The Labor Dispatch (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 4, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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THE 1./BOR DISPATCH, GALVESTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1915.
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eaumont
NOTICE.
Manhattan Bar
Best Whiskey and Coldest Beer in the City
Phone 772
Day or Night
J. C. GILHAM, Prop.
Auto to any part in the city, 50c a passenger
PORT ARTHUR PRINTING CO.
Phone 361
420 Fifth St.
Port Arthur, Texas
450 Austin Avenue
Grotto Bar
We Appreciate Your Trade
449 Procter St.
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Trost, Photographer
PORT ARTHUR GAS CO.
747 Proctor St.
Phone 313
426-5th St
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The Fashion
paid double time for their servises. through their assistance many families
The eight hour work day at this plant
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WE HAVE YOUR FAVORITE AT
The Stillwell Height Market and Grocery
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COOL AND CONVENIENT
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Fine Funeral Furnishings
Port Arthur, Texas
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It isn’t so much a matter whether it’s
Port Arthur Light and Power Company
COOK, HEAT, AND LIGHT WITH GAS
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Thames Ice Cream
OLD PHONE 571
NEW PHONE
The Kind That’s Pure Absolutely
TRAVEL THE BEST WAY
Phone No. 621
Near Post Office
THE INTERURBAN
BETWEEN
BEAUMONT and PORT ARTHUR
ON THE HOUR
EVERY HOUR
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Manager
CROWELL & GIFFORD
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS
Chai. S. Louvier
Proprietor
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Drinking Water
Phone 1007
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L. C. BAUMER
LIVERY and TRANSFER
We Want Your Business
Pearce, Peoples’ and Elk’s Theaters
P. A. Amusement Co.
CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY, VANILLA OR
NEAPOLITAN
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Cook, Heat and Light with
Gas
Everything
the
Ladies
Need
a few days but every effort was made 1 now makes the majority of the labor
C. KRAMER LUMBER
COMPANY
Wants to sell you Groceries and Meats at living prices.
Give us a trial and be convinced.
BFAUMONT GAS AND LIGHT
COMPANY
BEAUMONT PLANS
COASTWISE SHIP LINE
Charlies Place
Retail Eiquor for Ship Trade
a Specialty
Port Arthurs Largest Exclusive
Job Printers.
TELEPHONE 83
So. 7th St, between Texas and Kansas Avenues
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
That’s what you will find the electric light for the
summer months. No cleaning, no annoyance, and the
most and best light with the least heat.
Then you have the current ready for your iron or
fan, both big aides to the modern housewife.
Let us demonstrate the advantages.
previous to Tuesday had run cars as
far as city limits and passengers were
brought to town by boats and wagons,
while some waded. The two refininig
companies have boats running from
the city to their plants dawn the canal
to the gulf refining Co. and to the
Texas Co. Island. Both companies as
soon as possible got their employes
together and threw up levies around
their plants and began pumping the
water out, and during the time of the
greatest need for men both refineries
gave the city 100 men each for which
they paid the wages to help clean up
the city. This action on the part of
the companies was very commendable,
and the work done by the men helped
to a large degree to get the city in a
clean shape at the earliest possible
moment.
During the high water R. C. Holmes
manager for the Texas Refining Co.
made a visit to the city and assisted
in looking after the refugees that were
marooned in the refinery, many em-
ployes and their friends having gone
there to for safety, and the high water
held them there. While here he also
stated that the hours of labor for the
employes of that company would be
on a basis of eight hours per day, and
that men who had worked and helped
to get the plant in shape would be
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
Merchants’ State Bank
GUARANTY FUND BANK
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
Opera House Bar
Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars
New Building, 330 Austin Ave.
J. A. MORRIS, Prop.
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Business Directory of Port Arthur Firms Friendly to Organized Labor
which includes both passenger depots.
The residence section is yet in a bad
way, as the district flooded is large.
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in Port Arthur on the eight hour basis,
and it is possible that befre the end
of the year that all work in the city
will be eight hours per day.
The fact that organized labor was a
great factor in the rescue work and
cleaning up of the city was establish-
ed for in every gang of men in the
various committees were men from
the ranks of organized labor of every
craft working together with the Inte-
rest of the citizens and city at heart,
willing to do any thing that would re-
leiver the distress. Mayor Dunn ap-
pointed over eighty special police to
help the police department to keep
order and look after property and the
majority of those so appointed were
members of various unions. Individual
relief committies were formed among
the members of the various organiza-
C. A. Weber Re-Elected President—A. ;
A. Doden, Vive-President, J. C.
Bramer, Recording Secretary;
Mack Cantin, Fin. See.
J. Imoff & Son
Transfer, Storage, Fuel, Building Material
Office: 321 Ft. Worth Ave. Yards. Ft. Worth
and Seventh St.
Houston Ave. and Lake Shore Drive
Telephones: Local 37, Long Distance (sw) 39
ORGANIZED LABOR PLAYS IMPORTANT PART IN CLEAN-
ING CITY. ERRONEOUS REPORTS SENT OUT FROM
BEAUMONT. FIRMS DESERVE PRAISE.
The Port Arthur Trades and
Labor Council would call atten-
tion to outsiders who have been
reading reports in several pa-
pers that there is plenty of
work for men in this city that
the report is erroneous, as we
have all of the labor in Port Ar-
thur that we can use and more.
Every day men are flocking to
this city looking for work and
there is not enough work for
those that are here. The person
or persons that are responsible
for the report that men are
needed here should be prosecut-
ed, for men have come here
looking for work that were out
of money and friends and upon
coming here find conditions dif-
ferent than reported, and have
to leave the city. All men are
requested to remain away from
Port Arthur who are looking
for work as there is none here
for you.
At a meeting of the Beaumont
Trades assembly last Thursday night,
it was decided to postpone the Labor
Day celebration which was to have
taken place jointly with Port Arthur
at the latter place. The new date was
set in accordance with the action taken
by Port Arthur Labor Council, for the
first Monday in ctober, which will be
the 4th. However, all business places
here will observe Labor Day and re-
main closed next Monday.
In the election of Officers which had
been scheduled for this meeting, A. C.
Weber was re-elected President; A. A.
Loden, Vice Prsident; J. C. Bramer,
recording secretary, Mack Canton, Fi-
nancial Secretary;. A. B. Cox, H. F.
Carnes and L. P. Head, trustees and
James Fahl sergeant at arms.
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“CjII and examine the
class est and most econo-
mic il oil and gasoline stoves
made. We are anxious for
you to see the new ship-
Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 2.—Chief of
Police Nott N. Smith, aged 46 years,
died in a local hospital at 5 o’clock
this afternoon. Chief Smith has been
in very poor health since August 15th.
Several days ago the physicians in
charge of the cse decided that the
only chance for recovery, was an oper-
ation for abscess of liver. It was from
this peration that the chief failed to
recover, never regaining conscious-
ness.
Beaumont for years has had the re-
putation of being one of the best po-
liced cities of its size in the state.
This reputation was brought about
through the untiring efforts of the de-
ceased chief, perfect hrmony prevail-
ing in his department at all times.
Port Arthur and
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were brought to places of safety.
At a special meeting of the Trades
and Labor Council held last Tuesday
evening it was decided to observe
Labor Day in Port Arthur this year
on the first Monday in October, which
will be on the 4th. On account of the
all other tradesmen at work in various
parts of the city to get the city in
proper shape, it was decide that to
have the members of the organiza-
tions and their friends to loose one
day in this work would be working ■
an unnecessary hardshinp on all of
the citizens, and the business interest
and the action to pospone Labor Day
until next month seems to meet with
the approval of all of the citizens. At
that time the city will be in good
shape and we will be able to enter-
tain our friends in a manner that is
fitting with the occasion. All central
bodies that were expected to partici-
pate in the occasion have been noti-
fiied by telegraph of the action of the
council here and Mayor Dunn has is-
sued a proclamation setting aside
Stand at Office Cigar Store, Austin Avenne
and Procter Street
“Polly” McFarland
AUTO LIVERY
J. Deutser, erop. Port Arthur, Texas
ADAMS & CANTWELL
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS
QUICK AMBULANCE SERVICE
Day Phone 170 Night Phone 170 two rings
648 Procter Street Port Arthur Texas.
October 4th as the official Labor Day
for Port Arthur.
Business on the main streets of the
city have resumed operations and are
making such necessary repairs as are
necessary as fast as possible, while
several plate glass window were brok-
en and causes much damage the leak-
ing of the roofs and the high water
was the cause of the larger loss to
the business men on Procter street.
All of the building stood the storm
well and none were blown down dur-
ing the high wind.
The accounts of the storm in Port
Arthur, as published in the Beaumont
papers the first few days after' the dis-
aster was a great injustice to the peo-
ple of Port Arthur. When it is taken
into consideration that these reports
were considered authentic by the As-
sociated Press and flashed over the en-
tire country, the result of the injury
done is realized. The situation was
exactly duplicated in the case of Gal-
veston. A report sent out from Hous-
ton stated that Galveston was entirely
wiped off the map. Several wide-eyed
high school stories were sent the east-
ern popers by their representativs in
Houston at actually giving personal
experiences of storm victims who were
supposed to have alleged that the is-
land city had been destroyed. The
same kind of stories were sent out
from Beaumont and reached Galveston
concerning the fate of her sister port.
Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 2.—Inter-
urban cars from Beaumont came
through to the city terminal Monday
evening for the first time since the
flood came into the city. City street
cars are not yet in operation general-
ly, as the dry district is limited. The
Southern Pacific started yesterday to
run passenger trains twice a day in
and out of Port Arthur for the bene-
fit of men working in the Gulf Refin-
ery. Kansas City Southern schedules
have been resumed.
Water is falling in the Sabine-Ne-
ches Canal, giving a chance for the
flooded districts to drain off. The
business section at this date is dry,
Meet, Drink and be Merry at the
Pearl Bar
The Coolest and Largest Bar in the
City.
441 Procter St. J. P. Cruse, Prop.
PORT ARTHUR EMERGES FROM STORM
WITH BUT SLIGHT PROPERTY LOSS
tions that were of great benefit to the ■
other committies. The carpenters at !
a call meeting voted $10 to each mar- j
ried member and $ 5 to each single
member of the local which amounted
to something over $1800. They also
donated $25 to the Associated Chari-
ties association of the City. The Tim-
bermen voted $7 each to all needy
members and $25 to the relief fund.
The Painters voted $10 each to its
needy members. The longshoremen
and timbermen were both usefull in 1
handling boats in the relief work, and
Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 4—It is re-
ported here this this week through
reliable sources that the Beaumont
Cotton Oil Mill company is planning
to join,' with other shippers here and
charter a schooner which will make
weekly sailings from Beaumont to Gal-
veston. The cotton oil mill company
will ship each keek 250 tons of cotton
seed meal to Galveston exporters.
Plans had been completed to begin
the shipments when the strm arrived.
From all indications now, the first
consignment will be ot later than two
or three weeks.
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CHIEF OF POLICE DIES.
On account of the storm very few
meetings have been had by any of the
organizations. The majority of the
halls and other buildings where meet-
ings could be held have been filled
with refugees until the last few days
and still there are many families that
are unable to go to their homes on
account of the water., which still
covers the floors. The property loss
to the working people of Port Arthur
is greater than to any one else as they
have in several parts of the city where
the water was the highest lost all of
their household effects, furniture is
ruined by water and clothing is also
ruined beyond use. Many a poor work-
ing man will have to refurnish his
his home again which will take him
a long time to do. In Port Arthur
Heights where there is a natural en-
closure caused by the Kansas City
Southern Railroad on one side, the T.
& N. O. R. Y. on the west side and
the seventh street road on the south,
the«water stood at a considerable
deapth longer than at any other point
in the city.
One of the best features of the
storm was the fact that the majority
of the houses in Port Arthur have
cisterns and at no time was there
any scarsity of drinking water. The
lighting system and the sewer system
being put out of business for a time
caused consderable uneasiness for a
employes of the two large refining AEAMANT AQQEWV
companies being very busi in getting D=RUWUI I rOuLnlDL I
both plants in running order again and ' POSPONES CELEBRATION
CITY BAKERY
SCHWICK & OBERHOLZ, Props.
Best Coffee and Light Lunch in Town
Bread Cakes and Pastry
341 Procter St. Port Arthur, Texas
The Lone Star Transfer Line, i —
for quick delivery by auto truck
We also do all kinds of Heavy
Hauling.
We would like to have your busi- !
ness. Give us a trial.
Phone 294 or 95 RIZER, Prop.
to place both in working order as
soon as possible. The only fear in Port
Arthur now is the sanitation of the
city the standing of the stagnant water
in the streets and refuse matter that is
decayed is being cleaned up as soon
as the water leaves and disinfectants
are being spread every where. The
water standing in the city as long as
it has gave an opportunity for the
committee on sanitation to get all of
the carcasses, and other dead matter
floated out of the city and into the
gulf.
The Jefferson County Traction Co.
for the first time run their passenger
cars into the city last Tuesday after-
noon at three o’clock, and the Port
Arthur Traction Co. was able to run
cars from North Procter to seventh
street Wednesday. The Interurban
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Young, J. W. The Labor Dispatch (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 4, 1915, newspaper, September 4, 1915; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1447688/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.