Official Journal of the National Brot.herhood Electrical Workers of America.

VOL. 8, NO.i l.

~Nhere Some of Labor's rouble Lies.

AND ITS POSSIBLE ~OLUTION.

:;a,~duc:atio:::lal Means fllr EnUghteument-­l'e,.f.ul'sive Meast:res {or Adjustment of Mutua.l 1tJ.tc!'ests--ConservaUvc ,~rpws

snd Actions for the Ac:complishnlent of the God-Giye.. Rights, and the Fnll Relllb;:;.t\on of Man's Duty to His Brothe,. :ilIau--Not $1'·."e5 Under the :r..ash of P.

liard 'X'ask Maste,..

In allswer to an article in Feb­r.I:lry Dumber (If tht: Electricai \Vorku, headed "lIlectrical \Vork­ers. St:ll~ible and Timely Remarks by a Ligiltlling Manipulator," hav­illg for its theme of discussion the followin 6 , verbatum et literatuUl. .. The cry has been raised all over the country a!!ainst the 1II.1,,·,'·fui combinations, sty.ied 'trusts,' whose p~rpose ·it is to centralize· prodac­tion ; to Ulil!imize menial labor, and to substitute the macbine for the. workman ...

(hlr purpose in replying to this article is to c0minuc the discus­sionoll SOUle of the points raised by the writer. and. if possible, in our weak, feeble l~.ngnnge to cor­'r(:C't sOllie wrong iJ1lpr~,;sioI15 \\'hiell !~ .... \,,~ ~~'..::p~ !li, !.~i.z:i·t:iiy ..: .... tisiug m:my thOllgl~ts ()f bitterness and 'dislmst iroll' voth capital and lah:lr; :md :::.lso to hroaden ollr Selll of l;sefullle!;S by 8\'ailing oiu­selves of the material and means at our cOTllmand for the elevation of our OW!l craft as. well as the vast enny of wage earners, who are de­}X'udcnt for their li\'clihood by eamiu~ thdr bread by the swe~t f>i tilcir l,row, which is the COlll-'

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lOon lot of mankind, according to the fulfilllllent of prophecy contained in "The lIoly Writ.,,· .

W'e believe in the quotation from the Latin, "I.abor 01llni vincet," (labor con­quers all thillgS) a quotation literally true only as long as labor i~ fostered along con­servative lines, and by the sway of an ex­ample abm'e reproach it wi11 bring all wit!> whom it comes in contact to a lw.rmoniou,; blending of lllutual interests.

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until he return to earth ~eLlled for all time, as far as this world is concerned, the foundation for a cla's5 of beings who. being endm'!cd with reason, should .coult!lanu the respect 'Ji his iellows, nc; matter what station in liie, iron, qle king to the pens­ant, or the iJresider.t to the man iu the ditch, and, nccorJing to our COO$titutiou; it being io touch with the great fundamen­tal principles cOlltaineu in the Bible that all men a.e created free and eqn"'l, having certain inalieniable rights, we find that thil" army of wage-workers han! a iOLlida-

tion of colossal magnitude. "!:lU all that remains is to staml by' the prindpksof frugality and 1J(Hl":5tr;

th~ question of theduty of war.· t., ma,l will at once be settled.

\Vhen we speak of capital we speak cf OUI' brot.her who, by shrewd bllsiness tact oi' otherwise, has gained a few more dollars than b,is honly-fisted brother who works at iile,Ucl!('h or climbs the pole ;

but he is only human just the sauH~ as us, and we are bOllDll to t1·t:at hilll as such, as he is bound.to ac­knowledge us iii a like manner; for temerity and disre!'>pect should not entel' within this cit ele of fricndship, which is the IIlutual principle of operation. One could 110t exist witbout the other. But Luere has ~cen alSOll,e limes and. som~ places an uOllecessary r.up­ture between these two great factors in human progress, which has tem­pora";l), separalcu t~.e vital ele­ments of our nation as well as the world in general, and as tbe world stcJ.1s 011 there !'eems a tendency to ~t.ill widen a chasm which should have heen hriJged long ago by.a Ulutual ulillt:r';Landillg, which was a II1isulldc,s~andiIlg ; bridging for-

ever over the pitfalls to which bumanity ,is, heir, raising aoll above tbe lower level of man's evil nature, be would be gazing from an eminence pre-eminent above all, and would CQUlmand the homage due for tbe no­bJ.e effort to restore that harmony which -sbould exist.

We should not l'ook upon capital as a great greeu-,eyed monster, ,ready to swal­low up the oue who labors just because it is capital; th,ere mu,st ,be a fountain bead from whence supplies must issue. Capi­tal - furnishes tbis; and also tbere is the demand for support wbich labor must have that it .ay exist, as it iis by tbe efforts of both - tbat ,both live; but one' mnst not take advantage of the other, for this is wbere the trouble lays; and wbere it· began. It is . 'but a few years that tbe struggle has lasted, but it is not a one­sided affair ;' we are bound to admit this.

We belive a workman should do an bon­est day's -toil, as his time belong§ to his employ.er and in turn receive just and full compeasation for every hour and minute of time wbile 50 employe<,l. With this state of affairs thcre is a mutual agree­ment, and, all thiag!; will run smoothly, but when the,employer doubls there must be some reason, and he at once proceeds to levy 11 cut witbout consultation on tbe grievance, which is bis privilege, but that is wrong, as you will see from bolh sides, as their interests are mutual; one fur­nisbes material and means, the, other brains and labor, and so the trouble begins at this point, both are firm in tbeir belief tbat they have done all right; tben, possi­bly, labor will enter a protest against this levy, and to overcome his condition it is carded to outsiders and noised about that whicb could 'have been talked over and adjusted in a satisfactory manner. Then organization is dragged into it, and bluffs are exchanged by both capital and labor, ,and the first thing we will find we have a strike on our hands, and all brougbt about by ignorance and breach of duty and ob-' ligation, one with the other. This is wbere botb must be educated to the point of equality of rights and privileges, for tbis lack has caused the great and fatal JIlistake; and why somucb trouble and bloodsbed has been tbe result, where should reign the most fraternal feelings, for labor must awaken to its own enlight­enment; it is tbe principle of life, that of advancement. She is the moving arid ruling power of the 'wo.r1d, w'hether en­throned or not, and must set the' example, as she can, that all may follow; not dnven slaves:

From time immemoriaf labor has had but few clean breasted leaders, and ha~ lacked thorougb organization, which is synonomous with centralization ill capital, and is the proper foundation for both, and the only requisite to thc'life of both, and must be if su(:cess is to come to either.

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Labor rur.st -organize,that she speak 'as one lUan. c;apital must c~:ltTlilkIlC on account of ecoJlomical"aperation !Otit-Side'of actual w.orkilig ."£;J.eilses Hm} t,:be ~fiei~ecompeti­ti()!'I, as capit111 has its foes ""1'tntil.-ut throats as \,: .. eH as layor . TllP-l-nai;l, .ttouhle does not~C0f!1t; fropl thepnion' janks;, blit, from t'oin6ii~11~io~ an'll.t~ie traitQt';;.: i~,lio gain admis..4ion :to unions"'but are seo.;j weeded out b:>~natt1~al pmce;}ses. ,

Tbe,spirit o~ lQ;1).:ir wh"l1 crushed has been in manycas~· othat'j:}f re~emon on account, of unfair'.discriminatj;Q~, but she i!"'begincing to realize thl?$i';',;iiot tbe rational ~ay. 'She, is 110W I~~p~i~g arbi­tration; But she' U!usf -g'o ~f?"rt,her than that and use theveTY pl~ns 'ih~t capital 'llSef1,t.h~t of COll~~rt.ed~,iei-iQn'~'~.When capital wishes to gain it! a poi!1-t to out­str-ipitscompetitors,:it gathers its, ,money together in large bl/:'cks and"reau~:es the cost of production by m~,ljt~ery, and forces fhe small fislHo go ilithdt' resopha­gus against proff?_'it ~'thel' n{ereis one pur­poS'e. I.abot's tr()tlble is that slle is divided into scve,;31 organizaliollspavillg opposing principles; /1l1d tlil).t is why labor has' not accomplished IDolle.~than she has. What must be done is she 'nmS\}lSye one mighty purpose . founded 'on ,true Pi-i1lciples, or

'U.;i: day will be lost. 'We lieci! have no fear of the word h'11';tS or combiuations, because everyone born ouly,hastens the day of tbe cOlllpleteoverthrow, of this con­dition of affairs, and cipiW~s"realization tbat it really has a d~ty to· its brother man, that is a, sacred" thing; and wbich will find its expression orii)~ wben labor is educated to the same' point,.then ulid tben

. only will this be po~sibl~;rbut" if lahor does not awaken and stj]] 11llows .:~pital to take advantage of he., she \vill.:ontinue for a while, hut the endwiii c'ome alld the reck­oning wi!l be a S"or~,'9rie for both, therefore it behoQve~ every uuion luan to do his duty, be true to principle, hor.est, fair and square, lind try to educate his weak brother and Will him'from his'~tate ';f ignorance into the light and libei'ty-wbich should be the priceless boon fci),:'ftue effort to elevate the conditions of mankind, then will capi­tal realizelhat the·,"i:'lle' mt:chanic looks Ollt for his interests as,hc 'wiJuld himself, and he will smely ~ .. ,,:~ore money fo~ a man of that ~tanlp ; reduced means that; better work rt1f"ms higher, wages; higher wages u,eans l)ett~,:'· ""rkillen; better workmen means betier.·'i--n.:es on Illanufac-' t'ured articles, andtl.lat !lle>lI;;; mo~'e, mo~ey in the dh·ider.cl<;, 't";hicl1 would furnish a positive basis for tire "rJaYI'Jent of highe~ wages. Cay you say lIay i'

Labor w,:>ulrl at 'least be t>enefited, by ~etter wages, for :.he mOTe ll1(mey receiycd \y(,ule. [!i~:r a hetter st:dus of oper~tioll to s! ari. IIO:!! t1:at he IIlay uuij • .l for that .. rainy day" y. 11i.::l1 (".!lIH~S to e\'e!'y man. It :remains for I abo: to ednc::>te capital to what it 'hoa}<J do, then ;;~l-ikf'~, ',\'iH disappears

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and the great heart of man'kino 'writ throb in rythin in the re:rlization of a oompl-ete understanding of the 'dutY' of.' ma~"-1f~.lm:l!.n, and which will only bc·accQP.lplishedby conservative means; as -they alone 'Yill win, but labor must lead until she )1as brougbt capital into tbe same 'pace,oe­cause she was the first thing jn the woNd, and if this be the case she is' th~ Parent and capital tbe son, and if j;he is, pot able to control the cbild as a parent ,ShQul:qjt is a sbame, but by proper judgmel1t' she can accomplish ber ends, then step,: \?y step, brothers, until the dawn' of, the '~w

,era. Yours in hope,.

J. H. STOUFFER. Pittsburg, May 8, 1899. ..

Bro. Harvey Burnett, The subJect of our first page illustration, Press Secretary of No. 18, Kansas City, Mo., was born in Alton, III., 31 years ago. Bro. Burnett lost both of his legs when but a boy, being only eight yea.-s old. at ,~he time. Bro. Burnett is all pluck and nerve and is Union to the l:ore. He,has bee,n in many cities, having passed back and forth between San Francisco and New, York thirteen times, finally settling in Kansas City. Bro. Burnett is an armature winder, by trade but will not work at it here aS,the Street Ry. only wants to pay $1.50 to $1.75 per day and he says he will sell gun'! on the street and do what little odd electrica I jobs he can catch before he will work for such wages. Bro. Burnett has had several good positions, being at one t,ime motor inspector of the Street Railway Co. of Mil­waukee. Bro. Burnett is a bustIer and has never asked [or aid. He never ti,res work­ing all day and port of til{; night to support his family;of which he boasts with pardon­able pride. His family consists of a wife and little ,girl. Bro. Burnett's wife was a Miss Kenney, 01 Milwaukee. Bro. 'Bumett has done:quite a lot of electrical work here, having wired quite a number of business houses, put in window lights, etc. When he has no electric light or bell wiring on hand you will see him on the corner of Nif!th and Main; or <)08 Main St., selling gum;

To make a 'long story short Bro. Burnett would like to get a pair of artificial,leg~ and has'always been too nerv)' to ask any one for aid, but I would ask for aid, on be· h".lf of inc l:irothel and think lli·m.Ji::ser,­ing of same. While Bro. Burnett is not a member of No.2, still NO.2 has, starled the ball roliing by donating $;.00 in behalf of Bro. Burnett, Which Local will respond next? Brothers, I believe the amount, should you ,respond, would not be missed and would be a blessing to those who donate. Send all contributions to Brother

C. H. ADAMS, 2nd V,P" 290' Summit St.,

Kansas City"Mo.

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P. S.-Each Local will be credited in the Worker each month, also all individual member-so Come Brothers and help us.

QUESTION BOX.

Rochester, N. Y., June I.

Editor Electrical Worker: III a recent issue of your valued IXlper I

noticed a query from one of th_e brothers about feeder connections at the crossing of two trolley lines, so .arranged that they shall be equally divided 'between the two distant power houses. It seems to me that he did not state the conditions he was working under with sufficient exactncss for a definite (mel exact answer, and the rest of the Brotherhood must have thOl1ght so also, as I have not yet noticed any answer.

In a general way it would be proper to connect the tw'o power houses with a feeder (witbout taps to the: trolley or subfeeders) ill the same W8.y as tbe equalizing 'wire is run between two direct current generators that are to be operated in multiple. The distante in this case would probably 'put such an equali7ing feeder out of the ques­tion, and in any casc" as I understand the conditions, the brother who spmng the problem on us, simply wanted to know

. llOW to ('ounect his present feeds together at the crossing. I have in lllind three schemes.

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a First-If the toad on each of the four

arms (or legs if you prefer) of the system is approximately equal there i£ no objec­tion to tapping the four fee~al! together, ,supposing, 0/ com'sc, that the trolleys arc all positive to the rails, or of same polarity at least.

Tl.i .. is the sll1i:plcs[ 'Lbing to do and un­der certain conditions the best thing also.

I -sho-uld Eke to ask the brother if the two roads are operated by one company. If they are it would :;eem tllat a great ill1-proyemellt in the maintaining of equal po­tential over tbe entire system would be, effecterl by makin~ the crossing a centre of distrihution (or "disturbance," as TIro., Breese would say), 3?Jd having a feeder to it from each sluli"!l, 110 tl1.ps to be plw:erl on eitber fWnl str-tions to crossing and tl:e

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voltage to he ,reguJate9- by. presstue wires froUl this ceiltre to each station instead of regulating by the voltage at each switch­board. This would keep your maximum pressure always constant at the crossing, and with equal loads the drop in potential would be equal along each litle to the ex­treme ends, or if voitage at e, fig. I was 550, and at d 475, with same number of cars runnirig on each branch the voltage would be also 475 at a, 0 and c.

Second-Supposing the conditions were such that it was desirable to have station No. I take care of half of the load on road ccd in addition to its own load on road a if b, then feeder e d should be cut loose from feeder c c and connected to feeder a ,0, a modification of this scheme would be a double throw switch at e to change feeder e d during hours of heavy load on road ced and to throw ed back onto ce and station No. 2 during hours of light load on road ce d or of heavy load 011 fl e b.

Third --COHllect a tap from feedei' a e b I! lid ru 11 same along road c e d to pOin t f, to be located by calculating the drop in feeder c e d and which would divide the load on line from / to d proportionately between the two stations. For the sake of illustrating the idea I have located point / at an arbitrary point between c and e, but of course this might come at some point between e and d, bllt probabiy would not be far from crossing e.

In case the two roads are operated by separate companies a 'wattmeter could be introduced in tap from e to / and current No. I station is furnishing to help out No. 2 station could be easily ascertained.

\;ery truly, FRED'K FISH.

Rochester, N. Y. Editor. Electrical-Worker:

I should like a little space this month to 'Lell your reauers aiJOtlt allother way to wire for an auxiliary bdl to ring with 'OlJ,e -drop only of an anJluncia:or .. \Ve will suppose that buttons fl, b, c and d operate drops 'Zv, .:r, y and z on an ordinary house annun­ciator, and an auxi!iary bell is wanted to ring when push II Ie; clOSt'd.

\Ve cut lead 011 at a com'ellient point, as at p in sketch and rUlI wires from the two ends thus ob:ained to lJell lIl, Now if this bell is sil:gle !:>troked so tha. the bell on

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the annunciator breaks the circuit for both itself and m, then 1ll will ring wbenever a is presseu~ but at no o~her time, and there cannot be any" sneak current," to throw drop '"i.t,' when any of the other buttonk are pressed.

The ad vantage of this method is that you do nol have to make a special contact for button a and have no additional lead to run to 'ill from button a.

Very truly, FRED'K FISH.

Bannack; l\Ion!., June 4, ISg9. Editor Electrical Worker:

A 500-volt direct current is run in two iron pipes which are in direct contact with very wet ground. Wire A is grounded. On touching wire B, after disconnecting supply, a considerable charge can be felt when standing on the ground.

To ~hat is charge in w:re B due, induc­tion being impossible, there being no other wires near? Leakage across switch base. is also out of the ql1estion, as wires were taken out of terminals of switch.

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WHY IS THIS?

\Vhen the land is full of workers, Busy hal1d~ &ud active brains;

\Vhell the craftsmen and the thinkers Feel about them binding chains;

\Vhen the laborers are cheated Of the work their hands h.we wrought,

Aud the thinker, vain of logic, Sees that reason comes to naught;,

\Vhen t111;: forces menbave ha.rnessed, And have trained to do their will,

Ought to leave 110 homeless people, And no hungry mouths to fill ;

But have proved to be the servants Of the shrewd and selfish few,

And tbe many get but little For the work they find to do.

\VlIen the labor of a million Goes to swell the gains of one,

As the serfs of ancient Egypt Slaved beneath a burning sun.

\Vhen the schemer and the sharper Hold the wealth a.nd rule the land,

Using up the tl1inkers brain force, Mortgaging the craftman's hr.nd.

\Vhen the many shear the sheep Aud the few secure the wool,

When l;u; gallows claiuis ~ts victims And your costly jails are full ;

Then the men who dreamed of progress, Alld the hopes of peace and'bliss,

While they weep and wonder vainly, Ask each other .. V"hy is tlus?"

Then the thinker, whiie confessing That his vision yet is dim,

Says tllat one thing, very clearly, Is apparent unto him- .

That the people, blind 'and heediess, Place themselves beneath the rule,

Either of the knavish schemer Or, still worse, the sodden fool.

And the toiler toils for~"er, That the rich may ricber get,

'Fo~ the burden of his day song Is" We are caught Within the net

Of the men who have our souls bought, Whose sTaves we are to-day,

If 'we struggle, deeper sink we Iu the mire and the clay."

Let us ask ourselves tbe question, Pray, neighbol's, " Why is this?"

.. ANN ARKIST."

UNCLE TOM, OF 38, CLEVELAND, O.

BOSTON CENTRAl, I,ABOR UNION.

Boston, May 23, 1899.

Editor Electrical Worker:

The undersigned, a committee author­ized by the Central Labor Union. of Boston, Mass., to solicit aid for the support of the strike now in progress ·at Marlboro, Mass., appeals for your sympathy and support. Ten local unions of shoe workers, number­ing 3,000, have been on strike for the past twenty-one weeks, defending tbe right to maintain their organizations.

The employers seek to establish what they call "free shops;" properly called slave pens, and insist that they treat only with individuals.

Two of the etuployers (Mr. Rice and Mr. Howe) at a banquet held in Dosto~, November 21st, declared it to' be their in­tention to" smash the American Federa­tion of I.abor," MId likened the unions urito tbe Ku Klux of the south.

We are led to appeal to you at this time in tbe hope that you will assist the men and women who are making one of the most, if not the most, heroic struggles in defense of the rights of organized labor ever made in this cmmtry, and that we may awaken your interest to the extcnt that you will contribute at least flo sum equal to two cents vr more per member

per . rnonth-.~~ yoJ;~i;;"~hi:k' the

strike-.cGlltjn~ "',"" ':: .. ' ';!;' The strikers are so e.n.t:Lusiastit:'4ud.con­

fideut_ o.f their' \~lti m:iJt~: .;uc.~e'ss . t h2t it' wo~ld .' be lMt'auke,,'l smt1;r@J4{: ~rwmized labor· -faiierl, ;(o,·:a ppre~iai:e' tile;;; sa:bri·tices now being;niMic by tWise:-I'loh~"men and wQmenwbo • ~~e d~.fe~ding> a "pri-nciple most dear to-every true. trade·u~ionist.

If you canpessibly 4"ake up. e. f\!w dol­lars whidi .can he COtltri'but~d 'to this worthy.,mmse thclldoso quickly, ann send returns to.D. p.DriSlloll, 987 WashiJ1'gt~n street, BostolJ,_l\"la~s.,::,

Erat"rnall)·-yours. ;. FRED -J. KN-E:EJ .. ANU,

Cbairman. P. S.-Do not be deceived by an)! article

that may app::ar in the press Hating, that the strike. ,i~ :r.I.arbboro is sehlcJ, that is but: a ~.ut (:)f tlie. ~cl?eme or the mallufac­tUH:rs to defeat the sHi1.:e.

l\Iarl.boro, Mas~.: ?.Iay 11, !~S9. 'To \oVhondt 711:::.y.Concern :

The .shoe mRnufacwrers of Marlboro, Mass., aud thelr emissaries an: circubting the report that..the strike which lias been on ill tlJat- cit y,.fCl" the past, si..x 1l1onths is over ..

\Ve wish to inform yoa that this strike was entered into'on the I~th of last No­vemher to deIeud th~ right oLthe Illen and women wQrkeJ:S in that~ity to]lQjd mem­bership in thp.ir respective organizations, aud up to tl11!;lime (26 week;,) tlJe:manu­factu!"ers have not, conceded . .that right, and the strike is just as much on at: ever, and win s.) continue ,'Illltil tr.at right is established, but 110t jil the llip.l1nel" con­ceded by the., employe~s, who ;ay, "\Ve concede yo!!r right to, belong to tue union, but you will Ilo.t ·workJor us while enjoy­iug that privilege.'>' __

'It is true,l;omeof our people who have made this noble struggle iu defl!nse of their'.'organizatiQI}. ha,·e applied for work, but instead of being lwuoreu for the sac­rifices which ~l:ey Ulaae in defense of what they considere'dAheir rights, they arc in many cases insuJtedby those inau~hority at the V:'1.rious factories, allti in 110 case has there been thc lea:;t disposition 5-hown to rt:coguize the organization, Ilnd the neces­sities of those who app1y for work is made the opportunity· for veuting tIle pent-up spleen ()f petty bosse.:.

The. Marlboro' Enterprise, the uiiicial mouthpieeeof ·the employers' a'>Socialion, l.!lakes 'mcny m'er their appl'cciatioll of. the effects of the boycCiit; crun-itcterizlng' it as the hest kind of adn:rti::;ing, while at the same time all kinds 01': ffioves a:e ,heing nw.rle to ha\'r; .he ho)'cott lifted.

~iljct: H j~ S1..1::::11 a gootl tll;;,g·: all~(i they are so Jeiighteu with its hel;etici;J "ffects, there is no. vote that 11lay ue takf!11 in :r.·r~rlbo1"o whidl Ca.!l mc:~e dean tll1: unfair mUlmiacturers of ttat d,y, tb::n;fore,-the

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general organization of ·tbe-'Boot..&~~ Workers' Union and the Ameriean-Fede?-~ ation of Labor wiUonly raise'tbe~j£ci4lt when there is a cQmplete recQgnition'of the right to of.ganize ':md main~:iin -unions.

·\Ve have still over 2,000 people·who have' beel.1 in tb1s_contest. all through, and who are' in destitute circu1llst~nces, who 'Can

only be succored by the contributions of their more forlunate friends in the -trade unions, and we appeal to you to cont.ribute, mOlley at once. Send all moneys.to B.P:: Dorsey, Secreta,ry-Treasurer, 198A MaiD street, Marlboro, Mass. "

Every effort should be made to locat~-the. 'products of the Rice & Hutchins firm, whose goods are stamped "Rice aud Hutchins," and who have factories in " Rhode Island State Prison," " Warren, -r"Ie.," "Kennebunk, Me.," .. Rockland',. Mass.," "South Braintree, 1\lass.," "'\Vor-' cester, Mass.," and three factories in Marl­boro, Mass. Return the 'compliment fO.r· their boycott upon'organizcd labor by refusing to purchase boots or shoes unless· . they bear the label of the Hoot'and Shoe 'Vorkers' Union impressed upon .the inner or outer sole. / Per order,

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOINT COUNCIL NO.8.

JOHN J. DALTON,

PHILIP J. BYRNE;,

AUG. \OVHE;LAN,

BERNARD P. DORSEY"" JOHN H. MURRAY,

WILLIAM LAYE;RTY.

. More of Our Troubles. Salinas City, CaL, June I: 18g9-

Editor Electrical Worker: Again I anL' constrained to write a few

lines to keep the working claSs pOsted upon a gross insult to American labor. ~all anyone wonder tb'at we should organ­ize, and can we be called criminals because we do? The miners' trouble in Idaho is the fault of the mine owners, not the workers. Do people look iuto the true cause of strikes? Is it not because the meil are not treated fair? Everything is being concentrated by gigantic formation of trusts, sanctioned by the present gov:. ernment at V.'ashington, D. C. Who pro­duces the wealth of this nation, or ailY vther? The world at large does not deny that the hand of labor is the cause of all wealth. Well, then, if we make wealth we should ha\·c somt! of it. . Tht: farmer raises grain, but the' gambler on ·stock bonds makeS the price. Is that right:? Only a few days ago the iron and sted industries of the United States, were 'COll­

solidated for $600,000,000, simply to -con­trol the markets, put up the price of-the commodity alld keep down the 'price of labor. Another case of glaring .injustice comes from Copperappolis, Cal., a once thriving city. The copper combine has dosed down the mines, and 1,000 men are

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thrown out of employment, without a shadow of a chance to get work. Some who are unmarried can leave the place, but those whe have wives and babies de­pending on them, what of them? WhM. will they do? "To hell with them" says tlie capitalist. " The public be damned," said Vanderbilt. "If they haven't bread let them eat cake, ". said Marie Antoinette of France, and so it goes. . And now the governor of Idaho says it

. should be a punishable crime to belong to or organize a labor union. \Vell, if so. it should be just as niuch a crime for the wealthy class to organize to control the output of .necessaries of ltre. "What is 'sauce for the goose is sauce for the gan­der." This is., according to our" be1ov-::d Constitution," a free .country, and the laws aTe made for oueand 'all; but if you have the proper amount of cash you can break the laws with impunity and steal millions, but should you be so foolish as to be poor and should appropriate a ride on a freight train, to pri~n with you, and yet, YOll hav~ not taken a peuny's worth of goods.

If some of you think this call go Otl for­ever you are mistaken. The tre'nd of thc times points out the way through socialism and education. J firmly belie\'e the rail­roads, telephone and telegraph monopolies should be owned by the gO\'ermnent, an<1 all cities should own their own water, gas, electric and street railway plant. If the government can· control the mails, it eim control all other things. It pays annually enough money to railroads for carrying mail to buy altd pay for all the tracks in twenty-five years, and furnishes its own messengers. If the railroads makes mil­liOllS the government will not ollly make the same' but save millions now paid for carrying nlail. Look at the millions made by the express companies alone, and jet the common people fought in and are no\\" fighting in the war, yet we, the people, must pay the war tax (md the "blo.lted" stockholder of \Vells, Fargo, Amencan and United States Express Companies pay not a cent of war tax. Is that right? The general manager says yes.

I am now going to say so1tle~hing that might hnrt a few of your feelings, and I hope you "ill wake it'p and say the Ann Arkist is right. I hope the day will come, and right soon, too, that the working tHen of America wiIi have their wages cut 5 per cent. a day eVl:ry day in the week' and every week in ihe year till you a're acLl.Ially obliged to steal and beg, and' then you will >\waken and lis/':ll to ii'll: voi(:e vf reason. Reason says .)\'gani7.~, join a labor union, make a stand ior your rights, kick uutil you get them, then maybt: yon will see the advantage of the goyernl1lent ownillg the great monopolies which are now suck­ing the.life and strength of the people of this conntry.

And now a few words about the Pacific

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coast. I hav,e s~{~(i hc[or~ ll~V_' s01:nethjng about Going a.way'viith prison laboI'. Well, in the third we eli of l\Iay hve> nmrd::rs were corum itt-ed in' CaHornia. prisons by men who.;::h,oulli. have heenhung 'iC:l~S ago on gcueral principles, but who are kept fat and well dressed and ah-..a.>'s on the lookout to stick a knife in a guard. The gross misscarriage of justice in dealing with such Illen will Jead to people taking the law (Lynch law) in their own hands, hanging the cdminal, and also hanging a few jurywefl and some of the judges, per­sons who do nothing the year round but sit on juries and disagree on the techni­calities, regardless of the fact that 1 or 1,000 good witnesses saw the crime com­mitted, and ought to be hung by mobs of infuriated taxpayers. Thousands upon thousands of dollars are wasted every year by lenient judges, quibbling shysters aud dishonest juries. \Vell, what are you going to do about it? As I said, if you have woney you can get free, but the Lord help you if you happen to be a ··\;orker. Wake up ye sleepy slu~gards; get up and be doing. The democrats and republicans are now getting the barrel filled, and their hand io; ready to pat you 0:1 the back and tell you how much they think of you, (for your vote ouly) aud then do ')"011 dirt after election. Elect YOllr own class, tell thew what they were e!ccted for, and then if tIlt:)" don't do your behest and are nut hon­est, make an example of them by Lynch law. A m,1Il is honest as long as he knows he is well watched, but given half a chance and good bye to him. You can pass pages of resolves and therefores, bItt eterual \'igilance is your only hope for the price of liberty and pur~uit of happiness. In California only the fool;;, workiugmen aud Chinamen pay ~4 per year for road and poll tax, the l1Iil1io!1~"'ires and tramps goo free, aud devilish Ii, tie of the :noney S0

collected is put where i.t honestly belongs. As I glance on:r Hly 1I1':'rning paper I

read that the wages in the \Vestern sugar refinery have been cut i'15 and $20 per month on oilers and centrifugal workers. The last named workmeu handle the sugar at the point where it is dried by extracting the syrup with the same process clothes are dried in a laundry .. They only work twelve hmirs a day and thitty and thirty­one days a month, and if they don't like the cut they have the perfect right to quit and ·stan·e. There is lio such thing as the working slave makiug every other wan he dcals with lower his rent or board. It's just work or quit, 10,000 men ate ready to fill your place. If white mcn will tlOt do it, then the Jap al;d opium-soaked China­llIali steps ill, a stri ke fullows, some prop­erty is destroyed, Ii few are shot in cold blood by the~15 a IIl(ll1th mnrderers called home guards, and the mill starts up and

. the general manager's tlividend is still up to high water mark. Tht: boss stockholder

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goes to Europe, his daughter weds a titled blackleg and the hard. earned money' of the while slave is spent in paying the' aforesaid titled B. L's debts.

I will write more next time if myink holds out. )'

ANN ARKIST.· -------SUPPORTING T.HP; UNION.

l\ie:nhers who stay away from their unic'n meetings because they do not feel s~t;5fied with the way mhtters are nm,. at the same time keeping up thelr member­ship by paying their dues, are doing the~­sclve;; and their union an injustice, It is a duty they owe themselves a'lld their union to attend the meetings, and by word and action to assist in seeing that things al'e run properly, at the same time giving due consicleratioll to the fact that in tlle most perfectly regulated bodies things cannot alway:; go to please everybody. '

Obstructionists and would· he dismptors should not be tolerated, the members who stay a',;,-ay because of them, while the !Jro­vocation is often great, are not showing a proper ;'egard for the duty they owe their orgal1!zation.

It is the, seeming indifference of the stny-av;nys that increases the boldness and' presumption of these disligreeable fellows until they come to think that those who stay away do so feeling that in their hands the Itdoll y;ill be safe and that the other mell!befs are satisfied to let them be tIle "whole thing."

Members who are continually raising poil1ts of order, alld blocking progress and occasioning dissatisfaction by' exciting wrangles over constitutional technicalities, ll.re a drawback and should be "sat dov,,'n on II by the unions to which they belong.

Parliamentary law and constitutions are, as a rnle, good things for the members to have knowledge of and to be guided by, b.;t the member who would have the union TUn in strict conformity with them should lea,rli that matters will often be better facilitated by the exercise of common sense. • -:-Dirmiughnm Advocate.

Prediction of Tom L. Johnson.' Tom L. Johnson, the wiuely kno:wnstreet

car magnate, in an interview is quoted as sayin~ : . "The time is going to come when the people will ride free upon the street cars, run ·and operated by a municipality, 'the same as they now get their letters deliv­en:d to them by the postal !.ystem.' Muni­cipal control is as easily handled as gov­ernmental control. Politics would not be able to cut any figure. In every' separate organization where the servants of the company, government or municipality arc subject to examination by public sentiment where free access to the inner workings is made accessible, no corruption is found . It is only in the hidden. byways that politi­cal chicanery can be possible."

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NniiQNAiL"~ROTH'ER'HHD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS.

-PUBLISHED MONTHLY.

H. w. $H~RMAN, Publisher and'Editor, 731 Powers'Bldg., Roc~ester, N. Y.

ltntuedat tbe,Post-Olfice at It.oebester, N, Y., " u ~nd·class m~er.

UBCUTIVE 1I0ARD., 'Grand P;fesident-J. H. Maloney,

13S9 W. Congress St., C,hic:ago, nt. , G1'Ilnd Secretary-'H. W. Sherman,

, '731 l'owe~Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. GnmdTreastirir-P. H. Wissinger,

411 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md. FiratVlee-Presi;4ent-Thepdore Gould, , n Wareham St., Boston, Mass. Second Vlce-Presideat-C. H. Adams,

:lg01 Summit S1" KlIusas City, Mo. TMrd-Vice-Presiden't-Thomas Forbes,

447 Avery st., Detroit, Mich. Fourth Vice-President-S,.M. Keeble,

2233 Park Ave., St. Lauis, Mo. Fifth Vice-President-R. P. Gale,

1210 A Broadway, '!"an Francisco, Cal.

Su4scr;ption $1.00 per year, ;n advance.

As 'rbe>Electricai' Worker reaches the men who do the work and recommend or order the material, its vaIue as an advertisiu,g medium can be readily app~iated. '

ROCHESTER, N. Y., JUNE, 18c)9.

W. N. Gates, Special Advertising Agent, 29 .. Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, O.

OWING to the magnificent response from the locals we have been obliged ~o increase lohis issue to twenty-four pages.

THE Brotherhood has granted charters, ,since April I, to -~ioux City, la.; Milwau­kee, Wis.; Norfolk, Va.; Richmond, Ind.; Scranton, Pa., and Cripple Creek, Colo.

BROTHER JAS. T~{ISTLE, of Local 44, was very seriously injured June 2nd. His spur pulled out, allowing him to strike a step. Here is that you may SOOI1 be out

again" Jim.", ======"", IN this month's issue we print the picture

of Brother Harvey Burnett, an electrical worker without legs, ,who is desirous of getting an artificial pair. Members wish­ing to help this Brother along will kindly send all money to Brother Adams, Second Vice· President, 2901 Summit St., Kansas City, Mo. .

BROTHER ED. STINSOS, of Local 45, Buffalo, severed his connection with the Bell Telephone Co. to accept a position' as superintendent for the new Telephone Co. at Rochester. Bro. 'Stinson is'recognized

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as, ~~~;of :~e, _~'~ry bes~:i~~}ti :te'leghone busjg,~~S, -~nd, w~ think fhe cqrnpan y 'made a Itood .selecti0n. Here's wishin~,v.ou suc-ce~s, Ed. . , ,,', - .... ,

AT the request ola great many:',readers of the Eiectrical Worker, we lla~'e' this month p.rooiihed the:pict'.lre of Uncle Tom, (Mr. ,:rhdl1las ' Whee lei," o'f'-LOciI38).

,Undc !ofu is' one of the ~hill'in-.r:'tiglits' of J Local ?8, aiid i.s well known 111 the 1.abor

mm·emeht in' the State of (1lli,,: "He was deleg;,tte to < onr 1<15t ~ollve'h't10n hild in Detroit, and was 'chosen delegate Jo the W ofldngmen's conventi6nj.t:cer~t1y' held at Columbus, 'Uncle Toni while not an eloquent i;p~aker, is 'very ci>hvindiig and holdS' hIs listeners ve:r~ wdl,'.but is ;ore of a worker tn~n a talker. '.. ,:' ', ..

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THE' prt:ss secretafor of Locapi~.:40, in his Ip.tter this month, 'wants 'the Editor to explain why, members of the 'B .. ot!J~r,hood have to pay 'one'dollar and twenty cents a year for the Electrical \Vorki;r, when the SUbscription, price is' one dollar::" The broth~r is wlOllg..The meWB-cl'S()£ Ll)e Brotherhood do not pay ,on'e ,<;biiar '!nd twenty cents, the}' p'!ysixty ~ents: ',til~ per capita tax is twenty cents Go" ead. me'm­ber pet month, of ,)\;pich .fift~~ ,cent~'goes to the General Fund of the Bi,otheirbood and. five to the W orl:~r. "Tweh'c'·'tim:es five are sixty, so (lut~ide sub~~r.ib~r;; pay forty ccnt~ lil01'e. , - , .. '. ," ,'. , '

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-,- ,'" .:*,-;;.~ ISOI.AT~D I.ABOR ORGANl:ZAX-:lONS.

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Some months ago we issued ;('C'h;l\1er to"" eightnlen in the city 0'( Sp;ingttcl~_, Hr."'''' Fora I!!wmonths they' paid the' pef:HrpiGt tax ~ndl'~1l wa1'i well. They bci;arhe §ra:t-k~~ , w~iyi;J~~~p,several dines andrec~:v~d" no' ,~\:!'~~lr:'·,-Th~ secretary," lilte',qlany othe~:'- :faiiea "to extend' the'co¥tnQD courtesy of an answer, but by' dilige'n'i in- ' quiry~+~, learned that the local' h,~4 go~~ out of'.existence and, Phoenix' like, i'fiere had ari~eil from the ashes a little Brotllet~," hood of their own-that a charter ii'ad been ,grant~athem from the State'Viderafion,' Right here we question the right of apy' State F~<iej.a~ion granting a cnart~r wh,(He:' there isa National body. There h~d Qeeh no complaint entered, not a wor4 '6f dis~ satisfaetign; but simply these m'e'il \vanted a little Brotherhood of their o'wn. ' In this state ire ~s good union men as there~rc in" any other state; just as good, no beit~r; nor do th~y claim to be bett,er. One' of o~r ' very best'iocals is in that state, a jocalijlat has alwa}'s remained true to the N:it' E: w. anthr~'(eel safe in saying al~a)'s wHI:' Ther,e~<l'~¥ueen tiines when perlIap$ cer­tainth'in.-gs'did not suit them, buttherG' was ney;e.r :l~r seeds of discOI:c( Ii'own ,'In their ra~.ks; n~ver a word about forminga little BrQther'fipoo of their own. But we find in the' i'-arne state men who have' jumped the 'Br9therhoodsilllply, be~.ius~ they cou.id 'not have their' own ,vay:' and "

, why the centr~I'I, bC?dies of. the large cit,~s TH~ ROBERT WRIbHT lnjN'p; sh()uld scattlie.s~ ,tramp organizations;-

In our last'.'issue \\'e wade "L~t we then,', we are at a '10,55' to know, 'They' elect' thOllght o,ur la~t apPeaU(lr Robert W~ight, delegates toattenu the A.F. of L. conven-' but, at the requesfcfa l~umbero(b:·(\ther5, tiQn, shout tllemselves 'hoarse adv~catinir we have concluded to,'try again. It cer--' an undivided Iront, claimillg. we'sbOl.ild he tainly should be possible to rliiseat lea.~t·, as'one, that there shoulqbe no north; nli two bu ndred and fifty dollars to, start 'th~,' SQuill, ,no east or no \,:es't, bu't that \Ve sliou1d' brother in .l)u.sim:s~.Thp.re are a. great be' united in one 'gr~:~J"Brotherhood.-that many readers j>f this'paf,eJ.· who have not ' the'£?ri,ccrn of '!?fii~;:~to,~id be the con'cern put in their mi~,e. Now <::ome, 'btly;, jnst a oi:ail., Then,gp.,back to their own cities little ten-cent piece from C<'lch oncwi1l an(f'lll.il few weekS~ote toseat some Molly raise the 3,DlCunt. 'nri!!g the matj,erup McGuire organi~~t.ion. .. 0 consist~ncy; for discussi~n in, your locals and this can thou art~a',jewC'O:" Just as. long as' this' be accomplished, Do not let another goes Oil just so "ion,g will !he w(),rkingmen month go by without rai~,ug the mOl)!!Y. of this coun~ry',~av'e a harder row, to ,poe. The amount now 011 hand is Olle hund:'ed If these tramp~organi.zers, these wandering and forty-four donal'S and 'thirty-two cents, Willies of the labor, mo\'ement,say they contributed by the followi!lg : left their national' budy becausecenain Local No. 56 . I> 4 73 things 'were wron:g,don't believe what they

" ' 37 7 oc !!ay, be,causeall intelligent men 'know, all, E. Rush " . I 00 wrongs can be righted. We hold conven-, Loc~~No. 45 r, 50 tions every two years, and ~wo y'eJlr~ Jfi>.,

~~ lt~, short time in the history of 2D crganizatiq,n., " .. !'

5 , .' 4 52 There is a tramp organization in .the larg-72 ~ 50 est city of this country and when asked a

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Local No. 71 . . . F. White ant1 g::.ng W. Call "

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25 25 few weeks ago why they left tile ,Br~ther,_ 7 75 hood they answered because the Nadonal ~ ~ body refused to allow them certain f,lea'th I 00 claims, a bare-faced lie, as an)! III ember of 9 50 the E. B. who was in office at that timeca~

12 00 certify to. These Molly McGlIir.e,s knew 14 00 that if they told the truth they wo~id have

$144 32 a lame case, bllt, 'like SOllIe' pettyf~ggy

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lawyer, when he sees the law is against him, he endeavors to win his case by foul meailS. There has never been a legitimate claim refused by this organization, so lying pretem:es of this .kind don't go. Another one of these Washington know-it-alls had the nerve to say, the reason why they did not want to go in the Brotherhood was that it was filled ~p with inferior workmen. Ye Gods I All the good wiremen in this Uni­ted States belong to a little isolated tramp organization whiCh, like the wandering refugee, has no home, no affiliation with any one, but stands alone. NO'IVthisshould not be' tolerated, this is nan:ow·minded unionism; this is what tbe boys c;:tll home guard unionism', Why Mr, Isolated Union Man, if you take a notion to travel, it is then your finish ~omes, Your card that did you good. becomes 'useless, not worth the paper it is printed on. Our Brother­hood has a card that is good from Boston to California, a card that has procured em­p!oyme!l~ for ,a great many of our members, A card that has done service as a railroad ticket, for any good railroad man will gin.> a fellow playing in hard luck a ride, with a good up to date Brotherhood card, Or­ganizations that are formed by malcontents to satisiy their own selfish aims cannot prosper, they may hold the balance of power for awhile, but the foundation is weak and rotten and sooner or later the entire structure· must totter anel. fall. Every man working at the electrical busi· ness should be under ·:one banner of right and justice-a broad-min~ied Brotherhood' looking to the welfare of the ci I'i Ii zed glnbe, a Brotherhood that is willing to extend its hand across the sea and ~ay to our brothers, your interest is my'intert:st, we must cume together, form a workingman's alliance and with old Glory and the Union Jack, the two prettiest flags kissed by the sun, flying side by side 'and an International Brotherhood, ~ve r,jUst succeed. Let uS hope tllat this is in the near future; let us hope th(" isolated men will see the error' of the.ir way and come over to the fold.

A WORn TO THlt CONTRACTOR.

We received a communication some time ago from a contractor, askil1g for informa­tion' in regard to a charter. He said, although he was all employer of men, he thought a Union was a good thing and he advised his 'men to f()!'D1 a Loca1. This i:;

the proper feeling for- employers to have, for is it not an Il.ndisputed fact, better hours,. better mE:ll; better wages, better men; better men, better work; better work, better name for the contractor; bet-

/ ter namc for' him, better money-there i you are! A cOlltract{Jr and his workmen

have the same thing at stake, 'While the workingman is pouuding away with muscle and skill he is thinking of his family at home ~lnd realizes every hour, every day,

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER . .

",very week, put in fl.t good, fair wages, 'Will bring comfort tu those he loves. And the contractors who havc tlleir money ill­vested are working f~r the wife and little ones at home; this makes them identical. in as far ~~itiii1t~~ii~··~1:1ioods a~~-;chnc~:3~-a .>; Of course, we are forced to admit there are different kinds of contractors as well as different kinds of workmen,

Some contractors have the good and welfare of their workmen at heart to the extent that they want to pay the scale every time. There is no need in saying meu "don't :lppreciate this, for they cer­tainly do,:iVi'r:·Coni.raCtor. How truly the words of the poet come. home to the work­ingman, "a little word in kindness spoken, a motive or tear has often healed the heart that's broken and made a friend sincere, n

when his employer stops long enough to ask how his little boy or girl who was sick if> getting along. Say, Mr. Contractor, he feels better for the asking and, ask your­!it-lf, don't you? The mat} wlw want:; to impress on the minds of his emp,1oyees that he is boss all the time, not allowing them any freedom, does not get the results that the man does who remembers that we are all human and must act in concert with each other to accomplish the desired ends, Here is success to the contractor who wishes his employees sllcl:ess.·

MAI.CONTltNTS IN THlt T.ABOR ~t:OVlt­MltNT.

During the few mOHths of 1899 there have oet!ll more strikes than at any other time for a great nUUluer of years, and as was expected we have had our share of trouble but we are pleasE:d to say have been successful. It has been impossible for Locals to adr.ere to the Constitution, so each local that made demands knew what to expect. The trouble has bl'!en settled in e,\'ery case to i'he enlire satisfaction of the majority and this is all that could be asked, as this organization is run by majority rule. We know too well that it is a hard matter to please everyone, so if we please the majority it is satisfactory; the malcon­tents uo olle can please, they cannot please themselves and there are times when they hate, themselves, Take for example a recent trouble where a man of God, a Bishop, was asked to interc£:dt- for a booy of men' who had certain gI1c"ances. This good lU311, 'who ":.:.~~:~ ollv:;iY;:; r:,;specte~ by all who knew him, irrespective of cre(:d, ail knew when he unClertook anyt1i1ug it was for the best int('rest oi ali cOllCerU(;U, in fact they placed implicit f.,ith in him. He called the llIen tog~ther :llld gave them good advice, and through hinl the matter was settled not to the entire satisfaction of ihe malcontents, but to the satisfaction of the 1l1ajority, to the satisfaction of business men and to the satisfactiun of the poor suffering wives and children who had

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suffered· for weeks. But the malcontent got in his sneaky work. Not face to face with the Bishop, oh, no! malcontents do not do business that way, but in some re­mote corner far away from' the Bishop he would tell the few men who gathered around him how strikes ,should be 'conEluc­ted and that the Bishop had sol~ d\lt to the contractors. Yegods, think 'of this! A ma.n of the Bishop's calibre selling a strike; or, in fact, of any man selling a strike. How could it .be done? The matter is never settled until a vote is taken by; the nlen interested. Why, intelligent men in the labor movement have long since seen the impossibility of this and paid no attention to the malcontents or calamity howlers. Strikes are serious things at best and many could be avoided in the rank, and file if more confidence was piaced in the, men selected to settle the trouble. We'do not mean to give the committee fnII power to act, but give them time to report baCK to the 0rgani:mtio!1 before yOll. criticise them. :Men who serve on committees have to consider the nU'Dlber of people who are likely to suffer. Then act accordingly and do not make any radicai moves, but acHn :!. conservativ~, gentlemanly manner, and' more call be accomplished than by being too aggressive. l'here are many men in ·the labor movement too ready to condemn; this d{Jes no good. Calling a man a thief"' don't mak", him one by any means; :you have got to prove him a thief before the l:~w or intelligent men will not take any nutice of it. Jest watch the fellow who lealls upon the bar with a glass of beer in his hand; pay particular attention tobim; he will give you pointers how to run the labor movement in this country; the sys­te:m is all wrong; all the labor leaders are out for what they can get; watch that fellow; trace out his past; see how honest .he ha!; been himself before -you pay any attention to him, ·for its dollil:l's to dCill.gh­nuts that he owes the Local of his craft money. Perhaps he run for SOme office and failed to get votes enough, and this makes him a malcontent; and not satisfied with becoming dissatisfied himself, he starts out on the mission of making con­verts to his cause. The man who carin'ot stand defeat, is a poor man indeed. A workingman's life is one of constant de­feats from the cradle to the grave; we must bear these defeats; why not take de­feat:. in all organization ·"ito the same good grace. Buckle on the armor, enter the fight and help the man w.ho defeated you aud show that you are made of the proper stuff for a Union man,aitd your fellow craftsmen will think more of you for it ; a,bove all things don't become a JlIalcontent. There is nothing gained by knock.ing al1 the time, quit it alld get out and hustle some and when you uo the other klJockers _ will get a chance at vou. Say, malcontents, dOIl'tthink the so-c~l1ed

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·labor leaders of your country are getting . rich; look the list over and see how many tnillionairesyou will find. "Men who be­-come leaders ~n the labor movement do Dot get any great amount of money. you ~n bank on that .. We don't go much on the word "leader." ·for every man who lives :up to the doctrines of right and justice and believes in the good old motto of-equal rig·hts to all mankind is a leader. !fhe movement is gaining ground in. spite ofthema1contents. and let us hope in the 'Jiear future there will be no malcontents in tbtf·locals. If things !1on't suit. make them; it is not a very l1ard matter to get men with yon when in the right; it may fake some time but they will coine after awhile. In conclusion let us say. get down·to bmri,ness and stop knocking.

" : iOOKIl~G over a cert.ain Electrical Ma­gazine. we ran across the following. written by~. ,fhiladelphia shoe clerk ~

~NCREASED HIS S"ALAR Y $5.00 PER WEEK.

. ,Before taking the .Wiring and Bell-Work Course of Thc International Correspond­ence Schools. I was a shoe salesman, at a salary' of $8.00 per week. I still hold thc' same p@sition. but receive SQ.oo per week. .1. ha.ve one afternoon and three evenings off .duty each, week. This spare time I tum to advantage by doing electrical w.ork. hitbrs way I increase my salary ::>5.00 per week. making $14.00 in all. I now feel qualified. to accept a position in an elec­trical establishm~nt, and when the oppor­tunity occurs, I intend to change my occu-pation. .

And in spite of such things staring elec­trical workers in the face some men will ask. what good is a labor organization, and wonder why their wages are so low. Now, young men who are shoe clerks' some of thefime and wiremen when not clerks not only "hurt the workingmen. but the con­tractor as we!I. Philadelphia. one of our largest cities, has nei local.

e_ ----., HATTaR OF PATaNTS.

.. :' ,-he editor of the Worker has received the letter.which follow.s from a brother in

Boston. :Mass .• May 2. 1899. Editor Electrical Worker: .' My Dear Sir: I have invented an elec­trical. appliance which I know. by trial. if;, of intrinsic value. and which. can be 'made 'very useful in connection with cer­'lain electrical machines. I cannot afford 't6 get it patented. and I certainly haven't' .the capital to manufacture it and place it . 0J;l.~hc market. _

What is the b.est course for me to take? . Yours very truly.

L.H.W. ~ 'That is an easy. one. '(" If. the writer of this letter has stated the ~se" fairly-of whIch we have 110 doubt­.and values his peace of mind. he has bu~ . -t>ne alternative. that is. to break the ap­pliance into as many pieces as he call con­:viently and distribute these pieces in half

.. il dozen different scrap heaps and burn·his. ;diagrams ..

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'n !toes wIthout sajing that lh€ahswer which, in'8:II '~ndor·. we' arec()mpelled to llIa.'ke' is notaJ;l agr!i~ah!e' oiie'; 'that it is noi>tbe' ffilswer wflkll'ine' 'bl·6tlllir had hoped to receive. 3n(hlot (\ie 2,lls#¢i which he would ha\'e received ftom nli~;'fundred and 'ninety-nine ottt of one th;~sandpeople to ~vho!n the inqui!-yomigilt hl.we been ad­dressed. Now. the m'.tnral and proper inquiry wifth'e: "Wbatt" ~p"'reason for this a.avice?;' : There are niillI~'" ·reasons. and we will give just a few df ·them'.

~¥jrG.t.::...;.the la~s;7whicXlg~~t'::rn t~e' issue ofpatents)n' thiscouutrj;,'ap!!to which an inventor innst "look for coii~erva~'io'l of his righfS. are ri0t fw'nied,and, admbistered for the protcctiono(jIl~;e~~Qrs. This is a hroad statement. but it is llonie out by the history of the eJ,?ct:'ic;al art. .

That's oue reaso.~::;"i:cre is another: 1£ yon place y~ut invention in the hands

of .~ ':Comp:uiY prdl1foteT he 'Yill get the elltire olttfit by a}iy 'ofh.;Uf ~ doY-en meth­ods .. In the eud thft inveutor will be "done up'" if the invt!ntlon has any vil.lue. and he'v:i1l save]otsof worry and ruined air­castles if .b·e take$".thes;rap hea1) wllte at the.ol;tsel for;" as the leUe!" \~'ritei' :d~tually Pllts it, he has no mOl!ej> wIth" wbich to fight for his rights, ..

That's a se;,'ond reasor. ; here is auother:

If. as we are all the time assuming, the brotber·sinveutJon. is of realvahl·p.. and if hei,; shrewd enough toescapt: thc wiles of the ordinar)' promotor. he n:ny still find himself ·'.upagainst" the "Chi~ago game." DOll't know the.,game in Boston? No? Well. it is known in the latitufte of New York state. and ',8 :;.000 ma.lY inventors who have heencaught by it will give a good sample. of vigorous profa:lity when the trick is mentioned. This partiCBlar method of, circum\"c!lting inventors is called the' 'Chicago game" because it was first practised in that enter!,l"ising city. Here is the iay. out. and it will not be our fault if Ollr 'Hoston brother does not recog­nize it when he " meetronp" witlJ it :

Ali inventor has a mp.chine or device of . palpable merit. and which is cleariy patent­ahle, but· he has neither the money to patent nor exploit it. A man comes to him and makes a proposition which; on its fBec. is perfcctly square. He proposes. in consideration of one-half of all 'th~ patents. to procure such iJatellt~, m"nulr.ctllre. ad­\'clti"e !llJU·',;t:i1.tae appliances aud divide tht;, 'profits; one-half to go tobi:nself and one-half to go to the invent.or. A simple contract ,1:; urawn to ihi .. 'eH'cd and the business progresses. Money is spent very freely. Th~ de'dce is well l11f,nufactured. well adverU"ed. 'aud, c.p to e. certain point well sold .. The1l th:> ru3Ili)1'!.1ator of. the Chicago game '·fiuds, AS he say:-. that it is necessary to get a lot of capital and ".spread 'o(it" His propof,itioll i5 some­thing like this;

He will propose a stOCk" cOffi~iW6f"""~"y'­ICX? shares of the par ~alue.3>!.~I7>:~~ach. t the patent or patents to go 10 as the capl-~' tal. Thirty 'shaies are to' ~':"""J5llic~'lir treasury stock, the promoter. taking thitty­five and the inventer thirty:five. FrOm the proceeds of the sale' of the tr:easllry stock the promoter is to-be 'iein'ibatse-<:t'Cor the money he has advanced and'forsalary as manager.' traveHn.g expenses' and aoy' charge which he can ring in. andhenold'S':' -with his friends who 'have the treasurY' stock-the controlling·interest . .' Now-note the plain arithmetic. The 'Promoter has recouped himsel££or every.dollar he hltS'­spent and' ~very dollar"he could·mana.ge·to charge against the outfit. 'Then,.th~ 'in":' ventor being the 'orily real contribution of capital. the promoter coolly' offers the'in~ ventor a tm~d and ahsolutely ·valueless· interest. In other words, the cOmbination' to which the promoter belongs get ·their money back and a controlling interest without having really invested a dol1ru-.~ ,".

At this point the inventor. rem:eiD:b'~r~rig that a large number of the appliances ha'Ve been sold at a profit, is very apt·to' .. kil'ij.· .. · and refuse t~ join auy such open~aiid-sbut stock deal. and demands that the terms of' the contract be carried out ; and the con~' tract says nothing about a siockcompa-uy ..

It is just here that the little jokcr~- in the Chicago game gets in its work. )":he. unfortunate inventor produce;; his contract and is coolly .informed that the contract does not specify when the profits are to'be divided. and such proves to be. the ease: By this time the most houest and 'confiding inventor will tremble. But he has his contract, The first lawyer to' whom he: presents . his.; case wili tell him that it is llselesstoJ;~,gin a law suit withQut a good rollo(mQRey to ca-rry'it through, if the inventor is ou'his metal and is deterItiin,ed to obtain his rights. a little inv~tigatioit discloses the fact that the man who sj.gned· the c~utract is only a "dummy;" tliat)le has no financial responsibility. and thai:"it is useless to attempt to recover. The real parties who have put up. ,the money. have· advanced it to him and hav.e already been repaid from the sales. If they are,not entirely repaid the promoter will slm.ply tell the inventor that he (the promoter). can get his money out of it, and he ca'hrily proceeds \\'lth the business. ·Of. course. the object, as in most .other patent.p.romQ7 . tion games. is to reach a compromise .'Ona stock company which will -give the . .pro-, moters control ·without . investment. In most cases the inventor gives up the fight; and a little later the company is',legally " reorganized." and he finds himseU Qut, in the cold.

That's our reason for advising the BO$"O

ton - brotlier, if he cannot raise mOlley enough to exploit his own invention. to. send it to the scrap heap ..

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~ocal Union No. :l.

St. Louis, Mo., June.7, 1899.

Editor Electrical Worker:

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and as the members of No. 1 have been working steadily for. nearly a year since the termination of our strike last summer, they have decided to give a rail­road excursion to Havana, 111., on June II. The distance is 130 miles. The train will pass through Springfield, giving those who desire an opportunity to see the sights of the State capital aud return with the ex­cursion in the evening. An interesting program has been· arranged and a good time is guaranteed to all. The game of ball between Nos. 1 and 3 will be a battlc royal aud so~e of the players will undoubt­edly receive offers from league magnates after itis m;er.

NO.1 has been holding some rattling meetitlgs of late. At the last meeting we noticed the smiling faces of three who had 110t attended a· meeting for nearly a year. \Ve will Soon have- with us se"eral who broke ranks iu April, 189S. Forty-five dollars is the amount they are paying and as sooii as that amount is paid we will ex­tend to them the glad hand once mClre.

NO.1 added a number of members by card recently. Onr brochers inother cities should bear in. miDlI that il costs $20 lO get their first Bnilding Trades Council card in NO.1. The running expenses of the uliiolJ are about $200 per month. It has cost everyone of the old Illembers of NO.1 from $150 to $200 to secure present condi­tions in SL I,ouis and melllbers coming from other citiesshollld not complain that we are hard ou t}\f!lJ1,. 11' a city where wages are from $1 to $1.50 more, and the working day two hours less than in sur­roundin~ cities it is absolutely necessary to have some restriction-a protective t&ritt if you wish to call it !mell.

On and after July 1st the initiation fee in No.1 will be $35. This, and a number of other amendnients to our by-laws, was adopted about a month ago.

The uuiou labor ordinance mentioned in my :March letter was passed after being am~<le-.d in the COU!l dl. It was thought at first, allli was probahly so intended, that the ~melidment made the bill worthless as far as the 11lain object sought to be ob­tained was concerned; hut the fact tbat a det~rmil1ed effort is heing made to ,have the law repealed would indicate that the

. Missouri-Edison and other unfair concerns' are afraid of it. As the law now stands it compels the· ins('rtion of a union-labor clause ill all contracts let by the city ex­cept street and public improvements when

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER

a special tax is levied agah1st abutting property. ELECTRON,

____ .:.... __ P_ress Sec'y.

1;.oca] 'union NO.2.

Kansas City, Mo., May 31, 18Q<).

Editor Electrical \Vorker: Dr. to the N. B. E. W. of A., through the

columns of the Worker, to the above named order, a letter from Local NO.2 of Kansas City, Mo., als(\ an apology which 1 hope the members will kindly accept,' as you are all well aware No.2 has only been organized a short time. \Ve are doing as well as could be expected, having al the present time thirty-three members and . hope to get more shortly, as we have promises, although promises do not buy anything. We were somewhat afraid at first that by organizing the linemen's local here, thereby taking some of the oldest timber from No. 18, we would to a certain extent cripple that local, but 1 am proud to etate that No. !S's gain since has been double their loss, and no one feels prouder than Adam's, .. Old Boy," and 1 hope the electrical workers ontside of the local will appreciate what we have been doing for them and take a tumble to them­selves and roll up or gently walk up some Wednesday evening to 1117 Walnut st., Labor Hall. \Ve will give them the hand of fellowship, and say come lets be broth­ers again, or lets be brothers, as the case may be.

Bro. Drollinger is out on the road with a little gang of his own stringing wire for the Postal between Kansas City and Denver, Colo. The Postal is O. K., so when you Have a message to send out of K. C .. donot forget the Postal hires Union men.

Bro. C. N. Miles has been \'ery low with pneumonia; was not expected to recover, but would say he is much better and on the road to comple-te rec:overy. I hope the brothers "'iii get their journals O. K, If you move dOli't forget to te-II the \Vorker, for if you do not inform it, it will not fol­low you.

As some of the brothers of No.2 took out cards and transportation to Salt Lake, we would be pleased to ht::ar from them through the Worker. We wish them suc­cess.

We understand Bro. McCarthy has gone to St. Louis. Success Jack, and let us hear from you. We also have several ex-mem­bers of No, 18 in St. Lo:.ds. V.'e hope they have not fallen hy the' wayside. Come, brothers, let us wake up <Jnd solicit trade­for the N. B. E. W of A. and make it a trust that we have faith in and not afraid to trust. Let us make the N .. B. E. \V. of A. one of the leading grand Judges of the country. Let the world know you are Union but in so doing f,rove to your em­ployer you are a better, truer and more trustworthy employee for being union. You may have some bad faults, as we all

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have, no doubt, but we can all overcome them by being true to our union. When you are truc to your union, you arc true to one and all alike, and it does not take the employer only a short time to find this out, and he· is therefore more willing and anxious for your welfare.

1 want to say, success to Uncle Tom and I hope 1 may be able to see his excellence at our next convention in the Smokey, where your 33rd nephew, C. H. A., was bred and born, in the valley just above the Smokey amongst the pumpkins and the corn.

Wishing success to thlt members of the N. B. E. W. of A. and wishing more to fol­low throughout the world.

Frate-rnally, , C. H. A.,

Press Sec. NO.2. P. S.-l just come from over the river,

being up to Pumpville, Kansas, til test one of Nicko-Teso's Humo air meters .. Seeing' a nutice in last month's \~Torker in regard to them and the statement of them not sending out any free samples, it only being a short distance from K. c., as you know, we are on the border here, 1 just walk oyer, being accompanied by a cousin of NiCko of short birth. Well, we'arrived all O. K., . except dust}', hot and Ollt of breath. as we passed through the hot wind part of Kan­sas. Well, we got hitched up to the meters and will just say they work immensely. Nick wanted me to take one to K. C. with me but I told him I thought I had better not as 1 did not think they would be a sue;:­cess in Mo., as the air in Mo. is damp .. and, heavy and sometimes muddy and was quite sure it would ground [he meter. He agreed with me and stilted he would get up an amendment to the meter thereby evaporating the air before using it in the meter. New, f understand, or have been informed, that Bro. Roth of Atchison, Kans., uses one of Nicko's mete .. s co,,­stantly and when he came down to K. C. last Sunday· he wore the meter also; being of course used to it, but I have been in­formed the air was too damp in K. C. for it and consequently Bro. Roth got the meter grounded before he left K. C. and was not able to get to see all of the boys. Will say they work O. K. in Kansas, but they are N. G. in Mo. Would ask Brother Roth if this is not true. Well, to make this story short 1 succeeded in getting Nicko to join the order. Reccj"ed his cash, gave him ,the goat hop and the Elect. Fling and will say .Nic}w is now a full­fledged member of the N. B. E. W. of A., and you will undoubtedly hear from him hereafter. \Vould close by saying I had a question asked me some few days ago which you may think is foolish, but I have since given it considerable thought and will put the question to you for answer a:; it was given to mc: If an· irresistible force should come in conlact with an im-

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movable dbj.ect, what would be the r.esult? . Fraternally, "

C. H. A., Press Sec. NO.2, K. c., Mo.

I,ocal Union NO.3. St. Louis, June 6, ISw.

Editor Electrical Worker: .As we have no press secretary, I will

write a few hnes in regard to giving the members of Local No. 3 a jacking.up for

. nQt atte~4i,g our meetings. There are several of t~tJro.thers. who make engage­ments to" ki·\l·:lri.~.n, and meet their girls, and order suits or.clot~es. Now, all of this has to' be Qn.:,r~u-rsday. I would like. to inform the brotbers that there are six other nights in the week on which to make those engagem~nts. Then there are sev­eral br.others· who have a habit of sending thejr dues up by some one else. This should be stopped .. Brothers, don't be 'afraid tQ ~hQw yourJ<aces; come up, so we can. have a large crowd, and it will put us in !pind of old ti!pes. A good many of the brothe~s stay away from meetings because they are afraid if they come· up they will be elected to.some office. I would like to ask these brothers how the deuce they ex­p~j:;t to run a union without officers. Get your heads together; be men; don't be boys, and se.e if we can't make our local as big as .the rest of them. .<\l,1<1 another thing . 1 would like. the.. boy:; .to tio is to try and induce all of the ex-brothers who have fall­en by the wayside to come back. If you

.don't succeed at on-ce, try a.gain; keep at them until you get them. I hope none of the brothers \vill feel offended at these re­marks, and that thIS arti~le in the \Vorker may he the means of a larger a.ttendance at our meetings. J. T. O'DRINE,

Press Secretary. -------I.ocal Union No. S.

Pittsburg, June S, 1899. · Editor Electrical \Vorker:

We11, our gang of trouble experts have · returned and report the lines are clear, in · fact, a fulfillment of our prophesy iu last month's 'Vork:er. All ground, short and open circuits have.received due considera­tion by the local's committee, and also the Pittsburg Electrical'Contractors Protective Association; and considering that a child had to be born for a special purpose and. that it has attained an age to be sufficiently stropg enough to wa~k, it has struck out to accomplish said purpose with its fellow

· co-laborers of Local Union NO.5, and with .a mu,tnal understanding with each other all in the space of four weeks is, we think, a rather slick article when it goes for speed. All men should be reasonable am} possess

· a fair degree of common sense, of course, each one has his opinion; but as' Lord Bacon said: .. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an

· .exact mau," we think that reasonable de-

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man.ds laid before reasonable J;uen,would rec~ve reasonable c~nsideration, which, we are glad to say, has been tIle gratifying result. There 'is not the slightest doubt that if the sanIe methods whic'h have char­acterized the former action is carried throughout the term of this agreement that both contractors and wiremen will be the gainers in all they undertake, which was at this time a precarious condition for the contractors. Owing to the low basis work had fallen to, it was their ~)11ly salvation. The agreemeut was not a ·compulsory measure but was made to appear so by out­siders and the press; there was no trouble nor was there an intention of a strike. It was simply a business proposition offered by Local Union NO.5 at a tune when it meant so much to the employer; to refuse would mean . a11 kinds of trouble and a smash-up, ·,to .accept the proffered help was to join hi the mutual operations per­taining to the trade we look to for ~iu support.

It is with a feeling of exultation that I pen these lines to tbe Brotherhood, boru not of a single idea but many, that go to make our natures as they should be, when labor is given her dues. The first reason that gives rise to our present buoyant spirit is for the organization and keeping Local Union NO.5 in a thoroughly ·good financial working basis, that is, I meau those who have stood by her when hope seemed like a fading star Oll the horizon of our existence, fading slowly into com­plete oblivion; not the ones who tremble as slaves and are not worthy of the name of men, being devoid of honesty and prin­ciple and have not tIle full degree of what their craniums ought to hold, who will run as a skulking dog or a traitorous coward when trouble comes, and are afraid :to-stand their ground as' -they should as brothers. It is for these I do not care one flip­human vultures feeding on the mistakes of others. But all organizations are sorely afflicted with these parasites and it is not worth the time and paper to give them notoriety-those who know more of Local No. 5's business than its bonafied members. If they said strike, they are prevaricators of the first water, as these lubbers are al­ways on the lookum to do. damage to some­one, even if it is friend against frienu, and' brother agai1lst brother. But "the mill of the Gods grind sluw and exceedingly small," a1,u these insigniiicant particles fall out ~etween the burrs in a short time. 'Vords cannot express the contempt I feei for such individuals, and as for Local No. S she never was in a better financial condi­ti01l than now and is goiJ;1g forward.

The second reason is that the electrical coutractors have arrived at the point which Local Union No. S has been IJl1shing ever since she was an organi7.ation, the very ideas are taken up and the same work will have to be gont; Lhrough,but.oH afa,r.dif-

ferent blll;is of opat'~O.n", ~~,~ :ue.,.' show thehel ping ·hand'; whi<:,b.\w"n 'Pro1~'· fel'ed before, passed unnoticed: ibJloiC00bll!Pit· tors and in·spectors; put nowA;;liI~t:It;-wijlt~,.:. a unified effort for the. general ~tterU1ellt of the electrical industry, a basisohnntual operation which will alone accomplish tire results intended by ·the. tW{')·bo<ii-cs;, As,; one of the early agitators of this, and in conjunction with the effort!> oJ my col-. leagues we have to-day accomplisaee. what others said you never can ; and I. beHev.e it stands without a peer for clearness. in t4e adjustment throughout, and it is with. ex­ceedingly great pride that I now bav.e. before me the actual docum.eat-an agj-e.e-. went between employer and em.ployee that is a reasonable. one and makes. the' two hearts beat as one for the success of both. An 'honest effort of labor to elevate by hard work of education to the point. of rights and privileges and where th\! mistake has been made, which placed both con­tractor and wiremen on 3.n unsafe footing:-. NO\v, bridged by an agreement for and]:,y. thl' united efforts we will succeed; this is where labor gains, in having Ii sur-e, "fair understanding and makkg reasonable and rational demands.

Did you ever think as the llearse drives by, That it won't be long 'til yotl aud I, Go riding out in that big .plumed hack, .. And we neve.r remember of coming ··back .

Did you eve. think, as }'.111 strive for gold, That a dead man's hand can't a dollar hold, You can pinch and tug, ~,trive and sa:ve, -But you'll lose it all when you~each. the

grave.

That man Dlay last, but never live~, Who much .eceives, but nothing gIves; \Vhom none can lovi>, whom lJone ·e'an'

thank, Creations blot, creations blank.

Bllt he who marks from day to day, In generous acts his radiant way, Treads the same path his Saviour tro4, The path to glory and to God. . .

THoMAs: DALY.

The third reason is that the hand' has been extended to labo. ill this vicinity to gain in a financial way. A grand .testimo­nial benefit will be given the week of t.he 26th of July, and the proceeds over. and above the actual running expenses· are to be divided share and share alike among the various labor orgBnimtions in this 'Vicinity who take part. It.is a novel scheme inits make-up and has on the faceo~ it the guar­antee of success, be·cause of the basis 0l mutual operation for a given '.end, 'i'he show will be well advertised and ·is· ttl he made '.lp of the .cream of the Ame.rican stage vaudevilie performers, and' one·that will be within the reach of all, fifty cents being the price of admission:

The whole scheme ,vas e"olved o'.!tside by ·the friends of jabor which shows that

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tuere ha!; oeefl a:li!le of conservative ac­tion, or elo;e it Wfji-:lJ -not havc been recog­nized in thiR ma1ii-rer. Good luck to our outside friends. -

Well, there bas been all kin.}s l)f hustling bete in Fitt!;burg according to some of the reports of-the doctors, several, night cll,llb havc been answered- and the"e has come into the union many new members who will sen'e as apprentices for a period of tinle. Brother Fox WIl,S greatly surprised the other night by the appearance of a Foxy;, well, to tell it as it was understood, they did 110t k~ow for quite a :while what; constemation reigneu un til they disco,·­crerl a small pair' of-spurs, then of course they knew it ,was a wire puller. Bro:her \Vilsdell llad a similar experience but 1'.

different result (o!Jeu face) diYerler ann coil winder. Wc -;;:uow that brother Ford bas his troubles-a pair; stem wind, swi~dl hoard expert, allll ~1I open face carbOll treater. I am sure that the bwthers are pleased judglll!; f~Clll the numuer of appli­cations ,c.'1.1Jed for, but as the r"p()~l~ are not _complete and o:hcr quarters to be he-ard froul later, we will wait for results. What next?

Brother I'wurley got himself together and went and found somcone better, as that :3 the geaeral acceplati011 of the acdon. o ho~ nice a good cigar wouhl be ; hayen' t llad one for a long time.

Brothcr Charle.,: Campbell has made a lerrible discovery, a motor that has ner­vous prostration. If any of the brothers ever heard of that ar disease afore, please send the medicine to Ilrother Campbell; it ought to be fixed.

,Brothers Welsh and Kesler left the Smoky city for a clime that suits their health better; we would liked to ha"e had thenl stay with us but they vanished. Call again brothers.

Now, since the agreement is signed, and 'will take dred July 1st, J899, all wiremen, journeymen and fixluremen in this vicinity ,'\'ill have to come under tbe sha,low of No. 5 if we know anything about what's gwine to drop. \Vhere are those chumps who said the union be d---? Ah, hah, olu man, how about it now? Innocenls and sit:ners get in out of the wet, because it's going to rain pretty hard and YOtl've got no umbrella.

But some will say that's a little strong. ('There was a time w ben there was a chance, .'lnd y~'~l -didn't :lU'·r!.,lce;"- 'We'are not ~;l

{or fUll; we mean business and that's why we Me here yet ~.nd st-ill in business at the old stand. Come uownand we'll put lhe glm'es on with yeo Look here, paTu, bke yer medicine like a laan; knuckle down hard, none of your flinching; if you don't like this dose, frielld or foc, it's good for you, I can leU you that you nCt!d a douhlc portion, and if I lIad the words to givc I'm sure you'd get it straight. Drink her down and look pleasant; smile Ii little a!ld

THE EtECTRICAf: WORKER:

"\ OW11 up the corn as you ought to; you lluve a whole lot to read bet,v,een these lilies; do your dnty as ~ man, iife is too short to act as ell ass; read this agreement. ana: think tht:'lllar:t~r ovti,,"anJ sei~'wll!:~~vou ~talld, t~)t':l ,'gct ii Hrove ou_- with you!' plunks. -

Brother Eldridge has returned from a trip for his health alld is looking as plump as H possum, and has lots to tell you; we are glad to have him amol1g t1S again.

P. S.-I think I've writte!1 a long 1etler don't you? aud it's alwut. 'time -I'd stop, becal13e I yloll't want yon to think for olle minuie 'll1ut I'm ruuning a race willi dear Ullc1e 'l\ml with his P. 8's. that would Ilc\'(,r do. \\'e all enjoy his letters and ne\'cr'd ge~ tired reading them if they took' up the whole paper.

Here is our agreement: :llEMORANDu:.r OX' _-\GREEM}<~NT.

This agrecment, made and entered into this first day of July, 1899, between the ,'.~sociatioil of Elec~rica1 Contractors of -Piusburg, ilcreillaf:er called the party of the first part, aml Local lillion ~o. 5 of the ;,ationa1 Bro~l:el'h0od of Electrical "'ork­en; of America, hereinafter called the party of the second pan.

Witnesseth: That the parties hereby agree and with each otht:r as follows:

First-Nine hours (9) shall constitute a .day's work, froll! 7:30 a. m. to I2 110L'I;, aud from 12 :30 to 5 p. Ill., exc,ept 011 Saturdays, 011 which S hours shall constitute a day's work, from 7:30 a. m. to 12 noon, and from 12:30 to 4 p. m.

Second-All car fare frol11 office to work simi! be paid by the party of the first part, unless the party of th~ second part is noti­fied to report 011 job; if work is out of town, the p:lrty of the lirst pal·t will pay all fares exceeding IO cents.

Tbird--·All ow:, nine homs }Jer day, and Sundays and legal holidays, time and a half shall be paid. Nothillg less than one­half hour I'll anyone week shall be consti­tuted as overtime.

Fourth-The minilllum rate of wages fOI journeymen, wiremen und fixturemen, sltall be $2.50 per day. Journeymen, wire­men or fixturemen, when recognized as foremen of a job, shall- recei ve not less th311 ;'2.75 per day, provided he has charge of three or more men.

Fith-The' party of the first part s11all illruish all tools for conduit -work, and also G.rills and bits O\·c;: If. inch,,:! ill length, when such are required on a job; journey" men to be responsible for tools taken frow shop.

Sixth-No journeYlat.:I1, wiremen or fix­tlorelllt!lI shall do any worl: that properly belo1!gs, to the party of tile first part;- and not more than one member of a contracting firm ~ilalJ do journeymen work, unless in case of extrcme necessit}.

5en,nth-No contractor 5ha11 elllploy at any tillle more than on:! apprcntice or

helper to one journeyman, wireman; or fixtureln'an.

EighLh-A boy to learn the trade shall serve one year as helper, and at the e;-:pi­ration of that time, if of gooci charl!l'ter ann ability. shall be admitted to the Vnl iJu as all apprentice, provided he bas ::ttaiLed -the age of 17 years.

Niuth-An apprentice sball riot be a1-lowed to finish any w('rk in any brotilCh'of the business under two yeaes' selyke ..

Tent.h-The party of the first P''lit agrees that all'mt'n empio)'<!d by them, or shall' be clup10yed by them after d:l.te aforesaid, 5"aU be union men in good standing; and the party of tbe . second part agrees not to work for any firm not signing this agree­ment, except manufacturing firms operat­ing their own plant.

Bleveuth-This agreement sball apply _ to all work within the radius of 15 nliles frOl~1 AlIeg1eny County Court house.

Twelfth-The parJ-y of the first part re­serves the right to diSCharge any man in their .employ, at any time for reasonabl.e cause.

Thirteenth-Neither party hereto shall do any act discrimil:;lting in any way against 10Y memb.:'T (Jf the union or asso­ciation.

Fourteenth-In case of hr"ach of agree­ment by either party, the other party shall furnish to the party so offending, a COIU­munication ill writing, and each -party shall appoint a committee of three, said committee to meet as soon thereafter as possible, aud dispose of the question at issue.

Fifteenth-In case of -breach of agree­ment by allY contractor or member of the union, and if the accused shall be fOllnd guilty, a fine of $5.00 shall be imposed for for the first offense, aud for the second offense they shall be 'expelled from the union or association.

Sixteenth-When an applicant presents himself for admission into the union a committee of three shall be appointed, two of wholll shall be members of the union, and one a member of the associa~ion, and said committee shall constitute au examin­ing board to pass upon application, and :i two-third vote of said board shall entitle applicant to membership into the electrical workers' union, provided he is favorably considered by sait! union in meeting as­sembled, said union to pay all expenses of exauliail.g board, provideu ,;aid expense does not exceed $2.00. '

Seventeenth-This agreement, when ac­cepted, and signed by the committees and an executive officer of the union and asso­ciation, is an agreement between the par­ties bel'eto; and it is agreed aud distinctly -understood that all previons communica­tions between said parties, eitl1er "erLal or written, contrary to the provisions hcreof are hereLy withdrawn and annulled, aau this agreement shall continue in force for

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one year from date, and this agreement shall be modified only by a duly approved suppl,ementary agreement signed by both parties, provided one mOI).th's written notic;e shall be given by either party, con­taining full information in regard to con­templated changes.

Witness our bands and s~ls this :md day of June, 1899 ..

Electrical Contrado:rs Association per H. W. Cleland, secretary.

J. B. MCGINLEY, JAS. A. LANGTON, GEO. R. MATH lEN,

i . Committee. Per E. D. SMITH, president:. Local Union NO.5, National Brotherhood

of Electrical Workers of America, per H. H. Haas, president.

F. D. l\:I.~LONE, WM. A. EVANS, JOHN W. ECOFF,

. Committee. Per JOHN S. HASKINS, chairman.

[1.. s.J Yours Ftatern,a11y,

J. H. STOUFFER.

~oca1 Union No.6. San Francisco, Cal., June I, 18w.

Editor Electrical Worker; The following extract from a local paper

,,;m no doubt be of interest to the brothers: The fift·h annual picnic of the National

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Agricu.ltural Park recently was largely at­tended and a most enjoyable affair. The crowd was an orderly one, and as the weather was delightful there was nothing to mar the pleasure of the occasion.

The excursionists from San Francisco came in two trains of fifteen cars that were well filled. They were accompanied by a number of policemen in full uniform, who did not have anything to do in their official capacity, but took part in and greatly en­j.eyed the amusement features of the day. Sheriff Langford was also on the ground with a posse, but they were not called upon to eltercise their authority, as no serious disturbances materialized.

The dancing, which was kept up all day in the pavilion and on the .open floor in the eucalyptus grove, was much enjoyed. There was a throng of dancers on the spacious floor of the pavilion throughout the day and the scene was an animated one.

The games in the afternoon proved lively and interesting contests and greatly enter­tained the. crowd. ]. J. Cameron, a husky electrical worker from San Francisco, who has often proved himself the champion on former similar occasions, won the honors on this' occasion, with his brother, J. A. Cameron, second. . The bicycle race, once around over the

race course, was won by contestant Allen, D. Manning second and George Dow third.

J. J. Cameron won two of the footraces, securing fine pri·zes.

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Tli~~_~ECTRI>': _ ltKER JJ",,;lI.~~'

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tests of the day -were the - pote-eHmbing and do missionary work am-<mg the uab'e-' events,. that are p.~~ji2.r:>to .the ·el.ectrical lieving of our city. Bro: Bow,el'!, "YlHo is 'a' wo.J'~ .. s ap,lt of p~\;;ir;ilil ,¥a:!~~)QJl.\i~m, as heart-and-soul worker for tfl:It:>!l'nion, was demo,nstra't.L}lg how q.~!ckly th.?¥ ca:~;climb selected to fill the office, but Bro. BGwen up and ,!o'rn pole\,.witp. th~:use of their was compelled, after two we.eks,<.to resign,: iron ..foot spurs.. !Three poles had been owinlg to the pressing duties of. hi~ other erected on-:the 'main.,rQ'ld for the P'lu<pose, positio.ns. Bro. O. L.Dress.ei"'wasappoin.t­the taller of !Vhicb·w:'-1s fifly.,five. feet high, ed to fill his place; and that, JMo . Dr:esser. with a clOssbar four feet from the top. J. is a hustler goes without .sayi.n,g; as· during J. Cameron WOR the prize for the fa.stest his short term in office we haveadd.ed. sev_ time in ciimbiQgup and coming'down the en inside wiremen to our ranks. . Tha"t's pole.. He TJlade it,.:in 19 seconds, thereby ri.ght, Bro. Dresser; keep it lip. We ne.~d winning the fine ge,ld championship medal a few more like you. I thimk other :Iocals set with diamonds; The, Qth.er contestants ·could imitate us in this line to the·ir advan~ in ther.e order were : ]. A: Camer0n, 201-5 tage. A business agent will do your looals se~s;E. Verd:on,2J ; O. Eckstrom, 22 ; all kinds of good. Of course ev.ery broth-J.J.::Wson,z3; J.oe Williams,'26: . er is, or should be, a self-a'ppointed a.gent.

The·three·pole climhing cont~st was won He should do his utmost to promo.te.-the by J.A. Cam"ron in 35' seconds .. The other good of the' union. But in all OFganiza­contestants in their:order were: D. Eck- tions a few men do all the hustling, ,whHe strt>ln,36 2'-5 ; E: Verdun,37; J •. Ellison, the rest of us look on, instead of doing our 377=-;; Joe Williams, -50 ~·5. share. Thi.s r~mioos us of a story. This

D. ~ck5trom,w.ontbe, cont'!st of pll!cing story commenCeS as all well-regulated.st<,3-a cross. arm on the. top of 'a pole, his time ries should, thus: Once upon a ;til'ne the being 2:Q, .to z:16by JOf: Willial'llil. people ofthe earth agreed that.uporr a cer­

The contest of ·throwing a wire over a tain day, at a given time, they would raise line fifty feet high :was won by contestant a shout which' would ascend to the lRoon. Dug'an, Coffmanseoond and Bentley third. At the appointed ~ime every pcrsonw,as to

Tbe orders .for the va.rious prizes were shout at the top of his lungs. Now,·as:the distribu,ted on the groun.-}s, time drew nigh, each one said to .himself,

The offi·cers of the Electrical \Vorkers, "Everyone else is going to shout; guess all of whcm were a;~ive ill makin~_ the pic-. I'll keep quiet and iisten.'" And the result nic 'and cx<:ursion it: success, were: R. P. was that at the appoin·ted time it was the Gale, Grand Yice •. President; ]. J. Cam- stillest, quietest moment that 'the earth eron, President; Gco~ge .Sittman, Viee- ever experienced. Now, this' is what the President; A. A. Whitfit'!d, Recording trouble is with the greater number -of lis; Secretary; R. P~ .G:li-e, Financial Secre- we want to keep quiet and listen whil:e the tary; T. Connes!!, Press Secretal) ; George other fellows do the shouting. ' Keetley, Treilsurer ;.Harry Hilton, Fore- Now, we all know the men of our .craIt man; C. Baraeo, Inspector'; Charles Stark, are not paid in accordance to the wbrk T. Conues!:;-:-Harry Hilton, Trustees. they perform. We should receive better

The committees of·the day ;"ere: Ar- pay than a common laborer, but in' some ran.gement Comojitt~e,.A. Whitfield, chair- cases, -1 am sorry to say, the wages are' not man; J. J. C~mel"i)n:, J~" P.Gale, C. Rem- much better. You receive pay for -the sehel, H. HiI.ton, George Barnhardt, B. manual labor performed by your 'hands, Brown. H.-·F: Dampke, .T. Conness, J. W. nothing for the knowledge of knowing how Giass, George K. Porter. to do it. A plumber once sent· a'. bill t'o ~ Recepuon~mittec'7C. Anderson, F. cranky customer who returned the 'bill and

Thurles, J. Williams, C. Gillispi. W. Con- wanted to have it itemized. The plumber nor, P. Lynch" F. PiIlitt, F. Guthrie, R. itemized the bill in this manner: . Brvant, WiiJi.am Me LeHan. Fixing pump. . . S .50

Floor Di.rectors-":G. eerge Sittman, Edgar K' h _ nowlDg ow.. . 2.00

Ries. Floor C6mOlittee'-C. V':. Baraco, W. H.

Perkins, F. Keetley, C. Stark, f\. Rose, H. Hasselback, L. Riche.

Games Committee- Waiter Bentley, Lieutenailt C. J, Hogan, j. Vi. Glas!>,

Judges-H. J. Ed,,'nrds, William Mc­Farland, J. R. Hailey.

Gate Keepers-H. Hiilon, G("orge ·Barn-hl!rdt, . _____ -'0_

~ocalUnio!! NO.7. Sprin.§;tlelrl,. ~l?.!'s., June 9, 11199.

Editor Electrical \V.:orker: Another m(,nlh l,as C(Jille and ~olle and

L~1(;a! NO.7. has accomplished much in that short !ifi<tce of t!me. Ab01il !our weeks

Tutal.. . . . . . $2.5°'" So you see a man should be; according to this friend of labor, paid for.a little rnore than manual labor. That plumber 'can have a cigar on me the first time we meet. . Now, we are all about to install new 'offi­

cers, and let it be the aim of atl locals to elect men who will be of the best servi-ce to our cause, and help them allyotl can to build up our union.

Hoping the next six montbswiH be as prosperous as the first six 'munths 6£ .this yeal', 1 remain,

Frate'rnally yours, :" THE JUDGE."

June] THE ELECTRICAL WORKER

P. S. It's an off with Farrell's base bail team. No more practicing. mil Junes swallowed the hall. J.

Local Union No .. 9. Chicago, June 7, IS(}9.

Editor Electrical Worker: As our P. S. failed to make his report to

the Worker last month, we have erased his name from the pay-roll, and in his s~cad NO.9 has elected one of the stalwarts of the N. B" but as he has not been installed yet I was instru(:ted to notify the N. B. that NO.9 is still alive and doing business in this village, and the latch.strjng hangs out to all brothers coming this way.

We will hold our· annual picnic August 13. No superstition about ·~o, 9. \Ve change the pole contest from one high to three short poles; by this change we hope to decrease the chances of· accident and increase number of contestants. I hope we will see some (If our old members there. Idon't think there are any idle members in NO.9. The city is build;ng a large l'lec­tric plant for street lighting at 6-tth street and ;Wentwbrth avenue. This is to fur­nish light south of 39th street. This plant will have a capacity of 2000 lamps of 2000

candle power, This work will give NO.9 a chance to rna ke some good brothers or test contract with city.

Fraternally yours, W. E. KNAPP.

Local Union No. xo. Indianapolis, Ind., June 6, '99.

Editor Electrical Worker: I have b\lt a few words to write this

time, and will try to write them quick and ring off. No. 10 is doing good business, and the brothers will believe the statem~nt wheD they hear that we had seven new lights and two. old· ones to add to aliI' cir· cuit the other night, and two more old ones last night. Our $10, that we chargt'd to ride our goat, don't scare anyone, They put up the stuff right on the jump, c1l1d don't you think for a minute that we are easy on backsliders, either; for if they are far enough in arrears they pay the same rate as new appiicants; we are not a bit easy; and I, for one, have no patience with a m;m that is working all the time, or near­ly so, and then will let his dues go. 'i'hey are 110t very deep; you can reach the bot­tom of their unionism with a very short pole. Let some fellows get where they don't have to ,;hc',\, a: card and theh dGc­money is soon blown ·in. \Vhy can't the laboring men hang t::>gether? Why i" the laboring man not protected? \Vhy do not ail classes of labor command the wages they are worth? Why arc men-fathers­working to-day for the same wages tbat we hoys used to get for riding a horse in the hay field or gathering sheaves in the wheat field 15 or 18 years ago? Think of it; men supporting families now on the wages that boys earned when there wasn't but the be-

ginning of as much muney in ·circulatiun as then' is to-day .. God knows we, as men, cam more, but get it,if you can. \Ve h<=.\'c got a gQ,~d Mandard ·uow; we ha ve prospecr­ity; con·i1dence is. restored; the poor man has learned economy; his stomach is shrunken; he can't eat :':0 much; his shin is acclimated and hardened; he don't need clothes; he has lost his American pride; he lives in woodsheds and barns remodeled, or else away out in the suburbs, where he can use some of his big wages to go to and from work. They don't care for their fam­ilies; they can stay anywhere. Why is the poor man where he is to-day? I'll tell you. It is because he .has permitted him­self to be pushed and !;hoved wherever the bosses willed. Why don't we, to a l~~an, pause and study the condition of ourselves and our fellow-men? This will be enough. Many will ask, \Vhat can we do? I say, organize, and then stick together; for yol,1 can see the re!;ults of organization every­where. Look how the money power is or~ gani7.ed ana. note the result of the last three years. They have e~'erything their own way. Look at the monopolies that are forming every day, and note their success. Brothers, \~e must succeed if we get thor­oughly organized; and when. you go into any labor organization, remember the com­mandment, .. Love thy neighbor as thy­self," and expect to help your neighboFs and fellow· workmen as much as yourself. I say, if you don't go into the union with this intention, stay Gut, and don't get in the road. Some say, .. r have no kick coming, because I've got a job and pretty fair wages." But I have got a kick coming, and I expect to kick. My job and my wages don't create jobs and wages for my fellow-men who have no work and are hungry. Kick? You bet 'I'll ki;;k! I guess I must hav.:c been born kicking; but I will quit it for this time and see how some people like it; then, maybe I'll kick harder.

No. 10 is doing all she can t9 push the good cause along. We pick up e\'erybody that is qualified, if they only give us a hint that they want to se::eus. You ought to see Joe Langdon go after them. He is the real­stuff; and wt:'ve got a iot more just about as good. All are well at prescnt and about up to date, The boys all seem to like to carry good cards.

lowe and willingly make an apology to Bro. McCarthy. His girl happened to be ;> boy, ?nd <'lltwdghed 13ro, Pike's girl half a pound, and he, like his father, is a good un!cn man and has already sent in his ap­plication to No. 10. Hoping that this cor­rec.rion is sufficient, and that we may have many letters this month, I am, as ever, for union and our rights, .

'E. E; BAUMAN, P. S.

Local Union No. u. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 5, 1899.,

Editor Electrical Worker: I wish to publish the fact that one who

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uscd to be a member of Local No. 12 has violated hi~ oath of allegiance to the Na­tional Brntherhood and joined that body of rebels known as NO.3. Not that we regret losing the man, for where one is like him· there are 100 loyal ones; but it only shows you the low, dirty work that a man can stoop to. He had no reason to do this oth-' er thaI' getting a job that would pay him more money. He was working for the N. Y. Te!.Co. Members of other locals will please bear in mind the name, Frank J .. Luce, and when you run across him-well, you know the way to treat a traitor.

E. W. LATHAM, Sec'y pro tem.

Local Union No. X7. Detroit, Mich., Juue 9, 1899,

Editor Electrical Worker: A greeting to the brotherhood from, No.

17· I am sorry to report a bad accident to

Bro. lV. Coniu. He was on top of a pole laking down some wires aud when he cut the hst ones off the pole snapped and it and brolher . Conine came crashing to the earth, breaking the bones in b()th his feet. I aml!appy to state that he is doing nicely.

. The union esteems tbis brotht:r very highly and congrat~lates him <in his narrow escap~ from death.

Hurrah fo!' Xu. I of St. l.ouis, Brothers Raymond and Woodwortb have th~ir ca~ds there and from their glowing l'epi>rt~.No. I nIllst certainly be a ilOble body· of IUt:J!, to han~ been able to bring about such g~od conditions as they have in that metropolis of the southwest. Here's wishing 'you luck No. I.

'Ve are takmg in some inSide wil'e~eti. now. Business Agent Shea is getting the union clause into lots of the jobs tbis sum­mer. Every finn has SOUle union men, the Electneal Construction Co. have all u1110n men, I understand. ' This company U!les its men right, and what I say about so~e bosses in another part of this letter does not refer to them, or to other employers who are on the square. The Ediso!1 Co., • for instance, with Joe '''-idman as superin­tenuenl of lines. .'\ lineman wbo wvrks for hiU! once never wants to lean:: ·him. That kind of people never have aily trouble you will notice. They are square.

Brotber Rohert \Vright, we ha\-e not for­gotten you, but you know No. 17 has had lots of trouble of its own lately, and you know what that does to the treasury, but we .lre going to dig up something ne:-:t meet.; 11g night, nevertheless ..

As the strike at the Bell T~h:pho!le Co. is over and the brothers back at work at a mis? of wages, I will send you the follow­ing four names of union men who scabbed

. during the trouble:' 'Vm. Blll'ke, George Allen, Owen Gregg and John Laderoot. The first one is the worst, but are not the whole four a fine collection of hyena­hearted things? Yes, a precious ql1art~tte of CUTS? They have been expelled lind

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placed on the black-list. I have 110t the names of tbe non-union men wbo scabbed. There were several of them. Their names wiU be published next month. It speaks volumes for the influence of No. J7 that only four union men broke their solemn ohligatioNs aad -scabbed. We request the Reetlrdmg Secretary of each local to cut the 'a90ve four .names oat and paste them in their minute books for future reference, in case these grafters ever try to get into the Brotberhood again.

One of ' the brothers requests me to turn the hose on all scabs in general through the Worker. Instead of t~ hose I would like to shoot kiU-me-qnick· l'oach powder over them through a funnel a foot in dia­meter.

One of the scabs of the recent strike Uu-eateoH. to raise Cain if we interfered with him. No: 17 has a distinct knowledge Qf its own business, and we propose to carry out a policy \\ith whlske£s on it, so what t' 'ell BIll? What t' ell ?

Soon after the Bell trouble was over, the brothers at the Detroit Tel. <;0. went out, and after putting up a line fight have re­turned to work with substantial points won. They tied tbiugs up so tight that the company soon called for an arbitration board, wbicb adjusted the trouble. Frank Snyder and the rest of the committee did fine work, backed:up by every DIan on strike. As the question was one of bours more twin wages, and as they gained the niDe-bour day, you cau call this olle more victory for No. 17.

Up to the minute this last strike was ended not a. man wavered. They were the rig:i)t stuff from surface to center aud back again. Why, bless their bravebearts, they knew tbat all struggles do Dot win the first tim.e? .. Even if lost, they knew a strike is a benefit to the extent that it shows the employer that ·his pocket book suffers duriug the trouble and almost always for a long time afterwatds too, and he is more apt to concede some things in the future to avoid this stoppage of profits. If unious had laid dowll in the past when defeated, conditions would Dot be as ·rosy today as they are. Are. we not as game as those before.us?

In my travels I have ruD across arrogant bosses, and they are almost invariably per­sonal cowards aDd in time of trouble tbey will send some olle else oui: to do the dirty work if tbere is any danger, while they themseives skulk$itilin the walls of a hOllse. Any old house will do as long as it don't leak lead.

I read a short time ago in one of the monopolistic man-bating newspapers that unions try to tyrannize over not only the rich, but the poor as well. That is a black and brutal lie. The union never casts a stoDe at the .poor and unfortunate, but is ever ready to back the cause of the weak

ag:linsHne strong and to· light· the grinder of .l:abor at every turn. Take. for i1Jstltonce, a lot of men working for orteot tJi/"se grind­inl!·,sneerin~ bosses.· "\'herethese men st;nd d~bating whether to bc~ their pr~.sF!lIt iUs, or fly to ot1>crs they 1:.r;o'." not of, ifthel'e is· a union m2n :l.IDong them, he it is who:Urge:;· them ·te !T'ake a sfa.nd for decent tI·eat!1!ent ; lie·' it is wh.? sei'zes the gauge orbattlear.d f1iTlg~ itJu!!·and fair in the fa'ee of the d'ominet-ring boss. And yefthcTI: are 'th(\se who rlare~::>J· that the union tyrannizes over·'.the ·poor. Again, I say,·that .. is a biack alld bmtallie. .

. The m·asses of the people are. poor, ignorant and disorga,.i;:e'd, n,ot ktlo~ving the 'rights of mankind 0:1 the earth, be­cause a small class in every country bas taken possession of property aud govern­ment,alld wakes iav.·s for its OW11 !mfety andt-he secnl'it)· of its plunder. Chgim­ized iabor is the pioneer in the cnlsade agaim;tthesc classes ",nt;'. P.et as if taey bad a "divine ·r1bl,lt n· to ·;p!ander the poor. Unionism is teachingUie great common pe;)p1e to shame arid to hate tht>se ar:sto­cratie thieves. The Ul1tOn is an emalleipa­tor of lmman j;bcrt}· .and human thought. A tree is known:bY·its fruit~. If. these classes.had not· the:great fotces of organ­ized hrI>or and,gs syr.ipathi7ers to I'eckon with, .they. would· be t~le .death .>f the American slanua!"d··of liv;.ng, and in their accursed greed woul,l hold the world in pawn. \Vho dares say this is not true? Thei·e is no exa!.~geratiol1 about this, I am talking straight fac::s·i;o YOll now, Ameri­cans.

If this letter com~ under the cye~ of any nou-unionists I want to urge tbem to come in aild he men, and· cl'; their part. Don't be af~aid ; he·lil.c a union mall, afraid of nothing. ~9 sir·; a· genlli~le unio;1 DIan don't know what fear is. He thinks it is some kind· of a disease like yellow. fever and ollly knows that ,he· has nev.;:r had it. Come in and. rub 111) agail'lst some good tmioll men and they willsr;rely iustill some independence. into yon; J see loyal urlion nlen all arou\lfL ·me, and t!J know them is to lov~ the;ll. I know their faults and their ;'·irtnes. anal a(.i11!ire them in spite of one and for the .0theL· See ho\v nobly they do fight fOI··.the cau:;'.!, and I may say they will yet achieve that bettermel!t of the workingmall for • ... hich lhey haye toiled so earnestly, battled so bravely and hoped so ::!:~("nt1YI il~,l. ii: 0:":':· !l-::~:-t~ 'n:,t::r ~!.';es

e,'er a faith that tile tillle will yet corne in this fail" hl11d of ours· when there will be neither a miiliouaire ncr a beggar,a Jllaster not ,. slave.

The election of oruCt:·s win take place before anoth!:!' letter l:; ,.",illen. and you will hear from ~ new Press Sec. I lI:i.ve written the letters for. No. 17 for :I kong time, and ha..,(' striven .0 give my conccp- . tion of the W"-Ol!g3 uone to \l;o:-kingmen, the· evils that spring frcm these: wrc.ngs,

and the remedies to be applIed.' ~l~fothers; apply them. - '.i'-"

I hope the new Press Sec. wilt keep' lifter· ~ those scabs wbo broke, their· iobligation during the Bell Co. 's strike. I would li1!:e· to publish a book about the low-firing, seJ...;· fish, sneaking, grasping, cowardlyllouiuis. I would make it so hot that the vohmie would have to be printed 011 asbestos paper and bound in fire brick.

Yours fraternally, .. , .. DAN E. ELLSWORTH,'?-T

Press Secretaiyi·: -------Local Union No. :IS.

Kansas City, June" 1899. ,,-, , Editor Electrical \Vorker :

In vain do I look for NO.2, when; oh when, wilt thou appear? Somebody get a search' light. I see that F. D; o( NO.4 says he is going to let us know about some of the backsliders of NO.4. Well, come al.ol1g, let's have their names •. Now, F. D., why don't you sign your full·name. to your letter? I think that each'and every Press Secretary should sign bis fuil· name to his letter. Now, come along, let's have your, name. I might meet you some day and I would like to take you by· . the hand and say, "Brother F. D., how are you, etc."

Judge, I read your letter, and I am goiug to take it before our City Couucil. Wby I Look out for my July letter and see; at present I cannot tell you. Brother Millel: says "save your nloney." Now, boys" stop right here and think awhile on wbat·' Brother Miller says. I have known and know now Olen who are af work here· in t: Kansas City, who make from fifty"t& seventy-five dollars a month who, 'before· the month is half gone, borrow tW. pay· day. Now, boys, just stop and; think·of" wAat you are doing. You are spending' your hard earned wages ftlr that which is· not bread. Now, boys, stop it; "if-you,: have got families on your hands, think of . what will become of them, if you keep it­up. Now, we all know that· a man who· has got to work for a living does not know'· when he will lose his job, and then what?-· "Ob," you say, "I will look. out for·that;"· It's sixteen to one you won't do anything' of tbe kind. Now, boys, for tbe dear'oues': at home, stop and think..

Well, Brothers Pike and McCarthy, I ' can sympathize with you; I have got a girl-'­too, just· twenty ·mont!ls.· So you see--I know how it is.

Give it to them, Brother Dean, go in ·old·· boy, and may you never be weary in wen doing. I have got one here who is trying . to come the same game on m~, but you can· bet as long as I· can. handle a pen he will· never do it.

Well! well! if here isn't No. 25 of old . Kentuck. I am right glad to make your acquaintance, Brother Diebel. Come again, .

_ always room for one more •. (Ain't it so,

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Uncle Tom ?) So keep it up now that you have I'tart!.'d, do not get short circuited and shnt down, but l,te~p up with a full load each, Dlonth. Keep a log book, my hoy, and ~ .. ou \\;11 always have some copy for ye

.. tditor. I know he wants some from each and ,every local, eh Uncle?

Brother Sullivan, in his letter of 1ast DlOnth, wants to know how 111uch longer we are going to wait before we define ",hat ~n eiectrical worker must be before he ean sign up as Itn electrician. Now, Brother Sullivan, just keep your eye opeu for my July letter and you' will see what he 111ust be here in Kansas City beffire he will he allnwed to do any kind of electrical work.

\Vhy, Uncle 'fom, 1 am surprised, a man of YOUI age going i.u ball gawt:s and !"Out­ing like a Co;nanche 'or Siwash Indian. My! it's no wonder your little nephew is sho~ked. Why, it is just like getting agroulld on a five hundred volt circuit to hear that about a man of your venelable age. Now, I ilever go to a ball gallie (when I can't get a cbance), so for my denr Auntie's sake, try and be good. (Take her .)

Speaking about ball games, that reminds me of whow I m~l at a ball game a few Sundays ago. It was Brother Eugene Roth, of Atchison, Kansas. It was the first time I ever had. the honor of meeting Brother Rotb, and I will ~ay right here, it was gr?-ud to take him by LIe hand; ror, if ever there was a lUan who hau the wel­fare of the Brotherhood at heart, l{ro~her Roth is that man. So come again, Brother Roth, we would like to see you at No. IS. A 101- of the boys felt hurt because you did not call; so, if you will come, why we will do the rest. I see by Brother 'Yeiser's letter tbat the trimUlers of St. Joseph, lVio., have got a raise to $60.00 a month. Now, why cannot a private plant pay as much, 1 will tell you why, St. Juseph owns her own plant, and we all t:ncw tbat wherever a city owns a plant, or any­thing else for ~hat matter, it pays better wages than a pri\'ate corporation does. So, wby in lhundt:r don't you go to the polls and vote as you ought to do. Vote for men who will not give these valuable: fran­chises away. Now, ,bere in Kansas City trimmers only get $50.00 a month. Don't they work just as hard as the boys do in St. Joe? Well, I guess. So vote for Ulunicipalownership of public franchises. Wages 'will go up. and stay up at that. There will be no strikes tben. So wake IIp and think awhil.: bdcre yoa vote for l'iark Hanna .)r .bis' tribe again. Let's hear from Uncle TOUl on this. 1 would advi~e Brother Martin of Chicago to have his route change,d to the river, then, if he falls fron. one of those poles he spoke of in his last ietter, he will go in the rivel' aml only get a liUlf' uath and w~ all know that ~ hath is good for the health (especially a mud bath).

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER

That is right, Brother l\IcBroom, giYe the names of those bl3;ck sheep you speak of; they might drop ,around here and we would iike 'to meet them (with a pike pole and can't hook.) \Ve would give them a very warm leception you can bet.

I see in last month's 'Yorker quite an ar­ticle on fires, caused by defective wiring. Now it is a fact that iully twenty-five per cent. of the fires 1Iowauays are caused by poor WlTlng. Here in Kansas City not long ago we lost oue of the finest theaters west of the Mississippi River by that kind of work. I refer to the Auditorium. It took fire at 1:05 a. m. aud by 5 o'clock a. m. it was ruins; loss $175,000.00. Now this subject should be brought up and dis­.cussed in our meetings. I also noticed in that article that SOUle of the boys did 1Iot like to have the inspector come nosiug around. Why uot? Are they fifteen cent men, and call not their work stand an honest insrection; it looks like that to me. A man who does not want his work to be inspected is ,110t much of a workman; I dOIl't care a rap who it is, either. Now, we have got two inspectors here in Kansas City, a city nlan and an underwriter mall, 'and all either one of them asks is for the work to be done right. When it is, it passes, and not until it is right does it pass.

Now, I will try and give YOll a little news from No. 18. "'e ha\'e a little scheme 011 foot that we are trying to get through. (Where you ask). Wait until next month and 1 will tell you all about it. If we get what we wallt it will do away with a lot of bum workmen here in this old town. 'Ve will make it so hot for them that they will shake the dust off tIleir feet ne\'er to cOllie back again. It will not. only benefit us here in Kansas City, but I think the whole United Stl!,tes, ~ecause if it is a Sllccess here l believe every city in the V. S. will adopt it. ,It is endorsed by the fire under­writers alld the chief of the fire department of Kansas City. Also the general manager of the Electric Light Company. So you can see it must be a uandy. So watch ont for the July number of the 'Vorker. then you will see what it is. If it doesn't make some of these fifteen cent men quit, that I am always a harping 'on, 1 will miss my guess.

'Veil, Uncle Tom, Ko. IS has donated five dollars to Brother Wright. ,I only wish that it was more, hut. it was the best that we could do, as our finances are very low at tbe present time. If every local wonld do that much, "Grother "'right would have more than enough to start hi1l1il1 business.

No. IS was mor!.' than pieased with the quarterly reports Gf the Gra1ld Secretary and Graud. Treasurer. :My only wish is that the delegates to the next Convention will keep them in office, for they certainly deserve it. For, if t:\'~r hvo men did their

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duty, these two are the ones. So"come along boys, and push a good thing along; you kilOW what 1 mean. Now I don't want you to think that I have forgotten the E. B., for I have not.

Brother Hutchinson was not jlt the meet­ing on the 26th ult. Why? Oh! only a ten pound,boy, that is all. He sent a box of good cigars to the boys of No. IS on the strengtll of it. No. IS voted thanks for the cigars and wished the boy well. Old Hoss C. H. Adams, who was at the meeting, re­sponded to the call for a toa~t. He said, .. Here's success to the boy, and may he never be an electrical worker." I wish to say, ut this writing mother and boy are doing well.

Here is some more fifteen cent work. Two young men, H. A. Daviuson and Chas . McCallulll, took a contract to install two telephones (private) foe an alderman -of Kansas City, Kansas. 'Vell, they suc­ceeded st) well that a young lady and gen­tlen]f.a will be, cripplf'<; for life and the work also called out the fire department, l<' put ont the fire at each end of their line. Their lines caUle loose frolD tlte insulators and hung down across an arc circuit Qf 2500 voits and dropped within an inch or two of the sidewalk. The lady and gen­lIeman 1 spoke of were walking along the sidewalk when they gl)t tangled up in the wire, and, as I said before, are cripph:d for life. And, if it haduot been for our worthy President, Brother 'Vaterous aud Brother Short, who happened to be close by ~ll:d answered the young lady's cries, they would have soon been dead. The two hrothers cut the wires and released them. ·1'00 :l1uch credit cannot be given thost, t ..... o Brothers, for their presence of mind ~ .. Id knowing what to do 011 'the in­stant.

H. A. Davidson had the nerve to ask our President if No. IS would stand by him and lise out influence to get him out of his trouble. Well, I guess Dot. I guess it will teach those two boys a lesson. For. my part, I think they ought to be pUllished very sen:rely. Well, 1 will ring off, as it, is time to cut ill, so goodbye till July'-

HARVEY ThlJRNETT, Press Secretary, No. IS,

Kansas City, j\Io.

PLEASE READ FIRST, THIn, JUDGE.

To the illerchaltts of Kansas City, ,110. : Gl-::-<TI.E:\IEN-It is with nO pleasure and

consirlerable regret that we address to yon this circular letter. Only the systematic evasion of O!!T request fer arb:tration look­ing to a friendly aud peaceable solution of, to us, a most serious question, and the re­peated failure of the employers to keep their positive and implied pledges and. promises to meet us in i'riendly argument has forced upon us the only manly way left us to express our confidellce in the full ef)uity of our requests, DeuJ:\IIds 'they have never been.

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The history of electrical workers of nearly all classes, having in their hands the elCecution of wotkof responsibility, the safety of lives, and of property, has been 'one of a grossly underpaid clp.ss of wage-

,. ear-ners. Working at intervals, in a spas­modic· and very uncertain way' as to time, thti!y have labored for wages much below those of almost any 'other trade connected with the building industries.

They have lately requested of the em­ployers a meeting "for friendly arguinent, . consideration and concessions. For over three months the union, through its COnl­mittees, has faithfully petiionned its duty laoKing to a peaceable settlement of the grievance. The first schedule, to some of the provisions of which the employers ob­jected, was discarded, and a new one, em- . bodying only 'Su.ch features as had not been objectiOl~able in the first, was drawn up and presented. The result, systematic evas~on of a meeting alJd bwken pledges on the part of the employers, has been the same 'in' every instance. Thus, meeting with cold, discourteous demeanor from the employers at every step'of our exertions, every essay on our part to arrive at a peace­able solution; treated to broken pledges and unkept promises in our endeavors to realize to the full the tenet of our order whidil calls for the settlement of .. all dis­l'xltl,es lMtween employers and employes by arbiltllatien ; oppose a thus, we are driven to ths·t mGst distastefnl of all alternatives, a strike.

The scale of wages preferred is most moderate, and' much below that paid in any other line of the building trades. The other provisions of the schedule are in no wise inconsiderate of the rights of the em­ployers. As a union we have ever been ready to meet on the broad ground of the undoubted equity of our posi'tiou, to give concession for concession. \Ve desire a friendly' relation at all times with our em­ployers and it is in a friendly spirit we have entered upon'the present unfortunate contentiOn.

Trusting no lesS in the sense of justice' which animates all citizens, and merchants especially, of Kansas City than ill the full and complete equity of our position, we request of you your moral and ac~i\"e sup­port in our present difficulty, to the end that a peaceable solution may be speedily had to a much ve:-ted and most regretable cOildition. The public press will keep you advised as to those finns who recognize the justice of the scale presented to them,

By order of -GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE.

~oeal 'Union No. 25. Louisville, Ky.,J~ne 7, J8(N­

Editor Electric Worker: I will have to say·somethiJ)g or the boys

will get mad, and so I will say it in a few word:., NO •. 25 had a smoker last Thurs-

day night and we had i go6J>lime. We had repre5enratives from cv~r-y'lIn.ion in the city. I tlJink there wer~-- ahout 300 prescnt, and W'! :had some gi:>i.ltl1;peaking, and e';'eryhr,,-iy !:eemed to enjoytliemsdves. Wr; got six applications for membership; I think that is about all tbe electriCal work­ers that were present who tlici'b,;i belong to the union, !;o yeu see ·~-{e mad.e therr.en­joy themselves. After the meeting they came to us and saiGthey wanted to join the union. r '11.11 very glad I got a letter from the old_ Louisville boys from Pitts­burg, and I would like to hear from more. Things arc getting a iittle b~tter here now, but it is nothing to sp~ak of yet.

'JOHN C.DE!BEL.

Local Union No. 30. Cincinuati, 0., June 5; IS<:J9.

Editor ElectrkalW-orker: In order 'to : have it reach ht'adquar­

ters in ·time f()( public.,<tticin 1 will have to cut ·this Jetter short. Twill. l'liy read the letters from LocaJ No. 17 and from LocaL-No. 38 of the May Worker: don't forget Loc';''ll }';o. 37; for. he's all right. B.-others read these letters and YOIl have my way of believing and doing.

\Vork iu and around Citicbnat~ is not very flourishing at present. There was to be quite a bit of work started by t!iis time but for some reason they ha\'o't got down to business as yet.

The Ciucinnati Edison Electric Light Co, got rid of one man last mouth. He was trimming an arc lamp 011 'tllC Eighth street viaduct which is situated OIl top of the Electric 8.treel R:lilway poles which are,of iron and grouml,(:d to the iron work of the viaduct. It secnis tha~. a few small boys found a place where the Cincinnati Electric Light Co. and Cillcinnati Edison Co. wires CoTIlealffi().~t'in contect with e.ach other and· being bare they would throw a piece of ~-jreovel' the two and have a little fire wOI-ks. .

'l'he membership of Local No. 30 is on the increase, some of the boys that have fallen back a little are coming to the front again. Success to thp. brothers. As my fuse is about to blowout I will hav'e to re­lieve it by layiug down my pen, ,,0 J will ha\'e a -:hance to dig up somethi!lg for the issue of the jou:-nal j,;r !lex!: monlh. Brothers that come this way dr,;,p in and see m; on the first and third ~,lor:<1ay of eat..'~ lllOl,lth, O}' aliY vl\1 :.iUH:.

Frat(-Tn~.ll); yonrs, WHISKERS NO MORz..;.

~ccal Union No. 37. Hanford. Cc'nn., June !), le99.

Editoi- Electric:>.! 'Nor1:~!"': I am in the WorJ;er this rnoT1t~l io give

some. of the h:otbe.rs of No. 37 a roast. I .know it's hot enough o'ltside, but the ... de­serve it. The subjcrt of !lly rem~rk:;.j-s the lack of attt:ndance !It the !nectjn[:s~ There

are lots of members in· this c;:it)i' \vho Ii'ilve­not shown their faces at a me-eting for two or three months, Now, what'l Would-1'ike­to know is, what is tbe matlei witli them, . that they cannot attend 'at lea·s(on·e-·fu'eef­in,g in a month? Is it too much"'to as'lt-jOu to come to a meeting at least'once a rrionth? If it is, I am sorry you can't leave ·yo'ur girl, your bicycle, or your favorite s·<iloon at least that often. Why, there are a 'lot of you fellows hanging a-round the corn-ers every night in the week except Frid'ay ni,ght, and Friday night you couldn't be found by a mercantile bill collector. 'Now, I am .going to tell you someth-ingthat wi.i1 undoubtedly surprise you;' This. 10ea·I. at its last meeting, made it a- law that any member who does not attend one of four consecutive meetings will be fined twenty­five cents, aNd it will be char.ged up to' them as dues, unless they can give a ver.y good excuse -for their non-attendance. This la'ck of interest in the union has got t~­come to an end. If a man don't' take enough interest in the union to. attend'-a: meeting once in four wecks'-we don't\vaRl . him. What good ,is he, any way, to a:nf local? No good. We don't 'rieed'His money, and what is more, we don'f want h. If he thinks we do, he can .get" ov-er th;t· idea ri.ght now and go and join se)Jile insu­rance, or social order. where he Can get . better returns for the money invested that'!" we could give him. It has come to'a: .pass where we have got to weed. and we are going to do it, even if it cuts our mernbeJ:­ship down to one-half. That one:h;ilf we will be' able to depend on; and pow we" don't know what we've .got. Here \ve ate' initiating new members' every .1l1eetihg· night, and we get barely a quorum. - We can't even get our full quota. of offkers. The consequence is the. initiation is a farce,' and it gives the new members the impres: sion t.hat it don:t amount to muc'h; as \vell as settin.g a bad example for them.' Now, I will say to. these brothers, and I am voic~ ing the sentiments of the brothers who take an active interest in this local; tbafH you don't think enough of the union to attend the meetings, don't send up any more dues, but just let us know you are Ollt of it. A postal card will do, and we- will neit be one' bit sorry to lose you: Money will never build up the National Brotherhood t~ a·po­sition where it can benefit the members. What we want is action. If we had' trioie interest taken in this local the" electric company would not ha·ve a gang of-line- . men counting up about twenty, oufof whic'll there are about two union men; nor an in­side gang with ahout the same number of . union men and about half a dozen dubs'. They could long ago ha \'e had" shorter hours and better wages but for the lack of interest.

Local 37 suffered by a fire, a week ago, the loss of all their electrical display, ",-hich was stored in a buiiding on State stre-e"t.

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It cost the locaillbout two hundred dollars and an immense amount of labor, and it will be a very difficult matter to replace it in time f,or our next annual dance.

I would like to say to the brothers of No. 4 that we are very sorry that we are com­pelled to give up to them one of our broth­er members who has gone to New Orleans to work for the Edison General Electric on the underground, namely, Bro. Roberts. He was one of our most active and earnest workers, and while we feel the loss, we know that Bro. Roberts will always be an active union man, no matter where he goes, and we all join in wishing hiPl every suc­cess among the brotbers of NO.4.

Fraternally yours, M.P. SULLIVAN,

Press Secretary.

~ca1 Union No. 38. Cleveland, June 7, 1899.

My Dear Nephew: The time b:as a.rrived for your uncle to

re.lire from the field of journalism. Time's lip. Election will be held this month and some one better able to give you the news and· current ellents relating to 38, its wants and needs, will doubtless be elected. I have filled the required term, six months. During that time 1. ha \~e written more or less no~sense-stuff, if you please-know­ing that there was in it little that was in­structive, useful, or beneficial to anyone. No one knows this better than your uncle, but he is a believer in the old saw, .. A lit­tle frolic now and then is relished by the best of men;" .. Variety is the spice of Ii fe," etc. Taking these old saws for my cue I have written this nonsense to make up a variety of reading for the readers of the Worker. There 'are others who are able and have from time to time written upon subjects scientific and political, etc., etc.; .let them keep it up. The press secretaries h;we d.one well, and J am Sllre, if ',hey do as well the six months to come as they have the six months past, the first of Janu­ary, 1900, will see the Worker established as one of the foremost journals of organ­ized labor. Let the good work go on.

I want to thank Nos. 5, 38 and 72 for their contributions to the Wright fund, and especially do I want to shake hands with NO.4, of New Orleans; for a local tbathas been through most of the vicissitudes of life, had her treasury looted, besides many other troubles, 1 lhmk she is entitled to the thanks of the brotherhood. Here is my hand, brothers; si'Jake. I havt! met sev­eral of the boys from NO.4, so I am sure the local in l\ew Orleans is made up of the timber we hear our granddads talk about. Let's shake again, brothers.

I understand other locals not yet heard from will contribute this month That's right, my hearties; let the good work go on.

No. 38 is prosperous anel happy, and most of the boys are working. Jack Ste-

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phens took upon himself a helper (non­union), but, in sympathy with the cause, Jack sent over a jug of 0id. Madeira, and the boys Eent back::their bt~ssings .. Sev­eral of the boys fronl No. -l dre working in town. Bro. Thomas, of No. 10, I beheve is still with us. Bro. lack Forbes, of No. 17, is also in town. J~ck g'ave us a good talk a couple of weeks ago. He, in com­mon with many others who have visited 38, W<tS disappointed. Some of the boys have got il into their heads .that 38 is a sort of a one-horse local, and dull at that; but if they could only attend one of our meet­ings and see the attendance of from 75 to 100 members every \Vednesday night, they would change their mind.s, as did Bro. Jack of 17. All of the boys who have come to Cleveland so far ha\'e their cards with them, paid right up to date, like little men.

I am in receipt, and have been for some time, of letters from. elt!ctrical workers in diff~rent parts of C<!Jlaria. They want to cc;nc into the Brotherhood, <!.nd I <1m sure that the delegates to the next convention will make the organization international. This will benefit the Brotherhood and help the cause of labor over the border.

No. 38 is trying an experiment in regard to the Worker .. Instead of hadng the pa­per sent to each individual, the G. S. sends them to the P. S. in a bunch and he takes them to the meeting and distributes them there. So, if a brother wants a paper he must come to the meeting to get it. So many papers went astray that we hit upon this plan, and it works fine.

I had the honor to represent· 38 at the big labor mass convention held at Colum­bus June I; representatives from all over the State were there, Perhaps in some fu­ture number I may tell you what we did, and expect to do,. politically, in Ohio. \"hile in ColumiYus I met one of the broth-' ers of No.8; I cannot remember his name, but he was up-to-date all right. I was sur­prised in not seeing some of our boys from Cincinnati; I did, however, meet the father of Cincinnati's press secrt:tary, and I want to say right here that if the P. S. is a chip of the old block, the N. B. E. W. will not suffer for a champion of its interests.

Now, my boy, you'll have to excuse your uncle, for this is his moving week. Vt.T e find, after due consideration, that it's cheap­er to move than to pay rent, but oh, it's tough on one's morals to swear up a stove­pipe and cuss down a carpet. It does not tend to.make a man" remember his Crea­tor in the Jays of his youth." I teli you, my dear nephew, J am neariy played out, and hoping you are elljllying the same bles­sing, I will stop short.

From your UNCLE TOM.

I.,ocal Union No. 40. St. Joseph, Mo., Junl' 8, iSCl9.

Editor Electrical \\'c,I'ker: There is' vel y little n~ws, this month.

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Everybody is working and too busy even to atteud lodge; as a matter of fact we do, not expect as good attendance in the sum­mer Ulollths as the winter. But it st:ems. fUllllY that a brother can aUend other lodges and societies regular, but cannot get around to the union once in a while. Several of our brothers are away behind with their dues, and some day it will be the "same old story" with· -them. Pay up, brothers, that" rainy day" is comi.ng. Several of the .boys who are behind with

. us wallaged to raise the initiation fee in other lodges and are then greatly surpris,ed when they get blackballed.

I intend to write a short history of No. 40, and if you want your .name in the proper column you must pay up before I write .;ly next letter.

No. 40 does not amount to much nor do we have a very large attendance, except when :;omebody lias "an ax to grind." But there is not a member who begrudges the \IIoney it costs hiUl, sti'll we are able to keep our members in good positions, and occa~ioJlally get them a raise in wages. , .

There is one thiug we would like to pav~ the editor explain, "why is it that we are compelied to pay $1.20 per year for the, Worker when the regular subsc.ription price. is but $1.00 per year?"

The Central Labol' Council's paper, the. St. Joseph Union, is prospering; it ill' a weekly paper at $1.00 per year The ele<:-: trical workers were highly honored by haviug liro. James T. Motter, made its edilor and manager.

There is a movenl~nt on foot now. to have the Building and. Trades Council re­vived. That will help No. ,40, as there. is at presel1t but one inside wireman in good standing and that is Bro. G. E. McCormac, with the American Electric Co.

Brother John Webb is at the Enswor~h hospital.

Several of the brothers are taking a cout"se ill the National Correspondence school at Scranton, and all 'expect to be • great electricians someday. \Ve hope you will, brolhers, then probably your ·.mion will reap SOUl£: benefit for your non-attelld­ance now. There is an old saying, if YOll

want to keep a man away froUl your lodge just elect him President or to the highest office, and when he gets through the chairs he will absent himself most of the time. Well, we have found a new plan; just ap­peiut him. on a committee to draft a new. set of by-laws. We refer to brothers Me:­Carty and p!'eyso!!.

\Ve do wish our number wa<; something else besides 40, for when one gets through rea!iing that Uncle Tom letter, they never have any time to read the next.

The position of P. S. is not a pleasant one at aU times. There is always SOUle one censuring and very few praising you. Below I will give you my expericuct:; al­most every meeting night just after W~

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receive out Worker: Happy, nervous, anxious, expectant, desperate, aroused, disheartened, jubilant, disgusted, buoyant, doubtful, hopeful, despondent, discour­aged, disappointed, conceited.

Fraternally, Y'S,

Press Secretary. -------I,ocal Union No. 41:.

Buffalo, N. Y., june 8, I&J9. Editor Electrical Worker:

Being somewhat late' this month I am afraid -my article wiil be quite short and probably not very interestiPg, although the doings in Local ;p for the past month have been quite so. We have quietly asked, been refused, struck, and won out, and the scale of wages for journ,eyrnen wiremen in­the city of Buffaloo is no-w 3OC. per hour and an eight·hour day until further notice. The boys feel very well sa,tis-fied with the result of the tWQ-weeks strike, and too much praise cannot be _given the- commit­tee in charge for the way in which they so successfully conducted the strike. I might say a word for the lllembers-each and everyone of them behaved like gentle­men and looked into every question care­fully, intelligently and peacefully. All seem satisfied, and I do not believe that local 41 will have any more ,grievances for awhHe:

I am sorry to ha-\'c to say we had to ac­cept the resignations from office of two of our old·time mcmbers. Bro. AI. Cunning­ham, our treasurer, has accept.ed a very responsible position putting in a large 20,ooo-volt power plant in Canada. AI. is a warm member and we all feel' confident -he will use his best efforts to organize the boys in Canada, also do what he can to have a representative from Canada at our next convention, in October, at Pittsburg. We wish AI. all manner of success, aad hope he will return in time....to make some of the dollars the boys are laying for dur­ing the Pan-American Exposition. The second resignation was- that of Bro. Harry M. Scott, the only financial secretary the local has had since receiving its charter. It was a hard blow, and there -was a very long-debate, all to no purpose. We had to give in and accept the resignation. Harry will stay with us just the same, and prom-

-ises to give all the assistance he can in -keeping things in \vorkirig _ order.

Bro. w. H. Kelly has taken his usual IlUmriier vacation, but I believe he is to combine business and pleasure. Bro. Kelly has gone to the Thousand Islands for two or lhree weeks. While there he will su­perintend the putting in of several ofi'lces for the Postal Telegraph Co. We all hope that Willie will return much improved in health, fo~ yuu know he is of quite a deli­cate nature. I don't belie\·e he- weighs over 250 pounds at present. We do so hope his sojourn a.t the !sland(wHl prove

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bene-fidal to and recupcratehi-s-Ji«iHrame. I was !nfon't1cd at our ,-last r~&"~tar meet­

ing that Br€1. John Miseaer-'.:itt";auout to launch out into l:iusines:; for hitnse'lf. - I be­lic\'e be is going to open a trans-for_mer, or a place called The Transfonria,-f mean. I did not hear whetberit was'"a ~ep< up, or a step down. but yen 'can bet it you- give john_-aeaH,'ne win make it a booster. You can f.eel pi:!ifectly safe with Jonn, f0r if you get -an overload he ha!> good -wQrkin.g lim­its w'hich -will pre-vent any burn-tilut. His stock of' goods will be strictly fiTst-class, with aU up-to-date impro·:ements.

Oi,e of the most impurtarrt events of the season will he a picRic to be held at Edge­water, on l\iagara river, ~h'ell by Local 45. I believe, or in Iact I knlHv, that Local 38 of Cle\'elano are to be the guests cf Local 45. Local 4' has been tendered a very cord-iill invitation to atteno, \Ve have passed resolutions to' ~(ve _ Local 45 our most hearty-support aad assist a~! we can in making their ollting a sucress.- Local 48 will come b.y boat,'stupping -at Toledo and Erie, and bring-a numhero.f the boys from Locals ;} and 56. I hope that Local 44 of Rocbesterand 43 of Syracu;:c will be well represented, for I know Locai 45 will take good care' o"£.- -all the vlsiting-hrother­hood -and gi .... e them; a day's pleasure long to be rernemherl!d. -

I would like to to;a.y to Bro. Cli;as0n, of 38, please- see .hat our l}nde Torn :catches the boat, ,md, if poss!ble, resurrect some of Local So's members and bring them along. I will see to it that Qlyseli' ant! Bro. Taylor will do our best to entertain them.

I would say to the electriCa! workers, Buffalo at the prest:Qt time is nut very brisk. Although the she for the Pan­American has been _sc-iected, there will be nothing- doing in the way of elecn'ic work for some time. I -shali endeawr to keep in pace with the work, and jus~ as soon as it starts I wil! I-et' you know, no matter whether I am press secretarY-'or- not. The columns -of the journal are open tu ali good N. B. E. W.r.rerr.

Fraternaliy- yours, WM. A. BEl::ESE,

Pres.C\ Secretary.

~o.~al_Uniolll No. 44. Rochester, N. Y., J1h11! fl, '99.

Editor Electrical Worker: Well, how is everything wi~h you this

month -, VIi iti-, us it IS -lme. AI! of the brothers are peg~ing aiong, as usual. with lots of work- gild a ne';Y tdephone cvmpany in sight that promises to be a snccess in the near future.

"''Ie have a little t:x,itemeut now 'it 44, as it is time to .el ~ct a !lew Sd of officers, -an;! also 1.0 get our lamp" Oll a m~n- tr. send to the next com'enti.-m. I thin:; yo~ will

-ali agree with me that we can not be too particlliar abnl;: the miln that we i:lt,.!!"!d to plac.e in that reaponl:iible pDs!fion,

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I don't think the-re are any-of tbe·oo:ys-­on the repair list at present. ,I ami-_ -_­

Yours truly, _ :.­_M.-N.:-S.' -------

I,ocal Union No. 45~ 'Buffalo, Jufte. -4, 1&J9:, __

Editor Electrical Worker: __ , "J

I find that 'nearly another month liaS­

elapsed since my last publication in the \Yorker .. and I hasten with a few remarks to help fill the columns of our June num­ber.

Local No. 45 has been !;erious.Jy contem­plating holdin~ a great picnic this sum­mer and we have been more or iess discussing the subject for Some time: At our regular meeting of May 20th, the local­requested the chair to appoint a {-arge .com­mittee to devise ways and_ means by whi'ch: -such-an affair could be brought to -a suc­cessful termination, -and the chai.rman com­plied with the request. 'fhe- committee met on \Yednesday evening, MaY-24-th, i.n a select chamber at Council Hall todiseuss matters. No newspaper reporters --were­admitted, only youl\'humble servant for !!he Electrical Worker, and I must -- sav- th'at they reminded me very forcibly of--that -great peace conference which is now sii:~ ting at the Hague, devising wayS to 'bring about a disarmament of Europe .. - Brotller Haley, one of our past presidents; was -ap" ' pointed as chairman, and he is indeed a fit­representath'e of Baron de Staal, the<:~ars' most favorite diplomat who fills the chair-­of that august committee. Now after-duly discussing affairs among tb.emsei"es they' soon found that it required the cooperation of the master minds of the whole -local in order to make a glorious succe'ss of the_ affair. 'VIi-e want it to be recorded in the annals of ollr local's history as the greateSt event of the nineteenth century, and I'have no hesitatiol'l in prophesyi::lg that it wiil'De. We expect to .eclipse and outshine ~very,­thing in its line, even surpassing the Schley dinner and the Bradley-Martin ball. Now I wish to impress upon all the neighboring locals that this might be called a reunion as No,' 38, of Cleveland, Ohio, is _going to attend in full for.ce, and we expect :that she will be re-enforced by all the locals al.ong the lake and will arrive in Buffalo about 1,000 strong. Our twin sister, Local No. 4', will be represented to a mart. and as for No. 44 of Rochester, well we ~xpect, to see the whole city up to help add to the splendor of the occasion. Jt is going to be held on the 4th of july and there is no lise staying in Rochester when such an event is being pulled off in Buffalo on that great day. The only thing- that annoys _us i~. we are a Iittie afraid of o\"er-shado\Vj~g- the­Pan-American, if such a I_hing is possible. I take this opportuni·ty to extend a cordial invitation to all those neighbor.ing loca.ls and I desire that my invitation be more sweeping and -far Teaching in its effects.

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r therefore ex.tend it to every local within the boundaries of the Atlantic and Pacific and the Gulf and Lakes and expect that each and every local will be repn:sented,

. even if it. be by only one member, and I fcel positive that they will go away well pleased and salisfied for having come from the four winds of the nation and spent a d:ty of amusement with one of the foremost councils of the National Brotherhood of Electrical.Workers.

Yours very truly, J. J. CASEY.

I.ocal Union No. 46~ Lowell, Mass., June 6, 1899.

FAitor Electrical Worker:

I have not the unbounded pleasure .of being the regularly ordained P. S. of this local, but I received the nomination for that position at our last meeting, so I am going to try my hand at writing a letter lo the Worker, and if I like the work I will put up a' hot .campaign bdween now and the election of officers. If I don't like it I will positivcly decline to run. In the absence of our regular, legal P. S. Bro. Barrett and myself agreed to send some little thing to lhe paper just to let the "boys" know that 46 waS!l't dead. ldidll'l want lo do it this hot weather, but thollght I could "Barrett" if he could. He will write all the news. I alll only going lo fill up space, and if y"ou don't like it, why just speak up like men and say so. No brick­bats, dead cats or anything like that; they hurt a fellow's feeling, and they are not gent1em~nly arguments. anyway.

The poor, overworked carbon trimmers for the Lowell Electric Light Corp. have hnd a heap of trouble the past month over a 'lIewly appointed foreman. I am going to tell you all about it, I got tired telling it to the policemen, ill fact they got tired of listening and intimated that I had better sl1Ut up, intimated with a club and it car­ried weight too. But about the foreman. Did you ever notice what a queer effect that title has whell it is given to some men. Foreman; you know the definition of the word, one who does nothing andgets a 'salary for doing it. I came very near being appointed foreman over a gang of men once, but just at the last moment, just as I was beginning to figure up how much more "booze" I could buy with the new. salary, some "/JIean cuss" told the general manager that I was known to have shown (way back in the remote past), dangero;!:J symptoms of alniost human intelligence, aud I got tumed clown. I don't think that they ought to hold a little thiug like that against a man, but that is the way of things in this hard, cruel world-the harder a man tries to make himself worthy of a position, and just as, he think!; he is going to gain the goal of his amhitions, some little thing

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ashamed of is raked up alid used against him. For years I had been striving to gain the proper level of ignorance and brutality ilecessary. to become a qualified foreman (h(~':"'Jiiy fdJowmer.,. and .h?d . "scored a hit" as far as"brutalit)· was con­cerned, and was almost ignorant enough to be a "cop" or a train dispatcher, or the ht:~d of an iniormation b~lreau, but I· couldn't keep down the past. We had' a new foreman 'placed oyer us on the 1st of May, and he has raised H- auna ever since. Say! he was the most brutal, bulldozing, overbearing cuss you ever heard of ; orders us to call him Mister, reports every little thing to the general manager, expects us to huy his drinks, keep him in cigars, and contribute towards the support of his wife and family. But we soaked him! Brother Barrett will tell you about it. Some men are not like this one. YOIl know how sODle men would take promotion in a quiet, gen­tiemanly manner, treating everybody just the same as before they assumed such prominence. Above all they would never forget to be modest and unassuming. All gre3t men are modest. I am myse~f,

though I don't show off about it. In fact, my friends say that you' would hardly 'notice it. In a fit of tem porary abberat.ion of the mind the other night I took. occasion to compare specimens of my handwriting with different samples of writiug included in an article on "reading .character from handwriting," and the result honestly justifies me in the most modest and con­servative opinion I have always had of my rare abilities. My writing contained-ac­cording to my very impartial comparison

. of the specimens-each and every good characteristic of them.' all.Acco~dillg to that article I am everything that is good l1ud great, a model man, a pattern for all to copy (2S cents a pattem, please). Blush­ingly, I mention 2 few (out of many hun­dreds) of the "good thiugs" I am, "Courageous to Rashness," "Pntdent and Sagacious," generous to a fault, a great student and a careful planner, a master lJand at intuition and deductive reasoning, tenacious and persevering, noble of char­acter, etc., etc. I only stop quoting for lack of space. Now all this is strictly tme, I've known it myself a long, long time, but such is my extreme modesty of bearing that not even my closest friends have sus­pected the truth. "I don't look it," so tne" say, jealous you see; but it is all down there in that. magazine in printers' i11k, soit must be trne. No! I don't think I will run for president Jlext year. Gh'e Billy Bryan a chance, my time is sure to come, and I will be magnanimous this trip and let him or some other 'poor fellow take the place.

TInt is all this time, Mr. Edircr; only you might notify the brothers that photo­graphs may be obtained hy forwarding len cents to the writer. 4-1I-44.

Later-Say, that foreman that I spoke of, wdl, he h.:.s been turned down for good. ~fhey put a new man in his place to-day. Sound the good news all over the land, so that in case he comes your way you can give him the cold shoulder.

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• I.ocal Union No. 46. Lowell, Mass., June 2, ISw.

Editor Electrical Worker: I will drop a few lines to the Worker

just to let the brothers know what 'we are doing. Bro. Joe McDonnell is sick with

'the measles hut at present he IS doing well .. Th~re is no great amount of work here at present. No 46 had occasion .to put in her fil Sl kick. I said. a great many things iii last month's letter about changes in the. L. E. light corps but I ~ill tell about one this month that I did not mention on May, 3rd. The manager of the Lowell Electric Light Co. called the trimmers to his office and told them that one Fr<tnk Leonai"d. would be their bczs hereafter. !..eona~d is well knO\vn among the journeymen line­men of New England and they a:1 know he is no good, either practically or in principle. To gain a point he will undermine his fel­low workmen and there is no limit to his deceitfulness, ami after two weeks of his, harsh treatment the trimmers formed a committee of the whole. Abollt half of them hdofli; tc the union and they went to' !'ee the mar.;tger on !\lay 18th, and on May 31st we got our answer which was that Frank Leonard would not have charge of us any longer. This. s1lme Leonard was the caus'e of No. 46 going up the spout here some yea;'s ago by tellingthe Superintend-' ent what was going on in the union. I will say that some of the boys wished to strike at that time, but better counsel prevailed and we acted like men in an arbitrary manner and won everything asked for. I would like some of the boys about town, who think unions arc no goo:i to takc stock ill what the trimmers done as it will be of fllture use to them. I happened along the other day and found Brother Murphy sing­ing .. I'm ill love with the man in the moon" on a sixty fuot pole. Our meetings waxed warm of late and we are trying hard to . enlarge our numbers but it is a tough job here: too much afraid of the little job is what the matter is, but when it is all work and hardly any pay then something must be done they will say. Do it now, boys, joiu the union.

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Newark, N. J., JUlie 2, 1899. Editor Electrical "'orker:

Will you kindly publish in your valuable and t!steemcd Journal a portion of N. J. law. I ",ill quote it: "Any person or per­sons who &hall assault, mob, 01' do videnc.e (in any way conceivahle or incor.ceiv:tb!c) to any editor, reporter or press secretary shaH be punished.

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I am nominated for P. S. and I expect to be -elected. Brother Larkins has resigned and nobody else will take it and I am elec­tioDeedng night and day and my friends

, are standing by me like true friends always do. If I am elected there is one murderer, robber, thief and all around sc~)Undrel who 1 will expose if he doesn't reform. To hide my identity I will sign all communi­cations "Lazyman." Of course I am not afraid, but a person must take care of his beallh-. As I will have to buy a postage stamp anyhow to send you this, I will tell you what we did at our last regular meet­ing, June 2nd. We non;inaten a full s·et of officers, ihe names of which I will send you after election. We adopted r-esolutions protesting against the employment of Gov­

'ernlnent troops to break up labor organiza­tions. In coilclllsion the resolutions demand that' the President and Secretary of war hnmediately withdraw the continuance of tb~ National Government from the atro­ciou:s violation ()f Uberty and the rights of Am,erican citi·zenship; that they recall Gen. Merriman and notify the Governor of Idaho that the military force of the U. S. can be used on,ly for the constitutional pur­pose of protecting against im;asion and domestic violation, and not for the suppres· sron of legitimate associations of workin-g­men.

Bro. Blaicklock is back to work after three months illness.

'Bro. Stiver has accepted a position in New York State.

Yours fraternally, "LAZYMAN."

Newark, N. J., June 5, IIl99. Editor Electrical Worker : Electric workerS here in Newark are fa11-

,ing into line; We expect to have them all in e'er the end

of '99. Winders; binders and connectors, line and

wiremen, too, All ride the goat' each meeting night of

Local 52. When we organized three months ago we

were all at .. sea," And .were going to' affiliate with New

York's NO.3, Then Bro. Sherman came to us and proved

it was no good ; We changed our minds, and thanks to him

we joined the Brotherhood.

We got ,cur Charter; the news soo!) spread, and workers in this town

Knew it. was ,a God·send, for wages were , way down ; . ,

Filled out their applications, the proper thing to dQ,

And now we are two hundred strong in Local 52.

\Ve did not look-for trouble, but soon it came our way;

The employees of the Traction Co. 's were :'!ll called in the offic.e one day;

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The wages .t~ey ,wer~"gettilig We;'O: aactly ~l in-two;

They quit tllcir jobs :.ig:~ttl·,t'IZ and j:here, there was nop~iI!g e1se to do.

There are black sh~ep iu .t"~-ey}' flocIe, and I'm sorry for to say

That there was one amiii. QUI men who at his work did stay.

He WB.L; a···· :;cab." ~'S ali can g"otess, and , sh~'wed his color:;, too,

But he will be dealt with,accQrding to the laws'uf " 52."

The .trollole did ~oi: last s. '7lcek; the men are \.Jack (mr~ mOJ.-e,

And p.ve:-y Illall is gettitig bettc:r pay than he got befo:re ;

A happier lot of 'felluws never dawned upon your "iew

Than those boys,'all charter members of LU(:81 52.

It never raius U!11CSf. it pou:-:s. and s.o it was righther~,

Fo!' the Crocker '}/heeler Com pany doing blls·iness n,t " ampere,"

, Ll.'Cked oui. tlleirmen (aU willders) but for it they did me,

For they [/luud cut that tlley were backed by Loca1S2.

The men all stuck like leeches, and before a wC'ek had flown

The c/)mpany sent '"f<"r our co~mittee to meet one-of their own;

The finn signed Qur agteunent, 'twill plcase everyone of )"0\'

To hear that" victory came ·once more tQ Local 52."

So, boys, get on a huetle, £01' your "leurels" are at stake,

Jf you ~ant to,g~t ahen<:1 'of, us you all rul:st keep awake,

For our members are aU wprking llMd, and when we do get through,

Ther~ "ill b", few locals in the Broth~rhood , ahead of 52.

FRANK J. McNULTY, Vice-PresidelltLocaI52 •

Local Union No. 56.' , Erie, Pa.; June 4, 1899.

Editor Electrica! Wor~er : As I Wi\"'" cut dow~ all the heuges and

trees between Erie, Pa., and Westfield, N. Y., anJ have to cut (lown about twenty miles more between V,,' E.s~field and Dun­kirk, N. Y., I have told cverybrxlyabout it allo c4n\A;<!t ... uy \.)11(: ~u L~li~,,\;; h, &0::'

want you to publis}-~ it,in the ·Worker. I ·havc been putting n;;w crt)&:; h.:allls and bottles 011 my poles, and I am tl'yiug to gc~ my linc {;.xed up so r <.~u sell it before the comp:my take!' it tlwr.y fT<J:Jl me. But I :1m having quite r. time with the wires and t~e' fanners. On~ maTI; g:!ve us a pitcher Ot grape wir.e for trlmllling his trees, and another oue ..... :.5 going to send us to Mayvii.le to pO~l!JI.i .stOlle w;"h a little liam!!lCr,all.:lI doa'U-i:';e;; little: hammer.

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I could gQ on and. telJ y.o~,a:}>9ut :D.lJ'~~lt, for fQur hours but it's Sund;iy:.an(l'idon'i like to hear any' one tl\lk a~ut ih~~;se(vJ;s' on ·Sunday. '. -r:~' :'.'" ... '

Of course, there are a few'p~p~r;'np.~u:g.;. down men and salamQnac disturbe'rs hi

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and around Erie that I,can s~1f.9f~.Th.t:, first man of great impQTtanc~;th.at I'i4in~ '. ," ;." . of is Jim Rush, the li,ner;' r~~' (!!i~J~i<::e,., wide open countenance this a. m •• atui he gave ~e a smile and his' counte~n~' opened. ' • ' ... ,

Some. of the smaller brQthers of s6 are' planning for a picnic and' a 'pi~ ~i~g match, followed by hole digging apd wire fixing. '. '. '

Bro. George Burger hasbou.ght a. pQ~y. He buys a polly most ev~·Slln~y., ~"',

The brothers of 56 deciqecl. t~Rt ~ wire fixer was worth about $2.50 per day ~n~ all companies agreed top~y it except tb~ Edi,son Electric Light Co. ,r.nd sO t,hey were!l't -doing any wOl'k aud only char.ged ns (,7.00 for current fQr Qur danc~ apd,dis~ play and we didn't think it was right'tQ say much tQ them. ' " ,."

I can't say much about the general mat­ters of 56 as I have .got too muchfanu'ing to do this summer to attelid' to' our meet­ings and so I can't keep posted. Butany way I cease. . ,

Fraternl<lly yours, , L. E; C.,

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I,ocal Union No. 6o~ . San AntoniQ; Tex., June 4, '99,

Editor Electrical Worker: ' A~ No. 60 failed to make its appearance

in last month's Worker, I will try and l.et the brothers see something from us this month. No. 60 is rolling along nicely, and we feel proud of its success and progress; it's both a pride and. a pleasure to an true union men to see their local improve'in members'hip.. I am sure if all the· brothers will keep together, act toge·ther and· stand togetl:er in the interest·of .our BrotherhQod, that it won't be long bdore every' wire" worker in the Alamo city wiil'be a'union man.

Last Saturday 'night we initiated six ll-eW members, and they tell me they had a nke, warm time. On account .of illne5lJ1 ~ould not be present, but from what the boys say I know they enjoyed themselves. Bro. C. E. McNemar had all he could do to get home after the, ball. The boys fQund ~!1e goat rather hard to manage, and Ch<lrlie !augbed tiU it iiked to have killed him dead. I'll write a more lengthy letter next time.

With best wishes to all the brothers, sin· cerely and fraternally yours,

'S. L. H., Press ·Sec.

I.ocal Union No .. 69. , Dallas, .Texas.

Editor Electrical Worker:'. .,.. . Everything seems to be going all O. K.

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in -Dallas. Every one working and all seem to be doing' well. We have the largest membership now that we have had since our organization, and have only had one member lapse in the last three months, but if some of them do not come up pretty soon they will be gone and things may' change, Clnd they might have to look for a job. It is so much nicer when you ask a fellow for a job and he asks "do you belong to the Brotherhood?" If you have an uP'to date card to show you won't have to make a'iot o~ excuses of which a good part of them may not be'true. "

Well, brothers, I have no douBt but a few of you will read this letter if it is not 'con­signed to the waste basket and I hope 'it will not be', for it makes me feel all over in spots to see my n;lme in print, but I am .afraid that some of our Press Secretaries do not feel the same as' I do or we would see more letters [rom them. I have got a little card I have had for a number of years that I think about coverli Bro. Wrighfs case SG I will send it along.

GIVE HIM A LIFT.

In passing through life's uncertain way Providence 'may have been more kind to vou tban to'him,; if so, then help him all y~u can to 'cast a ray of sunshine on his pathway. . Accidents will happen who can tell when, or why. Give him a lift, ,don't kneel in prayer or

moralize at his dispair, The man is down and his great need, is

ready help, not 'prayer or creed. 'Tis time when wounds are washed and

healed the inner motive be revealed, But just now one grain' of aid is more 'to him

than themes of v,anity and love.

Pray if ·you will within your heart, Give him a ,lift, give him a start, This world is full of advice, Of prayer and praise and preaching nice, But generous souls' who aid mankind, Are like.the diamonds, hard to find; And they shall wear a glorious crown, Who,help boys up when they are down.

Give him what you can and then give ten cents more.

Thanking Bro. Sherman in advance for publishing this, I will close 'for this time, hoping our P. S. will have a letter this month, and wishing good luck to all union men and the' reverse to scabs and all others.

Fraternally, W. B. COURTNEY.

140cal Union NO-72. Waco, Tex., May 29,1899.

Editor Electrical Worker: As Bro. E. ,P. McBroom could not b<::

with us, I was appointed to fill the unex­pired time for which he was appointed.

Everything is mm'ing along smootbiy with us. Bro. Kane was not with us at our last meeting. He had a good reason for

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not being prC'sent, as he was going to get Now, hoping this will catch the eyes,of married. We congratulate him. some of the good Brothers, Bros. Sullivan

We are~tHi.,tak~ng iH new member~ ilnd, and Sayies, for instance from No. IG, who, hope to bl.·:irhi~hctsi;i:pe to r-;'c~'i;/e"rie'N'~' {'an make Col., 0., Local Union N. B. E. W. members .. nJ visiting brothers ',in the near a hummer when once started, for I must future, as'we are go:ng to get in a larger admit there is some good ·material but hall, and have room 1.0 do things up in they need to be shown the benefit of being great shape. bound together.

Electrical work is still on the boom here. I have been assured we can ha\'e the The Independent peopl~ started out on loyal support of the Central Labor Union

·their territorial line today with a gang of and Building Trades Assembly of the city about fifty .. so. I was told. I guess the to, help further our 'cause. Southwestern Tel. &'1;'d. Co. think by this 'Hoping to see in the near future a Local time that the Independent Co. mean busi- established in this city, ness; they did not at first. The South- I am yours fraternally, ·western are doing considerable work, as ' ONE OF NO. 'IO'S BOYS, they will have to get things in good shape, A Good Offer. to compete with the new company.

Before I close'I will tell you where I work. I am working for the Waco Elec­trical Supply and Plumbing Co., the only electrical supply house in the south.

We will be glad to have any of the boys who ~'C passing tbrough Call Oil us. As this is my first I will make it short. With best wishes to all the Brothers,

I am, Yours truly, F. D. RODGERS,

Press S:cretary. ----------------Who Will Help?

Columbus, .ohio, June, 1899. Editor Electrical Worker:

I would like to say a word in behalf of the condition of affairs as they' stand in this city. I am glad to say almost every trade and business here is unionized, with the ex­ception of the Electrical Workers, and they are in a demoralized State indeed. In fact, it would seem Jhat they are beyond redemption, from the fact that the Dell Telephone Company's city, foreman is a veritable machine for making" would·be .. linemen, and that's all they are !Now these .. salamoniac disturbers" are receiv­ing from 50 cents to $1.50 per day of'll to

,!4 hours, or from sunrise to sunset. I worked here four days but I'll say to

you all, I got the sum of $2.25 per. day (and that was 50 cents more than the sub-fore­men were getting), but I resigned my posi­tion from the fact that it was against my principles as a Union man to work with a number of 'men who are mere instruments used to run our craft in the ground by working for such wages and such hourz. And what's worse than that, you can't con­vince them any different but what they think is just right. ' I hope to see a change soon, for the Columbus Citizens' Telephone Co. has secured a franchise, and I think will commence work here in about two weeks, and it ought to be the duty of the Union men, known as the" floating frater­nity" to get on the gn:.und as early as pos­sible and show these II screwdrh'er" elec­tricians where to back up at, f~r if we don't they will put Col., 0., on the" hog train .. for all time to come.

Reading, Pa., May 20, 1899. Editor Electrical \-Vorker:

In the April issue of your journal we notice the appeal from your correspondent' signing himself as Uncle Tom in behalf of Bro. Wright, whom we understand has been' disabled by paralysis. We have been thinkmg that we too could be of service to Bro. Wright, provided your society or order will cooperate with us in extending and introducing our brand of "8-Hour League" cigars wherever a, ineillber re­sides. The brand in question is strictly Union-made, 5 inches in length, spoW:'d Sumatra wrapped, and is forwarded all charges paid upon receipt of. 1'3.50 per hundred. 1£ any Lodge of ElectriC'aI' \Vorkers will care to get their dealers in­terested in the above cigar we are' willing to give, the agent's commission of 10 per cent. of ail the sales for the benefit of Bro. Wright. We promise to ,carry out faith­tully our part of the proposition, aljd have' as a record our 13 years in Un.ionism to back it. What say you? What say you all?

Fraternally, W. E. KRUM & CO.

:From ',' Old Cl'ip." Raton, New Mexico, June 5, I~9.

Editor Electrical Worker: Althongh I aUl a little late I will try and

get a few lines in for' the journal this month. 1 have not much news to write about, but I guess the brothers would like to know that I am. sti1lliving. I was glad to see so many good letters in tlle 'Vorker again last month, also very Dlllchdeligbted to know tbat the locals were sending in some more money to my" Box." It will be a great help to me to get the contents of the box. I have been on the streets frem day to day trying to seli collar but­tons, key rings, etc., and took ill 30 cents. If I can get a stock' of goods in my stand right away, I am sure I could do all right. J am clad that Brother Harvey Burnett, of I,ocal 18, is going to try to help me onto I assure every brother that helps me that be has my everlaSting gratitude amI I hope no other member of this Brotherh9OO VI ill ever be as unfortunate as I have bt~ell.

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·The weather j·s getting warmer here now aed I guess I will make a barrd of lemon­ade and try-selliog that, 8J:ld if I·can't sell it all I can drink jt myself.

'. I will close hoping all the brothers are happy and successful. .

Fraternally, ROBERT G. WRIGHT •

. Iln 8Jtmo~i(lm. . Erie, Pa., June 8, '99.

Editor Electrical Worker: The' following resolutions were adopted

by this Local Union No{S6 on the death of Bro. Carl 'Brainard~ .

Whereas, It has pteased Al'mighty God in His infinite wisdom to call from our midst otlr estee'med brotbe~, Carl BrainarQ, a member of. out union, and'

Whe-teas, We mourn the loss of one who whHe in life we heM dear as a brotht:r and as a friend, and while we can neve·rmore grasp his hand and meet 'his pleasant smile in this life, we qln submit to Him who has

. called our brotlier's spirit to the life beyond the .grave, the-ref.ore, be it

Resolved, That we extend to the be­reaved family our hearfelt sympathy in their sad ·and unredeemabl·e loss, and while they can not again meet the loved ones in this life, we can point them to a Saviour who said, .. I go to pre.pare a place for you, that where I amihere ye may be also;" and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of these resolu­tions be suitably en.gross.ed and sent to the family of our deceased brother, that they be spread upon our minutes and a copy sent to our official journal for publication; also that a copy be sent to People's Paper.

Respectfully submitted. HENRY PUDENZ, JAS. P. HANLON, JOHN F. ST. CLAIR •.

ON :THE DEATH OF THOMAS M. LEMON,

DIED NOV. 23, 1Il98, IN ST. LOUIS, MO.

Blow gently, 0 ye wintry' winds, Across his narrow bed-

In the citv of St. Louis, They s~y my son lies died.

2000 voits shot through his heart, In the twinkling of 'lin eye;

Ah! when death comes to the true and . brave It is not death to die.

The golden gate stood open wide, A gentle voice said, .. Come."

In his bright youth and manhood pride, He quickly e~tered ·home.

. He'hung upon the cross-arms high, Where a thousand eyes could see.

He died· as once our Saviour did, Without the agony.

Up, up through the shining ether, He soared like a bird on the wing,

Tht' light shone down from the pearly gate, And he heard the angels sing.

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UDloD, 01 coune. 19 )'ear5 It: buslne.s, sod Dever had a strllce-that's our Jabor reco'nl. , If ~ou" dUller don't keep Kc)'stone ,oods, send IlJ bls name. .' ..

CLEVELAND & WHITEHILL CO., Newbur.gh,N. y~

They said a smile was all his ract: They never saw before.'

I tbink he heard the. music s,·;t:ct· From out the open door.,

His comrades hastened to his sidt:, While the',gaping crowd stood round­

"Quick, throw the rope, unbuckle his belt, And let young Lemon down."

The physician-work.ed with all his mi.ght, The linemen tbey stood ne.ar,

Too paralyzed te sa~' a' word, Or wipe away a tear.

. Superintendent Warrance came in haste, .~ VIlh'lt, Lemon gone this time-

He was tht: rr:ost tl'ushvorthy man I had upon the lin-e."

One linemall lingered ncar him, His tears told how he felt,

He.slowly up the ladder climbed, And brought down Lemon',;; bdt.

It was only four short hours beCoi'e, He kissed his wife and son,

And then went singing to his work, The wo!"!;: that ,,00n was dcne.

For·the echo of his feet; No more tht! little boy will watch

For hi!' papa on the street. .. Say, mamma, where has papa. gone!

His face I do not see; . He aiways.lmrried horne :It night,

To take mt! on his knee. , .. Hush, baby, you will break my heart,

With all thi'i weight of woe. Your papa':, iac~ :.'0;': cannot·ser;:,

His ~o\'c1'ou'i] ne-vt:-T know."

"Come, darling, put your nighty on, I'll sin-g your evening hymn; .

Your papa cannot come to us, So we will .go to him."

No more around the family hearth His letters will be read.

To all the dear young folks at'hQme . His last good-bye is said. . .

We-see his books, his empty.ch.aii,. His fife, his drum, his sleigh,

As we look at them they speak to us Of the boy that went away.

We'l'l think cf him when the sky g'rows dark,

When we hear the thunders roar; He speaks to us when the lightning flash

Plays.around the farm-~ouse. door.

We kno~ that we shall meet again In that bright home on high,

And clasp his strong right h;md o~ce more, And never say good-bye.

As Jesus took His heavy cross, And up to Calvary trod,

So I'll lie' down at His (Jear feet And leaye it all with God.

I'll wa1k withShadrac.;k through the fire, And Daniel in the den;

At every blow, I'll climh up higher, And write with a fiery pen. .'

Then lay aside those 100ig black robes. Put on a wedding ring, .

The grave shall have no victory, Since death has lost his sting.

JENNIE I. LE~!oN.

Hetbel, SuUivanCo.,-N. y,

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£I.;~TB:ICAL WORK£~.s STRIKE.

Eighty-Five "lnside,II Men go out Because Bosses Ignored a New School.

The Electrical Inside Wire Workers' union No. 18 ordered a strike of all the inside wire workers and as a result abont eighty-five men walked out. Two reasons are given for the strike-one by the meu and the other by the employers. Here is

,the outline of the mell's grievance; Early in the winter they presented to

.tlle employers a uniform scale of wages which they asked them (the employers) to sign. They asked for first clllSS jouruey-

, men thirty cents an hour inst'~d of twenty and twenty-five cents,' the present rate, leaving the nunibe~ of hours constituting a days' work optional with the bosses. For first class helpers they asked twenty-five cents an hour instead of fifteen and twenty cents; for second class helpers twenty

'cents instead of twelve and one-half, and' for third class hel pers fifteen cents instead of twelve and' one-I.alI and ten cents. The

• men also claim that the bosses on several occasions made appointments with them to talk of arbitration, but each time they ignored the engagement. They say that the employers were given until May 1st to

, come to terms and then the time was ex-tended to June 1st, but as they still refused to arbitrate the strike was ordered.

The Iron Moulders' International union will bold a coiH'ention-the first in four years-at indianapolis on July 10.

Pays highest commission on clubs of six or more. Postal brings SA,MPLE COpy or estimates on

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• WESTERN ELECTRICIAN., -," Wilen you see the-sam, PIe, you'll wan, t -:11

" Ie every wee,k. We can 1111 orders I --1 _ t~<~-c, for any electrical book PUb-;' -.: ::3:', 1, •• ISfhed, _on receipt of price, I' -'­:, ,- .-' ,,\eDd for catalot. j~' r \, m"t';;;;;;;.b. Co., /

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TO WHOM 1'1' MAY CONC~RN.

Galveston, Texli5, May 3. 1899. Robert G. Wright, while d<ling work as

a lineman ill DentOtl County, Texas, near the city vf.De:i~ol1, _x/as <:a.uf;ed to iall the distance;:ofdit::",sklf}.l feet and.'''''a" "'~,tkke,ll with paralysis. and has beeif totally dis~ abled since. Feeling his depeudence upon his fellow craftsmen, we take this method of assisting him, by taking up subscrip­tion and forwarding same- to Grand Secre­tary. H. \V. Sherman, No. 731 Powers Building, Rochester, N. Y. Same to be sent to Robert G. \Vright as soon as all Locals are heard from. 8ame to be nloney to purchase some b\lsines~ for afflicted brother to support wife and child, and this list to be published :in our official journal.

The above explains the sad accident to Brother Wright and we sincerely hope all locals will respond as freely as Galveston. Come boys, wake up and let the good. old Texas hospitality strike your hearts, and when you are romping with your children

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with the t.hought that they are the only chilurt:n on earth, remember that Brother Wright tlllnks the Same thing. Though he C3n 1!ot romp and play his heart is in the right place. It has often been said that electrical workers are liberal hearted men and we know this to be a--fact.Come on, boys, lets raise $250 for Bro. Wright.

ELECTRICAL WORKERS Send III Velll" OrdeN f01"

A Large -Supply 'on hand.

SaUd Gold, $x each. Rolled Gold, soc.-t!~cl1.

H. W. SHER:IIA~, 73~ Puwers Block,

Rochester,N. Y.

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FOLLY to buy tllat lV/lic/l may be adulterated

WHEN YOU CAN GET

0 , :"-. • •

WHI5KEY for • prlce, ll11d lvith it

United States Government -Stamp of Purity.

Rochester Gas and Electric Co • OFFIC~S:

62-70 Mumford Street.

PRICf8 Of GAS SlOVfS AND

ELECTRIC CTIRRENT

Furnished on Application •

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Directory of Unions.

Secretaoes will please furnish the necessary in­formatioft to make this directory complete. Note that the time and place of meeting. the name of the President. the aames and addresse8 of the Record­ing IIDd tJiDandaI Secretaries are required. .

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. fio. XI at. r.oulII, .o.-Meets every Monday at 60c M~et st. Pre .... C. W. Campbell. ;3626 Califor­ni& av.; R. S_ Paul Ettinger. IS'~ N. 12lh st.; F. S., p, C. l"ish. 1927 N. 1,5th st.

Bo •• , EIUl8&II Cit,., Mo.-Pres .• J. L. Cocbran. 216 West lotb st • K C •• Mo.; R. S .• g. P. Myrick, 1246 hall at., K.· C., Mo.; P. S .• J. J. Saxe. 1501 Peun st.. It. c.. )10. ..

Bo. 3, at. :r,olll .. Mo.-Met\. every Tbursday . at 60c Market~. Pres •• W. M. MeCoJl. 16 S. 17tb st.; R:$., J. 0'_; Ion N. Leffingwell av.; F. S.,

. FJ&Dteoo~·.33'J3·"faDcbestH' ,,".

Bo • •• Bew Ch'2ealui, T4a.-Meets 1St and 3d T1iesda,. at Carondelet alld Perdido sts. Pres .• C .. D. Batt. 928 eo.mon st.; P. S .• Geol'ge E Wells. 724 Camp at.; IL. S.. Cb.... Elmore. 1:¢i South Jl.ampart at. .

:WOo . 5, Pittsburg, Pa.-Meets every Priday night in ,;chmen"lUdg .• cor. Water amI M "rket &\5. Prell .• F. H. H..... Oak Stiltlou P. 0, Pittsbu rgb; R.S., Frank Lunney. 301 Robinson .t .• AUegheny Cit,; ~, S. F. G. Randoll'h, 805 Walnut st.. Station D. Wilkensbalg. Pa.

·Jro. 6, San FrlUicl~o,·Cal.-M .. ets ~(\ 2:;1 4lh Wednellday5 at ~or~~te,.s' H~l1. 20 Eddy ~t. 1'r"s .• J. J. C:\zerul1. 233 Cleml!J)tioast; R.. S .• A. A.Whit· liekl. ti3' Nato .. a st.; F. So, R. P. Gale. J2!0 Broad­._yst.

11'0. '1. Springfield, Haas. - Meets every Wednesday at.room 14 Barua ·Blk. Pres .• G. T. )(~i1Yray, 30 Desse Pl.; R. 8.. T. J. Lynch: ChICOpee Fans. Ma~: P. S •• M. Farrell. 59 Broaa at. .

lie.. 8, Tcledo. O.~Meels ·every Monday at Friendahip Hru1. 1':-:5. C. E. Marryott. 2030 B",,:e~st.; ,R. 5., B F ... l~i1I~r,44 Hic!.s st.; F. b • F~ Ai. ~ens.Je<:hleT, 711 \-o.tlum ~t.

)\0. ~,Ch!.cag-o, IIL-?{eets every'Saturdayat S.; Mac,s'lll st .• Ha!\ 6. l'r~s., H. Cullen. 53 Aber· cI:.~ust.; j{. S .• J. E. Pf:!igg. 922 W. 53rd st.; F. .... J. U";5.."(II1,I; Puiler at.

Nn. :to:., In4li!napolis, l:nd.·-Meets every Mon­dAy at ~I:c-.,:a:t llan, S9 o. Del. st. rres.,1ohu Bp.rry, «:Ok", hdQI'S. Fire ~pt.; R. S , Ce;). R. Meecher. 813 N. Senate av.; F. S .• C. j. L,a11l',!on. Sol West l'Ntt 5:.

No. 1:1, Greater New York-Pres .• ' W. W. Vaughau.9 N .. s.. ... u st .• Brooklyn; R •. S .. ,·bas. L. Rogus. 134~ Ke.scin~ko st .• Brooklyu; F. S .• F. G. OrU, 334 First 6l.. Bruoklyn.

Jro. X7, DetroU. Mich.-Meets ""ery Tuesday lli«b~ at. No. 9 C .. dillec .q. Pr,,". R. Scanh'lI. 90 Porter st.; R. S .• G.li. r.~cwn. 5" Chester av.; .... s. TJlomas H, Forbes, 4-11 !\.very ave.

Jro. r8, Kauns CIty, Mo.-Meets every Friday ni¥bt, Lal',.>r hdqrs .• 1117 Walnut st. Pres .• ·H. • ;-__ ; ~U3. 93.> Osag" .. ve., K .. C .. Kun.; R. S .• P. J. Schadel, (;,12 Wall EL, K. C I Mo.; P. 5., C. F. DmUenger. 613 0 .. 13ware st .• K. C •• Mo.

Bo. 19, Atchison, Kan.-pres .• F. J. Rotb. go6 N. Tenth st.: s.. :; .• H. G. Wickersham; F. S •• R. E. J!a9ton.6o:I'l Cow1 st. ".

}fo. lilli, Otnaba, Neb.-Mep.ts ~very Wednes· <iay at l.abor 1·emple. lith & Donglas sts Pres .• W. P. I.eedom. 20:10 Graye 5t.; R. S .• J. F. Simpson, ,iS19 W. Faruum st.; F. 8.. 1\(. J. Curran. 617 S. %~h~i. .

No. -3, St. paul, MiI:n.-Pres .. J. H. Road­isouse. 1;;0 Sherburne av.; R. S .. W. B. Tubbesio&. 497 Martin st.: P .. S., A. !I. f":?rrett, :-;5 Richll"OllC :~;.

No. 1II4, ltIim::e!'.pclis, Minn. - Pres .• O. P. Shortail; R. S .• W. 1. Heywood. 16 E. 26tb st.; F. S .• P. B. C. Wood, 273I Tremont av. S.

11'0. liS, Lotlhville, Ky.-Meets first and third 'l"blirstlll.ya c: .t:acll mouth. Pr",,:, JameS AileD. Columbia ntdg., 4tb aDd Maio sts; F S .• E. H. Venerahle, 405 W. Market st.; R. S .• McGonigale KUler, call' Cnion Hall. 516 Stb st.

11'0. a6, Washington, D. C.-;-Meets e"ery Sat· urday at 1204 Penu ay. PrCb .. Jobn· Hoffecker. tOlYl N. Caroliosav. S. g.; R. 8 .• J. C O'Connell. 930 ~ st .• N. 'W.; F. S .• G. A. "'(nione. 4!>·1-. st.. N. W.

11'0. lII'i', ~alt!more. M. D • ...:..Metls "v""1 Mon­dayat Uall,roc. Fayette and Po~k ""S. Prer., 'V.W. Welsh, 1420 A isquith st.: 1<.. S • A.. R. I.arkin. 171S V.,.,her st.; F. 5 •• F. H Russell, %408 Aisquilh st.

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No. 30, Cindnnati, O,--Meets 1st al\:i y1 Mon· <1ays a.\. -I~ E. Coun 51 Pres..,. \VID. .'~"illiams. 1325 Bt-oauway; P.. S., Wm. Price .. lo,¢ Lel~tial st., Mt. Aubnme~"i~y; ·F. S •• G.;;c. R. Kildtbt';;IlC, 403 E. 3rd &1.., Ciuciunati Qhi,>. . .

Boo' 3r; Anaconda, MOllt.':":r'~8.,:1"h<i..1>wyer, care Elect. r,igM Co: CR., S ... J. ·F. :' .. '!d~; F.S .• Chas. M.:Dooalc; Carroll, .)<lont.. .

No .. 3~. Z,ima,·(I • ...,Preli;O.G. ·SnY,J~f • .sl. High st.; R. S. w. C. Holtn~. J; .... Ha~ftlw. ave ~ I.ima,. Oilio; F; S .• C. L. WhC!'t,."I. n2 N. ~;iz?beth 1>t.

. N'o;3s. Boston, lIla:~.-Meets everY Wednes­day ~t . .w-J~eUtl.~lt ·st. Prt:~., 1:'. j.L ~-Jt..'1vi!le. ~l Mtlultou!!t. Ch~rJestowt1. M"~s.; R.S .• J: B. Jeffers; 27 MC'L.CaIlA.;.F. S .• W .. \:. Wood",ard. loCbutCh st.

No. 36, Sa:ttam~tc; ·C:!I.-!\f .. "t~ 1St aDd 3d . Tues.u.ys lit For""1:~I"S' H:lll_ l't'cs:. C:h"~. M. Dur­k<'e,6%4.G st.: R: S., WUliam·F. ~1e.rleY--529~ .... st.: P. S., iI. O. Hutton, I6t7~:'o(. st. . ..

lio. :l'1. Hartfo~d, ~oun.--Mects<;vO!'YW<,dncs­day at 6<'3.IIl",iu st. PI ~s .• W. II. Cl'nWr"y,7:\ !opriu!;' st.; R. S:·;"M. P. Sulbvit4.i77As,tlllll ~t.; F:S .• J. J. Tra!;Y,.~ 1"mplo:; st... .' . .

I'!~.; .aSJ .Cli.:r~;.\1l4,O,-:\te~.~s ~ery;; Wedue ... daYn.ig!ltat,JS6'Uutano st. Pte¥., Geo. H. Gl"uon. 11%1 St. 'Clair ~ ; K. S .• R. ·M. kUclS, 59 C"ll'iLte st.: F. S .• A. Herron. 4 "'aflaee· st. .

Bo~ 40, St. Joseph, Mo.-Meets e"ery Tburs­day mgb.tat· Brokaw )tall.Sth ilOud·Locust sl~.Pres .• Frank l'. Sl. Clair. R'y Co.: R. &."WlJl. 1'. Dorsel. R'y ~o.:'F •. S .• J. C. !;chneid<r. <:ity Jo;ltc. "t. Co.

No. 41, Bufftllo,N. Y.-.. i,.etsevery Wednesday at-CQnucll Hall. I'r ...... W'tt. A:BrceM, 35! Vermont st.; R. S.,. J.:()'COrt~Ui.~'. Fara-o av.; F. S .• Abe Hass"y, 598 Fargo av; ' .. ' .

No. 4~, l,Tt~!!aJ N. ¥.-Pr<>s., W. T. Certer. 68 NeilsOu st.; k:S .• G. 0'. C>t.,ler,-.6 E;ln, 51.: F. H .• F. Dauahcr,"21o. I.ilapdil~~ &t! '. ". .

N~. '43, .·Syrac:use,·~. ·.Y.-"'eets lsi and 3d TueS<.lays at McCarthy's H"U, Markel ;t.. ol'p. City Hall, .. Prt:s.,.~ Dcnovau, ~IO Niagnrt! st.: It. S .• F. N. Stiles. 734 K R. R. S.; F. S .• Wm. H. Goui'h. loS HaWthorne lit, .. ~,

No. 44. Rochester, N. Y.-)f~t~ ,.(f Rod. 4th Wellu,,~ays at 0<i.d. Fell.ow.· Hall. State &1:' rres .• J. p. \\0111',9 Ceua, st .. R. S .. A. L. Oeun.s~on. 14 Baldwin st.: F. S .• Fl·ed.Mli.rtin;·50~!tc~ .. lain st.

No~·.5, Buffalo. B. y . ...:MeEts I~t and 3d Sat­urda}s:at Cuu .. cil Hal!. ·J'rea .•. F:Dc"li1i, 711 Vir­gioilut.: R. S., J. Diugblllu.ll: r·. S •• M. E. St2ble, 46 Kail st.' :. .

Bo. 46, Lowell, Xaiis ... -M~ts·Cyel'Y Thuooay at 202 Merriluack st.; ~d 6001', rooUl 5 Pres. Her· be~ L .. "'hitney. 6 )?uffel' av ~.R. S:. JM. Harrell. 17 First st.; F. S. H. F. Hardil' •• 3S E. Pille st.

No. 4'1 Siou-x:; City •. l:n.:-Ptes. J J. Sullivan. 1701 Celller.st.; R. S .• A. S!JurUcy. 1600 ottb til.; F. S •• R. H. Greer. 2,,01 Illh st. .

No. 48. MilwaUkee, Wl!:,-Pn:s .• lo" 'c:. Ray' ulond, 600 l.'iand a,· :·R. S .. ·M. J Qui,!.:, "718 Clay. bourne st: F. S .• O. C. Kars,,,rer, 916 Richard st.

N'0"49, Chiclil&'O, IU.-M.:el8 eV«'ry·Secon.! and Fuurth Tuesday Ht Jllngs Rnll 1.:6 E. t{andolpb st. Pn·, .. F' J. Strulth:. ~o ·.W. 'Di\'ision st·.; R. S .• Walter J. Dcmp-ey. 153 Thlo;>p...st.; Eo'. S .• Chas. Fu~lc'. 2~9 W. CQ1liresES~. ;.,.

No. 52. Newark. N. I.-Pres .. J. H. Thomas. 346 W. 59thst .. N Y. City; R. S , W. S·. Hnrriogtou. 24 Willow st .• Blo',mfi"ld N. J.: P. S., 1-;d: il!aA<e1oc:k • 7 1.ill<len 51 • I'tw"~k. N. J.

No. 53, Harrisburg, FB.""'Pres., C. A. S ... ager •. ns~ ;\lan.l:t .t.~ R. <S •• jQ;;. Em'glIDfl'er, "5 N. 15tb st.; F. S .• C. Atid, r5<>O, 46 Suoullilt ~t. . -. , .

No. 55, Des Moille .. Ia.;-M ..... t' ev.cry Thurs· dal' night at 'rrades ·.~"""tr.bly Hal!: Pr .. .s. J. Pit.,· gI!1I1Id,'-J9'4 ';ill.er·st; R,8 .• I:. C. Pur!!. 71S'Scott st.; F. S • ·1Il. O. Trbcey,. 2~2 Raceoo st. .

No;'56, £rie, .Pa.-:-Meets !~t 'and 3d Wednes­day", ·Pres .• .P ,.J"'"'Oos, 161 l<»£t 7tli st.: \t. S .• L. B. C:1t'.~OD .. 303 l'II.:uch ·dt.;·F. S., ,T. F. St. Clair, 71I Freach st. .

No. 51, Salt Lake CIty, Ut..h--"res .• J. k. Bl .. ir. 258 S. 2nd Pa~t· £t.; R. $ .• :J. llorlgson. Utah Pow.er Hou.se; -p:. ~ ... A~ W. SC\lttl Valley HOllse.

Nc.. 60, San Antonio, Te-.:.~-:\i ... t:ts TS: Ilr.d 3d S:ltnrda)'" at S~P:In.: in Painters' Hall, 1.31 S<>ldud ~1 pres .• Martin 'Vnght. 114 Roo;·lIr. st.: R. S .• A. C. La".t:n. 116 N""rasl:.a .. t.; P. S.·, Chas. E. McNe-mar, 8,8 A\·,.O. .' .

No. 6~, Los An24:1es;cal.-t-rC$ .. 'P. B",,1I8nao, 3~i N. ?of"i" st.; P.. S., Vl A.. ';'·'ods. D<lX il.; £tation B; Y. S:, s. L.·Brose .. 4~f-CQ1,·tc"'Gt. . '.

No.6:l, Troy, N. Y.~-F: S:,·M. J. :Keyes.·.No.3 Short 7th ~t. _". .' _. _ "-

No. 63. War~~~,:P::'.-'l!eet~ lS'. ani! ~d \Vcduf'&oo day' at D. O. H, Hall. cor. ~<I all!! LiI ... t;·y sts. Pres .• F. W. r ... f!S~:, L·tberly 51.:-1'.. S., R. Y. 'F!~~n, kevere

., Hou~t:; F. tie N. H. SpeJi-c.,=r, Rogchi lilt ..

No. 65, Butte, )[ont.-.Meet.~ 2d aDd .. u. Wedllesciays in Good Templars' Hall. Pres .• Jas. ~la\'idSOD. 'u9 O~sky BIl<: R. S .• W. C. Medh~t'5t, P. 0 Box 8¢; F . .5 •• E. M. DeM,us, P. O. ~ ~1'" . No. 66. H0118toa. Te~.-)(eets.lst all<i:ad :>lOll' days. Pres .• Ceo. O. Wood. 1203~·-Capit .. 1 av.; k. $ .• W. P. Jobn.on, r~let>hoae Ofti<:e; F. S., W. F." Caywood, 14'3 Franklin avo . '.

No. 6'1, 1:!tliuc,., Xll • ...:l\(eets 2d and 4t.h Wedtt .. ,So

day" at Trad .... Assembly. Han. S. 8th st..· Pres., J; . 11.. N'es'oler. 525 Maideo Lane st.: J. M •. ll.t"<!!ttutta, 825 Jen." st ; F. S., C. H. )(cNemee. StT S.7tb st.

No. 68, Deaver, Col.-HeetsMoncay .nijrhta at 1731 Al"spho st., Ciub Bldg.; PreR .• F !:·lce~er. 1931 Penn av;; R; S .• F. A Warae.-.luo Larimerst.~

·F. S .• C. W. Armstrong. 63tJOlh avo . No. 69, Dallas, 'Tex: • ...:Mects every 'Tuesd'IIY

e"eoing at Labor HaIr. Pres.. P. P. Barues. 141. Akark st.; R. S .• C. E;. Bas.on.438 Mail> st.: l' ~.; C. T. Wheeler. 438 Main st. .' •

11'0. '10, Cripple Creek, Col.-P:-E:S" y. :)1.: .. Lovell. care Teh:phon!!Co.; R. R .• JQsepb C. J:jjd,s. Cripple Cred,,: F. S •• John T. Waller&, "Cripple • Creek. ' .

Bo. 'Ix. G""ve.t~ Tex.-Meets '=d' " . .,d4lli Tbur!'da"". Cooks and Waiters' Hall, ?:.d .it. be­tween Merket and Mec:bamc. Pres. J. P. Poyxu:. 1528.N st.; .R. S .. D. L. Gohle, 3,)20 R' .Kst.; P. S .• W. F. CunnlRg. 2r22 .~ve. P-;4. .

.Bo, '1-, Wac:o, TeX.-Meet" e~ry Sata.clay· nll'ht at Labor Hall. Pres .• J. ·E. Capl~. IOi8 N. r.h st.; K. S.; G R. Lockhart, 93t·South 6th. st ; F. S., .. J osepb H >dges. 728 S 6th It. ...

No. '13, Spokane, Wa!lh.-Meets":~! '''au 3d Wedn~3vs io K.of P. H"1I. 816 Riverside :lv •. }"rel'.. Eli Hensl~YJ 2!8 Rive.f~idc av.; R. S., L, ~:~.l~we .. gen. 919 Asb S •• ; F. 8.. D. Lonmer. 1723 F!II.h =.

Bo. '14, WiaoJ:ia, Minu.-Pres... H. B.·.Klein. 5ro OlmSI"ad st i.. R. S .• P .. F~oC1m. 510 U~"''''t:".;i st.; F. S •• Joseph Trantner. MO F,. 3rd st. ,'.

Bo. 'IS, Grand RRpidl!, Mich.-Meets Jst and 3d S1tDrjay~. ~rt;S-, Jo;::. .Nc~\-mau, IS Ken(,,'(~:t 'ft.; R. S • c. !Yr. BUD. r90 Sheldon' st.; F. S., c. P.,' Po!'!. 132 Wittter st. . '

No. '16, Tac:ontElJ Wash.--P .. es.. !Wrc .. K!:"e. JJS6 D st.; R.S .. W.J. Lo"'".U310thst:; P; s .. Jls.. ·Murray. Ju8 D st.. . . .

Bo. '1,{. Seattie, Wti.sh,.-P~, j. G. M.a;l1an~ •. .231 Pontlus av.; R. S., S; Curk<ek; F. S .• J. J. J"<1' kins. 1;;19 14t h AV..·· ' .. "':

No, '18, Chicago, Zl1.·-PrCli .. W. J. MCC<>I·r:;cl,;· 7207l'.i St. La,,(renCf! av.; F. S •• George H. FoU.:, 3;;' W. Adams st.; R. S., W. T. Touner. 147~ Ohio &(.

No. 80, No!'follt:, V9.-P;eS .• C. W. RrfO"dloV";, 38 Falkland st .• Norfo!k. Va.; F. S. Hill, :01" N. Marshall.v.; ~'. S., E . .!'v!. W~VtSJ8 ~IBiD st. .

Bo. 8x, Scranton, l'a.-Pres .• W. K.· Cl"e:-­water. 345 Pear st.;' F. S. B. C. Hackdt. I!4 N, . Hyde Park av. ,.