August 9, 1938 Defense Council Blubber Bay Strike Trials back to Vancouver, when Jones, Peele (Continued from page 1) In fact, during the trials a week ago, as- surance was given Garfield King that all warrants had been executed and no more arrests were to be made arising out of the July 20 meelee. Further evidence of the maneuvres of the police to hamstring the strikers is given in the arrest of Allen Whipple, witness for the defense. Whipple, resi- dent of Powell River, was arrested on Thursday while en route to Vancouver as a witness for the defense. POLICE TRIP THEMSELVES. Ng Chow was sick and in the house of a friend at Lime Kiln Bay, a mile from Blubber Bay, on the day of the meelee at the Blubber Bay dock. Several witnesses from Lime Kiln Bay gave evidence to this effect. He was arrested at Lime Kiln Bay July 26, six days after the meelee. This case, probably more than any other, showed the nature of the trials. When this case came on the docket, Garfield King asked that all witnesses be excluded from the court. Constable Campbell testified that he had arrested Ng Chow and turned him over to Constable McClean. Questioned if there were any officials of the com- pany: with him, he hesitated and fumbled for some time and then said indefinitely Jones might have been there. CHINAMEN ASSAULTED. Immediately after completing his evi- dence Campbell rushed outside, un- doubtedly to confer with Constable Martin, who was next called, but Martin came in before Campbell got out of the court chamber. On the stand Martin claimed that Campbell turned Ng Chow over to him. Questioned if Constable McLean was there, Martin answered definitely no. Then, as an afterthought (members of the audience stated freely after the trial that Sergeant Sutherland, present in the court room intimated with a nod of the head) Martin Bo that McLean was there. Ng Chow exhibited photographs of pruises allegedly inflicted by Jones, time- keeper, as he was being led to the lockup. He received a sentence of 60 days or $50 fine. Yim Kee testified that he stepped for- ward to talk to a Chinese who was going THE B.o. May Quit f and Illot jumped on him and knocked him down, striking and choking him. Several witnesses testified that they saw the company employees pummel- ling and choking Yim Kee. In fact this was the cause of the whole meelee. Yim Kee was dazed and bleeding pro- fusely, and the bystanders, many of them not even strikers, had pressed in to stop the beating. Mrs. Hole was car- ried in with the surging crowd. Here, according to the strikers, was the frame-up. During the meelee Constable Campbell had shouted, “Get Blondy and Mrs. Hole, and to hell with the rest.” Blondy Colborne, who was down at the float at the time, was given 30 days. Strikers say the company was anxious to get Blondy out of Blubber Bay because of a piece of property in which Blondy is interested. Mrs. Hole is the wife of the union secretary. It was not known at that time that Jack Hole was around. He had been touring Vancouver Island collecting strike funds, and had just re- turned before the meelee started. His wife fainted, or was clubbed down, and he had rushed in to protect her. SEE ALL, KNOW ALL. The startling part of the police and company official evidence lie in the fact that though they were all involved in different places, they all had their eyes on Constable Campbell, and saw(?) the various strikers and sympathizers resist and assault him. According to Constable Campbell, six people had hold of him. Though police claimed to certain of their identity of the accused, they could not name one single striker who was on the dock that day except the accused. Gar- field King suggested they became ac- quainted through being in court. ‘ It was stated that company officials led the police around after the meelee point- ing out the men to be arrested. The defense committee is meeting with Garfield King as we go to press. Decision on Mr. King’s probable withdrawal will be made, and preliminary arrangements made to take the cases to another court. Trades Council Backs Strike (Continued from Page 1) The meatcutters were having trouble with the Canada Packers, and the dele- gate was convinced the company was using intimidation to stop the employees from organizing. The delegates urged the members of organized labor to bear this in mind when buying meat products. Echoes of the P. Burns strike were heard when a letter was read from the ‘Workers’ Co-operative of Northern On- tario, reporting that the Co-operative had been successful in preventing the products of the Burns Company from being sold in Ontario. ‘W. Wilson, reporting for the carpenters, stated that, being “unfamiliar with the act, they had gone ahead in the old way,” and as a result of a quick 100 per cent strike had “gotten arbitration within three days. The dispute was on two buildings in the city where the employers attempted to put over a wage cut. The 90 cents had been maintained. The Jewelry workers’ delegate re- ported it was impossible to get union enamelled buttons in Vancouver. These are union jewelry workers, but no union card shops and until the firms here were agreeable to sign a union agreement and get a union card union and would have to send elsewhere for union label but- tons. A letter from the City Managers Asso- ciation urging council support for the city manager plan got short shift. The letter was filed. Of all the restaurants who had union agreements with the Hotel and Restau- rant Employees last season, Trocadero Cafe, Hastings Street, is the only one that refused to sign a union agreement this year. Such was the report given by W. Gate- man, business agent, H.R.E.U., to the Trades and Labor Council last meeting. The matter has been referred to the Grievance Committee, with the under- standing that the Trocadero will be placed on the Council’s unfair list. All other union restaurants had re- newed the agreement, including the Georgia and Vancouver hotels. The grievance committee reported that the Empress Dairy had been placed on the unfair list. Birt Showler protested that workers falling foul of the law were forced to cough up $5 for bail bonds, even though the bonds were made out by employees of the city. He asked the legislative com- mittee to take steps to have this unfair fee wiped out. Delegate W. Stewart (Hotel & Restau- rant Employees) and A. E. Jamieson, president, were élected to accompany Percy Bengough, council secretary, to the Trades and Labor Congress Convention in Niagara, September 12. (qos ee Are You Going Away? Suits and Overcoats stored, 25c a month. Pressing done while you wait. Buy your next Suit or Over- coat from us. Bargains in New and Left-over Clothing. SEVEN LITTLE TAILORS 836 CARRALL STREET Sey. 1134, ‘LUMBHR WORKER G. MAYNARD LEAVES B.C. LUMBER WORKER As announced in the last issue of the B.C. -Lumber Worker, I tendered my resignation as business manager of the | B.C. Lumber Worker to the convention of the B.C. Coast District Council. For some months, I have been devoting considerable time to organization work in the Maillardville and New Westminster sawmill industry and the work has de- veloped to such an extent that in order to carry on effectively, I find it neces- sary to devote full time to the work. I believe that the organization of the sawmill workers is essential in the stab- ilizing of our union and to give it the strength required to fight effectively for the interests of the members. Before leaving this position, I wish to thank those who have assisted me during my stay in this office. To a very large extent the credit for carrying on out paper goes to the man on the job who, unselfishly, gives of his time and enerey, in Selling the paper. I wish to call on all our agents and members to assist our new business man- ager, Henry Lundgren, as much as pos- sible. A strong UNION PAPER will do more than anything else to organize our in- dustry. G. E. MAYNARD. Single Unemployed Sit-Down in C.N.R. Kelowna Barge Demanding that the provincial govern- ment provide them with transportation in their quest for work throughout the Okanagan fruit and berry fields, 50 single unemployed staged a sitdown in the C.N.R, barge at Kelowna, August 4. After four and a half hours, an agreement was reached whereby the men were trans- ported to Penticton in trucks paid for by Captain C. R. Bull, South Okanagan Liberal M.L.A. At Penticton the unemployed were 8iven permission to sleep in the grand- stand. Hotel West Ltd. Hotel West Ltd. Over 100 Rooms Every One Outside with Hot and Cold Water and Telephone — Rates Moderate 444 CARRALL STREET, Hello, Boys! « There must be a few of you out in the tall timbers, as much as it - seems that the whole coast is parked in Vancouver. Things seem to have opened up, and with a decidedly optimistic fall to look forward to, just a few have left town, but this week ‘should almost show a general exodus of the boys, all eager to work. Holidays are grand aren’t . Yet too much of it gets monotonous, especially if the ‘doug-ray-me’ runs short and is hard to get. I’m looking forward to a holiday soon though, so if any one of you fellows can tell me where there is some really good fishing, drop me a line. I’d appreciate it. they? in on us again from the farm looking good care of him while he was there. Peter (Hunkey Dory) Haiko and lights and claim they won’t be back We had a pleasant surprise the other day when Henry Bergmark dropped A few brand new arrivals in the well-known figures of Les Germyn and Eid Lindross as well as Pete Colberg during the past week made a slight change in the old register. An over-crowded house at this time of the year is quite a surprise, but very comforting in many ways. Uno Berg and Ernie Kiviniemi slipped out of town during the end of the week. Ernie was almost poured out, but we made it. . ‘Well boys, you know how it is, so... until next week, Queen Charlotte Camps Are Down With prospects unfavorable in the pulp industry, Queen Charlotte Island camps are curtailing production. Thirty men came in from Morgan’s last week, leav- ing only a cold deck crew. Kelly’s also is down to cold deck crew; Allison’s being the only one of the three; logging. AIR RAIDS WILL NOT BREAK MORALE. (Continued from Page 5) of the Federationist and there are enany C.C.F’ers in the Mac-Paps. We are all very glad to read in they; press about the fine struggle of the un. employed to win work and wages an we got a kick in reading about it. Th most important part is that they are\: holding their ranks in the middle of,.. summer when, as you know, a lot of boys take to box cars and roam all over the country. It is a good sign that the® single men are getting out of this habit and staying right in the city. Another ; important thing is they are developing a new leadership as a good many of the live-wires of the R.P.W.U. are now with the Mac-Paps and it’s fine to see new leadership coming from the rank and.- file. * * * PHE “sitdown” in the P.O. and Art Gallery is the best news we have had from home in a long time. It shows, the workers at home are carying on the fight and not letting us down. This is the best support the Mac-Paps could re-".” ceived and it has brought the spirits of all the Canadians up that I have met in the last few weeks. Organize for jobs . is the main task of the workers at home. ~ It is by smashing fascism on the home-' front that we can best weaken Franco and fascism in Spain. If fascism gains in Canada, Franco is that much stronger ‘—so defeat the fascists in Canada. Good luck to the unemployed boys! I know they will win out tho’ it may take time. We will fight all the better © knowing the boys at home are carrying on, Greetings to friends and our thanks for the good work of the Mac-Paps. Good luck! Yours for peace, (Signed) JOHN OFFER, Barcelona, Spain, July 5, 1938. PATRONIZE our ADVERTISERS Office Phone: Sey. 3829 Guests’ Phones: Sey. 9401 and 9402 as fit as a fiddle. Evidently Pete took Viking Hagvik also ducked the city until Christmas. YOURS AS EVER,