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CLIMAXBut even if the laborers working for the Western Agricultural Contracting Company were in danger of being(CONTINl'KD FROM PAOK ONE)THE LABOR SITUATION.TAKE A CREW OUT.Persuant to this promise of non interference the company tried to takeon a crew to the Hill boys place at 3 the company is interested, how they o’clock Thursday. The event gather-wili be any better off under the other t.(j ^nch a crowd of spectators and un-contractors is more than we can ee jou laborers that the company menLABOR TROUBLES obliged to trade at the stores in whichwhen it is realized that half of them are proprietors of stores in Chiua-were completely terrorized. A scheme was proposed by the agitator Murray,In view of all the facts in the case, town. As one contractor frankly fold ^o arrest every non-union man win and looking at the question squarely, we are forced to the conclusion: first, he employed toi whether he paid in orders or cash.us he would natually expect the mentrade with him,that the common Held hands,whose interest tin* alleged boycott lias been established, will not improve their personal condition one iota, by the elimination of the Western Agricultural Contracting Company; second, that the men who will gain by the down fall of the said company are j the smaller Japanese and Mexican contractors, and that they are the real inspiration of the union; third, that if an organization of ignorant, andfor the most part alien, contract labor1is allowed to over power an American company the farmers will Hud themselves in a state of dependence on ! irresponsible contractors.The fallacy in the present move tncnt is shown by the certainty that the laborer wil' bo no better off inease of the exit of the Western company. The complaint is made that this company takes a contract, then sub-lets and hence two parties take a percent before the laborer gets his share. What does the union ask? That the farmer contract through it. with independent contractors. In the first place the union, or central organization, has to beATTEMPT AT COMPROMOn account of the rain and all, little of moment' has occurred in labor circles since Monday’s riot. Wednesday, at the request of farmers and citizens, Col. Dnffill, Major Carr and T A. Rice sought to bring the parties together. In the afternoonmany farmers, laborers and merchantsgathered at the union’s headquartersappeared, charging them with complicacy in the riot and thereby frus trate the efforts to take out a ciew. The pretext was too Himpsyand Justice Harris refused to issue the necessary number of John Doe warrants.Before the company Japs could be induced to get on the wagon Sheriff McMartln and his deputies had tlt; clear the streets. Then only five camt out, the rest preferiug to make a rearexit. But the crew of 12 men is nowat work. Themthe Cottage hotel. The farmeis ! an injunction to restraincompany is preparingthe unionchose to represent them, the gentle- ; ^ro,n interference.men named above together with L. J, Rose and (’has, Doiilon. The union was represented by J. Espinosa, J. M. Lizararas, V. Yamaguchi and JoeBaba, and their council W. E. Shepard. The Western Agricultural Con-DEATH OF VASgUEZ.Luis Yasquez, who was shot in thebladder, died at the County Hospital Wednesday night. The inquest will be held here this (Friday) afternoon. Theunion is subpoenmg witnesss to try tracting Company was represented by an(j fasten the blame of his death on Geo. E. Herz and their attorney, 1. jCbas. Arnold.W. Stewart.The meeting was productive of very little. Personal opinions were aired, and the raiding of camps and theriot were discussed.»I’liere*supported, is h Japanese and Mexican Each has its officers draw- \this doesn’t i centPresident Herz for the company2jj| a....stated thac he regretted the trouble i again.and in order to facilitate an adjust- Christian Endeavor at 0:3Op, m. TheChristian church: There will be the usual services at the Christiain church next Sunday. Preaching ata. m, and 7:3b p. m. Baptizing the close of the evening sermon Sundav school at 10 a. m.11at►* branch.k»! iug good salaries. Ifment agreed to surrender to the union2000 of their 7000 acres of contracts if the union would go to work and agree a™ invited to these services. It is nu-Sunday school is in the second contest which will last three months. Alltake off as great a perWestern\gi icultural ContractingI'henCompany, we miss our guess.! the contract goes to the contiactor. Say he has half a dozen jobs. It is I not likely that they will be located I adjoining so that he can personally oversee them, but it is likely that theI1 Ito leave their meu alone.The union however refused to compromise. They insisted that the farmers should contract direct with them.derstood that our invitations are not intended to draw people from other churches, but to the outside world inparticular.jobs will be separated as far as Hue-neiiie and the Las Posas. How is he going to manage? His Japs can’tThey said they had 1300 men and if all The Knights of Pythias have orgau-could not work they would send them j izej a uuifurm rauk with thirty twoaway. They were not willing to allow | members. More will be said next the company oOOO acres if they couldhelp it, although it was shown thatweek.with the 2000 offered by Herz and the 11000 acres still remaining they wouldr ., _ ... , have over two thirds of the total aere-l l»e trusted to work without sunervis- . ,, ,m. U(, . ,PI, . , . , . . . age in the valley. They said they had\\ion. He either sub lets again to tin head of a gang or hires a foreman,which amounts to the same thing.If this sort of scaling is not as bail as any condition labor has felt to date, we miss again.UNIONS RIGHT IN PRINCIPAL.1300 men and the company about 60, and they demanded the acreage inporporticn.Near the close, h federation of labor man named Murray addressed the meeting and intimated that the farmers ought to be glad that the unionrhe true inwardness is that the was not striking fo** higher wages,Uncle Joshua Jarvis will be repeated at Ventura in the near future undertlie auspices o’ the Native Daughters.Danger of Colds and Grip.The greatest danger from colds and grip is their resulting in pneumona. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for these diseasessmall Jap contractors were not get- instead ot simply enforcing a boycott, | have yet to learn ot a single caseting enough contracts or else wanted He said everywhere wages were going | having resulted in pneumonia, which! shows conclusively that it is a certainmore profits, and being able to write j up. and talk hieroglyphics convinced the little brown men that thev were be-they were turn, and henceSMALL SATISFACTION.theiug done to adifficulty. The character of the labor is against enlightened management; and therefore also a union, which in the hands of intelligent white meu is1„ made an instrument for their mental and moral uplifting and material advancement, in the hands of a }eoplewhose experience has been to obey a p | master, rather than to think andIImanage for themselves, it becomes£ merely a tool for a few crafty schemers to work their owu ends.| In the Western Agricultural Con-Seeing that nothing could he done the meeting adjourned. At nine! o’clock Thursday morning the committee met the union representatives at the factory. But all this session accomplished was securing a statement fromthe union thHt its prices ranged between $5 minimum and £0 maximum per acre for thinning. The union men also agreed not to molest the company employees iu so far as they couldpreventive of that dangerous disease.It will cure a cold or an attack of thergiptreat ment.to take.iu less time than any otheris pleasant and safe For sale by Ben S. YirdenItNOTICErestrain their members.But theywould take none of the company acreage, and said the company could try*dtoa*dheretracting Company the farmer, has a reliable concern, and ♦hough he may not contract with it, as one farmer stated, it has a tendency to keep prices reasonable, and to force thesmaller contractors to be responsible.THE ORDER GRIEVANCE.If this condition were as claimed ; labor would have a kick, but again the nigger in the pile is not thelaborer, but store keepers, who have not been ill line for orders. Last sea- j son the Western Company paid partin orders on cortan stores if the men ! desired, but they could have cash on | demand. After tin* order was given the company stood behind it to protect the met chant, and if the laborers deserted a contract as was not iufie-: quently the case, the company stood to lost*, not the merchant. The result i was that at the end of the season the P company found that it hud lost moneyto fulfill its contracts andifitcouldn’t then the farmerjt must come to them.To whom it may concern:Please take notice that Charles Spence has no longer authority to contract bills for supplies, or for any other purpose, or to make any agreements, or contracts whatsoever, on account of Orchard Farm, he having been dismissed from my service.Hannah M. Edwards,Sole Trustee of the Estate of SamuelEdwards, deceased.Dated March 18th, 1903.'Best Cured HuySouthernBarley, WheatCarload LotsCompany^fcule XVetghtssr...—..I.. ,■ i -■■■■■piIon the order system and abolished it.kfNot an order has been given this yearITheir books are open to prove the ^ statement. We were told by a leader g j of the union that Japs were forced by the company to take orders in payment and then the Japanese-American Mercantile store charged the poor manI11.20 cents for a 75-ceut pair of over-alls. The gentleman’s credulity isi marvelous.Reilly Bros.PictureiramingUNDERTAKERSWall PapertetcGet our PricesANDEMBALMERSCalls promptly attended to dayaQ(J night vJ. C. KIRBY, Manager
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Oxnard Courier
Oxnard, California, US
Sat, Mar 28, 1903
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