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'^^"V^f^'Wiv *|^!f»|f!|!«^p| > ¥K INDUST**? UNITY: STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. 0. FEDERATION OF LABOR PEDERATIONE MUTICAb 0N1TT: flDJ TH, ____\___1 __ VANCOUVER, B. C„ FBIDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1913. SOUHIMY SHE SPLENDH) IDEA AT NANAIMO Experisnos in Confliot Increases Striksn' Strength and Mobility. MeBride Paradss With Titled Ho- bow WMle His, "Subjsots" Fight for Bight to Organise NANAIMO, V. I., Oct. l.-Varlous are the methods employed by despotic governments to deal effectively with labor Is revolt Whether it be South Africa, Ould Ireland, Ood'* Country or the laat "Bert We»t," their object I* in essence the same, that Is, to cruih with all the power at their command every attempt of labor to organise. Organisation mean* muoh to labor. It I* something more than a mere word; It ll a process—In this Instance, human action, the collective action ot a body obeying the law ot necessity,; ■ body whose Interest* ire one, whose social needs and aspirations are one, who must rulrt every encroaohment upon the part of the enemy, who must pit cunning against cunning, strength against strength, to capture every fort, for with sggresttve action they discipline and strengthen their force*. Aa their material strength grows, so does their consciousness and the realization of the faot that the needs of today and the conscious goal ot tomorrow can only be attained through Intelligent co-operative action, In the paat the few have ruled the many with a rod of Iron. Today that truth Ie evident to all who think. The few were organised, the many were not. The few were intelligent to the fact thit. their Interests were Identical: organisation gave them power. They had their slogan: Freedom, Equillty, Fraternity, which had a definite meaning for them, and to realise those Ideals the few put their power into effect, used brute force, and out of evil came "good"—but not for. the many. The unorganised many consequently ' were enslaved, exploited, brutallsed, and all to the glory of the commercialised god "Profit." Labor li alwayi ln the wrong, but the cardinal lta of labor 1* to parade hla toil- curaad carcase Inside the holy of holies sad threateningly, also "sacrilegiously" lay hi* calouaed hands upon the ark of the covenant ''Profit." For this reason the blood of the worker* haa been (had profusely, ln Johannesburg, Dublin, Calumet and many other place*, and ao long as the organisation ot the smarter class is effective, Just so long will they possess power. Clerical |lara, mental prostitutes, hired murderer*, will be used to propagate superstition, mutilate truth, and wet the earth with the blood and tear* of thoae whose uplifting policy Is conrtructlveneBs and progreu. The leaders ot the party of labor, like labor, are always In the wrong, especially the molt progressive among them. Marx wu emotional, not consistent; a dreamer, consequently a joke, and the moit prominent in the ranki of toil today are constantly being charged with being foreign agitators, won't workers, and general makers of trouble. But If we look at the other aide and' behold the great and mighty, the Gladstones, Murphys, McBrldea, Bowlers, these ire men (?) -men of "strong character'! and "exceptional ability." Gladstone splashed the streets of Johannesburg, Murphy the atreet* of Dublin, with the blood of the workera, MoBrlde, who ha* been parading around London with a bunch of titled hoboes—blood-suckers like himself—hu* been earnestly assuring all and aundry of the loyalty of B. C. Our loyalty? Impressing upon the mind* of his distinguished hearers wonderful stories about "our" natural resources, and when he comes baok no doubt we will hear how this, that and many other things are ill essential to the further promotion ot "our" unheard of, ever tncreulng, unparalleled Proiperlty. To keep "our" proiperlty intact, while Itl advertising agent wai abroad wu the talk thit tell to a gentleman whose nime today li a household word, especially tn and around Nanalmo, and the manner In which he hu performed this task has been In the main spectacular. That the particular demonstration (got up at the public expeme) wherein tome hundred! of uniformed Brltlih object! willingly took part, wa* a auccei* no one will deny, md that the natural effect springing from such a display of organised lunacy to at present over- rhadowed by the all prevailing Idea that Bowser to Bowser, and who le more? A* tar u a bloodspllllng rtunt wu a success, Gladstone and Murphy were all there. W,lth Bowser, on the other hand, though the battle wa* planned with devilish Ingenuity, the common sense of the Workers for once, at any rate,' foiled the design brought into being by "strong character" and "exceptional ability." To justify th* aotlon of our Intellectual euperlor* In the courts of "Justice," there 1* much chin music, while a large number of our men are being kept In Jail, crowded together under unsanitary conditions, and lt is only too apparent that ah attempt is being made to break the iplrlt ot these men by alow starvation, whethei In the prlion or out of It. There to -a moral abroad here which ts best expressed by that splendid Idea—solidarity, No matter what has been tried to break the spirit ot this strike It hu failed; the men are more determined than, ever to win. No matter what methods of brutality the Gladstones, Murphyi and Bowsers miy employ, the army ot labor will steadily advance. Experience ta conflict must of necessity. Increase their strength and mobility. The Labor Union ot the past Is the Labor Union ot today; only Its method! Sre chang- ;he needs of the time. a necessity. We must to modern conditions existence, Fighting WILL DEFEND THE IMPRISONED ISLAND MINERS Tools of Coal Barons Fail to Gr«3§te Dissension Among Bowser's Victnns J. W. DSB. VABSUS > attains* Mr the United anu Works**1 unloa, u amoolate counsel, in tttttat ■ ot Vancouver Island miners now la Jail oa varloua obarrts. HALF HOUDAY AND EARLY CLOSING T Retail Clerks' International Onion' Beceiving ■narty Co-operation of Osntral Labor Body. MMt of Boyal City Merchant* Seam to Favor ths Principle, if Details Oan Be Arranged, NEW WESTMINSTER, Oct. 2.- That a large number, If not a majority of the retail merchants of this city are desirous of meeting the clerks In their demand for a weekfy'italf.hOIIdaj', certain. Efforts are now being made to arrive at some agreement among themselves as to what day will be moat suitable, along with other detail*, so that negotiations can be entered into with the employeea with a ohance of getting somewhere. It is reported also that an effort Is being made to get in touoh with the Vancouver retailers, so that concerted action on the part of the two cities may lead to some tangible result, either legislatively or by agreement with their employees. Many of the merchants have arrived at the point where they see that they will be gainers financially by closing their shops for a half day each week, while a large proportion of them are personally aB desirous of getting away from the dally grind as are. the clerks, and the Idea of closing the stores front Saturday noon Until Monday morning looks good tn them. The Clerks reported at the last meeting of the Council that up to date the Retail Merchants' Association had refused to meet a delegation from their union, but perhaps this la not because they wish to oppose the movement, but rather a desire tot have a definite plan of action before taking any further steps ta negotiation. u,The Bind; Who Ai* Taught, to "Obey" Being Muoh in Evl- dsnee at Hansimo. With the "Juice" Workers. - The regular meeting of Vancouver Local.No. 213, I. B. of E. W., took place Monday evening ta the Labor Temple and was fairly well attended. The meeting received notice from Fred. Fuller, R. R. Robinson and E. C. Knight, delegates to the Denver convention, which convened ln that city on Sept. 16, to- the effect that jurisdiction had been extended to take In all employees of telephone, light and power companies who are not now afflliated with other organisations, such u the gas workers, telephone operator*, etc, John Mofgenthaler, first vice-president Pacific District Council, with hesdnuarters tn the Labor Temple, Seattle, Is here on nil organization trip. The Denver convention appointed a committee of twelve to meet a like committee of the McNutty faotlon, Who held their convention ta Boston, Mass., recently, with a view to holding a joint convention to try and Igree on a basis ot amalgamation of the two factions. Three members were oh the hospital list this week, Thomas Thompson,1 and George Molrsett suffered burns from flash on direct current switch board at the Vancouver substation, and Dlllwln Heald. was badly injured from coming In contact with 30,000 volt switch at the local substation. There were no initiations, and only two applications pending. If there must be soldiers let those who use them pay for them—and pay the scale of the Butchers' union. makes for perfection, bettering the present and; forging a lever of emancipation that will make an Impossibility such acts as are committed today by commercialized scoundrels In Johannesburg, Dublin and Vancouver Island;.. J. S. ROBERTSON. By JAS. H. MoVBTY. • "Th* mtn In Nanalmo prison will stand Wildly, behind any program Dud by th* offlcar* of the Unltsd Mlns Worksr* for thtlr ds- flitt*. Th*r* ar* no dllT*r*nc*» existing between th* men en the Inside snd thoee who ar* out that cannot b* adjusted it th* proper tint* and plaot." The foregoing statement, made by George Pettigrew, Board member of the United Mine Worker*, in the Nanalmo Jail yard on Sunday morning last, In the presence Snd with the consent of the 90 odd fellow-prisoners, Is a final and complete answer to those who are endeavoring to spread the belief that there eklsts a dispute In the rank* of the strikers u to tbe counsel to be employed ln the defence, The officers of the U. M. W. of A, Insist on selecting, directing and pay, Ing the counsel who are to defend* their member* and decline to allow any one else to have anything to do with the question that- *o vitally affect* their membenhlp and none else, Mr. Lelghton of Nanaimo, who hu been looking after the legal affairs of the miners ever since they have been organled, has selected, with the full approval of the officers, Messrs. J. Edward Bird of, the firm of MacNelll, Bird, McDonald and Darling, and J. W. DeB. Karris of Farris and Emerson, to handle the defense of the prisoners. Both of these men have had a vuy extensive experience with thos* branches of law affecting trad* unions and their memben. With a sincere and earnest desire to be of assistance a number of people ln Nanalmo, outside of the ranks' of the U. M. W- of A., secured a considerable sum of money from local sympathisers and retained a young lawyer named Rubtaowiti, a magistrate, appointed by Mr. Bowser, to assist with the defense. Tlfe nilners' offlcen and the solid- ton engaged by them have taken the Fi ON VANCOUVEI M Discordant Blare of Bugle Dull" Divine Spseoh of Manhood in Non-Thinking Scab-Herders. NANAIMO, V. I,; Oct 1.—Though some of the mllltla have gone away, sufficient remain to cause trouble: should occasion require it. By the! physiognomy of the latter it.appears as if the namby-pamby respectable element Is being eliminated, and Its place taken by the "hard nut." Some few nights ago a garage close to tbe camp, of "our',' heroes took fire. It was not many minutes before these fellows were out, halt naked, some of them had only a shirt on and their kilt thrown on anyway, and there they stood barefooted, with rifle and fixed bayonet in hand, ready to defend— What? By their actions It wu clearly evidenced that they were ready and willing to plunge the bayonet Into any person at the leut possible opportunity. ■' The "good" soldier to here right enough, and the "good" soldier Is that specimen of brutallsed humanity who has Bworn away his right to "think." His highest ideal is to "obey," trained to perfection, a human automaton who would slaughter his own mother If told to do so, and be perfectly satisfied with the idea that he had done his "duty." When will these working men wake up to the fact that they are fooled? Has the fanfare of trumpet and discordant blare of the bugle dulled that divine speck ot gray matter called the brain, to the extent thlt they cahnot conceive where their real Interests He. The kilted scab-herders can parade our streets In all their primitive glory, heads erect, arms correctly at the slope, swing past jauntily, to the rhythmical beat of the drum, mingling with the shrill and clarion tones of "A Man's a Man for a' Thst". But the miner of Nanaimo thinks: "You're a mean unmanly crew, "-With your dollar-a-day and showy clothes, "I'm more ot a man than yon." - "For whatever my place ln life may be, "And whether I Bwlnv or link, "I can say with pride, i do not obey; '"I do not obey, I think.'" Brotherhood of Carpentsrs. Fourteen new local unloni were organlied during the month of August by the United Brotherhood of Carpenter! and Jolnera ot America, according to a report that hu been submitted by General Secretary Frank Duffy of the organization. One of the new union* was formed at Hoqulam, Wash., and two at Stookton, Cal. It Is said that many ot the new members of the United Brotherhood are old memben of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, which labor offlcen ot the nation are now endeavoring to solidify with the United Brotherhood. RESOLUTION OF PROTEST. Nanalmo Local, No. 21555, U. M. W. of A„ passed the following resolution of protest "That this Local protest against the action of Mayor Shaw in swearing to an affidavit to the effect that a Jury chosen from the City of Nanalmo would be so intimidated by the miners that they would be incapable of rendering a fair decision In connection with the trial of the striking miners who have to come up tor a Jury trial." -■ .: '_ WILLIAM WATSON, Sec position- that the urtoSsness of tie ohsrges pending against the. mu nuke* tt Importable to permit a young man, admitted to th*"h»r lees than one year ago, «d without criminal law experience, to mm- anything' to do with the d*f«nu *t the grul bulk of the prisoners, but If aay bf them desire the servic** od Mr. Rublnowit* they aw at perfect Uh-Jtty to engage him.: In other words, the offlcen and lawyen feel that, la trad* union language, thl* not the proper time to take on any apprentioef. Together with Muir*. Bird snd Darling and Mr. Robert Fostar, preildent of Dtotrlet No. il, the writer discussed the entire question with Pettigrew, Joe Taylor, Vice-president ot the B. C. Fed eration of Labor, and- preildent of the Lsdygi the Mine Worker*, ai ninety, ln the Nanalmo J laat, and the remark* : grew, already quoted, r the conclusion Of th* < Th. Coining TA It to, of coune, unlawl contempt for the courts, I will, to the best of h»i Outhrle, Local ot ths oil ; on Sunday mt:- Wtti- red to h* number. its.- - , 1: to express id the writer Jllty, In dl*. B. O. E. B. Special Committee In- stroetedtoWtaTouohWith < Omnibus Oo. Looal Y.M.O.A. Institution Placed on. Unfair List tt Bequest of Building Trades Oouneil. last night's muting of Vincouver Trades and Labor Council was well attended) Vlce-pre*ld*nt McVety again occupying the chair, while President Benson acted tor General Secretary Wilkinson, who will not reach home from Montreal till next Tueaday. Cradentlila Credential* were received and dele ;g*te*„*e*ted, a* 'MU-nragN - Stereotyp^fi^l^tieS'Bsyiii';"Chr*. HOmewood. Commercial TMegrapherar-A. Ten- nant vice H, Wt Wither*. Tile Layen—P. Hoenke. Executive Report. A number of routine communications were read and disposed of. The "call" for another Immigration Conference, to be held at Seattle prior to A. F. of L. Convention, aaklng for delegates, was laid over till next meeting. From Mayor's Secretary re representation ot Council on civic committee to meet B. C...E. R. management re increased fares, advising that meeting had to be postponed until return of compiny official*. From Building Trade* Council ad- vlilng thlt the local V. M. 0. A. had been placed on their unfair Hit. New business. Telegram from Calgary Trade* and. Labor Council re Interview with Min-1] lster of Justice Doherty, who 1* now en route ta Vancouver, relative to refusal of ball to over 100 Vancouver Island minera now Imprisoned on, ln many cues,, flimsy charge*. Referred to business agent, with authorization to arrange for like meeting here. Business Agent'* Report. Acting Business Agent Benson submitted a report covering hts activities for the past two weeks, which included all the business referred to him at last meeting. The Western Cloak Company's dispute wltb the Tailors and Talloresses' union came In for a good deal of attention, but happily had resulted In a settlement. It was reasonably certain that hereafter the B. C. Factories Act would be enforced Insofar ■• tt wai possible for one Inspector to look after a large number of factories. Urged the appointment of additional Inspectors. B. C. E. R. Committee. Delegates Pettlplece and Burkhsrt reported progress. It had been noticed that a motor omnibus company was being organised in Victoria. Report received and Delegate Pettlplece authorised to at once get into communication with the directors and secure all the Information possible, with a view to Interesting the company In the possibilities of Vancouver ai a field for expansion. Report* of Union*. Reports from delegate* Indicated trade alack In all line*, especially the building trades. Despite this most of the unloss reported Increase In membership and better feeling generally. New Business. A motion was oarrled to the effect that the V. M. C. A. as a local Institution be placed on the unfair list, this not to affect their new building, which Is ta the hands of a building contractor, was carried. The executive commltte was authorised to make any arrangements possible with Mr. Richardson, British M. P., for a public meeting, A motion to extend an Invitation to ,'om Mann to address * meeting here was laid over till next meeting. Vote so far was In favor of changing Labor Day locally to May 1st. Ubor Day. Septambsr or May? The result of the vote oh the resolution submitted by the Vancouver T. A L. Council, that May 1 be celebrated bb Labor Day by organised labor ln this city are coming in slowly. So far, only eight organisation* have reported, In-' the membership ot those reporting Indicate an overwhelming desire in favor of the change. curing' aadad-ij seeure I MWss«S«l, ittatsvd n«tw»« Sussing the treatment ot the men eta* Bitted tor trial, endeavor to cones*! whatever'contempt he may feel tor British justice and thou 'Who enforce ft. '-:,•-• Held on charges sa urlou* as it tempted murder and u frivolous u Intimidation, the acctued have, In •very tasUno*, been oonusittid to jail snd ball refund, thus, a* a ssselsl ppllcs offlcsr remarked to the Writer, greatly handicapping the men In their datanw^nd prevent*** ther* trots tt- -n7^eonaoWas witk Ireounssl. All efforts te| v* so far bun rertud, „ of ths AttornSy-Onsrsi ting evtft application ragtrdtos* of nature $">*eh«rg«. IfeeiidltlSBsV As tar u Mji Nanalmo j*ll to con- ind MorposM cm mma\\ bat tt Is sn ancient-Wine* and wu uSvsr Inuadtd to M|m n man awaiting trial la addlUelto th* regular prta. Oasts* awatttag «al. Tha oSlls bat* no siattair -uMUteassats or fresh wtwr and coailiHEs that tn* prison- era ar* >hut ua STMt pjn., thru la a cell. I by • ls*V Sad remain thus until th* following #r«lng at s am., with a taokrt I* tt* ooratr of tb* cell for lie aoopesttMatloa ot (sou forced to comply elk th* demands of nature, tk* MnoSMon of the atmosphere at the end *US noun' confinement can hi better described^ * Treated aa Ctnvfetod OHmtnal*, Tobacco Is forbidden; there sre no light* In the call*, and newspapers published la ths province are not per mltted ln the jail and the men are fed the ume food a* those convicted and serving their sentences. Bsrker Back* Down. Led to believe that they would get a hearing before Judge Barker, practically all the men elected for speedy trial, only to flnd, after election, that Barker had secured Judge Howay Continued on page ten. CONGRESS VOTES $500 11 MUS National Convention Passes Beto- lntlon of Oonfldense in O. M. W. of A. sad Votes $600 Vanoouver TJpjos Add f 99 to the List snd Many Other Onions Contribute Handsomely "The Tradu ind Lahor Congreu of Canada hu voted »6O0 toward* Th* F*d*r»tlonl*t'* "Christina* Box Fund" fsr th* wlvu and little tot* of th* V«n- couv*r Island miner* on itrlk*. "Lut Tuesday morning, a* a special order ef business, J. W. Wilkinson, representing th* B. C. F*d- •ration of Labor and th* United Mlns Worktn, preiented th* cut of th* Islsnd miner* to th* convention delegate! at Montreal, and, in addition to resolution* already published, th* above amount wa* Such, In brief, wu the message received hy The Fed. from Ottawa on Tuesday morning, an unqualified denial and answer to report* circulated by tha Island and coast dally press that the U. M. W. of A. had not th* united support and sympathy of the other organised worken ot Canada. The local Typo, union laat Sunday voted the limit, 199, towards the fund, Alderman McBeath undo along a check for 110. And from many sources The Ped. Is advised that lt remain* only for a union meeting to take place to pus a substantial appropriation for the "Chrlitm'u Box Fund." Only one discordant note haa been received ao fir. A. B. Wrench, secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenten and Jolnera, Victoria, writes, under date of Sept. 26: "Your circular, dated Sept tS, re the Kiddles' Christians Fund, came before our regular muting, and the following resolution was unanimously carried: 'Tbat The Federatlonist be notified that If It Is found that the minera need assistance, we shall be willing to help, but will send fund direct to Nanalmo." "Nanaimo" hu not asked for financial assistance: nor have the Island miners asked for any such assistance. This wu specifically stated ln The Fed's appeal for a "Christmas Fund for Mlnen' Wives and Little Tots." The fund to meant to.be merely a token of appreciation on the part of organised labor of the fidelity of the mlnen' wives ind children to their loyal union huBbanda and brothers. There Is no call for sarcasm or lack of confidence ln The Federatlonist. The monies received are being deposited ln the Bank of Montreal, and, In due course, will be handed over to the Joint committee named by the B, C. Federation of Labor, Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, and District 28 of the U. M. W. of A. What The Fed. wants Is boostera: union men and women and their friends to at once express themselves TEN PAGETJl,jJgs.3!*^Tl£W-ig WILLDEfENP THE IMPRISONED ISLAND MNEES lUMMasAl '^ *' fer (ate nMiti ta.m\mm>m mrnmrn to raise m l W. Bennett Hm Been Betsitted By Bxeeutive Board to Visit the B. O. Locals Copper Miners' Big Strike Will Be Assisted by Organised Labor In response to * lettergram to Sec.- Tree*. Andy Shilland, District «, W. F. of M„ Sandon, and In harmony with tbe wtohas of the 'delegate* In attendance at the fifteenth annual convention, held at Nehnn,' the executive board ha* been successful ta securing tb* servlcu of Mr. J. W. Bennett of Fernle, to tour th* locili of the W. F, of M. md other union towm In th* district, for -the purpose of earning out the wishes ot the International offlcen. The lettergram Kid*: - .' "The preunt conflict la Mleht-. gin demands th* immediate moral and flnanclal support of our entire membership. Rush la all fund* available, hold muting* to rata* fund* and forward aame to . tbl* offlce.'' ERNEST MILLS, Becretary-Treuurer. C. B. MAHONBY, Vice-President. In connection with the appointment Sec.-Treas. Shilland uy*: "Bro. Bennett bas been connected with the Labor movement for years, w*s our representative on the board ot conciliation and Investigation, which sat in Nelaon In January laat, and there are few men In the movement today better qualified than he to plead the cause of the worken In Michigan, Your executive feel that Bro. Bennett'* tour throughout the Jurisdiction of the district cannot fall to be fruitful of much good, aot only In raising the much-needed sinew* ot war from outside so-jrees, but also In making easier the collection of assessments levied upon our own membenhlp." READJUSTMENT MUST BE MADE IN NEW B. C. E. R. AGREEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES Duly luthsrind eommittu* *f th* Strut Rallwsy Emptayus* Union* of Vanoouver, Ntw Westminster ind Vletorl* sr* said is aw In conference today with th* taeal official* ef th* B. C. Slut-He Rill. way Company relative to a read- Justnwnt *f th* recsnt wig* scale •nd echedule af working condition* recently entered into, and which hav* since proved in urns ossee Impracticable and in other* It I* alleged th* Company haa bean guilty of vldlstion af tome of It* provlden*. At any rat* th* differences ere being discussed be- twun th* parties to th* »gr**ment today and it I* *xp*eted that an amicable undemanding will ba ar rlvSd at. Individual liberty wu surrendered with the advent of society Itself. The slander of aome people Is a far greater recommendation than the praise of other*. as being desirous of cheering the homes and gladdening the hearts of the "kiddles" on Christmaa morning; men and women big enough to rise above petty bickering anil give as liberally as possible. Wb want |5,ooo. Half the amount Is now tn sight. Come on with the rest of It. Awaiting the receipt of some of the checks and contributions now under way the list of acknowledgment* 1* held over till next Issue. Meantime unions and unionists are urged to make their remittances at the earliest possible date. NO CIVIC PAY FOR SCAB-HERDERS. With Alderman Crowe as chairman of the local Civic Finance Committee, a request for wagea from a civic employee, who as a militiaman consented to do scab-herding duty for Attorney-General Bowser during the recent weeks, was abruptly turned down, ss It deserved to be. Alderman McMaster took the position that the mllltla should be used only for active service In defense of the country, and that If the Government needed them to assist In mining camps, It ahould at leut pay them full wages, Alderman Woodslde heartily supported the position of Alderman Crowe and lt Is certain that the City Council will concur In the recommendation of the Finance Committee, MONK FH Mr. 1Isst.si~i.sosj. Istier MsMMsV"' WAI Airtw tV Tampa#*i';iW As aattoanmd :1a 'tke- tost-lssno 'et',- Th* Fsd*e*tl*Blrt, Mr. Thassss Mtlkf ardson, labor m*m**r ta the BrtUak ... of Common* for the eonstnV u*ncy oti Whltehsvsa, who is now p: route: to * Vancouver seal. «tp*et*4 * irriva —ta ■ Bandar or wtamay.' t reoSnt visitor to Montreal ss* 1 to what th* Auodated mat f sari <'' ''■'/••''.-' "I never la ill, my .111* aa* I terrible, so sbsolstelr nitty, yon hay* Shown me her* in Montreal. ar ^.ritt'i.psifc'-C',—.. _.„«- -_,. i«i by ord*r of ttw h*»» hoard. »wn plana that ar* palacu sseMs —ma," ssld Hr. Thomu Rtabardsoa, Labor member of Partlaawt for White haven, Englaad. a* b* sxavtasd Oj*ISntwwsj. y uF' iiie ^ssMliinsor I __^^__^^^_ dsy^ afternoon, under tta guidanoe ot Mrs. Rou Bsndsrsoa, aooial worhsr and Juvenile ooart probatloe oBetr. , Mr. Richardson, who 1* erne* ol tke thirty-nine Lsbor memben sitting la the present British Parliament wu ta Montreal on hi* way aorou th* oca- tlnent to Vsncouver on hi* tint Caaa- - dian trip. While In the Dominion b* to desirous of seeing where th* .poorer clssses of workmen live. Yesterday The FedereUostot received an Invitation, through ink git*. retary of Looal Onion No, 1155, TJ. M. W. of A., Nanalmo, leaking to IntoraSt Mr. Richardson, M. P., In ths strlk* situation on Vincouver Island. Mr. Richardion cornea to Vancoavsr with splendid introductory Irttera preceding him from Meun. j. Keir Hardle and 3. Ramssy MacDonald, both Internationally known tn' tNa lahor movement > I NO specific arraagemenr hu be*o msde by' Lsbor Temple odclal* tor hi* entertainment here, aad any pro- gramme propoud *o far as speausg Is concerned trill have to he aale after hi* arrival on Bandar. . Prto* of P*rfldy. Harry Orchard, who wu BMtaaud to hug ta Idaho, for the WBSsr et Oovarnor Stoaa*ak*n. hu ***hll*h»d tbe required nrtlee that h* wlU sppty for full pardoa. Owing to tk* valyabl* aastotance he rendered th* mine ownen In their flght against tk* Wutsra Federation of Miner*, h* probsbly trill soon be a fre* nan. What other reward he will get, for attempting to ■wur away the lives of other mu, perhaps, will never be known.—Frisco Clarion. , Strikebreaker Farley, at 40 yeara ot •ge, I* dead. He died'of tuberculoid. He profited little by his vlclouneu. Royal Labor Commluion. Commissioner R, A. Stoney of N*w Wutmlniter Inform* The Federation. tot that the Provincial Royal Commission, to lnveitlgite libor conditions, bu finished Its sitting! on the mainland, with their return from the Edmonton-Fort George-Aihcroft trip last wuk, The commission will convene at Victoria on or about October 22, and Iron there will proceed to Duncan, V. I„ where Itl sessions will be finally concluded, and a report to the legislative assembly will probably b* ready tor January next. Died In The socialist movement lh Oreat Britain has lost a strenuous lighter In Mr. Harry. Quelch, who died BspL 17th. Mr. Quelch gave the heat yur* of hi* life to labor and socialist agitation, writing, speaking, organising. Hs wu for many yun editor of Justlc* and chairman of the London' Tradu Council. Born at Hungerford In ISM, he came to London when fourteen year* of age, and In the ichool ot hard experience learned the condition of worklng-clas» life, Machinists. J. C. Taylor, district busineu (gent and organiser for tho International Association of Machinists in th* Pacific northwest, and well known to members of the Vincouver lodge of his or ganliatlon, has been chosen one ot the four delegates that will repreient the Machinists at the 1914 and 1916 con- ventlons of the American Federation of Labor. Death of Mr. Burkhart, Sr. Chaa. F. Burkhart, busineu agent for the Barbers' Union, received a aad message from Mlllvalley, Cal., on Monday lut, advising him of the death of hla father, at the ripe old age of 81 year*. The deceased had bun an old-time union carpenter. AN INSANE POLICY1. The fact that local civic and ad- Joining municipal authorities are compelled to consider the advisability ol laying off alt employees save thoae who are married and have families to support ia conclusive evidence that the contention of trade unionist* that tha labor market was being overstocked by both federal and provincial governments during the put year wu founded on a first-hand knowledge of what tbey were tilling (bout The soup kitchens which will have-to be opened by those ume authorities this winter will be a further corroboration of the position taken hy organlied labor. Meanwhile the government* of Canada are busy fitting up new Immigration offices In the Old Country and have printers working overtime In order that the unemployed of the older land* ahall be transferred to thl* country. This policy, along with tbe prospects of a gigantic rush of immigrants with the opening ot the Panama Canal, leads one to wonder when lt Is all going to end. . . .' ■-'-• --" ■ PA*B8 WO- THE BBITISH QOt-lmU J-EpEBAHflNIgJ. DRINK IVnllVlVvJ Water MADE IN virrotoi SOUP Ml. .QVER THg PR9VWCE Kirks'& Co. Victoria, B.C. VrCTORIA,B.C. The Popular Priced; European Plan ITZ C J. Lovejoy, Mgr. FORT SHEET, AT DOUGLAS Fte^ttoBos HATE4 «$l_aiu MUST HAVE HMD A' "UNlON** —MILITIAMEN IN MIND After Ood hsd' finished the- rattle- make, the toad and* the vampire, He, had some awful "aubitance" left with which "he made a scab. A scab Is a two-legged animal with a cork-screw soul, a water-logged brain and a combination backbone, made of Jelly and glue. Where other people have tbelr heart*, he curies a tumor ot rotten principle*, When the. scab comes down the street- honest men turn their back*, the angel* weep tean In Heaven and the devil shuts tha gate* of uell- to keep him out, No man haa- a right to scab u long u there to a pool of water deep enough todrown hts body Ini or a rope tone- enough tb bans hla carcase with, Judas Iscariot wu a gantlemin compared to a acab, for, after betraying- hi* Muter, he had uough character to bang himself, and a scab-hu not—Copper Minen' Bulletin. Chickens Come Home to Rooet i VICTORIA, Sept 30—Sidney J. Beck- ton, who wu formerly a sergeant of the local mounted police, wu yesterday: given- a- sentence of one month's imprisonment for having obtained- the sum of $10 from Russell E. White. 'Unionists win- remember that this ume Beckton was a particularly nasty tool used by the-civic authorities during the late campaign to prohibit free speech, he having used hi* baton with-a willingness worthy of a better cause. : Tyranny Is Irresponsible power. * When we sing' our own praise we must supply the encore. I How a man doe* enjoy (pending money If he can't afford Itl Idltor n* Labor news, published at Manllton, Oat—la-organiser International Garment Worken' union*-"See Un eminag." a Engineers Move Headquartera. The International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers has moved Its headnuarten from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Chicago, where, with money appropriated by the last convention for the purpose, they have purchased a building large enough to accommodate the union1 and' the official publication. It Is located at 6334 Yale' avenue, Chicago. WA6E WORKERS'FORUM Childlike Simplicity. Editor B. C. Federatlonist: I want to point out to the newspaper men, that they are not mending, matten by suppressing the truth concerning the Vancouver Island strike and burlesque on Justice, and forcing working men to Issue their own publications ln or der tb get the truth to the publlo. Newspaper publlshen are blind to their own Interest* when they convince the workere In thl* country that newspapen are controlled by the employing clan and will not give work- tag men a square deal. I also believe they are blind to the Interests ot the employing clus when they fall to keep them posted u to actual conditions by suppressing the truth. The. minen charge that the mllltla are on the ground not to preserve order, but to help the mine owners break the strike ud drive the striken back to work. Probably the general public doei not know that in theae Industrial troubles'the employen hire strike-breaker* »nd »o-called guard* through agen- ole* that make a specialty of furnish- Ing strtke-breakera. They get them among the unemployed in the big cities and often they have criminal records. If the striken are peaceable and not raiting - any disturbance, thens the strike-breaking guards will start trouble themselves. It Is a part of their game to precipitate violence, and'then place the blame on the striking working men. When rioting can be incited by the strike-breaking guards or "detective*" the agent*'can bring ta more ot them; and they make a daily profit on every one of them. The more trouble, the more guard*; the kmore guard*, tha more profit* for the agencies. If striken won't make trouble, the guards will. It Is part, of their business. If striken are armed, they are arrested and uaarmed. But the guards In the employ of the company are sworn In as deputies and clothed with the authority of the law, and tinned to the teeth. . The time must come when the people of thli country will have to take account of thli war between capital and labor. It to going on In spots all over the country, and the truth about It to seldom told, It to teaching the working men to believe tbat there Is no chance for them to get Justice through the law. Miny of them believe the courti, the mllltla, the government and all of lti arma are against them. And when men believe thli, whether right or wrong ln their belief, lt means loss of respect for tbe laws and the courts, snd a deep resentment toward loclety and government That spelli anarchy. When labor representatives resort to violence and fight with dynamite, the newspapen stir the entire country up to action, and the sacrificing of Innocent lives becomeB a tremendonus sensation. But when armed- criminals ln the employ of the captains' ot Industry Intimidate minera and attempt to starve their wives and children, it get! bnt scant and pining mention ln the papen. I am not calling the attention nt workingmen to this condition, They know about It. They get the news in their own publications and through reports from their brother working- men, even If they don't get lt ln tha newspapen, I do regard it a* highly Important, however, that all citizens whb are not Identified with the labor movement know what la- going on. For only by knowing the truth and underatandlng the significance of these Incidents and battles ln the Industrial war can tSey prepare to meet any crista that miy come'out ol lt I don't believe public Opinion would stand for the Injustice the working' men complain of If the public under- stood, The tyranny of organised In' dlistry Is possible only when It can work ln the dark. "PARSON." Stung with Injustice and Mockery of Liberty, Nanaimo Writer Booms Corporation Minions. Cannot "Uphold Dignity" Where There Is None—Charitable Towards Militiamen. By SAM ATKINSON NANAIMO, Oct. 1.—If lt was not for the seriousness of the situation it Would be laughable to those visiting Nanalmo. The sight of the barelegged puppets being paraded every day to scare the minen to ridiculous. These fellow* are beginning to realm that they are wane slaves than the minen; It is- a great object lesson for the yOung man who contemplates joining the militia. At the call ot a few politicians these men are required to act as traitor* to the memben of their own class, in many cues sacrifice their Jobs, and all for a dollar a day and the (lory of tt The miners are treated a great deal better by the United Mine Workers than Bowser treats these men whom he get* to do the dirty work of the province. A striker, fighting for organisation, better working condition!, more wagei thire 3o* and lei* hours, to a man to be admired. These militiamen, compelled to strut through the streets like so many peacooka, are robbed of the fellowship of their fellows, But we should not detptoe them, Their eyes are being opened. They are to h* pitied. They, were thought- leu when they Joined the army, Many of them expreu sorrow for hiving done io. They are beginning to realise that if they ihoot theie mlnen they ire shooting their/own class. In ipite of,the fact.thit the churches, while preaching "Peace on earth and good-will to men" In the sanctuaries are encouraging* the militant. Idea amongst the boyi. ta the Sunday ■chooli through the "boy scout" movement It is going to become harder and harder for the government to enlist men for service in the army. What kind of patriotism to that which compels Canadians to shoot Canadians, when the Canadians to be shot are simply fighting a battle to live, A Modern Judas Iscariot. There to one man in Nanalmo, however, who is to be despised. "Judu Iscariot Simpson," the tool of the coal barons. This > description 1* written with profound apologies to the original Judu Iscariot True, he aold the Naiirene for thirty piece! of silver, but he had one redeeming quality. He suffered remorse and had th* common dsoenoy to go out snd hsng hlmeelf. The Brltlih Columbia represents- tive of thli historic character to probably doing more harm to the Interuti of thli province at preient thin any other one Individual. People are still coining from the east and the United State! to Alberta and Manitoba, but the high-handed method! practiced on Vancouver Island have given people the Idea that Justice cannot be obtained tn this province, The misrepresentations of the Rotarians hu duced many people to come here, hut when they ascertain what the true condition* are they take unto themselves wing*, I know a man whb brought 140,000 here last week and carried lt back tn1 the United State* before, the week wu out, Thit is not a large amount of coune, but lt might mean the nucleus arpund which a tew people here could have, employment this winter,' who will otherwise walk the streets and extend the bread-line. - That man! was not to blame for being afraid. There Is no protection here. When u magistrate can walk to church onl Sunday, with a Bible under his armi and on Monday send men to jail on a charge of vagrancy, when they have good homes, good characters, and the ability to hold down a Job, what respect can you have for the law end ihe courts? Such'a man.to an anarchist himself and a breeder of anarchy. Politician* and: Dignity. , The> politicians tell us that' we should dp everything ln our power to "uphold the dignity of the government" Here Is a specimen of the minner In which they uphold thli dignity. In a vile Cell ln Victoria Jail there lies a member of the Provincial Parliament He wu lent to- Parliament by voten who wanted direct representation. Trumped up charges have been brought against him. .He li atlll the representative of the people, but he has been in Jail over * month and not allowed ball. He Is no Two details conveyed In a report of the coal miners' strike ta' Colorado give some Idea of the utterly foolish way' In which government* and Individuals still try to deal with labor disputes. One of these detail* wu that Governor Ellas M. Ammons hsd given orders, before the strike wu even udder way, that'the National Guard be held In readiness tor service In the affected district. So far a* could be gathered trom the dispatches, had been no violence on either aide. But Governor Ammons wu so sun there would be violence, or so thoroughly wedded to the cause Of the mine operaton, that he had his troops ready. He had them ready, knowing very well what "armed Intervention" of that sort hu meant In Colorado, and what lnexcuuble deeds lt hu exacted and countenanced, Meanwhile the employen were announcing "their determination neither to arbitrate nor recognise the union." That la to say, both Governor Ammons and the employing operaton were falling back on force, the mllltla In one instance, economic pressure— which 1* is resl a kind of brutality and which in Colorado haa usually been accompanied by armed conflict- in the other. This waa ln the yur 1818 ot the Christian era!—'Frisco Bulletin. Whisper It Gently. A' member of organised labor, who Is now at Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, stated to The Fed. this week that from 260 to 300 more good men could be given work at logging and railroad construction camps along the lake, A few blacksmiths, at from STB to |90 per month and board are wanted. The latter rate Is almost general. Some teamsten, at (SO per month and board, are also wanted. The principal help wanted, however, are mucken, at 30c an hour, 10 hour*. The firth* to apply to are Moore 4 Pettrlck, Board of Trade Building, Victoria; Empire Logging Company, Camp 76, Cowichan Lake; Ledlngham ft Cooper, Cowichan Lake (hunay, only). With winter coming on the blacksmiths and teamsten1 are on straight time—no time lost on account ot wet or stormy weather. The food Is reported good, especially ln the logging camps. Sometimes a word to the wise Is too much. / The school for scandal hu no vacations. ' . A woman can beat a man it an argument, but that proves very little. "A fool may be as happy in his folly a sa wise man Is lonely tn hts wisdom. better than any ot the other prisoners, but oh, the dignity of British Columbia! THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATION OF LABOR President—Christian Siverts, 1278 Dentrian street, Victoria. B. C. Secretary-treaaurer—v, R Mldgley, Boa 1044, Vancouver, B. C, Vice-presidents—O." A. Burnes, A, Watchman, Vlotoria; J. Ferris, 3. Kavanagh, Vancouver;! 3. Cuthbertson, Greenwood; J. W, Oray, Fernle; J. J, Taylor, Ladysmlth. Tuaoavat, Amalgamated Carpenters—Wm, Man- son, 828 Raymur Ave. Barbara, No. 120—c. F. Burkhart, Room 108 Labor Temple. Brotherhood of Carpenters, No. 617— a. W. Williams, Rooms 804-06, Labor Temple, Bartender!—a. W. Curnock, Room.208, Labor Temple. Blacksmiths No, 181—M. Porter, View Hill P, 0„ North Burnaby. Bricklayers, No. 1—W. 8, Dagnall, Room 218 Labor Temple. Bakery Workers, No. 46—W. Rogers, Room-220, Labor Temple, Building Trades Counoll— Bookbinders, No. 106—J. F. McConnell, 1044 Pacific St. Cooks—E. W. Walker, Room 208 Labor Temple. Cigar Makers, No. 867—Robt; J. Cral*. c|o Kurts Cigar Factory, Water St. Electrical Workers, No. 213—W. F. DUnn, Room 287, Labor Temple. Fletcher, 178! Broadway Weat disss Workers, No. 40—J. Fraser 1682 Stalnsbury Ave;, Cedar Cottage. Longshoremen—Thos. Nixon; 138 Wat- ".Lathere, Na 207—V, R. Mldgley, Room 208, Labor Temple. Machinists, No. 181—Ju. Turnbull, 2011 FernwOod Road, Molders, No. 881—D. Brown, «42 Broadway Weat Moving Picture Operators—A. O, Hansen Box 1061. pattern Makers—Thos. Smith, 843 Broadway West . Plumbers. No. 170—W. Faton, Room 218 Labor Temple, Palntera, No; 188—Skene Thompson, Sub P. o, No, 8. Steam Engineers, No. 387—E. Prender- gast, Room 216,- Labor Temple. Street Railway Employees, No. 101— A, Lofting, Box 178j,Clty Heights. . Shinglers—J. P. Hyall, 1018 Oranvllle St. , Sheet Metal Workers.- No, 280—B. A. Edworthy, Labor Temple. A ■ Stone/cutters—J. Campbell, P. O. Box 1047, City. Trade*- and Labor Council—J. W. Wll kln-aon, Room 210 Labor .Temple. Typographical , Union, No. 226—H. Neelands, Box- 66; Tile Layers, No. 62—J. A. Pelh'am, 1788-lOth Aye. East. . ■ _T . Upholsterers; No. 94—W. Johnstone,' 616 Helmcken Bt . . • . ■ Wattressea, No. .766—B. W. Walker, Room 208, Labor Temple. I waiters, Nov 2!—E. W! Walker, Room .208 Labor Temple, - . western'Federato! nof Miner*,.No. 216 —R" p; pettlplece, Room'.llT Labor Temple. victoria.' Amalgamated Carpenters — A. E Wrench Box 7701 rar. Box 1188. Boiler Makers; No. 191—J. Sheriff, Esquimau, B. C. t Bookbinder*,-No; 147—W; W; Lalng 1007, Pendergast St. Brotherhood of Carpenters, No, 1848— VTAi P&WWion. Box 286! Blinding Trades Council—T. H; Norrls, Labor Hall. Bartenders, No. 814—F, F. Jewell Horse Shoe, Government St. i Clxarmakers, No. 211—w. H. Pepper, 488 John Bt Cooks and Walters, No, 458— Electrical Workers, No. 389—W; Reld 1163 Pandora St. Int. Hod Carriers and Building Laborers' Union of America; No; 248—T. Cul- lum 748 Pembroke St. Laborers' Protective Union—J, L. Martin. 2016 Shelbdurr/e St „ Letter Carriers. No. 11 —Christian Siverts, 1278 Denman St 144—A; (lleM, 1047 "No'. 824'-Of Letster, 469 No; 8—Frank Harvey, Box No. '460—B. Eleeton,, 162 f,Ehgtaeera-W. pool, 1038 N. 1 Moral' Workers—C. Stewart Jss^No; 168—H. Harsh, Council—T, H. 148—K. O. Christopher, Lathers, Gorge Ri fioni eon's Ma< 484' Ji Mol South] Plul Cook* Fat 1477.- Pill, Mensll Steal. Park 81 _ 8h< Box 101 i*W__iWN*\V. Trail* and Labor "°$®jpe.W' DoAn?a!f alBSB885*- * ■-* , BretherhoM^rcarpanton, No. 1638— A. Walker, MWMHk, . a. „ Berbers, No; M8—W. Srstaisr, 809 Columbia St, Cigar Makers, No: 486—Herman Knud- aon,*Box 618. .__ ., ..Federal Labor Union—H, *.Gilchrist 710 Agnes St Trades and Labor Counoll—B. D, Grant Box 984. Typographical Union, No; 688—R. A Stoney, Box 986; Teamsters, No. 169—a a. Corder, Box 67. Plumbers, No.' 496—A. McLaren, Box 966. Streetrallway ,Bmployees, No, 184— A. F. Duncan, 226 Mowat St Orentrook. Brotherhood Railway Carmen, No. 178 —F. tockwell. Smith. _ United Mine Workera, No. 2487—W. Balderotone. Oread Pork*. . Western Federation of Miners, No. 180 [—J. N. Currle, Box M. Cn*ww*i United Mine Worken, No. 3877—J. Jones. Cumberland. United Mine Workera, No 2298—J. Hint. Vend*. , United Mine Worken—District 18— A. J. carter. .United. Mine Workers, No. 3814—Thos. Uphill; Westertf Federation of Miners, No. 22 -W. Lakewood, Box 124. Medley. Western Federation of Miners, No. 1*1 -T. R. Wllley/Box 376. Klmberley. Western Federation of Miners, No. 100 -M, F, Vllleneuve. Western Federation af Miners, No. 69 —L. A. Lemon. Box 8*1, .United Mine Workers, No. 2388 —,D. McKensle. SttrksL United Mine Workers, No. 2884—M. Burrell. Movie. Western Federation of Miners, No. 71 —Jas, Roberto. . United Mine Workera, No. 2166—A. Jordan, Box 410. United Mine Worken, No. 872, South Wellington—Thomas Hanoi, Box 649, Nanalmo: STslaotu Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners—Box 106. Brotherhood of Carpenters, No. 624— G. H. Hardy, Box 377. Weetern Federation of Miners, No. 86 —Frank Phillips. Box 106; Western Federation of Miners No. 8 —D. A. Vlgnaux, Box 314. relate reapers. > Brotherhood of Carpenters—J, O'Brien. Box 684. Longshoremen—F. Aldrldge, Box 681. Typographical Union, No. 418—H. R. Potte, Box 849. _ Blacksmiths, No. 407—Jaa. M. Goble, Box 67. Machinists, No. 284—Robt Walkden, P.O, Box 234, ■■ V I Western Federation of Miners, No. 88 —W. A. Mowlds. Box 27. Western Federation.of Minera, No. 88 —Herbert Varcoe,. Box 421. ue. Box 4; Western Federation of Miners, No. 88 -A. Shilland, Box K. Job Pr Pending the installation i own, The Federationist has eon make it possible for us to aece; unions, -unionists and others, i which will help The Federatio no more thsn if- sent to the pr This Label Is C And In addition w* will glvi your orders will receive careful ord*ra ■ epeclalty. Hire I* in ■■ C, to h*lp TM Federatlonist, urn* tint* gat th* but class of < compstent union printer* PHONE SEY . Or Send Tour Orders or B Tbe. &C Fee Room 217 Labor Tempi Splendid opportunities ill V. Stock and British Columbia: Gra 160 Acres to Ac FR1 land fur at leas improvements s of $5 per acre; to cultivation at It For Further Mom Deputy Minister of Li Secrefaiyv BiirMii of Provin iSILJL, __<m vovi- im _m__t eatmtBiA frfebitetotrt Mmit. HII1MI'••ill .alls...' b&fo-- I It'll 1B.C. ^^*^*****^+ Published weekly by The B. C. Feder- atlonlst Ltd., owned iointly by. Vancouver Tradea and Labor Council and th* B. c. Federation of Labor, with which le affiliated 16,000 organised wage- worken. leeued every Friday morning. DIRECTORS: Preaident j^-J""- C*"?'1'*'1 Vice-President .Christian Siverts Director. -J.^avanagh Secntary-TreMurer.._......-.aJ. H. McVety MaBaglng-Edltor. R. Farm. Pettlplece Advertising Manager. M. c. Shrader oaoei Bomb SIT, tabor Temple. TeLnxohaage awy. 74U. Subscription: ..... . couver City, 82.00; to unions sub- scribing in a body, 81.60 per year; , 82.00; to union ; in -a body, 81.' •Vatty tt Beksri tke k*p* of tk* worts." FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1918 FALLING LABOR MARKS.T. The class blu and rank Injustice In th* exerclu of the power* of government are being made apparent to the leut thinking of us theu daya They subsidised railroad* and manufacturers look upon the. public treasury as the tit and proper place to dip Into whenever they want to build a line of railway or to render atlll more profitable ume Industry already favored and protected by a high tariff; So common hu the practice become that It I* now token u quite a matter ot coune for the government to grant a subsidy for every mile of new railway extension contemplated. Thla I* done on the plea that the building of new railways I* a public work and that the public benefits greatly by hairing theae new line* constructed. It Is argued that because ot thl* new conatructlon employment I* furnished to hundreds of men who otherwise would not he employed, and the poor, deluded work- lag people, whou vision of proiperlty la generally limited to the hope of Steady work at "fair" wages, usually tall for tha mlnd-plcture of plenty of work. Bnt the gentlemen who are u patriotically helping themselvu to government bonuses alio carry on other activities which more than offut the advantage* to the wage-worker of any new development or conatructlon work. They also beseech the government for ample appropriations for the purpose ot boosting Immigration. That I*, they, uk the government to also see to It that the labor market ts so well stocked that they will be able to but down price* (wage*) to the lowest Kmlt that the dire necosaitios of starving men and women will drive them to accept u wages. If the wheat buyen were to seek a bono* from the government In order to buy up the chief produce of the prairie, and were to, at the time time,-aak the government to Import foreign-raised wheat and dump Jt into the Canadian wheat market so that they would bave plenty ot ehup whut to buy, the case would b* the ume, only It wouldn't hurt the feelings ot th* commodity whut If its price wu thus forced down, but the human two-legged - commodity 1* In danger of having Its lite ahortened or snuffed out entirely by the working out ot the above process. The whole scheme and process of capitalistic growth and aggrandisement Is unspeakably coarse and vulgar, and at no time ln the history of tht west bu thl* bun more apparent than it Is todsy. Thousands of working people who have crossed seat and continent*, allured hither by stories of opportunity, of plenty of work at good wages, sre walking the atreeta of every dty In the wett ln a futile search tor those opportunities so glowingly depicted by the lying emigration au- thoritles and agent* In their home country. The gullibility of the two- legged labor commodity It something phenomenal, but even it* childlike proclivity to believe the stories of the pious Han who operate religious Immigration agenclu 1* now strained to the breaking point Working people who have left condition* of rude comfort to come to Canada, to partake of the alleged proiperlty here, are not going to face a condition of dire want and misery without having some misgivings u to the honesty of the human aharks who led them so far utray. Their falu hopes for setter conditions will tuna to dull rags at their deceiver*, but*lt were well It they only undentood In lte entirety the low-down graft which is perpetrated upon them, and: ln the name ot Charity and human uplift at that And that Is not sll there 1* to It either. The worken who are citlsens ot this country and who depend on wagu to provide for their necessities Ud the government-assisted Influx of Immigrants bu a moit depressing influence on their wages, conditions and chances lor employment and many who never before would work for 1ms than a fairly good wage, flnd that they will either have to content themselves with leu or ue the newly arrived Immigrant displace them. With the falling condition* of a labor market which Is thu* being artl- T» INCORPORATED 1855 Bank of Toronto Capital & Reserve $11,176,578 JOINT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS In the BANK OF TORONTO ara proving to be a great convenience to many ol! our friend*. With then account* either ot two persona of the household m»y deposit or withdraw money. Inter- ut I* paid on ill balanu* twice* yur. In event of death *f either p»rty th* survivor may withdraw the money * MAIN OFFICE 4«Hastin|s Street West NEAR RICHARDS Branches Cor. Hsstings ts Carrall Sts. Nsw Wutmlniter Vletorl* Mtrrltt ..dally forced down to tult the greed of our piratical exploiting clau tbere arise* at the ume time a corresponding •octal wave of vice and crime, which furnlahu a lot ot idiotic moral re- formen with material to work upon. The basic principle of "western" advancement would therefore appear to be nothing loftier than human greed and cupidity of the most vulgar and sordid order; a greed and a cupidity which shrinks not at the hardship and mlaery of a working population of two continent* so long as its chief end—profits—are being conserved. A government that aids and con- nlvea at auch a condition of affaire and who In addition to their shame- leu part In bringing about this condition of affaire has the hardihood to aak the approval of the people to expend 835,000,000 on naval armaments, has about reached the loftiest peak of monumental gall. And another political party which has nothing better in the way of public policy than a slightly different way ot spending the ume amount, ha* little better to commend lt to the support of working people1 who are confronted with the very serious problem of making a living In this country which Ib lylngly advertised at a "worktngmen's paradlu." It Is about time tome ot this coarse humbug wu exposed. ON WITH THE FIGHT. Members of International unlone throughout Canada have bun peculiarly Intereited ln the growth and development ot the organlied labor movement In Oreat Britain. Since the day* of th* Taff Vale decltlon, the unlontttt ot the "mother" country have been compelled to change their tactici to an almost- revolutionary extent They have been forced from flnt one position to another until now they seem to be almost unanimous in the decision to enter the political arena. Of greater moment than even this, however, is the Information conveyed tn a cablegram to the dally press lut Tuesday. As the outgrowth and consequence of the Dublin etrlke, the employe™ Masoned forth the threat that they were forming an organisation and amusing a Stupendous fund tor the purpose of conserving snd defending their profits and vested wrongs. Union officials immediately accepted the defi and have responded with a counter- move that look* much like a political grave-digging contest, at this distance, with the lords and dukes occupying the position of those who go feet lint The cablegram In queitlon reads: LONDON, Sept. 29.—The gage haa been flung down by the labor unions ln answer to the employ- era' proposed fund of 8260,000,000 and the formation of the United Kingdom Employen' Defense Union, the object ot which was announced to be the consolidating of the resources of the employen and the maintenance of their rights and freedom to deal with the labor unloni. A number of prominent labor leaders of the unions are planning a new policy by which, eliminating the benevolent feature of their organisations, will leave all the fund* to supply the war chut; ln other word*, will convert the trade union* into a fighting machine. The new policy may be extended so aa to cover the production by the the workmen themselves of the primary necessaries of life, without losing sight ot the necessity of using to the fullest extent their forces for political and Industrial action, - BECALM. The. function of the General Public I* not only to pay dividends constantly, but to feel grateful for the privilege. When capitalists find a safe field for invutment fn the needs of the General Public, they Immediately begin to feel grieved that the rate of Interest Is not higher. The casual observer might suppose that capitalist* ahould feel kindly disposed toward those wbo provide them with profitable disposition of Idle capital. This I* a mistake. Having no other object In life than to pay, the Publlo must .alwayB be thankful to the philanthropists who permit lt to do so. Anyone who imagines that the B. C, E. R. is in Brltlih Columbia'* debt for the substantial dividend* that have bun paid for some years, I* deluding himself. If people do not build cities for the sole purpose of miking an electric railway pay, why do they bulia them? Consequently when the railway wishes to increase its Income, the least we can do is to pay cheerfully. In reality the company should not be obliged to charge more. An Ideal public with a proper conception of Its dutlu, would voluntarily Insist upon the fares being Increased every yur, BUDDING DUKEDOM. Mr. Woods, M.P.P. for Alberni, reports that the Ban ot Denbigh recently visited- the west cout Mr. Woods says: "Not unnaturally, lt hu resulted In one. or two pleaunt side Issues. For Instance, the name of Bear River Is going to be changed to that of. Denbigh, in honor of the earl and his mining scheme, and one or .two minor mountain peak* have bun christened in commemoration of the trip," The Federatlonist would suggest slso that Orut Central Lake be renamed "Mary Lane Watklns," after Mr. Denbigh's hired girl, and Berkley Sound "Towser" after Ub dog. And further, ln commemoration of a whole week ot delicious grovelling and toadying, Mr. Woods might chop oft a piece of his own ear, or split bis nose; or, In.any event, the least that he could do would be to change his name to Friday ln honor of the day that he first shook hands with the Barl of Denbigh. The darkest hour Is before the dawn. Under corrupt governments, the forces of lawlessness and disorder thrive and flourish. Most just It Is that he who breweth mischief should have the first draught of lt himself.—Jemmat. There Is, perhaps, no truth that Ib not to ume falu mlnda matter of error,—Vauvenargues, Bowser will prove too much of a burden for even the oily Dlok to carry at next election,. There Is no crueller tyranny than that which I* perpetrated under the shield of law and ln the name of Juitlce—Montesquieu. So far as the fishing Industry of B. C. ii concerned the "cannonball" fiag of the Mikado might a* well he fluttering In the breeze—along with the silvery tresses of Sir Dick. It's best sometimes to let some persons get away with tbe Idea that they are the whole show. It pleases the vanity of the. egotist and furnishes qu|pt amusement to hit friends. If there Is a wage-worker in B. C. who would like to read The Federatlonist, but hasn't the price, let him remember that his "credit Is good." We organise because- we must. Adversity Is without doubt a great teacher, bpt this teacher maket us pay dear for hla instruction*, and often the proflt we derive from them Ib not worth tbe price we are required to pay. —Rousseau. Larkin Is charged among other similar offences with "raising discontent and disaffection amongst hla Majesty's subjects" and with "exciting hatred and contempt of tbe Government." If these, are crimet, there are many criminals. —Dally Citlsen. Bowser has done much to disabuse tbe minds ot wage-worken of the hallucination that we are equal before the law. Equals only are equal. Bowier'i hired men on Vancouver Island are bringing Justice Into contempt ln the mlndt of right-minded men of all classes. For fool actions and political Idiocy, Bowser has at least one rival ln Judge John E. Humphries of Suttle. Both ot them should be caged and exhibited in a sideshow tent at the coming Panama exhibition. They Sre real curiosities of a kind; There are a few notable exceptions among the merchants of Vancouver who have refused to advertise in The Federatlonist those who declare they do not want anything to do with organlted labor. The namet of theae can be secured upon application at Labor Temple. A social system that makes it possible for a Harry Thaw to wring millions from the working class, even while the Inmate of an insane uylum, la too rotten to lut. It should be relegated to oblivion. When the workere ot the world take a peep into a mirror lt will be. Capitalist* hitch the workere to machines, and drive them till they are worn out and useless for the making of profit*. Then they are hived In Jails, asylums and houses of refuge till they. die. From there lt 1* a short Jaunt to the house of refuge cemetery or a midnight ride to the medical college.—Cotton's Wteekly. The trade unionists of Orut Britain have accepted the challenge of the newly-formed Employen' Association to let the result be a "survival of the fittest." Up to recent times It was a cue of the aurvlval of the ilickeit; hence the temporary success of the bones. Under the. new slogan the fight will be short and .decisive. The united working clus will win. The union label promotes unionism only tn such proportion u 'it Is demanded. If tt Is frequently demanded the progress ot the labor movement is rapid and substantial. If It Is seldom demanded, the movement fags, flounden and makei but little headway. It it tuch an eaay, simple thing for union men to demand the label that lt Is surprising how few of them practice the Virtue. Are you among the number? Ministers of the gospel and the Itbor forou are encouraged to a better un- deratanding of one another and urged to get together and work for mutual betterment;; by E. P. Manh, preildent of the Washington State Federation of Labor, In an article of his own writing, concerning tbe Columbia River Methodist conference, recently held at Walla Walla and his visit before the assemblage. - "It takes all kinds of men to make a world, and It takes all kinds of newt- papers to serve the Interest*. .The mental prostitutes that offer openly their page* to serve tbe-forces which are In power doubtless are to be considered like their social prototype an unfortunate necessity—they have to pander to those In power to make a living and It la their way of It—Ood made them, let them pus for men, u the Bard wrote of another somewhat contemptible humanlike creation." "The dolar and cent consideration I* the consideration that Impel* disasters. It accounts for overworked and careless employe.es. It accounts for human collapses under the strain of responsibility and toll. It accounts for defective regulation* ao that' no fool safety rules and appliance* might Interfere ln any way with the money- making capacity of the road. Life I* placed In the balance with gain, and life Is' hopelessly found wanting In the minds of men who control Industry." Lancebesan" waa a bold tojer boy. He joined the army with visions of •ervlng the land he loved, and ierving the flag under which he wai born. Theu are flne sentiment! that mut ot us have felt from time to time. Doubtless when a boy Bill loved to ue the soldiers parading, to hear the blare of martial bands and feel the rhythmic tread of marching men, It la an Inspiring thing somehow or another, and has an effect that even the moit antl- milltarittlcally Inclined will hardly be able to retltt. Bill joined the army, but now Bill It ln bad. The hero stuff it defunct. ^MOLSONS BANK Incorporated 18J6 Capital and Reaerve....$8,700,000 85 Branchet In Canada A General Banking Bualnut Transacted Savings Department At All Branches. Interett Allowed at Hlghett Current Rate, But End Branch 150 HASTINGS ST. BAST A. W. Jarvlt, Manager. On all sides, with Infinite hurtling and nolu, the Industrial war goes on, detracted employen and' Journalist* scurrying hither and thither like disturbed ant*. They miss the significance of tbl* extraordinary emergence ot labor, An lnduatrial revolt, vaster than anything that has happened in our time, sweeps the country, yet employers bave nothing better to offer than a blind policy of laissez-faire. Battlegrounds are widening until ttriku become matten of national consequence, men in kindred unions draw nearer to each other with a flne spirit of comradeship, yet their alms are ridiculed and distorted by the capitalist press- Daily Cltlten. "Under capitalism co-operation is not possible. That Is to say, co-operation that will take the place of individual ownership it not possible for when co-operation ia established in all lines of Industry then capitalism falls. Capitalism presupposes worKera who have nothing to sell hut their labor power who will produce more than tbelr wage* whioh excels production goes into the capacious pockets of the capitalist*. When the profits, namely the unpaid wagei, are divided up among the producer!, capltalltm u a tyttem of exploitation ceases. An industrial reorganization of society presupposes juit such a plan to take place of private ownership. The producers In all Industrie* organised by Industries will control the product ot tbelr labor, and will receive tbe full social value of that labor expended ln pro-' ductlon. That is, an industrial democracy will take the place of a political democracy, within which an Industrial aristocracy exista as at the preeent time.* There wu a time when men who Joined the state militia entertained the opinion that there wat honor and glory In donning the uniform of the toldter, There waa a time when even the vut majority of people looked upon the soldier at a man who wat animated by. high and lofty Impulses, but In thli day and age when soldiers are converted Into strike breakere to serve the Interests of Mammon, there Is no fair mlndd or Intelligent man who can honestly pay a tribute to the man who" wears the' trapping! of tbe military. • • • Men are recognizing the fact that ravenoui greed Ib demanding. the support of bayonets and gatltng guns for Its continued supremacy. Men in every conflict between labor and capital are beholding the soldier arrayed upon the Bide of wealth and in the name of "law and order" Justice 1* strangled to death ln order that heartless exploiters may glut themtelvet upon the dividends wet with the life-blood of Ill-paid slaves. An Industrial system that is maintained by military might Is doomed, and the time Is coming when the brawn and bone of a nation will refuse to wur the garb of tbe soldier to suppress labor In Its war against economic ilavery.—Mlnen' Magazine. While one is Inclined to notice the readlneu With which troop* are now placed tn atrlke tones to "keep order," it is well to observe that this policy ll now general throughout the world, not the single country which hu passed the embryonic stage of capitalism but yearly witnesses ume such demonstration, of the fact that the armed forces of the nations are the armed forces of capitalism. Thus ln Vancouver Island' where the strikers In the coal field* have bun out for a considerable time thounnd* of sol- dlen are pointing their guns at the union men peaceably assembled, denying them the right to mut preventing any more than two or three coming together, Interfering with committee work, and doing all that I* possible to bring about the submission ot the striken. Just for all the world a* wu done In France, In Africa, tn Welt Virginia, In Michigan, In Colorado, In Lawrence, and ln Mexico, not to mention any more example*. Capitalism being International, naturally the policy whereby capltalltm maintain! Itself wtll preunt the ssme or similar policies throughout the world. That It not unimportant, and It accounts for the fact that the opposite ot capitalism, aoolallim, l* also progressing throughout the civilized world along lines similar tn each country.—Nome Dally Wbrke.r. No Room for lub-H*rd*r*. The militiaman In British Columbia trill have to depend upon ult-esteem tor hi* conceit over duty well performed at Nanalmo. Workere everywhere are routing him and his boti In Vancouver firai him.—Winnipeg Voice. ___ a—aatomt Puts In your hat for reference. Ask for Labor lemptt •Jhoae ■xebaage, Styauar M8S. Amalgamated Society Carpenten—Room 208; John A, Key, _ Bartenders—Room 308; Oeo. W. Curnock. B. C. Federatlonist—Room 317; R. P, Pettlplece. , ■ B. C. Federation of Labor—Room 208; Victor R. Mldgley. Brotherhood of Carpenters—Room 304 and 806; Oeo. W. Williams. Bricklayers—Room 316; Wm. 8. Dagnall. Bakers—Room 220. . i Barbers—Room 808:.C, F. Burkhart. Hod Carriers, Builder* ud Common Laborers—Room 330; John Sully. ... Cooks, Walters, Wa trasses—Room 208; w. a Walksr; Tel. Seymour 1414. Electrical Workera (outeldej—Room 207; W. F. Dunn. Electrical Workers (Inside)—Room 302; F. L. Estinghausen, Seymour 2348. inglneera (Steam)—Room 318; 1 Prendergast. Lalior""fempTe Co.—Room 211; J. H. McVety. Longshoremen's Association — Ofllce, 141 Alexander atreet; Tel. Seymour Moving Picture Operators—O. R. Hamilton, Room 100, Loo Bldg. Tel. Sey. 8046, Musicians — P. Howltt 640 Robson street; Seymour 7816, Painters—Room 303: W. J. Nagle. Plasterers—Joe Hampton; Tel. Seymour 1814. .. Plumbers—Room 318; Melvln Kn*olf; Tel, Seymour 8611. Street Railway Employees—H. Schofleld; phone Fairmont 188. . ... Trades and Labor Council—Room 210; J. W. Wilkinson. ,.. ... Typographical—Rooma 212, 313, 214; R. H. Neelanda. Western Federation of Mlners-i-Ro*m 217: R. P. Pettlplece. LOOAX. 03RO> SnOBBIAJUnS Allied Printing Tradea Council—F. R. Fleming, P. 0. Box 86. Amalgamated Carpenters—H. McEwen, Room 209, Labor Temple. Bakers—W. Rogers, Room 820, Labor Temple. Barbers—C. F. Burkhert, Room 8088, Labor Temple. Bartenders—Oeo. W, Curnooh, Room 2038. Labor Temple; B, C. Federation of Labor—Victor R, Mldgley, Box 1014. Blacksmiths — A. B. Hlllyard, 2368 Fifth Avenue West Bookblndere—Qeo. Mowat 616 Dunlevy avenue. Boilermakers—A. Frutr, 1111 How* St. Bricklayers—William 8: Dsgnall, Room 216, Labor Temple. Brotherhood of Carpenters—A, Paine, Rooms 804-306, Labor Temple. Hod Carriers, Builders and Common Laborers—John Sully, Room 220, Labor Temple. Clgarmakers—Robt J, Craig, care Kurts Cigar Factory, 72 Water Street . Cooke, Walters, Waitresses — W. E. Walker, Room 208, Labor Temple. Cement Workers— Elevator Constructors—James Cowan, 1867 Sixth Ave. West Electrical Workera (outside)—W. F. Dunn, Room 207, Labor Temple. Electrical WorkerB (Inside)—F. L. Estinghausen. Room 202, Labor .Temple. Engineers—E. Prendergut, Room 216, Labor Temple, Granite Cutters—Edward Hurry, Columbia Hotel. Garment Workers—Nellie Boden, 101 32nd ave., South Vancouver, B. C. OluSworkers—Charles Roberts, Labor Temple. Oroundmen'e Union (I. B. E. W.)—F. Urquhart, Nanalmo Road. Horeeshoera *■ A. C. MaoArthur, City Heights, B.C. Lettercarrlers—M. Buck. P. 0„ City. Lathers—Victor R. Mldgley, Box 1044. Loco. Firemen and Engineers—James Patrick, 1188 Homer atreet. ■'-■'■ r.oco. Engineers—A B. Bolloway, 1088 Pacific. Tel. Sey. 867IL. Longshoremen—Thos. Nixon, 148 Alexander Street Machinists—J. H. McVety, Room 311, - Labor Temple, . Metal Trades Council—Fred: Barclay, . Labor Temple,. Marine Engineers—E. Read, 868 Thiir- low street. Miners, W. F. of M.—R. P. Pettlplece, Room 217, Labor Temple. Musicians—P, Howltt, Room 6, 840 Robson Street, Marbleworkers—J. Bullock, 822 Pender Street West Marble Setters' Helpers—T. Abblnaon, 266 Union Street Molders—D. Brown, 648 Broadway Weat. Moving Picture Operaton—A O. Hansen, Room 100, Loo Building. Photo Engravers—A. Kraft, Dominion Engraving Co., Empire Block. •alntere—w. ' ~ Temple. J, Nagle, Room 808, Labor Plumbers—W, Paton,' Room 318, Labor Temple. Plasterers—John Jamea Cornish, 1809 Eleventh Ave. Eaet. Pressmen—W. Spratt, Labor Temple. Pattern Makers—Tom Smith, 848 Broadway west. • Uuarry Workere—James Hepburn, care - Columbia Hotel. Railway Conductors—O. W. Hatch, 761 Beatty street. Railroad Trainmen—A E. McCorvllle, Box 248; Railway Carmen—A. Robb, 430 Nelson Street. '■> Shinglers—Percy Sabln, Labor Temple Cigar Store. Seamen's Union—W. S. Burns, Labor Temple. Stage Employees—C. Martin, care Orpheum theatre. Structural Iron Workers—A. W. Oakley, 738 Semlln Drive. stonecutters—Jemes Rayburn, P, O, Box 1047, Sheet Metal Workers—H. C. Dougan, No. 6, Fifteenth Ave. Weat Street Railway Employees—A. V. Lotting, 2636 Trinity Street Stereotype™—W. Bayley, care Province, City. Telegraphers—E. B. Peppln, Box 432. Trades and Labor Council—J. WV Wilkinson, Room 310. Labor Temple. Typographical—H. Neelanda, Box 66. Tailors—W. W. Hocken, Box 603. Theatrical Stage Employees—Gordon Martin, 667 Prior street Tllelayers and Helpers—A. E. Morrison, 1167 Eleventh avenue eut Upholsterers—A Duthle, 1068 Homer St. Western Federation of Miners—R. P. Pettlplece, Room 817, Labor Temple. The Royal Bank of Canada Faia-ap Capital I IMSO^SS ■ssstve tt,soo,ooo Total Assets ni WS UIOV 138- ' tlUtl 038 SB- afOSlTS St? OV36 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Oa* Dollar will opea tk* aewaat, aa* yaw emetine wui te wel- oome ka tt large ot rovmtm aauoan or G.B.Kerfoot Peabody's Overalls Union-Made SHIRTS Union Label Bsts, Glovu Etc. 165 Hastings Street K. Opp. Pantagea Theatre noae Seymour (TM DIXON ts MUBBAY Offlo* ud Store Fitting, (rtasnl ItAlV— tOW DOTISWXB JAMES SOOTT ■MB-CXAM MOM A>3> ssi« en AVS*. nr. Btalar la Plnvolaes njpallla* «X>U « »• FIRST-CLASS, GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS ttoyal salty *»<_*» Alway* oa THI KOYAL DAIRY aaaatWlo-.-. WM. IVES ■ snon mw BSST Onavill* Street LABOR TEMPLE PHONE EXCHANGE The New Number Is Sey. 7495 Ask Operator lor Party Wanted JAMES STARK & SONS LIMITED Stan Hours SJO ajn. to MO pm. ott Attn otnnar.L sataHay aw «.m. to tjo p.*. 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BAZIL Palmistry ud Cud Resdintf BOG Room4,411Hutlng»St..W. " Over Miasm's Skit Stars Wool Underwear Specialists. Union Ooods. Tailored Serge Suits. C. Gloves, Overalls, etc. WILSON & RICHMOND cost-mm < UOoMoval i on i Street Wut PATRONIZE 3 O. riDEHATlOXIST 4DVBBT1SBR8—AND TKLIa THIM WHV B.C. EXCHANGE We always have a bunch of unredeemed watches on hand, Wftlthun, nrtaL Xamlltom% Wampdw, Illinois. Tou can save 60 per cent-buy- ln*T from us. We guarantee every sale. - 15 Cordova St.. W. Phone 8ey. }tW A. M. BEATTIE avonosna* ajto >ot*by -PUBLZO OSloe Phone Sey, 884 818 and 818 Vancouver Blk. SJOS. Forbes ft Van Hone, Limited MMtinsor TOOLS sad Un* Cutlery 114 COWOVA ST. WEST Namtd Sho*t Ar* Frequently Mad* in Non-Union r»ct*rlet DO NOT BUY ANY SHOE no matter what it* n»me, unleu it bur* * plain and readable impreuion of this Stamp. All shoes without th* Union Stamp axe always Non-Union. Boot OA attorn V/orKora* Union 240 Snmmar Strut, Boston, Mut. J. F. Tobln, Pret. C. L. Maine, Sec.-Treas, SHOES FOR MEN SHOES POR SERVICE SHOES FOR DRESS UNION SHOES FOR COMFORT FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT We've pioked winners in Men's Fall Shoes. We're at the service of every man who desires the best shoes his money oan buy. W« Je O R R 204 MAIN STREET Opposite the Gly Hai FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS lh mon Label The use of the label on your printing; (no extra cost to you) will help us do our duty in fighting tuberculosis' We. keep the largest and moat complete line ot Men's, L«dltt', ■oy»', Olrltf «nd ChMdrsn's Foot- wur at price* which oannot be duplicated. Everything 1* to be found here. HENRY D. RAE Csnsd*'* Snsp Sptelalltt 104 AND iOS CORDOVA 8T. W. THB MAMMOTH BARGAIN SHOD STOBB IS THB SPOT FOB OOODS AND EXTRAORDINARY VALUES FRIDAY™..—...: .OCTOBER, 8, IMS The Immense Bottling Department ^^SiS^r m.Buiidmg ARE BOTTLED M__?___q_ This splendid and thoroughly modern brewing plant, which it now in full operation, it located at the corner of Yew Street and Eleventh Avenue, Vancouver. The building is constructed throughout of brick and reinforced concrete. It hu a frontage of 260 feet on Yew Street and a depth of 200 feet on Eleventh Avenue. The height varies from four to lis storeys. Thit beautiful building hat been erected with a view to satisfying the rapidly increasing demand for "Heidelberg" and "B. C. Export" Beers, which are brewed only and especially for the high-clan home trade in bottled beer. Thit brewery it one of the largest in Canada. It it in charge of one of the most careful and experienced brew-matters from the East, and it a temple of pure air and sunlight. It hat been recognized that only by employing the most up-to-date machinery and expert knowledge can it be hoped to produce the highest quality of beer—a quality not excelled by any other domestic or foreign bur. , ' The Bottling Capacity The capacity of the bottling department, which is 100 feet long and 65 feet wide, and which, judging from the large and fast increasing demand for these pure beers, will certainly be taxed to its utmost, is 21,600 bottles a day. This means that about 60;000 barrels of beer will pan through the bottling department during the year. All been, at usual, will be thoroughly sterilized and chilled in the bottles before shipping; and as the cold process of fermentation it used, they will have much higher keeping qualities and will contain more nourishment , A Credit to Vancouver When all thit it taken into consideration, it it not difficult to tee that Vancouver hat a new ihduttrial building of which any city might feel proud, and there it no doubt but diet the lively, demsnd for a high grade of bottled beer .will continue to increase at more and more people realize that they un procure the very highest quality of beer right at home, and that pure bur, brewed from water such at Vancouver can furnish, is unequalled at a healthful, wholesome, nourishing beverage for all timet of the year. The Process of Brewing The question has to often arisen—whtt it beer made from*>~that perhaps a word or two concerning the process of brewing our beers will not be amiss. The ingredients of these beers are barley malt—which it merely the very best Canadian barley, malted especially for our use and according to our direction*—choice hops imported from the Saaz district of far-off Bohemia, where the finest flavored, most aromatic brewing hops in all the world are produced—and pure Capilano mountain water. ' It is a fact well known among the leading brewers that water contaminated with even a flight percentage of organic matter'can not be used at all in brewing good beer, at it gives rise to cloudiness, abnormal flavor and improper fermentation. Capilano water, being absolutely free from even slight impurities, is peculiarly suited to the type of beers we brew, and has a great deal to do with their supreme purity and sparkling appearance. During the process of fermentation, at well at during the three monthi that the beer remains in' the storage cellars, the temperature it kept very dote to the freezing point, the result being a lighter, clearer, more sparkling beer—a beer that keeps Well and that satisfies the palate. No adulterants or "weakenert" of any sort whatever are used at any time during the process of brewing, nor does the beer or its ingredients ever come in contact with human handt or become exposed to the outer air. From the moment when (he malt enters the math tun until the beer reaches the cold storage vaults, nothing but copper, silver or glass ever touches it. What Our Beers Contain ■Oat been' hive been found to contain about seven per cent of solids—malt sugar, dextrose or grape sugar, and phosphates, It will be readily observed that, con-, sidered from a dietetic point of view, these been possess considerable food value, and that the nutritious matter in the beer is present in a readily digestible form. To be at their best, our, bottled beers should not be exposed to .strong light for any considerable length of time. The bottles should rest on their side until used, and should be placed on ice about half an hour before the beer is served. Following are the Registered Brands • of Beers Manufactured by the British Columbia Breweries LIMITED Heidelberg, Cascade, U. B. C. BOHEMIAN, B. C. Export, Pilsener The. Gravitation System We havt adopted what is known as the gravitation system of brewing—the most up-to-date system known—by which all the material* for making the Beer are hoisted to the top of the building, descending gradually by their own gravity. First, the malt is mixed with water, and subjected to a high temperature to dissolve the starches and sugars. This hot liquor sometimes called wort, is piped to the Hop kettle, where the Hops are added. The mixture is then boiled, the resulting liquid being afterwards separated from the Hops and piped to Ihe cooling rooms, where fermentation is begun by the addition of brewer's yeast, After standing here for some time, the liquid, which has now become Beer, passes on to the storage rooms, where it enters the chip cask to be clarified and to acquire A Few Facts of General Interest The monthly payroll of the British Columbia Breweries, Limited, for their four brewing plants, is one of the largest manufacturer's payrolls in the province! HEIDELBERG..BEER and CASCADE BEER sell for $1.00 the dozen pints and $2.00 the dozen quarts. B. C. EXPORT BEER sells for 85c the dozen pints and $1.75 the dozen quarts. HEIDELBERG. B. C. EXPORT, and CASCADE BEER may now be had of dealers in every part of the province of British Columbia. British Columbia Breweries, Limited, Vancouver, B. C. PAGE SIX THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST. FRibAy.....;..........~..ocTOB«a i, i»ii: Would You Give $2.00 for this Beautiful Home? This elegant new $3,000 home on the shores of picturesque Ho^e Sound, completely furnished ready for housekeeping, with one acre of land, will be given away to some lucky subscriber to the B. C. Federationist. A ticket on the Grand Drawing is given with each year's subscription at the regular rate of $2 a year. Read opposite column for conditions of this contest, which opens Saturday, October 4th. . Here Are the Conditions of the Interesting Contest With every year's subscription to the B. C. Federationist, at the regular rate of $2 a year, you will be given one ticket on die-Grand Drawing for this superb $3,000 home at Howe Sound. This drawing will take place in .the presence of die general public at die Labor Temple Hall, Dunsmuir Street, not later than Feb. 1st' 1914—-the exact date to be announced two weeks before in the columns of the B. C. Federationist. Each subscription is good not only for one ticket on this drawing, but also for any other drawings that may be held m this connection for other valuable prizes, In case the holder of the right ticket is dissatisfied in any way with the property, the sum of $1,000 cash will be paid at once to him or her, or to their'legal representative. FRONT VIEW OF THE BUNGALOW AS SEEN FROM THE WATER. Size and Specifications of the Property E DAILY STEAMER LEAVING HILLSIDE LANDING, NEAR THE COTTAGE, FOR VANCOUVER- SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE BACKGROUND. Cosy 4-room frame low, recently furnished throughout, and' newly painted and decorated. ■ Contains' ■ full-sized /basement, kitchen, living room, and two upstairs bedrooms. Everything ready for housekeeping, even to the dishes. Slightly over an acre of best alder bottom land, comprising 106 feet of waterfront on Howe Sound by over 421 feet depth at high tide. Soil specially suitable for gardening purposes.. Some of the Attractions Possessed by this Beautiful Home ; An extsnslve bathing beach right at your door, whsn ths bathing is good aU summer, and late into ths fall A natural spring within 20 feet of the house, furnishing abundance of purest water th, year round. A noted absence of ths Sqnamish winds common to tome parts of the sound, at a result of being sheltered by Gambler bland opposite, Plenty of firewood within handy distance. Many ef Vancouver's bast citi- tent have already, chosen and occupied homesttes in the immsdiats neighborhood, Good hunting in season within easy distancs; unequalled fishing all the year round within half a mile from ths house. Trout, salmon and various kinds of ood are always plentiful in the Bound. TS SHORT, this would make a most desirable snmmer home for the man of means who prefers the city during the winter, or an excellent permanent home for anyone wishing to make a living off the land, 0H10KBN RANOHIMO could be carried on to good advantage, and would pay big returns, there being already a lively market for poultry and eggs from thit district. RESULT OF A FISHING JAUNT BETWEEN THE COTTAGE AND GAMBIER ISLAND. Jl Recemta for Sub- V VIEW FR0M THE receipts tor 3ub- X VERANDAH scnptions XlOOKING will be exchanged X ACROSS for tickets on the Grand XTHE SOUND Drawing any time up to X TOWARD January 29th, 1914, either at X GAMBIER the office of the B. C. Federation-X ISLAND, ist, Limited, 217 Labor Temple, X or at the office of W. J. McDon- X nell, 328 Hastings Street West, X Vancouver. Our representative X^ will solicit your subscription in a ^k day or two. The B. C. Feder- ^ ationist, the best and newsiest paper of its kind in Canada, now consists of ten full pages, and the regular subscription price is $2 a year. To Unions subscribing as a body the price during this contest will be $1.50 a year, including tickets on the Grand Drawing. CANVASSERS WILL CALL ON YOU IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO GENERAL VIEW OF THE BEACH JUST FRONT OF THE COTTAGE CALL AT 328 HASTINGS ST. WEST FOR F0RTH- ERPARTICU- LAKS The Location Only 26 miles from Vancouver along the picturesque shores of Howe Sound, opposite Gambier Island, and a short distance from the Y. M. C. A. summer camp. The steamers "Bowena," "Marine Express No. 1" and "Tartar" all make daily trip* between Hillside Landing, near the co and Vancouver. PICTURESQUE WOODLAND SETTING OF HOME. pRIfiAlf— _.- 66frdBfcs i, ini •tHlt BttttBH OOLPMBtA mtttAftOfflBT latCTUSIl |>i iii fej .14:1.1^^'.. THE COSMOnRJTAN WORKING CLASS OF Bet*. Dr. I-rassr Maks* Otavsss of • Downtown leotio-a With Inexpensive Corsets K CORRECT STYLES In corsets at modstt cost you will find that this store oan serve you to yonr advantage. The models that we offer have manr desirable features important to those who desire real service in points of comfort, stylo and qualify. We recommend the following lines with full appreciation that they will render greater sen-vice than the modest prices indicate. AT 11.00 Topless, medium, low or high bust, models, .with, very long skirts; come in fine quality coutil, with sis hose supporters attached j sizes 18 to 30. AT $2,00, Straight French seam corset,' with'medium low bust and very long skirt, provided with double hook below the front olaap. This corset maybe had in batiste or coutil, in all rises from 18 to.SO. 575 Granville Street LIMITED Vancouver, B. C. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SBB OUR SHOWING FOR PALL. PRICES THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN OR REPEATED IN THE CITY Family Shoe Store 823 GRANVILLE ST. NEAR ROBSON FRANK NEWTON Branch, at Cedar Cottage Opening Day 1 »f October 1-st* Overalls and Gloves We oarry a good atook of Carhartt Overalls, bine. blook and striped —-• —,.......— ..$1.50 Kentucky Jean — ■■•■■ • - •■•• LOO fcuok Brand Overalls •• - ;•- 1.0P Carhartt Gauntlets, 91.60 — :...- ZOO H. R K. Gauntlets, 76o to- .'...-ISO CLUBB& STEWART SOS-IS Sttstlafe Si W . 8M.Sqr.TOS J. A. FLETT, LIMITED Phones Sey. 2327-2328 Hardware and Snorting Goods UI Hsstings Street West Every Union Man in Vancouver Should Patronize Labor Temple Cigar and Newstand Honett and Artistic Dentistry The moit scientific and op-to-date-methoda DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST 301 dominion Trust bldg. .: Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. RING UP SEYMOUR WU FOR APPOINTMENT 101-4 BANK OF OTTAWA BUILDING 602 Hstttngs Street Weti DR BRETT ANDERSON-Dc/ife/ *j Operate; hy die latest, most tdeatthe and painless methodt Specialist in Clown, Bridge, Piste snd Geld Inlay Work .Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Phone Seymour 1390 Always Open THE T.EDWARDS CO. SUCCESSORS TO ARMSTRONG .1 EDWARDS Funeral Directors - Embalmers 612 Main Street Vancouver, B.C. I MODERN H ANDWHATIT Today When Strike is Declared Employen Bush Soldiers totheBoene ' Where Ther* Is Ho Trimble the 'Specials-' oreate Biots to Discredit Striksrs AU over' the world there are ttrlket. There, have been ttrlket sll over the world tor many -decades, but tods? they are different. ;<,."■ today all over the world when the strike Is. declared soldiers are rushed to the tcene. '•...' Soldieri, machine fans, ammunition, implements ot death, .are seat hard and fatt to the scene ot the "oat- break." That was not the way many deceits ago, lt waa seldom the way, a decade ago, but everywhere, lt matters sot where, one turns, lt Is the way today, observes the Nome Worker, There's a significance tn that'There Is a significance in that worth thinking on. It means nrstly thst discontent against conditions Is expressed hot merely by the strike, but the Intensity of feeling against Injustice which fanned the strike into being. And that grows so rapidly that the government and the capitalists, whose obedient, henchmen not seldom control the government, fear lt beyond words. Formerly whe.n tbe workers struck, there were a few deputies here and there sworn In to preserve order. Strikes ended In adjustment, and there was a coming together after the event of workers and employers, and "good feeling" once more prevailed. That is the way now very seldom Indeed. On the contrary, the fight Is to a finish, and If the workera lose out1 they return sullen and resentful, and Still full of tha spirit that made them go out flrst of all on strike. Today, herefore, the strike Is far more ominous than ever lt has been before. It means ever so much more. It gauges the extent to which economic discontent has progressed, and It It tacitly realised by the pretence of the soldiers tbat that discontent It is feared may. some day go beyond the control of government. Therefore-It la forcibly repressed. The military forces of the nation are being utilised more and more frequently to drive the workers back to their toll, and. the military forces are required to do thla There are arrests, trials, codrtmartlals, summary punishments, end then peace la restored, but such a peace—the peace that meant perpetual war. And this Is growing more Intense year after year, None' can doubt It None can by any means explain away the faot that tbe soldiers ot the nations are being used to settle strikes now all so frequently, except by the fact that economic revolt against present day conditions Is abroad ln land. The strike wblch are now occurring too, while frequent enough and numerous enough, are merely local troubles. Few Industries are at tbe same time In revolt. The Industries are not fully organlted. The number of workert who are organised Is steadily Increasing. It Is absurd to sneer at any form of organisation—the mere fact tbat there is organization and that organization is growing is tn Itself a sign of the timet. The great, fact Is being realized that in unity, in solidarity Is Strength; While various factions split up the labor movement, the bitterness that ia astonishingly strong exists between the various tactions, there It progress unmistakable. Even the organisations that were reactionary short While back within, them there la today evidence that shows a revolutionary spirit. The strength ot organ- ized labor of any form whatever li today immensely greater than It was years ago. In place of any one of the labor organizations being the shadow of its former. self, as rival bodies would have.lt believed, tbey are can' stantly 'growing. They may not be growing as fast as those of the uttermost radical trend of thought would wish, but the growth is there* and unmistakable. That growth Itself ts another Infallible inde.x of tbe growth of economic discontent It Is tho euro tlan that the employers know very well that the military is needed to control the situation. Now with the growth of organisation la tke labor world there la a conooin- ltant growth ot power and inflnoaoe, and It la certainly otdr a matter of time until that power ant influence It 1 In control ot tha state by labot. With that.control thare will follow as the light follows the rising sun, control of sll the forces of the nations, tbe military as well as any other. . . It Is possible to be sue tbat an ac-" cost to control could be postponed, and that by repressive legislation and by the cunningly built-up agitation, tbe labor movement oould be retarded. All will remember the fatal consequence to the eight boor day agitation ln Chicago, that ended to the ..tragedy ot Haymarket, whieh set bsck, all talk to the. contrary notwithstanding, tha labor movement almost ten years. But If the workers will realize that the very greatest power of which solidarity baa to euooessjuliy avail itself. It passivity aa tgsfest.sattjssslon on tne Dart of their opponents, they will have grasped one Ot the most Important facts that social phenomena eape- daDy manifested In the labor movement, con possibly revssl, Naturally all thlt meant thtt progress will aot lis with lightning speed, But lt meant also assured accomplishment, and lt means thst thare will be no turning back to begin all over agsin "with worn out tools" ss follows when those who ana oarrled away, by their Impatience resort to mesns which seem plautlble, but' are foredoomed to failure,, ..-.»• As sgalntt sny other potter whloh the relies of capitalism csn avail Itself, of the power of organisation, labor holds thst with whloh capitalism can do nothing, The very Inertia ant Immoveabll.ty of solidarity Is a force that no power In the bands ot the csp- Italltts can overcome,.so matter how highly organised, for labor holds that Whloh ta necessary to Society, without which society cannot edit end capital la strong merely la Its parchments, lis deeds and Its convention!, which tn themselves sre already showing signs of failing Into disrepute and decay. Along with' the labor, movement towards industrial freedom there Is growing up new standard! perpetually ln morals, in tactics, In conventions, customs, and even In laws, which betoken the certainty of change. And it there Is any one thing positively well ascertained ln human lite, habits, Institution!, lytteme, customs, it Is the certainty of change, and a change trom a lower to a higher, a change that means progress, a change, that brings a larger degree of liberty, political, mental, Intellectual and personal. The mills of the Ooda grind slowly, yet -they grind exceeding, small—said the old saw.'and It Js worth while remembering that If tbe evolution may appear so slow it le certainly nOne the less sure, and positively always leads towards human betterment It always means that liberty percolates to an even lower and lower strata, and gives to tbote who have;'been' hopelessly submerged a brighter and a bettor view of thinga from the darknett of detpalr which hat been theirs throughout the centuries. It le absurd to think that economic fear will ever be permitted to haunt the hearts of human beings, and (hat In a world of plenty tbe thrifty and in- duitrlout ihould want for anything. It ia becaute, the very fact that they do want ts striking with revolt the workers themselves, that we have '.fcese manifestations which are marked so clearly by a world of labor In revolt today. One can blame It ont agitators, but then the presence of agltaton calls for some Und of explanation which will leave the .witlett lupportera of exploitation without any Arm footing. It it indeed a fact that capltalltm It now revealing clearly the symptoms ot that disease which will end ln Its dissolution. Emphssists Difficulties Bnoonnt- ered by Onion Oifaainrs in ."'*-■' Local Field Some Ides of ths dlBoultles encountered by Pacific Coast unionists in or-[| ganlstoi ths wife-workers here csn be more readily graaped by an under standing of the cosmopolitan nature ot the population to far aa the working class It ooaotned. - Lsst arses, Her. Dr. Fraaer, In connection with to effort to ooaaolldata a number of downtown Protestant churches, recently hsd a thorough house-to-houte canvass made of the district in question, which reachee from Gore avenue to Campbell avenue ant from Cordova street to False Creek. :..*"'. The, results sre moat interesting. Forty-two different peoples were discovered living within these bounds. they were lilted at follows: Canadians. 704; Scotch, M8; English, «14; Irish, 150: Americans, (61; Greeks, 67; dormant, SI; Italian!, 1000; Russians, ISO; Swedet, 191; Chlness, 1st; Wehh, M; Spaniards, «; Danes, 10; Poles, 40; AttStrlaas, 88; Servian!, 16; Japanese, SO; Syrians, 81; Newfoundlanders, 4; Chilians, 1; French, IS; Icelanders, 1; Norwegians, 51; Jews, 304; Auitro-Rusilam, 0; Bohemlani, 4; Australians, 11; Belgians, 4; Sooth Africans, 2; FUlpplnos, 8; Dutch, 1; Manxman, t; West Indians, 10; Finns, 8; Egyptiani, 8; Montenegrin!, U; Haorlt, 8; Hawaiian!, 1. Thli census does not Include either the Japanese or the Chinese districts, which although forming a part ot this district, are solid In their nationality, and therefore were not considered; The totals show that ot those sup- notedly Anglo-Saxons there are 6,816 ln the district of whom 8,881 are for- etgnen. •'--, Those of British origin are In the minority by 186. • A newsboy wbo sells papers at the corner of Heatings street and Columbia avenue, handles papers printed In twenty-live different language!, He himself Is s German-Jew. I. T. U. CONVENTION OIVE8 LABOR PAPERS WELL-DESERVED BOOST. At the recent convention of the International Typographical Union the committee on resolutions did not overlook an opportunity to give the legitimate Labor press a well-deserved boost Ths report ot the committee, which was unanimously concurred ln, reads: '.. "Your committee has carefully considered the need ot proper publicity in the newspapers of thli country. There It an. Increasing number of newipapera willing to devote apace to the cause ot labor ln their news columns and also give favorable mention editorially. In no case, however, are the regular papera Willing to print tbe reports of meeting! ot unloni to the extent* of mentioning the namet of flrmt declared unfair to labor, nor are they tn any caae willing to refrain from advertising firms or merchants unfair to labor, therefore, our members' ahould give preference to tbote who are friendly editorially, lt li recognised that tbe memben of the labor organisations will continue to buy and read papera not In themselves unfair ln their mechanical department, but we believe that the labor movement needs papen published strictly in Its own Interests. It Is a peculiar tact that ln cities when labor papen exist as official organs of central labor unions, outside of the printing tndei an often more staunch tupporten thin are the local typographical unlont. At prlnten we ihould be the heartiest tupportert ot bona fide labor papen; lint, because In most in- ttancei memben of our organization are the editors or proprietors ot tuch papen; tecond, became we at print- era derive the added benefit of employment contingent upon the iuccmi- ful publication of labor papen, and laat, but not leatt became we ahould aa union men take a leading position In all thing! thai mean advancement and profit for labor. "To the end that the foregoing may have, greater force and effect, we recommend that resoltlon No. 15 in the book of laws, page 96, be stricken out and the following substituted thenfor: "16. The International Union urge! upon all unloni the advisability and necessity of subscribing for the bona fide labor prait (If any exltt In their Jurisdiction) at unloni for all the memben of the local union, to be paid for trom the treasury of the local union, and render further support, auch ai patronising of Its advertisers to the exclusion of others, provided alto that unfair firms or merchandise are not advertised In Its columns, to the end that the value of lta columns ss an advertising medium may be fully appreciated by the friendly element of ltt community," NEED BUSINESS AGENTS IN PARLIAMENT, 8AY8 WATTERS President Witters of tbe Trades snd Labor Congreaa of Canada, In his par* Ilamentary report to the Montreal convention, dealt only with matten arising In the House of Commons, which he had been delegated to watch during Its session. The report saya that "messured In terms substantive and tangible, tbe legislation enacted on behalf of human life by promoting the welfare at the worken, with one or two exceptions, can be-summed up In the word -nil,' and auch experience should teach the worken that i no amount of work on the outside will bring results commensurate with the Importance of. the organized labor movement until labor Itself set! to work to direct Its efforts to capturing seat! and' the thaping of legislation, proportionately to lta numerical strength." , Albirti Federation of Labor. .... The Alberta Federation of Labor executive forces have been conttderably augumented by the election of two more vice-pretldentt—Mr. Wm. Graham, of Coleman, who waa recently elected a vice-president of the United Mine Workeri, Dlitrict 18, and Mr. W. Al- ford, preildent of the Lethbrldge Tradei md Labor Council. With the abience of Preildent Jonea In Montreal and Vice-President Vicinage at the Electrical Worken' convention In Denver, there li not much moving In Federation circles, but the next few days will likely See' some activity ln the executive work of the Federation. The result of President Jones' villi to the. Tradei and Labor Congreaa will) have much to do with the future work of the Alberta organisation, and If tbe preeldent bat attained any incisure of success In hit conference with the con gren executive, there will be tome- thing itlrring In tbls province of oun. Mr. Jonei It expected tn Medicine Hat again about Wedneaday next—Labor Page, Medicine Hat News.' Vancouver Typographical Union No, in President A, E. Robb, P.O. Box 66 city; leeretary-treaturer, R. H. Neelanda, P. O. Box 66, city. Membenhlp, October 1, 206; houn, 8 In Job ofllcei, 7 in "World" and 7:80 In the other dally newtpapen; linotype operator! In Job ofllcei work 7:80 houn, scale, 617.60 ln Job offices, time and a half for overtime and double time for Sunday! and holidays; newipapera, |80 for day work, 888 for night work; overtime paid as above. State of trade October 1, wont for yean, a five-day law being In force for month of October. atone Cutters Amalgamate. The Journeymen Stone Cutters' Association, chartered by the American Federation of Labor, hss absorbed a dual organisation of itone cutters. Blacksmiths. President Kllng of the International Brotherhood of Blackimlthi and Helpers expect! tbat the coming convention of the brotherhood, which eon venei ln Sedalla, Mo., October 6, wtll be made up of a large number of delegate!. The convention will undoubtedly make provision for an extended organising campaign. \ Steam Heated—Phone In Bvsry Room—Elevator Services; Bath and Shower Baths on all Floors, 180 ROOMS: 80 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHS -' H OTEL 0NNAUGHT whir a rassann rrafe. PHONE SEYMOUR 7087-7088 Sratoptaa sua, stoo Vat Say. Up. Up-to-Date First-Class Dlnlag Room and Cafe In Connection HOTEL CANADA 514-8 RICHARDS ST. UNION HOTEL VANCOUVER, B. G. Utett Addition to Vaacoover't Op-to-Dote HoteU Absslnteljr nnpraif-Lec-sl not U-^Dintarjoe PhesM la Alraataaeeet Beat aat uSt Cafe fat Caaaactloa lATBiUOmDAYUT Attractive Ratee to Feraaaoat (XWniWHAJI 4 BEATY GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL foBjr Modem and Up- - to-Dnte. EBURNE STATION ■aC. Cor. Fourth Street aad WmIo*td IhsLssdfctfHstsL Ante Miss Cstatei ta. Earowea and Aaatleaa ssaoss Aim___taia% PHONE EBDINB t38 FIREPROOF EUROPEAN Abbotsford Hotel Vanoonvsr, B. 0. 921 Pender West Phone Seymour 5860 RATES 11.00 A DAY UP Firet-Class Grill in Connection F. L. WALLINGFOBD, Manager pENDERHOTEL ■"jm^HS* sis rnisa BENNETT t RABB Talepaoas Seymau 1SSS Rates 11.60 per pay and Up. Palace Hotel Bar and Cafe SS.M hr Week Union Help Throughout | T&^itt-tf It-IB HASTINGS STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. C RAINIER HOTBL.E«ff£E Meals in the City, at Popular Prices. White Cooks only employed. Rooms Rented by the Dsy or Week. Fint-Clau Liquors and Cigars. John Snldar, Prop. Corner Cordova and Carrall Sta. HOTELS FURNISHING CO. "Phone Seymour 7882 81 Pender St West Complete House Furnishers Get Your Money's Worth HfST INBC « L.IV**. Ru r^^9m\ <mwwm^mmm l| The Safest |jjp^^^^^^^f|| Wl and Purest W$mm$*-Wmm^ |f Beverage {lilM^mtlJt^^^Mi m&w LL^ 11111111)1 K__ For the summer _WmM_\~_\WWm^^t _K\ time-winter tlme- jyWjwffiyf_\_\ __\w/%9y^_'\__\ w9a_ and all the Mme- rm-ww;:-y:\ RnfiPI the most whole- ■i-^S?^ MM:y.:\ _f_T some drink you SstiJS] mm e*ntakewltliyour IBHiil' Hm meals. v8MW// im wmi 1 lift ASK YOUR DEALER urn FOR A DOZEN Www fjA fc»">«'-"23 llffl BOTTLE} wlm BREWED AND BOTTLED IN VANCOUVER BY Canadian Brewing & Malting Co. Limited PAGE EIGHT THE JJBITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FRIDAY... ..OCTOBER S, 1918 Royal Crown SOAP Has the Largest Sale of any Soap in Western Canada WHY? It Lasts, the Clothes last Its Friends Last Stanfield's Underwear Blue Label, Suit $3-Red Label, Suit $250 Red Label Combinations, Suit $3.00 Headlight Overalls 0f all kinds Dr. Reed's Cushion Sole H^ Shoes, $6.00 W.B.BRUMMITT 18-20 Cordova St West US-CUSHION COMPRESSES UHTCB a nsutuuirrtETAn ° TOES t'Cusmonswvwm anac 4-cusuosnttshoL^wiuas 7 Hsstings Strset West Phone Seymour 634 PHONE FAIR. 447. 2337 MAIN STREET. UNITED Undertakers 22512th Avenue West Phone Fairmont 711 LIMITED We Guarantee Our Prices to Be 100 o o Less Than You Can Obtain Elsewhere for the Same Service United Undertakers, Ltd. Main Parlors; 225,12th AVENUE WEST Phone Fsirmont 738 Hardware and Tools .. *J A splendid stock of the best in the world's market We make a specialty of supplying every need and requirement of the artisan in our line, McTAGGART & MOSCROP Stoves MP Ranges EVERYTHING FOfr THE KITCHEN Mount Pleasant headquarters tor Carpenters' Tools and all kinds of Builders' and Contractors' Supplies OWEN & MORRISON ^^WISIFFBA^ Edited by MISS H. R. OUTTER1DSB, Room 21D, Labor Temple. QOD'S INTENTION. Woman would be sailed by contact with political life. This was one tbe reasons brought forward at a Suit- rage debate tbe other evening, tor not giving votes to Women. "Besides, women would not use their vote, even it they were enfranchised, and it they did vote would not do ao wisely. "Women are so illogical and unbalanced, and anyhow they do not need political power. Woman's influence ia ao great that she can obtain anything she desires by just influence, feminine influence." ... And lastly "It was not Ood's intention that woman, should vote." When questioned the gentleman positively retuted to tell how and when the divine intention waa revealed to him, hit other reasons were then answered by the representative of the other side who said: "The ballot, being only an expression of. one's convictions, cannot possibly 'soil' the delicacy of womanhood, at do the economic and legal conditions consequent to the present and man-made government. Child labor, commercialized vice, starvation wagee, drunkennesa on every hand, 'content' to ruin, or to 'marriage' at the age of 12, are far more degrading than suffrage could be. And even granting that men have made the ballot tuch an evil thing, Ib that, then, any reason why a 'purer' naif ot the population should be ruled by It ln It continued iniquity? "So long as male votes continue to average acarcely 50 per cent of the electorate, It Is a poor plea to tay women might neglect this function. Figures prove that women have so far been heavier voters than the. men aad that the male vote increases aa politics become a family affair. "As to.logic—can there be. anything more abaurdly Illogical than talking about a government 'of the people and by the people,1 etc., and yet carefully exclude at least half the adult population, Including full half the native- born element, too? Then that other (famous principle—'no* taxation without representation.' Who hesitates, to tax the unrepresented women'' both through direct taxes and the all-per- vadina customs? Speaking of loelc! The power and the desire of en' franchised women to accomplish social reforms has been ably demonstrated not farther away than ^Washington, For eight years the. women used their beautiful Influence ln vain, but immediately they were enfranchised they secured an eight-hour law for women also the minimum wage .law, the mothers' pension law, the laty husband law, and in Seattle the '0111 recall,' which made Seattle ton clean for horde of parasites of both texes. This horde left Seattle, next day and a large there of lt came ttraight to Vancouver, where they are prosperous and protected today. In contrast to these reform measures, we in B. C. still witness the expensive and degrading system of driving girls into lives of shame through legal neglect; ot taking children away from poor mothers to perhaps sicken and die away from all knowledge, nursed by cold charity." PROGRESS, The. rule.of kings by divine right patted away when our foreforthera fought for the right of the people to elect their' representatives, established a system of a self government. . Today, In British Columbia we rejoice ln ihe despotic rule ot a Premier and an Attorney-ueneral elected by less than twenty-live per cent, of the population of the Province. What a wonderful and fearful thing progress all "Fed." Staff Blushes. Says the District Ledger, published by District 18, U. M. W. of A„ at Fernle: "The live wire ot the labor movement at the coast—The B, C. Federatlonist—haa Increased Its tlte to eight pages. Thlt It a good indication of the vitality of the labor movement west, while ltt columns lack none of that vivacity and originality that has characterised this publication from its birth. The worker, by supporting this publication, Is maintaining snd retaining the mpst powerful medium of expression known to civilisation—the press—and a paper through which he can rely on obtaining a correct expression of labor conditions at the coait. We with the 'Fed' every success and trust that Its readers will recognise that they, can help a paper contider- ably by reciprocity with thote utlng ltt advertising columns." It hu been reported that the mine barons of Vancouver Island are willing to make concessions, providing the strikers return to work and repudiate the V. M. W. of A. The striken could not for a moment entertain inch a proposition. For them to repudiate the U., M. W. of A. would mean the repudiation of the labor movement, ln general, and returning to work as Individuals without being Identified with organized labor: would mean that the strikers would place themtelvei at the absolute mercy of the "foreign" tyrants who have created such condition! ln the mines as forced men to rebel. Such a proportion meant that the coal diggers of Vancouver Island ahall forfeit every right to belong to a labor organization. The mine owners are organized, and yet, them arrogant and insolent exploiters declare that they will only make concessions when overworked and ill-paid wage-workers renounce their allneiance to the only organization on the economic field that ti making a light to Improve the condition! that prevail ln the coal mining Industry. When men must forfeit their individual rights for the prlvelege ot earning the soanty meant of life, lt li but a mockery to prate of liberty. B. C. Woman's Suffrage League. The members of the B. C. Woman's) Suffrage League appreciate the kindness of Mr. Pettipiece, the editor of the B. C. 'FederationiBt, In placing at, their disposal apace in this paper, and thank him most heartily. We propose to deal with not only Votes for Women, in these columns, but all matters connected with the' Interests of Women, particularly v^lth those things that affect the woman out ln the labor market. Economic necessity hat forced worn, an out into the industrial world, and; being a woman, and politically helpless, she is the bottom dog, her Interests are not considered, her point ot view not represented. Tbe need of polltlccl power for the working woman is greater than that of any other class, and only when she is able-to influence Industrial legislation will she cease to be exploited and forced Into starvation or ahame. The B. C. Woman's Suffrage League is an organization formed for the purpose of obtaining votes for women on the same terms as it Is granted to men. When last we approached the legislature, we were told that when the demand was sufficiently strong tbe government would consider tbe matter. We propose to make the demand sufficiently Btrong, by asking all women who have the welfare of men, women and children at heart, to Join our organization and help to educate the public, by placing before them the many and sufficient reasons why women should vote. Public meetings are held-weekly ln the Labor Temple, every Wednesday at 8 p.m. A public meeting Is held every Monday evening at 8 p.m. In the Lee Hall, Mount Pleasant, and meetings are also arranged whenever and wherever pos-l slble. I Everyone can help by attending these meeting! and bringing a friend. A cordial Invitation lt extended to all. Regular Meeting, The B. C. Woman's Suffrage League held Its regular weekly meetinga lh Boom 306, Labor Temple, Wednetday night. Mr. S. Atkinson, the new organizer! of the Social Democratic Party, had been scheduled aa the speaker, but through tome mistake In regard to dates tbe gentleman was unable to attend. However, the.people will have an opportunity of hearing him ln this hall at a later date. In tbe absence of the speaker, Mrs. Crosfleld took the platform and gave! a very Interesting address, Mrs. Crosfleld spoke on the need of women In the councils of men, not only In civic-matten, but also In provincial. She pointed out the mistakes made by the past councils of men In the city; when trying to give a city market, tor instance, showing how, if women had had any say, or had been asked If the site was satisfactory, they would never! have allowed It to be built over a tide flat where sewers emptied. , Mrs. Crosfleld also pointed out bow men having the vote in the province after having put men ln power to represent them and pass good laws, never went any further and allowed these lawa to bo broken every day by big corporations, taking at an example the recent legislation with regard to the overcrowding of -*—-* can at required. She alio took tbe cost of living question up and showed how the people are held up wltb abort weights, Impure foods and prices put up with the very smallest excuse. She held that half of the people who have1 tbe power of tbe ballot and wbo do not use lt properly are responsible. That half use tbe excuse that business takes up so much of tbelr time tbat they cannot attend to these abuses of, the law. "Now, it the women had the vote," said Mrs. Crosfleld, "having no busi- nns« to attend to outside of home r'utles. whloh still leaves tome time for other things, Is lt not reasonable tbat tha roothen of the country get tbete abuses attended to? They are trying even now but without the power ot the ballot they can get only to far." At the close of the address a discussion took place ln regard to the high cost ot living. Mn. F. M. Parr wat of the opinion that we would have no relief while the trueti owned and controlled the sources of supply, Mrs, R. Campbell-Johnston thought there would be no trusts if there were no tariff. > Mitt Outterldge.said it was the high cost of living that most vitally affected women in the home, becaute lt wat they wbo had to manage on a certain amount, yet they were unable In any FREEDOM. B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR— Meets In annual convention In January. Executive on-cers, .1813-14: President, Christian Siverts; vice-presidents, .1. itavanagh, J. Ferris, A. Watchman, O A. Burnett, J, W. Gray, Jas. Cuthbertson, J J. Taylor; sec-treas., V. R. Mldgley, Box 1044, Vancouver, Into PRINTING with the LABEL on it SEEUS_ Cowan & Brookhouse labor Templt Fhrns a,y. ,<to HARR0N BROS. tom»»*l_ Dnaapioas a«d Vancouver—ofllce and ■' Chsnol, 1034 Oranvllle St. Phono Sey. 3480. North Vancouver—ORlce ami chapel, 116 Second St. 13. Phone 1S4. ", The tide of woman't suffrage Is rapidly rising. To try and stop it is as futile as was Mrs. Partington's attempt to sweep out tbe ocean with a mop. It is the spirit of freedom manifesting Itself ln tbe demand for-the right of political expression, the right ot women to be recognised as human , aB persons and not as property. In every country ln the world tbere is a suffrage organisation doing good work; everywhere ll the spirit of freedom manifesting Itself and to try to stop it! We have only to look to Eng- denied the right of expression, the result will be upon those who try to' stop itl We hav only to look to England to ee how futile It Is to Imagine that the spirit of freedom le expressed by the women wbo are fighting so splendidly a battle that will help to free tbe women of the world, can be killed out by any form of coercion. The short-sighted policy of the English politicians Is responsible for the conditions at home. They were not able to aee tbat the women were determined to be free, and nothing could atop them, neither prisons or forcible, feeding or any torture can stop tbe Votes for Women agitation till women are voten. Thlt woman's movement Is so essentially for life, it Is hopeful and virile, and it it one mora itep ln the direction pf human liberty. This movement it one of the moit hopeful signs'that the spirit of freedom IS alive, and progrettlng. All down the aget hat the itruggle tor freedom gone on, expretslng Itself flnt at one reform and-then as another. Thus Is tbe evolution of the peoples aitured. The evolutionary Held of the battlee of freedom. It never Quiet, and that Is ltt moit hopeful sign. Nature says, go on or die, there lt no standing still. This movement for Votes for Women has not only the vote for the aim and end of its existence, but It must be won before old prejudices will be broken down and tbe way cleared for tbe dawn of human liberty. The day of the dogmatic rule of kings hat gone, the domination of the rule of religious intolerance has gone, the dominations of a ruling class bat practically gone. Shall, then, thla sex domination remain with all Its attendant evils? The thinking men and women bf today are riling to break this bond that keeps both eexes from being free human beings and are determined to extend the bounds of liberty to all bumnn beings, men and women. That this means greater responsibility for women Is certain; tbe price paid for freedom Is the acceptance of respon' stbtiity, and with responsibility comes clearer understanding. This is the heart ot this demand for politics] freedom, the right of women to shoulder tbelr own retponslM'lly and effective! perform those duties In the national 'fffl that are thein, by reason of their womanhood, and tet free the men who have hitherto been handicapped by having to perform the national duties of both men and women. TRAPES AND LABOR COUNCIL— Meets flrst and third Thursdays. Executive board: H. C. Benson, president; Jas. H. .McVety, vice-president; J. W. Wllklnaon, general secretary, Rodm 210 Labor Temple; Jas. Campbell, treasurer; Miss Brisbane, statistician; V. R. Mldgley, sergeant-at-arms; R. P. Pettlplece, J. H. Burroughs and H. McEwen, way to legislate to remedy tbii moit|,,,;j},r"tl^u",''"Ji' were'"*iot unuiual u-J.. „....,..,» „, hnna Ufa. K »—u^.hl. «.„.. IT!... all, was worrying aapect of borne life, The following resolution, with Instruction to forward a copy to tbe government at Victoria, wat patsed un- nnlmouily: Resolved that in the opinion of thlt meeting the country would be greatly benefited by extending the parliamentary franchise to women at tbe next meeting of the logltlature, on the tame termt that It has been or may be granted to men," 19.29 A WEEK FOR WOMEN. Oregon Commluion Announett New Rules of Wagee snd Houra. Every adult woman clerk employed In any mercantile eitabllthment In the State of Oregon muit be paid at lent $0.15 a Week, after November 23, unlet! ihe lt learning the bualneit and claiteB nt an apprentice. The Oregon lnduitrlil Commluion, concluding an Inveitlration of the wagea paid ye- men and girl workers and the amount It cottt them to live, today made public lta rullnar, thli state taking front rank In minimum wage legislation. The commission rules that no woman should be worked longer than eight hours and twenty minutes a day, more than fifty hours In one week, nor later than 6 p.m., Saturday nights and the Christmas holiday excepted. Psntages Next Week. Botbwell Browne presents "The Serpent, of tbe Ulle," a pantomimic dancing production with Frances Young ft Co.—14 dancing glrlt, Will Armstrong- & Co, present their comedy sketch, "The' New Expreit- man." Santuccl, a wizard of the accordeon * Gene & Arthur—A dainty duo in PI anologue. The. Lowes, 'artistic manipulator! of the laato. I To be forewarned Is to be forearmed. SAUCE POR THE GOOSE 18 SAUCE FOR THE GANDER Tn working for suffrage women are learning to stand by each other, even ns men do—unless a commission finds them out. In England the meanest man has heen discovered. It is he who appropriates his wife's maternity benefit and converts It Into a beer fund. And hy law he may collect It. "Let us tesch ladles to know how to prevail, highly to esteem themselves, to amuse, to circumvent and coten us." —Montaigne in the fifteenth century. Ah, Monsieur, 'tis still the one lesson your sex la willing tbat oun ihould learn, A tradei union for wivet It tho at- est attempt at organising women ln the old country. An agreement among ladies to keep silent as to the .faults of husbands has become Inoperative, "Men are men; tbe belt tometlmes forget."—Shakespeare. A man tells when he is drunk what he only thlnki when tober. Some father! experience great difficulty In protecting their daughten from their "natural protectors." Women are homemakers, but tbey are dreadfully hampered in their work by the poor quality of material they are obliged to ute, the tame being provided by tho msn who make- the world. Some women can remember when among fashionable men. The tilt wat nature'! protett agalmt a neither gar men that looked at though lt wat donned with a thoe-horn. "Oh, they Juit vote with their but- bandi," Slid a man from Seattle, when he wat aiked about the women'! vote In Wathington. Unlen married men are prohibited from voting even the old maldi muit vote with somebody's huiband. "The woman who It capable of being MT mother or MT wife or MY iliter is ■urely capable of exerclilng her franchise with me," grandiloquently af- firmed a prominent Vancouver gentleman at a recent publlo function, Only a few women Milled. Women'! activities have to long been confined to "enlarging the bor den of Zlon" and cutting down father'i old clothes tbat they very readily re anond to the cry "Vote! for Women snd well make over the world." Ab etract Juitlce It to very abstract. Under tbe heading of "What Men Are Doing" It may be noted that Hr N. H, Dlckton, preildent of the Brltlih Association tor the Advancement of Science, hat estimated that ln a very few generations the food supply of the earth will he totally Inlutfictent to feed tbe population. UNION DIRECTORY - > CAID6 INSERTED FOR $1.00 A MONTH LABOR .TEMPLE COMPANY, LTD.— Directors; Fred A, Hoover, J. H. McVety, Jamea Brown, Edward Lothian. James Campbell, J. W. Wllklnaon, R. P. Pettlplece, John McMillan, Murdock Mc- Kenife, F. Blumberg, H. H. Free. Managing director, J. H. McVety, Room 811. ALLIED PRINTING TRADEB COUNCIL—Meets 2nd Monday In month, President, Oeo. Mowat; secretary, F. R, Fleming, P.O. Box 68. AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF CAR- penters- and Joiners—Room 209. Bey. 2908. Business agent. J. A. Key; ifflce hours, 8 to 8 a.m, and 4 to " — i 6 p.m. Secretary of management commlitee, Jas. Bitcon, 873 Hornby street, Branches meet every Tuesday and Wednesday In Room 802. BROTHERHOOD OP CARPENTERS and Joiners, Local No. 817—Meets Monday of each week, 8 p.m. Executive committee meets every Friday, 8 p.m. Preaident, Ed. Meek; recording secretary, Thos. Lindsay, 306 Labor Tem- rle; flnanclal aeeretary, O. W. Williams. OB Labor Temple. BAKERS' AND CONFEC- tloners' Local No. 46— Meets second and fourth Saturdays. 7:80 p.m. President, A. M. MacCurrah; _-.. corresponding seoretary, W t-wieixa) i Rogers; Business Agent, J. Black, Boom 220, Labor Temple. BARBERS' LOCAL, NO. 180—MEETS aecond and fourth Thursdays, 8:80 p.m. President Sam, T. Hamilton: re- corder, Geo, W. Isaacs; secretary-business agent, C. F. Burkhart, Room 808, Labor Temple. Hours: 11 to 1;**6 to 7 p.m. __£ BARTENDERS' LOCAL NO, 676.—OF- llce Room 208 Labor Temple. Meets flrst Sunday of eaoh month. President, Wm. Laurie; flnanclal secretary, Geo. W. Curnock, Room 208, Labor Temple. COOK8', WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES' Union.—Meets flrst Friday tn each month, 8:30 p.m., Labor Temple. W. B. Walker, business representative, Ofllce: Room 203, Labor Temple. Houra: 9 a.m. to 10:80; 1 p.m. to 2:30 and 6 p.m. to Ml p.m. Competent help furnished on short notice. Phone Bey. 8414. r 7MI Day or N NUNN & TH0MPS9N ruNHUL DItECTORS and EMBALMERS ilOStehsrdaStrMt Vtaeeavtr, B.C. MULCAHY'S CAFETERIA THE BEST OF EVERYTHING 137 Cordova Street W. Basement Hotel Cordova BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS' International Union, Oocal 97—Meets second and fourth Friday. Labor Temple, t p.m. president, J. A. Beeley; secretary, A. W. Oakley, 738 Semlln Drive, phone Sey. 919. BRICKLAYERS' AND MASONS', NO. 1 —Meets every Tuesday, I p.m., Room 807. President, Jamea Haslett; corr«*t» Sondlng secretary, W. S. Dagnall, Box 8;' financial secretary, F. R. Brown; business agent, W. 8. Dagr.aH, Room 216. BOOKBINDERS' LOCAL UNION NO. 106—Meets third Tuesday In every month, ln Room 808 Labor Temple. President, F. J. Milne; vice-president, H. Perry; secretary, George Mowat, 615 Dunlevy avenue. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS and Iron, Ship Btilldera and Helpers of America, Vancouver Lodge No. l5l— Meets flrst and third Mondays, 8 p.m. President, F. Barclay, 363 Cordova East; aeeretary,' A. Fraser, 1161 Howe Street! CIGARMAKERIF'lOCAL, NO. 367— Meets flrst Tuesday each month, 8 p.m. President Geo. Gerrard; secretary. Robert J. Craig, Kurti Cigar Factory; treasurer, 8. W. Johnson. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS1. British Columbia Division, C. P. System, Division No. 1—Meets 11:80 a.m. third Sunday th month, Room 204. Local chairman, T. O'Connor, P. O. Box 432, Vancouver. Local secty. and treas,, H. W. Withers, P. O. Box 432, Vancouver. son; business agent, Joe Hampton. Phone Sey. 1614. PAINTERS', PAPERHANGERS' AND Decorators', Local 138—Meet every Thursday, 7:30 p.m. President, J. E. Phillips; financial secretary, J. Freckelton, 811 Seymour St.; recording secretary, George Powell, 1660 Fourth Ave. W.; business agent, W. J. Nagle, Room 303, Labor Temple. bTKUuTYPKUS* AND ELECTROTVF- ers' Untom No. 88, of Vancouver and Victoria—Meets aecond Wednesday of each month, 4 p.m., Labor Temple. President; Chas. Bayley; recording secretary, Chris Homewood, 240 13th Ave. East. STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY Employees, Pioneer Division No, 101 •—Meets Labor Temple, second and fourth Wednesdays at 2 p.m., and first and third Wedneadaya. 3 p.m. President, H. Schofleld, phone Fairmont 888; recording secretary, Albert V. Lofting, 2881 Trinity Street, phone Highland 1672; flnanclal secretary, Fred a, Hoover, 8409 Clark drive. STEAM ENGINEERS, INTERNATION- al Local 397—Meets flrst and third Wednesday, 8 p.m.; Room 204, Labor Temple. Financial secretary, E. Prender- ffsst. Room 216. \ TAILORS, JOURNEYMAN TAILORS' UNION OF AMERICA, Local No. 178 —Meetinga held flrst Tuesday In eaoh month, 8. u.m. President, J. T. Ellsworth; recording and corresponding secretary, C. MacDonald, Labor Temple; flnanclal secretary, L, Wakely, P. O. Box T08. TILE LAYERS' AND HELPERS', Local No, 82—Meets first and third Wednesdays each' month, 8 p.m. President, J. Kavanagh; secretary, A. Jamle- son, 64 Fifth Ave. Bast TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 221— Meets last Sunday each month, 8 p.m. President. A. B, Robb; vice-president, A. H. England; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands, P.O. Box 06. , ». o. NEW WESTMINSTER TRADES "AND Labor Council—Meeta every second and fourth Wedneaday at 8 p.m., ln Labor Hall. President, D. S. Cameron; , H. Glbb; general -.cwmaij, a. v. \iran-t, P. O. Box 984. Tho public Is Invited to attend. .. flnanclal secretary, jM«.tai^t R. D. Gn ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO. ?18.—Meets Room 801, every Monday 8 p.m. Preaident, Fred. Fuller; vice- president, G. 8. Phllpot; recording secretary,. Jos. Russell, Labor Temple; financial secretary, Dan Cummlngs; treasurer, Geo. Hessell; business agent W. F. Dunn, Room 207, Labor Temple. ELECTRICAL WORKERS*. LOCAL NO 821. (Inside Men)—Meets flrst and third Mondaya of each month, Room 206, 8 p.m. President, H. P. McCoy; recording secretary, Geo. Albers; treasurer and business agent, F. L, Estinghausen, Room 202. Sey. 2848, LONGSHOREMEN8' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, No. 88 X 62—Meeta every Friday evening, 14ft Alexander St. President P. P«l; secretary, Thos. Nixon. ' PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA.—Vancouver and vicinity. Branoh meets 1st and 3rd Fridays at Labor Temple, Dunsmuir and Homer at., room 206. Robert C. Sampson, Pres., 747 Dunlevy ave.;. Joseph O. Lyon, Fin. Sec, 1721 Grant st; Tom Smith, Rec. Bee., 943 Broadway west. MACHINISTS', NO. 182— MEETB BI3t~ ond and fourth Thursdays, 7:16 n.m President, Chas. Mattlnaon; recording secretary. J. Brookes; flnanclal seoretary, J. H. MoVety. MOVING PICTURE OPERATORS, Local 233, I.A.T.S.E.—Meets every second Sunday of eaoh month', Labor Temple, I p.m. President j. H. Fletcher; secretary-treasurer, A. O. Hansen; business agent, G. R. Hamilton. Offlce: Room 100, Loo Bldg. Tel. Bey. 1046. MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE Union, Looal No. 141, A. F, of M.— Meets second Sunday of each month, 640 Robaon street President, J. Bowyer: vice-president, F, English; eecretary, C. P. Howett; treasurer, W. Fowler. STONECUTTERS', VANCOUVER Branch—Meats second Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. President J. Marshall; corresponding secretary, Wm. Rowan, Box 1047: <1 nanclal secretary, K. MoKensI*. OPERATIVE PLASTERERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, No. 89- Meets first and third Wednesday, O'Brien Hsll, 9 p.m. Preaident, O. Dean; corresponding secretary, F, Sumpter; flnanclal secretary, D. Scott; treasurer, I. Ty- Berry Bros. Agenta for CLEVELAND CYCLES The Bicycle with the Reputation Full, line of accemorlet Repair! promptly executed 612 HASTINGS ST. EAST Phone Seymour 7608 Diseases of Men We Ittue a written guarantee that ZIT will cure br your money back, Dlltere from all other rem- cauae complications. Prlct 13.00, Pott Paid. . McDUFFEE BROS. THB OBLIGING DRVGGISTB 1S2 Cordova St W. . Vancouver, B. O. ' PATENTS HisSTW* ihed Tlrm of AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS meeta every aecond and fourth Thursday of each month In Labor Temple, corner of Royal Ave. and Seventh St., at 8*p.m. dent J- L. Hogg, Han key Blk., Sapperton; Secretary, A. McDonald, 811 Royal Ave., New Westminster. PLUMBERS' and BTEAMFITTERS' LO- cal 495—Meeta every seoond and fourth Friday of month In Labor Hail, 7:90 p.m. President, D. Webster; secretary, A. McLaren, P.O. Box 911, New Westminster, B. C UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAR- penters, Local Union No. 1999— Meets every Monday, 9 p.m., Labor Tomple, corner Royal avenue aad Seventh street. President, M. C. Bohmendt; secretary, A, Walker, Labor Templo, Nsw Westminster, B, 0. BARTENDERS' LOCAL 794—MEETS IN Lahor Temple, New Westminster, corner Seventh strset and Royal avenue, every second Sunday of each month, at 1:80 p. m. President, E. 6. Hunt; secretary, F. W. Jameson. Visiting brothers invited. T1CTOBIA, m. a VICTORIA TRADES AND LABOR Council—Meets first and third Wednesday, Labor Hall, .781 Johnson street at 8 p.m. President A. Watchman, sscretary, '.. H. Norrls, Ubor Hall, Vic tm-ln. B.C. _ BROTHERHOOD OP CARPENTERS and Joiners—Meets every Tuesday, 8 p.m., at Labor hall, 791 Johnston St President J. E. Bryan; recording secretary, Geo. L. Dykeman; business agent and flnanclal aeeretary, W. A. Parkinson, Box 281. KIMBERLBY MINERS' UNION. NO. 109 Western Federation of Miners - Meeta Sunday evenings, In Union Hall. Preaident w. Fleming; secretary-treasurer, M. P. VHleneuve, Klmberley B.C. CUMBERLAND LOCAL UNION, No. 2209, U. M. W. of A.—Meets every Sunday 7 p.m., tn U. M. W. of A. hall. Preaident Jos, Naylor; secretary, James Smith, Box 84i Cumberland, B, C. TRA!T/"MILL AND SMELTRRMEN'S Union, No 101, W. F. or M.—Meets avery Monday at 7:20 p.m. President, F. W. Perrln; aeoretary, Frank Campbell. Box 28. Trail, B. C. 1000 Bogera'ai(tg."6ran Olty. ThoaeHeyttg LADYSMITH MINERS' UNION, LOCAL No. 2898, U. M. W. of A.—Meets Wednesday, Union Hall, 7 p.m. President, Bam Outhrle: secretary, Dunoaa McKensle, Ladyam'.th, B. C. NANAIMO LOCAL UNION U.M.W.of A. —Meets every Monday at 7:80 p.m. In the Athletic Club, Chapel Street Arthur Jordan, Box 410, Nanlamo, jfc C. _ **n,_t« »wmi\ m__ PRINCE RUPERT TYPOGRAPHICAL Union No. 419—Meets laat Sunday In month at Carpenters' Hall. President, D. McCorklndalej secretary-treasurer, Harry R. Potts, P.O. Box 849, LOCAL VANCOUVER OF SOCIAL DKMOCRATIC PARTY — Public meetings In Dominion Theatre, Oranvllle street. Sunday evenings, Hrcri- tary, o. L. Charlton. S828 Main Street Geo. E. MoCroeMB A. M. Harper McCrossan& Harper BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS Offlce*: 32-36 Imperial Block 339 PENDER ST. WEST sr*o?us or ooal Murarno BlOV- . Coal mining rights of the Dominion, In- Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and ln a portion of the Provinoe of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at un annual rental of 91 an acre. Not more than 3,680 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for lease must be made by the applicant ln person to the Agent of Sub-Agent of the district In which the rights applied for are situated, In surveyed territory the land must 'be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and In unuurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked by the applicant himself. Each application must bs accompanied by a fee of 96, whloh will be refunded If (he rights applied for are not available, but not«otherwise. .A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the .full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns alioulil be furnished at least once a year. The lease will Include the coal mining rights only, but the lesaee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of 910 an acre. -For full information Application ahould he made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent of Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. H. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Int evl or. N. B.—Unauthorised publication of this advertisement will not ba paid for. m Union MADE H5»*i Or America J&r ____ STUD! mSKSWSTtStO ISOS W~*W fipi F«lOA"r.:............;.v.....OCTOBl*iR », 1918 THE BaiTISgCOLWMBIA EBBEKATIOKIST. F* Page for New Westminster Unions, Unicaiiists s. a cAxmow, imu«i Endorsed by N.w Westminster Trades ana Labor Counoll; a. a Get the Habit! awiw Have you ever tried us? No? Well, die sooner you do', the sooner you will save money Crookeiy, China, Glassware, Toys and DqUs, Stationery ■ GraphophoncB and Reoords, Fanoy Goods THE FAIR , 646 COtUMBIA STREET" sis NEW WESTMINSTER Westminster Trust LIMITED Westminster Trust Block, Columbia St. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. iMtSnctt-lUO j. P.,GALVIN High-Class ttgyB Tailor ■.,0. THE S. BQWELL COMPANY Baoossaoia to Center a Haana, tM. FUNERAL DIRECTORS tot ooLnaia srna* morns ns NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. AH Work Guaranteed Hand Sewn Shoes Had, to Measure Tbe Progressive Shoe Repairers momillan a Patterson VaioaSaop aa asoars sxaasv new Westminster, b. c. Opposite Westminster Trast Blook \Si Heating Stoves "Si3 n^m ™>«m. J. Knight CS FROM 85 SIXTH STREET Labor the Magician. Labor! Consider ltt achievements! Dltmayed, by no dlfflculty, ihrinklng trom no exertion, eihantted by no ttruggle, ever eager tor renewed effort* In ltt perteverlng promotion of human happiness, "c'amorout labor knockt with ltt hundred handt at the golden gate of the morning," obtaining each day, through succeeding centuries, freth. benefactions for the world. Labor clean ihe forett, and drains the moraaa, and makes "the wilderness rejoice and blosaom aa the rose," Labor drives the plow, and scatter! the seeds, and reaps the, harvest. La- bo^ tending tho pastures and sweeping the waters, providei with dally tuttenance the 900,000,000 of the family of man. Labor gathere tbe gotta- mer web of the catterplllar, the cotton from the Held and the fleece from the flock, and weavet It into the purple, robe ot the prince, and the.gray gown of the peasant. Labor quarrlee the stone, and thapet the column, and rears not only the humble cottage but the gorgeous palace, the tapering spire and ttately dome, Labor smelts the iron, and moulds'it Into a thouaand thapet tor ute and ornament from the massive, pillar to the tiniest needle. Labor hews down the gnarled oak, and thapet the timber, and builds the ship, and-guides lt over the deep, bearing to our shores the produce of every clime. Labor, laughing at difficulties, tpans majeatlc rivers, bridges deep ravlnet; and pierces the solid mountain with Hi dark tunnel; lahor draws forth lta delicate Iron thre.ad and stretches It from city to city, over mountains and Increase Your Earning Power How? By Attending the Night School Monday, Wednesday and Friday Ths Modern Businsss Sohool. A, Ij. Bouek, Prin. none ua 110 Columbia Street NEW WESTMINSTER. Building Inspaetor Tnrnbull Ms- : (-overs Violation of Oontract Provisions. Hereafter tb* Oontracton Knit Hire Besidenti Only and l*tUfll Contract to Letter under the tea by *hlch tpeech may outstrip the wind and compete with the lightning Itself. Lahor, a mighty magician, walks forth Into a region uninhabited and watte i ha look! ear- neatly at the Scene, to quiet In lta detolation; then, waving hit wonder- working wand, tbote dreary valleys smile with* golden harveitt; those barren slopes are clothed with foliage'; the furnace Mates; the anvil rings; the buty wheal whirls round; the town appears; the mart of commerce, the hall of science, the temple ot religion rear high their lofty frontt; a forett of maats, gky with- varied pennont, rises from the harbor; trtence enllttt the elements of earth and heaven ln Its service, tnd, awakening, clothes Its strength with beauty; civilisation smiles; liberty It glad; humanity rejoices; piety exults—for the voice of industry and gladden It heard on every tide.—Newman Hall. Twat In 'Frlico. Oeorge Peat, convicted of tteallng working-cards from union men and te- ourtng employment on the ttrength of tame, wat sentenced by Judge Shorten to pay a Ana. of (100 or to spend 60 dayt in Jail.—Bulletin. British Deligttet, At ltt recent annual tession the British Trade Union Congreth elected I. H. Owynne, of the Tin and Sheet Mill- men's Society and T. Oreenall, ot the Miners' Federation ot Oreat Britain, as fraternal delegates to the coming convention of the American Federation of Labor, which will be held In Seattle this year.,, Calgary for Typos., 1S10. That Calgary lt practically allured of capturing the convention of the International Typographical union IS the report that hat been brought back from the. Nashville convention of the union by M. C, Cottello, the Oalgary delegate, Oalgary made a hard light for the 1914 convention of the I. T. U„ but lott to Providence, R. I., and Hr. Cottello has expressed the belief that the i916 convention will go to the Paciilc coast, probably to pan Francisco, because of the fact that the Fanama-Paclflc exposition wtll be held In that lty that year, NOW WESTMINSTER, Oct l.-The employment of non-retldent labor on the harbor Improvement work, warmly dltcutted at the city council meeting a fortnight ago, formed tha subject of an exhaustive report by Building Inspector Turnbull at lut night's coun- Well meeting, The result of Mr. Turnbull't report amply Justified Alderman Bryton't complaints. The Report No applications for labor by the contractor! have been received by me, and I was surprised when Alderman Bryson brought to my office on the evening of September 19 four men who gave/me signed statements. The flrst wat that the contractors had let tome of the labor by piece work. Section 30 of specifications reade: The contractor ahall not assign or transfer thlt contract, or tublet any of the work embraced In It, without the written content'of the corporation," ■■ The second. Thai 12.00 had been paid for a day of eight hours for work classed as carpenter work. The. fair wage schedule Incorporated in the specifications give the lowest soale paid to laborers 13.00 for eight houra and (4,26 for carpenten. Tho third. That the contractor! were hiring non-retldent labor without contulting the, harbor committee, Clauae 14 of the contract reads; "All workmen employed shall be residents ot the. city of New Westminster, unless the harbor committee* of the corporation la of opinion that local labor it not available, or that emergencies or other tpectal circumstances exist which would render it contrary to the Interest of the publlo to enforoe the foregoing conditions in respect of the employment ot resident 'labor." .., Asked to Explain. On September 26, at a meeting of the harbor committee, I laid the whole of the foregoing before the meeting and the contractors were aaked to explain, (1) They stated that all the work was now helqg done by day labor. (2) That two men did work one day by the piece, and that 12,00 was the amount earned. (3) That while one partner remembered the .agreement with me ln regard to supplying labor, he seems to have kept It a profound secret from the other partners, who disclaim all knowledge of it, and who hired labor as they wanted lt, and gave work to men who were non-retldent and who even had to go out. of town to get their clothet before starting work next morning. Wat Agreement. It was Anally agreed at that meeting that the contractors would hire ao more men except they were In possession of a certificate from the building inspector certifying they were retl- dents. I would respectfully suggest that ac- oordln? to section 8 (latt clause) of the. contract,' which readt; ' "The con' tractors to keep a proper pay-roll and to produce tame, and all receipt! tor labor and material, for the Inspection by the engineer, br any authorlted per. soli of tbe corporation when called upon." That tho contractors be notified that I may have access to the payroll at any reasonable time. In wblch case I have no doubt I shall then be able to aee that the labor clauses of their agreement are being carried out In Its entirety. - The labor tituatlon in the city at tbe pretest time it acute, many rate- payers and residents being out of work. These men feel with Justification that work, the money for which is being supplied by the ratepayers, should If at all possible, by done by resident labor. On the motion of Alderman Dodd the report was received and the recommendations embodied therein approved. Supplementing the report wu a recommendation of tne harbor com- UNIONISTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK ORGANIZE FEDERATION OF LABOR. The meeting held In St. John thlt week (or, the purpose ot forming a Federation.of Labor for the province has been crowned With succett and the organisation It now completed and permanent officers elected, saya the Eastern Labor Newt. A number ot eligible organisations however were unrepresented although communications, were received by, the secretary stating they were favorable to tuch federation. These will no doubt affiliate later and the federation will speedily become the legislative medium and the: fighting machine for organised labor within the province. Many of the weitern provinces have now a Federation, of Labor, chartered by the Tradea and Labor Congrats of Canada, and they are doing good work. New Bruntwlck, though one of the smallest in point of numbers now takes ltt place beside British Columbia- and Alberta in this particular. It Is believed the new organisation will be of much service and ultimately save a lot of expense which has hitherto been borne by Individual locals and Trades Councils when sending delegations to the provincial capital. As Buch expenses will In future be paid by a small per capita tax on the whole membership It will readily be seen that the burden will be more evenly distributed, 'How do you find'business?"queried the complaining merchant. ■I advertise for it."'said the busy chap. NO MERCHANT CAN AFFORD TO OVERLObK THE PATRONAGE OF ORGANIZED LABOR WITH 8,000 trade unionWin Vancouver, and another 8;QQ0' throughout -the prerince, a large percentage of whom ar«a,headt of famines, approximately 40,000 readen are reiched through the columns of The B. C. Federationist ROOM 217, LABOR TEMPLE PHONE EX. SEY, 7495 Owned aiiii) Published by Vancouver Tradei and Labor Council and B.C. Federation of Labor ' PHONE OR WRITE FOR ADVERTISING RATES i. a. -snows*, President of International Union bf Shingle Weaver* Sawmill Workert and woodsmen, with headquarters at Beattle, who -has Men thrown Into jail, with many others, for' having signed a resolution denouncing Judge John E. Humphries', fool anti-street speaking injunction. MRS. PANKHUR8T Last Sunday, in tbe Dominion theatre, Oranvllle street, I bad an opportunity to discuss the queitlon ot "Woman Suffrage." The time is coming when the women realise that they will have to retort to the same, methods as their English listers If they get the ballot Mrs. Pankhurst Is the recognised leader of the "militant suffragette." Many women think she Is unwomanly. There is not a greater and better woman ln all the world; The British women are using the only weapons which will bring their cause to a successful issue. The doubter need only turn the pages of English history back for fifty years to be convinced. Fifty yeara ago, the husbands and fatbert of thete women had to retort to the tame methods to obtain their franchise. The women are today what the men were yetterday. Men never did know how to keep houae. Political economy It Juit a development of domestic economy. The political condition of this province de. msndt a house-cleaning which It would .get If the women occupied the same place ln the community they do In the home. Of course there are calamity-howlers who claim' that if the women are enfranchised they will Impede the progress of the Labor movement. It they do It will only be to give ui a better grade than we. men can Introduce alone. Another phase of thla queitlon Ib thlt We mere men will have to favor "Woman suffrage" to protect our own vote. Industrial conditions at present are disfranchising men. We are quickly becoming "floatere." We need the women to get equal franchlte without any frlllt, so that we can have "One man, One Vote." on the ttrength of our cltiten- thlp and not our property; S. A. Msss-msetingto Bs OeJJed for Purpose of Nominating Alder. nanio Candidates. Royal City Unionists Are Deter- mined to •ecure HaM-hoHday ud Inly Closing Bylaw. mittee tbat all men employed by .the, contractors shall In future only be] engaged on certificate by the building inspector, aa repreientlng the civic employment bureau that they are eligible for auch employment, The recommendation waa adopted | by the council. ' . The above from the Newt, shows what labor has been able to do In tbo securing and enforcing of good conditions and decent wages on city work. We can do muoh more whsn we have more voters behind ua NOW WESTMINSTER, Oct . 1.- Tblt page belongs to yon, the union- lata of New Wettinlniter, and if you don't ute it you have no one to blame but yourselves. The Trades and Labor Counoll at Its last meeting named the secretary, B. D. Grant, as the offlclal correspondent, but that doesn't mean that he It supposed to furnish the material nor does It bar any working mail,, union or otherwise, from making use of the. space provided for the expression of| opinions or publication ot any Items that may be of Interest to tha workers, Nothing succeeds like aucceil and no measure of tuccett can be achieved In any sort of builnett enterprise without advertising, Now here il your advertising apace. All yon have to do la write the ada. and if you don't want to do that lend the necessary items and have the ads. written for you. ' Secretaries of- unions and othen who have anything to offer which will he of Interest or profit to the workeri ot New Westminster, or farther, will please take note and forward contributions to B. D. GRANT, : Secretary T..and L. Council, P.O. Box 934. Civle Elections. A committee has been elected by th'e T, and L. Council to call a mats- meeting of workert for the purpoie of nominating candidate! for the /City Council and School Board to carry tbe workers' standard in the coming municipal campaign. -. This means work for all and there is no doubt'that by a concerted effort On the part ot the workeri of thlt city, a better showing will be made tban ever before. Any one who hai followed tbe pro- greet of the wage-workers of this city In municipal politics during the last few yeln mutt realize that' results have Justified all our work ln the past but we have not got all we want by a long ehot and the only way we can get It it by a ahow of ttrength on election day, both in Increatlng our vote and alto the number of representatives on tbe council board, That we bave In our ranks plenty of men capable of performing any function ln our civic government goes without laying. That they all possess the necessary qualification It another queitlon. The recently added handicap of property qualification for school trustees presents a new difficulty, but we will, without doubt be able to send one or more representative! to assist our present tola delegate on the ichool board, It Is to be hoped that all wage- earners of the olty wtll attend the mail-meeting and assist ln tbe selection of candidates worthy to represent the cause of labor ln tbe coming campaign. ' Voten' List Campaign. - A live committee haa been elected by the T. and L. Council to secure the addition of all poitlble householders to the voten' Hats for the coming municipal campaign and will visit all the unions, with a view to having all union memben get busy along thia line, v . Conditions are now auch tbat there li no possible excuse tor any resident not being on tbe Hit, thanks to the exertions ot our labor unions In the patt, and every worker tn the city owes lt to himself to be a voter at thli election. Let every one who hu hit own Interests at heart make an effort not only to get on the list himself, but to assist in getting all othen who are Qualified to register. Half-Holiday Movement The fight which hat been put up by the Retail Clerkt, Meat Cutten, and their friend!, for the adoption of a half-holiday and early closing bylaw Is sufficient evidence of the need of MINERS WILL AFrtWnt IN CASES OF MEMtBRS. KILLED BY SNOWSLIBfi. For tome monthi psst the Whetim Federation of Mlnen have bees tangled up In litigation covering compensation for memben killed or Injured by snowslidts and mudslides in the upper country. In conjunction with the. Halted Mine Worken a teat case la to he carried to the higher courts, with a view to ascertaining the status ot the law In this respect Under date ot August II Alexsatfsr, Macnell, oountel for the miser* adil dreeetd the following Mlf-explaasowi letter to District Secretary ahillaad: (Copy.) Fernle, B. C, Aug. M, Mis. A. Shilland, Bsq„ See. Wit No. «, W. F. Mi, Sandon. B. O. Re tflowelleee end MuSelldet. Dear Sir:-Ton will recollect that on the Slit of lsst December you wired me concerning tha men that were Ulled by a mowsHde near Sandon the day before. On the very same day that these mea were killed there were six' men killed st Goal. Creek near Fernle, also br S inowtUde. On tbe 14th of January there wu another msn killed at Ooal Creek by a wow- tilde, Previous to thst Mnrdooh Campbell and A. J. Bowen were killed at the Queen Mine by a mudtUde. These are only a few of the many accidents ot this Und that bave beea happening , throughout thete mountains daring the list number of yesrs, I advised you at the Ume that the dependents of those killed st Sandon would recover compensation. On the 15th ot last month we had an arbitration before the County Court Jndke at Fernle for the widow ot the man' that Wat killed at Coal Creek on the 14th of January and we lost the cue on the ground that the taowallde was not an ordinary tnowsllde and wee caused by abnormal conditions. I immediately took council regarding thai case and I am having It appealed ane It will come up for hearing before Mr. Justice Murphy here. Regarding the tnowellde, st Coal Creek of the 30th of December laat after careful consideration we decided to commence action at common law and have a can tested but before the Courts, respecting the common law liability of the company. Five or six cuei are depending upon this one and: before commencing action I saw Mr. Carter, and sines only one of the men killed belong to the TJ, M. W. ot A. he was not disposed to under take, all the coats. Therefore I took tbe matter up with the Italian Cbnaul at Montreal and the Austrian Conaul at Winnipeg. The Italian Consul Is prepared to assist ut financially but he has not money enough at his disposal to undertake half, therefore I am ln something of a dilemma respecting the cotts of these actions both at common law and under the Workmen's Compensation Act Ai you will readily ue tbe Sandon caseS and the Queen Mine catet depend to a large extent upon the result of these actions. It may not be unreasonable therefore for me to ask Dlstriot No. S to come to our assistance u gallantly and as generously aa they have done on former occasions, There Is a vital principle at stake In these cases and It should be followed out to the court of lut resort The law haa never been settled with respect to the liability of companies for accident! of this kind fOr the rea- lon that In England, which li the fountain head of our laws, there ara no mountains worth speaking of, nor Is there In Eastern Canada. It Is reliance upon American cases that! causes me to advise taking notion at] common law, for since there are so msny cases depending upon It we can distribute the costs even ln the event of failure, so that they will not be very heavily felt by any one concerned. Trusting that I shall hear from you in this matter at an early date. Yours faithfully, ALEXANDER MACNEIL teir Patroap jiF.»ti HHUffiflUA (t-i-gsatatlin ot Tl«ber**ln*srliy WortOn ■psodiiig All Along ' - Padfle Coast lively Looal at Hew Westssinsttr and Another V_\m Wif it': more representation by the worken on the City Council. ThlB measure has received a con. sideratlon not hitherto accorded to any measure we have ever brought before tbe council and all owing to the thow of force we were able to present. When we can produce a solid working claat vote ln thlt city we will have nq trouble tecurlng any legislation tbat we feel will be for the betterment of our own condltlona. Laboren' Agreement To the Federal Labor union belongs the credit of securing a union working agreement on the poatofl.ee addition, Other unloni please copy. < Give Union Clerks a Lift See that the clerk who waits on you wears a union button. ltt you can't And a button ln one ttore try another. Help tha Teamttert. See that your groceriet, coal, etc., are delivered by a union teamster. It won't cost you any more. nzsouiiva oonacn, ansa, ioak rinnano* or laiob. J. A, Haw* 4tH V. P.: Jos. O'Connell, 3rd V. P.: Wm. I), Huber, Sth V. P.: H. B. Porham, 8th V. P.; 3. R. Alpine, 7th John Mitchell, 2nd V.P.; Frank Morrison, Seoretary; Samuel Oompers, President; John B. Lennon, Treasurer; V, P.; Jos. F. Valentine, 6th V. P. ; Jan)es Duncan, 1st V. P. Mr, Oeorge Haathsrtos, general ot- sealeer tor tha American Federation ot Labor, who le bow eogagat la or- gaaiatag the limber industry en tte Coeetr reportt nratress. sal Is verr opttmletlc ae ranardt the aWtsitSt unionising of all: bmaehss ol tha lust- her Industry. Mr. Heatherton ttarted out' a year' ago last May u a voluntary organiser In- the timber tradee. He spent foer months In California the past sprtst and summer and organist aniens Hi ;• the lumber industry in ■stehe-wlth 109 men, and Fort Bragg—wia IM charter memben. He hai Juit returned from a two monthi' tour of Wish. lngton, end report! organising a unloa in ■ the timber trade' at Grays Harbor with 1,000 men how on' the rolls; He also organised a lively local la New Weetmineter reoeatly. While butlhess le nther quiet ln lumber circlet lh thie city, be It meeting With tuccees In hit efforts to organise the men, of the woods and mills who make the Terminal City their headquarter* - He eitlmatet that there are eaatly SS/ 090 men ta drew on for material for [the local here, and now. is the tune te do the work. > These new unloni are chattered by the International Shingle Wearer* .Sawmill Worken and Woodsmen, with 'Some ilxty locals, principally on the : Weat Coait. The ablngleweaven bave .long been organised on the Const and about a year ago they took itept to enlarge their Jurttdlctton and take li all lumber worken, with the above- named international u the remit; wltl Mr. J. O. Brow* aa tbe titular head ot affairs. Mr. Heatherton alto makes a strong Indictment of the high cost of living in this city. He ssys that a large number of men who have mede their "atake" for the winter are going to Seattle and other Wathlngtoa points to spend the winter. Theu men ell have {ram $260 to 1809, and thla moms' ■hould, If condltlona allowed,, he open* right here ln Brltlih Columbia, bnt the rapacity, ot the, landlords sad Othen prevent. The number ot men leaving li regarded.ae running into the tbouundi and their leaving, with their lummer't savings, li a tertoue blow to the economlo wealth ot the province. The men without the "itake," whether his own fault or not, will be lu evidence on the itreeti thlt winter, and ho can get aa hungry at any other man, and muit be looked after. , WHY NOT PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH t Lot Angelat Record Suggest* That Hera le a Rial Chinct for Frlendi to Prove Friendship. At recent meetlngi of the centre] Labor body, union men were urged to demand tbe union card In restaurants, barber ihopi, theaters, and all other placed, and they were also urged to eat union-made bread, lt being pointed but that it all union men ate only union-made bread, UI union baken would soon bo employed. Now that wu mighty good advice for tbe union men, and If all of them heed lt, organlted labor ln Vancouver will get a big boote, but tbat advice ihould be given and acted on by more of the residents of Vancouver than Just the members of the labor unlont. It ihould be given to and heeded by every friend of organlied labor. Organlted labor hai a lot of friends In Vanoouver who are not memben of toy union. It hu frlendi among the lawyert, among the doctors, among the ministers, among the small business men, among the newspapermen, among all kind! of men who are directly affiliated with any unton. Tou often hear thete men talking about their friendship tor the unions, and about how tbey believe the only way the worken are going to get what they are Justly entitled to, ll by organization. Now Just stop and think what would happen If all these frlendi would give a practical demonstration of their frlendahlp by acting on the advice given by the central labor council. Suppote they would all demand union-made thoea, union-made clothing, union-made cigars, union-made article! of all kinds In making their purchase!. Also suppose that when they went Into a restaurant, or a barber shop, they made sure the men working there were union men. Why, If erery man ln Vancouver Who believes in the principles of organised labor would do that, organised labor would experience the greatest boom ln Its history. Now If you think you are a friend of organised labor, Just show that you are a REAL friend by acting on She advice given to the members of organized labor. It's your chance to demonstrate tbat your Friendship la the kind worth having. NEGLIGENCE IS CHARGED AGAIN8T THE PROVINCIAL BOILER INSPECTORS There was a strong protest voiced by Secretary Prendergaat of the Steam and. Stationary Engineers, in an Inter view this week by The Fed. He Is authority for the statement that the board of Provincial boiler Inspectors are licensing Janitors and othen as engineers In office building beating plants. The engineers contend that this Is a dangerous proceeding, as a man should bave an engineer's certlflcate before being allowed to run a boiler, even for beating purposes. While many of the bollen are low. pressure, all are not so; and, alto many of them are located underneath or near the sidewalks, and If one ot them were to blow up, the chances are that a number of patsersby would be either Mlled or lajuredd. ^AGETElt THE NEW ORPHEUM Granville Street VAUDEVILLE Where Everybody Goes 500 Gallery Seats at 15c PANTAGES WHQUALLSB VAUDEVILLE Mesas Fantalee Vaudeville sCTfrflftflttflt COttTi^tA 4<iil)S!ftA!ttOltlSf lllUBAi,....,u;,;,u..„....6efdfiBil i, wis THRU SHOWS DAILY sits, im, ens Season's Prices—Matinee, 15c, Evenings 16c and 25c Is Yiur Furniture Showing Signs of Wear and Tear? High time to look winter evenings to come. A comfortable rocker, an easy couch, a bookcase or rug, csn make a lot of difference to one'a comfort Don't go on buying furniture winter after winter—buy here when furniture it selected to withstand the round ot tetaoh after season, and many ot them. Come in and aee the new arrival!—they will brine many houn of comfort to some lucky penont. Hastings Furniture Co. LIMITED 41 HASTINGS STREET WEST rum wxuiams, v.l.a. Saw only Socialist member of tb* B. O. Lefltlsttin not loekta up by aowatCs Una help oa Vsnoouvsr Island, aad who la rendering yeoman servloe to tht etrikera. TOOLS OF COAL BARONS . FAIL TO CREATE DISSENSION AMONG BOWSER'S VICTIMS FOR EXPERT Watch Jewelery REPAIRING GOTO Geo. G. Bigger jmUaH snd OPTICIAN 143 Hsstings Street West WESTERN STUDIO Malnr* of Fin* Pertrahi 423 MAIN STREET P. SEUGMAN. Prop. patronize: b..c. fedbrationist advertisers—and tell them WHT. dC. WITH BUNCH TGTHE BRUNSWICK POOL ROOMS Stoves Ranges and Heaters sum Our Prices are lower thon the City. See our Onrney P Oxford Huge It la without an equal ■LOAN BROS. COR. 21th AVE. AND MAIN ST. Phone Fairmont 2587 Prompt attention will be given The General Furniture Store -SMfht, Sou asd ■aoaaane. I NmML «nu a trial Call, Tel. or Mall Postcard Near 16U, Avenue WHEN ORDERING A SUIT See thst this Lsbel is Sewed in the Pockets It stands for all that Union Labor Stands for Continued from page one. from New Westminster to try the cases, and while those who elected tor Jury trial were permitted to reelect for speedy trial, those who took the speedy route could not change their plea. Conference of Couneel. The writer had the privilege of par tlclpatlng ln a" conference with the various lawyen retained by the defense, and after going thoroughly Into every phase of the situation, Is satisfied that everything possible has been done for the prisoner!, and that a number of healthy surprises are for the Attorney-General before the last of the charge! are disposed of. Visited Scene cf "Riot1' On Saturday afternoon a visit waa paid to Extension and South Wellington for the purpose of giving the lawyers a first-hand impreislon of the scenes of the alleged misbehavior of the striken and by a comparison of the ground with the evldehee given by the witnesses for the crown at the preliminary hearings, they were able to see the possibilities when the crown secures a wltnere with a vivid Imagination. For instance! One witness picked ['out Michael Angelo standing ln a crowd at the Extension postofl.ee directing men as to what buildings were to be destroyed. This witness was a quarter-of-a-mlle away and from an actual test it was all that could be' done to tell whether a moving figure wai a man or woman, the features being merely a white speck ln the distance. There It little ute attempting to deny that considerable damage was done to property at Extension, but the evidence it not very conclusive aa to who actually did the work. If the mlnen were responsible, then they used Poor judgment, because a much better showing could bave been made agalnat the mining company by destroying the eoal tipple and thus crippling the mine. This apparently was not touched, although a number of hovels .In the vicinity were destroyed. At South Wellington 'the extent ot the damage was the breaking of a few windows, while ln Nanaimo not a particle of damage resulted from what the authorities are pleased to call "riotous mobs." Merely Endeivorlng to Break Strike. A genenl aurvey of the whole situation makes lt plain that the provincial government Is doing everything in lti power to drive the men back to work. Their offlcen ara ln Jail without bail; tbe mllltla wu called and la kept In tbe field to Intimidate those not arrested and to permit the press to send out weird stories of the dangera to be encountered on Vancouver Island. Unwittingly the stories sent Out have had a very beneficial effect, because strike-breakers are not over flowing with bravery and as a result tbey are staying away from the scene of trouble. The refusal of bail was [particularly intended to weaken the women, who in this, as in all miners' strikes, are equal In every respect to the men and take a strong Btand with their husbands and broth- en for better conditions. Political Plot A political coloring Is given to the plot owing to the arrest of practically all.the possible candidate! for municipal office in Nanalmo, where lt H well known that an effort was to be made at the next election to change the complexion of the local authorities. Minen Will Win Anyway, , But all'the efforts ot Bowser will be unavlltng. The miners have already cut their political teeth and no amount of oppression will ever induce them to support the Tory ring now in charge of provincial affairs. Neither cdn they be dissuaded in their efforts, to, tecuro the recognition of an organisation that hai stood behind them already to the extent of half million dollars, with the promise of as much more as may be necessary to secure reasonable safety to the men who do a large part of the world's work by providing the fuel. The miners are a unit for better conditions and all efforts to disrupt them by present methods appeara to be having the effect of making them more unanimous In their determination to win, and ln thlt determination they have the support and assistance of every' union and unionist ln the province and country. Chairman Compliments Union Hen and Women on Noble Fight Against Enormous Odds. Daily Press Train-Wrecking Hoax Merely Another Effort to . Discredit Strikers, LADYSMITH, Sept 29.—On Sept. 18th Local 2388 U. Itl. W. of A. held the first annlvenary of the strike, In the Union hall. The hall waa taxed to Its full capacity to accommodate the miners, their wives and friends, who assembled to participate In tbe event, which took, the form ot a concert, social and dance. At 7.S0 p.m. the chairman, one of the moit respected citlsens ot the town, gave a short address in whioh he congratulated the minera on "the noble light they had waged for the past year against such enormoui odds." He also said, that "no man, woman or child belonging to the Union had gone hungry, tor which credit must be given to the international board of the U. M. W. ot. A. tor supporting them ln this flght tor liberty." He also wished them to remember those who would have been with them, had they not been forcibly detained under His Majesty's care ln Nanalmo gaol, hoping that they would soon be home again with their loved ones. In conclusion he said that on the best authority he had the pleaaure to announce that if the flght should continue another yefir the International -anion would support them till victory was finally won. The next part ot the programme waa taken up with songs and musical selections, following with an addreu from President "Bob" Foster, after which the banquet was spread, which would even have made Mr. Bowser's mouth water, It he could have, seen such a spread, by people who have been on strike for a year. It would have compared favorably with one of "Sir", Dick's banquets he has been having ln the old country, with the exception that there wai no necessity of champagne to keep their courage up. After tho tables were cleared away the concert was resumed. - International Board Member Irvine gave a short address, outlining the situation from Its beginning up to date, after which a few mora songs and a musical selection on the violin, English concertina and pianoforte brought the most successful concert to a close. Much credit It due to the Ladle! Auxiliary of the U. M. W. of A. for the able manner ln which they carried out the evening's entertainment At 10 p.m. the dance commenced and continued till the wee small houn, thus bringing to a close one ot the flneit social evenings ever held In X HSS BABBIE matOr old British Labor It ». who to now la the middle of th* Dublin strike. Ladytmlth. la^^^^^^^^^_ Heart-rtndlng 8cene at the Railway Station: ' On Saturday afternoon there wai the moat heart-rending tcene emcted at the elation, a repetition of which would make the angeli weep. It appeara that the authorltlet who repreient Mr. Bowter think the tltua- tlon la so well In hand tbat a number of the toy toldhsrt may he withdrawn' ln safety from the itrlke sone, to under the charge of Lieutenant Four Eyed they were at the station await Ing the train trom Nanaimo to go to Victoria. Notwithstanding the crowdt on the platforma they boarded the train with tuoh a bang-dog look on their faces that no Interest wu taken in their departure, exoept by one of Mr. Bowser's scab-herders, who wat on duty at the Station, and Mr. Sutton, the well-known mineralogist of Victoria, who. alto took pity on them. In tuch contempt are the mllltla held ln Ladytmlth that the proverbial.Midlers lass waa misting at the time of their departure. The remainder of the toy soldiers who were left behind had tuch a belated expretslon on their facei that It gave one the lmpreulon they wished It was their turn to go home, ai tbe hardahlpi they have to undergo are becoming more acute uach day, . ' At condition! ln the city are to peaceful lt Is too much of a farce for a large body of toy soldiers to be guarding lt, bo to make lt appear to the travelling public that their services are still required In the alleged trouble area they ara camped out In amall numben along the railway tracka, to patrol the tracks and guard the bridges from- the attacks of either man or beast Your correspondent Is Informed that one evening at one of the camps, near the edge of the city, the sentry on duty had an exciting experience, It appeara that some Imaginary foe was after his scalp. He cried out for help and challenged the foe, which, on Investigation, proved to be' the stump of a tree, for which that part ot the locality ll famout. International Stereotypers snd Electro- typtn Union No, 88, of Vancouver and Victoria, Preildent, Charles Bayley, "Prov. luce" stereotyping department; recording aeeretary, Chris. Homewood, care "World" stereotyping department, membenhlp, 16 on October 1. Thli Include! 4 ln Victoria; houra, 8 per day; wages, Journeymen, 14.50 per day, foremen, 131 per week minimum; overtime, time and a half; all work done for outside firms done In the day's work is charged for on straight time extra; state of trade, no change in tbe last year. International Brotherhood of Electrical Worktn. Preildent, Fred Fuller, Room 207, Labor Temple; business agent,\W. F, Dunn, Room 207, Labor Temple; mem- bersblp October 1,400; houra, 8 on the Job with the B. 0. Telephone, 8 shop to shop with Weitern Canada Power Company and B. C. B. R.; scale, 14.26 per day with the telephone company, $4.35 and transportation with the B. C. E. R., $4.65 with Western Canada Power Company; overtime and holiday!, double time with B. C. Telephone Company, overtime with B. C. E. R., time and a half up to 10 p.m. (this Includes Saturday afternoons), after that double time until relieved from duty; holidays and Sundays, double time; overtime with Western Canada Power Company, week days, with exception of Saturday, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., time and a half on Saturday afternoons and from 7 p.m. on week days, holidays and Sundays, double time; have the 6-day week with the two power companies; condition of trade very quiet. International Union of Steam and Operating Enginera No. 3»7. President, Oeorge Mlckelsen, Root 216, Labor Temple; secretary-treasurer, E. Prendergast, Room 216, Labor Temple; membership, October 1, 230; houn, 8 ln the city, 9 on bridges and 10 on construction work outside of city, overtime and a half for holidays and Sunday!; ttate of trade, October 1, fairly good ln hoist and portable branch, very dull In stationary bnnch. Tbe old International Union of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen Is now amalgamated wltb'thli union. This scale 11 1175 per month for engineers ln city, 1160 to 1176 and board for out- tide work; cranesmen, 1126, outside, 1110 to $125' and board per month of twenty-alx dayt of ten hours. A local was Instituted at New Westminster, Wednesday, Septembber 10, with eighteen memben. Their scale will be practically the same aa thla local. Journeymen Barbers* International Union of America, No. 120. Preildent, Sam.' T. Hamilton, room 108, Labor Temple, corresponding and financial aeeretary, C. - F. Burkhart, room 208 Labor Temple; membership on October 1, 160; houn 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. five daya,per week, Saturdays 8 a.m. till 11 p.m., with an hour and forty-five minutes off for meals, scale, not less than $11 per week and 60 per cent, on all receipts over $26.00; Saturday man to receive a guarantee of $5 and 60 per cent on all receipts over $40; state of trade on October 1, very ■lack. Expresses Appreciation. Editor B. C. Federatlonist: At the regular meeting of Local.872, South Wellington, September 25th, I was Instructed on behalf of the members to thank you for the Interest you are taking ln your endeavor to raise a Christmas fund for the wives and kiddies of the striking miners on Vancouver Island. The only favor we ask is that the big, husky miner be exempt from the donation, considering we have been on strike since May. Yours fraternally, JOHN R. BARKHOUSE, Rec. Sec, Pro Tem. South Wellington, Sept 26. The Ftd.'a Christmas Box Fund, Editor B. C, Federatlonist: I see by your laat Issue that you have ttarted a fund to provide a good time for the women and children ot the strikers on Vancouver Island at Christmas time. I think It Is a very good idea and one that all union men and friends will only be too willing to tubtcrlbe to, and as I am ln a mining camp here, if you will send me a lubecrlptlon list, with a heading what lt Is for, and give me your authority to collect, 1 will only be too willing to do my best here, as I think we can get quite ah amount here. 8. GIBSON. Merritt, B. C. The "Fid." ee e Dally, Editor B, C, Federationist: The question Is no doubt very Important and I think organlted labor in B, C. will dltcuti thli matter ln the near future, but owing to unfavorable condition!, eipeclally In tbe coal camps in B. C, the unloni are powerless to help now materially. The tame blow hai struck our little union In Solntula. But ■■ toon at the itrlke It over I think every union In B. C, will gladly buy iharei and furthermore we are willing to help now. Whit a political power we would have, were we to turn The Fed. Into a dally! ARTHUR SNIKKAR. Solntlau, B. C, Sept. 16. - Unionist! and the Mllltla. Now cornel the Tradea and Labor Congress of Canada with Its protett agalmt the ute of mllltla ln ttrlket, .■aya "Working Card" ln the Saturday j labor page ot the Reglna Leader. The too ready use of organlted tones- of the Crown, whether police, toldlers or naval men, li becoming a growing feature ln labor disputes, and aa a natural result the organlted worken are learning the real object for which ths mllltla forces ara organlted. At a remit of that knowledge they naturally are beginning to object to memben of their own ranki alao becoming memben of the force* which are uaed to keep their fellow worken ln tub- Jeotlon by meant ot Intimidation and threat!. Of coune, we fully reside why the majority of men Join the mllltla. Something to do to while away the time, and a flash dreis with which to captivate memben ot the opposite sex, with never a thought as to the uiei to which the authorities may put them, until some line morning the climax—active service agalnat the enemy—the enemy memben of their own claai who are trying to make condltlona better for themielvet and their loved onet, and they find themielvet then In the detploable potttion of being tools ln the hand! of the authorltlet to drive their fellow worken back to the degrading condition! agalnat whieh they have had the sprit to protett. Of coune, we alto are aware that according to the law of the Dominion, every male between the age of eighteen yean and tlxty li liable to eerre ln the militia forcet of the country. But wouldn't the authorities have a great time enforcing that! $2.00 Is Two Hundred Cents These Days Anyone buying a Monarch Malleable on or before October 1,6th, paying caah for same and bringing • this advertisement with them will receive $2.00 from ■■ our accountant. C the MONARCH before you buy, as it's the Range the wise all buy. Sole Agent: W. G. STEARMAN The People'e Hardware Merchant, S4S ORANVILLE BT, 'TheKodak House' (3-*-vJ KODAKS and PHOTO SUPPLIES Developing, Printing, Enlarging Picturet and Picture Framing Bishop ft Christie 421 GRANVILLE ST. nUSAT, SATVBBAT. MOsTSAT, ts.00 Aay Style lyoflassee SS.00 Lenses adapted to the eyes by us are guaranteed to give entire satisfaction. SS7 Hsstings St. West, Suite 1. First quality glasses for reading, Dr. Healey eyesight ■ftTffit 8'K,AU81 337 HASTINGS ST. W. Salts 1, upstairs. N«jt to Charlton's 10c Store. Wholesale Manalaughter. "A member ot the Brotherhood df Trainmen it killed every teven and one-quarter houra, and a man It Injured every nine minutei." Thlt itartllng statement wee made by John Flttglbboni, repreaentatlve of the Order of Trainmen, ln teitlmony given before the commluion which It arbitrating the trainmen's demand! for shorter houra and higher wagei, now sitting In New York, which affect! lome forty-two railway! of eastern location. In hit plea for standard ratea throughout the country wai the •tatement given above made, and It wae challenged by counael for the rail, roads, Elliha Lee, but the wltneaa ot the trainmen produced statistics which amply proved hli etatement, layi the tabor Leader. Thli being to, the bare fact remains that the railroads are guilty ot wholesale manalaughter, manalaughter WHOLLY UNNECESSARY, and a terrible Indictment It la, terrible because USELESS. In their greed for dividends human life Is iac- rlllced wholeiale. When will the tac- rlllce ceaset Only when the Trades Unton Movement rise up and force their demand! for Safety Appliances and regard to human life before dlvl- dendt. And thli demandi immediate action, Imperative action. Novelty Fltllng. - Manufacturer. Store Jobbing. 1046 MAIN ST. Quick & Welldone Co. OABisi* tunas E. J. Plon, Manager. International Hod Carriers, Building end Common Liborera' Union No. Si. President, John Sully, Room 220 Labor Temple; eecretary, Charlet Bunce, Room 220 Labor Temple; membenhlp October 1, 300; houn, 8 per day; scale, $4 per day for hodcarriera, $3 per day for city and building laborers; state oif trade, the worst In ten yean. Fernle Ledger's Spsoial Edition. The Dlstriot Ledger, Fernle, has Just published a comprehensive Industrial edition, which Is a booster of all parts of the Crow'a Neit Put. Another Hoax. Shingle Weavers Sawmill Workers, Woodsmen TAKE NOTICE AU interested in organization are requested to at once call at Boom 217, Labor Temple, or communicate with 010. HEATHER-TON A. P. of Ii. General Organizer Trade Union Advirtlalng. Hero's another "change of copy" published by the Workera' Union, running in the columns of the Dally- Citlsen London and Manchester editions: "The Workers' Union Is a mixture of brains and ginger. You have a world to win, with nothing to lose but your pains, and nothing to use but your brains. See. Wishers and wouldera are down ln the mudders. 'Early to bed and early to rise' Is useless unless you organise. We grow with Increasing activity. We thrive with astounding celerity. We increase with amazing velocity. We expand with surprising rapidity. We delight with astounding dexterity. We please with advancing unanimity, Five thousand more nobs Vave bobbed inside of four weeks. The Workers' Union Is 60,000 strong. We are busy bobbing that 100,000 members. Have we bagged your bob—If hot, why not? Laziness travels so slowly tbat poverty overtakes lt—twig? Don't mope; move. Don't sleep; wake. Don't wait; wallop. Don't smooth; smite. Don't limp; leap. Don't stop; start . . Charlei Duncan, M.P., general secretary, 16 Agincourt Road, Hampstead, London, N.W." The "attempted train wrecking" on the E. * N, railway between Nanalmo and Ladyimlth li funny. For the benefit of the reader! of the Province who swallow the dope that Is dished out to them by that paper a little explanation of the actual state or things will be In order. It appears that tbe special police thuga have so little to do that It Is up to them to spring surprises on the public at times so as to justify their presence, Where It tultt the paternal government of B. C, to place them, ai) at convenient tlmei when they have got everything ready and consider the time opportune to make another coup, they have had an attempt to burn or blow up a bridge to deal with, hut ai tbat game li played out lt haa to take another form, so thli time It It an attempt to wreck the train between Nanalmo and Ladyimlth. Ai for the "patrol" being established on account of this alleged attempt to wrack the train, perhaps the Province -will be surprised to know that the patrol was established long before this attempt was made, at your correspondent taw tenti being erected and toy soldiers and special police patrolling the trackt. If there hai been any actual obstruction! placed on the track! It shows either a lack of watchfulneti on the part of the patrols or the Inference may be drawn that the1'patrols know more about the obstruction be-1 The mlnliter ot labor, Hon. W. T. Crothers, after a ipeotacular trip to the Pacific coast, ln company with hli law partner, Samuel Price, of St. Thomas, to inveitigate "tnd lettle" the itrlke of cool mlnen on Vancouver liland, Is evidently non-pluaied at the complete failure of hli effort! at mediation. Not knowing what to do next, he li now Juit raiting and leaving any further action to the provincial authorltlet. So tar at hit depuf- mmt It concerned, the only announcement made in connection with the •trlken' riots st Nanalmo it that no definite further action It contemplated. Although Hr. Crothen made a pertonal visit to the tcene ot trouble last month, hs It getting hli law partner to prepare ah official report Hr. Price, at hat been noted, accompanied the mlnltter on hit weitern trip at a handiome fee per day from the public treasury. The official report of Mr. Price la now "in coune of preparation." It aay be noted that thli li the third or fourth profitable government communion which Hr. Crothen' law partner hia secured •Ince the mlnltter, of labor attumed office, HU work for the government will, It li undentood, continue for ■ome time yet, and will probably Involve a trip to England thli mOnth.— Ottawa Free Praia* • Brotherhood ef Carpenten. The regular meeting of above-named onion took place Honday night September 19, In the Labor Temple, all offlcen being preeent A communication waa received bom the Northweet Council of Carpenten,! showing state of trade In the Jurisdiction for August. Idaho shows a gain of 44 In member ship, Montana 66. Oregon 14 and Washington 16. Taeoma and Grays Harbor reported builneti fair, Portland reported builnett fair and improving, Seattle mlllmen reported trade ai poor, while Spokane asks thtt all carpenten itay away from that city, ai an open ihop tight is in progreu. Four men are reported on the sick Hit David Cromah wrenched the Haa- menta of hli knee badly Wedneaday. September 24, F. W. Harford, North -Burnaby. has a bad foot, J. H. McDonald. Kamloopi, It ln the sanitarium there with'lung trouble, while J- B. Roke hai a vary lore hand, One member wu Initiated and one received by clearance, with one application pending, Greed's Own Ghost. The moit minute learch hai failed to unearth the, Tradei Dltputet Reform League, iiyi the Dally Citlsen. Thla phantom hai been lole.mnly announced ae "out" to repeal the Tradei Dltputet Act It It to much "out" that it leemi to be lost or ttolen. Among capitalists, and more eipeclally among thoae of the baser sort, the Trades Dispute!1 Act ll the fly In the amber. Of many strikes that have taken place, since 1906, "none," we read, "could havo been Instituted with any chance of lucceu had not the Trade Unloni obtained from Parliament the 'right to riot' under the gulie ot peaceful picketing." That li a pntty average ipe- dmen of the rampant traih talked by Individual! who not only like to have the Army, Navy and auxiliary forcei on tap aa iweater-protecton, but cannot get over the tact that to atrlke Is no longer a crime. They teem to hope that on the next chance offered working men will vote to |have themielvet again "run ln." So lt It reported that there li a movement among "provincial manufacturen" to get rid ot the Tredei Dispute Act, by hook or by crook. There It no doubt at any rate that If the precious Tradet Diiputet Reform League it not a body, and hai not even an honorary lecretary bold enough to own It, or' a pottal addreu, it Is a spirit snd a skulking,-mesn and untruthful spirit ready to put Its arm around the workman's neck and stab him In the back. Today Mr. Edison Is Reproducing 60% of the Music far other. machines only reproduced So have about 25 per cent. Do yon realize what an improvement this differ- ,epee of 35 per cent, extra means means to you. Mr. Edison's latest achievement is his NEW DISC PHONOOEAPH The reproduction (60 per cent.) is so clear and distinct that you can hear every word sung, as well ss every note in the accompaniment. Decide to hear one todsy. It is a pleasure - to us to show you the new improvements. The Oldest- Music House In B.C Successors to M. W. WAITT a 00. 868 Granville St. How dreary yesterday was, and how bright tomorrow promltei to be! Optimism toachei <n to let the other fellow worry about what we owe. acknowledge. The whole affair as reported appears to be a tale made out of the whole cloth, to throw discredit on some one and is taken for what lt li worth by the people of Nanalmo and Ladyimlth. The report ll claited ai the product of some degenerate Thi Barbara. The barben held their regular meeting Tueiday evening, September 18, and wae fairly well attended. The tec- retary waa ordered to Invite deleaatet and International offlcen, who will be in attendance at the Seattle convention of the American Federation of Labor next month, to vtalt the Vancouver local. It li likely that Oen. Pros. Trank X. Nochang, Oen. Sec. Jacob Fischer, Oen, Orgtnlter J. C. Shaneny and Editor W. .m. Kapettky, of tha Barben' Journal,, will he among thote preient. There wu one initiation and four apollcatloni received. Mr, C. F. Burkhart, the genial and well-known business agent of the Barben' union, received daring the week the ead intelligence ot the patilngi awav of hit father. Hr. J. H. Burkhart at Mill Valley. Cal. The late Hr. Burkhart was a life-long member ot the Carpenter's union. Our Mr. Burkhart has the lymnathy of hit many frlendi and co-wbrken around the Labor Temple. United Brotherhood of Cirpenttre and Joln.rt No. 617. ,' President, Ed. Meek; room 80S, Labor Temple;! recording secretary, Thomaa Lindsay,' room S06, Labor Temple; membership, October 1, 888; scale, 68% cents per hour, overtime time snd.1 s half, double time on Saturday afternoons, holidays and Sundays; houn, 8, with Saturday half holiday; conditions of trade on October 1, dull, but Improving slowly. Former T.tLC. F .itldent Here. J. Jeffrey, a former preildent of the Trades snd,Labor'Council,' was In the city thla week renewing old-time acquaintance!. For the patt eight yean or so he hat been tn partnership with his brother In the hotel bull- Who overcome! by force hath conquered but half hla foe.—Hilton. "Did the doctor tell'you what you had?" "No. He took what I had without teUIng me." I Vancouver Realty k Business Exchange WE SELL AND EXCHANGE HOUSES, LOTS, H0MB8ITES, ACREAGE, FRUIT AND CHICKEN FARMS, HOTELS, CAFES, ROOMING HOUSES, RETAIL 8TORB8, LIVERY STABLES, SAW MILLS, SHINGLE MILLS, GRAIN ELEVATORS, BOATS, AUTOMOBILES. LOANS AND INSURANCE 401 HOLDEN BUILDING 16 Hattlngi Stmt E. Whole Wheat Brsad Choice Family Bread, Wedding and Birthday Cakes. Belyea's Bakery ALL KINDS OF Oakss and Pastry and Oon- fecttonery Ws Use Union Float. *•*. Sty. not, Phone Bayvlew 149, Pairvisw Department Store, oooo isisrou ar. aetwtta 4th and sth Ant. For Urk-olMs good! at low prlota. thli It tat iton whan yoa should »«r. E. P. PEDERSLIE, Prop. iss noawsoiaa raooaa- un> stobb. ■aw aad SaoonS-Band Ooods of Ivory Description Bought aad Sold. lit CORDOVA ST. E. Phone Bay. 143 O. D. Ford, Mgr. KiUilano Plumbing Oo. aaagot Connected. Vhoaa Bay. ns, aatabllaktS ISSS Support ualoa labor PZBTH DYE WORKS DYEING AND CLEANING. istssrms am wous tree saoom at BERGMAN'S CAFE 76 Hastings Street West -When In my vicinity visit mi for a flrat elate meal at modirati prlota Union white help entirely. The belt product! obtained that the market affords. Flnt class accommodation. Only modern system of cooking on the Paolflc Coait, lecond to none when compared with other American Cities on the Coait. Nicely furnlihed loomt ln connection, Juit perfected In the mott modern ityle and now ready for occupancy, at 60c pet night and up. Merchants' Lunch 11-3 25c Short Orders Day and Night Know more about the obttruotton be-lwho haa got the disease commonly new at Portage la Prairie, Man., the tng there than they would care to known at an excels of pipe dreamt. Merchant's Hotel, Ci«eE SBABOLD e> McELOEOY Proprietors Cor. Pender and Seymour Vaaeoaytt, a, 0.
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