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ORDER OF PENDO.
Spokane Council, No. 149, organized May 17, 1899 .- E. C. Galbraith, P. C .; John W. Gibson, councilor; N. C. Nycum, V. C .; R. M. Wells, secretary; Mrs. E. Bertrand, treas- urer; Mrs. Wilson, chaplain; Mrs. George El- ler, guide; George E. Eller, warden; H. A. Terwilliger, sentinel. Meets second and fourth
Thursdays of each month, 8 P. M., at Van Houten hall, Riverside avenue.
Cascade Council, No. 95 .- Dr. Jean C. Chandler, P. C .; Charles Dixon, councilor ; Mary Jamison, V. C .; Mrs. Phillis Carleton, secretary ; Maud Pitcher, treasurer ; Ida Davis, chaplain; Ada Harcleroad, guard; Carl Davis, warden; W. E. Maxwell, sentinel.
ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.
Organized July 2, 1892. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Oliver hall. John T. Percival, past grand counselor; Mrs. Ida May Keating, counselor; WV. R. Kelsey, vice-counselor; E. A. Thomas, instructor; James Keating, secretary; Mrs. E. M. Percival, treasurer; W. L. Root, prelate; John Jordan, marshal.
NATIONAL UNION.
National Union of Spokane .- Meets every first and third Thursdays of each month at Odd Fellows' hall. G. H. Hughes, president; Julius Zittel, secretary; G. H. Whittle, treas- urer.
UNITED ARTISANS.
Meets first and third Saturdays of each month in Oliver hall, 334 Riverside avenue. Samuel B. Johnson, M. A .; Mrs. Peterson, superintendent; Mary E. Peach, secretary.
UNITED MODERNS.
Washington Lodge, No. 83 .- Meets second and fourth Tuesdays, 209 Hyde block. S. WV. Foster, chancellor ; D. Lewis Hunt, record- er; Wm. H. McCrea, orator; Calvin E. Newell, regent ; Geo. B. Weaver, financial secretary and treasurer.
UNITED ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CROSS.
Western Star Commandery, No. 471 .- Meets every second and fourth Fridays of each month. C. E. Bisbee, N. C .; Mrs. Lizzie M. Ford, V. N. C .: Mrs. A. A. Hopkinson, N.
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K. of R .; Mrs. E. J. Muzzy, F. K. of R .; E. B. Hopkinson, treasurer; Mrs. Luetta D. Bis- bee, prelate; W. R. Parks, P. N. C .; Robert Mckenzie, herald.
FRATERNAL UNION OF AMERICA.
Mt. Carlton Lodge, No. 294 .- Meets every Tuesday, 8 P. M., at Eddy hall. H. E. Peck, fraternal master; Irene Stuart, justice ; J. W. Schofield, protector; A. A. Bigham, guide; Susie Armstrong, truth; Cora Sherwood, mercy; Mattie W. Reynolds, secretary; H. A. Shaw, treasurer; J. A. Hargrove, guard; Clarke Armstrong, sentinel; August Ilse, E. E. Sherwood, stewards.
IMPERIAL KNIGHTS.
Spokane Commandery, No. 7 .- Meets in K. of P. Hall, first and third Wednesdays of each month. E. H. Hutchinson, commander; C. A. Bailor, past commander ; W. C. Rhodes, vice-commander; J. H. Ketchum, chaplain ; John Hoyt, counselor; A. C. Klein, secretary; J. H. Spear, treasurer; Charles Freese, mar- shal; Q. E. Doane, collector; W. T. Johnson, sentinel; W. Belden, A. W. McCallum, N. M. Baker, trustees.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY.
Spokane Council, No. 502 .- Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month, 8 P. M., at K. of P. hall. A. J. Carey, president ; J. Strandberg, first vice-president; S. Wealy, sec- ond vice-president; J. Corbett, prelate ; E. J. Luster, conductor ; G. B. Koontz, financial sec- retary; Mrs. A. Klaus, corresponding secre- tary; C. H. Klaus, treasurer.
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
The first fraternal and benevolent order of colored men to be established in the city was organized at Oliver hall Monday evening, March 20, 1900, when Spokane Lodge, No. 4794, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, closed its charter and announced itself ready for business. The organization of the new
lodge was the result of a movement which had been on foot for the previous year to es- tablish such an order, Rev. S. J. Collins having been very active in the matter. The new lodge started off with a membership of nineteen, in- cluding some of the most prominent colored citizens of the city.
The following officers were elected for the first term : S. J. Collins, N. G .; William Hop- kins, V. G .; A. J. Smith, N. F .; Joseph Shelly, P. and F .; J. A. Williams, P. S .; Frank Will- son, E. S .; H. B. Smith, chaplain ; Louis Fer- rell, warden; George Anderson, treasurer; Joseph Hazelwood, I. G .; Frank Willson, R. S. to N. G .; Robert Fuller, L. S. to N. G .; Ed Winlock, R. S. to V. G .; William Rum- fort, L. S. to V. G.
The regular meetings will be held twice a month in Oliver hall.
KNIGHTS OF KHORASSAN.
The Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan was organized in Spokane a few months ago, and February, 1900, officers elect- ed to serve for the following year. The new lodge is a side order of the Knights of Pythias and only members in good standing in the latter lodge will be eligible to membership in the new organization. The lodge is organized purely for social purposes and the new Knights are looking forward to a great time during the grand session, which is to be held here in May. The order is Arabian in character and bears the same relation to the Knights of Pyth- ias as does the Mystic Shrine to the Masons.
The Knights of Khorassan start off with a charter membership of seventy-five and at their meeting in February they elected the fol- lowing officers: J. W. Merritt, venerable sheik; L. W. Perkins, royal vizier; Charles Clark, grand emir; Dr. C. C. Mann, mahdi ; Gustav Meese, secretary; G. W. Chant, menial; J. W. McArthur, treasurer; William Beeler, sahib; G. L. Ide, joc, and Orno Strong, mo- kanna.
CHAPTER XXVII.
TRADES UNIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
We are especially indebted for the facts presented in this chapter to the Labor Day edition, 1899. of the Freemen's Labor Journal.
The Trades Council was organized by the federation of the Typographical Union, the Bricklayers, the Knights of Labor, the Car- penters, the Stone Masons and the Plasterers' unions at a meeting held on November 1, 1889.
Since that time the council has met weekly ever since. It has affiliated with it all unions of the city save four, and these four are among those that make up the Building Trades Coun- cil. Each organization affiliated is allowed four delegates. It is a conservative body and rep- resents the cream of unionism in Spokane, and is the voice of organized labor taken collective- ly. Consequently through its affiliated unions ii represents over eighteen hundred men. A. Johnson, president: G. 11. Miers, secretary; F. A. Foss, treasurer.
The Building Laborers' Union .- The year 1889 was a most important one to organized labor, and from that year many of our best and strongest labor unions date their organ- ization.
The first meeting of the Building Laborers' Union was held on the first Saturday in March, in 1889. Officers were elected and an organ- ization perfected with a membership of twenty- five. It increased rapidly in strength, influence and membership. Its first scale of wages was two dollars and a half for a day of nine hours.
They applied for a charter from the Build- ing Laborers' International Union and became affiliated in October, 1889. with a membership of three hundred. In the year 1890 their scale of wages was increased.
The union is good, strong, well organized
and one of the best and most active in the city of Spokane.
Their present scale of wages is thirty-five cents per hour for a day of eight hours. The union is one of the most conservative in action. They are particularly fortunate in being free from strikes, etc. E. S. Potts, president ; Wmn. Ausbach, vice-president : E. S. Smith, secre- tary: John Olson, treasurer.
The Plasterers organized eleven years ago and are working under an international charter. They now have a membership of fifty and have succeeded in establishing a wage scale of five dollars per day of eight hours. They are a live, energetic lot of fellows, and their trade is well organized and but few non-union mem- bers of the craft are available in the city, all of whom are unskilled mechanics, and even they do not number but about four. The Plasterers are affiliated with the Building Trades Council.
The Building Trades Council was organ- ized in the spring of 1899 in order to closer af- filiate the building trades of the city. The fol- lowing unions are represented in it : The car- penters, plumbers, building laborers, plasterers, painters and paperhangers, shinglers and lath- ers. All of the building trades with the excep- tion of the bricklayers and masons and team- sters, which, especially the former two, refuse to affiliate on account of a difference of view as to its advisability and the way it should be organized. The painters, plumbers and building laborers' unions are also affiliated with the Trades Council. 1. M. Dempsey president : James Bannon, vice-president : E. l'hair, recording secretary : George Rowl, treas- lurer : N. A. Meservey, financial secretary.
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The Barbers' Union has been organized by the organization committee of the Trades Council. It has a membership of forty and has taken out a charter of the International. It is organized on conservative lines and does not attempt to control hours or wages, but simply to unionize the shops in the town. The benefit of such a course is readily seen, even by the most casual observer. Ground once gained can be held and by slow progress the unioniz- ing of the barber shops is accomplished without strikes, boycotts or loss of work. The barbers ask the moral support of organized labor in that they talk to their barber regarding the union card and that they give the union card support and hearty encouragement.
The first attempt to organize the barbers was in 1890, when an organization was par- tially perfected, but for various reasons became disrupted. In the fall again the trade was or- ganized, but on account of lack of support it soon disbanded. In 1892 a third effort was made to organize the craft, but it soon followed the fate of its predecessors. Things then drifted along in an indifferent fashion until 1897, when another organization was estab- lished, which showed considerable vigor and energy, though it soon slid down the estab- lished route to oblivion laid out by the former organizations. In the spring of 1899 an or- ganization was formed for the purpose of se- curing legislation in the shape of a barbers' license law. In June, 1899, an organization was perfected on conservative lines under a charter of the Journeymen's International Union of America. This organization now includes nearly all, if not all, of the shops in the city, there being only two or three shops that have not complied with the requirements of the union.
The Printers' Union .- Away back in 1886, August 19th, to be accurate, the printers of Spokane Falls decided to organize a local branch of the International Typographical Union. It was not brought to a successful 16
conclusion without some misgivings on the part of the boys, for in those days the country was new, the town had not yet taken on metro- politan airs, and organized labor in Spokane Falls was somewhat of a myth. However, the charter in due time came from headquarters and it now adorns the union hall, with Geo. A. Epperson, R. B. Dawson, D. W. C. Britt, Harry Howe, H. Robinson, Henry W. Green- berg, F. A. Graves and James M. Edwards as charter members. H. A. Bronson, president; L. W. Perkins, vice-president; W. J. Honey, secretary-treasurer ; A. W. Swenson, recording secretary; W. L. Wright, sergeant-at-arms; Arthur Brock, reading clerk; L. W. Perkins, H. C. Root, Charles Lamphere, Percy Camp- bell, WV. S. Leslie, executive committee. There is also a Pressmen's Union and Assistant Press- men and Press Feeders' Union.
The Bricklayers .- The Bricklayers' Union, No. I, of Spokane, was organized in the sum- mer of 1889. In December, 1889, the local union applied for a charter from the Brick- layers and Masons International Union of America, becoming No. 3, of Washington. Two unions, one at Tacoma and one at Seattle, had previously been installed. The installation took place the Ist of January, 1890, and was performed by Thomas R. Lawlor, lately de- ceased, then the nearest deputy of the Inter- national Union.
The following officers were then installed as the first officers of the union under the new charter : W. S. Wraight, president ; J. J. Sees, vice-president; William Ryan, recording sec- retary ; Dan Steele, financial secretary ; William Drysdale, treasurer ; James Ryan, George Las- lett and Thomas Lawlor as board of trustees.
The membership of the union was about two hundred. The history ever since its or- ganization is the brightest that any union could wish for, the relations between the union and the contractors having been the most friendly. No difficulties have been encountered, hence no strike has been suffered.
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The success of the bricklayers is due in a great measure to the conservatism of action and the cool judgment and clear-headed actions of its members. In many ways it is the strong- est organization in Spokane, as there is more cohesion and unity among the members and ino factional or personal divisions among the members. F. A. Foss, president; Thomas Gillard, vice-president; Herman Schueneman, recording secretary ; John Skillman, financia! : secretary ; Wm. Archer, treasurer ; G. Peterson, ·doorkeeper.
The Carpenters' Union .- The Carpenters' Union, No. 98, is one of the strongest and most prosperous unions in the city. It has a membership of over three hundred, and less than five of them are unemployed. Ninety- five per cent. of the carpenters of the city be- long to the union, including all the skilled me- chanics. Leading members of the Carpenters' Union say that owing to the building boom of the last few years their members average over nine months' employment per annum. Thus, owing to the fair standard of wages paid, in spite of the high prices of commodities, car- penters are able to make a comfortable living for themselves and families. They work eight hours per day, the same as the other menibers .of the building trades. The minimum wages paid is forty cents per hour. Ernest Phair, president : Robert Graham, vice-president ; A. .Smart, secretary; N. A. Meservey, treasurer.
The Retail Clerks' Association is one of the less aggressive unions of Spokane. It has no wage scale and directs its whole efforts to keep the present closing hours, that work so bene- ficially for the best interests of not only the .clerks, but the merchants as well. Charles Haugh, president; W. C. Drnry, vice-presi- .dent ; H. C. Burnett, secretary; Walter Schultz, treasurer.
The Plumbers' Union is one of the strong- est in Spokane. It has a membership of forty- two and the members are all employed regu- larly. The scale of wages is four dollars per
day of eight hours. George Witherspoon, president ; J. O. Neff, vice-president ; H. Chis- holm, secretary ; Wm. Strum, treasurer. Meets every first and third Wednesdays of the monthi.
The Teamsters and Team Owners of Spo- kane were organized this spring by the organ- ization committee of the Trades Council to which body they are affiliated. They have about three hundred members. Their princi- pal achievement was to raise the scale of wages from tliree dollars to four dollars, which, con- sidering the high price of horse feed and of living is a very conservative wage scale for nine hours' work. Although a comparative new union they have been to a degree success- ful in harmonizing the conflicting interests of the trade. The wages of teamsters are two dol- lars per day. C. T. Thompson, president ; A. Hammond vice-president; E. Hardy, secre- tary; A. Oglestrom, treasurer.
The Cigarmakers' Union .- The Cigarma- kers organized their union (Local No. 325) 011 the 21st day of February, 1896, under the International. It consisted at first of a small but aggressive band of workers wlio carried on a persistent agitation until now they have a strong organization that Spokane can well be proud of, controlling the bulk of the trade in the city. President, E. C. Miller ; vice-president. H. J. Cunningham ; correspond- ing and financial secretary, F. J. Heister: re- cording secretary, Bernard Cunningham ; treasurer, C. W. Schneider.
The Lathers and Shinglers are two unions affiliated with the Building Trades Council that, though young, are well organized, and have full control of their trade in the city. They have a large membership and strongly organized on the most conservative lines.
The Electrical Workers are a steady lot of mechanics, and whom organized labor give credit for the faithfulness with which they apply their union principles. They are a young, vigorous and hospitable class. They are well organized, get fair wages and prac-
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tically control the trade. President, G. Pagel; vice-president, E. Hensley ; secretary, L. Van Inwegen; treasurer, G. Benson.
The Flour Workers' Union, No. I, of Spo- kane, was organized in the early part of May, 1899, by the organization committee of the Trades Council.
There are numerous other trade and labor organizations :
Brewers and Malsters' Uuiou .- Frank Dill- man, president ; Sebastian Seibracht, vice-presi- dent; John Pissinger, recording and corres- ponding secretary; John Bauer, financial sec- retary.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers .- Arthur Herder, president; Guy Egbers, secre- tary.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen .- J. S. Burnes, master and treasurer; B. F. Bump, secretary.
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Spo- kane Lodge, No. 307 .- G. H. Watson, master ; John King, financier.
Consolidated Order of Journeymen Build- ers, Lodge No. I .- Incorporated August 30, 1899. Frank Winfield, secretary ; John Phelps, treasurer.
Cooks and Waiters' Union, No. 71 .- Charles J. Dalby, president; Fred Frazier, vice- president ; Wm. Gleason, recording secretary : Joseph Farrell, financial secretary; F. Lange- loh, treasurer.
Iron Molders' Union .- Alex Hemley. pres- ident and secretary.
Journeymau Bakers and Confectioners' Union.
Journeyman Stone Cutters' Association .- Organized 1889. P. Donnelan, president ; Wm. Stein, vice-president; Wm. Hawthorne, sec- retary-treasurer.
Journeymeu Tailors' Protective Union, Lo- cal No. 106 .- Organized May, 1889. C. W. Curry, president ; A. Cedercrans, financial sec- retary; A. C. Malcolm, corresponding secre- tary ; B. M. Setters, treasurer.
Knights of Labor, Spokane Local 'Assem- bly, No. 7652 .- Organized 1885. R. M. Wells, M. W .; J. W. Daniel, treasurer ; H. C. Savage, W. F .; W. C. Perrin, R. S .; Carl Signor, F. S.
Operative Plasterers' International Asso- ciatiou .- Geo. W. Dickenhoof, president ; Peter O. Settenberg, vice-president; T. W. Lee, secretary ; Victor Goody, treasurer.
Order of Railway Conductors .- Geo. Mc- Gilvery, chief; A. D. Mars, secretary and treas- urer.
Painters' aud Paperhaugers' Local Associa- tion .- T. O. Slack, president; W. W. Dixon, vice-president; G. W. Roll, secretary; I. W. Brusch, treasurer.
Business Meu's Organisation .- The arti- cles of incorporation of the Business Men's Benevolent and Protective Association were. filed with the county auditor. The association is incorporated without capital stock, and its purpose is declared to be "the mutual protec- tion and benefit of its members." The officers for the incorporation were elected at a meet- ing March 13, and are as follows : Nelson Mar- tin, president ; W. S. Norman, vice-president ; H. Bertonneau, secretary ; J. H. Wilmot, S. J. Holland. William Watson, J. A. Reubens, Thomas Guinean, T. H. Tollefsen, J. J. Ma- lone, trustees.
Grocers' Association .- Organized about two years ago, and has a membership of forty. John Anderson, president ; J. W. Vogan, vice- president; W. J. Burchett, second vice-presi- dent; William Hall, secretary, and C. Ander- son, treasurer.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
I'HILANTHROPIC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Ladies' Benevolent Society .- This organi- zation can justly be deemed one of the most beneficent in the country. There is no work more Christlike than to provide for the little ones who are homeless. The society was organ- ized as early as 1884 in the millinery store of Mrs. William Butterworth, who was the first president and has been identified with it from that time to the present. Its object as origin- ally expressed was for "charitable and educa- tional purposes." At first the members did what they could to help the needy without con- fining themselves to orphan children. They en- deavored to practice benevolence in any and every way opportunity offered itself. But as or- ganizations for specific purposes multiplied, their work naturally developed in the direction of making provision for friendless children, which culminated in the erection of the "Home of the Friendless," or "Children's Home." The first incorporation took place in 1886, but legislative enactments necessitated reincorpor- ation in 1896. The incorporators were Mrs. Fannie Cannon, Mrs. W. A. Lewiss, Mrs. Fan- ine Hanson, Mrs. William Butterworth, Mrs. C. D. Ide, Mrs. F. A. Wills, Mrs. E. Bertrand, and Mrs. May Barker.' In 1890 the present building was erected on Washington street, in central addition, on lots donated by Mr. J. J. Browne. The building cost about ten thou- and dollars; of this sum one thousand was ap- propriated from the fire relief fund. The offi- cers at the time of the erection of the building, to whom much credit is due, were Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, president; Mrs. J. M. Armstrong, secretary ; Mesdames Todd, Junken-Becker, Al- bert Allen. Miss Patterson and Mrs. Arm- strong acted in capacity of secretary, and did
excellent work for several years. In 1892 Mrs. IV. A. Cannon became president and filled the office efficiently for several years. Mrs. C. D. Ide, vice-president; Mrs. E. Bertrand, treas- urer ; Mrs. J. W. Wilson, secretary. For many years the association provided for all expenses, through public and private donations, fees of members and partial pay received for the chil- dren. During those years the membership was large, reaching as high as three hundred. In 1895 the association made an appeal to the city and county for regular appropriations, and each granted one hundred dollars per month, which continued until last year, when twenty-five dol- lars per month was deducted from the county, in favor of the Children's Home Finding So- ciety. The first matron was Miss Wilkinson, and was succeeded by the following : Mrs. Ada Prindle, Miss Mccullough, Mrs. E. S. Odgers, Miss Hellbig, Mrs. F. Cannon. The present matron is Mrs. Mattie Shaw, who came highly recommended from Tacoma. She has had con- siderable experience in hospital work. In addi- tion to the matron there is a cook, laundress. nurse girl, and housekeeper. It takes nearly three hundred dollars a month to sustain the institution and the present officers and mem- bers (about fifty) often find themselves em- barrassed. and it is only by constant exertion and devotion that they are able to meet expen- ses. About one hundred different children are taken in, for more or less time, annually, mak- ing it safe to say that no less than one thousand have found a home in the institution during its history. Words are inadequate to convey the sweetness, sunshine, and joy which it has brought to this army of God's precious chil- dren. All children up to twelve years old are
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taken in, if properly recommended. Homes have been found for a large number ; fourteen nationalities have been represented, the major- ity of the whole being Americans. The matron listens to the stories that are heart-rending of faithless husbands and fathers. The present officers are Mesdames C. D. Ide, president ; W. A. Lewis, first vice-president; Wm. But- terworth, second vice-president; F. Hanson, secretary ; K. L. Dodd, treasurer; advisory board, mayor of the city. chairman of county commissioners, Mr. K. L. Dodd.
Woman's Exchange .- This is one of the most practical and wisely managed philan- thropic organizations in the city. The ladies who have had the management of it have given evidence of business capacity of a high order, consequently, it has commended itself to the confidence of the public more and more from year to year. The purpose and work of the or- ganization was presented by Mrs. C. B. Dun- ning in an address a few months ago when re- tiring from the presidency :
"Eight years ago a band of earnest women organized the Spokane Woman's Exchange. For eight years a depot of exchange has been provided for women (housekeepers and home- makers) who felt the need of adding to their income by their own labor. This is not charity -it is rather a helping hand to those who will avail themselves of it.
"The food thus deposited and sold in a year amounts to thousands of dollars, and finds its way into the homes of the wealthy, and brings cooking in reach of many living in rooms where cooking is impossible. It is the desire of the exchange to encourage small depositors and thus supply the increasing demand from more homes and divide its benefits, rather than large deposits from the few. Our business is stead- ily increasing, as the reports show, and still we ask for more deposits. Bring bread, cakes, pies, fancy work-anything that the public needs and will buy. -
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