
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DELEGATES WILL GO INTO LA- LABOR DAY PLANS PROGRESS
BOR DAY PARADE IN UNI- RAPIDLY IN HANDS OF COM-
FORMS OF OWN LOCALS. MITTEE OF WORKERS.
nished with one of these for the La- the grand marshal in place of J. H.
bor Day parade. The secretary-1 Fricke, resigned.
treasurer will purchase the ribbons Invitations were extended to Jeff:
and have same printed as soon as D. McLemore, Democratic nominee
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