Everett Labor Leaders Call Out 'Unfair' Businesses

The Everett Trades Council held its regular meeting Friday evening with President Homan in the chair. Credentials of James Barker of the Barbers' union were received and the delegate seated. S. J. Roberts, chairman of the anti-Greek committee, made an extensive report of his conference with Commissioner General of the Immigration Department, Daniel Keefe. The committee was continued and instructed to prepare resolutions for Congress. Reporting on union conditions, the Cooks and Waiters stated that the Y.M.I.A. gave a banquet at the Mitchell Hotel, which employs Japanese labor, criticizing those who claim to support the workingman but patronize establishments using cheap labor. The electrical workers reported progress in their strike, reminding members that local electric lights remain on the council's 'unfair' list. During discussion of a new light ordinance, a city councilman was grilled regarding his opposition to the measure. The councilman claimed that organized labor had turned him down in an election, and he refused to vote for any proposition that might benefit the public by securing cheaper lights.