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Don’t Fail to Subscribe Today—Galveston Daily Herald
VOL. 1.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913.
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No. 30
GALVESTON HERALD WILL
Victim of Loan Sharks
Becomes Auto Bandit
SOON BE ISSUED AS A DAILY
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CARPENTERS NO. 526.
PAINTERS NO. 585.
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hands after leaving the farmer, and
It is not the intention of the Labor
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in and tries to buy what they have.
Just Wednesday one farmer who had
fine
was
each making a handsome profit, on
stuff anywhere from three days to
five weeks oldfi propose to put a man
in the city market, or two men, if
necessary, let them buy the stuff from
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Meeting was called to order prompt-
ly at 9 o’clock.
Roll call showed a great attendance.
Some Officers
Doing Good Work
Beginning March 1, the Herald
will be changed to a daily paper;
print the truth and carry the news
to your home as soon as it happens;
by carrier for only 25c a month.
Graft Exist at
the City Market
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r Minutes of previous meeting were
“Get the News While It Is News”
proaches the farmers as they come
It was learned at this meeting that
some of the restaurant bosses, when
needing employes, called up the salva-
tion Army and asked them if they can
send the msome men to fill the va-
cancies. We would much rather have
the bosses in the future first apply to
the local (60) when in need of em-
ployes, as we have a few men that
are not at work at present, and it
would be appreciated to have them
ask us for needed help.
Galveston Labor Herald
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GALVESTON LABOR COUNCIL AND AFFILIATED UNIONS.
Council was received and filed.
A communication from a sister lo-
cal in the State of Illinois, asking for
financial aid for one of their members
who is in trouble at present, was re-
ceived, and the amount of $10 was do-
nated toward his cause.
The house card committee report-
ed that/ they had signed up one more
new house, (the aPnama Cafe), and I
have one more in sight.
Business is flourishing at present.
Business Agent Lusk turned in quite
a large sum of collection of dues and
initiation fees, which showed that all I
of the boys are keeping in good stand-
ing with the local.
Bro. Mitrovich was reported as hav-
ing been sick, but is at work again.
Three new candidates were initiat-
ed and six new applications were bal-
lotted on. The result was favorable.
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Again we repeat that there is more
room for playgrounds for children
than is being utilized by the none
here.
The American people are deeply in
debted to the organized workers- un
ceasing efforts and activities to attain
[ human betterment and to secure ab-
solute justice for all. In no similar pe-
riod of time have so many splendid re-
sults been accomplished by means of
legislation, as the following record will
show for the one present session of
Congress;
1. An effective injunction limitation
bill has been passed by the House,
and the American workers are flood-
ing the mails with demands for United
States senators to pass this necessary
legislation during this session of Con-
gress.
2. A contempt bill has passed the
House and is now before the Senate
for final action. The workers demand
thrt it became a law as a complemen-
tary measure to the injunction limita-
tion bill.
3. A convict labor bill, protecting
fair manufacturers and free labor,
passed the House, and the Senate Ju-
diciary committee is now deliberating
how soon to report it favorably.
4. The Department of Labor, bill,
which has been urged for 10 years,
has passed the House without a dis-
senting vote. The Senate cannot ig-
Was Honest Man, With Good References from Employers Until the
Evil Hour Which Placed Him in Clutches of the Insatiable Shy-
locks. Dallas Pawnbroker Thinks That Loan Sharking Is a
Cardinal Sin and Should Be Made a Misdemeanor.
tions, if they can not, then he will be
pointed out. One way to rid the city
market of this “digit” is to buy noth-
ing from him and another is for Com-
missioner Austin to refuse to rent
him a stall at the expiration of his
first month. It is the belief of the
Labor Herald that Mr. Austin will
look into the matter and if the things
are as represented, will put these “lit-
tle fellows” out of business.
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Senate and is now pending in the
House.
driven eighteen miles with as
vegetables as could be wanted,
vision on all contracts in the naval
appropriation bill, involving the expen-
diture of $28,000,000, has passed the
House and Senate. A bill making eight
hours the normal workday for dredge-
men has been reported favorably by
the House Committee on Labor.
7. The workmen’s compensation bill,
applicable to employes engaged in
Herald to say that all those having-
stalls in the city market are in the
“little game.” Far from it. But the
grafter is there and the Galveston
people will recognize him by his ac-
Carpenters held their regular meet-
ing as usual last Tuesday, and as
time goes on, the attendance at meet-
ings grows larger, and greater inter-
est is manifested in the handling of
business. Keep the good work up,
and perhaps our entire membership
will turn out every meeting.
Five members on clearance and two
on applications were received and act-
ed upon.
Several communications were re-
ceived and acted upon.
Report of the Labor Council was
read and received.
The B. A. reports everything work
ing smoothly.
The grievance -committee reported
the unfair conditions existing at the
new Moody compress. We were al-'
ways under the impression that Mr.
Moody was partial to home labor and
union labor was his choice, but since
he has become acquainted with the
around in the North or the East or
of taking music lessons in Paris, but
jut a simple plan of a few foreigners
to rob the farmers of Galveston coun-
ty of the privileges and benefits
which they might derive from the re-
cently established city market.
These foreign vegetable venders
who have their fingers on the throats
of the housewives of Galveston for
the past twenty years do not expect
to loosen their grip without a strug-
gle and have, therefore, undertaken
to perfect plans by which the useful-
ness of the city market, so far as the
hard working, honest farmer of the
county is concerned, will be reduced
to a cipher. The plan of these strings
of zeroes was accidentally overheard
by a couple of Galveston ladies who
had co meto the market to do some
shopping, and briefly stated, is about
as follows: Those corner grocerymen
and street peddlars who have been
holding up the good ladies of Galves-
ton for twenty years at the point of
a six-shooter, so to speak, and rob-
bing them of money, giving in return
stale vegetables, butter and eggs
which passed through a half dozen
Another puny, sickly attempts at
premeditated graft has been uncov-
ered in the city of Galveston. This
time it is not one of those rotten com-
binations entered into for the pur-
pose of “skinning” the entire city or
county out of any large sum of money
in order that a few dirty politicians
or mollycoddles may live through the
- summer without further efforts, or
that the daughter of some old pin-
As in Paris, auto bandits created a
great deal of excitement in Chicago,
holding up numerous persons, but
fortunately killing only one police-
man. Webb, the man who killed the
policeman, confessed the crime to the
Cooke county state’s attorney, after
a grilling which lasted forty-eight
hours. He implicated between fifteen
and twenty other auto bandits, and
the state’s attorney, in order to get
the confession from Webb, promised
that he would not demand the death
penalty. This is just ordinary news
matter of the kind that most read-
ers casually look over and leave for
other subjects, perhaps more or less
sensational.
But Webb, the auto bandit, bore a
good reputation in Chicago for a long
. time, and was known as a worker,
who could be depended upon until in
an hour of supposed need, he fell into
the clutches of the loan sharks. They
not only plucked him relentlessly, but
to a degree that made it impossible
for him to lead an honest life. So he
became a bandit. Many receipts from
loan sharks were found on Webb’s
person when he was taken into cus-
tody. The statement of the state’s at-
torney is to the effect that Webb was
the only one of the gang of auto ban-
dits who was known to work, but that
he always had good references from
his employers. The need for money
to satisfy the claims of the loan
sharks caused him to fall from his
place of respectability and honest
prestige, just as it has led thousands
of other men to become dishonest and 1
women to lead lives of vice—that they
might meet the demands of the re- i
morseless loan shark. I
The case of Webb occurred in Chi- l
cago. How many of the gamblers I
who are prosecuted in the courts of 1
the city are victime of the loan 1
er, but we will get an injunction out
against the weather man soon, and
have him give us more pleasant
weather.
As we are expecting a lot of work
to begin soon, we beg you to see that
union men are recognized wherever
possible, and you can rest assured
that the work will be done right.
note the demand of the workers in re-
spect to this bill.
5. The postoffice employes have had
the “gag” taken from their lips and
the full rights of citizenship granted
them in a sweeping measure passed by
the House, written and urged by the
American Federation of Labor. This
is now before the Senate, and the as-
surance is given that it will be passed
by that body.
1. The eight-hour bill has passed
both houses, has been signed by the
president, and is now law. An eight-
hour provision is included in the forti
flcation bill. An eight-hour provision
for postoffice clerks and letter carriers
was included in the postoffice bill,
which has been passed by the House
and is now pending favorable action
"in the Senate. An eight-hour pro-
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A union button worn by a careless,
indifferent, vinegar-visaged fellow will
domore harm to an organization in fif-
teen seconds than can be overcome in
.hat many months. One of the aims
four International Union is to en-
ourage the very highest skill and efi-
iency, to frown down any attempt to
serve the patrons where we are em-
ployed in such a manner as to lose
rade for our employer. We believe in
giving the greatest measure of good
service for the best possible wage that
Blind prejudice is as bad in one man
as another. The proper thing to do
is to see which is right. No man has
ever been hurt by being just.
this local who have so far forgotten'of people.
themselves as to work at the new! There are a great many members
pier for the scale and hours of the out of work on account of bad weath-
the working rules of Galveston.
The sick committee reports only
two members sick. These will be
looked after by the sick committee.
After a general discussion under
good of the order, the meeting was
adjourned.
the farmers who come and then sell
it for less than the same kind of
stuff offered by the farmer who has
sold it. Of course, they would lose
money for a fe wdays, but in a short
time the farmer would be put out of
business and the entire city market
would be i nthe hands of those who
have been handling the trade for the
past twenty years. This being done,
they propose to go back to the old
prices and let the good ladies come to
the market for it instead of delivering
it. Bright idea! But it is working.
Already the representative of these
“little grafters” has a stall at the mar-
ket and can be seen from day to
Phone 2410 and subscribe. Don’t miss
offered forty cents per dozen bunches
for his entire load. This is exactly
what the farmer gets when he spends
the day retailing them and the offer
looked good. But upon a second
thought it was declined, as the farmer
said there seemed to be something
wrong. Others were approached and
attempts made to discourage them.
One man sold out and another was
about to do so when told by a farmer
who had been “put wise” to the
scheme, what the game was. Then
he declared that he would carry them
back to the farm and feed them to
his hogs before he would sell them
to the “skindicate” at any price.
It simply remains up to the good
people of Galveston to say what they
will do in the matter. If they want
the city market with the farmer bring-
ing fresh vegetables from the garden
every day in the year, they can have
it. And if they want the old way of
doing things, they can have it. Do
your duty.
next to the Hub Cigar Store on 23rd
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Huit Construction Co. of Texas, all a business to cater to white people. Interstate commerce, has passed ' the
his methods have changed. [Find out who did his painting, and let
We have only three members of, him get his support from that class
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM-
PLOYES NO. 69.
A communication was received
from Messrs. Hookstra and Roetsch,
who are now general contractors, ask-
i ing the local to furnish them union
men. We feel proud to hear same,
and can supply satisfactory men.
There will be a special meeting
Tuesday, February 25, to pass on new
by-laws. All members are expected
to be present.
Red Ike.
The Tombstone Poet.
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ORGANIZED LABOR AND
FEDERAL LEGISLATION
i sharks, who have taken their measly
, pittance left from a settlement and
; tried to run the sum up to enough to
■ do a little good for themselves, no
> one can calculate without access to
> the loan shark’s books. Yet last Wed-
• nesday, in the corporation court a
: case was tried in which the victim of
the city hall loan shark was one /of
the principals, the difficulty taking
him into court having occurred on the
Mallory dock when he was unable to
pay the pie woman, after running the
gantlet of the Shylocks.
In this case there is no implica-
tion of criminality. The loan shark’s
victim simply didn’t have the money
with which to pay the pie woman, and
because he could not pay he was as-
saulted.
No practice which is unregulated by
law is as pernicious in effect as that
of the loan shark.
It is related that Abe Goldstein of
Dallas, one of the most prominent
and best known of the pawnbrokers
in Texas, spent a few hours in Austin
recently, whither he had gone to look
into the provisions of the Lattimore
bill regulating the loan sharks. He
has no use for professional loan
sharks and is of the opinion that poor
people should be protected from ex-
tortion, and that the lawmakers
should make usury not only a car-
dinal sin, but a misdemeanor as
well.
The loan shark merits no considera-
tion from anyone, as he is the source 1
of much crime and vice, and it is a '
distinct step in the direction of right :
that the lawmakers of Texas have
given the matter of regulating him
their attention. It would be better if
he could be eliminated or placed be-
hind the bars, but the people will
have to be satisfied with a little bene-
fit if they acnnot obtain a great one.
Meeting was called to order by ex-
> President Potts, due to Bro. Reynolds
- having visitors from San Antonio. We
■ missed him greatly. .
Roll call of officers showed all pres-
ent except Bro. Reynolds.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and adopted.
Roll call of members showed a very
large attendance.
Seven applications for membership
were received, but held over until
next meeting, as the union was busy
taking up new by-laws.
Bros. Hemingway and J. B. Jordan
were reported on the sick list, but im-
proving.
Bro. C. C. David met with a serious
, accident while driving his auto, hav-
ing been cut in the head by a negro
driving a cotton float.
I noticed a man doing the work
• From items appearing in the local
' press during the past two weeks and
from comments of individuals, it
would seem that Detectives Burke
and Henderson are doing a nice
piece of work among the crooks of
this city. They have established two
or three nice records during the past
two weeks, both in number of arrests
for a single pair of officers and also
for the nature of offenses for which
arrests were made by them.
' Some quick work has already been
recorded by them, but during the
present week they have been break-
ing their own speed laws, in two
cases having apprehended burglars
within twelve hours after the robbery
was reported to them.
Not working on big cases alone,
however, Detective Burke has made
quite a little clean-up on moochers
occasionally. For this work he is
well fitted, being in plain clothes and
thereby having the better chance to
get at the men while they are ac-
tually at work.
We . hope he will keep up the good
lick among the sickening squad of
moochers and that the two officers
will soon rid our city of the band of
burglars and robbers that have of
late been raiding residences in quite
a free-handed manner.
Huit Construction Co., same being 30
cents per hour and ten hours per day.
We hope that the farmers of this
great state (and we are proud to
claim them as brothers, as we are
holding membership under the char-
ter of the A. F. of L.), will not for-
get that the new Moody press was
erected by unfair labor and against
headed, pewter tongued office-holder lay. Too, it can be seen that he ap-
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that improves the condition of the
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ployed, will be of benefit to all others
eventually and show to the world in
general the true aim and object of
rade unionism.
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If you have an item or a per-
sonal that will be of interest to
union men and women, give it to
The Labor Herald. Phone or
write.
8. The illiteracy test for immigrants
has passed the Senate and is now
pending in the House.
9. An amendment to the United
States Constitution, providing for pop
ular election of United States senators
has passed both houses and, is now
before the State Legislatures for rati-
fication. X
10. The Children’s Bureau bill has
become a law.
11. The match bill, prohibiting the
Are you wearing suspenders which
bear the union label? They can be
had, and it is not necessary to wear
the other kind.
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Of course, the man who doesn’t have
union men in his employ has a reason
for it, but the union men probably have
a better reason for not being in his
employ.
I manufacture of white phosphorus
, natches, thus protecting the health of
- the workers, has been enacted into
law.
ll. A statute will shortly be enacted
abuusing the mediaeval practice of
impusing involuntary servitude upon
seaszci, and making it compulsory
ug jhip owners to man and equip
then vessels efficiently.
13. The Bureau of Miners act, which
win oafeguard thousands of human
lives, has been effectively strengthened
by statute.
14. The Federal compensation for in-
juries act has been amended by extend
ing its provision to the employes in the
Bureau of Mines service. It has alsc
been recommended by the House Ju
diciary Committee to extend this meas
ure to all Government employes and
15. The industrial commission bil
has passed the House and is now be
fore the Senate for final action.
16. The inhuman stop-watch-high
speed schemes of employers to drive
workmen have been investigated and
rejected by a competent committee of
the House, and bills in the House and
Senate have been favorably reported
to stop these iniquitous systems.
17. Publications by the trade unions
and fraternities have been fostered by
the passage through the House of the
“Dodd’s bill,” Which is now before the
Senate for final action.
18. The Bartlett-Bacon anti-trust
bill, granting full liberty of associa-
tion to organizations not for profit,
has been reported favorably by the
House Committee on Labor.
19. By the enactment of the plate
printers’ bill the people’s money will
to increase its beneficial provisions for
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