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Single vpi••• 10 Cenb VOL. XVI, :;\0. 2 SPRINGfiElD, ILL., SEPTEMBER 1916. 25cper. Year in advance Safety Rules to be Observed In• the Operation of Electrical Equipment and Lines

Recommended by the National Bureau of Standards, Washington

EDITOR'S NOTE.-The General Safety not apply (or apply less fully) in the Rules herein are the first of a series of smaller. It has seemed unwise, however, rules recommended for adoption by all to attempt to restrict the scope of these State and civic bodies having jurisdic­ rules to rules which are applicable to all tion over electrical construction, public organizations or to all classes of elec­ utility commissions, railway commis­ trical work. sions', State and city electrical depart­ The safety rule in Section 55-58 apply ments and other bodies charged with to commercial telephone, telegraph and enforcement of .public safety laws as re­ other signal equipment and lines, with gards electrical construction and main­ terminology adapted to the special needs tenance. And in States where no such of the employees concerned. commission exists they are recommend­ RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER. ed as the basis for safety laws on out­ ORGANIZATION. side electrical construction where no superior regulation is now provided and 400. Interpretation and Enforcement of Rules. enforced. (a) The employer shall furnish to each Later we hope to publish in concise regular employee operating or working form the findings and regulations as to on electrical supply equipment, supply or required wire sizes, length of span, signal lines or hazardous electrical tests, tables of sag regulation and spacing a copy of these safety rules for operation regulation for wires of all voltages, cross­ (or such of these rules as apply to his ings regulation, etc. We look to our members to preserve work) either separately or incorporated the issues containing these articles for in more comprehensive rule books and shall take means to secure the employee's their own information and in order to compliance with the same. be able to assist in procuring proper (b) If a difference of opinion arises safety legislation in their respective lo­ with regard to the meaning of application calities and its full enforcement. of these rules or as to the means neces­ SCOP~. sary to carry them out, the decision of The safety rules in Sections 40-54, ap­ the employer or his authorized agent ply to the operation of, and work on or shall be final, subject to an appeal (if about, supply lines and signal lines used taken) to the regulative body having in connection therewith, and to the opera­ jurisdiction. tion of, and work on or about the elec­ ec) Cases may arise where the strict trical equipment of central stations, sub­ enforcement of some particular rule will stations, private plants, and on or about seriously impede the progress of the electrical tests, and tunnel, subway, or work in hand; in such cases the emp-Ioyee similar underground work. They do not in charge of the work to be done and apply to new construction, which has not the E'mployee in charge of that portion been made available for regular service. of the system on which the work is to While all the rules find application in be done may, with the consent of the the larger industrial or private plants Chief Operator concerned, make such and in moderate-sized utilities, some do temporary modification of the rule as will THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL expedite the work without materially in­ In these rules the various employees creasing the hazard. listed by above titles, including thE de­ (d) Many companies number their puty chief operator, will be designated books of rules and require a receipt from (for simplicity) by the title of chief oper­ each employee for his copy. ator, where referred to in this capaCity. 401. Organization Diagram. 406. Responsibility. To better secure the safe and accurate If more that one person is engaged in performance of work, an organization work on or about the same electrical diagram or written statement clearly equipment or lines at anyone location, showing the division of responsibility be­ one of the persons shall be designated as tween officials and employees, down to the foreman locally in charge of the and including the grade of foreman, work; or all of the workmen shall be in­ should be supplied with the book of rules strllcted as to the work they are to per­ or posted conspicuously in offices and form and the employee instructing the stations of the employer, and in other workmen shall be considered in charge of places where the number of employees the work. and the nature of the work warrants. In subsequent rules the term foreman 402. Address List and Emergency Rules. means either the foreman (so-called) or The rule book should contain or be the workman instructing other workmen. accompanied by the following: PROTECTIVE METHODS AND (a) A list of names and addresses of DEVICES. those physicians and members of the or­ 410. Attendance. ganization who are to be called upon in Unless a qualified employee is kept on emergencies. duty where generators, 01' rotary con­ (b) A copy of rules for first aid, resus­ verters are operating, such equ;pment citation, and fire extinguishment. shall be made inaccessible to unauthor­ These should also be kept in conspicu­ ized persons. ous locations in every station and test­ 411. Requirement for Two Workmen. ing room, in line wagons, and in other Except in trouble or emergency work places where the number of employees at least two employees should be pro­ and the nature of the work warrants. vided where work is done on live lines 403. Instructing Employees. above 750 volts in wet weather or at Employees regularly working on or night. about equipment or lines shall be thor­ 412. Uninstructed Workman and Visi­ oughly instructed in methods of first aid, tors. resuscitation, and where advisable in fire Unqualified employees or visitors shall eXtinguishment. be prohibited from approaching any live 404. Qualification of Employees. parts, unless accompanied by a qualified The employer shall use every reason­ employee. able means and precautwn to assure him­ 413. Diagram for Chief Operator. self that each employee is mentally and Diagrams or equivalent devices show­ physically qualified to perform his work ing plainly the arrangement and location in accordance with these rules. of the electrical equipment and lines 405. Chief Operator. should be maintained on file or in sight (a) A properly qualified chief operator, of the chief operator. system operator, load dispatcher, general These diagrams may be entire system, superintendent or otherwise designated of each specific portion of the system. employee whose duties shall be those or they may show typical arrangements. prescribed in rule 430, shall be in charge 414. Instructions to Employees. of the operation of electrical equipment All employees shall be instructed as to and lines and directly responsible for the character of all equIpment or lines" their safe operation. on, or dangerously near to, which work (b) In large organizations the duties must be done by them. of the chief operator may be delegated Instructions shall describe the equip­ for any particular section of the system ment and lines to be worl{ed on, identify­ to a deputy chief operator (or otherwise ing them by position, letter, color, num­ designated employee) who shall report as ber, or name. required to the chief. 415. Protective Devices. (c) When it is impracticable to have There shall be provided in conspicuous the entire system placed in charge of and suitahle places in electrical stations, one chif'f operator, the duties of the chief testing dppartments, (m(l line construc­ operator may be pzrformed for a portion tion and H'r-air wagons a sufficient sup­ of the system by a local superintendent ply of suitable protective, first-aid and local manager, or other employee who fire extinguishing devises and equipment, may also perform other duties. (d) In small organizations the duties to enable employees to meet the require­ of the chief operator may be performed ments of these rules. Such devices and by the 3upcrintcndcnt, electrician, en­ eO,uipmFmt Rhall hp. inspected or t.P.Rt.fld t.o gineer, or some other employee who may insure that they are kept in good order. also perform other duties. The following is a list of suitable devices WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 69 and equipment, the kinds and numbers 422. Inexperienced or Unfit Employees. of which will depend on the requirements No employee shall do work, for which of each case. he is not properly qualified, on or about (1) First-aid outfits. live equipment or lines, except under (2) Insulating wearing apparel, such the direct supervision of an experienced as insulating gloves, sleeves, and boots. and properly qualified person. Insulating shields, covers, mats, stools, 423. Supervision of Workmen. and platforms. Workmen whose employment incid­ Insulating appliances, such as rods and entally brings them in the neighborhood tangs, for any necesflary handling or test­ of electrical supply equipment or lines, ing of live equipment or lines. with the dangers of whi~h they are not (3) Protective goggles of suitable mate­ familiar, shall proceed with their work rials and construction. only when authorized. They shall then (4) Tools of such special design and be accompanied by a properly qualified insulation as to eliminate so far as prac­ and authorized person, whose instruc­ ticable the danger of torming short cir­ tions shall be strictly obeyed. cuits across conducting parts at different 424. Exercising Care. potentials or bringing the user into cir­ Employeees about live equipment and cuit with such parts. lines should consider the effect of each (5) "Men at Work" tags, log books, act and do nothing which may endanger operating diagrams or equivalent devices, themselves or others. Employees should and portable danger signs. be careful always to place themselves in (6) Fire-extinguishing devices, either a safe and secure pOSItlon and to avoid designed for safe use on live parts, or slipping, stumbling, or moving backward plainly marked that they must not be so against live parts. The care exercised by used. others should not be relied on for pro­ (7) Grounding devices for making pro­ tection. tective grounds. 425. Live and Arcing Parts. Safety belts, whether furnished by em­ (a) Treat Everything as Alive: Elec­ ployer or employee, should be inspected trical equipment and lines should always from time to time to assure that they be considered as alive, unless they are are in safe working .condition. positively known to be dead. Before 416. Warning and Danger Signs. starting to work, preliminary inspection There shall be displayed in conspicuous or test should always be made to deter­ places at all unattended and unlocked en­ mine what conditions exist. (See rules trances to electrical supply stations, sub­ 440 and 461.) stations or moving . parts, permanent (b) Protection Against Arcs: If ex­ warning signs forbidding entrance to un­ posed to injurious arcing, the hands authorized persons. should be protected by insulating gloves, Suitable danger signs shall be placed and the eyes by suitable goggles or other in supply stations, substations, switching means. towers and testing rooms about equip­ Employees should keep all parts of ment having exposed current-carrying their bodies as distant as possible from parts above 750 volts. brushes, commutators, switches, circuit GENERAL RULES FOR THE breakers, or other parts at which arcing EMPLOYEE. o is liable to occur during operation or General Precautions. handling. 420. Rules and Emergency Methods. 426. Safety Appliances and Suitable Clothing. The safety rules should be carefully read and studied. EmpIOyees may be (a) Safety Appliances: Employees at called upon at any time to show their work on or near live parts should use knowledge of the rules. the protective deyices and the special Employees should familiarize them­ tools provided, first e}

427. Safe Supports and Safety Belts. and stoping of generating equipment and (a) Safe Supports: Employees should the opening and closing of outgoing cir­ not support themselves on any portion cuits. He shall in general give permis­ of a tree, pole structure, scaffold, lad!ler, sion for work to be

with the remammg rules. The chief rules shall determine in what manner operator shall thereafter be notified as and how many times they may be closed soon as possible of the action taken. (See with safety for persons on or near those rule 436 b.) circuits. The chief operator shall be ad­ (b) Operations at Stations: In the vised of the conditions. absence of specific operating schedules (c) When circuits feeding supply lines for opening and closing supply circuits become accidentally grounded, they shall at stations, or start~ng and stopping be tested to determine where the ground equipment, employees shall secure spe­ exists. If the ground cannot be definitely cial authorization from the chief operator located and removed by the station opera­ before performing these operations. In tor, an immediate report of the finding all cases such special authorization shall shall be given to the chief operator, who be secured where cirCUIt or equipment shall order a patrol of the lines affected control devices are tagged at stations to to definitely locate and remove the protect workmen. ground as soon as practicable. Exceptions: In emergency, to protect Above 7,500 volts it will usually be life or property, any qualified employee found advisable to disconect the circuit may open circuits and stop moving equip­ or effectively ground the accidentally ment without special authorization, if in grounded conductor until the lines have his judgment his action will promote been found cleared of the accidental safety, but the chief operator shall be ground. notified as soon as possible of such ac­ 435. Tagging Electrical Supply Circuits, tion, with reasons therefor. To maintain Before work is done under special au­ service, any qualified employee may also thorization of the chief operator on or reclose circuits which have been opened about any equipment or lines used as by automatic cutouts except where this transmission or interconnected feeder is prohibited by rule 434. lines, or lines operating above 7,500 volts, (c) Cutting Out Sections of Circuits: or lines killed at stations or substations Special authorization shall be secured to protect workmen, the chief operator from the chief operator before sections shall have "Men at Work" tags attached of overhead or underground circuits are at all points where such equipment or cut off by employees at points other than lines can be manually controlled by reg­ at stations, by means of sectionalizing ular operators, to plainly identify the switches. circuits worked on. Exception: Portions of employees dis­ Before work is done on or about any tribution circuits below 7,500 volts may equipment or lines which -are killed au­ be cut off by authorized employees with- thorized employees at points other than . out special authorization from the chief at stations, the employees shall have operator, by means of sectionalizing "Men at Work" tags placed at all points switches, if the chief operator is there­ where the circuit has been disconnected after notified as soon as possible of the to identify the portion worked on. action taken. This may also be done 436. Protecti ng Traffic. even for circuits above 7,500 volts, when (a) Barrier Guards: Before engaging communication with the chief operator is in such work as may endanger traffic, difficult. employees shall first erect suitable bar­ 433. Restoring Service After Work. rier guards. They shall also display No instructions for making alive danger signs or red lamps from two sides equipment or lines which have been killed of the barrier at right angles to the direc­ by permission of the chief operator to tion of the traffic. Where the nature of protect workmen, shall be issued by him work and traffic requires it, a man shall until all workmen concerned have been be stationed to warn passers-by while reported clear. When there is more work is gOing on. than one workman at a location, a per­ (b) Crossed or Fallen Wires: When son authorized for the purpose shall re­ any crossed or fallen wires which may port clear for such Workmen, but only create a hazard are found, the employee after all have reported clear to him. If shall remain on guard or adopt other there is more than one gang, each shall adequate means to prevent accidents and be so reported clear to the chief operator. have the chief operator notified. If the 434. Maintaining Service. employee can observe the rules for hand­ ling live parts by the use of insulating (a) When live circuits, 011 which "Men at Work" tags have been placed, are appliances, he may correct the condition opened automatically, they should be at once. Otherwise he shall first secure kept disconnected until the chief opera­ the authorization from the chief operator tor has given proper authorization for for so doing. (See rule 432 a.) reconnection. 437. Protecting Workmen by Disconnec­ (b) When overhead circuits other than tors. trolley and third-rail circuits open auto­ When equipment or lines are to be dis­ matically, the employer'S local operating connected from any source of electrical '12 THE JOl.:RXAL OF ELECTI{lCAL energy, for the protection of workmen, ing covering on live wires or cables must the operator shall first open the switches be cut into, the employe~ should use a or circuit breakers designed for opera­ suitable tool. 'Vhile doing such work it tion under load, and then the air-break is recommended that suitable goggles be disconnectors, when provided. worn to protect the eyes and insulating gloves to protect the hands. HANDLING LIVE EQUIPMENT AND 'Vhen metal sheathing must be re­ LINES. moved from cables, it should be done In all these operating rules "voltage" with special tools which will not injure means in general the nighest effective the insulation. The sheathing should be voltage between the conductors of the so cut as to leave enough exposed in­ circuit concerned, except that in grounded sulation after the conductor has been multi-wire circuits, not exceeding 750 bared to avoid arcing over between the volts between outer conductors, it means conductor and the sheath. If the cable the highest effective voltage between any consists of more than one conductor, wire of the circuit and the ground. similar exposed insulating surface should In ungrounded low-voltage circuits, be left for each conductor, using insulat­ "voltage to ground" means in these rules ing separators between conductors, if the voltage of the circuit. necessary. When one circuit is dtrectly connected Insulating devices, such as wood sepa­ to another circuit of higher voltage (as rators, etc., should be examined to elimi­ in the case of an auto-transformer), both nate conducting dust or chips, sharp are considered as of the higher voltage, edges or nails, which may defeat the pur­ unless the circuit of lower voltage is pose for which the devIces are intended. permanently grounded. Direct connection 441. Voltages Between 750 and 7,500. where made alive by leakage from supply No employee should go, or take any implies electrical connection as opposed conducting object, within six inches of to connection merely through electro­ any exposed live part whose voltage ex­ magnetic or electrostatic induction. ceeds 750, in stations, testing rooms, in Signal equipment and lines not over underground construction, or in over­ 400 volts are not considered alive, except head construction, where it is practicable where made alive by leakage from sup­ to avoid this except as follows: ply equipment or lines. They are, how­ (a) In dry locations tills distance may ver, a source of danger when near live be less than six inches, if insulating de­ supply lines, due to their liability of being vices, . such as shields, covers or gloves grounded. are placed between the person and the 440. General Requirements. part or object. (a) Touching Live Parts: No em­ The distance may also be reduced if ployee should touch with bare hands at insulating barriers (suen as mats, stools the same time two parts at different or platforms) are placed between the potential; nor should he touch with bare person and the ground, and suitable in­ hands even a single exposed ungrounded sulating shields between the person and live part at a dangerous potential to all other conducting surfaces except the ground unless he is insulated from other live part, which he could accidentally conducting surfaces, including the touch at the same time. ground itself, and stands on insulating (b) In all damp or dark locations, and surfaces. wherever grounded surfaces are exposed. (b) Wire Insulation: Employees only if insulating devices are used be­ should not place dependence for their tween the person and the live parts and safety on the insulating covering of the distance may be less than six inchea wires. also between him and all other conduct­ All precautions in this section for ing surfaces with which be might other­ handling live parts shall be observed in wise come in contact at the same time.' handling insulated wires. Where safe distance from live parts Insulation on a wire may look perfect, cannot be secured by use of the special but it frequently cannot be relied on to insulating tools and apI>!lances furnished, prevent shock. properly tested insulating gloves and (c) Exposure to Higher Voltages: sleeves may serve as the sole portable Every employee working on or about insulating devices between the person and equipment or lines exposed in overhead live parts. construction to voltages higher than those Care should be exercised in using in­ guarded against by the safety appliances sulating gloves to avoid puncturing them provided, should as tar as practicable on sharp edges, especially in making assure himself that the equipment or wire splices. It is sometimes advisable lines worked on are free from dangerous to wear protecting gloves over insulat­ leakage or induction or have been ef­ ing gloves. fectively grounded. 442. Voltages Above 7,500. (d) Cutting Into Insulating Coverings No employee should go, or take any of Live Conductors: When the insulat- conducting object, wit!J.m the distances \VORKERS AND OPERATORS. named below from any exposed live part Loose conductors should be kept away at or above the voltage specified, except from exposed live parts. as permitted by this rule. Metal measuring tapes, and tapes, Operating Voltage. Distance in feet. ropes or hand lines having metal threads 7,500 1 woven into the fabric, shall not be used 15,000 2 near exposed live parts. 50,000 3 Ladders reinforced by metal in a long­ 70,&00 5 itudinal direction shall not be used near Distances for intermediate voltage to exposed live parts. be determined by interpolation. (b) Applying Grounds: In applying a (a) In dry locations these distances grounding device to normally live parts may be reduced if suitable insulating the device shall be grounded before be­ guards or barriers are placed between ing brought near the parts, and shall be the person and such part or object. removed from the live parts before being (b) If the part is being directly worked removed from the ground connection. on, the tools or other mechanical ap­ Handling Series Circuits. pliances used shall prt>vlde the full dis­ Secondaries of current transformers to tance of insulating material, unless pro­ meters or other devices, should not be tective guards are also used between the opened, when alive, until a jumper has person and the live part. These protec­ been connected across the point of open­ tive guards may be permanent insulating ing or said secondary has been short cri­ covers or shields, or may be discs of in­ cuited elsewhere. sulating material suitable for the volt­ Before working on arc lights or similar ages to be handled, and for the attendant devices connected to series circuits they conditions, attached to the handles of shall be short circuited, or (when neces­ rods or tools. sary to avoid hazard) disconnected en· 443. Requirement For Two Workmen. tirely from such circuits by absolute cut­ Except in trouble and emergency work, outs. no employee shall work alone danger­ 448. Stringing Wires. ously near live parts above 750 volts in wet weather or at night. In stringing wires near live wires, the wire being handled should be treated as 444. Where to Kill Parts. alive unless it is effectively grounded. No employee shall approach or wil­ lingly .permit others to approach any ex­ Killing Supply Equipment and Lines. posed ungrounded part normally alive, Where workmen must depend on others except as provided in rules 440, 441 and for operating switches to kill circuits on 442 of this section, unless he has first which they are to work, or must secure assured himself of his own safety and special authorization from the chief the safety of those working under his operator before· themselves operating direction by having the supply equipment such switches, the following precaution­ and lines killed. (See Section 45.) ary measures shall be taken in the order 445. Operating Switches and Working given, before work is begun on or about From Below. the equipment or lines concerned, as a means for preventing misunderstanding (a) Opening and Closing Switches: and accident. Manual switches and disconnectors should always be closed by a single un­ In small organizations the chief opera­ hesitating motion, and, if possible, with tor may himself operate the switches and one hand. Care should be exercised in discoIinectors instead of instructing opening switches to avoid causing serious others to do so, thus much simplifying arcing. and abbreviating the procedure. In cer­ (b) Work From Below: Employees taill cases the chief operator may direct should avoid working on equipment or the workman who wishes the section lines from any position by reason of killed for his own protection, to operate which a shock or slip will tend to bring some or all switches necessary himself, the body toward exposed live parts. thus also abbreviating the procedure. Work should therefore generally be done In cases where there is no station with from below, rather than from above. regular attendants at either end of a section of line to be killed for the protec­ 446. Attaching Connecting Wires and tion of workers, the rules below need not Grounds. apply for disconnection of that end of (a) Handling Connecting Lines: In the section concerned, provided that the connecting dead equipment or lines to a employee, under whose direction that end live circuit by means of a connecting of the section is disconnected, is in sole wire or device, employees should first charge of the section and of the means attach the wire to the dead part before of disconnection employed, or that the attaching it to the circuit. When dis­ point of disconnection at that end of the connecting, the live end should be re­ section is suitably tagged before work moved first. proceeds. 'f.! THE JOUR);,AL OF ELECTRICAL

450. Workman's Request. 454), the workman in charge and those The workman in charge of the work under his direction may proceed with shall apply to the chiet operator to have work without taking the precautions re­ the particular section of equipment or quired on or about live parts, by these lines killed, identifying it by position, rules. letter, color, number, or other means. 456. Procedure for Other Gangs. 451. Opening Disconnectors and Tag. Each additional workman in charge ging. desiring the same equi.pment or lines to The chief operator

461. Gr-ound (;()nnections. 471. Care About Live or Moving Parts. The employee making protective Do not work on or near exposed live ground on equipment or lines shall first or moving parts unless authorized to do connect one end of grounding device to such work, and then strictly observe the an effective· /!:round connection supplied rules applying. for the purpose. When working near fuses and circuit 462. Test of Circuit. breakers or other apparatus which may The normally live I?arts which are to arc suddenly, be careful to avoid injury be grounded should be tested for any in­ from their operation. dication of voltage, the employee care­ When working on one section of a fully keeping all portions of his body switchboard or in one compartment, mark at the distance required from such parts it conspicuously and place barriers to when alive, by the use of suitable in­ prevent your accidental contact with live sulating rods or handles of proper length, parts in that section or adjacent sections. or other suitable devices. When working on or about live parts 463. Completing Grounds. and standing on insulated stools, ladders, If the test shows no voltage or the or are otherwise insulated from the local operating rules so direct the free ground, avoid handing metal tools or end of the grounding device shall, next other objects to other persons who are be brought into contact with the normally not inSUlated. live part and securely clamped or other­ 472. Handling Fuses or Brushes. wise secured thereto before the employee In handling fuses above 750 volts, use comes within the distances from the the special rods or tongs and stand on normally live parts specified in rules 441 insulating platforms or mats, where pro­ and 442, or proceeds to work upon the vided. Keep the body as distant and as parts as upon a grounded part. far below as possible. In stations, remote control switches Replace or remove link fuses from live can sometimes be employed to connect terminals and handle brushes on live the eqilipment or lines being grounded equipment only when absolutely neces­ to the actual ground connection. On sary, and then with due precautions. lines it is generally necessary to resort 473. Battery Rooms. to portable grounding devices or chains Do not smoke or cause arcing in stor­ handled directly by means of insulating age battery rooms. The use of open handles, rods, or ropes. flames should be avoided, especially· while the cells are gasing, and should 464. Removing Grounds. be permitted only in special cases under In removing a protective ground the the direct supervision of an experienced employee shall not remove the ground­ person, and after the room has been thor­ ing device from the ground connection oughly ventilated. until the device has been disconnected Do not handle live parts of batteries from all normally live current-carrying or their connections unless standing on parts. insulating platforms or wearing suitable SPECIAL RULES FOR EMPLOYEES. insulating boots. SUPPLY STATION AND SWITCH­ 474. Working in Elevated Positions. BOARD OPERATION. When working in an elevated posi­ Engineers, machine -attendants, switch­ tion, especially above live Or moving board operators, and helpers shall study parts, assure yourself of the security of and strictly observe the following, in ad­ your position and support, and take pre­ dition to all the general rules in sections cautions to avoid dropping tools or mate­ 42 to 46, which apply to their work. rials. 470. Care About Machines. 475 Handling Switchboard Equipment. Do not allow oil cans, tools, dusters, All ungrounded metal parts of devices or wiping cloths to catch in moving parts on switchboards shall be handled as if of machinery. In passing any switch­ operating at the highest voltage to which board or machine in operation, do not any portion of the equipment on the touch it unnecessarily nor allow metal same switchboard panel is subject, unless tools or other metal objects to touch the the parts are known, by test or other­ apparatus or connections. Do not use wise, to be free from such voltage. iron or tin oil cans near field magnets, When cable plug connectors are used, and use only dusters and wipers with do not allow one end to remain hanging insulating handles on or about exposed loose while the other end is connected lived parts. to a live terminal. Any employee about to work on nor­ In handling instrument circuits the mally moving parts of electrical equip­ secondary of a current transformer ment during periods of rest, shall protect should never be opened when it is alive. himself against their accidental starting 575. Reporting Circuit Trouble to Chief by placing "Men at Work" signs on the Operator. starting devices and locking or blocking Report to your immediate superior or these where practicable. to the chief operator any unusual condi- 76 THE JOCRXAL OF ELECTH.lCAL tions of load, and the indication of any to come in contact with any live 01' accidental ground on an outgoing cir­ groundpd part other than that worked cuit. on. 477. Reporting Defects. 'Yhile touching supply lines, or equip­ Promptly report to your superior any ment, avoid as far as possible touching dangerous conditions of equipment or ground wires, guy wires, span wires, surroundings, including aefective tools, metal pipes, metal poles, metal sheaths, switches, or protective devices, or live signal lines or equipment, transformer cases or framt's of apparatus or instru· cases, hangers and other metal fixtures. ments. Signal lines are included prinCipally because of their liability to become OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION. grounded. Linemen and assistants and ground· The other equipment and lines listed men, in construction, extenSion, removal may become either alive or groundi'ld. or repair work, shall study and strictly 'Vhile touching signal lines or equip­ observe the following, as well as all the ment, metal sheaths, metal pipes, ground general rules in sections 42 to 46, which wires, or metal fixtures on poles, avoid, apply to their work. as far as possible, touching supply lines 480. Testing Structures Before Climbing. or equipment, guy or span wires. Before climbing poles, ladders, scaffolds, 485. Protecting Traffic. or other elevated structures first assure When working overhead, keep tools yourself that the pole, ladder, scaffold, and materials not in use in proper tree, crossarm, messenger wire, cable receptacles; tools or materials should car, or boatswain's chair or other elev· not be thrown to or from the man on ated support is strong enough to safely the pole, but should be raised or lowered sustain your weight. by means of a hand line using proper Poles may be tested for decay near the receptacle where practicable. ground line with a bar, screw·driver or Do not unnecessarily stand where you other tool, and sounded for decay at the can be struck by materials dropped by center by rapping with a heavy tool or men working overhead. block of wood. Pole holes and obstructions along "-'hen poles or crossarms are appar· public highways and other frequented ently unsafe from decay or unequal places shall be protected by watchman strains of wires on them they should be or by suitable guards or danger signals properly braced or guyed, if necessary, so located as to be conspicuous to traffic. before they are climbed. When working overhead, or hoisting 481. Use of Pole Steps. or lowering materials above places where When poles are stepped, make use of frequent traffic occurs, a man should be such steps in climbing. stationed to warn passers·by. Do not support yourself by pins, Where traffic is light, warning signs or brackets, or conductor. barriers may be used in lieu of watch­ 482. Spurs. men. Where traffic is congested, it may Spurs with gaffs worn short shall not be necessary to rope off the space. be used. The gaff on spurs shall be kept 486. Stringing Lines. sharp, and spurs shall fit properly. Spurs Never string wire near live lines ex­ shall not be worn on work for which they cept by means of suitable insulating are not required, nor while men are hand-lines or other appliances. Avoid traveling to or from work. bringing them in contact with the live 483. Care About Live Parts. lines. Regard them as live wires of the Do not go among any wires until you same voltage because of their liability know their voltage. to come in contact with the live lines. Leaning over and crowding through Never change the strains on a pole unprotected wires should be avoided by adding or removing wires, until as­ wherever possible. Place yourself so that sured that the pole will stand the altered you will not be liable to fall on wires strains. should an accident occur. In stringing wires do not allow them Do not depend on the insulating cover­ to sag so as to endanger vehicles or ing of wires, and treat all lines as alive, pedestrians below, unless traffic is inter­ unless they have been properly killed cepted by watchman or otherwise. (except signal lines known to be clear). 487. Reporting Defects. Avoid use of hand lines or measuring Report ~romptly to your immediate tapes containing metal strands. superior any dangerous conditions of In handling dangerous switches or your own or other utilities observed fuses do so only by means of suitable arising from defective insulators, pins, insulating handles, rods, or tongs. crossarms, abnormally sagging wires, etc. 484. When Touching Live Parts. UNDERGROUND OPERATION. When working on live equipment or All cable splicers and other workmen lines never allow any portion of the body in underground construction or opera- \VORKERS AND OPERATORS. tion shall study and strictly observe the and n.bnormally saging wires or broken following in addition to the general rules supports in overhead construction. in section 42 to 46,· which apply to their work. SERIES LAMP OPERATION. All series lamp trimmers, hangers, and 490. Guarding Manholes, Handholes, and inspectors shall study and strictly ob­ Street Openings. When removing manhole or handhole serve the following in addition to the covers or making excavations, promptly general rules in sections 42 to 46, and the protect the opening with a barrier, tem­ special rules under the sections for over­ porary cover, or other suitable guard, and head and underground operation, re­ see that danger signals or red lights are spectively, in sections 48 and 49, which displayed in a location conspicuous to apply to their work. the traffic until permanent covers are in 500. Precautions on Series Circuits. place or the excavations are filled. Series lamps and devices in series cir­ cuits should always be treated as alive 491. Testing for Gas. unless disconnected by absolute cutouts, Do not enter manholes until you have or protected by the grounding of the assured yourself that the manholes are free from dangerous gases, by testing circuit. (See section 46.) with approved safety lamps, by ventila­ 501. Handling Series Lamps. tion or by other adequate methods. (See Trimmers, inspectors or patrolmen rule 581.) shall wear suitable insulating gloves and stand on insulating platforms or dry, 492. Watchman on Surface at Manholes. well-seasoned wood poles, while touching Do not enter a manhole unless a series lamps or their cutouts, when these temporary cover is placed over the open­ are alive. ing or a watchman is stationed at the Where stools or tower wagons are used surface where any gas is liable to be which provide sufficient insulation from present always see that the watchman ground for the voltages to be handled, is stationed at the surface. Where any the insulating gloves may be dispensed hazard is involved do not leave a man­ with. . hole unwatched until all workmen are out. 502. Bridging Series Lamps. Before working on lamps or other de­ 493. Avoiding Flames. vices in live series circuits, always Do not smoke in manholes and avoid bridge the device with jumpers such as as far as practicable open flames or series lamp cutouts usually provide, so torches in or near manholes. that the circuit cannot be opened at the Avoid sparks in handling live parts or device, and possibly be completed through cable sheaths and avoid igniting the flux your body or arc and burn you at the in soldering and wiping joints. In using point of opening. hot paraffine see that it does not reach 503. Testing Series Lamp Circuits. a temperature at which it will ignite. Series lamp circuits should not be (See rule 583.) tested at their full operating voltage un­ 494. Pulling Cables. less it is impracticable to test otherwise. When pulling in cables make sure that Tests should be made only in accordance the gear cannot slip so as to injure with a time schedule, concerning which workmen. Avoid the danger of having all persons whose safety may be affected the hands drawn into the tackle by the are informed. pulling line. 504. Periodically Disconnected Circuits. 495. Testing and Splicing Live Cables. If circuits, such as series lamp circuits, If lines and cables are not properly are not effectively grounded during the identified by markings or positions, do idle period, all rules for handling live not work upon them. parts shall be strictly observed. Always ascertain, if practicable, 505. Reporting Defects. whether cables are alive by testing Report promptly to your immediate cables with the test devices provided be­ superior any abnormally saging wires, fore cutting into the cable sheaths Live broken insulators, leaning poles, defec­ cables should be spliced only by men ex­ tive pole steps, broken globes or lamp perienced in the work, and they should supports, and other defects giving rise use extreme caution and suitable devices to a dangerous condition of your own or in so doing. other utiliites, or any indication of volt­ age on lines supposed to be dead. 496. Reporting Defects. Promptly report to your immediate METER OPERATION. superior any dangerous condition of your All meter setters and testers shall own or other utilities, whether observed study and strictly observe the following in underground or overhead construction. in addition to all the general rules in Particularly report unsanitary conditions, sections 42 to 46, which apply to their gas or missing cable tags in manholes, work. THE JO"CRXAL OF ELECTRICAL

510. Taped Joints. thc employee instructing them shall be X('ver leave joints or loose ends of considered in charge of the work. wires untaped, unless otherwise pro­ 523. Warnings and Barriers. tected_ Display danger signs and erect

Remember that the surfaces of damp able disconnecting switches or plug con­ ground and water are conducting. nectors, arranged to disconnect all con­ Insulation on a wire may look perfect, ductors of the temporary circuit by a but it cannot be relied on to prevent single operation. shock. . For shot firing circuits there discon­ 532. Carrying Tools. nectors should be left open until the shot In carrying tools or metal implements is to be fired, and should preferably be in passageways containing electrical arranged for locking in the open posi­ wires, especially near exposed trolleys, tion. never permit the tools or implements to 538. General Precautions. touch them. Never get on or off locomotives or cars In particular, do not carry such ob­ on the side where the trolley-wire or jects on the shoulder when there are third·rail is located. bare wires overhead. Do not carry ob­ Do not place combustible or explosive jects on that side of passageways where materials near electric wires, trolley third rails or side trolley wires are ex- tracks, third rails or motors. . posed. Do nothing that will cause sparking, or 533. Handling and Repairing Live Parts. expose parts that may arc or spark dur­ Wben necessary to handle or repair ing opp.ration, if any explosive gases are live trolley wires, third rails, cables, present. motors, or other electrical equipment, 539. Reporting Dangerous Conditions. wear suitable insulating gloves or stand Promptly report to your superior any on the waterproof insulating mats or dangerous or unusual conditions observ­ platforms provided. , ed. In particular, report the presence Do not rely entirely on gloves for pro­ of gas, broken insulators, bad insulati0ll tection. The gloves may have been on wires, defective third-rail construction, punctured since they were previously live frames of motors, broken ground tested. wires on motor frames, and' sparking Before handling or making use of any arcing or shocks noticed at any point. electrical cable, carefully examine it to Report also any fallen, crossed, or ab­ make sure that its insulation is not in­ normally saging wires, whether electric jured. wires or not. This includes trolley wires Portable cables should be inspected at at switches and crOSSings and wires in­ least once daily during the period of jured through falling roofs. their use. SIGNAL LINE OPERATION. 534. Handling Portable Devices. All men working on or near telephone In handling portable motors or lamps, and telegraph lines operated in connec­ first make sure that the external metal tion with supply lines shall study and frame is not alive by contact with or strictly observe the following, in addi­ leakage from live parts within. tion to all the general rules in sections Have such portable devices inspected 42, 43, and 44, and the special rules in at least once daily during the period of sections 48 and 49, which apply to their their use. work. For rules governing the operation 535. Fuses and Switches. of commercial signal lines see sections Never handle fuses or close switches 55·58. or circuit breakers unless you are au­ 540. Official in Charge of Operation. thorized to perform that special duty, and In those rules where the words "chief then use the insulating handles or rods operator" are used the official in charge provided. of safeguarding operation is to be un­ Before closing switches first make sure derstood. that you are not endangering other per­ sons. 541. Precautions Before Climbing Poles. Before climbing poles or other struc­ 536. Injuring Cables and Wires. tures to work on or about Signal lines, Do not fire shots, handle tools, or per­ especially where occupied in common form other work in such a manner as with, or running near power circuits, to injure cables or wires in the vicinity. make a careful inspection to ascertain If in doubt, consult your superior. if possible whether there are any crosses 537. Temporary Wiring. with supply circuits. Never arrange the wiring of any lem­ Apply mechanical tests as far as prac­ porary circuit for earth return, nor use ticable to messenger wires before trust­ bare conductors, ing the wires to carry your weight. This particularly applies to the tempor­ 542. Approaching Supply Lines. ary portions of shot firing circuits and to Avoid contact with all wires other than the leads of portable motors and lamps. those you know to be signal wires, as­ Never employ temporary circuits with­ suming such other wires always to be out seeing that there are installed at the alive. Signal wires in trouble may be junction with the permanent wiring, suit· in contact with supply lines at some dis- so THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL tant point and llhould be treated with necessary to carry them out, the de­ proper care. cision of the employer or his authorized Do not approach any supply line or agent ~hull be final, subject to an appeal supply equipment within the distances (if taken) to the regulative body having given in rules 441 and 442, unless you jurisdiction. comply with all the rules under that sec­ 551. Address List and Emergency Rules. tion, as far as they apply. The rule books should contain or be 543. Touching Equipment. accompanied by the following: While handling signal lines, metal (1) A list of names and addresses of sheaths or signal equipment, avoid touch­ those physicians and members of the ing guy or span wires and supply lines organization who are to be called upon or equipment. Especially avoid standing in emPrgencies. on or touching transformer cases, hang­ (2) A copy of rules for first-aid, re­ ers or connections. suscitation and fire extinguishment. While touching open signal lines avoid These SllOUid also be kept in con­ contact also with grounded parts such spicuous locations in central stations, on as sheaths and ground wires. line wagons and in other locations where 544. Stringing Wires. the number of employees and nature of When stringing wires or cables over .01' the work warrants. under supply lines, avoid any possibility 552. Instructing Employees. of their coming in contact. Do not string them above live supply lines where it is Employees. regularly working on or possible to avoid it. about Hignal equipment or lines, if their Where liability of contact cannot be duties render such training necessary entirely avoided, the lines being handled shall be thoroughly instructed in ap­ shall be treated as alive (unless they are proved methods of first-aid, resuscitation, effectively, grounded), and the rules in and fire extinguishment, and if advisible, section 44, so far as they are applicable, regularly drilled. shall be carefully observed. Groups of employees such as commer­ cial telepbone operators shall be thor­ 545. Reporting Dangerous Conditions. oughly drilled to make prompt and or­ Promptly report to the proper Official, derly exit from buildings in case of fire. abnormally sagging wires, broken or de­ fective insulators, pins, crossarms, de­ 553. Qualification of Employees. fective poles, or any other dangerous con­ The employer shall use every reason­ ditions of your own or other utilities. able means and precaution to assure him­ self that each employee is mentally and RULES FOR COMMERCIAL TELE- physically qualified to perform his work PHONE AND TELEGRAPH in accordance with these rules, and that SYSTEMS. he is not addicted to the use of intoxi­ These rules apply also to fire and cants and habit forming drugs. police alarm systems, district messenger systems and other signal systems, not 554. Protective Devices. operated in connection with supply lines. There shall be provided in conspicuous For rules on the latter see section 54. and suitable places in stations and on line wagons a sufficient supply of suit­ RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER­ able protective, first-aid and fire extin­ SIGNAL SYSTEMS. guishing equipment to enable employees 550. Distribution and Enforcement of to meet the requirements of these rules. Rules. Such devices and equipment sball be in­ (a) The employer shall furnish to each spected or tested to insure that they are regular employee working on or about kept in good order. The following is a commercial telephone or telegraph equip­ list of suitable devices and equipment, ment or lines safety rules governing his the kinds and numbers of which will de­ conduct while so engaged, and shall take pend on the requirements of each case. suitable means to secure the employee's (a) First-aid outfits. compliance with the same. (b) Insulating wearing apparel, such as (b) The safety rules furnished to any insulating gloves, boots, and shields. employee may be in such form as the (c) ,Safety belts. employer may determine are best suited (d) Fire extinguishing apparatus. to the needs of in dividual employees. They shall, however, include the prin­ GENERAL RULES FOR THE EM. ciples set forth in the following rules, or PLOYEE-SIGNAL SYSTEMS. at least such part thereof as is applicable 560. Heeding Warnings, Warning to the work in which the employee is Others. engaged, and shall not conflict with these Employees should CUltivate the habit rules. of being cautious, Heed warning signs (c) If a difference of opinion arises and signals and always warn others with regard to the meaning or applica­ when seen in danger near equipment and tion of these rules, or as to the means lines. \VORKERS AND OPERATORS. 81

561. Inexperienced or Unfit Employees. vices not suited to the work in hand, or No employee shall do work for which defective. he is not properly qualified on or about (b) The qualified persons accompany­ equipment or lines, except under the ing uninstructed workmen or visitors direct supervision of an experienced and near electrical equipment or lines shall properly qualified person. take precautions to provide suitable 562. Electrical Supply Equipment or safeguards, and see that the safety rules Lines. are observed. Workmen whose duties do not require 565. Handling Live Parts. them to approach or handle electrical No employee should touch, with bare supply equipment and lines should keep hands, any exposed ungrounded live part away from such equipment or lines. above 150 volts to ground, unless he is Electrical supply equipment and lines insulated from other conducting surfaces, should always be considered as alive un­ including the ground itself. When em­ less positively known to be dead. ployees must touch, at the same time, 563. Safe Supports and Safety Belts. two parts between which a considerable (a) Safe Supports: Employees should potential exists, insulating gloves or other not support themselves on any portion protection shall be used. of a tree, pole structure, lamp bracket 566. Power Circuits in Central Offices. or similar fixtures on poles, scaffold, lad­ When making repairs on electric light der, roof, skylight, or other elevated or power circuits, the circuits, shall structure without first making sure that whenever possible, be made dead. the supports are strong enough, rein­ Where practicable, moving apparatus, forcing them if necessary. as for example, fans, shall be stopped Portable ladders should be in a safe before working upon it. position before being climbed. The slip­ None other than duly authorized per­ ping of a ladder at either end should sons shall be admitted to central office be carefully guarded against, especially transformer vaults or battery rooms. where the surfaces are smooth or vi­ Care shall be used while working on or brating. near circuits over 150 volts to ground, Insecure makeshift substitutes for lad­ particularly in alternating current dis­ ders should not be used. An employee tricts. .... should never trust his weight on thin 567. Handling Fuses or Brushes. wooden boxes, sinks, wash bowls, window When working on the brushes of a shelves or chair backs. machine in operation, employees shall A ladder should not be placed upon a use care not to break a circuit, the flash­ box, barrel, or other movable or in­ ing of which may injure the eyes or secure object. burn the hands. If it is necessary to Care shall be taken to see that chairs, remove a brush from the holder, the rolling ladders, and similar equipment are machine shall be shut down. in first-class condition before being used. When inspecting or changing fuses, (b) Safety Belts: Employees should care should be taken to prevent injury to not work in elevated positions unless se­ the eyes. If it is necessary to handle the cured from falling by a suitable safety fuses, the circuit should be cut off, if belt or other adequate means (sometimes possible. including suitably located pole steps). Before an employee trusts his weight to 568. Battery Rooms. the belt, he should determine that the Do not smoke or cause arcing in stor­ snaps or fastenings are properly engaged age battery rooms. The use of open and that he is secured in his belt. flames should be avoided, especially (c) Safety Ropes: Ropes used for sup­ while the cells are gassing, and should porting boatswains' chairs, platforms or be permitted only in special cases under for other purposes on which the security the direct supervision of an experienced of the employee depends shall be fre­ person, and after the room has been thor­ quently inspected to assure that they are oughly ventilated. .. maintained in good condition. SPECIAL RULES FOR OVERHEAD 564. Duties of Foreman. LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL (a) Each foreman in charge of work SYSTEMS. (see rule 406) shall see that the safety 570. Testing Structures Before Climbing. rules are observed by the employees un­ Before climbing poles, ladders, scaf­ der his direction. He shall make all folds or other elevated structures, flrst necessary records, reporting to his sup­ assure yourself that the pole, ladder, erior when required. He shall permit scaffolds, tree, crossarm, messenger wire, only authorized persons to approach cable car or boatswain's chair, or other place!,! where work is being done. elevated support, is strong enough to He shall adopt such precautions as are safety sustain your weight. within his power to prevent accidents, On pole replacement work no pole shall and prohibit the use of any tools or de- be climbed for the purpose of clearing 82 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL it of all wires and cables without first Treat also as alive all wires (unless guying or bracing the pole o;ecurely. thoroughly grounded) which are being "\Yhere poles or crossarms are appar­ strung near supply lines; regard them as ently unsafe from decay, or unequal hning of the same voltage as the supply strains or wire>; on them, th!~y should Jines. be properly brac(!d or guyed, if necessary, Avoid use of hand lines or measuring before they are climbed. tUlle>; containing metal strands. An uncoiled hand line, rope or wire \Yhen necessary to work in the vicinity of any sort shou~d not be fastened to the iJf supply lines, transformers and similar employee while climbing a pole, but pquipment, assure yourself before start­ where this must be done the employee ing work that the position of the body should exercise due care to prevent the is such that should you momentarily for­ line from catchin:; on obstructions. get yourself or fall, no portion of the In climbing poles careful watch should body will come is contact with the foreign be kept for nails or other foreign at· wires or equipment. Have the supply tachments which might catch in the cloth· linps approached killed where possible. ing and cause a fall. Railway span wires, pull-offs and trol­ 571. Use of Pole Steps. ley brackets shall be treated as if alive, When poles are stepped, make use of even though equipped with strain or such steps in Climbing, first making sure other insulators. that the steps are firmly set in solid 576. Stringing Wires. material before trusting one's weight up· ::\ever string wires near live lines ex­ on them. Pay particular attention, on cept by means of suitable insulating icy poles, to each step. hand-lines or other appliances. Do not support yourself by pins, A void the use of wire or twisted pair as brackets, or conductor wires. a substitute for a hand-line. 572. Spurs. Wires should not be strung above live Spurs with gaffs worn short shall not lines operating at over 750 volts, unless be used. The gaff on spurs shall be the wires being strung are €ffectively kept sharp, and spurs shall fit properly. grounded or otherwise suitably protected, Spurs shall not be worn on work for or in handling them all the precautions which they are not required, nor while are observed as provided in rules 441 and men are traveling to or from work. 442, for work on parts at the voltage of the lines concerned, and the spacings 573. Approaching Supply Lines. maintained. Avoid contact with all wires other Never change the strains on a pole by than those you know to be signal wires, adding or removing wires, until assured assuming such other wires always to be that the pole will stand the altered alive. Signal wires in trouble may be in contact with supply lines at some distant strains. point and should be treated as live supply When wires are being pulled upon cor­ lines, unless known to be free from any ner poles employees should stand in such dangerous voltage. a position that they cannot be struck by Do not approach any supply line or the wires in case it slips. supply equipment within the distances Where it is necessary to remove signal given in rules 441 and 442 under section wires below which are supply lines, 44, unless you comply with all the rules power should be shut off of the supply under that section. lines where possible, and if this is not 574. Touching Equipment. practicable, rope cradles and suitable While handling signal lines, metal guards should be erected. Extraordinary sheaths of signal equipment, avoid touch­ care should be exercised to prevent the ing trolley or arc lamp span wires and Signal wires from sagging into the supply supply lines or equipment. Especially lines. avoid standing on or touching trans­ When running wires, cables, cable former cases, hangers, or connections. strand, span wires or guys across streets, 575. Care About Electrical Supply Lines. sidewalks or highways, the coil or reel Do not go among any wires until you shall not be left unattended, nor shall know their voltage. the center of any span be permitted to Leaning over and crowding through sag sufficiently to come into contact unprotected supply wires should be with vehicles or pedestrians, unless a avoided wherever possible. Place your­ helper is stationed to warn passers-by self so that you will not be liable to fall until the slack can be removed. on supply wires should an accident oc­ When stringing wires for long dis­ cur. tances, precautions shall be taken to pre-' Do not depend on the insulating cover­ vent the possibility of vehicles or ped­ ing of wires, and treat all lines as alive estrians coming into contact with the unless they have been killed properly wire at the intersecting streets or high­ (except signal lines known to be clear). way crossings. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 83

577. Protecting Traffic. 583. Avoiding Flames. When working overhead, keep tools Do not smoke in manholes and avoid and materials not in use in proper re as far as practicable open flames or ceptacles; tools or materials should not . torches in or near manholes. be thrown to or from the man on the If it is necessary to illuminate a man­ pole, but should be raised or lowered by hole, electric lights only, should be used. means of a hand line, using a proper When doing this is should be known that receptacle. Also tools and loose mater­ the leads, sockets and connections are ials should not be left at the top of well insulated and in good condition in poles, ladders or other elevated struc­ order to avoid the possibility of a spark. tures. Special attention should be paid to the Workmen shall not stand where they sparking of any motors used for ventilat­ are liable to be struck by materials drop­ ing purposes. ped by men working overhead. Avoid sparks in handling live parts or Pole holes and obstructions shall be cable sheaths, and avoid igniting the flux protected by watchmen or by suitable in soldering and wiping joints. In using guards and danger signals or lights in a hot paraffine see that it does not reach location conspicuous to traffic. a temperature at which it will ignite. When working overhead, or hoisting or In central office cable vaults tests shall lowering materials above places where be made for the presence of gas before traffic occurs, a man should be stationed using exposed flames, and such flames to warn passers-by. shall not be used in vaults where gas Where traffic is light, warning signs collects. may be used in lieu of watchmen. Where 584. Pulling Cables. traffic is congested, it may be necessary When pulling in cables make sure that to rope off the space. the gear cannot slip so as to injure 578. Reporting Dangerous Conditions. workmen. Avoid the danger of having Report promptly to your immediate the hands drawn into the tackle by the superior any dangerous conditions of pulling line. your own or other utilities observed 585. Reporting Dangerous Conditions. arising from defective insulators, pins, Promptly report to your immediate crossarms, abnormally sagging wires, etc. superior any dangerous condition of your Any imminently dangerous conditions own or other utilities whether observed shall be guarded until they can be made in underground or overhead construc­ safe. tion. I particularly report unsanitary con­ SPECIAL RULES FOR UNDERGROUND ditions, gas or missing cable tags in man­ LINE OPERATION. holes and abnormally sagging wires or Guarding Manholes, Handholes and broken supports in overhead construc­ Street Openings. tion. When removing manhole or handhole SPECIAL RULES FOR OVERHEAD covers or making excavations, promptly LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL pratect the opening with a barrier, tem­ SYSTEMS. porary cover, or other suitable guard, and Testing Structures Before Climbing. see that danger signals or red lights are Cedar poles may be faulty, due to hol­ displayed in a location conspicuous to low heart or rot, the latter in general the traffic until permanent covers are in beginning at and extending upward from place or the excavations are fllled. the ground line. The existenoe of hol­ 581. Testing for Gas. low heart may be determined by rap­ Do not enter manholes unless as­ ping the pole with a heavy object and sured yourself that the manholes are probing it with a stocky screw driver or free from dangerous gases, as indicated similar tool at least at three points on its by testing with approved safety lamps, circumference. The existence of rot at by ventilation, or by other adequate or above the ground line can be deter­ • methods . mined by inspection. When work is being carried on in man­ Chestnut poles are not subject to hol­ holes for any length of time, where gas low heart, and rot does not, as a rule, collects, suitable ventilation shall be pro­ extend above the ground line. In test­ vided or tests with the safety device ing chestnut poles it is therefore neces­ should be repeated at regular intervals, sary that an inspection be made extend­ to make certain that gas is not a.:cumu­ ing from the ground line to at least six lating in the manhole in dangerous inches below the ground line, wherever quantities. this is feasible. In city work on llaved streets or walks, or at any time when the 582. Watchman on Surface at Manhole. ground is frozen, and inspection below Do not enter manholes unless a man the ground line is not feasible, the pole is stationed at the surface. may be tested by rocking or shaking. Do not leave manholes unwatched un­ If these tests leave any doubt as to the til all workmen are out. ability of the pole to withstand the em- 81 THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL

ployee's weight, even though no change in sU('h 11 I1l11IlIlPr as to deflect air into is to be made in the strain on the pole the manhole. before it is climbed, the employee should 2. By removing the covers of adjacent see that it is guyed or otherwise suitably manholes (unless the ducts in the man­ hraced. hole are plugged). Stringing Lines. 3. By forcing a current of fresh air Signal wires being strung near supply into the manhole by means of a blow~r. lines should not be touched with the The nozzel of the hose connected to the bare hands. Suitable rubber gloves blower should be placed near the floor IIhould always be worn. of the manhole, 110 as to force the gas up In pulling the lIignal wires over elec­ and out the manhole opening. tric light, power or other foreign wires, Avoiding Flames. the handling should at all times be kept Gas soldering furnaces or wax-pot fur­ sufficiently taut to prevent the signal naces shall be lighted immediately after wire from coming into contact with the the gas is turned on so as to prevent an foreign wires. accumulation of gas which may cause an In throwing the hand line over the explosion. When lighting a furnace, the foreign wires, pliers, connectors or other head shall be kept well away from the tools should not be used as a weight. furnace. The end of the hand line should be car­ In handling hot wax or paraffine, care ried in such a manner that it will serve shall be used to avoid splashing or spil­ as a weight. ling. The man at the reel should not only wear rubber gloves but, as an additional A WIREMAN'S TRIBUTE TO WALT precaution, should stand on a dry board, MASON, PHILOSOPHER. wear rubber boots, or otherwise insulate himself. There's sure enough one person If it is necessary to station a man In this U. S. A. either on the pole or on the ground to Whom we keep busy rehearsing guide the wire, this man also should Each and every day. wear rubber gloves and should take such He certainly is there precautions as are necessary to keep Writing the sentimental stuff, himself clear. He helps kill care, Poles which are safe when the stress He runs no bluff. of the wires or cables in each direction is balanced, and thus serves to support I don't envy anyone, them, are frequently unsafe in case all Not even he; or some of the wires or cable on one But he draws big "mun" side are removed, unless the unbalanced And it seems to me stress thus caused is equalized by a guy He continues to improve or brace. Under these conditions, if all Day after day, the attachments are removed, the pole Because the public approves may first have to be guyed or held in Of what he has to say. all directions. If the stress is removed from one side only, temporary guying on There's nothing like encouragement one side may be sufficient. To help a man along; Especially if on a good mission bent SPECIAL RULES FOR UNDERGROUND It boosts him, makes him strong. LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS. But have you ever seen As you glance around, Testing for Gas. Another who writes so clean Before entering a manhole a test should And with wisdom sound. be made for the presence of gas. Some gases, however, and particularly natural On things which have the best effect gas, cannot be detected by odor. In All seasons of the year, gas districts, a· test should be made by And if you but stop to reflect means of an approved safety device. He causes a smile, never a tear. Any indication of the presence of il­ He sure is a dandy luminating gas or that used for ordinary And in a class all alone domestic purposes should be reported Competitors' tracks are sandy to the local gas company. He makes you laugh, they make one A manhole should never be entered moan. until it has been freed from gas. Ventilation of manholes may be pro­ My hat is off to Walt Mason vided by one or all of the following The king of his kind in the human methods: , race, 1. By hanging a strip of canvas, about He doesn't practice rate diSCrimination, two feet wide from the top of the man­ N'o real competition stares him in the hole guard within the manhole opening, face. J. C. H. \VORKERS AND OPERATORS. 85 I I I [I] IN MEMORIAM [I] I HAVIN TOMLINSON, LOCAL NO. 481. Whereas, In His wisdom that pas"leth the "_nderstanding of men, it has pleased the Creator of all mankind to call from our midst our brother and co­ worker, Haven Tomlinson; and Whereas, In the demise of Brother Tomlinson this organization not only feels the great loss of his guidance and advice, but organized labor in general, in this city, looks upon his death as a calamity; and Whereas, Haven Tomlinson was ever a staunch labor advocate, his very strength in working for the cause for which he stood lay in his rugged honesty of purpose and his steadfast adherence to do what he thought was right; and yet it was as a man and citizen that all who came in contact with him knew him only to respect and honor him; and Whereas, As a husband he was ever loyal and dutiful to the sacred precincts of the home; therefore, be it Resolved, That Local Union No. 481 of the International Brotherhood of Elec­ trical Workers of Indianapolis, Indiana, in regular session assembled, feel that in the passing of our brother, Haven Tamlinson, we have met with an irreparable loss and the community at large a good citizen; and, be it further Resolved, That the charter of this organization be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days; and, be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be placed on the minutes of this Local Union and published in The Official Journal of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and that a copy of these resolutions be' suitably arranged and presented to his family and that the seal of this Local Union be attached thereto. Committee.

EARL LOONEY, LOCAL NO. 609. Whereas, An Inscrutable Providence has called Brother Earl Looney to a bet­ ter world, he being electrocuted by grounding on 2,300 volts at Kellogg, Idaho, August 23, 1916; and Whereas, Brother Looney has long been a tried and true member of Local No. 609, a loving son and brother and an upright citizen; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of Local No. 609, express our deep sorrow in his untimely death, and that we extend to the bereaved family our fullest sym­ pathy; and, be it Resolved, That we voice the hope that the needless sacrifice of this young life will protect other lives by causing the power companies to better safeguard their lines; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for 30 days and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Electrical Worker, be sent to the bereaved family, and be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. John A. Campbell, E. L. Stier, D. P. Reid, Committee.

GILBERT YOCUM, LOCAL NO. 246. Whereas, The Almighty God in His Wisdom has deemed it necessary to remove from this earth by death, our honored and beloved brother, Gilbert Yocum; there­ fore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of Local Union No. 246, I. B. E. W., take this opportunity of expressing our heartfelt sympathy; Resolved, That a copy be sent to the International Office for publication in the Official Journal. J. R. McCoy, C. K. Carpenter, Geo. Taylor, Committee. 86 THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL

FATHER OF FRED VICTOR. Whereas. It has pleased Almighty God in His wisdom to call from earth. the beloved father of our worthy and honored brother. Fred Victor. whose sad death occurred on Saturday. August 12. 1916; and Whereas. A kind and noble man has been summoned to a higher and better life. and o.ur brother has lost a true and devoted father and companion; and. 'Vbereas. The burden of grief lies heavily upon him in his bereaved heart; therefore. be it Resolved. By the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local Union No. 406. that we hereby express our sorrow and sympathy in the loss he has sus­ tained; and. be it further Resolved. That this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this Local and that a copy of the same be furnished to our sorrowing friend and brother_ (Signed) W. A. Barrett. J. Heydorf. Burton Jenkins. Committee. Local Union No. 408.

BRO. CALVIN G. TOMLINSON, LOCAL NO. 109. Whereas. The sudden and unforeseen call of our Heavenly Father has removed from our midst by electrocution. a true and loyal member of our Union. also a de­ voted husband and father; be it Resolved. That we, as a Union. in brotherly love pay tribute to his memory by expressing our sorrow of his loss and extend to his family our deepest sympathy in their hour of bereavement; and. be it further Resolved, that our charter be draped for a period of thirty days. and a copy of these resolutions be sent to his bereaved family, and a copy be sent to our Official Journal for publication. and that these resolutions be spread on the minutes of Local Union No. 109. Geo. P. Travers, Frank Shinshi. W. H. Gundaker. Committee.

SAM ABERTNATHY, LOCAL NO. 17. Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty in His Infinite Wisdom and Mercy to re­ move from our midst Brother Sam Abertnathy of Local Union No. 17, and Whereas. The I. B. E. W. lost a true union man and brother; therefore, be it Resolved. That Local Union No. 17. I. B. E. W. extend their deepest sympathy to his wife and family in this their hour of grief; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days; and, be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, for publication in the next issue of The Worker. J. E. Packard, Wm. F. Steer. Wm. C. Shaughnessy, H. S. Bland, C. G. Miller, D. D. McKay, Recording Secretary. Committee.

FATHER OF BRO. R. J. POUPARD. Whereas. The Almighty God in His Infinite Wisdom has called from our midst the beloved father of a true and loyal brother. R. P. Poupard; therefore, be it Resolved. That we, members of Local Union No. 58, take this means of ex­ pressing our heartfelt sympathy to Bro. Poupard and that this testimonial of our sympathy and sorrow be spread upon our minutes and a copy be sent to the I. O. for publication in the Officia! Journal. (Signed) E. T. Barrett, Secretary. Local Union No. 58. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 87

MOTHER OF L. J. STONER. Whereas, The Almighty God, in His Infinite Wisdom, has deemed it necessary to call from our midst, the mother of our respected friend and brother, L. J. Stoner; be it Resolved, That we, Local No. 184, bow our heads in sanction of the wisdom of Him whom we dare not dispute; and, be it further Resolved, That the heartfelt sympathy of the members of No. 184 be extended to Brother L. J. Stoner and his relatives; and, be it Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent Brother Stoner, spread on the minutes of our next meeting and sent to the 'Official Journal. N. A. Johnson, A. W. Hazelkamp, Committee.

LEON SULLIVAN, LOCAL NO. 331. Whereas, Local Union No. 331 of the International BroUierhood of Electrical Workers has been called upon to pay its last tribute of respect to the memory of one of its most worthy members, Bro. Leon Sullivan, who was called from this life Monday, August 14, 1916. We are a~ain brought face to face with the eternal that life, so dear to us all is but a fieeting shadow; here today and gone tomorrow. Stricken down while in the flower of life, of useful, vigorous manhood, a worthy member, a loyal citizen, and at home a devoted husband and father; therefore, be it . Resolved, That we bow our heads in prayer, that his soul may rest in eternal peace; and, be it further Resolved, That the members of the Electrical Workers' Union No. 331 extend their deepest sympathy to the family, relatives and friends in this hour of grief; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, as a token of respect to his memory, and that a copy be sent to the widow, a copy be spread upon the minutes of this Local Union and that a copy be sent to our Official Journal, The Electrical Worker, for publication. (Signed) W. F. Hornbeck, J. W. Holder, Wm. L. Rice, Committee.

FRANK E. MURRAY, LOCAL NO. 510. Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty Father in His hour of mercy to remove from our midst, our beloved brother, Frank E. Murray, on Thursday, August 17, 1916; and Whereas, Our brother was a true and loyal member of Local Union No. 510, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Galveston, Texas, and a loyal citi­ zen, a devoted husband who, in the flower of useful and vigorous manhood, was stricken down while at his daily toil with the deadly current that flowed through his body; therefore, be it Resolved, That we bow our heads in prayer that his soul may rest in eternal peace; and, be it further Resolved, That the members of Local No. 510, 1. B. E. W., extend their deepest sympathy to the wife and relatives of this worthy brother in this, their hour of need; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days as a token of respect to his memory, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved wife, and that a copy be spread upon the minutes of this Local Union, and that a copy be sent to our Official Journal, The Electrical Worker, for publication. (Signed) Tony Mantzel, President, J. T. Simpson, Financial Secretary, T. E. Reese, Recording Secretary, R. J. Bennington, John Crane, A. F. Annweiler, Committee. TIlE JOl:RXAL OF ELECTRICAL

MOTHER OF BRO. W. F. JORTBERG. 'Vhereas, It has pleased the Almighty God in His Infinite Wisdom to remove from this life by death the beloved mother of our true and respected brother, W. J. Jortberg; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the Brothers of Local Lnion Xo. 128, tender our heartfelt ~ympathy to the bereaved brother and family through this, our Official Journal. A. C. Currey, E. G. Dean, Committee.

BERT NEDDO, LOCAL NO.9. Whereas, It has plea1led the Almighty God in His Infinite Wisdom and mercy 10 remove from our midst, Bert Neddo, whO met his death by accident on the 11th day of August, 1916; thereby, be it Resolved, That the members of Local "Union No.9, I. B. E. W., extend their deepest and heartfelt sympathy to his family in this, their hour of sorrow and grief; and, be it further Resolved, That Local Union No.9, I. B. E. W., drape its charter in mourning for a period of thirty days and a copy of these resolutions be sent to his bereaved family, a copy be spread on our minutes, and a copy be sent to our Official Journal for publication. Chas. Anderson, Dan McNamara, Henry Brownworth, Committee.

ELMO YEAGER, LOCAL NO. 246. 'Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty God in His Infinite Wisdom to remove from our midst our beloved brother, Elmo Yeager; and, Whereas, Brother Yeager was a true and loyal member of our Union and an honest and faithful workman; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, as a Union, in brotherly love pay tribute to his memory by expressing our sorrow at his loss and extend to his parents and friends our deepest sympathy in this, their hour of beravement; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped for the period of thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, a copy to our Official Journal and that they be spread upon our minutes. J. R. McCoy, C. K. Carpenter, Geo. Taylor, Committee.

ALBERT HOLLY, LOCAL NO. 246. ,,'hereas, the Almight God in His Infinite Wisdom has deemed it wise to remove from our midst our beloved brother, Albert Holly; and Whereas, Brother Holly was a true and loyal member of our Union and an bonest and faithful workman; be it Resolved, That we, as a union, in brotherly love, pay tribute to his memory by expressing our sorrow of his loss and extend to his family our deepest sympathy in their hour of bereavement; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family and a copy be sent to our Official Journal and that they be spread on the minutes of L. U. No. 246, I. B. E. W. J. R. McCoy, C. K. Carpenter, Geo. Taylor, Committee. FATHER OF BRO. CHAS. HALL. Whereas, It has pleased our Almighty God, in His Infinite Wisdom, to call from our midst, the beloved father of our Financial Secretary and Treasurer, Chas. Hall; and Whereas, This brother is a true and loyal.

JAMES R. CONRAD, LOCAL NO. 258. Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty Father in His Infinite Wisdom to remove trom our midst our beloved brother, James R. Conrad; and, Whereas, Brother Conrad was a true and loyal member of our Union and an honest and faithful workman; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, as a Union, in brotherly love pay tribute to his memory by expressing our sorrow at his loss and extend to his family our deepest sympathy in this their hour of bereavement; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped for the period of thirty days, and a copy ()f these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, a copy to our Official Journal and that they be spread on the minutes of L. U. No. 258, I. B. E. W. F. Proulix, E. Johnson, A. Laplante, Committee.

F. W. HANKINS, LOCAL NO. 304. Whereas, Local No. 304, I. B. E. W., has been called upon to pay its last tribute ()f respect to the memory of one of its most worthy members, Brother F. W. Hankins, who was electrocuted July 26. Brother Hankins harkening to the Divine Command has gone to that undis­ covered land from whose bourne no traveler returns. Stricken down while still in the flower of useful, vigorous and glorions manhood.' His many noble qualities, his great unselfish character, his kindly, generous, bouyant spirit, his light heart and deep affection will ever remain fresh in the memory of those who knew him best; and Whereas, We recognize that in his untimely taking away, Local No. 304 has lost an esteemed and worthy member, the country a good and loyal citizen and the home a devoted and faithful husband; therefore, be it Resolved, That the members of Local No. 304 extend their deepest sympathy to the family, relatives and friends in their hour of grief; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of sixty days as a token of respect to his memory, and that a copy of these resolutions be fur­ nished to his bereaved family, and one to The Electrical Workers' Journal and a page be spread upon the minutes of our Local. C. A. Duck, R. J. Stokes, J. E. Finley, Committee.

BURTON B. BISHOP, LOCAL NO. 483. Whereas, The Almighty God in His Infinite Wisdom has deemed it wise to re­ move from our midst our beloved brother, Burton B. Bishop; 1\.nd Whereas, Brother Bishop was a true and loyal member of our Union and an honest and faithful workman; be it Resolved, That we hereby express our heartfelt sympathy to his' bereaved parents and members of the family in their hour of grief; and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent the bereaved family, that a copy be sent to the Official Journal of this organization and that they be spread on the minutes of our Local Union No. 483, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. H. E. Durant, F. yv. Schartz, J. H. McCall, Committee.

WIFE OF BRO. H. N. PUGH. Inasmuch as it pleases Almighty God in His Infinite Wisdom to remove from our midst the wife of our beloved brother, H. N. Pugh, we, the members of Local Union No. 77, realizing his great bereavement, extend our heartfelt sympathies to himself and family; and, be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Brother Pugh, also a copy be spread upon the minutes of Local No. 77 and a copy sent to the Official Journal for publication, also that our charter be draped for a period of thirty days to show our appreciation of the efforts of Brother Pugh in behalf of this Local. H. Forrest, C. Cross, Committee. 90 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL

FRANCIS X. MURPHY, LOCAL NO. 103. \Vhereas, It has pleased the Almighty Father to remove from this earth our beloved brother, Francis X. Murphy; therefore, be it Resolved, That Local Xo. 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workprs, in regular meeting a!l!lembled, do extend to the bereaved brothers, wife and family our sincere sympathy; and. be it further Resolved, That a copy of the resolutions be sent to the Grand Office to be published in the Official Journal. Geo. E. Capelle, Press Secretary.

ROSCOE COMBS, LOCAL NO. 74. Whereas, The abrupt termination of the earthly existence of our esteemed friend and brother, Roscoe Combs, by the All Powerful and Just God, and Whereas, In his life he was a true and devoted Union man and a loyal (riend; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, as members of Local No. 74, pay tribute to his memory by expressing our sorrow of his loss and extend to those who may be even nearer to our brother than we, our most heartfelt sympathy in their hour of grief; . be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and a copy be sent to our Official Journal and that a copy be spread upon the minutes and one to his relatives and friends. J. D. King, Harry Sager, Committee.

GEO. H. DUNCAN, LOCAL NO. 155. Whereas, The Almighty in His Wisdom has removed from our midst our friend and brother, George H. Duncan; and Whereas, He has been a most active worker, seeking as a member and an officer to advance the interests of this Union and the welfare of its members; and Whereas, In private life he was always a most exemplary man, at all times worthy of the confidence of his fellowmen, a loving and devoted husband; therefore. be it Resolved, That we, as a Union, in brotherly love do most sincerely mourn his loss, and extend to his wife our deepest sympathy in this, her hour of bereave­ ment; and, be it further Resolved, That the charter of this Union be draped in mourning for sixty days, and a copy of these resolutions be placed in our minutes, a copy be sent to the bereaved widow, and also to The Journal for publication. M. R. Gallion, John Carrol, Committee.

SISTER OF BROTHER J. M. IVES. Mrs. Nettie Ives, beloved sister of our brother, J. H. Ives, wife of Mr. Joseph Ivee. Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father in His infinite wisdom to call from this earth the sister of Brother J. M. Ives; be it, therefore Resolved, That we, the members of Local Union No. 295, I. B. E. W., extend our deepest sympathy to the family, relatives and friends in this their hour of bereavement, and, be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped for a period of thirty days, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Official Journal of this organization, and that they be spread on the minutes of L. U., I. B. E. W. B. M. Woodson, H. G. Hafner, Committee. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 91

LINE TESTING SWITCH. When the switch is located at each city line by operating first one then the other, It is well known when a short circuit the operator at either end may ascertain' or ground occurs in an electric circuit, whether the trouble is local, existing such for instance, as a telephone circuit, within that part of the circuit which lies it is necessary to send a lineman out within the city line or whether the break along the line from either of the two or ground exists between two city lines. places between which the trouble oc­ When the section, in which the trouble curs.. occurs is once located, the trouble may This entails the services of one or be traced to nearly the exact location, by more men and considerabel time is well known resistance means, such as spent in tracing the cause ofe the trouble, which may be at the place a Whetstone. farthest from the point from which the The great advantage that a Line Test­ repairer has started. ing Switch has over a galvanometer or a The principal object of my switch is Whetstone, is that it does not require an that it may be placed anywhere in an experienced electrician to make the test.

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electric circuit but preferably on test Any switchboard operator or any Una­ poles or at the end of the ex-division. man can test with it. When this switch is operated, the cir­ If you have a swing ground, or a cuit is cut in two parts and each part is swinging short, or a swinging open, you short circuited, thus making a complete don't have to be sorry for the lineman in circuit extending each way from the bad weather, for staying on a pole to switch to the ends of the circuit. make these tests. You just operate our When one of these switches is in­ switch for a short, and lock it open, as stalled between two terminals on the cir­ long as you like: or lock it short as long cuit and has been operated so as to cut as you like for an open. the line in two, and short circuit each Experience has taught us that such part, the operator at either end of the trouble has caused lots of disputes, sIm­ circuit may easily ascertain, in which ply because we could not get to our test part the trouble occurs, and then a line­ pole in time. When we would reach the man may be sent out from the nearest test pole, the line would come O. K. on point. test. 92 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL

·With a line testing switch just as soon You can operate one of these switches as the trouble comes in, you can test in less time than a half minute. for it. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 93

Official Journal of the NOTICE. INTERNATIONAL After a fair and impartial trial, regu­ ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND OPERATORS larly conducted by Local No. 148, Harry Smithson, ex·brother, has been expelled, Published Monthly for working during a strike and working against the interests of and ridiculing the F. J. McNulty, Supervising Ec1itor. I. B. E. W. CHAS. P. FORD, Editor, Respectfully, T. E. Finnell. Reisch Blrlg., Springfield. Ill. Recording Secretary. Local No. 148. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. International President F. J. McNulty NOTICE. Reisch Bldg., Springfield, Ill. Intematwnal Secretary Chas. P. Ford If this comes to the attention of S. J. Reisch Bldg., Springfield, IlL Carpenter or N. N. Nelson, they are re­ lDternational Treasurer W. A. Hogan Quested to write to C. A. Allen. 559 Reddy 21. Reliance Bldg., Union Sq., New York City. Street, Detroit, Mich. lIIItemational Vice· President G. M. Bugniazet Reisch Bldg., Springfield, I1l. NOTICE. International Vke·President James P. Noonan Reisch Bldg., Springfield, IlL We desire to inform all members that h>tel'lllltional Vice· President L. O. Grasser one F. H. Spears, formerly member of the 2158 High· St., Oakland, Oalif. Brotherhood and at one time Business Agent of Local No. 427 of Springfield, Ill., and President of the Springfield Federa­ INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD. tion of Labor, is at the present time em­ First District G. W. Whitford ployed by the Milwaukee Railroad to 214 Reliance Bldg., Union Sq., New York City. guard and protect scabs on the water front in the city of SeatUe where the Seamd District F. L. Kelley Longshoremen are on strike. 95 Beacon St., Hyde Park, Mass. Fraternally yours, Third District M. P. Gordon L. Bertsch, )[cGeagh Bldg., 607 Webster Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Business Agent Local No. 48. Fourth District Edw. Nothnagle Seattle, Wash. 110 R St., N. E., Washington, D. O. I'Ifth District M. J. Boyle NOTICE. 5456 Michigan Ave., Chicago, IlL SIxth District Frank Bwor The electrical plant being erected at 2941 Jennings Ave., Ft. Worth, Texas. Beach Bottom near Wheeling, W. Va., is unfair to organized labor and we take Se\>enth District T. C. Viekers this means to notify all men to stay 344 Clark St., Fresno, Calif. away from this job. Thanking you in advance, we remain, 11 Yours fraternally, E. H. Hagan, Recording Secretary. NOTICE. AU members are requested to stay NOTICE. away from Tucson for the present as we have a new agreement pending. Any member knowing the where­ P. E. Braim, abouts of Geo. Dumas, Card No. 293920 Recording Secretary. of Local No. 104 write my office, 995 Washington St., Boston, Mass. NOTICE. Fraternally yours, J. A. McGarry. ("hnrles Daniel Wakefield, Card No. 195492 has had his name changed on NOTICE. the rpcords to read C. W. Daniel and will retain his old number and has taKen All members are requested to avoid truvpling card out of Local No. 122 on the jurisdiction of Riverside, San Ber­ August 2.1, 1916 to read C. W. Daniel. nardino, EI Centro and Los Angeles on (Signed) account of trouble which the membership President McAlpine, of Local Union No. 61 of Los Angeles is Financial Secretary H. Vr·n Turff, involved in. Local No. 122. F. J. Rohde, Great Falls, Mont. General Organizer. 91 THE JOUR~AL OF ELECTRICAL NOTICE. morally and honestly, as good as exists. AllY membp.r or Local knowing the Think of the good it has already done whereabouts of R. F. Baldwin, last heard in the establishment of CHILD LABOR of at Decatur, Ill., please communicate LAWS-prRE FOOD LAWS-STATE with Mrs. R. F. Baldwin, No. nOB Vine COMPEXS.\TIO:-.r LAWS-I~ITIATIVE St., Cincinnati, Ohio. AXD REl"EREXD"cM LAWS-IN THE 8-HOUR LAW FOR ALL GOVER:-.rMENT NOTICE. WORK - SANITARY INSPECTION Anyone knowing the whereabouts of LAWS FOR WORKSHOP, MI:-.rE Ar-."D Daniel F. Rane, known to some as Red HO:\IE. There are only a few Instances Rane, or should he himself see same that have occurred In legislation alone. please write the undersigned as he has All these laws mentioned have been the important information for him. platform of the A. F. of L., before being Fraternally yours, adopted by any other parties In the E. A. Locke, United States. Recording Secretary, Union Labor doesn't get all the credit 16 Cuba St., Watertown, Mass. due it because it doesn't keep on boast­ P. S. Last heard of was in Local No. 20 jurisdiction. ing to the public about what It has al­ ------ready done. Most people do not know NOTICE. that the slavery of the working people T. H. Hall, E. I. Cramer, F. W. Thomp­ is more serious than the so-called son, T. E. Ricker and D. W. Stancliffe "White Slavery of Women." As an in­ have been suspended and fined $20.00 stance, I read in the daily paper a short each after a fair and impartial trial, con­ time ago where Col. Buckner, Vice Presi­ ducted by Local No. 148. dent of the DuPont Powder Company, The above named men were found gets a yearly salary of $200,000.00 with a guilty of working during a strike, and bonus of $250,000 on the side for doing against the best interests of the I. B. good work. Compare this salary with E. W. Respectfully, the salary of the man who has the high­ T. E. Finnell, est office which we American people Recording Secretary. can give him--our President-whose sal­ ary is only $75,000. Such instances are THE TRUTH OF ORGANIZATION. similar in nearly all industries. It is plain to be seen where our share of the By Geo. N. Kratz, L. U. No. 21. profits is going-to the high cost of Organized Labor: Or as we know it management and not to the high cost of better (Union Labor) is an important living, which the monopolized public study that every working person should press leads us to believe. You can learn investigate. It started in Europe first this and a whole lot more if you will where economics and necessity was the only stop to think a little as you read cause of its birth. When this country the daily papers. was first settled we had little or no use Union Philosophy. for organized labor, because organized Union Labor wants to get all the re­ capital was hardly noticeable and very sources of comfort, growth and education weak. But when the monopoly sharks that the world allows. Why do we toil­ the capitalists organized to control every ers not get wise enough to see that an existing source necessary to life. That equitable distribution is made. If you aroused the courage of the working peo­ cannot co-operate with us for this pur­ ple who were wise enough to see the out­ pose, then you are an outlaw. look of such a plot and so in defense of I believe each meeting we have been their rights the working people also or­ holding has been better than the previ­ ganized and started to fight back. ous one and I still believe we can be­ I can't help repeating the words of come a monopoly. Do your part, others courage President Wilson often uses say­ will follow. ing "If you double your fists at me, I am Honor lies not in never falling, but in going to double mine right back." The rising every time you fall. The only fail­ Hon. Judge Hughes also said "Weakness ure a man ought to fear is: Failure to breeds insult but honest firm consistent cling to the purpose he sees to be best. . determined defense of rights establishes Don't be a dead bird, be active. peace and respect." How many working We make friends only by being a people follow this example? Those who friend. Sorrow is the damnation of our don't are feeble-minded; they are cow­ indifference. Lonesome toilers have no ards and no apologies are necessary for one to blame but themselves. When we saying so. Get together, you soldiers of organize ourselves together we become justice and make yourself known. If you members of one another. are not organized you are not prepared. In this organization our hopes and The A. F. of L. and affiliated organiza­ aims and final destiny are at last one. tions have done more" for the promotion When one is benefited, all are benefited. of social justice than any other societies When one suffers, all suffer. There are in the United States. Their platform is, no individual privileges. WORKERS AND OPERAT01;:S. 95 96 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL EDITORIAL I~I PREPARED­ While the late (Dismal) Hue and (\Var) Cry was on NESS. you heard nothing on all sides, but argument for or against preparedness. Most of us think of it only as a great patriotic awakening or a great graft (for ordnance and munition dealers), according to our respective political lights, and we're for or against it, and let it go at that. We all agree that some measure of pre­ paredness is essential to the life of our nation. How many of us take the time or trouble to find out just what preparedness really means? Mention preparedness and the average man will either spout about the great fighting capacity of the American citizen, or tell you we have no business to encourage the fighting game anyway, as if preparedness could only mean readiness and capacity to indulge in warfare as a nation. Think it over seriously and you wiH agree that life, if it is to be a success, is a succession of moves for preparedness. From the time yo. started to school you were constantly preparing to be fit and ready for an­ other grade, and since you started to work you have been preparing yourself to be in the eligible class when there was an opening in a higher paid or better job. . You, Mr. H. Iker, if the boss man was from any cause taken off your immediate job, and the main screw said, "Jack, you take the bunch," could you really lay aside your hooks and belt, tell the other boys just how to make the grade and when she's all up look her over and say, "Yes, sir, she's there and then some?" If it's a case of trouble, are you prepared to say if she doesn't work, we'll make her work? And make good. You, Mr. N ar O. Back, if the opportunity came, could you slam your Hickey, stocks and wrenches in the locker, swing onto the nigh side of a set of blue prints, tell the contractor to rest easy, and not have to look worried when the architect or inspector landed On the job? You, Mr. S. H. Opman, if the shop boss took up aviation, could you grab the crippled dynamo, motor or rheostat and perform a proper surgical operation on it making it go merrily on its way? Could you tell others what to do for it and how to do it? Mr. E. Lectrical Worker, do you know more and can you do more than the job you are now being paid to do demands? If so, you are a deciple of preparedness and are prepared so long as you and the boss man remain on good terms and agree upon other matters. But how about it when you disagree about working conditions and wages? You all know th~t as a rule bosses are a contrary breed of humans when these matters anse. Are you prepared to tell him that any demand presented is backed by his entire working force and the rest of the labor movement? Are you prepared to tell the world that you were on the job every meeting night, know all that went on, that you've fulfilled your duty as delegate to building trades, central body, metal trades or other affiliated body and have the personal good wishes as well as the backing for your local of all the affiliated bodies you are sent to? . Have you prepared yourself with a card paid to date or ahead, and urged every fellow working with you to do the same so that all are solid so far as membership is concerned? WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 97

Have you prepared the apprentice you have to not only be a journey­ man, but a union man as well? It's the only real preparedness against industrial warfare. Insurance? Oh, yes, certainly, you have and you wouldn't think of letting it lapse. You'd borrow money to make the payments in order to keep it up, so you've preparing even for death to make its hardship less on your loved ones. Your union is the bread and butter insurance. Properly attended to, it brings big dividends in better wages and better conditons, a better standard of living not only for the ones you will leave behind but for yourself too while you live and can enjoy it. Recent events show us that a union really prepared to strike seldom if ever is forced to strike. The answer is "Preparedness." Go thou and do likewise.

CHILD SLAVE By the enactment of the Federal Child Labor EMANCIPATION. law which prohibits interstate shipment of the pro- ducts of child labor, organized labor has accom­ plished a feat in the interest of humanity that will forever stand as a monument to labor's effort. When President Wilson attached his signa­ ture to this measure, the actual emancipation of the child slave became a fact, and well could the president of this great country with sincere emotion say one of his fondest dreams was now a fact. This eXl'Jression by the chief executive of our nation voices the sentiment of the labor movement as accurately as it could be expressed. Those who were responsi­ ble for its passage met with the usual opposition of the greedy interests affected, but the ability of those who advocated this law to break down the opposition and secure it passage is proof enough that the majority of people of this country are beginning to understand the aims and en­ deavors of the American labor movement and its efforts are receiving a sympathetic response from people other than those who are usually classed as toilers. Many are ready and anxious to claim the credit of being sponsors for this really progressive measure since it deserves and receives the applause of all right thinking people. But where the credit really belongs is shown in the speech of Senator (Pitchfork) Tillman, who voted against its passage, and set up the wail that this congress was being influenced too much by the organized labor interests. Organized labor is justly proud of this grand achievement and is truly appreciative to all who assisted in bringing it about, and we express the hope that our country will continue to be favored with men in public life and position who can see the merits of such great humanitarian questions and willingly give their support to bring sunshine and liberty to the children of toil.

RECOGNIZED For years union labor has been trying to convince AT LAST. some of the big wigs in politics that it is a factor to be reckoned with. Lately our friend the enemy unwittingly paid a tribute to the effectiveness of labor's efforts to get constructive leg­ islation. When the child labor bill was under discussion in the United States senate, Senator Ben Tillman raised the objection that congress was too much influenced by the labor interests. Good Boy Benjamin.· You've really found out at last that org-anized labor was on the job? Fine, there is still hope for others of the old guard. 98 THE JOtJRXAL OF ELECTRICAL

Uncle Joe Cannon can now patronize with you. He stated in a speech at Edwardsville, Ill., that he had seen veteran senators driven from the floor to their cloakrooms by the vigilance of Gompers and his crowd of 'watchers. Crying and praying to be delivered from the continual scout­ ing of the laborites. What was the things they wished to, but dare not do under this scouting. Surely it was not green apples that cramped them. Yes, Friend Joe and Friend Benjamin, labor is on the job. \Ve could have told you that long ago, but you found it out all by your little self. And good old boys, you admit it. \Ve don't have to prove it. Some years ago both of you would suffer some before making such a startling admission. Yes, verily, things do move. Labor's position is recognized and fully justified.

Last advices are that all trades composing the central body of Greater New York will go on strike if necessary to win the demand of the street railway men that the master and man contract forced on its employes by the company be abolished. This contract that the company demands applicants for jobs to sign is to the effect that they will be faithful to the company in all things. Regulates their manner of living and provides they will not join any society or order without the consent of the company. Union labor of New York states emphatically that the day of master and _slave is past. The company overlooked specifying in contract a diet, the privilege to marry, the number of children allowed and the church to which they must belong. The street car men must and will win their fight for freedom. They are tnen fiot chattels. Their fight is one for all freemen to endorse and help. This is 1916-not 1835.

President Ripley of the Santa Fe Railroad has announced his deter­ mination to refuse to abide by the eight-hour law recently passed by congress. He is the same Ripley, who is quoted by the press as express­ ing the wish that a general railroad strike would occur so he could show the public that 400,000 railways employes could not dictate the policies of the railroads of this country by such a brand of anarchy as requesting an eight-hour work day. • • Mr. l~ipley seems to carry the opinion that the desires of 400,000 men is absurd but the wishes of one Mr. Ripley is logically sound and should be adopted without question. Our opinion of such individuals may not be considered of any value but frankly expressed, same is we believe shortly after January 1 Mr. Ripley will realize what a small factor in our great economic life he really is and will be satisfied to show proper consideration for established au­ thority.

The New York State Association of Electrical Workers held their second annual convention at Glen Falls, N. Y., August 18-26. Much busi­ ness of importance was transacted and a comprehensive program was mapped out. Several measures of interest to the electrical workers of the Empire State will be presented at the coming session of the State Legisla­ ture. This fact should be an incentive for all local unions in New York State ot affiliate with the State Association, in order that all prestige pos­ sible will be behind the legislative program. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 99

MEXICO TO A special news item under date of September 12 THE FRONT. from Yucatan, Mexico, states: Yucatan has unions of or­ ganized labor as follows: Electricians, carpenters, sea­ men, bakers, masons, hotel and restaurant clerks and cooks, commercial clerks, smeitermen, blacksmiths and boilermakers. It appears that the labor agitators were chewing something other than the gum suggested. Some United States cities will have to hustle to hold a lead on this new comer. Evidently this is no "Mananna" burg. But a live one. Watch ~hem closely, Pancho.

Senator Sherman's shameless and senseless attack on President Gom­ pers of the A. F. of L. souhds a good deal like the resentful yelping of the whipped dog. You're out of luck, Senator, in picking that tree to bark up. The best journeymen villifiers and master character assassins have been on that job for years, have only barked their shins and knuckles and the old man goes right along stopping only long enough to kick a yelper out of his way now and then when he's peeved. Watch the Hoof, Friend Senator. Watch the Hoof.

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245-122956. 44-997276-91. 95. 97. 98 302. 304. 306. 250-73U52, 73106, 125, 132. 309. 313 inc.• 316 319-21 Inc. 325. 27. 259-955850, 956, 998. 29, 30, 3L 34. 36-38, 41, 43. 252301- 265-773666, 676. 303. 305 307. 8. 11, 16-23. 26-32. 40. 276-721747. 42-44. 46-62. 64, 66-59. 282---649298, 99, 308. 61-180120. 283-14231;0, 376. 85-147496, 97. 297-249329. 111-125378. 303-18051;3. 136-208996. 31-8-278498. 137-236807-10. 322-1019960. 143-234961, 62. 329-722401. HZ. 145-233741 .42. 338-664041. 169-5266. 67. 72-74. 76-94. 341-769649. 180-123246 Inc., 328. 347-10738. 190-12043-46. 48, 50-62. 64-57. 352-29786. 94- 199-781492-97. 781603. 4. 364-33429. 237---650646. 69. 72. 84. 90~ 701. 370-904211. 259-956886. 90. 93. 95, 90u. 381-911297. 275-721718. 19, 22-24, 26. 28, 30, 3!_ 389-862607. 289-248142-46. 393-1020326. 294-3031-36. 416-133666. 67. 340---606814, 16. 427-306186. 341-769644. 461-M7267. 352-29701-2. 468-648630-44. 46-61. 62. 63-69. 60. 61-68. 360-891096. 460-667724. • 376-86408-10. 471-232!!16. 483-111149. 392-1004001-69. 619-79738. 60. 76. 381-911182. 84-86. 88, 90-94, 96, 97, 99-207. 632-802003-6, 118. 22. 26. 32, 34, 61, 74. 81. 97. 377. 381, 641-860719. 33. 392. 400. 4. 5, 18. 20. 21. 27. 29-31. 658---665833. 40 46-49, 51. 62. 64-67. 59-67, 69-71, 681-4909211, 73-85 •. 487-606. 608. 10-lZ, 14, 16-22. 24-76, 77-93. 696-601, 603, n. 16-19. 682---699966. 21-26, 27-31. 697-811620. 446-1024686 87. 609-128377. 468-648630-44. 46-51. 62-68, 69-80. 611-815386. 483-111136-60. 620---60602-10. 491-7081, 82. 623-80491-96. 661-144041-90; 144114. 646-819049. ~. 661-868659. 677-1037672-78. 696-173386. 684-242216-19. 703-38430. 620---60602-10. 60626. 717-427474. 1a--170688. 601. 605, 622, 625, 848, 889, 646-819048-51, 63-65, 6L 895. 907. 957. 171068. 178-180. 188- 666-166796-98. 268. 309. 378. 465. 476. 618. 666. 665-1045897-99. 12a--786130. 711-652390-400. BECE:EPTS ------PBEVl:Ol1SLY LXSTED AS 713-149299-300. ll/IXSSXUG BECEIVED. 717-427462-72. 2a-988631. 33-35. 14-247853. 33-343751. 52. 6a-628296-99. 40-716566. 10a-3775, 81-85. 87-94, 96, 3801. i, 8. 14, 15.

AROUND THE CIRCUIT

After having reached a settlement with Local 272 of Sherman, Texas has con­ Georgia Railway and Power Co.. which cluded satisfactory agreements with was later on repudiated by the company, their employers which provide for in­ it become necessary for L. U. No. 84 of creased wages and improved working Atlanta to again strike the job. The conditions. difficulty has reached a very serious point as injunction proceedings have Local 9-a of Butte, Montana, has en­ been instituted by the company. All tered into an agreement with the Moun­ members are urged to avoid Atlanta tain States Telephone and Telegraph until notice of settlement is published. Cempany covering a three-year period. Organizer Purcell is aSSisting the local The wage scale for apprentice opera­ during the trouble. tors is $45.00 per month; junior opera­ tors, $50.00 per month for a six month Local Union No.4 of New Orleans has period, after which a scale of $55.00 per just concluded a new agreement with the month is provided with increases of :New Orleans Railway and Light Com­ $2.50 per month for each additional six: pany, which provides for improved months until the maximum of $65.00 working conditions and increased wages. per month is reached. The Local was assisted in its negoti­ The scale for toll operators is $57.50 ations by Organizer John J. Purcell. per month, with an increase of $2.50 per r' • i"j\ . ..J~·l . ./;J WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 103 \ ; month for each additional six months, Local No. 280 of Hammond, Ind., has until the maximum of $70.00 is reached. recently entered into satisfactory work­ The scale for supervisors is $65.00 per ing agreements with the receivers of the month, with an increase of $2.50 per Gary and Interurban Railroad Company month until $75.00 scale is reached. and the Calumet Electric Company. Above scale is based upon an eight The Local was successful in negotiat­ hour day. ing agreements with both corporations Operators are given a fifteen minute without the suspension of work. relief period during each one-half shift.

Local No. 492, assisted by Organizer / Local 64 of Youngstown, Ohio has Bastien, has reached a settlement with reached a settlement with the contrac­ the Montreal Public Service Corporation . tors of that city and secured a Saturday which provides for an increase in wages half holiday and time and a half for for the membership of the Local employ­ overtime. ed by this corporation. Improved work­ An Increase in wages to take care of ing conditions were also obtained. the new arrangement was also granted. The Local was assisted by Organizer Bennett. A settlement has been reached between Local Union No. 28 of Baltimore, Md., and the Crown Cork and Seal Company, Local 436, Railway Electricians of which provides for an increase in wages Watervielt, N. Y., assisted by Organizer on the first of September and an addi­ Godshall, has been successful in obtaIn­ tional increase on the 15th of November, ing an Increase in wages from the Dela­ which will make the minimum scale $4 ware and Hudson Railway Company. per day. . The Increase was obtained withoufJ suspension of work. The strike called by Local Union No. 9 on the Sanitary District in Chicago, Local I-a of Boston, Mass., has been has been settled and the following In­ successful in negotiating a new wage creased wage scale was provided for: scale with the New England Telephone and Telf'graph Company. Trouble and repair man ••• . $117.50 to $125.00 per mo. The members of the Local Union are Load dispatchers ...... 125.00 to 140.00 per mo. much pleased with the advance obtained Station maintenance men. ••• 117.50 to 125.00 per mo. and speak highly of the assistance and Station maintenance helper. 90.00 to 100.00 per mo. co-operation received from the Adjust­ Test. and Repair Dept. men 100.00 to 110.00 per mo. ment Board during the negotiations. Testing Department helper. 90.00 to 100.00 per mo. Foreman Meter Dept...... 135.00 to 150.00 per mo. Foreman, City Hall ...... •. 125.00 to 140.00 per mo. Foreman, Testing Division.. 150.00 to 175.00 per mo. Tbe newly organized Telephone Opera­ Chief Draftsman _...... •• _. 110.00 to 125.00 per mo. tors' Union of Pittsfield, Mass., has been Electrician, Testing Dept. .•• 110.00 to 125.00 per mo. successful in obtaining two dollars a Meter men .• ...... • ...... 100.00 per mo. week increase In wages for its members and other Improved working conditions. Operators of the Electrical Depart­ Tbis is another demonstration of the ment to be classified into two grades advantages of organized effort and and that said grades be established, should be an added incentive for the based on character and responsibility of operators in various parts of the Coun­ the work performed. try to organize and obtain like consider­ ation from theIr employers. City Hall operators ...... SI25.00 per mo. Ten positions to be created to be known as grade A ...... •....•...S110.00 per mo. Balance of operators to be known Local No. 575 of Portsmouth, OhIo, as grade B ...... 100.00 per mo. has concluded an agreement with the Day men ...... $75.00 to 85.00 per mo. Portsmouth Telephone Company whIch provides for improved wages and work­ Organizer Jos. Lyons represented the ing cou.ditions, and the UnIon shop. International ip. the settlement. 104 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ~I Correspondence I~ L. 11. NO.5, PZTTSB11BGK, PA. A word about Labor Day. Ours was rather a quiet one. As the Building Editor: Trades scheduled a basket picnic of their No doubt some news from No. 5 Is In own, and in consequence did not take order, after a silence of several months, so place in the usual parade, the members en­ the new Press Secretary "gets busy." joyed themselves, each just about as they Last June the membership decided that desired, and In consequence some are illternal dissention was most unprofitable, "money out," still, as there were three dif­ and some measures of preparedness the ferent celebrations, In as many different newest Issue. Result, a good set of offi­ parI,s, most of us could get suited. Let cers, no stars, just Electrical Workers, and us hope that some day we who have only men willing to try solving our problems by our labor to sell, will come together nat­ the best and shortest route, co-operation. urally. not just to have each our own So, we are now trying to work together for "fun," but to demonstrate that past vic­ the maintenance of our present good con­ tories mean future progress, for "ours." ditions, the ellmillation of some few unsat­ With best wishes and all fraternal greet­ isfactory Items, and the holding of all juris­ ings, diction. Of course we have a minority, you H.W. P., can't satisfy everybody, but that is a Press Secretary No. i. healthy sign, and keeps us trying to "steer straight" at least. L. 11. NO.7, SPlUNGFmLD, MASS. 'York here is becoming fairly good late In the season, and with three big jobs Editor: swillging along now, 95 per cent of our Local No. 7 again mourns the loss of a. members can look forward to a full weekly worthy brother in James Fell, who died pay during the next several weeks. As ill the Springfield Hospital following an the "'Var Babies" begin to please their operation for appendicitis. holders, we can smile a bit too. The Clty­ Brother Fell was held In high esteem County Building, Union Arcade and Cham­ by the members of this Local because of ber of Commerce Building are all "right" his loyalty, and as a worker for the in­ and there seems to be a growing "bunch" terests of his fellowworkers. The news of of smaller jobs. his death came as a shock to the memb~rs, All brothers who come our way are because the brother was reported as domg treated "right," but they must be "right" well up to a few hours before he died; also. Traveling cards must stand full in­ in fact a fellow worker employ~d by the vestigation, and are the only "passport" same firm received an encouragmg letter accepted. We play no favorites and the in which the deceased brother had stated Constitution is rigidly enforced. that he was getting along nicely. Progress has been made recently in pro­ Brother Fell was a conscientious worker. tection for our .membershlp. No. 5 has he was an expert mechallic in his. line, and established a Death Benefit Fund. paying his loss wiII indeed be felt by his late $300.00 to beneficiaries of memb~rs in good employer. standing, at death. MembershIp is .com­ As a union man, Brother Fell was al­ pulsory in No. 5 and confined to No. 5 ways ready with a helping hand to assist alone. It means that dues and assessments a needy brother, and the memory of his must be kept paid during good health and loyalty and his absolutely clean record as times of plenty, so t.hat ways and means a true union man will always remain with can be provided for keeping members in good standing during sickness; and. it us to a man. eliminates the regrets. after regrets are too On September 4, 1916, Sprillgfield saw the. biggest Labor demonstration In years, late. when nearly 8.000 organized men and A word about our ball team. The Elec­ women gathered together in parade trical Workers of Pittsburgh. I am en­ through the principal streets. closing a recent photo of the most of "the bunch," which I hope the editor can pub­ Mayor Stacy and other members of the lish, so all may "size It up." Our roster city governmellt reviewed the marchers includes: Manager, W. G. Shord; Captain, from a platform erected in front of the M. Joyce; First Base, M. Joyce and H. municipal group, and from all appearances· Muzzio; Second Base, W. G. Shord; Third it looked as though everybody in Spring­ Base, Tom Pendergast and E. King; Short­ field had gathered along the line of march stop, S. .1. Buckley, Chas. Bond and H. to greet the workers. Muzzlo; Right Field, M. Gordan, Chas. .J. A. Beauchemin, Business Agent of Penwell. Wm. Linll and John Duffill; Center Local No.7. I. B. E. W.. was Grand Field, Frank Wynn; Left Field, Bob Burke Marshal and he should be commended on and E. King; Plt('hers, Chas. Erb, John the mallner in which he handled his office. Sweek, E. Barthell, .John DuffiIl, Frank The parade was nearly three miles long Remy, Geo. McMorris and R. .Johnson; and there were many attractive features Catchers, Geo. Keidaisch, H. Schindebette and through the admirable arrangements and R. Burke. We stand second in the as regards the line of march and police local Bulldlllg Trades League, with twelve service the spectators were afforded an wins and five lost, to date, and hereby is­ excellent opportunity of viewing every­ sue a challenge for end season games, to thing without discomfort. Some 200 young all other teams of strictly Electrical women marchillg under the banner of the Workers, within a day's traveling distance Corset Makers was a feature that roused of Pittsburgh. What say you, Cleveland, applause along the line. All were gowned Detroit. Wheeling, Youngstown. Commun­ in white, and though the men set a fast kate with Manager W. G. Shord, 807 Mc­ pace the ladles were all there at the finish. Geagh Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., for ar­ Local No. 3a, I. B. E. W., had a float rangements (care M. Gordall.) which was handsomely decorated and it. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. lOb-

certainly graced the feminine sectlOJl of 21 now looks something like herself once the parade. more, good large attendance and ev~ry one Brother Paine was marshal of Local No. taking an Interest In the meetlngfl 7. I. B. E. W .. and our organization turned The brothe rs gave a stag boat ride up­ out about 125 strong. the river a few Sundays ago with eats nnd If any of the "EMPLOYERS ASSOCIA­ r efr eshments served and the brothers wore TION" UNION BUSTERS were anywhere so pleased with the trip that they art! giv­ along the line, I am of the opinion that the Ing another one tlte iOth of th~'3 n·onth. sight of so many organized man and women must have dampened their e nthusi­ I think doing things like that gets the asm about starting their "busting tacllcs" brothers closer acquainted. A COUPIC ()f In little old Springfield. weeks back we had a little smoker and by Brother Caldwell, Press Secretary of Lo­ doing so we had a large attendance. Ad­ cal No. 110 has the right Idea about h ow vertising Is half of any business. the columns of the Worl

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BALL TEAM, L. tT. NO.5, PITTSBtTRG, PA.

Now I will draw this letter to a close Attend your meetings and subscribe tor and I sincerely hope that I have not tired The Worker. our worthy editor with my "palaver" and Yours fraternally, hoplllg he won't pass this over to the Ben Chambers, waste basket, I remain Press Secrctary. Fraternally yours, D. M., Press Secretary, No.7. L. tT. NO. 23, ST. PAtTL, lIDNN. L. tT. NO. 21, PJDLADELPJaA, PA. Editor: Jildltor: Organizer Brother Ray Clarey Is sttll Just a few lines to let the International with us and we hope he will be with us Brotherhood know how things are In and for some time to come as we are doing aroun" Philadelphia. Well as to work some business here on the organizing pro­ there Is not any new jobs started yet. All position. Well. Local Union No. 23 showed the brothers are working and prospects some class In the Labor Day parade and look good. We are stili taking In two and received a great deal of praise In the­ three recruits every Friday aad Local No. papers in regards to the /loat. 106 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL

'Vorl;: in and around St. Paul is about This will be all this time. And hoping the sume as it has been for some time to ha\'!' hetter news for you in my next plenty of it. letter, I remaill, Local "Cnion Xo. 23 offers its sincere Yours for the cause, thanks to the 1. O. for the prompt action Shorty Wade. taken in adjusting the death claim of our late 11roth"r, Bruno Kuehn, who was elec­ trocuted August 2. L. l1. NO. 37, HAll.TFOBD, CONN. The aiJove statement brings to mind something' I ha"e been going to mention Editor: for some time and that is that all of the Even though you have not heard from T. C. we have received here lately ha-:o us in sunl!' time we want the TIrothp.rhood not been properly tilled out now. .1 don't to know that we are still In the rlnl; and know who to blame for this, but it looks doing pretty wt:ll. Thank you. as though It was the fault of the Financial To Stty that all of the brothers are work­ Secretary not in one Local Cnion, but in ing is putting it very mild, from the way everyone 1 have ever been in, and ha"e some of them mO!;t1y the Light men are ever received T. C.'s from. working- overtime Iwd Sundays. The fault is that the space for the near­ The Llg-ht is doing a lot of new work est heir or relative Is never tilled out. I will and a lot of rebuilding. They have put In cite a case of this kind that happened a new (i6,OOO-volt line into the substation here this spring when Brother Antony there this summer and that with the two Command was electrocuted that would 33,000- and one II,OOO-volt Iilles already In have saved the Local "Cnion some money ought to keep this city in juice for some and a great deal of time as it has we time to come. could tlnd no trace of relatives. Now 1 The trolley people are putting up a lot would like If every Brother that sees this of iron poles In place of the wooden ones would bring It up at their next mE?eting and they are keeping their gang gOing and see if something can't be done In re­ pretty well, too. gard to this matter. The S. X. E. Telephone Co. seems to be Not being able to obtain a plate of the doing a lot of work from the way they pictures taken of Local Union No. 23 and have been running around the town with the tloat we had· in the Labor Day parade poles on behind that speed car of theirs. for this issue of the Journal 1 will submit There I" some talk of one of the big one for the October issue. factories buying up the Farmington Power Fraternally, Co.. and building an ll,OOO-volt line to C. O. Cooper, their shops in this city, a matter of about Press Secretary. 15 miles. 1 don't know whether this will go through or not as the plans are not be­ Ing made public yet. L. l1. :NO. 34, PEOlUA, ILL. So much for the work. Now for a word or two about the Local. We were to have an election of officers some time ago and E~~o~his is the month to get in our Labor the Local voted to continue under the Day matter 1 want to say that wo cun­ same officers for another term. tributed our part to largest parade that The Local voted by acclamation to re­ was ever pulled of!' In 7.hls city. Both Lo­ tain the present officers with the exception cals marched In a body and while the boys of Vice President which was open by Bro. of Local No. 51 have been out of commis­ Kelly dropping out. Bro. Jack Green was sion for several years they were a little unanimously elected to till the Vice Presi­ awkward at tlrst but It did not take them dent's chair. long to catch the step and we negotiated I tell you boys It makes you feel that the two miles in old time form. the brothers appreciate your work, even If Conditions are good here at present in we do have to stand a few knocks once In both branches of the trade. a while by voting the whole bunch of offi­ The two Locals have drawn up a joint cers back for another term without a vote agreement and are gOing to present same against us. to both the Light and Street Car Com­ We are going along getting new members panies. The matter is in the hands of a almost every meeting and 1 hope we will joint committee who know the job and all be able to keep up the good work until we of its angels and 1 believe we will have no have every hiker In town carrying a card. trouble In putting It over. We also have a new Business Agent In Brother Anderson of Local No. 348 wants Bro. Jack Green anel In order to help out, to know how to Induce the members to at­ every member of the Local has been ap­ tend meetings. 1 will suggest he try our pointed a committee of one to get out and plan by raising the dues to $3.00 per month get new members. and give a man a rebate of two dollars if That plan seems to be working out as he attends two meetings a month. You fine as silk so far. will tlnd that this plan wlll till some of the Now a word to some of you old members. vacant chairs on meeting night and put Why not try anel get to one meeting a to rout that class of cattle who consider it month as an example to some of the new only necessary that tliey grace the hall oc­ members? ca..... ionally for the purpose of paying dues. Some join this order and after getting The letters from Locals 17, 58 and :147 their carel forget to come up to the hall are full of meat and furnl,,!} good subject evpn goln!? so far as to have another matter for our Press Secretd.~y. brother bring up their dues. I myself I see that Local No. 1 has bee;} having think that a good way to get those lads trouble over a certain secret (·rdp.r and to meetings would be for the brothers to throwed them all ou t of office. Thl'd's refuse to take up their dues unless they good. The next thing is to sce that gave a good excuse for not attending the churches do not lay too heavy a hand on meeting. the affairs of the Union. By dOing this We woulcl like to see more of the Hart­ you will be giving the men who are not ford boys down to the meetings than have bound down by the ties of a secret of re­ been lately. li/l"ious order an ~'!'m b,.aa'< arl·l th(' results Da\'!d !\Jornn. who was a good member will be more satisfactory. anll a tireless worker for the order was Brother McGee of Local No. 18 has de­ killed ill Meriden about the first part of posited his card In No. 34 since last report. August. Brother Tom Mitchell of No. 164 came to He was working on a pole putting In town on crutches. He says he Is trying to fu"es In a transformer and one of the pull through and keep out of the poor 2.300 leads was grounded against the frame house until his injuries get well. and he got the whole thing when coming WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 107

down the pole by getting a hold of the in the August Worker, but through some cross arm brace against which the trans­ error it was headed "Local 17, DetrOit," former was resting. instead of "58." But if the editor will A committee from No. 37 and one from publish it, we can expect to hear from No. 666 of Waterbury attended the funeral No. 17 in the future with some news that which was held In Meriden, Conn. will be what we all like to hear. He worked in Butte, Mont., and Milwau­ One glaring fact stares me in the face kee, Wis., about a year ago. when I look through the columns of the We are to hold a clam bake here the August Worlter and that is the small num­ first of October. The menu calls for a half ber of locals that are represented by their chicken and a whole lobster with corn and Press Secretaries. About 50 locals out of all the sea food and vegetables that go a registered list of nearly 600 came through with the fee

of sOIlH'\yhat less than 3,000,000 members the entire parade from the jail as it passed of ,\"11 i(~h these sanle railJ'uu.d UH!ll were ))Y. The line of march was PU"posely de­ !lot evcu a l'OlUPOIlt:llt pa.rt. The (luestioll viatptI 1'01' this purpose. Hound afte,' round tlwn Ilaturall~' arises, that if 4!10,IIOti men of apI)laUHe greett·d these victims of pros­ (!OhlIH'it:;cu of four s{~paratc international I)erity and free eountry as one organiz.a­ ullioll~. (~tln by Inutual a1-;'Tt:t~llH.:nt pl'CSt:nt tion after anotl1"l' passed in review before a unit('d front to the illdustl'i:cl c>I:tn; w\"'" tiH' jail. The Pattern ).Iakers' Local here IH·tj~t.;Htlllg' tlit.;ir d~luanus tiutl ineidpntally to "Ito,," that thp~' lo\'e their country, had force C()ngre~!-;. COlHl)Uscd of u;.-; big a a jail cell "onstl'u<'ted on a truck with five bunch of labor-haters as e,'cr a"""mllied nlen in it to reprt~Hent the men in jail, \vith u!'ound a piee(! of good c](!un rnaftogany, tht! rwee~;.;a.ry sig-nH and. placards to let to "sit" overtime anti o. k. th.~ !\-ltoUl' day the lleopl,~ know why all this happens, what would tlw"c 3,UOO,OO() \\ orkers tlo for ~'hi<'h was cheered along the entire line themse1 yes if they could a(!t concertedly? of march. It "'''nltl he much easier to asl" "'Vhat I g'ue"H this will suftke to give all an couldn't they do'?" id(':\ of the La.bor Day doings here and to Bp.fOI'I' this g'ets too long I want to say a show that labor is alert to its interests, word about the local Labor Day parade so I won't take up any more space. I here. T1>is town saw the largest and shouldn't ff'el thiH way perhaps as the most inspiring one he,'c last )'londay In its space In The '\\'ol'ker is there to be used history. The daily noise papers gave it a and if some locals don't use it, those who good boost also by saying damn little or do will ha,'c that much more. But as the nothing about it. This in itself Is suf­ Labor Day news this time takes up all or ficient, and as far as we are concerned mo"t of the space this time I will call this better evidence, that it \V.as a huge suc­ done for this time. So hoping the next cess, If there had been say, a couple of issue of the ,\\'orker will show a better hundred in line where there should have turn-out than 10 per cent of the Press Sec­ been 30.000, the gush they would have retaries, I will close for th is time wish­ spilled then would make columns of news­ ing every Local the best success possible matter that would be longer than the pa­ and then some. rade itself. It is conceded by reliable men Yours truly, that the turn-out numbered between thirty E. W. Grogel, and thirty-five thousand men and women. Press Secretary, It is also generally conced€'d by everybody ------who saw the parade that the Electrical 'Vorkers local union, No. 58, 1. B. E. W. L. l1. NO. 59, DALLAS, TEXAS. would receive the first prize If prizes had been awarded. The novel feature presented Editor: bv our committee for the approval of Labor Day has passed and we a1\ look friends and sympathizers along the line of forward to It for next year. We had no march was in the shape of what has been Labor Day parade this year but the com­ termed sinC'e its appearance. as the "human mittee on Labor Day celebration planned organ." This was composed of a set of 48 and carried through a grand pkni" whiC'h eleC'tric bells chromatically arranged and was a great success. We w:,re all ".ore fastened to the ends of stirks, which in or less glad to get out of 'val~

Work here is not rushing and I would Band Line ThrOwing, Over Both Wires. not advise any brother to mal,e Dallas L. A. Myel'S, Card No. 210400, first, 49 with the intention of staying. as several ft. 5 in. on ground. big jobs have finished up now and this has . W. E. Harris, Card No. 210411, second, fio()(ied the market for the present. 29 ft. 6 in. on ground. llro. Paul Failor, who has been acting R. M. Stephens, Card No. 81413, third, as Business Agent during Bro. \Vetters' 25 ft. 2 in. on ground. Illness, was elected permanent Business Another one of our members ran second Agent as Bro. \Vetters, after serving in in the Union Men's free for all foot race, t.ll;" ('apacity for four years has resi<;Jletl. C. E. McQuililan, Card ~o. 87642U. \Vish also to state Bro. H. E. Cooper Is And Brother Dan Tracy, Business Agent recovering from a spell of sic!

We have just lost one brother, Roscoe L. l1. NO. 103, BOSTO]!l, lIItAS8. Combs, Initiated May 18, 1916 and died September 6, 1916, and hadn't been a mem­ Editor: ber long enou gh to get the death benefit. Conditions here in Boston are about the­ We are sorry we couldn't persuade him same as I stated In my last writing. to join our ranks earlier so he would have On Labor Day about two-thirds of the been entitled to benefits. members turned out to parade. It was We still have a few delinquent members the first time In six years that we partici­ and hope they will see the benefit of keep­ pated In the Labor Day parade. ing In line for their loved ones' sake if not The Allied Building Trades with whom for their own as It Is the cheapest Insur­ we are affiliated decided to parade and the­ ance any man ever carried to protect his affiliated trades were only given two weeks' dear ones. notice. With such an unexpected notice At this writing the committee are wait­ caught a lot of boys napping, who had ar­ Ing on the officials of the Railroad and ranged for a day's outing for that day hope to have a satsfactory agreement soon with their families. Owing to our custom with shorter hours and an Increase in of not taking part in the ammal event, the wages and we sincerely hope other railroad best we could get In line were the fellows. Electrical Workers will do the same as we that were able to rearrange their plans for­ have done and ' get Hned up and then de­ that day. mand what all good organized men do. But I think in years to follow you will Fraternally, see No. 103 In line with their full member­ ;J. D. K., ship. Well after an hour and an hal~ Press Secretary.

L. l1, ]!lO, 7'1, SEAT'.l'LE, WASJL

Editor : The reports coming In from over the country indicate that our organization is gaining memb'lrshlp at a rapid rate. That is something to congratulate ourselves up­ on. After all Is said it Is organization that spells success. When the time comes that we are able to go out oWl the highways and byways and convert all those engaged In the electrical Industry to the I{ospel of unionism, then­ and not till then, will our dreams come true. Here at home we are growing-slowly but surely. At times It seems hard to keep on preaching without apparent results-then without you knowing why, you have added a fellow worker lo the membership roll and when you have spent your time and energy trying to make an outsider an Insider and at last the prospect sees the light of day and you s ee him initialed then you receive your reward-in the personal satisfaction of a duty well done. And It Is your duty to preach the bene­ fits of unionism. If some one hadn't had the foresight to preach to you in days gone by where would you and your condi­ Nons be? You hear It expressed that It Is of no use to talk to so and so. It Is of BRO. HERBERT A. DALLAS, use. I claim there never was nor never Local No. 103, will be wasted a talk, or an argument on :Recently appolnted agent of the Depart­ unionism. Of course the cavity of some rtl

Nautical Gardens Ball Room. Revere that were in line. But if you would tell the Beach. This is where the Boston Conven­ dear Brothers there was gOing to be a tion ball WItS held. smoke talk after the parade you would of 'Ve hire the entire building which con­ had the hall pacl.t~d after the parade as they sists of the "Pit." which has a great many aro always lookmg for the free things and novelties and those who care not to dance, give the committee a dig because they don·t ean have an evening's enjoyment gOing have them. through the many stunts that make the 'Ve got about 200 of tho boys out, but "Pit" attractive, which hasn't an equal I should of had about 400 at the least out dare say in the country. of over 500 members in Boston and a wage The proceeds from the ball is to be scale pending but maybe we' can get by turne

are doing it we are protecting wages for of the electricians of the U. S. to gaze at big interests instead of protecting our our physiognomies. own. By the encouragement of marriages in Brothers Theman, Palkas and Lawrence Europe by soldiers going to war. Relill"ion are still working on the agreement. sanctifies and the governments legallzes Bro. Ward was elected Secretary of the such breeding. Why don't you know there Building Trades Council. are many men in America who could not Bro. Millard is in· bed with typhoid get women to look at them if they did not fever. wear soldiers' uniform of the country. I almost forgot Bro. Jones is a papa The farmers of this section of the now. He arrived last week. His name is country are 100 per cent organized under "The Electron Kid." the name of the Farmers' Equity plan es­ The Scribe. tablished by them as produces with trades unions as consumers the plan is to reduce L. '0". NO. 130, NEW OBLEANS, LA. the high cost of living in Montana and at the same time give the farmer living wage Editor: for his produce. The editor of The Worker cut my letter Bro. T. F. O'Mara and Frank Keirnan in two last month so I will not write so will be marshals of the Labor Day parade. much this time. Labor Day is one day in the year set Forty-four of our members had a grand aside by the National Government in which picnic at Lake Ponchartrain Labor Day. labor cleebrates. We had a few last Labor We had a great time although they tried Day that sacrificed their fines before they to drown old Van the President in two feet would let some of the business men see of water. them. The camera blew a fuse and we did not Local No. 122 has a fine of $5 on all get a picture, and two brothers tried to that don't parade on that day. It seems as make a motorcycle fly, which worked all though Great Falls is just one thing after right until they lit. a.nother. One week convention and the Bro. Pursell, the organizer was with us next dedication of some description; then again last month getting a new contract parades. for' No. 4 linemen with the Railway Co. Great Falls at present is the best or­ They got a fair advance. ganized city this side of China. Local No. 84 of Atlanta makes an ap­ With best wishes for the continued suc­ peal for aid to send brother workers home' cess of our organization, I am who are brought there under false pre­ Fraternally yours, tenses. Why Is it that we cannot have . M. L. McCarthy, some system so that such things will not Press Secretary. happen. ------Van Meter. L. l1. NO. 129, ELYBIA, OHXO. Editor: L. '0". NO. 155, OKLAHOMA CJ:TY, OKLA.. The unity of action displayed by the Brotherhoods In their flght for the 8-hour Editor: day Is commendable. On August 10th, while Brothers Geo. H. bl past years, there always seemed to Duncan, Fred Miller and John Swirczknski be more or less friction between the were engaged in transferring a primary Brotherhoods; some engineers and firemen lead from a wooden pole to one of our even going so far as not to speak to each "man killing" concrete poles with steel other on duty. Glad to see you together, cross-arms Brother George H. Duncan acci­ . boys. dentally touched the cross-arm while tieing Another commendable phase of the situa­ in one of the primaries and was electro­ tion is that the men want shorter hours. cuted, thus adding another name to the list By getting shorter hours, they can now of fatalities resulting from the use of !;'et on familiar terms with their wives and these poles. klddies and hold their affections, which is Brother Swirzcynski was the first man something which cannot be taken from to reach him and held him in the clear until them through Increased prices. two other men arrived to help lower him Unity of action signifies a purpose, a from the pole, and then they carried him plan an object. into the line superintendent's office, where a President Wilson made the statement pulmotor was used on him for about two that "the eight·hour day now has the sanc-. hours, but without success. I am sure tion of the judgment of society in its that the L. U. No. 155 and all the friends favor." and acquaintances of Brother Duncan will Thirty ml11ion persons engaged in gain­ extend to his widow and his brother their ful occupations in the United States; heartfelt sympathy in this, their hour of 2500000 or about 1-10 are organized and bereavement. only' one-half of the organized work the By the death of Brother Duncan we 8-hour day. have lost a very good· Financial Secretary. Yes! "The 8-hour day now has the and an ever-ready Union man who was al­ sanction of the judgment of society in its ways trying to help his fellow-workers. He favor," but please remember, labor's blood was also to have been our delegate to the was spl11ed, and paid the price. Convention of the State Federation. of In 1741 the bakers of New York went Labor at Tulsa, Okla. . on strike--they were convicted of con­ I also wish to report that Brother J. A.. spiracy. Bozarth got hung up on a primary on a In 1804 a court decision declared that a concrete pole, on August 7th. He was combination of workmen whose purpose is knocked out for a while but is getting unltcd action to raise wages Is "con­ along fine now. He had two bad burns and demned by law." several minor ones on his hands, and two Thege are some of the obstacles which bad ones on his right leg and knee. thc pioneers had to overCOme. And so Brother L. C. Carter who was hurt in right dO\\'n the line, they all worked and Provo, Utah, sometime ago, was able to struggled until today the 8-hour day has march in our Labor Day parade. become Quite respectable but only 1-10 of Brother M. R. Gallion was elected dele­ the people enjoy it. gate to the Tulsa convention and from the N(lW sp"aklng locally some of the boys partial report he made he has started some of Xo. 129 are a bit conceit('d about their fine work. There is no telling what his looks and propose to have the Local ap­ final report. (which he has promised for pear before the camera. If the heavy ar­ Friday night), will contain, but if it con­ tillery is present at the next meeting, and tains as much as the verbal one we will /-he picture is a good one, we will ask all have to declare him an No. 1 delegate. 114 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL

Brother R. R. Million has been elected and chautreurs (we have no skinners) are­ to till the unexpired term of Financial Sec­ all I. B. E. W. men, and some of them are retary and I believe if the brothers w111 real live wires. lend their assistance he w111 get along very nIcely. We have taken In several new In conclusion I want to ask the sympathy members under the open charter plan, and of all who read thIs as It Is my first at­ still have a number of applications on hand t empt at writing to the Brotherhood trom and much more materIal to work on. L . U. No. 165. I would also like to sug­ Our Labor Day parade was the greatest gest to you locals that have trouble get­ ever h eld In Oklahoma City, Nos. 165 and ting your Press Secretary to write to The 18 marched together, about 76 In all, and 'Vorker, to try our stunt for awhile. Here we surely made them hump to beat us In is how we do It: We take the roll and numbers and we held fourth position In call oft the names until we come to one the line. And this was one time we didn't who is present and he Is elected unani­ make fools of ourselves by setting and mously to write the next letter to The climbing poles for other people's amuse­ 'Yorker, then n ext month we tal<.. thp. rnll ment. again and b egin where we left oft the last

LAST RESTING PLACE OP OUR LATE BROTHER. G, H. DUNCAN, LOCAL NO. 156, OXLABOMA CITY, OXLA.

There seems to be a lot of work around time and call them off again in the same here but also a few more men than It manner. takes to do It, as there are several men Fraterna l1y yours, loafing. Since our last letter the El Reno Elmer Davis. Gas and Electric Co. have agreed to the P. S. If you are hungry or sleepy when same condItIons that the Oklahoma Gas you land here we have a ticket for those and Electric Co. have, except that their with paid-up cards, at the Buckhorn Lunch, raise was higher. This job Is controlled 16 S. Harvey. by L . U. No. 155. We were gettin g $~.OO tor 8 Y.. hours and are now getting $4.00 for 8 hours. I believe we have as good FROM A MEMBER OF L. l7. lira. Ui6. jobs as any of you; $4.05 for 9 hours two ways on the company's time with the Editor: Oklahoma Railways and the $4.00 for 8 This being Labor Day and being unable hours with the Light Companies here and to go to Fort Worth and march (on wheels) In El Reno, are hard to beat. Also wish to with the boys of Local. No. 166, of which I mention that all of our helpers' "grunts" am the oldest member now living and being WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 115

'Still laid up from the burns which I re­ the local agreement, and settled on March ceived in May, I thought I would drop a 10, 1916, as the show down day, The em­ word to the dear old 'Yorker. ployes of the firm of Shepherd & Rust were I'm truly glad to note the fact that the not in the union (excepting one); but all membership of our Brotherhood are striv­ union electrical workers responded to the ing In every way to co-operate with our cal!, and to date ten electrical contractors Grand Officers to the end that we shall have signed the agreement. as follows: realize the most progressive and potent Frank E. Baldwin, Gomer R. Davis, C, F. l),-u­ work immediately if not employed else­ ary 1, 1916, for a period of twelve months, where, etc. which argreement was placed before all And at our local meeting of August 17 of the contractors for further considera­ our members who were in the employee tion, and was endorsed by the Central of the firm of Shepherd & Rust, was deter­ Labor Union; but the contractors, except­ mined not to allow union men to be used ing the aforr.Ruid refused to sign the said against each other and voted unanimously agreement. Therefore, the Electrical by secret ballot reafllrming the strike call 'Vorkers' Union decided to request all elec­ of March 10. 1916, and their action was trical workers to throw down their tools ratified by the local; and on August 18 and go out on strike, if necessarv, against the men in question answered the firm by all of the electrical contractors in the lo­ a uniform letter, and, among other things, cal jurisdiction who refuse or fall to sign stated that, under the present circum- 116 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL stances, they could not accept the offer of wages, improved conditions and the unio. emplo~'ment until the firm 1'Igned the agree­ shop. ment of the Electrical 'Vorlwrs' 1:nion and There is a clamor in the air tor pre­ thereby unionize their !'!hop. pare,lness; anll the \\'orkers are becoming Under date of AUgll!'!t 17 the firm !'!ent awakened to their strength In union, thor­ one of the committee a letter as per agree­ ough organization and united effort; and ment. informing him thnt they would meet the ele('tl'i<'al ,,'orl,el's should not be any the committee. and arrangem(>nt was mw1e exception and take advantage of the time. to meet on August 22. at four p. m .. in the Attend your loral meetings regularly and office of the firm. At the proper time the boo"t for the Brotherhood. committee was on hand and met Messrs. If the fifteen warring nations of Europe Shepherll & Rust in conferenre. were united and their war fleets along Mr. Shepherd acted as !'!polw!'!man for the the Americnn "hores !'!eeking an opportunity firm and ::\lr. Kromelbein for the commit­ for in\'a!'ion, the ('apitaJist of the United tee. Thin~!'! were di!'!cu!'!!'!ef portant matter of safety legislation should emplo~'ment they will have to ('om ply with. be followed up and good safety laws en­ Therefore, after time, effort and repeated acted in the State and nation. conference In a peaceful way In trying to With best wishes and success for the settle the controversy, we have come to Brotherhood, I am the conclusion that there is no channel or Fraternally yours. avenue of redress, but to resort to strike, agaim;t the firm of Shepherd & Rust and Anthony (Love) Lynch, the battle will be fought out on the in­ Press Secretary" dustrial field. All electrical workers were requestei! to cease work at once and re­ frain from doing any kind of work for the firm of Shepherd & Rust until they sign L. '0'. NO. 188, CHARLESTON, S. C. the agreement and unionize their shop. The ('entral Labor Union, after hearing Editor; the report of their committee on Au ~ust 23 last, reaffirmei! the action of the Elec­ I~ocal N'o. 188 Is still hI the ring, and trical 'Vorl,er!'!' Union and strike of :\1arch seemg that my last letter got by the waste 10, 1916, and thereby the firm of Shepherd basket, am trying' again. All our boys are & Bust ("re consj,lerel uni'air to the Elec­ working hard to get the rest of the workeri> trical Workers' 1.:nion and org'",nizei! labor in Our vicinity lined up and it loolloyers ann em­ !ea\'ing he,:,e we have had some chang-e .. ployees is fair or not; also whether the III our chaIrs. Bro. G. Judson, our presi­ aforesaill which can be proven conrlu!'!ively dent, has left for Brooklyn, N. Y. Bro. is sufflrjent to show that our mempers Thos. Corby has tal,en up the duties of have been di;;criminated against; ani! also Re('ording Secretary J. Dosher, hv..vln!';' show that while the firm of Shepherrl & withdrawn. Bro. ,J. Bea relieving Bro. Mal­ Rust, pre2A'hes open shop, they practice lard as Financial Secretary Bro. VV', ~'I. non-union shop methods. 'Veh"ter an,l Bro. F'. R. Bostelmann still Vice Presif~ent anrJ Treasurer, respec:tively. The f1rm of Rhottwell, Bennett ani! 'ViI­ At the present w~iting there is plent.y of Iiams, :1n,j .Tohn Didwallacc are also on work here, but there being only one Lirrht the unfair list. Company, the regular men can keep things All electrical workers In the local juris­ gOing. This is not meant to keep Floating diction are urged to strive for thorough Brothers away, but if you do come, be sura organi7.ation; and with ('oncentrated efforts you ha\'e the ti('ket in good shape, Bro, we will haO'lten a complete victory for the Bo!'!tE'lmann would like to hear from Bro, inside wiremen in their fight for better Gus Tigler of Local N'o, 581. In my next WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 117

letter I hope to be able t,o report at least We still have on hand one' Labor Day six new members with more new prospects. mystery unsolved. Yours fraternally, ,Vho were in the very exclusive party of H, G, Brown, wire patchers and families who attempted Press Secretary. celebrating Labor Day with a launch ride Local No. 188, Charleston, S. C. on the beautiful Ohio? And after having taken every precau tion, for a successful L. 'U. NO. 212, CINCINNATI, OHIO. trip, such as keeping all wet goods out of reach of the chauffeur, finally after dark Editor: landed on a snag in the middle of the Extracts from an editorial of a famous river about 20 miles from good old Cincy. author contain the following: 'Vhen last seen, said parties' cries for "There are several ways of living one's help had been answered by employees of a life, each has Its own particular appeal, certain government boat and were being one is to dwell in the past, another is liv­ gently transferred from one wrecked ing in the advanced age of the present." launch to terra firma. ('\Vhy-Not). He also refers yOU as far back as Scrip­ Any information concerning same will ture, which reads "Awake ye that slumber be more than appreciaetd by and arise from the dead that the Christ Fraternally yours, may shine upon you." Elmer Simonton, The editorial. as a whole teaching us Press Secretary. that "Progress" has no age. In years back it was not necessary to ------do as the "Jones" to be well thought of, L. 'U. NO. 226, TOPEKA, KAN. but present conditions are such that if the "Jones" originate something, you must as Editor: a matter of fact follow suit. Labor Day is passed and every member Therefore we will soon note the little of No. 226 carried himself with proper re­ Ford (with an I. B. E, 'V. No. 212 mono­ spect to the day so far as we know. gram) carrying our Business Agent from We have heard that we were the neatest one job to another. And when No. 212 looking bunch in the line but can't verify takes the step to furnish a gasoline bus it. Of one thing we can be sure; no one for its Business Agent it only proves with­ got full before the parade and disgraced out a doubt that "Progress" has no 'lge. his brothers, and I wish this could be said Some who were not in favor of the pur­ of all the crafts represented. chase of a machine mostly on account of We have lived through about four years the expensive maintenance of same had of perpetual peace and have grown strong arguments well worth attention, but they and healthy during that time. Our princi­ were in the minority when the final de­ pal reason for this is that we have been cision was made. I am satisfled that in able to settle our difficulties by arbitration. the near future when a certain condition Our Executive Board plans to meet with develops,' which at present most memhers the contractors at least once a month or are not familiar with, we will all consider whenever any clouds arise that need dis­ that the initial expense and also the main­ pelling and we have grown so secure that tenance of a machine was good money well, we had almost forgotten the meaning of spent. that little word trouble. In last month's journal we boasted frcely But we fear we will have to again use of what we expected of No. 212 in the the troublesome word and reinsert it in Labor Day parade and now the parade be­ our vocabulary once more. The cause of ing over we have nothing to retract. "\Ve all this a very young and pugnacious build­ are certainly proud to say that No. 212 ings trade composed principally of the made one of the best showings it has made young and weak and of older and weaker for years. crafts that have never been able to make In past years our daily papers always a success of their own union organization run a few columns pertaining to Labor and now depend on our strength and suc­ Day with a lengthy description of various cess to keep them together. unions in the line of march. Perhaps No. The latest episode was introduced by the 212 would have received special mentioll titmers or because of them. The tinner on this year but I think all the l'eporiers this particular job had been working iI'! a were sent to the scab speedway or to the shop with probably fifteen or twenty unIOn municipal affairs around the city and for­ tinners. He came on to this particular got entirely the fact that there was to be a job, a Catholic church, and all the other Labor Day parade, so labor and its cause crafts proposed to strike the job. Under was gently disposed of by the dailies with the circumstances the electricians balked ahout a six line article. But we marched and the job didn't get struck. about 200 strong dressed in palm beach We don't expect any trouble of our own uniforms and from the amount of applause that we can't handle ourselves but we are receiv('d along the line of march, the public expecting and getting all sorts of trouble at least knew that we were on the job. for others. It begins to look as though by I must corre('t the above statement of spring there wouldn't be any job for us marching 200 strong with palm beach uni­ union men to work on. forms; it Rhould h"ve read-marching 200 Aside from thp"e few things everything strong ,dth 199 palm beach uniforms. is O. K.. 'Ve have a new clausc in our I have mnny reg'rpts for the memher or agreement r('quiring all contractor>; to em­ memherR who do not ('hooRe to ahide by ploy at l('a5t one journeyman from the the rulinv,f' of their respectlvp. lo('al unions. union br>fore any member of the firm works ~eems "R though the spirit of man to man anll anoth('r clauRe keeping any firm from iR I"railually going out in some cases; let us taking on any more co-operative m"mhers. hope it ,10<''' not b""ome chronic, It cer­ Hoth C'lau"es should have been inserted tainly ('an not pay to lose the good fpllow­ long ago but we were unable to get it be­ ship and respect of your own brother fore. m('mhprs \vho in past yeRrs were known to A committee from No. 226 was success­ be hroth('rs staunch and true simply be­ fnl in g('ttlng an electrical ordinan"e simi­ CallRp. "'c may not approve of the rulings of lar to our own drawn up for Oal{land and the local, we shOUld hear in mind that the nearby cities in which we do much work. majority rules and act accordingly. The last issue of the Journal makes me A ftp.r the parade quite a few adjourned to say that TIro. Montgomery of No. 226 was Chel'ter Park, where the joint Labor Day instrumental in getting ~10 worth of ad­ outing waR held and witnessed the claiming vertising for the Labor Day edition of the of first prizes by members of No. 212 In Capitol. It should have read $1.000 and two n<' the specially arranged contests for even then it would have unller sated the the day. facts from $200 to $300. We were very 118 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL

proud of Brother Paul's works, also of the union and her husband paid the I'llntster write up Brother 1IIannsell supplied for the with money of our gloriOUS union. same issue with one small exception. She was some union maid. 'York Is some better now than it has The boys were all sorry to hear that been for some time, practically every maD Organizer Boyle was under tlte weather working and we hope it will keep up till and will be glad to hear that he Ii\ bt't.ter Christmas as many of the brothers have and can return to 'Vllliamsport ill the near had very unsteady work all summer. Some future. (Boyle, we need you.) brother might light here and g

Just think what a '.Political Labor The Germans have been batternlg at Party" would mean to us. Of course, the Verdun for several months tryng to open writer is aware of the fact that. that would a way to Paris, without success. throw a few "lobbyists" out of a job which Not so with our Organizer Brother D. L. we now have in about one-half of our State Goble. He entered the city single-handed Capitols at salaries ranging anywhere from (via Frisco or Santa Fe) and within five $2,000 to $10,000 per year, besides their hours after his arrival he had secured expenses, good men, tbo, but the writer is enough names to procure a charter. also aware of the fact that many "lobby­ With the aid of our President, Bro. C. ists" don't do ten cents' worth of good a R. Freeman and Organizer Goble drafted year, and all the good work done in the an agreement which was approved by the way of laws In favor of the working man G. O. and the Local. This agreement was by the different states and by our Federal presented to the contractors, accepted and Government in the last thirty years could with pleasure I may state, we, L. U. No. have been easily accompllshed In about 278, are working under same agreement. four or five sessions of the states legisla­ This said agreement was drafted, approved tures and as many sessions of our national and accepted within two weeks after Or­ Congress. ganizer Goble's arrival in Paris. And the reason for this slow progress is 'Ve now have a membership of 35, have a simply our neglect or inability to see &.Ild couple of hundred dollars in our treasury feel the Importance and necessity of unit­ and are progressing very nicely. ing our individual political powers that we We have been having from two to six might att.a>ln for man, woman and child applicants each week. Each applicant is what rightfully belongs to them. thoroughly investigated and some become Until now we have practi<:uHy thrown members, while others are rejected. . away that power of all powers "Th;l Bal­ At present we are 97 per cent organized. lot" by being divided among the different Only one curber in town and on a com­ political parties in the field. plicated job he is lost. One fact stands plain to the writer and Our meetings are fairly well attended, that is that we can not expect the present but could be better. I feel assured they parties to legislate for labor for the simple will be better after our By-laws are reason that they are all founded after the adopted. Every member has to attend at captalist's doctrine which is to establish least two meetngs a month or pay a 50c and nurse monopoly industries and pro­ fine. tect by excessive tariffs all such monopo­ Some members would rather pay a fine lized business and protect by war If neces­ than attend. Such men are very good card sary for according to that doctrine we don't men. The union man attends the meet­ care how many lives it cost for that point ings, sees his Local Union first, last and is not taken in consideration much, so all the line. long as there is enough fighters left in case If a member lives outside the city limits of another war. We must save the indus­ the Executive> Board will excuse him from tries above all other things or in other non-attendance from 30, 60 or 90 days. words we must save and protect that which Work in and around Paris has been fairly is held the most sacred under that doctrine good all summer but at present it has which Is Dollars and cents. This may slowed up a bit. Any of the brothers sound hard, brothers, it does even to the fioating this way are welcome, but be sure writer but evidence and proofs to that ef­ you have a paid up eard properly filled fect are so numerous every now and then that can not help but believe that we are oU~ell having this out of my system will wasting our time and money trying to conclude. with a vote of thanks for Or­ mould those old parties to our needs. ganizer Goble, success to the I. B. E. W. Some time I pick up an article on that and good luck to all the sisters and subject written in a very timid way and brothers. before I know it I feel myself going under Yours fraternally, that Inftuence which for a few moments Jimmie J. will Impress a feeling in me that things cannot be so bad as pictured after all. and L. '0'. NO. 283, OAKLAND, CALXP. then all of a sudden I come to and I can­ not keep my mind from gong back to the Editor: bare truths of Lawrence. Mass., Ludlow, Well, brothers, one more Labor Day has the mines of Colorado. Virginia, discrimi­ passed and while in many cities the day nations against unionism. in every corner was observed by the unions parading. here of our great country, and then I wonder in Oakland the day was observed by the how much longer this greatest of all the Building Trades Council, and the Central great armies will stand for these sorts of Labor Council. affiliated unions holding a thing!!. joint celebration at Idora Park, one of the Now, brothers, all you that come across large amusement parks of the city. There this letter in The Work'er and that are in­ was music, games and speeches arid every terested In its contents please write some­ one present had a good time. thing on the subject and keep it up, that The Local Unions affiliated with the in time every workman in this country Pacific District Council have recently cast shall have had an opportunity to acquaint their vote on amendments to the D. C. himself with the subject thoroughly and by-laws and by their vote have decided then we shall be in a position to judge as upon the following list of officers to look to its merits and worth and govern our­ after the affairs of the council. A presi­ selves accordingly. Give us a Labor party. dent, who shall receive a salary of $135.00 Fraternally yours, per month he to devote full time to the F. E. Proex, affairs of the council, a secretary-treasurer, Press Secretary. who shall receive a salary of $40.00 per P. O. Box 405, Warren, R. I. month he to tal

I will probably be able to tell you who our L. 11. NO. 284, PrrTSFIELD, MASS. officers are in my next letter, I do not know all of the nominees at this time, as any and Editor: .all Local Unions affiliated with the council Local No. 284 was organized In Pitts­ can place in nomination any member of field, Mass., In June with about 30 charter the council, for the office of President, members. Secretary-Treasurer, and Finance Commit­ The following officers were elected: tee, and one member of their own district President, W. R. Ford. for E. B . member of their district, the Vice President, L. W. Kidney. greatest interest will be in the selection Financial Secretary and Treasurer, R. :iI. ot a pr esident, and secretary-treasurer. Illingworth. Our amended by-laws now call for a 20- Recordng Secretary, T . A. Butler. cent per capita tax per member per month Press Secretary, Perry S. Graffam. to be paid direct to the Secretary-Treas­ First Inspector, G. H. Graves. urer by all affiliated Local Unions. Second Inspector, G, Johnson. Now as to conditions in and around the Foreman, W. Niles. Bay Cities, there has been no change for the better since sending in my last letter. Trustees, C. H. Durant, W. Bradshaw All of the la rge corporations are verv slow. and H. W.' Ellis In starting any n ew work. We still have We wish to thank Brother Kavenn,. tor several Idle members and there are no im­ his assistance in bringing us together ill mediate signs of conditions getting any one of the best locals In the state. be tter for the outside members. L. U. No. We have presented a new wage agree­ 283 is progressing fairly well so far as or- ment before the New England Telephone

MEMBEBS OF LOCAL NO. 284, FITTSFIELD, MASS., LABOB DAY, 1916. ganizing goes. We have one or more candi­ and Telegraph Co. and through the etl'orta dates to install each meeting. Our meet­ of our President, W. R. Ford, we have ings are rather lively and especially when made remarkable progress. Brother 'Whitey Martin is present as he I also wish to state that we now have keeps everyone on the jump, as he is 61 m embers in our Local and 98 per cent awake to e \-ery question that comes before of the men are already enrolled. the me!'tlng. Labor Day we 'were in the Labor Day I wish to again call the attention of the parade and had 48 m e n in line. We pre­ NON-SUBSCRIBER to The Worker, that sented a neat appearance with white hats you are missing some very valuable in­ and canes. And our tIoat won first prize formation and I believe that if you knew for being the b est in line. It was to 11- how valuable the information is that you lustrate the idea of talking from Pittsfield would soon be a sub~('riber , to our solnier bo~'s in Mexico where we are To the editor and Press Secretaries, keep r epresented by Co. F, Mass. U. S. I, up the good work as each Issue of The In enclose two photos, showing the float Worker shows an improvement. and one showing Local No. 284. Wishing the 1. B. E. W. every success, I With success to the Brotherhood, I ant beg to remain, Fraternally yours. Fraternally yours, Hugh Murrin, Perry Graffam, Press Secretary. Press Secretary. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 121

L. 'U. N O. 347, DES MOINES, IOWA. quency, the tragic frequency, in which the wrong man enters office through the work­ Editor: ingman's vote, because of the fatal inertia Contrary to expectations, Labor Day was of his party belief and of his n ot under­ observed by the unionists of this city in a standing the candidate's political career, most splendid manner, with a monster pa­ not as given by the newspapers, but from rade and picnic. the industrial standpoint. In view of your commendable editorial in Organized labor has not in the past and last month's issue of The Worker, urging is not now asking favors of Congress, the all electrical workers to do their duty on president of the United States, or anyone that day, the day of a ll days, we were else; but does rightfully demand that it be hopeful of a good turnout from our own dealt with fairly. Now, has there ever local m embership, but apparently there was been a president in office yet who has done little attention paid to it here, as some of this. given us the fair consideration and our most prominent (?) members failed to treatment that we rightly deserve? Have show up for the parade, though they were we e,'er had a president who has h ad the in attendance at the picnic. n erve to fearlessly come out and say that Again I am pleased to report that all of a labor union's demands were reasonable? our members are employed at the present That the 8-hour law Is Inevitable, that so­ time: a lso that Brothers Harvey Penny and ciety demands it, a nd h e insists that the A. R. Bolen h ave again returned to our employee's demands be granted. Have we fold. ever had a president who has insisted of

FLOAT OF LOCAL NO. 284, PITTSFIELD, MASS.

The Comstock Electric Company has been Congress that legislation favorable to labor awarded the contract for the work on the be disposed of b efor e that body adjourns? new R egister and L eader building, which is Has not President Wilson done all of this now under construction, and our local and many m o r e things for labor that it President, R . O. Lynn, has b een selected has been clamoring for for the past decade? foreman for the same, which was in keep­ Do you stop to consider the many labor ing with their good business judgment. laws that have b een e nacted during his Mr. Editor, while I b ear In mind that term of office which were invariably side­ our journal Is not a political publication, tracked by other administrations? Great­ yet I am going to venture so far as to est among them b eing the child-labor law, take the liberty of writing a f ew words of the Clayton amendment to the anti-trust a ''trnly wonderful man," as I r eally b e­ law, and the Seaman's bill, which provides lieve the occasion warrants the same, and for the safety, comfort and freedom of sea­ as you are not held responsible for the m en, which was backed not only by the sea­ views expressed therein by the correspond­ m en's union , but the entire labor move­ ents, I trust you will let this by your m ent, but which was not passed for 22 blue pencil. years. .. "When will we trade unionist. reaUze It is n eedless to mention the well­ the tremendous possibWties of our groups known fact that he has done just w h at that are was ted through the reckless man_ labor has always plea ded for a president ner in which our votes are cast?" The fre- to do-"keep us out of war." It has b een 122 THE JOGRXAL OF ELECTH.IC.\L

,;aid that his I'ecent action in the railroad ing considered non-partisan and refers to dispute would be the cause of his defeat an individual ('andidate, and does not pro­ for re-election, as he had wilfully antago­ mote the interp!;ts of any political body. niz'!d the l:g intercsts by coming "lit flat­ The policy of not publishing partisan footed for the workers. Are the Ameri­ articles will not he changed. can workers going to permit such a rna'" to be d(,fcated when he has so clearly shown L. V. NO. 348, CALGARY, ALTA., CAN. by h;,; acts his favorable attitude towards them'! And surely thc workers have not Jo~ditor: so soon forgotten that his opponent, :\11'. Another month has almost gone cg-ain Hughes,_is the man who a few years back and it is nearly time we were getting drcw up the decision against the "L"nited husy if we want to see our letter in The Hatters of Xorth America in the State of ,,'orker next month. 'Yell, :lIr. Editor and Connecticut, whereby their homes were Brother!;, Xo. 348 is still on deck all ready taken away from them for boycotting un­ for anything that comes along. Our meet­ fair eoncerllS, and who was rightfully ings are being very well attended and the termed "Another injunction Taft." Has not Brothers are stirring things up in good :\11'. Hughes also clearly shown by his acts "hape so as to get in a bunch who are on his "unfavorable attitude toward labor?" the fence and several who have dropped Are you going to judge him by them and out, etc. 'Ve have decicled' to reduce the act accordingly? fee by opening the charter or some other "A dunce can criticise; a fool can tear means for a couple of months so as to line down. There is nothing more common or up these men. Results so far are fairly certain than human error and there is no satisfactory and we expect perhaps a dozen job easier than that of picking flaws in if rIOt more. anything or any creature." Yet every pres­ Times around this vicinity are about as idential campaign in our country (like usual as far as our line of work is con­ some of our I. B. E. W. Convention cam­ cerned. Xo rush but everybody working. paigns,) a country where the average of They are working on the last span of the intelligence is unusually high, seems to Center St. bridge and the Central Meth­ be "devoted to reckless crttcism, foolish odist Church is to be rebuilt so that will demolition of policies and characters, and mean a little work for some of the boys. the public exploitation of human mistakes The C. P. R. recently granted a two-cent and weaknesses." per hour increase to their men in the Me­ I really believe that if St. Peter him­ chanical Department as a result of the ne­ self were to run for president of these gotiations between the Federated Trades United States or (president of our grand and the company. They say this is the Brotherhood) he would have to be largely first time the Electrical Workers have on the defensive, and he would come taken part in the drawing up of a schedule through wondering, if he were not, indeed, with this company. Let us hope it is not a very close relative of the devil himself. by any means the last and that the said You ought to know what the campaign of Electrical Workers will have a stronger Mr. Hughes and his backers are to be,­ voice each time. it is to damn President ,Viis on for what The railroads of the country could all "human mistakes he may have made, it is do with a little organizing among our men to criticise, to tear down and to pick as the electrician is beginnng to be as im­ flaws." portant and as necessary as any other me­ Are you going to cast your vote for chanic and will be more important as time Hughes simply because you may be a Re­ goes on. publican when you know he has acted un­ We are all prone to knock the brother favorably toward your interests? who doesn't attend or fails to pay his dues, "This party stuff is a clean-cut skin etc., and so on, but seldom hand a bouquet game for the masses from one end to an­ to the fellow who shows up every meeting other." The Socialists have not had an night who is always ready to go on a com­ opportunity to show what they can do as mittee or do anything he can to help the yet; the Republicans skin you from the union and the good work along. waist line down; the Democrats skin you ,Ve have a goodly number in our Local from the waist line up, and the Progres­ and I know there is a lot in every Local sives, with their great cow boy herder have and they deserve to be encouraged, not by introduced a new method, they skin you electing them to office year after year but from the waist line both ways, while the by helping them out and best of all by fol­ Prohibition party stands to one side and lowing their example. refuses to give the "poor sufferer a drink As the editor himself has encouraged the while he is being skinned." Press Secretary to criticize and suggest Are you going to continue to be skinned improvements to our Journal I would like hv being divided on the party issues? to see him give us an article on Thrift or Have we not had enough bitter experi­ Saving among the individual members. It ences in the past by dOing this? Has not certainly must be a fine feeling to know the time arrived when we should see the that when you are suddenly thrown out of fatal errors of the past, change our system, a job that you have four or five hundred stand hy our friend" and defeat our ene­ simoleons that you have to spend before mie". by voting for the man regardless of the wife and kiddies go hungry and that his party affiliations? you don't have to knuckle down just yet. The above is not written with the de­ Seems to me that if every I. B. E. W. sire to offend anyone who may differ with member soal,ed away a reasonable pa.rt of the writer on this suhject, hut with the his or her hard earned kale a Defense honp. that if you agree. you will gP.t husy Fund would not be so very necessary. and disseminatf' the idea to all of those 'Ve would also stand a better chance to you may come in contact with. get what is coming to us since we would Reciprocity is a fundamental of our labor be more independent and less liable to back movp.ment. This being true, is it not our down if it should come to a shown down. solemn dutv to do all in our Dower to re­ Glad to see a letter from Xo. 222 this eleC't President Wilson? One m;J,y he criti­ month and I am !;ure no one in Xo. 348 h('­ cised for consuming the val un-hIe spaC'e of Iieves they are dead onps. or even asleep. our .Tournal on a political !;uhject, hut "if Now Edmonton and Lethhridge kindly step trade unionism Is to stant'..ardize our. llving, up, even if a Local is small or medium and monld our life principles, i1: must fake R;zed or IIlTg'e, there is no reason why we in all of life." shouldn't know they are on the joh. Fraternally, I am sure none ot fhe boys expect It H. H. Broach, literary cla"sic from the h:omrls of an ordi­ Editor's Xote: The puhli('ation of the nary wireman, but still a fellow can mak,! ahove was permitted on account of it he- a stab at it, that's whet I figure on an~'- \VORKERS AND OPERATORS. 123 way as long as I am in the official position that the 55 Local Unions and councils were of Press Secretary. represented by 15,000 marchers. The Our Labor Day celebration this year was women Trade Unionists were so much more to be held under the auspices of the in evidence this year that their appearance Trade and Labor Council. The Sportma1'l's and numbers were commented 01'1 from all Patriotic Association and the Military sides, among the most conspicuous of whom Sports Committee. There was to be .a were the telephone operators of Local parade but owing to the wet weather It l:nion 1a of Boston, who were commanded was cancelled, and do not know at present by Miss Mary A. Mahoney, President and whether it will be held later or not. The Miss Julia S. O'Conor, Vice President. athletic events were held indoors. Indica­ The telephone employees, members of tions were for a good turnout and a prof­ la, 104, 142, and 396 marched as a unit, in the order named, being led by Fogg's itable day for the Council and other parties Band. The Presidents, Miss Mary A. Ma­ involved. It is to be hoped that such will honey 1a; Tim Murphy 104; Jack Hession be the case in spite of the inclement (pro tem) 142; and Bill Bishop 396; who weather. marched in advance of an immence Amer­ Would like to say in reply to Bro. W. H. ican flag born jointly by the members of Chase, L. U. No. 18 that we have the li­ 1a and 396. cense system in vogue here in Calgary and 800 operators were pledged to march, but most of the boys think it is very good if were prevented by being ordered to report properly forced and adhered to. An elec­ for duty in anticipation of heavy traffic trician has to goo before an Examining which the threatened railroad strike would Board composed of representatives from the have caused. This was explained on a city, the men, and the contractors and pass huge placard carried by the operators. an examination before he can go to work. The weather was fine and the parade was The contractors have to have a Master's viewed by the Mayor, at the City Hall, the license. Would gladly give Bro. Chase or Governor at the Capitol and about 50,000 anyone else full particulars at any time. people on the four-mile line of march and Glad to hear so many new Loeals are at the finish we were all pleased and well being formed and that conditions of em­ satisfied with the apparent effect on the ployment are so good at present. Now is public. the time to goet busy, boys, and do what 11'1 my next letter 1 hope to give you we can. Make hay while the making's the results of our work in New England good. during the past year, until then, I am as Best regards to the Brotherhood from ever, No. 348. Fraternally yours, Yours fraternally, A. H. Nichols, W. G. A., Press Secretary, L. U. No. 396. Press Secretary. L. 'U. NO. 426, SIOl1X FALLS, S. D. L. 11. NO. 383, GILLESPDl, DoL. Editor: . Just a few lines to let you know that Editor: It has been some time since we have been the city of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., has or­ ganized a new local known as Local No. heard from but are sUI on the map. At 426, and has an enrollment of 35 members least we all were Labor Day, having 95 per not so bad for a new local, a1'ld each and cent of our members in parade. We have ever one of them a live wire it is a mixed quite a few 9ut of town members and most local of the linemen, inside wiremen and all responded to our call. Our new ban­ motion picture operators. We elected the ner floated very gracefully in the morn­ following officers who took their offices last ing breeze and almost everyone remarked Monday night, August 28: that our banner was the best. H. D. Minters, President. A prize of $25.00 was given for the best Chas. Bell, Vice President. percentage of any local. Chas. Scott, Financial Secretary. Some guy said we had no chance, two E. House, Recording Secretary. members failed to be present, so we lost Arthur Ha1'lson, Treasurer. to the painters who had 100 per cent pres- O. Davis, Foreman. A. O. Forchlict, Inspector. en~he Labor Day speech of our worthy G. F. Simons, Trustee (3 years). Brother and Vice President, J. P. Noonan, H. D. 'Vinters, Trustee (2 years). was listened to by all and greeted as the Ben Wallace, Trustee (1 year). best talk of the day, although John We are doing fine, and are getting most Mitchell and several other prominent speak­ of the men in here wishing the good will ers were present. of all or the locals, we remain yours, Bro. J. P. Noonan was in his old time C. S. Scott, Fin. Secy., mood just as happy and full of fun as a big L. U. No. 426. June bug on some fair lady's neck. All re­ port a very fine time; almost 3,000 persons L. 'U. NO. 446, MONROE, LA. in the parade, one mile long. Will close by saying we had our photos Editor: taken but Bro. J. P. Noonan was on his As my letter was too late to get in last way to deliver his address and did not get month's 'Vorker, I will try to pen a few him In the photo, but it just made that lines this month, hoping 1 am not too late old camera "crack and pop" to take care to be heard. Everything is running very of that bunch at that and the photogra­ smooth right now, nothing rushing. Bro. pher has never been the same since. I re­ A. B. Jones had to have his appendix. cut main, out a couple of weeks past. But I am glad Respectfully, to say Bro. Jones is up and able to walk Press Secretary, around again. Bro. Geo. Hooker tried to And a member who demands the label. be sick, but some friend of his from Arkansas come down here to see Geo and L. 'U. NO. 396, BOSTON, MASS. Geo got out of bed and has not been to bed since to be sick. Brothers, I can't Editor: swear what sex this friend was, as I did Labor Day has come and gone and with not see the friend only heard of them. its passing, the progress and preparedness Labor Day has come and gone. Everything of organized labor in Boston, ~![ass., was went off nicely. 'Ve had Kelly's Ba1'ld from impressively demonstrated by the character Vicksburg, Miss.. to play for us. Kelly's and attractiveness of the many anr.i varied Band is a union band and believe me they features and fioats, all of which were be­ sure know how to get music out of their comingly costumed and decorated. It is said instruments us for Kelly's hereafter. ,... t.:> ~

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TELEPHONE GIRLS AND ELECTRICAL WORKERS CARRYING FLAG. MlIII Julia S. O'Connor, Vice President of the Telephone Operators' Union at the head of a II'roup of members of the union a.nd electrical workers carrylnll' flag In the Labor Day parade. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 125

I would send our picture to the Worker, Since the Central Labor Union has been but they are not ready. Bro. K. B. Stewart's organized, which was last spring, there has wife made our banner for us and a nice been a little more interest shown among job she did. W'e all thank Sister Stewart the different local's although only about for the l'Iice job she did on our banner. one-half of them are affiliated with it. We Hooking Howell did the painting and a can't make some of them understand that swell job of painting it was too. There they should belong to the C. L. U., but we is no use to thank Hookey for we paid expect to get the most of them lined up· him. But any way we will thank him for soon. "\\'e had some picnic on Labor Day. letting us off as light as he did. the C. L. U. and the Big Four Brother­ If Brother Bill Williams happens to see hoods went together and we had a tine this, write to me. time. We have often wondered what has be­ Our good friend the Pennsylval'lia Rail­ come of Bro. Stookey and Smith? Where is road had to work all their shopmen on the Irishman? Labor Day and then closed down every Well, Brother, we have taken in two new shop a half day for a baseball game two members since last writing. I think the days later. I guess nobody need ask stationery engineers will organize soon. whether they are organized, there is only The teamsters has been talking organiz­ about one .in ten that is favorable to union ing for some time, but have not done it. labol', why, they call the trainmen hogs Yet, we hope soon to have every craft il'l and say they don't earn half the money Monroe organized. they get now. They are known a ll through Well, I will ring off as my wife says the State as scabs, and I suppose the supper is r eady and that sounds good to Pennsyl vania Railroad thought they me. Yours fraternally, would not have enough, so they went C. C. Sutherein. through the shops the week before Labor

MEMBEBS OF LOCAL UNION NO. 570, TUCSON, ARIZONA. Standing Left to Bight: M. Henderson, E. C. Bussell, Vice President; M. L. FeUx, N. Whltestone, L. Glnber, J. Henderson. Seated Left to Bight: E C. Walt, President; Y. B. Ogulne, P. E. Brann, Becording Secre_ tary; M. G. Arcs. L. U. NO. 457, ALTOONA, PA. Day and vaccinated a whole bunch of them. Some few thousand of the faithful ones Well, Brothers, I will try to give you a signed a petition to the President asking· few lines from Altoona for when I look at him to keep the Big Four from striking and the Journal I feel ashamed of the past he did it but not in the way in which that we have not had a letter in since the they expected. Brotherhoods have amalgamated. Work is Our picnic was a big success even if we pretty good here just now, but there is no didn't have the crowd we should have had. telling how long it will last. We are hav­ We had good speaking in the afternoon ing a hard time to keep our Local in exist­ and evenil,g and a nice sport program was ence, for they won't come to the meet­ put through in the afternoon. The only ings and when they won't come they soon part I don't like to tell is that the Brother­ lose interest, and then you can hardly drag hood of Railroad Trainmen baseball team dues out of them. If any of you kind­ beat our Central Local' Union team by the hearted corespondents have a recipe that scor e of 14 to 0, but we expect to come will bring them out to the meetings we back at them next year. would feel very grateful, and I don't sup­ I think I have spilled enough for this pose we would be the only local that could time and if this gets into print I will use it. promise Jlot to wait so long before I write 12G THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL

:tgain, gO with hest wisheR for all and recently. The C. of C. took this stand in for a bigger anu better }lrotilerhoou, I re­ a statement Augu~t 25, 1916: main "The plain iHHum; before the people of Fraternally, this dty to:iay on which the che.mber un­ G<:o. 'V. Woomer, qualiiiedly ,:ta1l(1); are 'law and order' and Itpcording- Hf!(~rt;tary. the nl~iiHt(~l:Ul1ee of the open shop."-Prcsi­ -,------u<:nt Ko~tt;l'. L. U. NO. 595, OAKLAND, CALIF. The lallOr l~l()Velnent of San li'rancisoo is stronger tod:lJi than ever before in its Editor: hi~t()l'~~. IJeHpite the onslaug'ht of the "\\-ork during the past tv;o months has COlnnlon t'l1(\lllY the IU .. boI' unions haye rnade 11een very good ana all of our memllers are recortl-hreddng- I'ro;;ress during the year 1m",.. "\\"e had a ('all for men from Loc:d HUlt l",~ j"Ht pa",,,etl. Great crowds at­ Xu. 0, ~an .f1~rullei~t'(J, in .... \.UMU~;t. SOUle tcndeu the L:lhor Day celebrations held in tn~..xelin~ brothers haye devoHited their both Oaldanu and San Francisco, as or­ «arcls with us and they ar" al;.;o \\·orking-. ganized la])or's Ims,,"cr to these would-be 'rile new' ll1arinu local ha:; lH:ell ol'ganizetl, union bu;.;t.el'(4. :\laso1' Holph of San Fran­ which I wrote about in the _\ugu;.;t Journ::!. cisco, in his Labor Day speech said. "I 'rIle number is I ... ocal Xu. ::7H. ~Iarine wire­ belie\"G in organized labor." "I prophesy men, with jurisdiction on the waterfront the failure of this open shop movement." and ship yards, in OaklalHl and San Fran­ "Have not the adversaries of organized ci1'co. It was installed by International labor sufficient lmowledge of history and Vice President L. C. Grasser August 21, human nature to tell them that what capi­ 1916, with 25 chart",· members and tal and organized society have most to headquarters in San Francisco. While fear is not the victories but the defeats of this new local takes a\\tty some of the organized labor?" jurisdiction of Locals Xo. un5 and Xo. 6, ,Ve all remember the struggles org-anb,ed who consented to allow the new marine labor had against the open shop in Stoelr­ local to be installeu, it is thou::;-ht by a ton, Cal., a few years ago, when Our broth­ majority of the members of our local that er, International Vice President Grasser, this will be in the intereRt of all electrical played an important part in handling every workers and organizeu labor in the ship dollar of the strike fund. On Augu;;t 14th, yards to help get the yarus fully organizeu. 1916, the Stockton Central Labor Council These men have been very hard to control and Buildig Trades Council of Sv"n Joaquin for many years in San Francisco and this County dedicated their new Labor Temple was the only course to take. At least the and held open house. Mayor Cullahan in members of Local Xo. 595 and No. 6 are an address among other things said: willing to give it a trial. Oaklanu is rap­ "I come to congratulate YOU upon your idly becoming a ship building centre; we establishment in this 'new home. It looks now have six ship yards and the Union like prosperity. Unmistakably, it is a Iron 'Vorks is building one of the largest sign· of progress. Thus you give proof to and most modern yards in the United the c.mmunity that there is in organized States on the Oakland Tidal Canal and ex­ labor in Stockton that spirit of energy and pect to build some battleships for the enterprise which makes for better and Government if they are successful in bid­ worthier things." ding for same. It is said one-sixth of all "Life is a great struggle. Life Is con­ the merchal'lt ships under construction in stant warfare. History records that man the United States at present are being in every age and under every condition built on the San Francisco Bay. sought association with his fellows, be­ Brother Frank Happy, one of our oldest cause be dared not stand alone. The un­ members, is laid up in the hospital. couth and untutored savage saw the ne­ Brother Jenkins run a nail in his foot and cessity for tribes. In fuedal times men is not able to work. Brother Lewis is to banded together to save themselves from go to the hospital for a delicate operation. aggression anu destruction. In these more And what you say about Paul Huber, who enlightened days men band themselves to­ went and got married. We all wish you gether for pretty much the same reason. a successful and happy matrimonial voy­ So it is a natural instinct and eompellinli\' age, Paul; next time don't forget the cigars impulse of humanity that draws men to­ when you show up down at the local with gether in a common cause. and this is why such a smile on your face. At our regular special called meeting held we have organized labor. It is important on September 6th $10 was voted to Local to note that no man of any consequence or No. 84 to aid them in their fight for better standing has ever denied the right of labor conditions in the South. We are with you or organize." and have our moral support as well. And for every fight that is waged against Six brothers of the new Local No. 257, the labor movement there will be erected shopmen, recently organized here, were a monument upon the battle field until the discharged from the WesterR Electric Co., workers are emancipated. shop located here. N'o reason was given Fratern'l.lly yours, for their lay-off, but we can all about A. E. Danielson, guess the cause. Press Secretary. A representative of W. A. Ives Manu­ facturing Co., manufacturers of the "l\lephisto" auger bits, visited our local L. l1. NO. 601, CBAMPAIGN_1TBBANA.. September 6th in the interest of Mephisto bits and the union label it bears. As he said this is the only factory making a bit Editor: that bears the label and which is not get­ As this is after Labor's biggest day in ting the proper support of orgal'lized labor the year will try and tell a few things that his factory will have to drop the label if we did here, but before I start to tell the they do not get better support. Our bits things on Labor Day, I want to say a few are furnished by the contractors and Local things about the local surroundings. For No. 595 will do all they can to get them to one thing we have all the Moving Picture buy the "::'\>lephisto." Operators here members of Local No. 601 Xo doubt, many of you have read a great and no I. A. T. S. E. wanted here, and the deal lately about the San Francisco Cham­ operators just got their new agreement ber of commerce declaring for the "Open signed up for one year from September I, shop" appointing a "law and order com­ 1916 to September I, 1917. which every­ mittee" and subscribing a million dollars thing in these two towns with this Local to advance the open shop and fight organ­ signed up and makes this a 100 per cent ized labor. And they are now dOing it Local. with the restaurant and culinary unions All the boys are busy as bees here and in San Francisco, who were locked out I only hope it will last all winter. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 127

We just lately forced an unfair firm to one of our light weights it was some com­ surrender its contract for one of the big bination. The parade started from West University bulldings here and turn It over Side Park at 10 :15 a. m. and passed over to a fair contractor in our own town. the the principa l business streets of Cham­ other firm was from out of town so we paign and Urbana finally ending at the fair are very highly pleased at this. grounds north of Urbana. now, brothers, our Labor Day celebration The men in the parade were met by their was a great success. The Labor Day pa­ wives and families with weil-filled baskets rade preparations for the big Labor Day and a pleasant day was spent viewing the parade in Champaign and Urbana began races. contests and listening to the good several months ago in fact about March l. speakers. Local Union No. 601 started work about Mary O·Reilly. of Chicago. the noted June 1. A Labor Day committee consist­ school teacher organizer was the principal ing of Brothers Lewis, Chairman Chandler speaker. Mathew ,Vall was on the speak­ and Martin were appointed. They madc ers' list but could not attend so the past arrangements for the suits. pennants and President of the Twin City Fede ration of last but n ot least the float. The suits con­ Labor. C. L. Kiser. spoke in his place. sisted of dark blue trousers. white shirt!'. Oh. yes. almost forgot the incident of blue neck tie and palm beach caps. All the line of march but will mention them the hoys made a fine appearance as they before closing. mar('hed behind the float. Thirty out of a Brothers L evick and Rock. although on membership of forty were able to be in the injured list appeared at the assembly tbe parade. point and with the aid of a cane apiece

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All honors and credit must be given to managed to hobble along with the boys for the committee for the way in which they a short distance In Champaign. Contractor handled their work. Kruse picked them up at First street and The float was a piece of art. The nation­ took them to Urbana In his machine. There al colors were artistically used. in w ell de­ they joined the parade again and marched signed shields, streamers and revolving to the fair grounds. Brothers Levick and wheels. The power of one small boy was Rock must be lauded for their undertaking. used to keep the wheels In motion. Al­ A broken knee cap is no fun. A big Ion ,< though we did not get a prize our float re­ freight train on the 1. C. R. R. cut the ceived many favorable comments and every parade In two and the front had to be member of No. 601 has a right to be proud halted for about ten minutes until the rest of the work of our committee. caught up. , Weil so much for the float and now a After all is said and done this was cer­ word about the parade Itself and some of tainly one of the greatest Labor Day cele­ the Incidents along the line of march. We brations that the Twin OIties of Eastern gathered at the West Side Park about 9 Illinois has ever had. a. m ,. Labor Day morning. A finer day Now, brothers, I will close and hope I could not have been chosen for the occa­ haven't tired you out reading the above sion. We were sixth In the line of march news. but all the boys here are very happy consisting of delegations from twenty labor over the big event. organizations In the twin cities. Bro. FI"1g 'With best wishes to all the Brother­ was awarded the honor of carrying the hood, I remain, banner. He had lots of fun trying to keep Fraternally yours, In step with the band. The wind was gusty. O. L. Welch, the banner was large and as Bro. Fleg Is Press Secretary. 12 THE JOUR. 'AL OF ELECTRICAL

L. U. NO. 609, SPOKANE, WASH. -just as though no agreem ent were In ex­ istence. Editor: When I was a kid the hogs used to root Before this appears in print the Bell through the fence and into the garden. agreement will have been accepted or re­ We put a bull pup on the j ob and after a jected. We have nothing to lose and much few mix-ups those hogs w e re mighty care­ to gain by r ej ecting it. ful which side of the f ence they were on. As It now stands It Is a pre tty poor It is wonderful the amount of pruden " ... proposition for the Brotherhood and a a hog will develop when there is a bull mighty fine thing for the company. Whe n pup in lhe offing with lhe decks cleared It Is to the company's advantage they wave and ready for action. (That kind of pre­ It like a bloody shirt, and when non-ob­ paredness is all right. Local No. 104.) servance gains them dollars the argument What we need Is a good bull pup. After don't cover the case at all. Oh, no! And a mixup or two Mother Bell's hogs will b e the y proceed to prove it-by quoting their mighty careful to stay on the right side own officials! of the fence. Of course the remedy Is a One thing Is certain: when the agree­ new fence and In this connection the re­ ment was drawn a lot was left out be­ cent proposition of No. 418 to stand only cause a recital of every possible case for a wage increase because the agreemen t would make it too long and the draftors now "works out so well" would be amusing felt that custom, prudence and an ordinary if It were not so serious. If Pasadena sense of fair play would dictate a course will swap officials with us we might ("on­ satisfactory to both parties. sider her proposition-but she must ablee

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However, a little thing like custom in advance not to prosecute us for gold­ doesn't bother the Bell. The mere fact bricking her. that they have always construed the agree­ The latest "interpretation" here leads ment In a certain way-as witness years the Bell to employ a grunt as head-gang­ of performance-In no wise prevents a new man-a man who has not worked at th" construction when such change works out business a month In his life. Their exeuse to their benefit. Not at all. They have WaS they needed a good "jack man." '1:he just mis-construed it before and are now boys naturally feel that 1"-a\'ing sUJ(ered correcting the mistake. Simple Isn't It? and bled to secure the scale, alld having And as for prudence and fair play our ",tuJ'ved through lean seasons, n·)w that quiet acceptance of Injustices has replaced there Is some work they are in all fairl\ess prudence with contempt, and fair play has entitled to get it. They are up In arms long since denied their acquaintanceship. about it and are demanding his disch ..,rg". In fact the company has taken the po­ If those responsible for this situation ap­ sition that in anything not SPECIFIC­ preciate its responsibilities they will ALLY mentioned in the agreement It is at "make it out" for their 'jack man"-the liberty to make new rules even when such while they sing "When shall we three rules seem to us to be In direct conflict meet again?" with the spirit of the agreement and con­ So No. 418 and other coast Locals lilease trary to what the framers thereof had in take notice. No. 609 wants a brand nc'" mind when such agreement was signed. 8l;'re<>ment, and if she doesn'~ gee it she Any such privilege can not Inure to one may conclude to make one al1 her (,wn to party alone, but must be mutual. The lo­ fit the conditions as they ~xls' here. cals have an equal right to make new rules Fraternally, or to dispute those made by the company D. P. Reid, WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 129

L. y. lifO. 669, SPBIl'iGFIELD. OJ[J:O. ~97 together have about S5 per cent of the electrical workers on the Isthmus en­ Editor: rolled and we are going after the other 15 At last I am able to do some writing. per cent with some prospects of success. Have been on the shelf for some time. We have a strong argument for organiza­ I have had a small vacation caused by the tion in the happenings of the last two small matter of colliding with a freight months and we are using it. The wages train with a motorcycle. I am able to paid on the Panama Canal are fixed by string wire and a few more things again. Congress to be not in excess of 25 per cent Will report for No. 669 that things are higher than those paid for similar work in in pretty good shape here. 'Ve are grad­ the United States. This has been inter­ ually gathered in the few stray wiremen. preted to mean, wages paid in navy yards Business has begun to wane a little bit and arsenals, operated by the Government. with the building season. This has been a which we find to be lower than those paid fine year. Springfield has at last been by other employers, more especially in the "blest" with some new and modern ho­ Building Trades. This appears to be an tels. We have some new buildings in our injustice and we are at a loss to account city which are fast nearing completion. for it. Perhaps some of the brothers who The Springfield City heads are install­ are employed in these various Navy Yards ing a new street lighting system here and and Arsenals could inform us on that mat­ am sorry to say the word, as us.ual in city ter. installations, has gone to unfl!-lr contrac­ Pana'!la is rather in the limel1ght these tors, hailing from out of the Clty. As for days wlth the protested Presidential elec­ the building construction work here every­ tions and the Japanese spy scare. The thing has been practically handled by or­ President-elect of the Panama ian Republic ganized workmen. has been accused of selling land, command­ Springfield has been held in the grip of ing the Pacific entrance to the Panama a great wave of organizatio!' ~ove!llents Canal, to a Spaniard who is the agent of a In the past few months, termlnatlng In the syndicate of Japanese Investors who it Is following results, better hours, better pay, claimed are buying with the intention of better conditions in all way!' and placi!,g turning the land over to the Japanese Gov­ our city in a better conditlOn of affalrs ernment, also, a Japanese fishing boat has than it has been for many years. The l;lig been accused of espionage, consisting of day "Labor Day" was a great success here plotting maps and marking channels of the this year. The Workers had a 100 per cent waters in and around the entrance to the turnout and received many compliments on Panama Canal on the Pacific side. Secre­ their fine appearance. We are fast earn­ tary of State Lansing and the officials of ing the honor of being a body of men the Canal are investigating both of these organized to promote the welfll:re of a~1 cases and undoubtedly both will be prop­ things pertaining to the electncal busl­ erly looked after. ness as well as for ourselves, thanks to Fraternally yours, our good officers and members. W. F. Lailu, Hoping to be able to report still more Press Secretary. progress next month I am Gatun Local No. 677, I. B. E. W. Yours fraternally, Walter Daley, Jr., L. V. lifO. 680, FOllfD DV LAC, WIS. Press Secretary. Editor: L. V. lifO.------677, GATVlIf, CAlirAL ZO:NJl, Am going to put in my oar again. Had a PAlirAMA. good time Labor Day. that is our Local and the others but myself being chairman of the program; well if any of you have Ed~~~d: employees of the Panama Canal ever been penalized with that position why and Panama Railroad Co. will not be enough said. Had no parade as had one obliged to pay for rent. light and fuel for latter part of July so didn't think it nec­ a year at least. the President i,;,sued an essary on account of expense. exeeutive order to that affect datmg from You see, our large Local of l\fusicians Julv 1, 1916. The wage board appointed here do not donate and charge us double by the Governor of the Panama ClI:nal, has time for hol1days, so we must go slow. madn a new wage schedule, effec~lVe July l\fade a nice fund for future use so are 1 1916 whieh takpn as a whole IS favor­ satisfied. ahle' to 'organizp.d labor, the inereases to the Will give you our conditions, 30c per Eleetrl('al Workers are as follows: hour and time and half for overtime and Hourly Men-4 eents per hour. 9 hours a day. It doesn't sound large but Monthlv Men-Maintenance men, $12.50 when you stop to consider we got only per month. $6 22c two and one-half years ago why it is Monthlv Men-High tension linemen, some improvement. pp,. month. Here is one thing I cannot understand, Monthlv Men - Switchboard operators being Deputy Organizer here for State (sllh-station), $12.50 per month. Federation receive considerable mall The credit for botb these important <)on­ and even our 'Vorker is the same. Al­ cessions is freely granted to o'."A"amzed ways demand the label. Label all the time. labor working through its offiClals at Just look through American Federaton Of­ Wasblngton. We wish to thank our In­ ficial Journal and see the scab goods ads. tprnational Officers for their part In this It doesn't seem very consistent and if It work, they acted promptly and efficiently looks that way to us why how must it and we 3.pprpclate it. " look to those who do the advertising. I The Panama Canal Employees Ass?cla­ believe it should be stopped. It seems as tion Is disbanded. They were not affiha~ed though we should have a department set with the A. F. of L., and after ~pendl.ng aside in ",Vorker for cities wanting men, ... hont $~O.OOO :;;olely on the honus m. whlch etc. thpv were entirely unsuccessful. deCided to No. 680 is still very much alive; have dishand. An organization has he en formpd now double the members we had a year hl'rp on thp 7,onp. to take its pIa!,,,, calle(1 ago and also wish to say our meeting the Federal Employees' '(rnion, wlth about nights are second and fourth l\Iondays, the same aims as the P. C. E. A.. The probably neglected to notify Bro. Ford. Fpdp.ral Employees' Union, however, IS "'_ Hoping brothers do not think me a filiated with the A. F. of I •. ,!-nd I!I to be chronic klckp.r as only want to be one­ congratulatp.d on at l('ast startmg right. sided, I remain, Gatun Local Xo. 677 is in thf' mfdo;t of a Fraternally, campaign to increase its membershlp and A. W. Resimlus, so far have done quite well. Nos. 677 and Press Secretary. 130 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 131

L. U. NO. 697, GARY. IND. JuO';t one more thing I would like to say and that is. \Ve here in Fort Wayne would l~~,rd in their pocket, the different stunts they will pull off in a different jurisdiction. L. U. NO. SA, BOS'3:'ON, MASS. Now for instance, there is a job here in ('111' territory and the contract is held by Editor: a Chicago man who runs every time he The long lull of activities during hot '"ees our Business Agent and gets his men weather is nearly over, and in another (two worthy brothers of No. 134) into a couple of weeks we expect to settle down machine and beat it back to Chicago. Our once more to the routine business of our Business Agent has run four different men Local. from No. 134 out who persist in working in We held but one meeting since last our jurisdiction when we have men of our month's letter and that a very brief one, so own here to take care of all work around there is little to comment on at this writ­ hp,.e. There is entirely too many card men ing. al"'d not enough with principles. Any member of a labor union in Boston Fraternally yours, must have thrilled with pride last Monday W. H. P., at the magnificent turnout of Labor's hosts Press Secretary. in the greatest Labor Day parade in years. 'l'hose who n~arched through our streets under the gaze of the countless thousands L. U. NO. 723, FORT WAYNE, IND. made a most favorable impression, and must have enlightened many a pnrson Editor: whose measure of organized labor had been At our recent election of officers we 1':;­ anarchy and ignorance. All too many. elected Brothers J. Coolican and Z. Miller even today when men and women in every to the chair and Vice presidency again as occupation gladly seek its protection, so we felt that our Local was doing some­ regard it. thing during their other term in office. \Ve What a quiclc change would be wrought also re-elected Brother Beulow as our for the betterment of the masses if every Financial Secretary and Evans as Treas­ worker could be marle to realize that or­ urer, and Bro. L. Smith Recording Secre­ ganization is the mip'htiest weapon in the tary and of course I was elected as Press universe, and that the greatest comhina­ Secretary. tions of capital might be at the mer.,y of I will tell you of a few things we have the toilers instead of the crushing fJrce done since we organized Sept. 27, 1912. \Ve held over so many. naturally lost a little time through strikes, Fraternally yours, but we made up a lot of it since. Mary E. Lynch, In 1912 we were getting $2.50 per day of Press Secretary. 9 hours; in 1913 we made a 25 cents per day gain; in 1914 we did not gain any but in 1915-'16 we did. We at the Municipal plant are now getting $3.37% per day with IT ISN'T YOUR TOWN-IT'S YOU. a closed shop, and believe me we make those member" that are slow paying dues, step some. The boys with the Traction If you want to live in the kind of a toWI'l. Co. are getting- $2.95 for 9 hours day and That's the kind of a town you like, are also handling 4,400 volts, while we at You needn't slip your clothes in a grip the Mllniripal are handling 2,300. Ro if there is any brother who favors And start on a long weary hike. private interests he wants to get that out of his head and do all he can for public You'll find elsewhere what you left be­ ownership as it pays in the long run. By tpe way how many of the brothers hind, are getting The Worker, 1. e., subscribe For there's nothing that's really new. for it and spend a measley 25c. Tp"re It's a knock at yourself when you knock are "orne tn our local wpo do not want The your town: Worker lmt I guess they cannot read~ Most of them spend hundrpds of quart",.s It isn't your town-it's you. for' h<>er that they nroh~.hly hann't onght " to drink, but can't subscribe for The Work- Real towns are not made by men afraid erny the heel' proposition I do not mean Lest somebody else gets ahead; thev "hould not drink any beer, but mod­ When everyone works and nobody shirks er:-t,..lv. You can raise a town from the dead. Rome time ago our Loral voted for a La­ bor Dav parnde but the Central body is not /,"oing- to have a parade ju .. t a pi~in~ and And if while you make your personal horne races. f'te.. a good time fnr all. stake Ne' t m,I:·]- is the c r:lVentton Jf the Indi­ ana Rtate Fedeatlon of Labor and I would Your neighbor can make one too, like to p.o. I was there IRSt year and got Your town will be what you want to see: a neat little trimming. if I gO again I ex­ It isn't your town-it's you. pert tn win on several am~ndments to our Constitution as we need them bad. Organizer T. E. Lee. THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL Elementary lessons in Electricity and Magnetism

(Continued from last issue.) cule has its constituent atoms pointing In (j.) ",,'here the ions are gases, pressure a certain direc:tion; the atom of electro­ affects the conditions but slightly. "Cnder pOfiitive substance being attracted toward 300 atmospheres acidulated water is still the Imthode, and the fellow atom of elec­ electroylsed; but in certain cases a layer tronegative substance being attracted tow­ of acid so dense as not to conduct col· anI the anode. (This assumes the con­ lects at the anode and stops the current. stituent atoms grouped in the molecule (k.) The chemical work done by a cur­ to retain their individual electric prop­ rent in an electrolytic cell is proportional elties.) The diagram of Fig. 158 shows, to the minimU1n electromotive-force of in the case of Hydrochloric Acid, a row polarisation. of molecules 1, 1, at first distributed at (I.) Although the electromotive-force of random, and secondly (as at 2, 2,) polarisation may exceed this minimum, grouped in a chain as described. The the work done by the current in over­ action which Grotthuss then supposes to coming this surplus electromotive·force take place is that an interchange of part­ will not appear as chemical work, for no ners goes on between the separate atoms more of the ion will be liberated; but it will appear as an additional quantity of heat (or "local heat") developed in the f' '\ electrolytic cell. B (m.) Ohm's law holds good for elec­ trolytic conduction. (n.) Amongst the secondary actions which may occur the following are the chief:-(1.) The ions may themselves d~compose; as SO, into SOa + O. (2.) The ions may react on the electrodes; as when acidulated water is electrolysed between zinc electrodes, no oxygen being liberated, owing to the affinity of zinc Fig. 158. for oxygen. (3.) The ions may be lib­ all along the line, each H atom uniting erated in an abnormal state. Thus with the CI atom belonging to the neigh­ oxygen is frequently liberated in its allo­ bouring molecule, a + half molecule of tropic condition as ozone, particularly hydrogen being liberated at the kathode, when permanganates are electrolysed. and a - half molecule of chlorine at the The "nascent" hydrogen liberated by the anode. This action would leave the mole­ electrolysis of dilute acid has peculiary cules as in 3, 3, and WOUld, when repeated, ' active chemical properties. So also the result in a double migration of hydrogen metals are sometimes deposited abnor­ atoms in one direction and of chlorine mally: copper in a black pulverulent atoms in the other, the free atoms ap­ film; antimony in roundish gray masses pearing only at the electrodes, and every (from the terchloride solution) which atom so liberated discharging a certain possess a curious explosive property, etc. definite minute charge of electricity upon 418. Hypotheses of Grotthuss and of the electrode where it was liberated.' Clausius.-A complete theory of elec­ Clausius has sought to bring the ideas trolysis must explain - firstly, the of Grotthuss into conformity with the transfer of electricity, and, secondly, modern kinetic hypothesis of the consti­ the transfer of matter, through the tution of liquids. Accordingly, we are to liquid of the cell. The latter point is suppose that in the usual state of a liquid the one to which most attention has been the molecules are always in movement, given, since the "migration of the ions" gliding about amongst one another, and (i.e_ their transfer through the liquid) their constituent atoms are also in move­ in two opposite directions, and their ap­ ment, and are continually separating and pearance at the electrodes only, are salient recombining into similar groups, their facts. movements taking place in all possible The hypothesis put forward in 1805 by directions throughout the liquid. But Grotthuss serves fairly, when stated in under the influence of an electromotiv& accordance with modern terms, to explain force these actions are controlled in diTeo­ these facts. Grotthuss supposes that, tion, so that when, in the course of the when two metal plates at different poten­ usual movements, an atom separates from tials are placed in a cell, the first effect a group it tellils to move either toward p; oduced in the liquid is that the mole­ the anode or kathode; and if the electro­ cules of tlle liquid arrange themselves in motive force in question be powerful innumerable chains, in which every mole- enough to prevent recombination, these \VORKERS A~D OPERATORS. 133

atoms will be permanently separated, and at the present day to reproduce repousse will accumUlate around the electrodes. and chased ornament and other works of This theOI y has the advantage of ac­ art in facsimile, and to multiply copies counting for a fact easily observed, that of wood blocks for printing. Almost all an electromotive force less than the mini­ the illustrations in this book, for example, mum which is needed to effect complete are printed from electrotype copies, and electrolysis may send a feeble current not from the orginial wood blocks, which through an electrolyte for a limit.ed time, would not wear so well. until the opposing electromotive force has reached an ·equal value. Helmholtz, 421. Electroplating.-In 1801 Wollaston who has given the name of electrolytic observed that a piece of silver, connected convention to this phenomenon of partial with a more positive metal, became electrolysis, assumes that it takes place coated with copper when put into a solu­ by the agency of uncombined atoms pre­ tion of copper. In 1805 Brugnatelli viously existing in the liquid. This as­ gilded two silver medals by making them sumption is vi! tuaBy included in the the kathodes of a cell containing a solu­ kinetic hYllJ)thesis of Clausius. tion of gold. Messrs. Elkington, about the year 1840, introduced the commercial processes of electroplating. In these 419. Electrometallurgy.-The applica­ processes a baser metal, such as German tions of electro-chemistry to the indus­ silver (an alloy of zinc, copper, and tries are threefold. Firstly, to the reduc­ tion of metals from SOlutions of their nickel) is covered with a thin film of ores, a process too costly for general ap­ silver or gold, the solutions employed plication, but one useful in the accurate being, for electro-gilding, the double assay of certain ores, as, for example, of cyanide of gold and potassium, and for electro-silvering copper; secondly, to the copying of types, the double cyanide of plaster casts, and metal-work by kathode silver and potassium. deposits of metal; thirdly, to the covering Fig. 159 shows a battery and a plating­ of objects made of baser metal with a vat containing the silver solution. From thin film of another metal, such as gold, the anode is hung a plate of metallic silver, or nickel. All these operations silver which dissolves into the liquid. To are included under the general term of the kathode are suspended the spoons, electrometallurgy. forks, or other articles which are to re­ ceive a coating of silver. The addition 420. Electrotyping.-In 1836 De La Rue of a minute trace of bisulphide of carbon observed that in a Daniell's cell the cop­ to the solution caUSes the deposited per deposited out of the solution upon metal to have a bright surface. If the the copper plate which served as a pole current is too strong, and the deposition took the exact impress of the plate, even too rapid, the deposited metal is grayish to the scratches upon it. In 1839 Jacobi and crystalline. in St. Petersburg, Spencer in Liverpool, In Silvering or gilding objects of iron and Jordan in London, independently it is usual first to plate them with a developed out of this fact a method of thin coating of copper. In gilding base obtaining, by the electrolysis of copper, metals, such as pewter, they are usually impressions (in reversed relief) of coins, first copper-coated. The gilding of the stereotype plates, and ornaments. A fur­ insides of jugs and cups is effected by ther improvement, due to Murray, was filling the jug. or cup wIth the gilding the employment of moulds of plaster or solution, and suspendillg In it an anode wax, coated with a film of plumbago in of gold, the vessel itself being connected order to provide a conducting surface to the - pole of the battery. upon which the deposit could be made. Jacobi gave to the process the name of ga/vano·plastic, a term generally aband­ oned in favour of the term electrotyping or electrotype process. Electrotypes of copper are easily made .. by hanging a suitable mould in cell con­ taining a saturated solution of sulphate of copper, and passing a current of a battery through the cell, the mould being the kathode; a plate of copper being em· ployed as an anode, dissolving gradually Fig. 159. into the liquid at a rate exactly equal to the rate of deposition at the kathode. Instead of a battery a thermo-electric This use of a separate battery is more generator (Art. 384), or a dynamo-elec­ convenient than produ.:mg the electro­ tric generator (Art. 408), is now fre­ types in the actual cell of a Daniell's quently employed. battery. The process is largely employed (Continued in next issue.) 131 TIlE J0l,;RXAL OF ELECTRICAL LOCAL UNION DIRECTORY

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(i)I'~t. LOllis, llo.•••• I':. O. Rnhm ...... '2:'6 Y","TIlont AYe. Hubert Morrisson,. "553 Garfield A'·e •• 2661 LOlust Rt. .... ll':very Tuesday. (1)2 "t. LOllis, l!o..•.• ". L. Kcll'lall ....• :,LZ;U Hpl,,", a st ..• !. A. Gillson ••..•• 1'1 ~ .•I"I! A'·e .... 2714 Olive St..•••• Every Friday. (1)4 Xew Orleans, La.., Paul Radelet .••••.. ;14ill X. Hobertson. O. Larri<:!< .•.•.••.. ,2362 Luurel St., Maeabees Hall ••••• ' 2d & 4th Wed. I ' i , . I are Jas Howley , • (i)5 "jttslmrgh. I'a..••• ''J. P. Gordan .•.... 607 W.hsh·r Ave .. .'S. D. young ...... '209 ~!d:l'agh Bldg. ~!eOeaa;h Bldg ..•.. , Every Friday. (i)6 San .·rafl(·isoo •.••• A. Elken ....••••... 200 (;ul'rrero St .••. P. A. Clitfor" .•.•• 21"0 (:uprrl'ro St •••• Bldg. Tr'des Temp.'Every Wed. (;)7 "prillufield. Mas8 .• ,Erbert Ayers ...... ,8 Adams St...... J. A. Beauc·herni" .. ·Sl J>YIII'lWII St ..... Colonial Bldg...... EYery Monday. (i)8 Tol .. ,lo. 0 ...... '11. (:illll;" ...... 122, Eo ll:lIl~roft St. Gus Strub ...... ::l369 J'arkwoorl AwSwiss Hall. ••.••.•. Every Monday. (1)9 "hkH!,:O, m...... 1A. M. Parish .••••• .! 1(107 X. Larurnie Av. L. M. Fee ...... 2203 W. ~!onroe St. 5 S. Sangamon St. Every Frirlay. (m)IO 1I1I11(lr. PH .•.•••••.'J. T. Schaeffer ..... /' Box 533 ...... :E. A. Reed ...... 211 IV. Diamond ••. !Unit'd Lab'r Coun. 1st & 3rl Thurs. (m)121'"",.lo. Colo...... IV. L. Xelson ..•.. Il"x 70 ...... •... . t. C. Burford ..... 1Box 70 ...... 1'3d & Santa Fe ..... Every Friday.• (m)l31'o",r. N. J .•.••••• IV. B. Maher ...... , to ~!::rtle .~ve ..; .. ;!lalph F,·rguson ...• '1 Hudson St...... Labor Temple ..... ,2'1. & 4th }'ri. (1)14 I'Itt8burgh, pa.•••. E. L. Huey ••••••... /1514 Franklm, N.S.'O. A. Stockdale .... 'Box 221, Dravos.,2d Floor, 607 web·IFnday. I. . T I I bllrg, Pa. ste! Ave. (1)18 I""'''y CIty, N. J."C. FIsher ...... 147 New York Ave.,ll. Haggstrom ..... ,H31 3d Ave., New 642 Newark Ave .... 2d & 4th Tues. 1 j / . 1 York, N. Y. , (1)lt F.vDnRvlJle, [nd••••• I R.x Casen ...... ,1120 F.. Maryland .. J. O. Bnll ...••.•.. ,f.04 4th Ave ...... 306 Up Ist ...... ,lwery Monday. (l)l7 Detroit, Mich...... , D D. McRay .••.• ,307 (old) Tel. Bldg. John E. Packard .•. '367 High West ..... !. O. 0 F. Rail, Every Sat.

. i ,.!. ['. 1 • i T 112 R,an~~!ph St.! (1)18 Oklahoma C,ty ..•. E. FIsher ...... ,SOO'I.J W. 4th St..", B. B. Butterworth.,. filS );. Shartel St .. 128Yz \\. G,tlIU]. ••• ,Every Tu~sday. (1)20 '(e~ York. l". Y.... Tohn (;rahnm •.••.. /382 Wadsworth Av. J9seph E. I.leuley .. ,~O E..134th St .•.. 1?4 54th St. E ...... E\"~ry Friday. (1)21 Plnl.,lellJhia, Pa. •• ,H. Blackdore ...... 1\\. T. McKmney •.. WestvIlle, N. J .... NW. cor. 10th &,F"day. I I I / Buttonwood Rts.i 22 Omaha. Nehr..••••. 'f'IYlle Housh ..•.... IP. O. Box 638 ...... ,0. Lawson ...... 137 Cedar St .••.•. Continental B1dg.,'Every Wed. (!)23 "t: Paul, Minn ..• " ,'. O. Cooper ...... ;42 W. Colle!;"e Ave.:Leo Mit<:hell ...... \225 St. Anthony A,;1. O. O. ~. Blllg.ilst & 311 Thurs. (1)24 Ymne. & St. Paul.h!. S. Cm·er ••••••.. ,1509 Mal'gaTlte, St./Harry RIdge ••••••. ,928 6th Ave., S.O 0 I u m b 1 a Hall,,2!l & 4th Thurs. I Paul 1 Minneap., Minn.. Midway I (!)25 T~rre. flante, Ind ... Wm. C.a"eMine .•• "/1508 S. ~d St .•••••. J. D. A~ers ...... 215 N. 13th ..• ; .... 624'h Wa~ash Rt .. 1st & 3,1 Wed. (1)2ft \\ ,,~hlTlgton, D.O•. F.dw. NothnageL ... 110 R St. NE ...... B. A.. 0 Le.ry •.••• 1102 L St. NW .... 407 lOth ~t. NW •• Every Thura. (1)27 naltimore, Md .•••. 1':. C. Wilkinson ... 501 Arlington Ave.,J. A. Connelly ..... iI728 N. Bond St .• 307 E. Fayette .... 2d & 4th Man. 1 Govans. Md (1)28 !!H.ltimore. Md ...... Thomas Gn.npll ... 1616 E. Lam'ale St. Geo. H. Neuk?mm. 1739 Homestead St.502 E. Fnyette .••• 211 & 4t~ Thurs. (m)2V I renton, N. J .•••• 'Iwm. A. Forrest .. 528 Ingham St.... E. F. WetzHtme ••. Yardley, Pa...... Broad & Front .•.. Every 'Iuesday. 301'.:';p, I'a ....••••••• I.. W. Cull...... I 614 Poplar St..... mke Brennan ..... 131 E. 4th Ht ...... ,C L. U. Hall ...... ~ (m)31:1l~lluth, Minn ..•••• Wm. MOFa,(,(en .... /54th ~ve.E.& TiogalWm. Murnian ...... S09 E. 3d 8t...... /416 W. Super!or SI 1st & 3d Fri. (m)321.Ima, Ohlo ...... •. :R. D. Routson ..... S23 Weal!o .. k Ave .. ,Thos. ~lullen ...... i613 W. Wayne Rt 219% S. Mam St Monday. 33 ~"w. Castle, Pa .••. IC1lestpr H. Smith.'I~OI E .. Waskington;Chester H. Smith.·liOI E. Washington 19 E Washington .. 2.,( & last Tues. (1)34 I POTlll. 1lI ...... r.eo. M. Ake':"';"'11/31 Lm('Oln Ave .. L. Morgenstern .... ?16 Thrush Ave .... j411 Fulton St...... ~:very ,\h!-,rs. (m)35 1.I,,,rt!ord. Con~ .••• ILeon.rd J. \\Yhe •. ,2~ Asylum St .••••. iChas: A. Kennedy-:25 AS~'lum St ..... ,25 Asylum ...... ~~.ry Fnday. (m)36 s.al·ralll~nt? Cal.. .,.Tas. O. Langan .... 6.8 1,4th St ...... ',:,1. No?nan ...... ',1120 20th St .••••.• jl,.bor Temple ~, ..ry Th!,rs. 37 Ne", IIT1tam. Conn. Fl. L. Car(,enter •. '237 Elm St...••... L. O"ffith ..•.•••.. 610 Arl·h St ...... ,114 Arch St ...... 1st & 3d 'Ihurs. (i)38 ('Iewlund, Ohio •••. I.T. W. Hart...... 1502 Superior Bldg.!.1. A. Oroves ...•.•• i502 Superior B1dg.'1120 Prospect St .. Every Thura. SO/Cleveland, Ohio ....!J. M. Smith ...... ' ...... Hennan Derolph ... I Ar('h Hall, 2358 On·IArch Hall •••••••••. E,-ery Thurs. to rio I . (ll!)40I·St. Jo"ep~, Mo ...... ; ...... ,' ...... O. B. ~lIis ...... 2115 S. 22rl St ...... (1)41, Buffalo. N. Y .••••• E. C. Fmk .•••.•••. 19 ,Tosle Place ..... G. C. Kmg ..•••••.. 119 Woverly 8t .... 1270 Bro.dway •••••• 2d & 4th ~es. (1)42 Cti"a, N. Y••.••••• Wm. Gatpley .•.•.. 1008 Nichols St ... Wm. Zeiter...... 1018 (1eorge PJ.. •• 'Labor Temple ...... 18t & 3d FrI. (i)43,Sy racuse, N. Y... Oeo. F. Bates ..... Box 416 ...... Robert Kavanaugh. Box 109, Liverpool,/, Labor HaIL •...... Every Friday. N. Y. (I)44,Ro,·he.ter, N. Y .•• F. Miller ...... 376 O~!",on Ave .....r. COnlon ...... 53 Pansy St •••••.. /M.ln & Sw.n .•.•. I.t & 3<1 Fri. (I)45Uuffalo. N. Y.••••• F. H. Lamme ...... 1165 Nla!l'ora St ••.. W. R. MeLean .... 222 Flo"" A'·e ...... Wash .• Goodell St•.. 2,1 & 4th Sat. (i)46 Seuttlp, Wash.••••• Wm. Elherts ...... Rm.319 Lab. Temp. L. Bertsch ...... Rm.319 Lab. Temp. Labor Temple ..... Every Tuesday. (m)47 Sioux City, la••••• F. T. CroC"htt ..••. Box 102 ..•.•••••.•. O. F. Conlin ...... 715 W. St ...... M2 5th St...... Every Tuesday. 48 l'ortl3n

! / . & I I " 8 '00 p. m. (mlft7 Quincy, 111...... R. J. Flotkoetter •• 628 N. 12th St.. ••• Fred Mo .. ner •••••• 139% X. 12th St ... 'Trades Labor Ron 2d & 4th Mon. (068 nl'nver, Colo .••••• ID. K. Miller ...... 61 Elati St ...... E. S. Han·kina ••••• 26 S. sherman St.. ISI7 Lawren("~ St .. F.very Mon. (mlS.DaIIas, TeI ...... E. A. Oroll ••••••• "P. O. Box 827 ...... J. P. COnner ...... P. O. Box 827 •••••. Labor Temple ••••• iEvery Tues. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 135

L.U. I Location. Rec. Sec'y. Address. Fin. Sec'y. Address. Meeting Place. I Yeeting Date. 1 (m)70 0ripple Or'k, Oolo.IA. A. Hamnett ..• IBox 282 .••••••••••• \A. A. Hamnett•••• Box 282 •••••••••••• 1116 S. 2d St .•••••• 2d &; 4th Thur. (i)71 Volumbus, 0 •••••• Otto Gerholt! ...... 1Mi4 i:i. High St.... O. O. Gilbert .••.•• ;HI i:i. 5th i:it ..•••. ~I"" N. Front St ... Every Friday. (i)72 Waco, Tex ..•.•••• F. B. Womack ..•• IBox 814 •••..••••..• Olaud Doyle ••••••• P. O. BOll 814 •••• 4th &; Austin ..•••• 2d &; 4th Hon. (1)73 i:ivokane, Wash •••• tlo. J. Scoville ••••• IBox 635 ..•••.•.••••. 0. R. Marat ••••••. 514 Hyde Bll<. or, •••••••••••••••••••• 1st &; 2d Mon. 1 Bolt 635. I (rr)74 Danville, Ill •••. '" O. P. Burchan •••• 923 N. Jackson .... H. Sager •••••••••• 15 lJIinoi., Sta. B. :15 Illinois Ave •.••• 1st & 3d Thurs. (1)75 Gr'd Rapids, Mich. Wm. J. O'Brien .•• 135 Straight SW •.. Chas. Anderson .•. ;a6 Oakdale •••••• 'Ioaks & Division ••• Every Friday. (il76 Tacoma, Wash •••• Carl Gethes ••••••• 5439 S. Sheridan R. D. O'Neil •••••• 5642 S. K St •••••• K. P. Temple .•••• 1st & 3d Fri. • (1)77 ISeattle, Wash .•••• Harold Forrest•••• \LaborSt. Temple••••• W. F. DeLaney •.•. Labor Temple ••••• I,abor Temple••••• E?ery Monday. (cs)78 Cleveland, 0 ••••••• E. ~'. Mr:Mamenug .411 Cedar Ave •... Leo A. Oonnors .•• 1178 E. 84th St ••• ,Superior Bldg ••••• Every Tues. (1)79 Syracuse, N. Y •••••Joseph Bennett .•• i Seymour St •••... Benj. Rothwell •••• 305 Herkimer St .• ~lyers Hall .•..••. Fridays. (m)80 NOrfolk, Va•.• , ••• H. J. Kraemer •••• 1907 Oountz st., r. J. Gates •••• '" P.O. Box 232, Nor- Ohurch 8t ••••••••. Wednesdays. • Portsmouth, Va. folk, Va. (m)81 ;,cranton, Pa •••••• Louis Leach ••••••• 615 3d St., Dun- 10hn Oampbell .••• Hickory St., Seran- 123 Penn. AYe ••••• 1st &; 3d Mou. more, Pa. ton, Pa. I (1)82 1 Dayton, 0 ••••••••• H. L. Spicer .•.••. 676 S. Main ..•..••. .\. Wall •••••••••••• 1911 E. Richard St Main &; Wash .••••. Every Toes. (m)M ~tJanta Ga •••••••• H. E. Herd •••••••• 27 Inman Ave ••••• J. L. Oarver••••••• 110x 669 .•.••.•••••. 86 Oentral Ave •••• Every Friday. (8)85 'lchenectady, N. Y. Geo. Gormley •••.•• 708 Crane St ...... O. V. Platto.•••••• 130 Front St •••.•. 240 State •••••••••• ETery Friday. 86 Ro<'hester. N. Y •• (leo. Ballinger..... 44 Wilmington St. .\. L. Knauf •••••• 34 Wilmington St. 95 E. Main •••••••• Ev. other Wed. (m)88 Ohillicothe, 0 .•.•. Edw. Jackson ••••• 95¥" E. 2d ••••••••• A. Wachenschwam. 343 N. Higb St •••. Merkle Bldg..•.••. 2d Tuea. '" 4th Wed. (m)89 Orawf'dsville, Ind. Frank Prelst •••.•• R. R. No. 10 •.•••• Will S. Mayer •••• Box 186 .•.••••••.•• Rm. 13 K. of P.2d & 4th Thur. Bldg., Market Washington. (m)90 New Haven, Oonn. Wm. Dedrick •••••• 365 Whalley Ave •• B. Weymer ••..•••• 10 Hulbert St ••••••8 Poll Bldg •••••• ·tuesday. (m)91 IBroW!'wood, Tex •• R. H. Harward ..•• 1207 Vincent St •.• R. H. Harward •••• 1207 ~incent St ••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••• (m)93 E. Ln'erpool, 0 ... Oscar J. Kommel. 118 W. 3d St .••••• I. R. Herron .••••• 813 Lmcoln Ave ..•.••.••••••••••••••••.•.....••••••••• (m)94 Kewanee, Ill .••••.• Ernest J. Ford .•.• 712 E. 9th St .••••• Ernest J. Ford •••• 712 E. 9th St •••••..•....•.••••.•••••• 1st Thurs. (m)95 Joplin, Mo •.•.••••• AI. W. Greninger. 420 Gray Ave •••.•...... ••...... •.••••....•...... ••...••• 118 W. 6th St ••••. Every Friday. (m)96 Worcester, Mas •.• W. P. Gannon .••• 419 Main St .•••••• O. O. McKinstry •. 119 Main St ••••••• 419 Main St •••.•.•• Every Mon. (1)97 Waco, Tex •••••••• R. G. Oaldwell .•• Box 1124 ...•..•.... T. F. Gray •••••••• 1737 Clay St ••••••• 104¥" S. 4th St ••• Every Friday. (i)98 Philadelphia, Pa •• J. P. Meade •.•..•• 104 N. 15th St ••••• E. B. Ooleman •••• 104 N. 15th St •••• Broad & Oherry •• Every Tues. (1)99 Providence, R. I.. Chas. F. Smith .•• 33 East St ••••.•••• Geo. H. Thurston. 41 Whitter Ave ... 72 Weyloosset ..••.. Every Monday. (1)100 Fresno, Cal. •••••• E. M. Bills .••••••• 330 Callisch St. " O. R. Rus.ell ••••. ZI2 Valeria St ••••• 1139 Eye St••••••• Every Tues. (I)IOIICincinnati, 0 ...•. Ben Lloyd ..•.••••• 133 Lyon St ••••.•• A. J. Stayton ••••• 1629 Herbert Ave •• 1313 Vine St .•...•. ~d & 4th Wed. (i)102 Paterson, N. J •••• Robt. Sigler•.•. '" 154 Straight St ••• .\Ivin Burnett ••••• 552 Lexington AY., 359 VanHouten St. Every Thurs. Clifton, N. J "'" (l)103IBoston, Mas •.••••• J. W O'Donnell ..• 987 Washington St. F. L. Kelley ••••••• 95 Beacon St., ~7 Washington St. Every Wed. Hyde Park, Mass. (m)104 BostOJl, Ma.s••.••• Edg3!r A. Locke ..• 16 Ouba St., Wat- J. H. Mahoney •••• 45 Cedar St., Oam- 987 Washington St. Every Wed. ertown, Mass. bridge, Mass. (i)105Hamilton, Ont., O. IA. Boonel ....•..... 40 Main St., W. '" Wm. Pedder•••••• IO New St ••••••••• 22¥" John St. 8 ••• 2d & 4th Wed. (m)l06/Jamestown, NY.. S. O. Keller •.•.... 55 Cowden Place .. Hobt. II. Ingalsbe.30 Spruce St .••••. 9 W. 3d St ..•••••• Alternate Mon. (i)107 Gr'd Rapids, Mich. R. O. Shiner ..•••• 426 Brainard Ave. H. T. Rathbun •••• 112 Colfax St. NE. 11~¥" Mich. St. Tuesdays. ~ N~ 108 Irampa, Fla .••.•.•. F. O. Owen ..•••••• P. O. Box 662 .••.• Frank Chancey •••• P. O. Box 662 •.... 1012¥" Franklin •••• 1st &; 3d Thur. (1)109 Rock Island, Ill •. E. R. French•••••• 534% 12th St...... W. H. Gundaker •• 1633 W. 2d St.,2lst & 3d Ave ••••• \2d &; 4th Mon. Davenport, lao (i)110 "t. Paul, Minn .••. Dave Boustedt ..•. 309 Wabnsha St .•. 1. J. Purcell •••••• 309 Wabasha St ••• Trades Union Hallist & 3d Thur. (1)111 Denver, 0010 •••••• W. A. Fitzgerald •• Box 1061 ...... •.. 1. Johnson ••••••••• Box 1061...... ••• 1517 Lawrence St. Every Friday. 8:00 p. m. (1)112 Louisville, Ky ..••. W. D. Tucker .•••• 639 S. Floyd St .•• J. F. mmer.••• '" 2503 Griffith Ave •• 606 Walnut St ••••• Every Wed. (m)113 Colo. Spgs., 0010. T. J. Mackey ..••.• 521 N. Roger .....• A. A. Stanton •••.• 223 N. 16th St. ...• A. O. H. Hall ..... Every Tues. 114 Fort Dodge, la •••. (1. M. Smiley ..•••. Tohin Apts. No.4. E. M. Gulden ..••. I N. 18th St .•••••. I. O. O. F. Hall .•• 2<1 & 4th Fri. (i)I~ Ft. Worth, Tex •••. ehas. Shryoe •••••• L.bor Temple ..•.. H. S. Broiles ..•.• 1901 6th. Ave ..•.••. Labor Temple ..••. Every Wed. (m)1l7 Elgin, Ill ..•••••••• J. Oostello .••••••• 723 Oeelar Ave •••. G. W. Hilton •••••• Z27 Washburn St •• 168 Ohicago St .... 3el Thurselay. (1)118 Payton, O ••••••••• Joe young .••..•••• 19 Potomac ..•.•••• S. Caper •....•..••• 12 Woodrow Terra. 12 Woodrow Ter.. 2d & 4th Tues. (m)1I9 Temple, Tex .•••••. Jas. R. O'Neal. ••. 102 S. 8th St ••••.. H. S. Newland •••• 506 S. 11th ...••.•• Rm 203 Ruela Bldg. 1st & 3d Fri. (m)120 I.onelon, Ont., 0 .. A. Bryce ...••.••••• 141 High St .•••••• E. Ingles ...••.•••• 85 Clnrpnce St..••. Richmond St .•.•.. 3d Tuesday. (i)121\ugusta, Ga •.•..•• K T. M~Ginn ..... Box 543 .•.••••••••. K T. McGinn .•••• Box 543 .••••••••••• Ellis & Jackson ..•. rst & 3d Tues. (m)122 Great Falls, Mont. H. W. Beunecbe .• Box 385 ••.••••••••. H. Von Turffs ••••• Box 3~5 .•••••.•• '" Doswall's Hall, Every Mon. 415 1st Ave. S ... (i)124 Kansas City, Mo •. A. E. Smiley ..•••• 3225 Garfield Ave •. Fred H. Golclsmith 3016 Garfield Ave •• Labor Temple ••••• Every Tues. (1)125 Portland, Oreg •••. Henry Deimel •••• Box 644 •••••••••• O. D. Phillips ..•• Box 644 .••••••.••• 162¥" 2d St ••.•••.• Every Mon. 126 .\bilene, Tex .••••• \Y. G. Jpnninc:s ...... •••••...•••. W. P. McGuire .•...... •.....•....•...... •..•••••••.••.....• 127 I(eno"ha, Wis •••••. !Fre~ H. Kramer Jr. 765 Dayton St ..... Fred H. Kramer Jr. 765 Dayton St ..•.. Newell & Elizabeth 1st & 3d Thur• • (m)l28 Portland, Me .••••• Arthur H. Seal.••. 112 Brentwoorl St., F:arJ G. Bean •••••• '174 Stanford St., S. Farrington Bldg 1st & 3d Mon. Wooclford, Me. (m)129 F:lyria. 0 ...... •. Ous Pallas .••••••• 218 Bnth St .••••••• Ray Ward .••••• '" 1039 E. River St .•• Broad St..•.•••••• 1st &; 3d Fri. (1)130 Sew Orleans, La •. I). J. Byrne .•.•••• Box 742 ..•••••••••• H. M. ~llIller ...... 810 Henry Olay Av.612 Gravier St ..••• Every Friday. (m)132 Clifton, Ariz .••••• T. H. McCambridge Box 363 ..•••••.•••. Geo. W. Harriman Box 1265, Clifton, Carpenter's Hall ... 2d &; 4th Wed. Ariz. (1)133 ~fielelJetown, N. Y. Eel. BurhanA ...... :Watkins Ave ...... ,R. M. Hunt •••••••• 24 Knapp Ave .•••• North St •.••..•••• 1st Thurs. (i)l34 (1hir'3!!0, Ill ..•.••• F:ehvard J. Evans •• 500 S. State St .••• IGeo. O. Johnson .•. 1500 S. State St ••••. 500 S. State St ••.• Every Thurs. (m)t35 La Oro.se, W\s ..•. A. W. Johnson •••• ,~24 X. 7th St...... 1·1. F. Papenfuss ••. 1003 S. 8th St ...... 427 Jay St ••••••••• 1st & 3d Tues. (i)136 Airmingham, Ala •. IF. O. Powell .••••• !BOX 205 ..••••.••••• G. W. Schreck •••• Box 205 ..••••••••. ' 2009',1, 3d Ave ...... Every Friday. (1)137 Albany, N. Y •••••• 1'Fred Gorgen .•••••.. 15 James St., Gr'n Jno. Cluckering ••. 44 Morton Ave ..... S. Pearl St •.•••••• 4th Monday. . Island, N. Y. (m)l38 Oatman, Ariz •••••. IR. L. Shipp •••• "'IBox 315 .•..•••••••• R. L. Shipp .•••••• Box 315 •..•••.•.••. Union Hall ..•..••• 2d &; 4th Wed. (m)139 Elmira, N. Y •••••• !R. A. Oonnell •••••.158 W. 4th St ••••• IM. M. Pollak .••••• 110 High St ••••• :. 202 E. Water St .•• 2d &; 4th Wed. (m)140 Schenectady, N. y.,J. J. Hanman ••••• !135 Elm St•••••••• jJ. V. Shufelt .•••.. 327 Bisery ..••••.... 246 State St •••••.. 1st &; 3d Wed.

(1)141 Wheeling, W. Va.. liE. H. Hagan •••••• :648 Market St ••••• IS. S. Gould ••••••• 228 29th St.·.··· •• '1 1139 Market St ••.• lTuesday. (1)142 oston, Mass ...... Oharles F. Carroll.115 Caper St., Dor- John A. Donoghue. 24 Warren St.,24 War r e n St., Every Fri. ... I \ chester, Masa. Roxbury, Mass. Roxbwy, Mass. 136 THE JOl)RXAL OF ELECTRICAL

~~ I Lex1ltiou. -- - Rec:-;:::-y~ - f Address. --;i::-~~C'~' .~~= -.. --~:t:;p_;:_ce~-I Meeting Da ------'--. . .. --:- . ; I 141!HarriSburg. Pa ••••...... •••••••...•••.•...•....•••••••••• Jolm Weinman ..•. 1242 Market St .•..••••••••••••••••••.. I •••••••••••••. (to)I44!sew Bedl·d. Ma.... Wm. P. Smart •••• 51 Xewton St •.•••• Wm. B. Carr •••••• 8 Studley St ..•.•..•••..••••.•••....•...•••••••••••.•. 145 Conneaut. OhiO .•...... •...... ••••...... •.....••••.. C. F. Mallory •..... Hazelton Blk lIar· ...... I...... b~SL (1'0)140 Decatur. Ill ••••••• n. D. Black .•••••• 226 Stewart Ave ••• E. L. Bucker..••• 430 W. King .•.•... lOS E. Prairie ..... 12d & 4th S( day mom. (rr)14S' Washington. D. O. T. E. Finnell ••••• 155 11th St...... •. J. W. Callow ..... 1209 Xew Jers.. y Xortheast TempI<· 2<1 &: 4th Thu I ., Ave. X. W. . ~ (1)149. Aurora. m...... ·I,. R. Cole ...... :19 S. Spencer St.. .John Smith .....•. ,393 Wilder st ..... ,~. River St ...... 1st & 3d l' (m)l50 Wuukegan. Ill.... E. G. Rice ..•.•••. : 120 Onwentsiu Ave"j Ernest C. Jones .•. 2810 Elizabetb Ave. 17th & Park. Sort" 1st & 3d W. I i HigW'<1 Park. Ill. i Zion City. Ill. ! Chicago, III

(1)151 San Franci~eo. Cal i B. E. Hayland .... 887 )o'ulton St ..... : W. F. Coyle .. : ... ; 1726 LaSalle Ave.: lI2 Valencia St... Every Thurs.

152 ~Iassena. X. Y ... , ...... jJumes F. MagUIre. 816 Lawndale Ave., ...... 1 ...... (i)153 South Rend. Ind 'R. J. Brehmer .... 804 Xotre Dame Av .. O. W. Davis ...... 816 Lawndale Ave. 126 X. Main St...12(! & 4th Thu

(1)154 ll'.1ven~~. 1'.1 ..... ! \~·m. Thompson .... 621 ~. 12th St...... Eo B. King ...... 428 Brady St..... 428 .Brady St..... 12? & 4th WE (m)155 Okla. C,ty. Okla ,Chas. Bone ...... 619 S. Harvey ...... ; ...... MUSICIans • 127',("hlday. 1 ' ' W. Grund (1)150 Ft. Worth. Texas H. E. Jacks ...... ,912 Richmond ..... ,J. A. Dawson ...... 115 E. Belknap St.: Lubor Temple ..... 1st & 3d Me (po)IS7 Chicago. Ill ...... ; Frederick A. Berg. I' 500 S. State St .. 'ICbas. Hall ...... 2829 Congress St .. ,' 500 S. State St.... Thurs. aftem (m)l58 (lreen Bay. Wis. Fred Decker ...... 802 Bond ...... A. L. Petersen .. "1325 N. Ashland Av. Pine St ...... 2<1 & 4th We 159 Madison. Wis ..... F. W. Manke ...... 1420 W. Wilson St. Thos. McKenna .••. 120 S. 1st St ..... 27 N. Pinckney St. 2<1 & 4th ThUl 160 Springfield. Mass. Frank W. Sypher. '1,5 Pinneywood Ave. John P. Foley ..... 100 Carew St ..•.•. Teamsters' Union 1st Tues. & Hull. follow'g Su 1810reenfleld, Mass .•••James Halligan .... , 53 Congress St .... I.Jno. R. Walden ... ' 63 Davis St ...... j ('ommonwealth H'll, Every Thurs. (rr)162 Kansas City. Mo .. R. J. McOan ...... ' 258 S. 11th. KanSa"j W. J. Dawson .... 11808 E. 37th St"' Rm. 306·813 Wal· 1st & 3d Tu. i City. Kan. , nut St. 163 Wilkes·Barre. Pa.. W. V. Blaine ...... ' 12 Columbus Ave .. Anthony Lynch .... :367 N. Grant St .. ,Public1 Square ..... Every Thurs. (1)104 .Jersey City. N. J.iF. D. Belanger .... ,63 8th St.. Ha· Arthur Wichmann.! 176 Hopkins Ave""1642 Newark Ave ... Every Friday. 1 '1 boken. N. J. 105 Superior. Wis...... IJoseph Hennes8y .. 1211 11th St ...... J. H. underhill"'1817 W. 9th St .... 'IOA~;. Hall. Tower Every Tuesda 1 166 Shawnee. Okla. •••• H. A. Davidson"'1 Okla. Elec. Shop. Leo Heise ...... J702 E. Main St...... 167 Bangor. Me .••••••• Frank E. Cox .•.••. Merriman St ..••.•. Roy E. Higgins ••• 220 Garland St .... Adams Hall ...... 2d & 4th Tue 168 Tyler. Texas••••••• Ernest Dark ..•••.•• /729 S. Augusta St... J. W. Glenn ...... Route 10. Box 31. ./ ...... (1)169 Fresno. Calif ....•• 1. E. Bartlett..... 2216 McKenzie ..... 1M. C. Derr ...... Box 153 ...... , 1139 1St...... 1st & 3d We 170, Pittsfield. MUll•••• G. Brewstey ....••• ,20 Forest PI...... p. M. C1arkson .... :21 Dalton Ave ..... ;Eagle St ...... 1st & 3d Thur 171jSt. Louis. Mo ..•••• ,G. H. Wallace .... 3425 Loselle St .... IJ. w. Alexander .. 2915% S. 13tll St...... (m)l72 ... ewark. Ohio .••••• , E. F. Follett ...... ' 136 W. Main St ... J. E. Martin .•.... ,227 S. 8th St ••••. I3% N 3d St ...... 1st & 3d Thur (m)173 ottumwa. Ill ...... ' C. E. Nichols .... .1 Box 158 ...... : L. C. Stiles ...... ! Box 158 ...... \Labor Temple ..... 3d Tuesday-.... 174 Sicfn~a Falls. Ont...... / ...... ,' J. F. Marsh ...... /20 Jepson St...... l ...... (m)1750hattanooga. Tenn Z. C. vanHooser ../ Peytona Apts ..... E. B. Messer •••••• 721 E. 5th St...... Cent. Lab. Hall ... [Every Wed. (m)17e.Joliet. 11)...... W. E. Crate ...... 125 Oomstock St .. Chas. W. Hughes .. 403 .Joff. St ...... ,101 Jefferson ...... Every Thor. (m)l77 .Jacksonville. Fla •• M. Fo.ter .••••••••• 331 W. ~orsyth St. H. J. Ode11 ...... 1405 E Church St .. 411,!, W. Bay St""I'TueSday eve. (1)178 Canton, 0 .•••••••• 'F. Shaub ...... , 635 Cecil St.• Mas·,E. Freyermuth ..••• 2507 8th St. NW •• Oent. Lab. Hall ... 1st &: 3d MOl • . 1 i sillon. Ohio. i ! ! 179 Nornstown. Pa •.•• 1...... , ...... jPeter Toppe ...... ,836 Cherry St ..•• '1' ...... , ...... (m)180Va!lejo. Cal.•••••• 0eo. Hegarty .•••.• Box 251. .. : ...... :M. Siegelbaum .••• Box ~1 ...... Labor Temple ..... ,Ever:r Wed.. (i)181lJt1ca. N. Y •.•••••• A. R. Kearney ..••• 1004 Blandma St.. L. D. Lacy ...••••. 938 ElIzabeth St... Labor Temple ..... 2d & 4tb Fri. (to) 182 Chicago. Ill •••••••• :Wm. Devereux·· ... 1 '11 \\'ilon, Nt .... IJohn Evoy ...... ;3106 W. North Ave.'128 W. RandolPh .. 2d & 4th Fri. (1)183 Lexington. Ky .....IO. J. Sta11ord ..... I323 Columbia Ave'I'" T. l>il1on ...... ,185.Jeff. st...... • .. I.. •.... •.... •• ...... 1 .. (m)l84 Oalesburg. Ill ••••• 10. McCulloc~ ...... :435 Maple Ave ••••• Earl Haskins ..... '1237 Day St.•••••• 'ITr'd's Assem. Hall 2d & 4th MOl (m)185 He.lena. Mont ...... !S. L. Beckw'th.· •• IBOX 267 ...... Labor TemPle ..••• llst & 3d Tuel 188 \1,lw3ukee. W,...... J. B. Segerdahl. .• 490 ~furray Ave ...... (m)187 Oshkosh. Wis .•• , "iEllis Nichols ...... '562 High St...... Patk Joy ...... 1 41 Oakland Ave ..... Labor Hall ...... 'Il.t & 3d. Tue. 18R Ch!'rle.ton. S. O ••• ,J. Dascher...... 34.,0 Ru~ledge Ave •• ,Cbas. M~llard ...... 3 C~nnon St ...... ,,9 Wolfe st ...... Every Friday. (m)189Qumcy. Mass •••.•• ,John Burns •••••••• 1218 Fayette St.• Frank Lmts ...... ,21 Newcomb Pl. ... ,JOhnSOn B1dg ...... j ' : Wollaston. Muss.. I (s)19CSewark. N. J .••••• V. O·Donnell .••••• ,177 W. 17th .t.• ,M. R. Welch ••...• ,30 3d St •• ; ...... ,Aurora Hall ...... ,,2d '" 4th Mo. J { . E. Orange. I I (m)191 IEverett. Wash••••• Vincent Small ..... !2322 Wetmore Ave.'John Worswick ..... Labor Temple ••••• ,Labor Temple ..... ,Every Thurs. (i)192 Pawtucket. R. I ••• Edward O·Conor ..• 79 N. Main St.•... ,Andrew Thompson,7 Mary St...... 21 N. Main St ..... jlst '" 3d Tue,

(1)193 'lpringfteld. m ..•.. Oeo. Colvin ...... 1 '215 R. 15th St .... IW. H. Sammons .. ·916 Governor St ... IRed Men's Hall .... Every Tues. (i)194

(1)211 Atlantic Oity, N.J. Ernest 0 Eger.•••••• :l0 Reed Ave ...... W. H. Heppard .... 8409 Winchest'r A.• Odd Fellows Hall .. Mondays. I i j , ! Ventnor. N. J. I i (1)212,Cincinnatl. 0 •••••• W. B. Slater ...... ,' 1718 penham .St.• IArthor Liebenrood'j14 Glencoe PI...... ;t313 Vine st...... ,Wedneeday •. , S. Fairmont, Clnn. I ; (1)213 Van~ouver B. 0 .•• R. N. Elgar..•••..•• 207 Labor Temple'jE. H. Morrison •.. ~07 !,ah?r Temple.,Labor Temple ••••• :Monday8. . (s)214.Chlcago, m...... !H. Hoover••••••••. ,4209 W. Van Buren.Wm. A. Gale ...... _oO~. Waller Ave .. '.Rebman Hall ...... tst &: 3d Fri. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 139

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(m)375!Allentown, pa ..... iEdgar Brown ...... '411 S. Center St.. lc. w. Moyer ...... :826 Turner St.... .:729 Hamilton St .. .lEvery Friday. I " I.' Bethlehem, Pa. I.. 1 . i (m)376 lrmceton, Ind. "iC, W. Flmmey •••• 1529 W. Spruce St.I Don Stormont .... ,40. E. Main St .... ,Flre Dept Hdq... ,TuetlflaYB. 3771 Lynn, .\luss ...... , ~'rank Connell..... ' King St.. l:iwamp·: E. P. Dow ...... E. Waverly, LYIlIl.lllunroe ::5t ...... 2d &. 4th ~1on, scott, Mass. I'M,,"". 1 378 San FranciBco, Cal...... W. Merryweather .. '912 Potero St...... 1...... •(m)a~u I'I'OVO, utah ...... Wilson Peters ..... 1010 W. Centre St. R. L. liille""ie .... 946 4th St. W ..... 44 W. Centre St .. Every Thurs. (f)3Ml Chicago, Ill...... I J. W. McMahon .. '13351 Belle Plaine/'Geo. D. Griffith ... 425 N. Kimball Av. 500 S. State St... 2<1 &. 4th Wed. I Ave. (i)382 Columbia, S. C .. .' ~1. C. White ...... 't537 llain St ...... J. W. ~Iann ...... 1537 Main St...... i Main St...... Every Thurs. (m)3M3 (lillespie, 111...... f'lorien Frey ...... : Gillespie, IJI ...... A. L. Hooper ...... Gillespie Ill ...... , lluin St ...... 1st &. 3d Fri. (m)384 ~Iuskogee, Okla.... : lI. A. ScreeC'hfield'1409 Baltimore .... W. O. Pitchford .. Gen. Del...... 1 City Hall ...... 1st &. 3d Tues. 38, S. A,lums, Muss ... :C. D. Keaveney. ' (l)3M7 freeport, 111...... J. Binkley ...... 332 Hamer St...... ' 85·87 Galena St .... 2,] &. 4th Fri. (m)3&' Palestine, Texas. Jno. W. Jones .... 510 Louisiana St .•Jno. W. Jones .... 510 Louisiana St.. Lahar Temple ..... 4th Saturuay. (m)389 Ulens Falla, N. Y. ~1. D. Foley ...... 18 Stewart Ave .. A. H. Stone ...... 191 South St...... Glen. &. Berry Sts. 1st &. 3d Frl. Glens Falls, N. Y. 390 Harrisburg, Ill..... Otis Hoover...... 721 N. Main St. I (m)3UI ,\rdmore, Okla ..... W. B. Vut.how ... 528 C. St. S.E.... A. A. Holcomb .... 203 8th Ave. N.W. Labor Hall ...... 1st'" 3d Wed. (m)392 Troy, N. Y ...... C. Hulsapple ...... 504 Pam ling Ave .. Wm. H. Revilo .... 529 3d Ave. N ..... LHbor Temple ..... 2d &. 4th Man. (m)393 Havre, Mont ...... Wm. Dibbs ...... (;en. Vel...... O. L. Arneson .... 1218 3d St...... 230¥.: 1st St...... 1st & 3,1 Tues. (i)39< Auburn, N. Y ..... ~'red L. IVhiting .. 11 Seymour St ..... Fred L. Whiting .. 11 ::5eymour St .... lVater St ...... 2d &. 4th Wed (m)395 St. John, N. B ... IV. Colwell ...... 249 Rockland Rd .. A. P. Sanders ..... 27 Charles St ...... Charlotte St...... 1st Tuesday. (c)396 Boston, Mass ..... Geo. M. Loux ..... 37 Harbor View St., Jos. E. Fitzgerald. 30 River St ...... Wells' Memorialist'" 3d Wed Don'hester, Mas8. Braintree. Mass. Hall, 987 Wash. (m)397 Paraiso, C. Z., Pan. I. W. Metzger ..... Balboa, C. Z., Pan. W. H. Nellis ...... Box 305, Balboa. Balboa Lodge H""! 2d Thursday. C. Z., Pan. (m)401 Reno, Nev ...... Geo. I. James ..... 919 Jones St ...... Geo. I. James ..... 919 Jones St...... Bldg. Trades Hall 1st'" 3d Thura. (1}402 Greenwich, Conn .. Harry Holbeck .... 260 E. R. R. Ave, W. D. Peck ...... 11 Lawrence St... 125 Greenwich Ave. 18t Thursday. 403 Bangor, Me ..... W. B. Culley ...... 505 Frenck St. (1)404 San ~'rancisco, Cal J. P. Boyd ...... 446 14th St., San H. F. Zecher...... 1908 E8sex St .. Building Trades 2d '" 4th Man.. Berkeley, Calif. Hall. (1)405 Cedar Rapids, Ia .. T. D. Phelps ...... 1270 3d Ave: ...... J. P. Winn ...... 356 S. 18th St ..... 1st Ave. '" 1st St. Wednesdays. (m)406 ()kumlgee, Okla .. L. O. Roach ...... 408 E. 8th St ..... D. E. Shick ...... 514 W. 11th St... Gth 1I1arta St...... Every Thurn. (mHOR ~1i".ollla, Mont .... W. A. Barrett..... Box 203 ...... B. A. Vickrey ..... 314 W. Cedar St .. W. Main St...... Every Monday. (m)409 Claremore, Okla...... R. E. McCluer ...... 410 Bay City, Mich ...... J. M. Ferguson .... 513 N. Madison Av ...... -- 411 Warren, Ohio ...... J. W. Tranter..... 310% Swallow St .. J. W. Spargo ..... 115 Howland Ave ...... 412 Edmonton, Alta ... D. W. Duncan .... Power House ...... W. H. Phillips .... Box 584 ...... Jasper Ave ...... 2d '" 4th Fri. 414 Macon, Ga ...... D. E. Snead ...... 2218 2d St...... T. B. Sutton ...... Box 471 ...... Cherry St ...... 1st &< 3d Fri. (m)415 Cheyenne, Wyo .... O. L. 1I10ulton ..... Box 423 ...... E. B. Norton ..... Box 423 ...... 16th '" Thomes St. 3d Thursday. (m)416 Rozeman, Mont .... H. H. Foster ...... Rox 515 ...... H. tI. Foster ...... Box 515 ...... W. 1I1ain St...... 1st &. 3d Tues. 417 Coffeyville, Kan ... 1I1. C. Warren ..... 506 W. 5th St ..... Jos. L. Manley .... 907% Walnut St... 907% Walnut St ... 1st Sun. night. (m)418 Pasadena, Calif .... H. E. Gage ...... 70s Palisade St ... Dan Wallace ...... Box 526 ...... Labor Temple ..... Friday. (f)419 Npw York, N. Y .. J. Ryan ...... 407 W. 30th St .. H. Schlueter ...... 275 Crescent St. 301 8th Ave, ...... 1.t &. 3d Fri., New York, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. Ex. Bd. 2d " 4th Fridays. (m)420 Keokuk, la ...... H. H. Smith ...... 1724 Ridge St...... 1001 Johnson St ... 1st Tues.; 3d ~ Wed. (m)421 Watertown, N. Y .. Roy Gibbs ...... Solar Bldg ...... J. Pierce Dezen .. 105 W. Lynde St .. Trades Assembly .. 1st & 3d Thurs. (r)423 Moberly, ~Io ...... Wm. Nelaon ...... 905 Franklin St .... Wm. Nelson ...... 905 Franklin St ... Over Mullen's StOft 2d &. 4th Wed. (s)424 Decatur, 111...... Jas. H. Withgott. 1127 E. Olive St ... R. G. Haines ...... 1651 E. 1I1ain St... R. R. Y. M. C. A. 2d & 4th Tues. 426 Sioux Falla, S. D. Earl House ...... 623 Franklin St.... ChaB. S. Scott .... 111 W. 11th St .... Eagle's Hall ...... Every MDnday. (1)42i Springflell, Ill ..... Homer Herrin ..... 2163 S. 10th St .... Clyde Kavanaugh. 1322 E. Jackson ... 216% S. 6th ...... 2d & 4th Wed. (m)42~ Rokpr-qphl. Calif .. Theo. Landrum .... Midland Hotel ..... L. R. Lally ...... Box 283 ...... Labor Temple .... Every Thura. 429 Nashville, Tenn ...... A. W. Wells ...... 145 Delmar, Routel0 ...... 430 Racine, Wis ...... J. E. Raven ...... 513 8th St ...... Robt. Hogbin ..... 623 Lake Ave ..... Union Hall ...... 2d '" 4th Wed. m)431 Mason City, Ia .... Joe. Holub...... W. T. Dull ...... 403 W. 5th St ..... K. P. Hall ...... 2d & 4th Thurs. m)434 Douglas, Ariz ..... E. Freeman ...... 1267 13th St...... M. L. Wright ..... Box 961 ...... 836 GAve ...... 2d & 4th Man. m)435 Winnipeg, 1I1an., O. A. A. Miles ...... lI3 Atlantic Ave .. J. L. McBride ..... Labor Temple ..... Labor Temple ..... 2d & 4th Man. ~(s)436 Watervleit, N. Y •• Harold Farrar ..... 127 Northern Blvd., T. A. Keiser ...... 1131 7th Ave ...... 1565 1st Ave ...... 3d Sat. eve. Albany, N. Y. (m)437 Fall River, Mass .. Jos. Donahue ...... Bolland Ave., Sam· Frank Mullen ...... 91 Pelhan St ...... 8 S. Main St ...... 1st & 3d Wed. erset, MRss. 440 Riverside, Calif ... V. W. Dundas ..... 1308 W. 10th St... O. B. Whitney ... 424 Walnut St ... Mpchanic's Hall ... Each Tuesda.y. (s)442 Schenectady, N Y. Wm. Snyder ...... 10 Division St..... David Ring ...... 537 Sohtdy St ..... 246 State St ...... 3d Monday. l!"(m)4431 Montgomery, Ala .. : ...... : ....., ...... J. R. Brooks ...... 122 Plum St ...... Redmen Hall ...... 2<1 '" 4th Wed. (mH46 Monroe, La ...... C. C. Sutherlin .... Box 419 ...... C. C. Sutherlin ... Box 419...... City Hall ...... 1st &. 3d Tues. 448' Dallas, Texas ...... W. Louis Fitch ... Dallas Auto Sales ...... Co. (m)449 Pocatello. Idaho ... A. A. Haley ...... ,Box 196 ...... P. H. Bullock ..... Rox 196 ...... IEagles' Hall ...... Friday' evening. (m)451 Santa Barbara, Cal Don Humphreus ... Box 415 ...... O. L. Peffiey ...... Box 415 ...... lpainters' Hall..... 1st &. 3d Fri. (1)453 ~iIling~, M?nt ...... John Jo!,n.stone ... 517 W. 1st St ..... Joh" JOhnston~.• : ...\17 W. 1st St..... jLahOr Hall ...... 1st &. 3d Thura. (m)456 !liew Br nswwk, N.J. J. D. Gillis ...... R. F. D. No.1 .... neo. N. DeLaplame 38 Albany St...... Federation Hall ... 2,1 & 4th Fri. (i)457 Altoona, Pa ...... Geo. Woomer ...... 219 E. 1st Ave .... G. A. Reger ...... 807 East St...... C. L. U. Rooms .. 2d & 4th Man. (m)458 Aberdeen, Wash... IV. Brackenreid ... 413 E. 1st St ...... H. S. yerkes ...... 209 N. Alder St .... Bldg. Trades Hall Wed. evenmg. (m)460 Chickasha, Okla... Wm. Powell ...... Box 413 ...... N. D. Phillips.... Box 413 ...... IUnion Labor Hall .. 1st Wednesday. (i)461 Aurora, 111 ...... Ed. Bach ...... 350 Columbia St. .. J. L. Quirin ...... 364 Tnlma St ..... IOver B Theatre .... 2<1 '" 4th Tues. (m)4621IVaycr~ss, Ga. "'f" J. P. ~all ...... , 23 Haines Ave .... K. S. Cane ...... Ilox 215 ...... 1[,ott & Hitch Bldg. Wednesday. (m)465,San DIego, Cah .. J. C. Grable ...... ,Box liS ...... C. J. Brown ...... Ilox 118 ...... IExpress Block ..... Every Thurs. (1)466. ~arl~ston! W. Va...... 1 ...... R. W. Frincke... lOS Maryland Ave.,Stnge Workers' Hall 1.t &. 3d Sat. (m)467 lbaml, Anz...... Guy Thorpe ...... Box 1186 ...... R. H. Bell...... Rox 581 ...... Culinary Workers'lst & 3d Wed. Hall. (s)46S Van Nest, N, Y ... JOB. Dahlstrom .... 4 'Y. 128th l:lt .. Hugh Davitt ...... 647 Mead St...... Morris Park Hall .. 2d & 4th Wed. New yori·. 'N. Y. ~ (m)470 Haverhill, Mass ... Chas. Gordon ..... 159 Webster St ... Willis Severance .. 74 Central St.. Labor Temple ..... 2d '" 4th Frl. Bradford, Mass. (m)471 Millinocket, Me .... Jos. Nickless ...... Box 6 ...... Jos. Nickless ...... Box 6 ...... Rush Block ...... 1st Fridley. 140 THE JOUR~AL OF ELECTRICAL

L.U. Location. Rec. Sec'y. Address. Fin. Sec'y. Adllress. lieeting Plac:-~:~;ing Da~. L~_ , . I . , I (m)474 Iliemphis, Tenn .••• ,r. L. Hart ...... I Box 274 ...... li. G. Haskins ..... Box 274 ...... Italian Hall ...... jFriday night. (f)4!5) >!,t. Paul, ~I.inn .... ,J. F. Kel}er ...... ~85 Rondo St ...... otto. Xeffion ...... ~94 \\:'."tllli~ist'r St. Tmdes Lnion Halli 1st & 3d TIM? (1)4.6 Saginaw, )(jell .... Denson Coneley .....alt St...... D. 1. COlllay ...... 223 KIIl~ St ...... 413'h Genesee bt .. !Tuet;day. (mH77 san Bernardino,CaL O. l'otter ...... 1466. 9th St ...... R. Stratton ...... 427 ESt...... Labor Temple .... ' .. Every Thun;. (i)47U I\paumont, Tex .... J. C. Brammer .... j Box 932 ...... C. A. Weber ...... Box 923 ...... , .. Trades Ass'bl,;' HaL2t1 & 4th Thur · 4!1O lIar"hall, :rex ..... l'aul I<·raht:y ...... ,E, Husk St...... ,F. Howell ...... !lox 2...... K. of P. Hall ...... 2<1 & 4th l<'rl. (1)481 IIHilauapohs, Lnd .. W. ~loore ...... ' 130 W. Ww;h. St, J. L. Camphell .... 13~ W. WUHh. St. Labor Temple ..... 1Wednesday. • 482 lbUl'{'ka, Calit ...... C. A. Hobb ...... 2409 ['nion St ..... Robt. ~lil1en ...... ~146 CSt...... j'nion Labor Hall,lst & 3d Tue (~)48311 ra'·.~llla~, Wash .... H. y. M'·CaU ...... 1006 .X. Law!'ence.,.!; C. Pie.fI·e ...... 3561 S. ~Ionroe St. ,19'12 C~r~me:',e HI.' Eve'! Monday (1)485 flock Island, Ill ... II. ThoIllIJson ...... 1l01~,r 12th St..... 1 heo. E\ers ...... 2422 19th Ave ..... IndustrIa. HaiL ... 2d & 4th Tue (i)486 Itha< a, X. Y ...... C. E. CopelalHl .... 323 .\le,·banic St .. : C. L. Berry ...... Ca"cadilla St ...... Redmen's Hall .... i 1st & 3d MOl (i)488,lIridg'eport, Conn. Edw. J)"l>ebteill, .. 1073 liadison Ave •. IAlhert Walkley .... 352 William St... Carpente1'i" Hall ... 'Every IIlonda; (m)491; l'~h'"bllrg, va ...... V. A. ~'cust ...... HOIJewell, Va...... ' ~;nU'Ht (;oell ...... Hopewell, Va...... 1. O. O. F ...... 'I Monday nigh' (1)492;Motltreal, Que., O. O. Porrier ...... 614 Garnier ...... IL. Desantels ...... ,228 Chambord St .. ,235 Beaudry ...... 2d &; 4th 111011. (m)4113 Johnstown, Pa ..... Frank Tegler...... IRear 558 Park Ave L. G. Powell ...... ' LirHlen Ave ...... 'Cor. washington/2d & 4th Tu€! j · '. .; • , Ii,& Franklin (1)494,MIiwallkee, W18 ... ;Walter Strong ... 852 19th St ...... Chas. Hansen ...... :373 6th Ave ...... Junge Hall ...... "t. Friday.. (m)49€, J"tt,tield, Ma"B ... ,n. D. BlUSS ...... ,18 Crosby pl...... I,1. G. Lul'oint ..... ;146 Woodleigh AYe.IC. L. U. Hall ..... Every Tuesdlll (m)4!17!nainesville, Tex ... ·A. O. Herrman ..... Box 38 ...... IA. O. Herrmun .... Box 38 ...... F. U. ot A. Hall .. l2d &; 4th Fri. (1)500 San Antonio, Tex.:Fred f;"i,ert ...... !302 S. Alamo St... II .•1. l'eter.on .... :609 Dewer Bh'II ... Trades Ooun. HaU'2d " 4th Wei (m)501 Yonkers, N. y ..... H. Wildberger ..... j1l9 S. High St., Mt.. Chas. Teige ...... '173 Hawthorne Av.51 S. 4th Ave ...... :ht &; 3d Fri. I Vernon, X. Y. (t)503.Boston, Mass ...... Geo. Deans ...... 9 Appleton St., At·,A. Stelr ...... '7 Le"her St, Ros,·53 Hanover ...... '2d &; 4th lior ! . . I bntlc. ~Iass. : 1 linnnle. ~la~~. I (m)505 Corpus ChrIsti, Tex Z. Towers ...... 309 S. Chaparral .. ,K. Dunne ...... 904 Chamberlam ... Labor Temple ..... let & 3d Tuff (m)5011 Chi<·a.~o H'ts, Ill .. Otto Koehler...... Euclid Ave ...... 'Thoe. Ryan ...... 292 W. 15th St ..... Labor Assem. Hall 211 &; 4th Mo. (m)509 Lockport, N. Y .... Chester Kooff ...... 236 Prospect St ... 'John Dayer ...... i54 Beattie AYe .... 'Carpenters Hall... 2d & 4th Wed (1)510 (;alveston, Tex .... 'J. P. Puminter.... 1809 Avenue M .... J. T. Simpson .... '3413 Avenue p ..... ,Tribune Bldg ..... IEvery Tuea. (m)512 'ialem, Oreg ...... :C. L. Brown ...... 480 N. 19th St..... P. H. HOlme...... I'1045 X. Capitol St ILabor Hall ...... 2d & 4th Mon (m)513 Man<:hester, N. H.1'patk. Ahern ...... 207 Central St ..... M. F. Fitzpatrick. 214 Bell St ...... 'Na.hua, N. H ..... Last Friday. 517 IARtoria, oreg...... IA. E. McCarthy ... 62 W. Duane St... J. W. Bowl.uy .... '811 Commercial StL'ng Sh'rem'n Ha1l2d &; 4th Wed (m)1I18 Meridian, Mis...... Iohn L. Hatt:liff ... 1119 18th Ave ...... W. R. M<'Oee ..... 11101 25th Ave ...... 'Su.tte BI~g ...... ilst &; 3d Fri. (!Jl)519 Wallace, Idaho.... ,Freeman Bound ... Wallace, Idaho .... W. A. Smith ...... 924 Residence St .. iTrades & Laborl.t &; 3d Sat. j I I 1 I Hall ! (m)520AuRtin, Texas ..... ,E. E. Krause ...... 501 W. 37th St .... jChas. Spreen ...... 608 Harthan St.. .. , ...... ,2d k 4th MOl: (m)522jLawrence, Mas.... IJohn Bartlett ...... 38 Farnham St .....John Gallagher .... j41 Avon St ...... 292 Essex St ...... ;lst &; 3d Thm · 523 X. Yakima, Wash. E. J. Berrigan ..... 205 S. 6th St .. : ... IA. J. Creel ...... '406 S. 9th Ave .... Labor Temple ..... !Every Frida.... (I)520 Santa Cruz, Cal .. A.. H. Feeley ...... Summer & wmd·IJ. Tondort ...... Box 49 ...... AlternatelY, Santa· 1st &; 3d Well' I I ham 8t. ! Cruz & 'Vatsonv'e~ (i)5!7Galveston, Tex .... :A. E. Kirk ...... 510 21st St ...... ,A. E. Kirk ...... '510 21st St...... 1. O. O. F. Hall ... ,Every Friday. (m)528 Milwaukee, Wis ... !Bert Streeter...... 1826 Nash St...... ,Jas. Hagerman .... ,619 Linus St ...... 'Oatel's Hall ...... ,lst Friday. (m)529 Eugene, Oreg ...... 1...... • .... i ...... '1"1. P. Williams .... iBox 281...... i ...... i ...... ' (I)532 'Rillings, Mont ..... : ...... W. T. Gates ...... Box 646 ...... 12813 Mont. Ave .... 1st &I 3d Tuel 0)634 New York, N. Y"'IGeo. Whitford ..... 214 Reliance Bldg.. W. A. HOgan ...... /214 R.liance Bldg."Labor Temple ..••. Every Thurs. j j 32 Union Sq. 32 Union sq. I (!>535 EvanSville, Ind. "'IPOlk Br:d ...... '1901 Chestnut St... ,G. W. Levick ...... 70R Upp~r 2~ St ... :308 Upper 1st St .. Every Friday" (1)536 Schenectady, N. Y . .T. W. RlChtmeyer. 1122 Duane Ave .... IT. Rourke ...... '359 Came St ...... ,247 State St ...... 1st & 3d Sat. (cs)537 jSan Francisco, Cal 10' O. Mann ...... 629 Aileen St., IGeo. Sorenson ..... 1664 4tb Ave ...... ',146 "tewart St .... ,lst & 3d Mon . I Oakland. Cal... . ,: v . I 538 J)anVllle, rn ...... ,Byron North ...... ·120 Avenue A ..... , H. A. Wnght ..... 210 N. Washmgo!on 109,3 E. ~Iam St"jlst & 3d Mon. (p5400~nton, C! ..... : ... 'Wm. Dickerson .... 'R. F. D. No.1 .... 0. Tre•• el...... 714 Prosrect SW .. i~rarten Block ..... 2<1 & 4th licl'l. (1)541 MmneapolIs, MInn., H. O.. Koester ..... 4504 30th Ave S ... Chas. A; D~lton .. ,,322R 4th Ave. S .... ,1!'4 Wash. Ave. S .. 2d & ~th Tues. (m)543 Mansfield, O ...... ,P. SmIth ...... 57 Dale Ave ...... H. W. Nornck ..... ·.76 Orp.nwooll Ave.'N. Park St ...... ,2d Friday. (m)544 Edmonton, Alta.,C. W. Hemphill ...... 113 Goodridge Blk. Fred Davies ...... 113 Ooodritlge Blk.; 113 Gonilridge BI1<.'2d & 4th Wed. (m)547 Fairmont, W. Va .. ,F. W. J.ffers ...... Box 96 ...... A. C. Michael. .... !1104 4th Rt ...... !lst & Fairmount .. ·lst & 3d Tue•. (m)549 HUl1tin~1:on, W.Va. fA. H. Schook ...... 2313 9th Ave ...... Xy. Blac·k ...... 806''2 2~th St...... ~7th Ave. & 20th St.'lst & 3d lio::. (m)551'AmHterrlam, N. Y.·Floyd LeBahn ..... 69 Cnion St ...... Louis Sipgle ...... 70 McCl.ary Ave .. Church St ...... :2n & 4th Tues. (m)552,Lewistown, Mont .. ,G. A. Porter ...... '213 W. Evelyn St. H. C. nanzer ...... 112'1.. 4th Ave. S .. 219 Bank Elfc. Bdil',Evpry Friday. (m)556 Walla Walla, Wash:E. Perry ...... , Box 741...... E, M. Cnlz.n .... "IRox 741...... "'ILabor Temple ... "IEvery Tue., (m)5581.~· Westminster, Rill. W. palmer ..... ,' ...... :A. McGregor ...... · 427 Oak St ...... ··· ...... ·· .. ·· .. ··· ...... 0., Canada j (i)560,Pasadena, cal..... I.lame~ H Paige ... 12R V~lley St ...... ,C. P. ~ice.: ...... JS9 Buckeye Rt .... I14.2 E. Walnut ...... Every Thurs. (m)561Il!ontr.al, Que., 0.)1. EHllm'; ...... 44.a Mozart St .... j!':; J. Smel.Ir ..... 1,5R I.t A~ .. Ver'lllm.~t. Joseph Hall ... Ewry Wed. (1)565 f",hpnectady, N. Y. Edwarll 0 Rourke .. 1101 Campbell Ave n m. O. Rheffel .... 211 H.mson Ave .. Rtat. St ...... 2<1 & 4th :llOlJ. (i)567 Portland. Me ...... 'W. Wheeler ...... ,215 A Congress St.'L. G. Lihbey ...... 1215A Congre"" St.IHrid:layer's Hall .. Ev.ry Friday. (m)568.Moose Jaw, Sask.,Sydney W. Coates' 441 Ominiea, E .... ·Sydney W. Coates: 441 Ominka. E .... :Main St ...... 2d Wednesdu ~ Canafia 'j i c! 1l' (m)570 Tue'son, Ariz ...... ' ...... 'red. O. Harbour ... Rox 504 ...... 'Congress St ...... 1st & 3d Fri. (m)571 Yoakum, 'I'e" ...... A. E. Rtephan ..... 312 Lott St...... A. E. Rtppban ..... 312 Lott St ...... · ...... 1st & 3d TUrF. (m)572 'Regina, Saak., 0 .. iV. Willis ...... BoJ[ 318 ...... W. Willis ...... Box 318 ...... T"'''les Hall, O,,1pr 2d Thursday. ! ' :. ' St. 573 La:« Placid, X. Y." ...... " ...... 'r. W. Green ...... Hox 335 ...... : ...... 574 Hremerton, Wash .. Harry Calkfns ...... Rox 392 ...... Geo. Waite ...... :Rnx 4Rl...... ;Padfic Ave ...... 1,t \'.',.,'. 575 Port"mouth, 0 .... W. E. Miller ...... 828 11th St ...... W E. Wiler ...... R2R 11th St ...... Chillkothe f'it ..... 2i! & 4th lion. 576 '(enia. 0 ...... Herbert Shaw ...... Dayton Ave ...... Orville 'I'ucker ...... W 2il St ...... Ren ~!en's Hall ... 2,1 & lust Tues. (m)577'J>rumrlght, Okla ... F. L. Van Horn .... Box 622 ...... , r.. H. Webb ...... Hox 622 ...... ;Brown & .lohnson's E,f'l'Y Wed. 1 , : I I Resi

(1)256 Fitchburg, Mass ... IJohn Gllm"rt&lD ••. 1Water St...... A. F. Robbins ..... 70 Pine St...... Lincoln Hall ADD:l.2d &; 4th Thur. 267 daklund, Oalif..... H. J. Henke1...... 13494 Hollis St ..... Paul W. Brown ••• 1229 Russell St., 470 12th St...... 1st & 3d Tues. \ Berkeley, Calif. I q)258 Providence, R. I"'I'W. E. Sedgley ..... 42 Regent Ave ..... W. J. Ohisholm ... 23 Onns St ...... 72 Weybossett St. 1st & 3d Fri. (1)259 Salem, Mass ...... Edw. Sargent ...... Wenham, Mass .... E. R. DiCkerson"1 35 Broadway, Bev· 13 Ohurch St., Sa· 1st & 3d Mon. erly•. Mass. lem, Mass. (1)261 Peterboro, Ont., 0. H. Anderton ...... Brownton, P. 0 •• , O. J. Seymour..... 193, SmIth St ...... Geo. St ...... 2d &; 4th Wed. (i)262 Plainfield, N. J .... IRussell H. Hann .. 718 Wallace Pl .... Jno. Schley ...... 1044 Shennan Ave. 224 W. Front St ... 2d & 4th Mon. (m)263 :ittill, Ohio ...... ,Oscar Frantz ...... Ft. Seneta, Ohio ...... J. I'hillips ...... ,39 Union St...... ·lcentral Labor Hall 2<1 & 4th Tues. (m)265 Lincoln, Nebr ..... :E. L. Martin ...... '436 N. 27th ...... J. C. wixson ...... 11825 H St...... Labor TempIe ..... 2d & 4th Thur. (m)266 Sedalia, Mo ...... IJno. H. G.llie ..... 1011 E. 4th ...... F. W. Miley ...... 20th & Wash. St.,Labor Temple ..... lot '" 3d Fri. (c)267 Schenectady, N. Y. A. V. Gould ...... 521 Christler Ave .. H. E. DeGroat•••• :83.1 Crane .. •••• .... iElec. Wkrs. Hall.. 1st & 3d Sat. (m)268 Newport, R. I .... Vinc't F. Leonard. Forest Ave., Mid· Geo. Haydock ..... L1Ocoln St., New'IMerchanta Hall .... 2d Thursday. dletown, R. 1. port, R. I. (i)261 Trenton, N. J ..... Oris J. Marciante. 1216 Princeton Av. J. H. Brelsford .... 342 Cleveland Ave. S. Broad St ...... Every Mon. (m)271IWichita, Kan ...... Ray G. Shelley .... 2015 S. Water St .. Ray G. SheUey ..... 20l5 ~. Water St;. 120 N. Market St .. 1st & 3d TUell. (m)272 "herman, Te:l ••••• C. M. Tait ...... 1328 W. Cherry St. A. Pauley ...... 814 h. Lamar St'l.carpenter HalL .... 2d & 4th Tuee. (m)27a,Clinton, la ...... IEd. Roberts ...... 412 2d St...... Ed. Salawetz ...... 320 ~th Ave ...... ,Over 110 5th Ave .. ,1st Wed. (m)275:Muskegon, Mich ... ,James J. Whitney.,29 Southern Ave ... IH. Danninge ...... ,43 Jlroch St ...... Western Ave ...... llst &; 3d Thur. (m)270 Superior, Wis ..... C. O. Boswell .... :'11915 Bilknap St... O. E. Eby ...... 11304 Baxter Ave"'IBellknap & Hugh.llst & 3d Fri. (1)277 Wheeling, W. Va .. ! Ross Hendershot .. 2300 Wood St..... IlIilJard McCombs ,51 13th St...... "11131~~ Market St.... Sun .. 2 p. m. S3 ,.. 278 l'ari8, '['ex"" ...... 1 Louis Pile ...... 238 ~. 14th St .... ~'. W. SChroeder"I Eo A,ust1O St...... (to)271,~'itchburg,I Mass ... ,Louis F. Wood ..... 3 Wekh PI., Clin·IFred V. Gale ...... 54 Manon St., 1304 Main St ...... 3d Sunday. I : ton, :dass. ' Fitchburg, Mass. (m)280'Hammond, Ind .... ~lr. Armstrong .... :State Lille Hotel. J. A. Fauver ...... :318 Sibley St· .... ·'509 Hohman ...... Wednesday•. (m)2821'11i<'ago, m...... Wm. J. O'Leary ... 5532 R. Loomis St.iGeo. Wolf ...... '36ae~. Pau!ina St·4351 S. Halsted .... 2d &; 4th lion. (m)2H3:0akland, Cal ...... E. I. Durrell ...... 2398 E. 27th St .... Geo. Wagner...... 13~3 ?Iagnoha St .. 287 12th St...... 'Friday. 2S4 \ Pittsfield, Mass .... Thos. A. Butler ... 37 Dexter Ave ...... jlf JIIillC\'orth ..... 1136 Seymour St.... C. L. U. Hall ..... 1st &: 3d Mon. 285 Peru, Ind ...... ! Cleve ~n'lerson. "I', 230 E, 311 St ...... Orner Clevenger ... 114 E. 3,1 St ...... 'I'rnes C,oundl Hall Every Monday. (m)286 New Albany, Ind .. '0. L. Ble1...... 13th St. bet. Elm F. H. Welch ...... 110 Elm, SlIver State &; Market ... 2d & 4th Tues. I ' & Oak St. Grove, N. Albany (1)287,Oairo, m ...... w. L. Hobson ..... 417 lOth St ...... :L. E. Fisher ...... ,1803 Wash. Ave ... Labor Temple ..... Last Mon. (m)288,Waterloo, la ...... H. A. Monyer ..... '210 Denver St..... IW. H. webb ...... 14I9 E. 10th St ..... Mulberry St ...... Every Thurs. 2H91 '0. Arlams, Mass .. : 1". D. Viens ...... 81 Williams St .... : ,t. II. ilorn ...... a ~fagnolia Terr... I' 69 ~lain st...... 2.1 & 4th Fri. (m)290 Bartlesville, Okla. L. J. 1I10sley ...... 2'07 E. 3d St ...... L. J. Mosley ...... ,207 E. 3d St...... E. 3d ...... 1st &; 3d Wed. (m)291 Boise. Irlaho ...... :Roy A. W.lls ..... '1216 N. 11th St...iRoy Oarson ...... :Bolt 626 ...... • •• ,Main St...... lot &; 3d Thur. (1)292 Minneapolis, Minn,[P. A. Tang.nt ..... 1 112 Kasota Bldg ... ,J. D. HOban ...... 11l2 Kasota Bldg... '18th '" S. 6th St .. 2d & 4th )lon. (s)293I'schenectadY, N. Y.IMary Fitzner...... 1553 Mumford St"'ISalvatore Mone ... Box 43, South 240 State St...... 1st &; 3d Tues. " Schenectady, N.Y. j . 13x THE JOCRX.\L OF ELECTRICAL ------.,---- Fin. Sec'y. Address. MeetiBg Place. Meeting Dat~ _~t1._1 _Lu<__.a_tJ_·o_n_· __ . __~~~"?~ __ I~dreS8' I Ii. • 2N Hibbing. Minn ••••• :Victor McKuaky ••• 325 McKinley St ... Victor McKusky ••• 325 McKinley St••• 1d Ave •.•••••••••• .'2d 6: 4th BUll (l)~ILlttle Hock. Ark.•. J. E. Damell •••••• 1222 Pellter St...•• V. M. Hefner .•.••• 1921 W. 7th St.•• Frank's Hall, 3d & Every Wed. " I ' . Center St. , (m)29G lIerlin, N. H .•••.•• Wrn. Keough ..•••••• 110 Cole St ..••••.. Om A. Keith ....•...... ••••••••••• Stull Blk, .••.•.•.. ,2d & 4th Weil 2!l711/~nry .. tta, Okla. •• " ...... ; .•.•..•..••••••••••• ~l. II ~Iorgan .•••• Box 726 ...... , ...... •.•... (m)2lI8 Michigan Oity. ind Geo. Jergensen ••• .'226 Hendricks st•• O. Leets .•••••••••• 128 E. 10th St..... 4th 6: Franklin St. 2d 6: 4th FrI (m)M Cluuilen. N. J .... .'Jos. Tallman •••••• 2105 Howell ••••••• A. G. Watkins ••..• ltl !;"It t St ...... 7th & Birch ••••.•. :Every Thurs. 300 Auburn, N. Y ...... G. Hill .•...... ••.. , 190 Franklin St .... j Vhian A. Lee ..•.• Hotel Majestic ..•. Oent. Labor Hall •. 12d '" 4th Wed 101jTeXllrkana, Tex ••• , •••••.••••.••••••••• : ...... ,H. W. Linbarger .. 2615 Wood St ..... Labor Temple ..... i2d 6: 4th ~'ri. (m)30l ~I .. rtinez•. Calif .... I'L. Stinchfield ••••• :Martinez, Calif.• "i.EdW' Pascoe .••••. ;.~lartinez, Oalif.... (Vante Hall .•...••. \2d & 4th MOIl (m)303 St. Oathannes. G. MCFarlane ...... \HYdro Sub. StatiOD1Bert Cudney ••••. ·2,1 Thomas St ..... ;Carpenter's Hall •.. 1st 6: 3d Mon Ont.•. Oan. i • I. I . (m)804 IOreenvllle. Tex .... IO. A. Ilu,·k ...... 2316 '\alsworth St. Fred A Owens ..... 2915 Sliver St..... 2712 WashmgtonSt, 1st & 3d Wed (1)305 Fi. Wayne. ind .... A. H. Heyer...... 1724 Riverside Ave ••. M. Weideman ..... 1610 E. Wayne St •. 610 Calhoun St .... ·2d 6: 4th Wed (b)306ll1oston, Mass...... :, ...... '~Irs May Lewis ... :1339 lJorch~ster Av.' .•..••••..•••..•.... : ...... (m)307 Cumberland. Md .. Roy Snyder ...... 8UI Green St ...... 'Adam Arnold ...... Arnett Terrace ... " ...... ! ...... (1)308 Johnstown & Olov·.F. Foster...... 1,13 Prindle Ave., F. Jelfers ...... l0 Byard. Johns- 25 E. Main. JOhnS- 'lst FrIday. I ersville. N. Y. , Johnstown. N. Y.: ' tOWIl. i town. I aotE. St. Louis. 111 .... V. G. Grey ...... 1830 N. 44th St •.•. ,B. S. Reid ...... ,506 N. 22d st ...... i537 Collinsville Av.:Every Thurs. 310IE"U Claire and.peter Cardinal ..... 134 W. Grand Ave.' Anton Schoenhoferr 326 W Spring St., Spring ...... •.•••• '2d & 4th Thurs 0hippewa Fall•• ' Chippewa Falls,! I Chippewa FallS'I' Wis. I Wis. Wis. (m)311 Santa Ana. Oal .... ,E. R. Majors ...... 710 W. Wash. Ave. T. S. Hunter...... 10lD W. 1st St..... !4th & Bush St .... 2d 6: 4th Mon. (m)311\Wilmington. DeJa.Ift. T. Venn ...... 1014 N. Adams St. IV. J. Outten ... "'/'3302 Wash. St.. ... 604 Market St ..... Every Friday. 312 Spencer. N. 0 ..... G. N. Cooper ••.... 112 2d St...... B. B. Everhardt .•. RO'!te 7, Salisbury, .....•...... •...... ~. C. (m)314 Bellingham. Waah. F. B. Horton ...... 2005 0 St ...... A. E. Pettinger... Box 46 ...... Labor Temple ..... F.,'ery Wed. (ce)316 Chicago. Ill ...... 1E. W. Noble ...... 234 N. Clark St ... R. M. Carlin ...... 4041 Newport Ave. !740 Madison St .... Every Thurs. (m)318 Ogden, Utah ...... :G. H. Jay ...... Box 44 ...... M. C. Smith ...... Box 44 ...... IWash. Ave ...... Every Thurs. 118 Knoxville. Tenn ... Richard Evan...... 214D Linden Ave ... IS. K. Ruckman .... 2641 Woodbine Ave Oay St ...... 1st & 3d Fri. 3191""nville. m ...... Wm. R. Whiteselt 115 S. Ver. St...•. '~'red T. King .... " 939 N. Hazel St .... :l09Ih E. Main.; .. j201 & 4th M~ r ..... , ~I !';tatp St ...... F. J. RO.11: ...... 122 V~n nam St .. , Phlla. St...... 2t1 I< 4th Thurs. (m)365' Waterville, Me . •. .IAllie E. Herron ... '1'19 Maple St ...••. Iiton WIlhams .... 93 Front St ...... I·:::arpenter'" Hall. .. Every Thurs. (m)366 Lewiston, Me ...•. .1..••••.••••••...•.•...... •••.••••.••••. L. A. Powell. ..•.. 162 Oa~ St ...... , .••••...•..•.• (m)36~ Easton, Pa •••.•• .1 ...... 'jlRobert Graham, Jr. 1048 N. Hamptor. .•.••••• ~ ...... i' A_ 0)368I Indianapolis Ind .." ...... ) ...• ·· .• ·······•··•· .T. F. Timmons .... 1827 Fletcher Ave, Labor Temple.... tst 6: 3d Tues. (m)3R9i T,ouiRville. Ny ..... i w. A. r,ea~h ...... 763 S. 1st St .....! M. H. Kellar •.•••..,23 X. 37th St .. '1" O. O. P. Temp], F;\'ery Monday. ' (I)370'Los Angeles, Calif.IE. F, Mpi8~J1helmer 10"6 W. Ave. 54 .... G. W. AII.en •.••.. 1.10 N. Beaudry St Labor Temple ..•. F.very Thurs. (1)3711 Monpssen. Pa ...... H. C. LarImer ..... "74 Reed Ave ...... H. O. Larimer... 674 Reed Ave •..... 2d & 8th Ave.... '"t & 3t1 Mon. (m)372, Roone. la...... ! Albert Gieskieng .. 1809 Benton St •••..J. H. Brumenhall '. Box 464 ...... : 716% Keeler St... I.\ve~e~a:~ (m)!I73 Logun. Utah ...... '·J. .A. Hendrlcks"' Rox 2~2 ..••.: ...... " J08. M('MUrrin ••• ..t~ox 292.: .•. : ...... 1 \Iain.& 1st N. St i2d & 4th Th?",," (m)374374 Augusta, Me .. Irvlllg F. Gay .... oeI21 Qumty Ht...... Owen P. Lyons ... ',' Columbia St ..... ,207 ~ater St ..... 'Ilst & 3d Fri. WORKERS AND OPERATORS. 141

L.U. I Location. Rec. Sec·y. Address. Fin. Sec·y. Address. Meeting Place. -I Meetinc Date. l 587 PottavIlle. P& ••••• 'I'W. A. Bashoe. Jr"'lschUYkill Haven.! Robert W. De LOng 306 S. 2d St ...... • Centre &; Arch St. Tuesdays. (1)588 Lowell, Mass •••••• Gerald T. Silk .... ,6/~9th St...... \Geo. W. COngell .. \32 Agawam St ... ..!I. o. O. F. Bldg .• 1st &; 3d Fri. 689Saskatoon. Sask. CJ. H. Lathey •••••• ,Box 186 ..•...••••.• ,John Taylor •..•••. Box IM6 ...••••••••• I.•••••••.....•••••••••••••••••••.•.• (1)691 stockton, Cal ..•••• ,C. S. Estrada ••••. :239 W. Worth .•••• ····A.loJia.u 'll 'A\ 1017 S. Sutter ••.•• '220 X. ~Iarket St. Wednesday. (1)692 Kans.. s City. Mo •. Earl Foreman ••••• "Labor Temple ••••• ;H. S. O·Neil. ••.•. 14716 W. Prospect •• Labor Temple ..••• 1st & 3d ThUl• • (m)693 Dunkirk. N. Y •••• Samuel Hare •••••• 411 Fox St ..•••••• 'jC. R. Harris ..••••• ,57 W. 3d St•••••• Central Ave .••.•••• 2<1. &; 4th ThUl. 6~ Santa Rosa, Cal •. J. E. Tempson .... 327 2rl St...... Geo. E. Adams .... \635 3d St...... 2d &; B St ...... 1st &; 3d Tues. (i)685 Oakland. Cal...... C. A. Murphy ..... 715 37th St ...... F. M. Alder ...... 2125 26th Ave ..... 470 12th St ...... Every Wed. (m)697 Winona. Minn ..... E. W. Evans ...... Box 255 ...... IThOS. O·Brien ..... IRox 255 ...... TheloIllonic Hall ... 2d &; 4th Fri. (m)599 Iowa Oity. la ...... ; ...... I...... ,G. T. R":msey ..... ,531 S. Van .B~ren. College St...... : ... 1st &; 3d Tues. 8011urbana & Cham· O. L. \\elch ...... 401 E. Spgfd Av .•. S. E. Gnlfith ...... 511 W. Wllliams. Hm. 8 Impenallst &; 3d Wed. paign, Ill. Champaign. Ill. I Champaign, Ill.: Rldg. 802 Amarillo, Tex ..... G. C. Pidcoke ..... 1004 Pierce St..... H. E. Secor ...... 206 Grant St...... 409 Polk St ...... 1st &; 3d Thur. (m)605 Pana, Ill......

(b)663 Schenectady. N. Y. F. Rucienski ...... 114 2cl Ave ...... O. Ander.on ...... 104 Ho~gson St... j ...... I...... (m)G64 Brooklyn, N. Y .... Louis Rineer ...... 4906 New Utrerht. Roht. H. LHv.ndor ~1 E 10th Rt ...... Brooklyn Lab. Lye.2d " 4th Frl (1)886 ILansing. Mich ..... C. B. Robinson .... 117 E. Mich. Ave. F. ~l. Barl'er ...... 222 S. Butlrr St .. 227 X. Wash. Ave"llst &; 3d Tues. (i)686 Richmond. Va ...... 'IW. B. Roberts .... IBpllpvue Apts.• 5th 1st &; Broad Sh ... 2d &; 4th Mon. Ii'& Cary Sts. I (m)668Lafayette. Ind ..... lwm. Ko.mer...... 1117 N. tOth ...... ,Ralph A. Brassie .. 1337 S. 26th St ..... Labor Temple ..... IBt &; 3d Mon. {i)669 Sprin~field, 0 ..... W. R. Hirks ...... 339 O"kwoo~ PI. .. 'l':lis Erharclt ...... I...... ll.abor Temple ..... Every Friday. (i)675 Elizabeth. N. J ... "Arthur M. Cannon. 966 Dehart PI. .... IDanlel A. Clair .... ,.125 Franklin Rt .... 225 Broad St...... 1<1 & 4th Thur. p (m)S77 Gatun. C. Z., Pan.:W. L. LaBer ...... Gatun, C. Z .• Pan.'F. W. Hallin ...... IBox 88, Cri,tohalOatun Hall ...... 1st Saturday. I, Cz. Pan. Orl"tobel Hall .••. 3el Saturday. i (i)680 Fond du Lac. Wis.:O. W. Helli1e ..... ' ...... A. W. Heeimius ... 22 E. 2d St...... Cor. 3el &; Main .... !I~t & 3cl Fri. (1)681IwichitaFaIlS, Tex.-A. H. Howard ..... 003 Rc·ott Ave ..... I\Vm ~lc(11ell"nn ... :'lo' 777 ...... I."hor Han ...... I'EVery Wed. (m)683 Oarhondal~. l'a .... [R E. Durphy ...... '17 Orove Rt ...... 'IOPO. 0 Burrpll ... .11 LOllrpl Rt ...... [Lahor Temple ..... l.t &; 3rl TUOL (m)884,Monesto, Cal...... R. W ..beter .JohnBon'll1 Myrtl.. Ave .... ·Labor Temple ..... 1st & 3d Wed. (m)694:Voung>;town. 0 .... 1\Hrha!'1 ·Mnnre ..... j17 I,an. Ave ...... :Fred Korth ...... 115 Berlin Rt ...... 1':, Boardman St ... 2c! &; 4th Thur. (m)695 St. ,Joseph, Mo .... Ren. RroMord ..... llR09 Pacific ...... Wm. Wagner ...... 2107 Penn. Rt ...... 7th Edmond ...... 1st &; 3d Tues. (i)696 ,Albany. N. Y ...... : Hewy ,J. LH}' ..... : R,,,. 20 Gennan G. Gill"spie ...... Hm. ~O Germar (;"1"man Hall ..... 12d &; 4th Tues. I ' j Hall. i Hall. 897,Gary, Ind ...... lu. D. Hedden ..... 167 Ribley St., jW' A. McIIale ...... 612 Adams St. ,560 Broad, Gary ... 1st & 3d Thurs. I , , Hammond, Ind. Gary, Ind. 1595 Hohman, Ham- 2cl &; 4th Thurs. ii, .1 . monrl (i)699 Gloucester, Mass .. R·lv ...tor D.D"erinl( IR Wash. Rt ...... Eugene R. Lord ... 3RI Wash. !'it ...... 167 ~lain St ...... 1st &; 3d Tues.

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(m)711Long ne:le'h. Cal.. R. S. Prest ...... BOl< 207 ...... W. H. Bro"" ...... Box 207 ...... [,abor Temple ..... Every T1Iea.. (m)712 Sew Brighton, Pa. ChaB. (). Cook .... 1500 2ti St., New Wro. G. Vithridge. ;02 35th St.• Beay·ad Ave ...... lIt &; 3d K_ Bi'ighton, Pa. l'r Falls, Pa. ; (8)71.ChiCago, 111...... A. Lang ...... 1433 S. 59th Ave., J. F. Schilt ...... 738 W. Matlison,'738 W. Madi"on Ht I.t &; 3d Tas. I I (Jicero, J11. Chit'ugo, Ill. ' , ; (1)718 Hou~ton. Tel< ...... n. W. Ileuel ...... 1713 Lubbuck ...... W. J. l'et~rR ...... 200ft J,'ffel'Hon Ave. J1219 Pmiri.. Aw .. Every Thllr&.. (.)717 UostOIl. lIas" ...... J. J. O·Donnell ... ;6 Vale ~t., S ..... J.P. ll"Willinms. a,4 \\'arren St .• 9S7 Wash. St...... 1.t &; 3d T1.we. I I .!1 .,'1:-:-:, lI~;-o_.;. I : jI (to)718 Paducah. Ky ...... Guy WooMridge ... 6th &; Wash Sts ... n.o. n. Brown .... 123 ~. 7th ...... 4th bet. r:,ly &; .Tel!. I.t Monday. (i)719 ~I'l/l"h.,,,tt·r. X. H .. R. O. ~1. Ross ..... 66 lIudsoll St ...... (l.o. L. King ...... ;.'i S"camore St ... ~Iallehester bt ..... 2d &; 4th We&. (m)720 ~loberly. Mo ...... Harry Solomon .... 641 ~. Ault St.... iRobt. M. lIutman.20S N. 4th St ..... 1409 Reed St ...... 'lst &; 3d MOL (1)723 Ft. WaYlle, Ind ... K I-imith ...... ' ...... ,J. Buelow ...... :l1lO Hpy Run Ave,'619 Calhoun St .... Every Fri. (1)725 Terre Haute. Ind .. W. O. Partridge ... 2f>10 flchool Ave ... E. O. Ka.!eI...... !nil fl. 4th St ...... ,I.t & 3d MOL (m)726 Rault Hte. ~lurie, John DOlmelly ..... 176 Dennis St ..... ,John Donnelly .... :176 Dennis st..... 210 Cathcart St.,2d &; 4th 81m. ! Ont., Canada. I Htulton 727 Sehene<:tudy. N. Y. ChaB. P. Geier .... 196 Guilderlnnil Av P. VoJpe ...... ,720 Strong st ...... State St ...... 2d Th1llllday. (to) la Bostun, Mass ..... : AI"'" )I. O'Brien .. Hm. 452 Old South llary E. )IatthewE,Rm. 4:;2 Old South 987 Wash. st ...... ·2d & 4th I'd. I I ! Ill.'g. I I lIl

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Alabama. District of Columbia. Sioux City ..•• 47 Boston •.••.••• 603 Birmingham ••. 136 Washington •.• 26 Sioux City .••• 231 Boston ..••..•• 717 Mobile ....••.• 345 'Vashlngton .. , 148 'Vaterloo ..•... 288 Boston la Montgomery ... 443 Boston...... 8a Georgia. Isthmus of Panama. Brockton ..•..• 223 Arltal18as. Atlanta...... 84 Gatun ••••..•• 677 Concord ...... 12a. Paralso •.••.•. 397 Fort Smith ••. 346 Augusta ...... 121 Fall River ....• 437 Hot Springs ••• 619 Macon ...... 414 Idaho. Fall River ..... 21a. Little Rock .•.. 295 Waycross •••.• 462 Boise ...•••..•• 291 Fitch bu rg •.••. 11a L!tUe Rock ••• 658 Florida. Pocatello .••..• 449 Fitchburg ..... 256 Pine Bluff .••.. 251 Fitchburg ..... 279 Jacksonv11le ..• 177 'Vallace ...... • 519 Gloucester •.•.• 699 Miami ..•••.•• 349 Indiana. Arizona. Tampa .....•.• 108 Greenfield ....• 161 Clifton •..••... 132 W. Palm Beach. 323 Brazil ...•• :... 324 Haverh\ll ..... 470 Crawfordsville 89 Haverh\ll •.••. 20a Douglas ...••.. 434 IlUnols. Globe & MiamI. 579 Evansv11le •.•.. 16 Holyoke ••..•.• 707 Miami ••.••.•• 467 Alton ..•••.•.• 649 Evansv11le •.... 535 Holyoke...... 4a Oatma.n •••••.• 138 Aurora ..••...• 149 Ft. Wayne ••••. 305 Lawrence ...... 62~ Phoenix ••.•.•• 640 Aurora .•...••• 461 Ft. Wayne .•••.• 723 Lawrence ...... 18a Tucson ••.••..• 570 Bloomington .• 197 Gary ...... 697 Lowell •...... • 1% Cairo ....••.•• 287 Hammond .•••• 280 Lowell ...... 688 CaUfo1"D1a. Champaign •.•• 601 Indianapolis •.• 368 Lynn ...•....• 2a Bakersfield ••.• 428 Chicago...... 9 Indianapolis ••• 481 Lynn ...... 377 El Centro ••••. 228 Chicago 49 Lafayette ..•.• 668 Lynn and Salem 244 Eureka •.•.••.. 482 Chicago 134 Logansport •.•• 209 Marlboro ...... lOa Fresno •...•... 100 Chicago 157 Michigan City .• 298 New Bedford ... 144 Chicago 182 New Bedford... 224 Fresno ...••.•. 169 Chicvgo 214 New Albany ••.• 286 Long Reach •.. 711 Princeton .....• ~76 New Bedford.... 6a Los Angeles •. 61 Chleago 282 Peru ...... •..• 285 North Adams•.• 289 Los Angeles •• 370 Chicago 315 South Bend .,. 3fil North Adams ... 24a Martinez •..... 302 Chicago 381 South Bend. . . •• 153 North Adams ... 385 Modesta .•••.. 684 Chicago ...... 713 Terre Haute.... 25 Northampton .. 710 Oakland ••.•.•. 257 Chicago Heights 506 Terre Haute ...• 725 Northampton .. 14a Oakland ••..... 283 Danville...... 74 Pittsfield •..•... 170 .. Danville .•.•.• 319 Kansas. Pittsfield .•.•.. 242 Oakland .••..•. 595 Danville ••...•. 538 Coffeyville •••.. 417 Ontario •••...• 260 Pittsburg.. • • .. 334 Pittsfield.. • . • .. 496 Pasadena ..•.•. 418 Decatur ••...•• 146 Pittsfield ...... lI3a Decatur •••...• 331 Parsons •....•• 337 Quincy .••..... 189 Pomona ••..•.• 260 Pittsburg ••••• 334 Pasadena •...•. 560 Decatur ...... 424 Salem •••.•.... 16a East St. Louis.. 309 Topeka ...•..•. 226 Salem ...... • 259 Riverside ..•..• 440 Independence .• 650 Sacramento •... 36 Edwardsville •. 703 Springfield ..... 7 Elgin ..••.•••• 117 Wichita ...••.. 271 ~prlngfleld •.... 160 Sacramento •••• 340 Hutchinson •••• 661 San Bernardino. 477 Freeport ••...• 387 Springfield ..... 284 San Diego ..... 465 Galesburg ••... 184 Kentucky. Springfield ..... 3a San Francisco 151 Gtllespie ..••••. 383 IIenderson ••••• 229 So. Framingham 7a San Francisco. 6 Harrisburg .... 390 Lexington •.•.• 183 Taunton ...... 235 San Francisco .. 378 Herrin ••.•.•.. 702 Louisville •. •• 112 Taunton ...... 22a San Francisco 404 Joliet .••••.•.. 176 Louisville .•••• 369 VVoreester •.... 96 San Francisco 537 Kankakee •.••• 362 Owensboro •...• 216 VVorcester •...• 616 San Jose ...... 250 Kewanee .....• 94 Paducah •..•.• 718 VVorce .. ter 5a San Jose .•...• 332 Lake County •• 150 Louisiana. lVIlchlgan. San Mateo .... 617 La Salle ..•... 321 Alexandria •••• 53 Ann Arbor ••.• 252 San Rafael ...• 614 Monmouth •.•. 706 Monroe ...... 446 Bay City...... 418 Santa Ana ..•. 311 Ottawa .••..... 219 New Orleans... 4 Detroit... •.... 17 Santa Barbara. 451 Pana .•••••.•.. 605 New Orleans ... 130 Df'trolt ••.••... 58 Santa Cruz ...• 526 Peoria •••..•.• 34 Shreveport ••••. 194 Flint ..••...... 203 Peoria •.•••..• 51 Grand Rapids... 75 Santa Rosa .•.. 594 Quincy...... 67 Shreveport ....• 329 Stockton ••.... 207 Maine. Grand Rapids ... 107 Stockton ••.... 591 Rockford ...•.• 196 Kalamazoo •..• 327 Rock Island ... 109 Augusta ...... 374 Lansing .•..... 352 Vallejo .•..•... 180 Bangor .•..... 107 Vallejo ...••.•• 302 Rock Island •.• 485 Lansing .••...• 665 Springfield •..• 193 Bangor ...... 403 Muskegon •.... 275 Colorado. Springfield •••. 427 Bangor ...... 26a SaginAW 476 ::!olorado Springs 113 Streator •••.•.• 236 Lewiston ...... 366 IllIinnesota. Cripple Creek .. 70 Wheaton •..... 701 Millinocket .... 471 Brainerd ..••.. 234 Dpnver ••..•... 68 Iowa. Portland ...... 128 D11luth •••....• 31 Denver ••..••.• 111 Portland ...... 333 Hlhhlng ...... • 294 Pueblo ....•..• 1lI Boone '" ..... 372 Portland ...... fiR7 Cedar Rapids .. 405 Portland ...... 25a Minneapolis •.. 292 Connecticut. Clinton ....•..• 273 Waterv\11e ..... 365 Mlnneapolts ... 541 Bridgeport •.•• 233 Davenport ...•. 154 MinneapOlis •• , 24 Bridgeport •.•• 488 Des Moines. • . . 55 Mo.171o.nd. St. PAIII. •• , • ••• 23 Greenwich •..• 402 Des Moines •... 347 Baltimore ..... 27 ~t. PAUI. ••••.•• lln Hartford .....• 35 Dubuque ...... 704 Baltimore ....• 28 St. Paul..•..... 476 New Britain ... 37 Fort Dodge .... 114 Cumherland ... 307 WinonA 597 Nf'W Haven ••• 90 Iowa City .•..• 599 Massachusetts. MiSSissippi. Norwich ..•... 225 Keokllk ...... 41'n Boston 103 Gulfport ...... 248 "Taterbury ..•. 655 Marshalltown .• 610 Flo .. ton 104 Merlil' .. n 518 'Watf'rhllrv .... 660 MA.!'On ('ity ..•• 4~1 Boston 142 IllIissourl. I\f"''''A tine ••..• 24n Roston •...•... 20! HAnnlhal ...... 3liO Delaware. Oskaloosa ••.. 199 Boston ...... B 306 .Toplln ...... 95 Wilmington .... 313 Ottumwa .•...• 173 Boston ...... • 396 Kansas City .... 11!4 14-1 THE JOURXAL OF ELECTRICAL

Kansas City. . .• 162 Niagara Falls 237 Pennsylvania. Vl.rg1n1a.. Kansas City. . .. 356 Oswego .....•• 8%8 Norfolk ...••.• 80 Kansas City ..•• 592 Pou&,hkeepsle ., J16 Allentown ••••. 375 Petersburg •••• 491 ~Ioberly ..••.•• 423 Rochester •••.. 44 Altoona ...•.•• 457 Richmond .. .• 666 Butler ., .••.• 10 Moberly •.•...• 720 Rochester .•..• 86 Wash1ngton. flpdR IIR .••••••• 21HI Saratoga Spr'gs 363 Carbondale ••.• 683 Springfield .•.. 335 Schenectady ••• 85 E. Pittsburg ••• 662 Aberdeen .•.••• 458 St. Joseph .. , .•. 40 Schenectady 140 Easton ...... •. 367 Bellingham '" 314 SL Joseph ...... 695 Schenectady 205 I<~rie ...... 30 Bremerton ..... 674 St. Louis...... 1 Schenectady 247 Erie...... 66 Everett ...•..• 191 St. Louis...... 2 Schenectady 254 Harrisburg .... 143 N. Yakima ..•. 523 St. Louis .•••.. 171 Schenectady 267 Johnstown ••.• 493 Olympia ...... 680 Schenectady 293 ~lonessen .••.• 371 Seattle ..•..••. 77 Montana. Schenectady 442 New Castle . . . . 33 Seattle...... 46 New Brighton 712 Spokane ....•.• 73 Anaconda .•.••• 200 Schenectady 636 Spokane. • ..••• 609 Bozeman ••.... 416 SC'henectady 665 Norristown .... 179 Schenectady 644 PhlladE'lphia ... 21 Tacoma...... 76 Billings ••..... 453 Philadelphia ..• 98 Tacoma ...... 483 Billings .•.•.•. 632 Achenectady 646 Walla WaIla ..• 556 Butte...... 65 Schenectady 647 Pittsburg ....• 6 Butte ...••.... 623 SchenectadY 663 Pittsburg ..... 14 West Virgln.la. Butte ....•.•.. 9a Ach,mectady ••. 727 Pittston ...... • 667 Charleston .... 4611 Miles City .•••.• 653 Syracuse •.••.• 43 Pottsville ...... 687 Fairmont .•.•• 547 Great Falls .•••• 122 Syracuse •...•• 79 Scranton •..•.. 81 Huntington ...• 549 Harve ...•.•... 393 Troy .....••.•• 392 Shamokin ••.•• 607 \Vheellng ...... 141 Helena ....•.•• 185 Utica ....••••• 42 Sharon ...•••.• 218 Wheeling .....• 277 Lewistown ••.•. 652 Utica .....•••• 181 Shenandoah .... 682 Wisconsin. Livingston •..•• 341 Van Nest •••.• 468 Warren ....•.• 63 Appleton ...... 232 Missoula ..•... 408 Watertown ••.. 421 Wilkes Barre .•• 163 Ashland ..•.... 265 Watervlett •.•• 436 Williamsport .. 239 Eau Claire and Nebraska. Yonkers ...•... 601 Bhode Island. Chippewa Falls 310 Lincoln ••..•••• 265 North caroUna. Newport •••••• 268 Fond du Lac ••• 680 Omaha ....••.. 22 Providence .•.• 99 Green Bay. . . .. 158 Asheville ..•••. 238 Kenosha .....• 127 Raleigh ..•••.• 667 Providence •..• 258 Nevada. Pawtucket ...• 192 La Crosse ..•.. 136 Spencer ....•.• 312 Madison •.•.•. 169 Reno ...•...•.• 401 Ohio. South CaroUna. Milwaukee 186 Tonopah ...... • 361 Charleston .•.• 188 Milwaukee •••• 195 Virginia City .•. 613 Akron ...•..•• 220 Canton ...... 640 Columbia ...... 382 :\filwaukee ..... 336 New Jersey. Canton ...... 178 South Dakota. Milwaukee •••• 494 Chillicothe •••• 88 Sioux Falls..... 426 Milwaukee •••• 528 Atlantic City •• 210 Oshkosh •••••• 187 Atlantic City •• 211 Cleveland 38 Tennessee. Cleveland 39 Racine ...••••• 430 Camden ....•.• 299 Chattanooga •. 176 Sheboygan •••• 620 Dover...... 13 Cleveland 78 Knoxville ••••• 318 Cincinnati 101 Superior •....• 166 Jersey City '" 15 MemphIs ...•.. 474 Superior .....• 276 Elizabeth ..•..• 675 Cincinnati 212 Nashville ...... 429 Englewood .••.• 678 Columbus 64 Texas. Wyoming. Jersey City .... 164 Columbus 71 Abilene ...... • 126 Casper ...... •. 322 ]I,{orrlstown ••.• 681 Conneaut ...... 145 Austin ...... 520 Cheyenne •.••. 416 Newark...... 62 Dayton ...... 82 Amarillo ...... 602 Sheridan ....•. U6 Newark ...•... 190 Dayton ...... 118 Beaumont ..... 221 CANADA. New Brunswick. 456 East Liverpool. 93 Beaumont ..... 47!l Paterson ...... 102 Elyria ....••.. 129 Alberta. Brownwo·)d ... 91 Calgary ...•••• 348 Perth Amboy •. 358 Hamilton ...... 648 Corpus Ghrlstl. 5';5 Plainfield ..••.• 262 Lima ...... ••. 32 Lethbridge •.•• 630 Dallas ...... 59 Eomonton •..•. 412 Trenton...... 29 Mansfield ..•.•. 643 Dallas ...... 69 Trenton ...••.. 269 Portsmouth .•. 675 Edmonton ..••• 544 Sprlnp;fleld ..•. 204 Dallas ...... 448 Medic'ine Rat 222 New Hampshire. Dennison •..•. 15a Sprinp;fleld ••.• 669 Dennison .•••.. 338 British Columbia. Berlln .. , ..•••• 296 f::tpuhenvtlle •• 246 El Paso •.....• 683 N. Westminster 568 Manchester .••• 613 Tiffin ...... 263 El Paso ....••• 685 Prince Rupert 344 Manchester ...• 719 Toledo ....•••• 8 'J'nlpdo ...•.••• 245 Fort Worth.... 116 Vancouver ...• 213 New Mexico. Warren ...... 411 Fort Worth.... 156 Victoria ...... • 230 Gainesville ...• 497 Manitoba. Albuquerque .• 611 youngstown ... 62 Galveston ....• 610 Youngst.own ... 64 Winnipeg ....• 436 New York. Galveston .•... 627 Youngstown ... 87 Greenville .••.. 304 New Brunswick. Albany ..•..••. 696 Youngstown .•• 694 Houston •..•.. 66 Moncton .....• 629 Albany ...... 137 Xenia 576 Houston •.••.• 716 Amsterdam .•.. 651 Oklahoma. St. John...... 395 Palestine •.••.. 388 Nova Scotia. Auburn ...... • 394 Ardmore ...... 391 Paris ...... •.. 278 Auburn ...... • 300 Bartlesville ... 290 Port Arthur ••• 639 Halifax .....•. 625 BInghamton '" 325 Ch!(Okasha •.... 460 Port Arthur •.• 17a New Glasgow •• 638 Buffalo .•.••••• 41 Claremore ..... 409 San Antonio... 60 Ontario. Buffalo ..••.... 45 Dr1lmrlght .... 577 SAn Antonio •.. 500 Berlin ...... •. 355 Dunkirk .•••..• 693 Henryetta 297 Sherman ...... 272 Fort William .. 339 Dunkirk ..••••. 669 Muskogee ..... 384 Temple ....•.. 119 Hamilton .....• 105 Elmira •...... 139 Oklahoma .•••• 155 Texarkana •••• 301 London ...... • 120 Ithaca .....•.• 486 Oklahoma City. 18 Tyler ...... 168 Niagara FaIls 17f Glens Falls '" 389 Okmulgee ••... 406 Waco...... 72 Peterboro ...•• 261 Jamestown .... 106 Sapulpa ...... 227 Waco ...... •.• 97 Port Arthur ... 360 Johnstown and Shawnee ...... 166 Wichita Falls 681 Sault Ste Marie 726 Gloversville 308 Tulsa 684 Yoakum 671 St. Catharlnes 303 Lockport ..•... 509 Toronto 353 Lake Placid ..•• 673 Oregon. Vtah. Massena ...••• 162 . ,,"lbany ...... 656 Logan .....•.. 373 Quebeo• Middletown .•.. 133 Astoria .....•. 617 Ogden ...... 316 :Montreal ....•• 492 Newburgh ••.• 631 Eugene .•....• 529 Provo (,Ity .... 380 Montreal .••••• 661 New York 20 ~Iedford ...... 651 Salt Lake City. 57 Sask. New York 419 PortJRnd .••... 48 Salt Lakp City. 354 Moose Jaw •••• 668 New York 634 Portland •..••. 126 Vermont. Regina ...... 6711 New York 664 Salem ...... 511 Burllnlrton .•.. lI08 Saskatooa ••••• 58. = unlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUl

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Application Blanks, per 100 ..•.....•.....•.....••,. Arrears, Official Notice of, per 100 ...... 50 Account Book, Treasurer's...... 50 Buttons, S. G. (Iaree) ...... 1.00 Buttons, S. G. (small)...... 60 Buttons, R. G...... 50 Buttons, Culf, S. G., per pair ..•..•..••••.••••• 3.7& Buttons, Culf, R. G., per pair...... 1.51 Books, .et of...... 5.5' Book, Minute for R. S...... 75 Book, Day...... 50 Book, Roll Call...... 51 Charter Fee, for Each member...... 1.00 Charms, Rolled Gold ...... 2.00 Constitutions, per 100 ...... 5.00 Carbon Pencil, for receipt books...... 05 Envelopes, Official, per 100...... 50 Eledrical Worker, subscription, per year...... 25 Ledeer, Financial Secretary's, 200 pages ..•••••• 1.50 Ledger, Financial Secretary's, 400 page••.•••••• 2.50 Labels, Metal, per 100 ...... 1.25 Labels, Paper, per 100...... 15 Obligation Cards, double, per dozen...... 25 Paper, Official Letter, per 100...... 50 Permit Cards, per 100...... 50 Pins, Telephone Operator's...... 35 Rituals, extra, each...... 25 Receipt Book (300 receipts) •.••.....•..•..••••• 1.58 Receipt Book (750 receipts) •.•••....•..•.•••••• 3.00 Receipt Book, Treasurer's...... 25 Receipt Holders, each...... 15 Seal ...... 3.50 Traveling Cards, per dozen...... 50 Withdrawal Cards, with TranI. Cds., per dozen. .50 Workine Cards, per 100...... 50 Warrant Book, for R. B...... 25

Note--The above artlel. wm be .upplied whea the requisite amount of c ..h accompaniel the or­ der. Otherwise the order will not be recoenized. All supplies sent by u. have po.taee or expr... • harees prepaid. Addre•• , CHAB. P. FORD, I. 8.

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FIRST WIRING NEW WRINKLE SOCKETS 59480 VB Key Std. Pkg. of 500.... $16.50 C No. 14 New Code Wire ...... $9.45 M 59482 VB Keyless .. .. 500 .... 15.00 C No. 12 New Code Wire ...... 14.20 M 59481 % Key .. 250... 22.00 C -: /;'2" Alphaduct, Duraduct or F~e,.tube ...... 16.00 M 59483 ?s Keyless .. 250 .... 20.00 C Swivel Cap "Hold Fast" Knobs, bbl. lots ...... 7.00 M 65250 VB Chain Pull .. 250 .... 31.00 C Reversible Split Knobs "I' ...... 6.00 M 65251 % Chain Pull .. 100 .... 36.00 C 1849 ...... 5.75 M 3" Porcelain Tubes ... 2.10 M KEY SOCKETS ~" Iron Conduit ...... 36.00 M VB Key Sockets "Connecticut" ...... 16.00 C ~:.°ld4 ~~;:~!n*i~~:·.:·.. :.::::::.::·.:·:::::::.:::~~:~ ~ VB Keyles...... 15.00 C Switch Boxes Steel Sectionat...... l0c ea.. 8.00 C NEW WRINKLE RECEPTACLES Switch Boxes (Bauer Nail ... on) ...... 8c ea. ~ ...... 7.50 C 50717 Keyless Std. Pkg. of 250$14.00 C 66609 2Yt Porco Base Key H" 250.26.00 C FLUSH PUSH SWITCHES 66610 2J{ Porco Base Keyless '" 250.24.00 C 666\1 2)1 Pore. Base Chain Pull .. 250 .. 41.00 C S. P. Flush Push Switches, lots of 100 assorted 15.00 C 681362)1 Brass Ba.e Key .. 250 .. 31.00 C 3 Way ...... " .. .. 20.00 C 68137 2J:; Brass Base Keyless U 250 .. 29.00 C D. P. 24.00 C 681382)1 Brass Base Chain Pull .. 250..46.00 C Switch Plates Stamped Steel 100 assorted Gangs 6.00 C 68139 3!{ Brass Base Key II 100 .. 36.00 C Switch Plates Stamped Brass" It It 9.00 C 681403)1 !Jrass Base Keyles. .. 100.34.00 C 681283)1 Brass Bas. Chain Pull 50 .. 52.00 C SNAP SWITCHES (Association) NATIONAL MAZDA LAMPS plain Indicating 15 Watt, Ca.es of 100, $ .19 each ...... @ $ .22 each SA S.P. Snap Switches Std. Pkg. of 250 IS.50C $17.00 C 2.0" " 100, .19 " ...... @ .22" SA D.P...... 100 32.00C 36.00 C 25 100, .19" ..... @ .22" @ 3A 3 Way 100 27.00C 40 100, .19 .. .. .22" SA 3 Way .. 100 32.00C SO 100, .19" ..... @ .22" lOA S.P. 100 27.00C 30.00 C' 60 100. .26" ..... @ .29" lOA D.P. 100 37.00C 42.00 C NITROGEN FILLED LAMPS lOA 3 Way .. S042.00C . 75 Wa.tt, Cases of 24, $ .48 Broken Cases...... $ .52 100." II 24, .75 u " .... 80 ROSETTES (Association) ) 200 24, 1.49 .. 1.60 2.40 .2696 B. Cleat I piece fuseless Std. Pkg. of 500 ... 3.50 C 300 24, 2.24 297 2 Piece Cleat Fuseless .... 250 ... 8.50 C 400 12, 2.98 3.20 2982 .. Concealed .. 250 ... 8.50 C BELL AND BATTERY SUPPLIES 2992 .. Moulding " 250 .. 8.50 C 15012 Piece Cleat Fused 250 ... 9.00 C 2)1" P. R. Bells Std. Pkg. of 100 ... $26.00 C 15022 " Concealed" 250 ... 9.00 C Sleigh, Cow and Tea Bells .. I. 50 ... 50.00 C 15032 .. Moulding .. 250 ... 9.00 C P. R. Buzzers 50 ... 25.00 C Round Wood Pushes SO .. 8.00 C Round Metal Pushes 50... 8.00 C CUT OUTS, ENTRANCE SWITCHES, ETC. Letter Boxes Combination 25 ... 125.00 C Main Line Cut Outs lots of 100 ...... 13.00 C Dining Room Pushes (comb.) 50... 28.00 C Single Branch Blocks .. 100 ...... 14.00 C MISCELLANEOUS Double Branch Blocks 100 .... 27.00 C Lots of 100 lb. $19.00 C Entrance Switches Friction Tape High Grade 100 ...... 37.00 C Rubber Tape High Grade SO lb. .35 er.. Three Wire Entrance Switches SO ...... 60 ea. 100 II.OOC Single Panel Switches Benjamin Attachment Plugs 50...... 38 e •. ~O 3.00C Double Panel Switches Fuse Plugs 6 to 30A Assorted 50.. .75 e •. Shade Holders 144 4.75 Gro. 3 to 2 Wire Double Panel Sw. SO ...... 80 e •. 2%" 60A Main Line N.E.C. Cut Outs 12" Semi-Indirect Bowl Fixtures. 50...... 65 ea...... Complete .. 12 3.49 ea. 10 to 30 Amp. N.E.C. (uses ass. 100 ..... 9.00 C "Edison Flush Receptacles I' 100 33.00 C 35 to 60 " fI " 100 ...... 13.00 C 12 .75 ea. 75 and 100" Dimilites 100 ..... 30.00 C , Insulating Joints .. 250 18.00 C 1 11 WRITE FOR OUR COMPLETE PRICE LIST J D II WE OF 2500 DIFFERENT ARTICLES wF! , ,:, PittshurMEle~tric &Mfg.CO'/~~~EJ u a 6112-20 S-tatlon StreC!t, ~

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