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as are cited in the controversy between I. The ballot was illegal from tho e fa l and the Grand Se. creta.ry be ir Locals No. 41 and 45 of Buffalo, temporary that superfluoush names D we"reS u~edth RIn Sa':"no11 'f y locals of this actIOn.. d t balloting, sue as" enver" ml , oun ' The committee appomte 0 permit cards be issued. We can guard house" Smith, II Rox" and "Roxy," a' , I . to forward tc against attack from the outside, but dissen- said ballots could not be counted for an able .reso tlO~S, d th followin! sions from the inside have a destroying in- one. McKInley, 0 ere e 2. That Irwin was not an officer of the st. Louis, Mo., ] al fluence and must be discouraged." union and was therefore not eligible to Moved by Bro. Roth, seconded by Bro. office of president. , Whereas, There is now -:vagi: Tripp, that the motion lay on the table un- 3. We hereby give notice of appeal . nown as the Transvaal, In, SO IS k of extermination in which til to-morrow morning for final action. the E. B., which convenes at St. Louis la" a war 'h ' h 5, 190 1. Signed, J. E. TAANDT, f the said country, who ave ~ Carried. R. P. GALE. ,0 d to take up the w?rk of pi . Bro. Coughlin, business agent of No. I" hoo due an hitherto wild and 1 Moved by Bro. Roth, seconded by Br , sub. are the principal suffere and a committee from No. I, asked the region, 1ft ' Whereas, The ~ve 0 coun ry privilege of the floor, He said he was not Sherman, the protest be sustained and" new election ordered. Carried. . the hearts of thiS oppressed I prepared just at teis time; that he had ex­ 10 use them to cling doggedly I pected the E. B. to stay in St. Louis until Local 52, of Newark, N. J., asked tha ca l'nation never to surrender term h'ld , the next meeting of Local No. I, as they one of the E. B. be sent to work in that te' one man , woman or c I rema had many important matters to lay before ritory. Moved by Bro. Sherman, seconde tinue battie, and . by Bro. Tripp, the matter lay on the tabl " Whereas, The ternble or the E. B. He cordially invited all to at­ slaughter that has caused ~he • until to-morrow morning. Carried. . d world to stand aghast, IS sue tend the open meeting and smoker to be Ize .. t' given by No. I to the E. B. Many of the Adjourned. for ali pOSSible Inter.ven IOn on neutral civilized natIOns, th~ref( members of the E. B. said it was impossi­ SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Resolved, By the Executive E ble for them to stay until then. In regard to the appeal from the decisio' International Brotherho.od of Bro. Coughlin suggested, inasmuch as of the G. P. on the matter of charging te " Workers, in regular ses~lOn ass the members could not remain over until hereby ur~e upon Presld~nt M dollars examination fee, it is the opinion 0 , take cogntzance of the sa!d stal Tuesday, that he be allowed to place their this body that the I. B. E. "V. has no powl and use his good offi<:es In an matters before the E. B. Monday. Bro. to prevent local unions from charging what' fort to arrange an a.mlcable ad: Sheehan moved that No. I have all data ever sum the local conditions may deman'; the differences eXistIng between ready by Sunday evening, seconded by Bro. nation and the people of the Tr or warrant, to protect the interest of th Resolved, that a copy of the ; Russell. Carried. trade in their locality for Building Trad I lutioil be offered to the press f. Bro. Wood ward, of Local No. I, said he cards or other Central Labor Union carda tion, that a copy, duly a.tteste< wished to appeal from a decision of No. I which it may be necessary for said loca bossed be at once transmitted t. in regard to placing a fine on its members McKinley, and th~t a copy of tl to furnish the member, to enable them f' filed in the archives of our B for not turning out in parade Labor Day. work under the jurisdiction of said loca' for future reference. Bro. Sheehan said as this was a local mat­ unions, outside of the regular work in , (Signed) J. H. MAL' ter he did not think the E. B. had any ju­ F. J. SHEE cards of our organization. It is, however Co risdiction. Bro. J. T. Kelly said that Local the wish and recommendation of this boar No. I had passed a motion that all mem­ that in no case shall more than $25.00 b Moved by Bro. Wissinger, se bers should parade on Labor Day or be charged for such cards. Bro. Russell, that this be ado} fined, and that it had been a custom every We recognize the fact that local con& ried. year, and that, should the E. B. reverse tions must and will determine to a large ex " Bro. Sherman said that durin] I strikes some of the locals had fa this it would cost No. I considerable money; tent the amount charged. If local condi. that he himself was forced to work that tions do not warrant an applicant to pay, cult to pay per capita tax, and Locals 44 and 4S be allowed per day and paid his fine. Bro. Tripp said he the full amount of $25, the local will b~ could see no reason to question the legal­ compelled to accept less, in order to hold while on strike, not to be over fo ity of the fine, as in his opinion every local a large enough membership to do their work Carried. had a right to fine its members for non­ in their locality and thereby prevent it Bro. Gale asked that No.6I 1 their per capita tax and init: compliance with its rules. Moved by Bro. being done by non-union men. Believing, since Oct. 1st. Moved by Bro. Russell, seconded by Bro. Gale, that the E. as we do, that these charges for extra card., and seconded by Bro. Sheehan B. concur in the action of No. I. Carried. must, like water, inevitably find their true Bro. Gale offered the following protest: level, according to the surrounding condi:, be kept in good standing, with standing that it be paid in to We, the undersigned, members of Local tions, this board does not feel justified in Secretary by Oct. I, 1901. Carr: No.6, of the I. B. E. W., do protest the in­ attempting to say what shall be charged i~: : stalling of the officers elected on Dec. 26, Bro. Tripp moved, and secone any particular locality. ;1 1900, on the grounds that they were not Gale, that the Texas locals be kc Moved by Bro. Russell, seconded b '; elected according t6 the Constitution of standing until the strike is set the I. B. E. W., Art. 25, Sec. 3, namely: Brother Roth, the resolution be adopted' RKER THE ELECTRICAL W()I{KEk 3 e ballot was illegal from the fa ':aridthe GrandSe~retary be instructed to they will pay' up between Jan. and Oct. r, erfluous names were used in '.. I f h' . 7 such as " D "S' h sal n· oufy loca sot IS action. 1901., Carried. _ >' enver mit Rou d ' .' . ,Smith, .. Rox" and "Ro~y," ~d,;~The com.mlttee appomted to draft. SUlt- A committee from Local NO.2 asked the· ,ots could not be counted for any. '" able resoitlOns, to forward. to President privilege of the fioor, and presented the fol­ .' McKinley, offered the follOWing: lowing for consideration: It I rwm was not an officer of th' .. . ,d was therefore not eligible t hili" St. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 7, 1901. To General Executiv~ Board,!. B. E. W. presl'd ent. 0 t e . Whereas, Th'ere IS now waging," In w h at Dear Sirs and Brothers: hereby give notice of appeal to . is known as the Transvaal, in South Africa, In the struggle for better conditions last ., which convenes at St. Louis Jan a war of extermination in which the citizens May, June and July, between Local Union . Signed, J. E. T AANDT . ofthe said country, who have had the hardi- NO.3, l. B. E. W., and St. Louis Transit Co., R. P. GALE' hood to take up the work of pioneers and Local Union No.2 was forced to drain its b' B 0 . . ~ subdue an hitherto wild and unhabitable treasury and is badly in need of money to yr. Roth, seconded by Bra. region, are the principal sufferers, and continue the gallant campaign we started . the protest be sustained and a " Whereas, The love of country is so strong Jan. I, 1900, by constantly keeping a busi­ tlOn ordered. Carried. :: in the hearts of this oppressed people as to ness agent in our fields, which has boosted 52, of Newark, N. J. asked th ,'caus~ th~m to cling doggedly to their de­ our membership from 39 to a fraction over ,. E B be ' . at - termInatIOn never to surrender so long as 200; and in view of the fact that our city is - " sent to work In that ter· one man, woman or child remains to con- to have a world's fair and next Interna­ 10ved by Bro. Sherman, seconded tinue battle, and tional Convention, we sincerely hope that 'ripp, the matter lay on the table' Whereas, The terrible or !leed.le~s assistance be rendered us in this hour of lorroW morning Carried' slaughter that has caused the entire clvIi­ need, that we may continue our struggle to led. . . ~, ized world ~o st~nd aghas.t, is such as to call success. Yours Fraternally, . for all pOSSible interventIOn on the part of JOHN J. MANSON, Vice-Pres. OND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS . neutral civilized nations, therefore be it GEO. C. ALLEN, Fin. Sec'y. . ,. Resolved, By the Executive Board of the rd to the appeal from the decision: International Brotherhood of Electrical After a long discussion a motion was P. on the matter of charging ten'~ Workers, in regular ses~ion assem~led, do made by Bro. Sheehan, seconded by Bro. amination fee, it is the opinion of~ hereby urg-e upon Presld~nt McKmley.to Roth, that $200 be allowed. Carried, all that the I BE'''' It· take cogOlzance of the said state of affaIrs members voting "aye" except Bro. Russell, .' • • vv. nas no power~ and use his good offices in an earneit ef- local UOlons from charging what·~ fort to arrange an amicable adjustment of who voted "no." he local conditions may demand~.~ the. differences existing between the British Bro. Tripp offered the following reso­ t, to protect the interest f th ~ nation and the people of the Transvaal. lution: heir I' " 0 el ~esolved, that a copy of the above reso- Resolved, That the secretary be in­ ocahty for Building Trade 1 lutlOil be offered to the press for publica- her Central Labor Union cards, : tion, that a copy, duly attested and em­ structed to publish in the next issue of the Worker that after the present difficulties ay be necessarv for said local: bossed be at once transmitted to President are settled the E. B. will abide strictly by :he member, to . enable the to ~ fiMcKi~ley, and th!lt a copy of the same be the Constitution, Article 27, in regard to . . . . . m t led In the archives of our Brotherhood r .t h e JunsdlctlOn of said local t for future reference. strikes. tSlde of the regular working" (Signed) J. H. MALONEY, Moved by Bro. Roth, seconded by Bro . .r organization. It is however t F. J. SHEEHAN, Russell, the resolution be adopted. Car­ id recommendation ot'this board f Co~mittee. ried. case shall more than $25.00 be~. Moved by Bro. Wissinger, seconded by The matter of sending delegates to the . such cards. Bro. Russell, that this be adopted. Car- National Building Trades Convention was iif • gnize the fact that local condi. i ned. brought up for discussion. Bro. Maloney md will determine to a large ex. ~ ~ro. Sherman said that during the many said the time had come when the electrical ,ount charged. If local condi- if strikes some of the ~ocals had found it diffi­ workers should resist the encroachment of t warrant an applicant to pay:, cult to pay per capita tax, and asked that other trades on conduit work, and as it was lount of $25, the local will be t Lo~als 44 and 45 be allowed per capita tax a matter of vital importance to all he :0 accept less, in order .to hold r while on strike, not to be over four months. moved that the I. B. E. W. pay the ex­ gh membership to do their work ~. Carried. penses of Business Agent Coughlin as a :ality and thereby prevent it~· ~ro. Gale asked that No. 61 be allowed delegate, as well as his own, as he had )y non-union men. Believing, i t~elr per capita tax and initiation fees been selected as a delegate. Seconded by it these charges for extra cards ;, Since Oct. 1st. Moved by Bro. Maloney, Bro. Wissinger. Carried. 'ater, inevitably find their true: and seconded by Bro. Sheehan, that they Bro, Gale asked a ruling from the E. B. !ing to the surrounding condi- ~; be ke?t in good standing, with the under­ on the following: "Whether an officer lard does not feel justified in ' standIng that it be paid in to the Grand filling an unexpired term should receive o say what shall be charged in Secretary by Oct. I, 1901. Carried. the same honors as one filling a whole lr locality. Bro. Tripp moved, and seconded by Bro. term." The ruling of the E. B. was that Bro. Russell, seconded by Gale, ,that the Texas locals be kept in good the officer filling an unexpired term was h, the resolution be adopted standing until the strike is settled, when entitled to the honors. THE Bro. Sheehan put in a writte for $100 to assist Local 37 e against the Hartford Elec. by Bro. Roth, seconded ssell, that it be allowed. Carr Bro. Tripp asked that No. 66 on the general office books 1 pay after' their strike. Moved -Maloney, seconded by Bro. Rotl now on strike be keptg are settled. Carried. Bro. Wissinger read a comm Local 27 in regard to a bil Brotherhood owed Mr. Lee I for legal services during their st: there was a misunderstandi to this bill. Moved by Bro.

....,'.U.JLU~~ by Bro. Roth, that the I left iD the hands of Grand Pres. settlement. Carried. An appeal from No. 52 was rec GraDd Sec. and the Grand Pres. ( investigate. THIRD DAY'S SESSION. - Grand Pres. Wheeler, presidi if the committees on the G. S. ; 'books were ready to report. Th tee OD G.S.'s books submitte. !owing: St. Louis, Mo., Jan. To the Executive Board: The Auditing Committee re submits the following report for . ing Sept. 30, 19o0:

-., The system inaugurated in keeping department of our exeCl -is worthy of comment, and the Committee desire to express thel the work being in competent h:: would suggest, in view of this fac bookkeeper's salary be incre. , figure that efficiency and good , mands, and that her salary b month, beginning Jan. 1. 1901. An account of $65.37 the secret record of, also an account of $6.0 understood by the secretary and urer. We, therefore, would suo the books of the organization are correspond to the cent. Reading from left to right, the brothers standing are: F. J. SHE . J. H. Maloney, F. J. Roth, R. R. Tripp, F. J. Sheehan, R. P. Gale. F. J. Ro~ The brothers seated are: Co: P. H. Wissinger, T. H. Wheeler, H. W. Sherman, F. H. Russell. Moved by Bro. Russell, secon( Maloney, the report be adopted THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 5 Bro. Sheehan put in a written appeal The committee on G. To's books sub­ asking for $100 to assist Local 37 in their mitted the following: strike against the Hartford Elec. Light Co. To the Members of the E. B. of I. B. E. W.: Moved by Bro. Roth, seconded by Bro. We, your committee on G. To's accounts, Russell, that it be allowed. Carried. beg leave to make the following report: Bro. Tripp asked that No. 66 be kept We have examined the G. To's books and good on the general office books until able find them balanced up to Oct. I, 1899. to pay after their strike. Moved by Bro. On hand ...... $7,228.22 Balance on hand Sept. 30, IQoo. 2,506.38 Maloney, seconded by Bro. Roth, that all Total receipts from Oct. I, 1899, members now on .strike be kept good until to Sept.' 30, 1900...... 23,232.78 strikes are settled. Carried. Total expenses from Oct. I, 1899, Bro. Wissinger read a communication to Sept. 30, 1900...... 27,954.62 Respectfully submitted, from Local 27 in regard to a bill of $100 F. H. RUSSELL, the Br<;>therhood owed Mr. Lee M. Myers R. P. GALE, for legal services during their strike. He Committee. said there was a misunderstanding in re­ Moved by Bro. Sheehan, seconded by gard to this bill. Moved by Bro. Sherman, Bro. Russell, that the report be accepted, seconded by Bro. Roth, that the matter be and the G. T. extended a vote of thanks left in the hands of Grand Pres. Wheeler for the able manner in which he had kept for settlement. Carried. the books. Carried. An appeal from No. 52 was read by the Grand Treas. Wissinger's resignation Grand Sec. and the Grand Pres. orderefl to was asked for. The E. B. decided to adopt in vestigate. a system of payment of bills direct from THIRD DAY'S SESSION. the general offices. Bro. Wissinger said he Grand Pres. Wheeler, presiding, asked wbuld present his resignation to take effect if the committees ontheG. S. and G. T. Feb. J. .r books were ready to report. The commit­ Grand Pres. Wheeler suggested, as the . tee on G. S.'s books submitted the fol­ bti.sines/ of the session was about con- • lowing: eluded, that a motion to adjourn would be St. Louis; Mo., Jan. 6, 1900. - in 'order. Moved by Bro. Maloney, sec­ To the.Executive Board: - onded by Bro. Roth, tha~ we adjourn sine The Auditing Committee respectfully submits the following report for year end­ die. _ Carried. ing Sept. 30, 1900: After the adjournment an open meeting was held and addresses. made by Pres . . Receipts . . . $30,395.63 Expenditures . 27,960.62 Smyth, Sec. Steinbiss, of the N. B. T. C, and other~. Balance ... . $2,43~·OI The system inaugurated in the book­ From Our Grand President. keeping department of our executive office To the Brotberhood: . is worthy of comment, and the Auditing Committee desire to express themselves of It is apparently so easy to find fault and the work being in competent bands. We criticise the work of others, so easy to sit would suggest, in view of this fact, that our by the fireside and recite .what should be _. bookkeeper's salary be increased to a done, that I believe I may be pardoned if· figure that efficiency and good work de­ mands, and that her salary be $40 per I indulge in the pastime on a limited scale month, beginning Tan. I. 1901. myself. Now, then, it should be the aim An account of $65.37 the secretary had no and object of every member to see to it record of, also an accountof $6.00, which is· that his organization is placed in a position understood by the secretary and the treas­ urer.We, therefore, would suggest that t~ be of some service both to himself and the books of the organization are exact and his brother workmen to bring about a bet- correspond to the cent. -terment of their conditions. Each mem­ F. J. SHEEHAN, ber should try his utmost to bring about a F. J. ROTH, spirit of brotherly love and a devotion to Committee. the cause for which we' are fighting, and Moved by Bro. Russell, seconded by Bro. should above all work to unite our forces Maloney, the report be adopted. Carried. rather than disrupt them. But we don't --.. JC-f /\ J i /J: I

6 THE ELEctRICAL W O,RKER . . - " . all do this'; therefore, I, kick and protest to thousand. DOes he understan,d that tpe all the locals throughout the world. ' other seven thousand nine hundred and Some years ago I was troubled with lum­ ninety~nine may possibly not se~ thi~gs in bago. I could always find plenty of peo­ the same, light that he does? 'Does lie ple who were more than willing t6 bear know of any b~other who has ha(i.'anj~jus­ the pain of my lame back. I have met tice done him by the action of tb,e E. B.? people who would double up and hump Can he, or could he at the time l:ie, made themselves in sympathy in order to con~ his protest, mention the name of a brother vince me that they were actu'ally bearing who has had an injustice done him by the pain I would have suffered had they either local iu Chicago, New York or Buf­ not come to my assistance, and I have fa16 that can be attributed to the E. B.? likewise found others who would not be­ To dictate a policy in Montana to be' fol­ lieve I had a lame back. Said I just lowed in New York, or vice versa, is thought my back was lame and if I would hardly fair unless all parties are,conversant straighten up I would be all right. Now, with the situation. One can quote arid all these people were my friends and were interpret the constitution as he under­ ever ready to give advice or criticise, but stands it, but et him remember thal there, my back continued lame just the same. are thousand~ who may disagree with him Neither the sympathy nor the criticism I and whose interests may be as vital as his: received 'could help me, and finally be­ For some reason the brothers who are, cause I would not adopt the remedies of by virtue of their part of the trade, most my sympathetic friends they, too, turned directly interested in the affair are not critics and my back ached on. All of making any fuss, while those whose inter­ which goes to show that we are ever ready ests are in no way at stake, and are not to criticise if things don't go as we believe likely to be, appear to be having the most they should go. ' It is so much easier than trouble. It seems to be the latter class saying an encouraging word-seems to re- who are constantly in fear of running up "lease some' of our pent-up feelings. But against some of these wicked men from the G. P. has become so inured to criticism NO.3, No. 134, No. 41 or being banished that should some brother neglect to ad­ to the wicked cities of New York, Chicago minister the daily dose the G. P. would be or Buffalo. True; every brother in. the 1. compelled to criticise himself before he B. E. W. is mOre or less concerned in the could go to sleep. So long as he feels that actions of the E. B. and has a right to be he has done his duty and that he has the heard upon any and all questions, but don't support of the people whose hired man he it seem a little strange that it remained for is and of those whose interest he is en­ a brother, thousands of miles away, to deavoring to serve, h~ is not going to cOln­ make the first protest? Surely all the mit suicide, even th(;lUgh he may displease wiremen within a thousand miles of these some member 'who may not see things as cities are not afraid or unable to protest if he does or who may disagree with him they so desired. If this brother would go upon matters of policy. to New York, or if he had been to any of Men may and do differ in opinion hon­ these cities and made an investigation, I estly, and the G. P: is not disposed to do not think he would be so firm in his be­ brand any man as dishonest who may per­ lief that the Brotherhood was being so chance not agree with him on any ques­ fearfully wronged; but on the contrary, I tioq, but he would like the brother who am convinced he would sing a different seeks to criticise to be thoroughly posted !?ong. and understand the situation to the extent There are so many different conditions in o~ .being able to judge whether his actions the several cities which enter into the case ,~a-.t~ .for t.he interest .of the Brother~ood or' that cannot be discussed in one article or ,~}'.'. ~galOst lt, and n9t Jump at concluslOns or many articles in the Worker, that a. thor­ ,. ,undertake 'to array brother against brother ough understanding cannot be had by all, ':;'~imply because he may not app~ove the and as short articles only invite criticism, , ~odus operandi of the G. P. or the E; B. the E. B. is slow to enter into any argu­ The president of No. 65 is one of eight ment in the official journal which' might /5'DJ

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 7 dr!1g !llong and keep the entire organiza­ of your fellow workman. Give us a hand tion in a turmoil. Those who have taken and let us build up an organization that th!! trouble to thoroughly investigate. are will be a credit to our craft.' Rather than without exception plea,sed with the action protest ,to all the' iocals throughout the of the E. B., and I have not yet found a world against the action of some local brother who understood the situation;: and which may be struggling to establish a had no ax to grind, that was not of the condition that will allow a workingman to opinion that the E. B.' did right, and I also live in a house and sleep in. a bed, let us' believe that the president of No. 6S would, send greeting and say unto all: oi'We are if he understood the situation in New. wit1;t you heart and soul. What is good York and Chicago, be slow to enter such a for you we are willing to help you obtain, vigorous protest. even though we have to make some sacri­ As I have' said, I do not care to enter. fice in helping you." Put that broad into any long drawn out article in the shoulder of yours to the wheel, encourage Worker because it can do no possible good. your E. B. to give a hard pull,. a long pull The G. P. is ready and willing at all times. and a pull all together until we have pulled to answer questions or t6 give any infor­ the automobile of the 1. B. E. W. out of mation upon any and all subjects with the rutted road of old fogyism O:.1to the which he may be conversant. All he asks broad boulevard of progress and emancipa­ is that the questions be fair. There is an tion. Swear a little now and then if you old saw, as true as ltis old, which runs feel so disposed; damn the conditions something like this: . which you are bucking against if you think "A man convinced against his will _ it will help matters or relieve your mind; Is of the same opinion still." but do not wallop or cuss your ,E. B. too The G. P. expects to be roasted now and hard while they are pulling the best they then-it is part of his business-but let the know how. Try and not get a hot box, or roaster remember that eight thousand men blowout your cylinder head, or dynamite make a large body, and he that succeeds in your motive power. Keep cool. If you conforming to the views and wishes of all can't keep cool, keep as cool as you can. is indeed a wise man." '. . Take that chip off your shoulder. Get The E. B. and G. P. are ordinary indi­ onto yourself. Get together. Help work viduals, human, like all other people; are out your own salvation by giving such aid very liable to' blunder and make mistakes. as will build up our organization and ex­ There is not a particle of doubt but there tend the brotherhood of man until it shall are others who could and would execute reach from pole to pole and to the utter­ the affairs of the organization fully as well most isles of the sea. Fraternally,_ and maybe to the better satisfaction of the THOS. WHEELER. Brotherhood, and both your humble ser­ vant and the E. B. will gladly step aside. From',.. Old Crip. and give others an opportunity when the Denton, Tex., Feb. 5, 1901. proper time comes .. ' 'to those who are Editor Electrical Worker: anxious to take up" the. white man's bur­ Another month has passed and here goes den" and assume the responsibility, I wish for a line to the dear old Worker. I have to say that if at the present time you are just received the January issue of our jour­ possessed ofm9re ability, foresight and nal. and it certainly is a pleasure to me to good judgment than you have room for, read its columns and to note the general give the E. B. and the G. P. all you can confidence and good feeling of the differ­ conveniently spare and 'it wPl be' thank­ ent writers throughout this grand Brother­ fully receiv.ed. But in giving any surplus hood, yet I was a bit disappointed in not you may have give it in an open-handed, hearing more definite news from the strik­ free-hearted, . good-natured way. Don't ing brothers throughout the State. The throw it at us and afterwards cuss us be­ newspapers in this State seem to say very caU:se we could not catch it. Give us all little aboiIt the strike one way or another. the help you can, my brothers, in our en­ I do hope they will win it. I would give deavorto improve your condition and that my last cent tei 'see the Southwestern Td. f~lJ ;c:!u/

8 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER and Tel. Co. brought to time in Texas. From L. U. No. 24, for books .... $2 SO They have be.en and are to-day the great­ H " H 10, per Bro. Thos. H. est barrier to the upbuilding and uplifting Forbes, St. Ry. linemen .... 4 So of the I. B. E. W. in the Lone Star State. From L. U. No. 127,. per Bro. E. A. If it were not for the above monopoly's at­ Warden •. books ... ' ...... I 00 titude towards the I. B. E. W. there would From L. U. No. ISO, per J. M. Fergu- not be a scab lineman in Texas. I would son, books...... I So give fifty thousand dollars, if I had it, to From floating lineinen at Greensburg, see the striking brothers of Texas win this Ind., donated, as follows: strike, and I believe they will win it. Let Dan Burns. L.U. 147, H Lattle Davie" $1 00 every man put his energies into this con­ Geo. W. Evans, L. U. 10, "Judge" . I 00 test and we are sure to triumph. Martin Cravin, L. U. 147, " Flew" .. I 00 Well, brothers, I am feeling some better Chas. Havens, L. U. 147, "Red". I 00 than when I attempted to write a few lines Ellis MaIder, L. U. 147, "Sloppy" I 00 last month. I am still receiving orders for Oel Austin, L. U. 143, " Fattie ".. 1 00 some of my books and every wire-fixer Dan Holder, L. U. 10," Hoosier ". • I 00 who has expressed his feelings about the Oscar Bradshaw, L. U. 89, HNigger II I 00 book has complimented it very agreeably. Jim Brosdick, L. U. 41, i, Broady". . I 00 The press throughout the State have quoted From L. U. 14, Chas. Weaver, book. 2S extensively from my booklet, and I appre­ " H 76, for books ...... 2 6S ciate it, regardless of where it comes from. II II 148, H. J. Wright, books. 25 I would like for every member of the B. to It will not be necessary for me to say read it, whether I get anything for the book . that I am thankful for these acts of kind­ or not, for I am sure it will help them to be ness, brothers, for I cannot find words ap­ more confident of their ability to succeed, propriate to fully express my gratitude. as well as to help them demand their rights Begging pardon of the editor, and with as citizens, as workingmen and as gentle- best wishes, I am, .men. There is not a member of this B. Gratefully and fraternally, who will not agree with me when I assert ROBE,RT G. WRIGHT. that HIn order for an individual or an or­ OD~ TO PAY-DAV. ganization to successfully demand their rights, they should first arm themsel ves How often thou comest, Oh pay-day so with that righteous determination and te- sweet! . nacity of purpose which are so necessary How often with pleasure thy coming we in order to successfully carry out the prin­ greet! ciples embodied in 'an honest demand for How often our pocket-books, shrunken and honest rights.' " small, Glad to note some of the brothers' kind ReJoice at their welcome replenishing call ! words through the Worker. Yes, Bro. Co­ A fat yellow harvest supplying our· need, burn, of Local 61, I ate Hdead turkey" for A sweet benediction thou seemest indeed; a whole week during Xmas time. As a A bright smiling angel with tokens of love rule they don't ropst very high in this sec­ From the bountiful giver who dwelleth tion, but when they do we generally pitch­ above. 'em a handline; or in some instances we Without thee the earth would a wilder- use the Hwireless gunegraph" in order to ness be, place the turkey on a more equal footing As void of all charms as the grey angry sea. with us. Many thanks, Bro. Coburn, for A wild forest waste or a bleak treeless plain, your kind comment on my book. Our best As cheerless and cold as the tempest-tossed wishes to yourself and Mrs. C. main. Many thanks to you, Bro. Geo. E. Rus­ We hail thee with joy, incomparable day, sell, of Local 22, also to every member of That beareth our burden on life's weary HOld 22." way, Since my last letter I have received the That maketh our path, not a rough stony following: street, FEB )7D/

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 9 But a smooth grassy walk for ·our way- If his ideas contain germs of sense, weary feet. While you do nothing but straddle the fence And so we rejoice that thou bringest to-day He's a chump. To legions of toilers a laborer's pay, In short, if he heads you in the great race, And pity the poor in their desolate cot Fighting for justice he holds a front place, If thou, blessed pay-day, should visit them You hasten to state not. -James A. Edwards. That" He's crooked, he's crazy, he ought YOU AND H2. to be hung, He's the tool of politicians, his neck If there's a man in the movement doing should be wrung," . good work, He's a skate. Who toils night and day while you always -Mark Maverick, in Eight Hour Herald. shirk, And let him do the rest of it ; TH2 KNIGHT OF. TH2 B~:r.T AND SPUR, If he successfully contends a principle to . gain, Slowly and thoughtfully, eastwardly wend­ While you growl and grumble, criticise ing, and complain, A Knight of the Belt and Spur, That" HE'S looking for the best of it." In each city a few days spending, If he draws resolutions for the common Never more than a week intending, weal, . A scattering knowledge of crafthood mend­ And you his thunder from them steal, ing, You haven't sinned; In any place to dwell. If pe talks to the point and limits his time, Stopped he here, or stayed he there, While you saw the air with slander and Fellow Knights in slavery saw­ slime, The Despot's hand was everywhere. " He's full of wind." Safe within their cosy lair, Sacred precincts, who might dare If he shows you the necessity of energetic acts, Aught defy or brave. Money is needed,. he tells you the facts, Oft deploring, striving vainly, Treasury is busted ; Fellow Knights to all assemble If he finds a way to raise the cash, In Grand Fellowship, objects mainly, And prevents the whole outfit going to "Unity, Strength, Benevolence." Plainly smash, Only weapons, not used insanely, He's not to be trusted. 'Gainst the Despot's power. If he sees a reform he wishes to pass, Belted and spurred, Sir Knight arrayed While you fill the hall with your noxious Toiler 'gainst Despot's hand of iron. gas, . Threats of starvation naught dismayed, Atmosphere dank; Treason's foul utterance plans betrayed, If he calls for the motion; insists on a vote, Drove him hither and thither, but stayed . You holler "gag law" and a grievance note,' He to hi~. purpose noble . .He's a crank. Here and there a battle won, If he 'makes a report you couldn't write, Despot's hand of iron relaxed. You grow incoherent, swear that you'll Pilgrim Knights the setting sun fight, In his wake now shine upon. And talk of deals; Still his belt and spurs he dons, If the vote is against you a hundred or so, Fighting valiantly. You secretly whisper to each one you know, Shall we then his cause forsake? "He's full of wheels." Bethink ye, Sir Brother, of your oath. If he by his energy succeeds in winning, Ye who in your craft would make Rises higher and higher from the be~ Skilled meshanics predominate ginning, Each unto himself must take While you slump; Perseverance as motto. ,I 1!", .~-::E8 17 D/

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Bear ye ill will'gainst no Sir Knight, 40 $7·40 $2.00 $ ·75 $IO.,I~ Pilgrini footsore and we~ry. " 41 19.80 10.00 " ' 1.50 $1.06, 32.30 S~on may ye be in the same sore plight, 42 16.20 1.00 3·75 20·95 Soon may your day be turned into night. 18.80 .. 43 2.00 20:80 The good of your Local keep always in. sight 47 2.60 5.00 7~60 And your Constitution's preamble~ 49 17. 20 2.00 19. 20 Sir Knights of Local 144 51 16.00 16.00 Why are ye slow in muster? 53 1.80 1.80 Why do you knock ever late at the door? 54 23. 00 8.00 2.25 33. 25, Why in great numbers do you attend no 56 15.20 1.00 16.20 more? 57 10.00 6.00 2.50 1.00 19.50 Are ye thinking of Hellen D-- Nation 58 15·00 4.00 19.00 galore? 59 2·45 2·45 Come, wake up ! NO. SINITS. 61 1.50 1.50 65 20-40 10.00 31.15 Sir Jones of 18, Sir Stephens of 95. Sir ·75 66 6.00 6.00 Fairchild of 129, no comments please. 68 19.40 4.00 9.25 32.65 Secretary's Report for January. 69 5. 25 5. 25' 70 28.20 6.00 34. 20 No. P.C. Init. Sup. But. Asst. Total. 71 1.60 1.60 I $7·20 $2.00 $i.oo $1.00 $11.20 74 3. 80 2.00 .25 , 6.05 2 37-40 4. 00 1.50 42 90 75 18.00 4·00 22.00 3 252.29 $5 2.20 304.49 76 14.80 3.00 17.80 4 4·80 6.00 10.80 77 20.60 32.00 52.60 6 50.40 18.00 68-40 78 7·60 7. 60 7 11.80 10.00 6.00 27·80 79 37.60 8.00 45.60 8 13.00 4~00 3. 20 20.20 80 12.20 14.00 1.25 27·45 9 49.40 6.00 10.00 1.00 66.40 81 4·80 .10.00 "2.00 16.80 10 17.60 1.00 18.60 83 6.20 6.00 3. 25 3.50 18·95 II 5.80 1.00 6.80 84 14·00 4·00 18.00 12 2.80 2.80 86 ·75 ·75 14 14.10 14·10 87 7.00 ,4·00 1.75 12·75 IS 6.40 6.00 12.40 88 5. 60 4·00 3.50 12'.90 , 16 2.50 2.50 89 2.00 2.00 1.00 5·00 17 40.20 12.00 52.20 90 15.60 ·75 16·35 18 10.25 10.25 91 6.60 4·00 2.50 13.10 19 4. 60 2.00 1.50 8.10 95 8.40 .50 8·90 20 67.00 46.00 1. 25 II4·25 96 11.40 9.00 20.40' 21 18.80 2.00 20.80 97 12.80 16.00 28.80 22 10.20 12.00 1.50 23.70 99 5·40 1.00 6.40 23 7.00 2.00 9.00 101 .38 ·38- 24 21.20 4.00 25. 20 103 7.80 12.00 19;80 25 19.60 8.00 1.00 2860 104 12.20 8.uo 20.20 26 13.40 2.25 15.65 105 9. 20 2.00 11.20 27 1.50 150 107 4·40 2.00 4·60 II.OO 28 3. 20 3. 20 108 ,4.20 .25 445 29 10·40 LOO 11.40 109 18.00 6.50 2450 30 15.00 4·00 19·90 IIO 7·35 7·35 , 32 5·00 .50 5.50 III 12.60 14·00 14. 25 6.00 4685 33 2-40 2.40 II2 1.50 1.50 34 5. 20 .25 5·45 II6 7~00 7.00 36 8.80 15·00 23.80 117 6.00 6.00 37 23.80 10,00 33.80 lIS 10.60 £.00 .85 12·45 38 13. 20 2.00 r.50 16.70 II9 12.00 12.00 , 39 35 00 2.00 37.00 120 5.40 , 10.00 1.75 17·15 ..~.\. Ft::8 19D/ :.)'.;~' , THE ELECTRICAL WORKER II

121 $15.40 .. $2.00 $ 17 .. 40 Amount on. hand Jan.: 1 ...... $533.91 122.., $4.40 ..... $7~4° Interest on money in bank to date. 46.36 I 123 ,.' $12·90 12.00 I 2 ! 125 12.20 25.00 37.20 $5 80. 7 I 2 0 9.70 Expenses ...... 1 1 7 9.2 . $. ·50 . 549-43 I 128 8.80 $.80. I 130 7.90 .7.90 I Balance· on hand. . $ 30.84 131 9.40 ·75 10.15 Warrant for Thos. Wheeler, general ex­ 132 2.80 2.80 p:mses for $53.56, paid in January, was by 133 18.00 2.00 20.00 mistake charged in December's report. 134 4.00 2.00 6.00 Fraternally submitted. 135 2.60 2.60 'P. H. WISSINGER, 136 4. 20 10.00 3.75 1.7,95 Grand Treas. 137 7.40 18.00 1.00 26.40 'Expenses for January. 138 4.80 2.00 6.80 140 11.20 2.00 16,20 T. Wheeler, expo E. B., St. Louis. $53.56 141 1.50 4.70 F. H. Russell, " " 7993 142 2.25 7.75 10.00 R. P. Gale, " " 209.50 143 7·20 ·50 7·70 R. R. Tripp, " " 97.80 144 5.80 .6.00 11.80 F. J. Roth, " " 47. 2 0 145 7·60. ·75 8·35 J. H. Maloney," " 40.00 146 6:40 .3. 00 6.00 15·40 H. W. Sherman," " 57.00 147 5.20, 2.00 3. 10 ._10.30 F. J. Sheehan," " 90.00 148 6.80 2.00 8.80 F. J. Sheehan, strike benefit,No·37 100.00 149 9.40 5. 00 1.0 9 15·40 R. R. Tripp, strike benefit, Texas 1,00000 ISO 10.50 1·75 4.50 16.65 R. R., T~ipp, expo .Texas strike 208.07 151 15.80 57.00 ]2.80 P. Coughlan, exp.N. B. T. C. cony. 75.00 156 6.40 6.40 J. H. Maloney, " " 50 .00 158 7.00 16.00 R. H. Bradford, org. 119, New 159 3. 60 , 3. 60 Bedford, Mass.. , 8.55 162 11.00 20.00 J. W. Slaughter; org. 142, Wheel------ing, W. Va,. . '. 10.00 $1523.99597.00 183.48 40.25 60.95 2405.67 Init. and dues from members of J. C. Taylor, org. 51, Reading, Pa. 15.0 0 lapsed L. U.'s...... ',11.50 Death claim 118, Jos. Cole 100.00 .. Supplies not sold through L. U .. .10 " "II9, H. Salander . 100.00 Buttons" " " " 16.00 " ,,, 120, H. ·W. Malbon . 100.00 Adv. in Electrical Worker. 16.00 " "121, Ed. Kennedy 100.00 I Total .. . $2,449.27 Thos. Wheeler, general expo 162.12 RECAPITULATION. P. H. Wissinger, salary 1900 200.00 Amount on hand Jan. I . . $2.775.68 H. W .. Sherman, " Jan'y. 100.00 Receipts for Jamiary . . 2 2,449. 7 M. K. Clinton, " " 40.00 '$5,224·95 E. M. Parry, " " 2.0. CO Arp.t. paid from gen'l office. 3,II9 0 7 W. G. Spinning, printing G. O. supplies Aint. in G. Secy. '8 hands Feb. I .$2,105.88 Respectfully submitted, W. G. Spinning, printing t. U. H. W. SHERMAN. supplies • 84. 2 5 W. G. Spinning, printing E. W. 00 Treasurer'S Report for January. 333. J. J. Ernisse, emblamatic buttons 142 •00 ... Jan. 31, 1901. R. P. Gale, Exp. to E. B. Meeting. $209.50 Mailing Worker 15·21 F. H.Russell." "" 79.93 Telegrams. 14. 2 7 . R~ R. Trpp " "" 97.80 Postage 15.88 F. J. Roth """ 47.20 Express. 19·73 J. H. Maloney" " " . 40~oO P. Coghlin, N. B. T. C Convention 75;00 J. R. Bourne, seals . 14.00 W .. W. Powers, rent Jan'y , 12.50 J. Swanton, cartage Jan'y . 1.00 f J I )91) I

12 THE ELECTRICAl; WORKER Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., office light is due .to the action of those rays supplies . 1.80 which approximate most closely to sun­ Gas bill . . .64 light, the blue and the ultra violet rays of . the arc light. . Total. . $3,722 06 A remarkable instance of a battery of accumulators working under water was re­ ~X,~CTRICAX, NOT~S. cently given at the municipal plant in x,atest Inventions and Discoveries of In­ Munich. The station is situated on an terest. island in the Isar, and during a flood the The construction of the first electric water covered the batteries. According tramway in London is rapidly approaching to The Scientific American, one of the bat­ completion. teries which ran the car lines was com­ All the Russian war ships on the Chinese pletely cut out, and it was thought that the station are to be fitted with Popoff's sys­ other, which furnished light, would have tem of wireless telegraphy. The experi­ to be ·treated in the same way. The fly­ ments with this apparatus have been car­ wheels of the engines were half in the wa­ ried out up to distances of 40 miles with ter. Nevertheless as it was almost indis­ perfect success. pensable to light at least the principal Electricity is now beginning to be ex­ streets of the city it was decided to try to tensively used in Calcutta for various pur­ operate the submerged battery. The at­ poses, such as lighting, fans to take the tempt was successful, and the battery place of punkhas that were pulled by cool- . which had been constructed to give 6,000 ies, for driving machinery, etc. ampere hours with a 600 ampere discharge One of the large agricultural implement was able to furnish 4,000 ampere hours manufacturers has about completed ar­ during the night. The remainder was lost rangements to engage in the mannfacture in discharges in the water. of the Borsig electric plow for the Ameri­ A T~STIMONIAX,. can market. This machine has come into very general use in Europe and will prob­ We read in the daily papers a testimo­ ably become popular here. nial which starts off something like this. A new method for hardening and in­ After taking nine one dollar bottles of your creasing the life of storage battery plates ---- I was completely cured, etc. . has just been patented. It consists in dip­ You will not find any medicine recom­ ping the plates alternately in acidulated mended at the end of this article. I only water and a dilute solution of pyridin, which wish to call attention to the fact that the is a complex chemical substa·nce derived people who pay for advertisements, as out­ synthetically from coal tar residues. In lined above, do so as a plain business the pyridin solution is a small quantity of proposition and are reasonably sure of a alcohol, and it is asserted that the combi­ large'return upon money so spent.. That nation of all the agencies concerned results is. they thereby induce people to buy arid in: greatly strengthening the plate me­ use their medicine. chanically and also by highly oxidizing the Below will be found a partial list of the plate in making it of considerably higher good deeds, in the last two and one-half capacity than it would be without this years, my local has done for me. Also treatment. what I have done in return. Recently Dr. W. Frendenthal of New It has paid my rent and bought my win­ York read an interesting paper before the ter's coal (by giving me fifty cents per day American Electro Therapeutic association more since our successful strike of June I on the subject of the value of electric light to July I, 1898.) It has, upon numerous in the treatment of tuberculosis of the occasions secured enjoyment for me, and throat and lungs. Sunlight and electric always protected my rights when en­ light, he said, have the same effect npon croached upon. the system, and it has been proved by It has given me (by reducing from ten to thousands of cases already treated that the eight hours per day), two hours per work beneficial result of treatment by electric day to spend at home with my wife and J Sir; ) Fc:8 " 1./ / THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 13 babes. (This, in itself, at our scale of wages, It is interesting to note that the wire is quite an item.) It has assured me of time used on these I,300-foot span is the tough and one-half for overtime for Sunday work. Phono~electric, made by the Bridgeport It has regulated the amount of car fare Brass company of New York. It is as­ . I shall receive and designated when I shall serted that this wire is homogeneous be paid for my work. throughout and does not depend upon a It has given me (by the aid of a paid up hardened skin for its strength. This homo­ card when away from home), an unchal­ geneity gives Phono-electric wire remark­ lenged reputation, when otherwise I might ably high tensilor strength, elastic limit have been a stranger. and great ductility. The size of wire used It has furnIshed social and intellectual is No. B. W. G., which has a tensile entertainment. strength of 82,000 pounds to the square Within call, one hundred men would inch and elastic limit 40 per cent. greater have assisted, upon appeal, in an hour of than that of hard-drawn copper wire. need. It has also demonstrated to me that These characteristics enable the tightening I am not the only electrician on earth. devices to draw the span exceptionally I do not feel that I am a particular fav­ taut. ored one of Local Union No. I, I. B. E. W. WHO IS JON~S? I have paid my dues, attended 75 per cent. of meetings, voted for the best in­ Dedicateci to my friend, Jerome Jones, of terests of the union and made a kick or so. Atlanta, Ga. Fraternally yours, Who made a record in the South? PHIL C. FISH, Jones. St. Louis, Mo. Who's fed many a hungry mouth? ------Jones. :r.ONG WIR~ SPAN OVltR' CONRltCTI- Who fights for Labor night and day, CUT RIVltR. Works hardest for the smallest pay, According to the Western Electrician For his pains is called that "Labor Jay" ? the aerial span of long-distance telephone Jones, Jones, Jones. wires across the Connecticut river, near Who "tries to lessen Labor'S cares? Middletown, Conn., which is 1,300 feet Jones. long and consists of 20 wires; is the longest Who picks the wheat from out the tares? in existence. The circuits are those of the Jones. American Telephone and Telegraph Com­ Who meets you with the gladsome "mit,'" ." pany connecting New York and Boston. And doesn't care a little bit The wires are supported on two steel If your shoes are shabby and your clothes towers, and these towers are 1,300 feet misfit? apart. The towers" are built to carry 40 Jones, Jones, Jones. wires, but at the present time there are only 20 wires in position. These are placed Who's here and there and everywhere? IO on an arm, about oile foot apart, and are Jones. "insulated by saddle-shaped insulators. It Who never fails. to Do and Dare? was necessary to string all these wires at Jones. equal tension, to avoid their crossing in Whose hand is always on the" throttle"? windy weather. To obtain this equal ten­ Who tells the craft to shun the bottle? sion each wire is fastened to an iron bolt Who's the papa of tll-at tiny" tattle," five-eighths inch indiameter and about 20 Jones, Junior, Jones? inches long. This bolt is provided with a Who helped the" fixer" in ninety-four? strain insulator at one end and a tightening Jones. nut at the other. The tower on the east Who is true blue to the very core? bank is 182 feet high and stands in a clear­ Jones. ing. The tower on the west bank stands Who beards the lion in his lair? <',.' upon a bluff on the opposite side of the Who strives to make the Southland "fair"" r: river, and on this account is only 82 feet Who never tries to pump" hot air" ? high. Jones, Jerome Jones. J9{))

14 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER Who kno:ws no " class" in Labor's realm? rives from the state a value of one million Jones. dollars per annum without paying a copper What steadier hand could guide the helm for it, and the very same company acquires Than Jones? a right to two hundred and fifty thousand What difference does it make if he horse power on the Canadian side upon the Won't live his heart's desire to see? annual payment of a large sum of inoney. He's lived and died for Labor, and he As properly might the gentlemen who are Is Jones, Plain Jones. enjoying this immense donation from the HARRY LANGDON, state get ten thousand or twenty thousand Buffalo, N. Y. Local 45. acres of land of the state in the Adiron­ dacks for nothing. If these gentlemen get NIAGARA AND ITS POW~R. the water from the river which is of such About twenty years ago, says an ex­ value, they should pay for it as they do in change, proceedings were held in New Canada. York to forward a movement to preserve But should it be allowed at all? Should for the people the grand spectacle of the this stupendous manifestation of natural Falls of Niagara. The measure readily sublimity, unique: on' this planet, be ef­ commanded the sympathies of Intelligent faced, in order that a smail part of, the persons on both sides of the Atlantic, and community may fiU their pocket? prominent among them were those of high , The subject was up in, the ,last constitu­ scientific and literary reputation. The tional convention and upon a

Resolutions adopted by Linemen's Local NO.9, I. B. E. W., Dec. 22, 1900: Resolutiolls adopted by Local No. 126 at Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God a special meeting held Jan. 4,1901 :, in His infinite wisdom, through His earthly , Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty, messenger, death, to visit us and call from in His inscrufabieways,to take from this our ~idst our esteemed brother, William life our woitliyfriend and brother, Fred Layton; Cloud; and ," Whereas, In life he was possessed of a Whereas, His was a character' beyond character worthy of confidence, honor and reproach, a man of sterling qualities, a justice, 'and in appreciation of the services true friend and brother, and as an indica­ whlch he has rendered this local as a tion of our esteem and high regard for brother; be it him; be it Resolved, That we tender his affiicted , Resolved, That we tender his family our wife and, family our sincere condolence sincere sympathy in this their hour of be­ and' our earnest, heartfelt sympathies in , reavement and commend them to God, be­ the loss of a loving husband and a devoted , fore whose will we must all submit; and father; aud be it further be it Resolved, That we as an organization in "Resolved, That we drape our charter for brptherly love pay tribute to his memory ,thirty days, spread these resolutions on by expressing our sorrow at his loss and 'the minutes, of our local, and forward a bow in humble submission to the will of an copy for publication to the city papers and all wise God; and be it further our official journal. Resolved, That we drape our charter for , E. G. FERREL, Chairman. the period of thirty days as, a token of re­ spect for our esteemed' brother; and be it Resolutions adopted by Local Union No. further 20; I., B. E. W.,Greater New York: Resolved, That these resolutions be , Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty spread upon the minutes of this local and 'God in His infinite wisdom, through His that a copy be forwarded to the bereaved earthly inexorable messenger, death, to family of our deceased brother, and a copy call from our midst our esteemed brother, be also forwarded for publication in our John Murphy; . official journal, the Electrical Worker. Whereas, In life he was possessed of a , J. L. COLLINS, character beyond reproach, worthy of co~­ J. CHRISTENSON, i fidence, honor and justice, always friendly J. RUTH'n l\.RMSTRONG, '" and brave; , Committee. Resolved, That we as a union in broth­ erly love pay tribute to his memory by ex­ Resolutions adopted by Local No. '20, pressing our sorrow at his loss and extend­ Greater New York, Jan. 29,19°1: ing to his mother and relatives our deepest Whereas, It has pleased God in His infi­ sympathy in their bereavement; and be it nite wisdom, through his earthly messen­ further ger, inexorable death, to visit us and re­ Resolved, That we drape our charter for inove from our midst our esteemed broth­ a period of thirty days as a token of respect er, John Salander, and 16 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER Whereas; The intimate relations held copy be sent to the Electrical Worker for during an electrical and social career by publication. W. H. ANDERSON, our deceased brother with members of this HARR Y TEELE, union makes it our solemn duty to express Committee. our esteem for his manly worth and deep sorrow at the loss, and of the still heavier Resolutions adopted at a regular meet­ loss sustained by those nearest and dearest ing of Local No. 146, 1. B. E. W., Bridge­ to him, therefore be it port, Conn., held Feb. I, 1901: Resolved, That the sudden removal of Whereas" God in His infinite wisdom such a brother from our midst leaves a'va­ has taken from this world the mother of cancy and shadow that will be deeply felt our worthy brother, W. R. Dyer; by all members of the union and his friends, Resolved, That Local No. 146, of the and that in deep sympathy with the afflict­ International Brotherhood of Electrical ed relatives of our deceased brother we Workers, extend sincere sympathy to our express our earnest hope that even so great brother in his hour of grief; and be it a bereavement may be overruled for their further greatest good; and we bow in humble sub­ Resolved, That these resolutions be mission to God's will; and be it further spread upon the minutes and a copy be Resolved, That these resolutions be presented to our brother, and published in spread upon the minutes, our charter be the official journal. draped for a period of thirty days, as a tes­ M. PELAN, timonial of the respect and esteem in which E. B. MAHONEY" our late brother was held by his fellow M. McMAHON, members, that an engrossed copy be pre­ Committee. sented to the bereaved family of our de­ ceased brother, and copies be presented to ,Resolutions adopted by Local Union 37, our official journal for publication. of the 1. B. E. W., Jan. 18th: I JOHN MANGAN, Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God I EDWARD FERRY, in His infinite wisdom to take from this, D. B. MOSTELLO, life our worthy brother, Cornelius Marsh, Committee'. and Whereas, Our short acquaintance had Resolutions adopted by Local No. 68 of endeared him to us, and those who knew Denver, Colo.,!. B. of E. W.: him well speak of him as a possessor of a Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God temperament and character beyond re­ in His infinite wisdom to call from our proach, and a man worthy of confidence; midst our esteemed brother, C. T. Dough­ therefore, be it further erty; and Resolved, That Local Union ,37, recog­ Whereas, In life he was possessed of a nizing the ties of brotherly love in our character beyond reproach, worthy of con­ fraternal associations, pay tribute to his fidence, honor and justice, always friendly memory, and to his family and relatives and generous; therefore be it express our deepest sympathy in their be­ Resolved, That we, as a union of broth- ' reavement, and we commend them to Him ers, pay tribute to his wife and relatives by who doeth all things well. Be it further our deepest sympathy in their bereave­ 'Resolved, That our charter be draped ment and commend them to God, to whose for a period of thirty days as a token of will we must all bow in humble submis­ respect to our deceased brother; and be it sion; be it further further Resolved, That we drape our charter for Resolved, That a copy of these resolu­ thirty days as a token of respect for our tions be spread upon the minutes of our deceased brother; and be it further meeting, a copy sent his sister, and a copy Resolved, That a copy of these resolu­ printed in our official' journal. tions be spread upon the minute book of F. J. SHEEHAN, our local, a copy engrossed and presented J. J. TRACY, to the wife of our deceased brother, and a T. F. HERBERT. FEB /70/

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 17 Resolutions adopted by Local 138 on the err is human." Affairs are righted by death of the mother of Bro. J.Coolican: wise counsel and not bar-room sessions.- Whereas, It has pleased Divine Provi- Exchange. ------dence to remove from this world the moth- TH~ CROAK~R. er of our esteemed brother, J. CooHcan, By Joe Lincoln. Resolved, That Local Union No. 138, 1. Once on the edge of a pleasant pool, B. E. W .. extend our sincere sympathy to Under the bank where 'twas dark and cool, our brother in this his time of sorrow. Where bushes over the water hung, 'Resolved, That these resolutions be And rushes nodded and grasses swung, spread upon the minutes and a copy be Just where the crick flowed outer the bog, presented to our brother, also a copy be The' liv~d a grumpy and mean old frog, sent to our journal for publication. Who'd set all day in the mud and soak, H. E. WIMELAND, And jest do nothing but croak and croak. F. X. STAUB, Till a blackbird hollered, .. I say yer'e now! M. B. LARIMER, What is the matter there below? Committee. ------Are you in trouble, er pain, er what?" D~ATH OF A GRAND Y.ODG~ M~MB~R. The frog sez, .. Mine is a orfullot; Cairo, Ill., Feb. 3, 1901. Nothin' but mud and dirt and slime Editor Electrical Worker: Fer m.,e ter look at jest all the time; Bro. Joseph Hawkins died here the 1st It's a dirty world!" so the ole fool spoke, inst., in St. Mary's Hospital, after an illness " Croakity-croakity-croakity-croak!" . \ of 12 days, with pneumonia. He was not a "But yer lookin' down!" the blackbird said; member of any local union, but a member " Look at the blossoms overhead, of the Grand Lodge. Please publish it in Look at the lovely summer skies, the Worker so his many friends in the mid­ Look at the bees and butterflies; dle west may learn of the death of our Look up, ole feller-. Why, bless yer soul! worthy brother. We thank the sisters at Yer 100kiIi' down in a mus'rat hole." the hospital for their, kind treatment 'But still, with a gurglin' sob and choke, through the illness of our brother. He was The bla:medold critter would only croak. taken to Russiaville, Indiana, for burial. If he is entitled to a death benefit please let And a wise ole turtle who boarded near, us know. Fraternally yours, Sez ter the blackbird, " Friend, see here; THOS. W. PECK, Don't shed no tears over him, fer he L. U. 143, Conneaut, O. IS low-down jest"~ause'he likes ter be; M. M. BUCKLEY, He's one er them kind er chumps that's L. U. 89, Akron, O. glad fer be so mis'rable like and sad; CARD OF THANKS. I'll tell yer something that ain't no joke, I wish to extend my hearfelt thanks for Don't waste yer sorrow on folks that croak." the kindness bestowed upon me by Local A writer in Municipality says that the ,Unions Nos. 68 and 121 of the 1. B. E. W. Co-operative Telephone Co. of Grand during the sickness and death of my hus­ Rapids, Wis., now rents 300 telephones band. Most thankfully and respectfully, and has increased its capital stock to MRS. C. T. DOUGHERTY. $10,000. The rents are uniform, being es­ What are the effects on the man outside tablished at first at $2.50 per month for the union when he hears union men ma­ business houses and $1.50 for residences, ligned and abused by their fellow crafts­ and after six months a dividend of I per men on the streets or in the bar-room? cent. a month was declared. After eigh- Are such actions calculated to inspire . teen months the rates were. reduced to the non-unionist with high ideals of the $2.25 and $I,and the dividends' were in­ fraternal spirit of trades unions? Think it creased to I~ per cent. a month. The net over, and when next the majority of the cost of service to each of the renting stock-' union does not see things your way, con­ holders shows a cost of $24 a year for busi­ trol your tongue and remember that" to ness houses and $7 per year for residences.

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18 TilE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER How do you like us in our new suit? Any fault to find or suggestions to make?

NOTICE. P. H. Wissinger is no longer grand treas­ urer of the 1. B. E. W., his resignation having been accepted. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF 'rHB INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ElEC­ ANY of our readers knowing the where­ abouts of J. M. Burch, of St. Louis, Mo., TRICAL WORKERS. will confer a favor by writing to his mother, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. Mrs. M. E. Burch, 1814 A. Papin Ave., St_ Louis, Mo. H. W. SHERMAN, Publisher and Editor, 731 Powers Bldg., Rochester, N. Y •. F. S. MCNEALY·, of L<;>cal No. 109, ltntered at the Post-Office at Rochester, N, Yo. wishes the brothers of that local who are as second-class matter_ on the road to keep him posted on their addresses and he will send them the Elec­ EXE;CU'tIVE BOARD_ Grand President-T_ H. Wheeler, trical Worker. 731 Powers Block; Rochester, N. Y. Grand Secretary-H. W. Sherman, NOTICE. 731 Powers Bldg., Rochester. N. Y. lfirst Vice-President-R. P. Gale. The strikes in Texas are still on and 1536 Broadway, Oakland, Ca1. members of the 1. B. E. W. are requested 8ec:ond Vice-President-F.1. Sheehan, 86 North st., New Britain, Conn. to keep away. It does riot show the true Third Vice-President-R. R. Tripp, union spirit to go in to a city when there is 2909 Fannin St., Houston, 'texas. Fourth Vice-President~F. H. Russell, a strike on and accept a position with a P. O. Box 286, Laurel, Del. company, when men are· walking the Pifth Vice-President-F.• J. Roth, 906 N. loth St., Atchison, Kansas. streets and their wives and little ones per­ Sixth Vice-President-John H. Maloney, haps in need. The locals in Texas are 222 S. Albany Ave., C~icago, nlinols. putting up a good stiff fight and .should Subacription $1.00 per year, in adyan~8. receive the support of all locals, not finan­ cial merely, but by keeping away until the As The Electrical Worker reaches the men who do the work and recommend or order the material, strike is settled. it! ..alue as an advertising medium can be readily appreciated. IN 'tHE December numberofthe Worker ROCHES'tltR, N. Y., FEBRUARY, I90r. an annoying error on the part of the printer crept into the grand president's letter. In W. N. Gates, Special Advertising Agent, the next to the last paragraph on page 29 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, O. two, in referring to Local Union 41, Bro. Wheeler appears to say: "But they do NO't have the right, constitutionally, to demand that a brother deposit his card 'r while working within their jurisdiction,"

SPINNING! PRINT .. ROCI;'tESTER. etc_ In this case the word " not" was put in by the compositor, the copy reading, CHARTERS GRANTED IN JANUARY. "But they do have the right," etc_ In Dec. 4-No. 161, Chattanooga, Tenn. the same paragraph, the next sentence Jan. 7-No. I II, Honolulu, Hawaii. above, the $4 should be $3 as price per day " g-No. 119, New Bedford, Mass. on the Pan-American work. IS-No. 153, Wilmington, N. C. u -No. 162, Omaha, Neb. THE COJ.OR J.INE. " I8-No. 51, Reading, Pal The question of whether we would allow " 22-No. 116, Los Angeles, Cal. negroes in our Brotherhood or not, which was submitted to referendum vote, the re­ ELECTRICAL WORKERS keep away from turns show, conclusively, that the electrical Little Rock, Ark., until further notice. workers do not wish them in our organiza- FE!3 /9PI

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tion. The returns show only six locals to insure p~blication the same month, which are favorable, and some who favor must be in the hands of the editor on or their admission have expressed themselves before the tenth day of each month.-T,he very emphatically, saying we haveno right Editor. ' to refuse our colored brothers and prevent them from becoming union men. , To those . we wish to say we cannot make up our mind to believe any member of this Broth­ erhood voted no ~ith such intention. The colored men have as much right to organ­ Local Union No. I. ize as the white men; they can get a char­ St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8, Ig01. ter from the A. F. of L. and form locals of Editor Electrical Worker: their own. As the referendum stands The bottom seems to have dropped out strongly in favor of the No, the matter is of the wiring business in this city. For settled. several weeks past wire pullers have been very much in evidence at B. T. C. head­ TO TH~ M~MB~RS ~J..~CTRICAJ.. quarters, and if all questions that are likely WORK~R.' to come up during the 20th century are Beginning with this issue the Worker not settled it will not be the fault of the wilJ appear regularly on or about the 17th wiremen. From present indications there day of each month. Every member of the will be quite a colony of St. Louis wiremen International Brotherhood is entitled to in Buffalo to assist at the opening of the ahd sh~uld receive a copy every month. Pan-American. Failure'to secure the Worker regularly On March 1st No. I commences its 'tri­ should be reported to this office. The ennial preliminary bout with the St. Louis Worker, as will be seen, appears in an en­ contractors. The comm~ttee (it has not larged and generally improved form. In yet been appointed) will be expected to order to make it what it ought, to be, a, secure $4.00 per day;, and unless there is an truly'representative organ of the Interna­ additional guaran~ee t,hat all members now tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, in the union, or who may hereafter be ad­ and at all times reflecting the views of a mitted, work 365 days in the year, a neck­ 'majority of its members, it behooves every tie party will undoubtedly be organized. individal member to assist in the gather­ The 1. B. E. W. was well represented at ing of such news or opinions as may be of , the convention 6f the N. B. T. C. held last interest to the organization at large. month in Cincinnati. The "Electricians' " Every member has a right to have his headquarters at the Gibson House was , views made known thJZough the colnmns practically the headquarters of the con-­ ofthe Worker, thaUsto say in reference to vention. It came a little high, but was the Electrical industry or the general labor necessary. Too many of our unions are movement. We will be pleased to pu,blish not alive to the importance of being ably any and all communications from members represented in central, national and feder­ bearing on these subjects. Communicae ated bodies. tions must be signed by the writer. The As the representative of the E. B., Bro. name, if desired, will not be published. J. H. Maloney will make an official report, Write only on one side of the paper, avoid and as the writer has satisfied NO.1 that all personal matter and write your convic­ he can blow in $125 without getting sea­ tions without fear or favor. After you sick himself (this was the only part of my have received a copy of this issue of the report I was askedto swear to), I will not Worker and have carefully perused every go into details. l!ne it contains, kindly sit down and drop While in Cincinnati I had the, pleasure, a postal card or letter to this office giving in company with our other delegates, of your approval or disapproval in reference attending a meeting of No. 30. This union to the policy pursued. If you desire to has increased many fold in membership m!Lke any recommendations or suggestions since I last visited Cincinnati, but the kindly do so. All communications, in order ,wages and hours of work are the same ~ow 20 THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER as they were in 1896. We told the mem­ bers of No. 30 a few plain facts and hope none were offended. This union has a fine staff of officers and will be heard from in the near future. The initiation ceremony as conducted by Pres. Berkely and his as­ sistants is the best I have witnessed in any of our unions. A candidate who rides the goat in No. 30 will not soon forget it. Bro. Charles Smith, who represented the union in the convention, was one of the few members who realized the importance of the conduit question and almost single­ handed carried on the fight. Electrical workers-mechanics engaged in the construction and installation of all devices by which the energy or force known as electricity is generated, trans­ mitted or utilized. This, we believe, is the first attempt ever made to define the trade jurisdiction of electrical workers and has been approved by the N. B. T. C. Our unions should see that it is enforced in their respective jurisdictions. Now that the "pipe question" is settled, T. A. WARNE, PRESIDEN't. let us go after the theatrical electrician. ELECTRON. Bros. Stormy Ferguson and Ed. Blank have returned from Texas. Local Union No. ~. Bro. Thomas Brewster took unto himself St. Louis, Feb. 8, 1901. a wife on Dec. 31, 1900. We hope that she will be a big help to him. Bro. William Editor Electrical Worker: Williams did the same thing on Dec. 24. I am sorry I did not get anything in the We think he ought to have waited until January Worker under the heading of No. the next day and got a Christmas present 2, but will try and see that I get something which we think would have been accept­ in after this. We thank the Executive able. Board for the $200 they sent us, but we are Here is the list of officers elected: at a loss to see how the 4th V.-P. could Pres.-T. A. Warne. hang the actions of the whole Executive Vice-Pres.-J. J. Manson. Board. We can look at the Worker and Rec. Sec.-Wm. M. Seldon. find that Texas got about $1 ,500, but still Fin. Sec.-G. C. Allen. to Local No.2 $200 is paid under protest. Treas.-J. T. O'Brien. The E. B. when in St. Louis must have Foreman-J. W. Holtman. forgot that there was another local in town Press Sec.-R. A. Blaetterman. besides No. I. 1st Insp.-Nelson Christison. We had about twenty new applications 2d Insp.-J. Westfall. from some boys that were unfair in our Trustee-J. J. Kittinryner. last strike and they were all turned down, Del. to C. T . and L. U .-Bros. Blaetter­ which I think is a bad thing ,to do, as we man, Manson, Allen C. Phillips. can do more with them in than out. Bus. Agent-G. C. Allen. From t he outlook of things labor will be Local NO. 2 had the misfortune to lose a big factor in the election that is to take Bro. James Kelly by death, and a week place in our town soon. Will try and send later his brother, who was a bricklayer, a longer letter the next time. Fraternally , died. All brothers extend their heartfelt ROBT. A BLAETTERMAN, sympathy to their relatives. Press Sec. THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER 21 Itoeal Union NO.4., leave for our New Haven local to write New Orleans, La., Feb. 6, 1901. about, and I hope he will report it in full. Editor Electrical Worker: I understand it will be held in Providence, At last the electrical workers of NO.4 R. 1., next April. I was looking over and No. 130 have given their long-looked. some back numbers of the Worker, letters for smoker, and the least to be said of it is of other press secretaries, and I think the that it was exceedingly grand. I think letter that Joseph McGilvary, of Local No. 'each local will b~ benefited by bringing 7, wrote in February of last year, is what the boys together and entertaining them all others should read and do. The letter so nicely. is all right. I notice our press secretary said in the Bro. Lynch, electrician at Overman's last Worker that there were lots of bad shop, has resigned his position at the'Falls and accepted a position from the P. C. Fitz­ hops here. Well, if ther~ are, we failed to get one, for nothing but peace and harmo­ patric Electric Co. Bro. Hornes has, re­ ny reigned within our hall. Well, I had signed the office of Rec. Sec. on account better get to-my own business and let our of having too much business on hand. We press secretary tell all that is coming from are very sorry. Business is fair wit~ all NO.4. We have elected new officers and but the New England Telephone lin~men. II believe we have the right men 'in the There were a lot of old and, union men right places, .with the exception of myself, laid off and a lot of new and, non-union as I feel that some other brother could do men kept working-a mystery to us all, as much' ,if not better justice than 1. ·'Wish­ but there'll c'ome a time some day. ing all the Brotherhood greater success Well, about our station. Bro. Mone1y, throughout the ensuing year than they formerly of Bridgeport, told me a scheme ever accomplished before, I am, about how they tested arc circuits down Fraternally, there. "I connect up the loo-volts current R. M. BENSON, on the arc switchboard and whenever there Rec. Sec. are open circuits I put it on and it helps ------the linemen to find trouble very quickly. Itoeal Union No.6. The boys say it's all right." Editor Electrical 'Worker: Brothers, I would like to say a little San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 6, 1901. more about the 20th century. The success The following is a list of, officers elected of electricity during the next fifty years for ensuing term: will benefit the farmer, the chemist, the Pres.-A. F. Irwin. miner and the householder, whiJe railroads V.ice-Pres.-Benj. Smith. will discar d steam for the third electric Rec. Sec.-J. A. Roxburg. rail. Of course we shall see by electricity. Fin. Sec.-Edw, Smith. The teles~ope is a beautiful apparatus but Trus.-L. D. Monlin, R. G. Alexander, antiquated in many respects. It. is not un­ W. M. Law. likely that the electric heater and electric Foreman-Edw. Wiskotchill. fan will be rivaled by mechanism creating Insp.-Mark Antley, Gustave Shumann. the sensations of coolness and warmth Owing to a protest they have, however, more subtly. Electricity. while abolish­ not as yet been 'installed. ingmany outworn methods of predeces­ Yours fraternally, sors, will meanwhile be refining upon it­ A. E. DRENDEL. self; it will obtain much of its supply of current directly from fuel, without boiler, Itoea! Union NO.7. engine or. dynamo. By present methods Springfield, Mass., Feb. 7, 1901. we get only about five per cent. from fuel Editor Electrical Worker: of the possible energy in' it, and our best I will endeavor to let the Brotherhood' house lights have an efficiency of only know about the doings here. Our local about three per cent. There lie two great was represented at the New England Con­ problems for the 20th century. Electricity ference; we sent three, delegates there and will, however, furnish cold-light lamps in they did lots of business, which I will which no stick or filament of carbon con- 22 THE ELEC'l'RICAL WORKER sumes. It will transmit without tangible ored gentry rusticate, look more upon him circuits; it will help to make the balloon as a novelty, and cannot realize his influ­ as feasible and common-place as the auto­ ence for good or evil as is experienced mobile, but its nature bids fair to rest in among our Southern brethren; and while mystery. The electrical success of the from a philosophical point of view we ac­ next fifty years 'will depend upon men who, quiesce in allowing them membership as a have been trained to be electrical engi­ separate and distinct local union, were we neers and inventors. The triumphs of the placed in the same condition and surround­ past fifty years have been achieved entirely ed by similar influences as the electrIcal by men who had no electrical education in workers of the South, we may be as ad­ their youth, and whose mastery of the five verse to their admission as members of our " C's " of electricity-copoer, carbon. cast­ body as union men as they are in that sec­ ings, coal and cascades-is due to their tion of the country. own efforts. It is not rash to assume that Personally I am not antagonistic to the the electrical inventions near at hand will blacks as union men, and believe that in­ at least equal those of Morse, Edison, Bell, termarrying with them will produce alone Kelvin, Tesla, Sprague and others of equal good results, in many respects they super­ intellectual rank in their respective sede white blood in strength and especially branches. The greater lies before us. is this true during the hot season of the Now about the negro question, that all year, when their magnetism is readily dis­ locals are about to discuss before the com­ cernable. Of course the writer is simply ing convention. The admission of negroes speaking, or rather writing, from personal as members into our Brotherhood is at the experience, and does not attempt to vouch present time commanding the attention of for other members of Local NO.7. every local union from the Atlantic to the However, this negro problem will re­ Pacific ocean, and soon we may expect to quire by the heads of our 'Brotheroood have the matter discussed pro and con in careful and due deliberation, and whatever the Worker. decision they may arrive at will be accept­ This unfortunate question has been' able to NO.7 as being for the best interest forced upon us by the granting of a char­ of the order, and we ask the assistance and ter t9 negro electrical workers in the South, aid of Him to guide them wisely and cOlir­ the Executive Board being ignorant at the age"ously in rendering a verdict that will time of granting said charter whethe~ the meet with the approbation of every local, workers making application were white, that absolute harmony may again reign black, Chinamen, Indians ·or squaw-men, supreme among us. the simple fact being that an application Hoping aU the boys success, for charter was made and granted, and thus Yours fraternally, confronting us with a great and serious T. H. B., problem which no doubt will sway the des­ Press Sec. tiny of our noble order. J.,ocal Union No.8. When the ever-lamented Abraham Lin­ coln extended the wand of emancipation Toledo, 0., Feb. 6, 1901. over the negro of this entire land and be­ Editor Electrical Worker: stowed upon him the privileges and bles­ No.8 has not been heard from very reg­ sings of citizenship, he gave to him power, ularly through the Worker lately, 'and through the medium of the ballot, equal to being one of the members that raised a that of the white man, and of this privi- " kick" on the press secretary's negligence" , lege the blacks have ever availed them­ I was quickly elected to fill the position, so selves. While the intelligence, skill, etc., brothers you will have to put up with me of the colored race has not, and in my for a while. At a meeting held, January 28, humble opinion never will, equal that of No.8 endorsed the idea of the Brotherhood his liberators, and this has been, ever dem­ going In the insurance business, thinking' onstrated, times innumerable, through'the that it will be a good thing for all mem­ years. bers, and linemen in particular, they claim­ We in the East, where few of the col- ing that it ,is a hard matter to get satisfac- J~D) f '" !

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER' 23, tory insurance in any of the regular com­ I,ocal Union NO.9. panies on account of the risks they are ex- Chicago, Feb. 5, 1901. posed to. ' Editor Electrical Worker: Work is very quiet here at the present While the editors of the world are divid­ time. rwo of the boys were reported out of ing the space in the columns of their pa­ work at our last meeting. We e'xpect to pers between 'the dead Queen, her funeral, have a busy spring and summer though, and the 50 or more" blue bloods," includ­ for there are a number of good buildings to ing Eddie the VIL, and the little less noted be built. The Masonic Temple burned individual,-Mrs. Nation, the human Kan­ down last Monday night and there is talk sas cyclone,-theyare to us but the passing of putting up a ten-story hotel on the site, of a show. in case the Masons decide on a different We ha ve so much before us that-require's location for their temple, which they claim our attention, we have so much wherein we they will rebuild. are interested, and to say it in as few words We elected an Examining Board at a as possible,-one is at his wits' end where recent meeting, something that we have to start. My last letter being exception­ ally long accounts, I suppose, for the many : i been agitating for some time, but for some reason or other never brought to a focus. typographical errors occurring; however, "Professors" Lucas, Elbert and Parats­ in the future NO.9 requests every word check compose the board, and they prom­ sent you for publication shall appear in ise that anyone coming before them will The Electrical Worker. While I realize have to toe the mark. that no man should complain of being weighed on his own scales or measured by We have initiated three members and his own yard-stick, but any alteration of received another application so far this either would to him, at least, make a won­ year. No. 8 is coming right along now. derful difference. As it was, I tried to tell We certainly were down low for a while, No. 14 something and I guess tqey wonder but are getting back into shape again. what I was driving at. However, I hope Bro~hers. don't forget that we. meet we will hear no more about it. every Monday night and we want t,o see you . The letter of No. 65, Butte, Mont., was a all present. This idea of coming once a masterpiece of literature for plain, honest month or once in two months to pay dues common sense argument its equal has never is all right in its way, but we want to see been penned to our official journal. He " I you oftener. spoke for every member of the Brother- .. I am sorry to report we had two broth­ hood, and I hope to see all the locals show ers on the. sick list lately, Bro. DeForet and their appreciation by thanking No. 65 for Bro. Haviland, who is in Detroit now; but the spirit of their convictions. they are back in shape again and ready for NO.9 through the untiring efforts of our work. business agent, Bro. A. E. Jackson, who The following is a list of our newly has handled the field for the last two elected officers, and they are all good ones months, has set new lights burning each too: . week .. We are going to give a smoker be­ Pres.-F. L. Lucas. fore March 1st, at which time our higher V. Pres,-E. R. Miller. initiation fee goes into effect, and which Rec. Sec.-L. J. Pratschek. will be the last opportunity for the strug­ Fin. Sec.-H. J. Baker. gling few to avail themselves of the low Treas.-M. C. Luttenberger. rate. Foreman-c. R. Marryott. Since the strike of the trolley-men last Inspector-J. W. Strubb. fall, the street railway company had re­ Press Sec.-M. C. Luttenberger. tained the" king scab," H. C. Sharp, with Well, Mr. Editor and brothers, this is my two plowboys or barb wire-fixers like him­ first attempt, and hoping to do better in self. A short time ago they started to han­ the future, I remain, fi'aternally yours, dle 350,000 C. M. across the Chicago & M.C.L., Northwestern's tracks in this city. He suc­ Press Sec. ceeded for the second time in transforming

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24 THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER electric light, telephone, city poles and ~cal Union No. :l0. trees into toothpicks so quickly that the Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7, r901. company is yet wondering how it was done. Editor Electrical Worker: It, looked as though one of those Kansas Resolutions were adopted at a regular cyclones mixed with some of that light­ meeting of Local Union No. ro, on the ning from the place, which is said to have death of H. S. Dixon, and a copy sent to frightful ambitions in going around look­ our official journal for publication. Since ing for something to strike at, had visited my last letter to the Worker things have this section. But as it was, in short, this changed very much in this locality. We scab and his followers allowed the feeder have had the misfortune of having fourteen to sag so that the cowcatcher of the" Can­ of the boys laid off at the Street Car Com­ nonball" passenger train, which came pany on account of work being slack, and sauntering along at the rate of a mile per furthermore, I will say it will be advisable minute, buckled into the conductor and it for line men to stay clear of Indianapolis, is needless to say that something hap­ as everything is dead here at present. In­ pened. The engine stopped not until the side men are requested to shun Indianapo­ next station a couple of blocks off was lis as there is nothing going on yet. We reached. 'The engine was badly disfigured, have a strictly union town and all of the yet snorting at the big coils of junk boys are well in line. All of them are wrapped around itself and the train. The very prornpt in attending the meetings, company, upon hearing of it, made a few which are held every Monday night. Our mysterious but brilliant flourishes and local has increased wonderfully in the last " king scab" or otherwise has not been seen year. I would be pleased to hear from No. since. 25, not having seen anything from old It is with a feeling of honor that I herein Terre Haute for a long time. What is the submit the names of the different officers matter down on the banks of the Wabash, ' of Local NO.9 for publication: boys? Wake up, let the Brotherhood hear Pres.-W. A. Jackson. from you once in a while; let us ~now you're Vice-Pres.-M. J. O'Malley. in town. Brothers, why not make In.dian­ Rec. Sec.-J as. L. Collins. apolis our headquarters, as it is a fine city Treas.-Wm. Knapp. and the greatest railroad center in the Fin. Sec.-Jos. Driscoll. ' United States. Give this a thought. Foreman-M. White. Fraternally, Inspectors-H. Knapp, Peter Boyle. CLAUDE PAYNE, Trustees-H. Cullen, Chas. Enochson, E. ------Press Sec. Dickinson. Local Union No. u. Delegates to the Federation of Labor­ Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 4, I90r. H. Cullen, M. J. O'Malley, A. L. Dunn. Editor Electrical Worker: Brothers, how about the insurance? Is As it is time to have a word to say for it not what is wanted? If $2,000 insurance No. II, it is up to me. is considered too much, why not make it At the last convention of the New Eng­ $r,ooo? "Take it up and don't fail to give l~nd division of the Brotherhood, held in us rour views as soon as possible. New Haven, Conn., last month, Local No. As my letter is getting somewhat long, I II was not represented, owing to the fact ~iII close with an appeal to every brother that our delegate could not leave his duties to look after the welfare of the Brother­ on that particular day. We will hereafter hood (and labor generally), allowing no see that it does not happen, as the import­ man or set of men to narrow the limits of ance of such an event is by no means a our liberty because it may be profitable to trivial matter in the interests of the order. them. If we do this, we will attain that The same old cry, "Where is my triumphant elevation which has been the Worker," is the only word or words which crystallized hopes and longing of humanity half of the members of this local greet the for all the centuries. Yours fraternally, ' officers with. .I mentioned this fact in the P. E. CULLINAN, Worker last month, but without improve­ Press Sec. ment, so I will have to kick again. fc/j JID/

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 25 There is no change in conditions as re­ Mexico and Arizona with electricians. At gards work. present there are only II of us left here to By some means or other a prominent carryon No. 13'S business; however we member of the Sons of Rest has got pos­ will continue to hold meetings as long as session of a card of some local and works a there is a quorum in the city, which will be little game on the ni.ilroads by riding free for all time to come, as our city is growing on trains on which union men have charge. faster than all the rest of the cities in Tex­ Information as to who gave him this card as. Quite a number of the brothers have would result in ridding the order of a very passed through here going to California. undesirable member, as we do not want to Bro. Shorty Bunting has gone to Wilcox, be classed as tramps or the like. Ariz., to take charge of a plant. Bro. Geo. I would request the members and officers White is up at Al~ogordo keeping his eyes of other locals who may have need to com­ on the arc lights, and Bros. Myers, Burke municate with this local to look in the and Albertson are ID Old Mexico stringing Workers for the list of officers. Some of wire. our ex-officers and members are receiving Our union does not take to the insu­ mail for this local right along and, as the rance plan on an assessment basis. I will . letters are addressed to them, they are on close for this time, as our press secrj'!tary the safe side when they open them, which might write a letter this month. I am, as you know, is very wrong. Yours, &c.. JOHN BLAKE. Yours as a brother, P. J. HORGAN, Press Sec. Local Union No. X5. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 20, 1901. Local Union No. X3. Editor Electrical Worker: El Paso, Tex., Feb. 3,I901. After three months' tardiness, I will in­ Editor Electrical Worker: form the brothers at large, if they would As you have not heard from No. 13 in a like to visit us, that we have taken unto long time, and as we have had a hard time ourselves a new home and meet every keeping a press secretary, I take the lib­ Monday evening at 168 Beacon Ave. erty of writing you a little nonsense. El On our last meeting night we gave a Paso is very dull at present, having had smoker and public installation of officers. her first carnival. All the visitors pro­ During the evening we were entertained nounced it a success in every way. The by the Rev. A. Kennedy,Duff, late ,chap­ electrical decorations were very few, for lain of the New York State Senate; a1so .. the reason that we could not get the cur­ by Bro. Thomas Conroy, business agent of rent, as the light companies are about load- the Hunson County Building Trades Coun­ ed to their limit. - cil; songs by Master. David Conroy; a I want to, correct a statement.which ap­ funny story and rag-time cake walk by peared in the January Worker, and that is, Bro. M. F. Scott. I would like to state that there is no strike on in El Paso, as we for the benefit of the stay-away brothers had a contract with light companies and that they missed one of the grandest lec­ supply houses for $3 and nine hours, which tures I ever listened to from the Rev. A. will not expire till next April, when we K. Duff, who is whole heart and soul in will present the State scale. If they don't the organization of labor .. The smoker sign you may hear from us. The S: W. was a grand success and all hands enjoyed Tel. Co. here would not sign our scale at themselves. Following are the newly­ all, and as we could not get the operators elected officers: in, and ~hey having no long-distance lines Pres.-W. A. Gross. out of here, what good would it have done Vice-Pres.-E. Arrington. for the four men to walk out? It would Tr.eas.~M. Downes. mean that they would just give their places F. S.-J. Bartley. to $cabs. Now I will say that· we are R. S.-Wm. Miers .. strictly union here in this place, but it is Foreman-Wm. Grassman. pretty hard to get a quorum on meeting 1st Insp.-H. Little. nights, as El Paso supplies N. M., Old 2d Insp.-Wm. Dunkkoop.

) THE. ELECTRICAL WORKER Trustees-E. Kenna, Scott Hiller, Allen Insp.-L. Riggs, Roy ·Hoskinson. Watters. Trustees.,.-L. Riggs, W. Schlange, Dor­ Bldg. Trades Council Delegate-William ris Lindell. King. This is a good set of officers. Alternates-J. Hanna, H. Hansen. " Pink" Neff has concluded to become Del. to Cen. Labor Union-M. F. Scott. a home guard. I think, with the girl he Jan. 18th we were surprised and also bas and the presidential chair, he will be glad to have a visit from our grand presi­ contented to spend the rest of his days in dent, Bro. Thos. Wheeler, who gave the Evansville. boys a talk on the labor question to date, Hello ! Bill Johnson. What is the mat­ which was greatly appreciated. We also ter with 84? She has not cut in for two gave Bro. Wheeler a surprise, as he came months. Wbat· is the matter with you to try and arrange a settlement between swamp angels down there? Where are Locals 3, 15,52 and 102, and to his surprise Uncle Rastus, "Cap" Owens and all ,the he found Local' IS composed of men who boys? You want to spur up and let us could settle their own grievances, which know where you are at. I would like to they had done before his arrival in town. near from" Hungry· Bill " Henderson. We look for no selfish motive, but true I see quite a few locals not represented ~nionism and fraternity. in the Worker, but there is quite a con­ Yours fraternally, trast to January, 1900, when tbere were 98 E. ARRINGTON, locals in the list, and January, 1901, there Press Sec. are 199. That is very good for one year; let the good work go on and let e;ery 'one ~ocal Union No. x6. write something for the Worker, for a Evansville, Ind:, Jan. 25, I90I. floater looks forward to the coming of the Editor Electrical Worker: Worker as much as a letter from home. No. 16 is still in the land of the living. Bro. Clarence Kern has a gang up in It has been in existence one year now. tbe wilds of Perry county (if they are not Bro. "Water-Tank Jack" Hoskinson lost). He always bas a place for a brother blowed in to Evansville a year ago with a with a card, but it is a fierce proposition card from NO.9. He was blacklisted with from what the boys say-native sticks, etc .. the Telephone Co. and there was no work Well, I will work my cut-out for this in town, so he concluded he would organ­ time and give room for something else in ize a local. He got two or three names on our valuable paper. I remain, a paper and commenced dodging around Fraternally yours, SLIM, P. S. through alleys and keeping out of sight ------of the head gazabos, but at last he landed ~ocal Union No. x7. enough to get a charter and organized Lo­ Detroit, Mich., Feb. 8, I90r. cal No. 16. Just had enough to hold the Editor Electrical Worker: charter, but the b.oys held on like grim Time passes away slowly but surely, and. , death to a sick nigger, and they pulled each day we are reminded of some duty to .. through all right. Nearly all the wire­ be performed, some duty that we should patchers in town belong, and I tbink with not neglect. This is one of mine, about perseverance we will have all of them be­ the seventh or eighth of each month. It fore long. We bav~ 39 members now-I8 is a duty that I take great pleasure in, new conversions to our side of the ques­ though it is somewhat out of my line of tion in November and December. On Jan. business. I try to do the best I can and 2ISt No. 16 installed officers. They were hope No. 17 will make the best of a poor as follows: selection. I think it is the duty of every Pres.-Frank Neff. local to have a press secretary and see that Vice-Pres.-L. Hargus. he does the best he can. We are inter­ R. S.-Dorris Lindell. ested in every local and enjoy reading F. S.-H. P. Destler. their letters in the Worker. C;ome, press Foreman-E. K. Ridenhour. secretaries, wake up and let us have your Press Sec.-C. L. Tyner. views on all matters of interest to us all. THE ELECTRICAL WORKER One of the most important otall, in my time, we can get all the insurance we want. mind at present, is the talked of insurance I will tell you of a case that came to my in our Brotherhood. No. 17 has discussed notice not a great while ago~ The Broth­ the matter quite thoroughly, but the idea erhood of Railway Switchmen wanted an does not carry much if any favor here. insurance and the matter was given a thor­ The conclusion come to by our deep ough investigation, and at their conven­ thinkers is that some one is lookmg for a tion held in Detroit about a year ago it was fat, soft snap. Saying nothing about the • dropped. Why? They could find no plan high-priced insurance companies, there to conduct insurance that was not too ex- are too many fraternal societies that will 'pensive. Officers of the different com­ give us all good protection at rates that panies and societies were invited to explain cannot be lowered consistently by the 1. B. their plans and rates of assessments for E. W. I myself am in two of them and their organizations, and after a thorough consider, both first-class, and I only pay a investigation of these by the committee small increase above the regular rate. As .\ who had the matter in hand, the Inter­ we understand the communication, all national Congress of Dowagiac, Mich., was members would be assessed alike. Now, ~ndorsed and recommended by the broth­ would that be right? I carryall the in­ erhood as having the best plan of fraternal surance I can afford to pay for at present. protection at the lowest possible rates of Would it be right to assess me to keep up assessment consistent with good protec­ this fund of $2,OOO? Why, this would dis­ tion. I am proud of being a member of rupt the organization; the members who this society and would advise those look­ did not want insurance would not stand ing for good protection to examine their /,' for'it. If it was not compulsQI'Y, how plan. But I only mention this matter,here many members in our entire Br~therhood to show what the Brotherhood of Railway would'take it and pay the assessments to Switchmen did about insurance in their ~eep up a $2.000 fund? At a so-cent as­ brotherhood. I am quite sure I express sessment, it would take a membership of the sentiments of No. 17 when I say' we 4,000, and when two or three and even hope the matter will be laid over indefi­ more assessments came in the same month nitely at our next convention. Let us not it would be very expensive protection. forget the purpose for which we are organ­ Another thing, new offices would have to ganized. Let "Upward and Onward" be be created with well paid officers to fill our motto. We have many brothers who them. Who is going to pay them? The need work more than anything else, and'

grand treasury now cannot support but the question is, II How are they going to one local at a tinie if they get in trouble. get it?" Work is quite plenty through Let us fight for our rights. The Brother­ the country, all things considered, but just hood was not organized to insure its mem­ as long as the trusts and monopolies can bers, but to raise the craft from the depths keep us grinding away ten or more hours a to a level whereby we could command and day they have no use for these idle men, receive just compensation and fair treat­ and when so many men are out of work the ... ment in return for our time, brains and companies are very independent. If you sinew, with which to conduct a home and do not like their style you can hit the pike, support a family and enjoy some of the there is always some one to take your pleasures of life with them while we live. place and many gl~d of the, chance. The The purpos'e for which the Brotherhood eight-hour day is what we all need, what was organized has not been reached yet­ we want, must. and will have. Then it there are many things we want and need will require more men to do. tlie same in the 1. B. more than we need insurance. amount 'of work, and with fair pay we will We want a complete victory. We must all have a chance to live and support our and will have it. Victory must come to families .. Then our poor-houses and peni­ those who strive 'for and persevere to gain tentiaries will not be quite so crowded, our it. Let us continue the good work with taxes will be less and there wiJI be more renewed energy; do not be satisfied until men paying taxes. One-third of our time the haven has been reached. In the mean- is enough to labor; we need one-third for THEELEC'l'RICAL WORKER

rest, and we certainly are entitled to one­ ~ocal Union No. :IS. third for education and pleasure. Let us Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 17, 190r. work continually for this end, for what we Editor Electrical Worker: believe to be j'ust and right. Weare glad, Local No. 18, of Kansas City, Mo., start­ indeed, to learn of the victories by other ed in the new century with new officers, locals where they have gained the eight­ whose names you will find in the roster. hour day. Let us push on. These officers are proving themselves effi­ I must not forget to tell you that our cient and are bringing out new interest in third grand ball was a grand success in the local's welfare. President Adams de­ every respect, and I will just say to the few mands order and respect and gets both. who did not attend that you missed the We hope to make great advancement ere greatest pleasure of your life. Yours truly the year is past, and will endeavor to keep sold tickets at the door, and say, talk a bout you posted through the Worker as to how the ticket seller at a circus~he just wasn't we succeed. ' ' in it. t was making change in my sleep Bro. C. H. Adams, our worthy president, that morning. fell 24 feet from an extension ladder while Now, I wish to say a word to brothers stringing 2-inch lead-covered cable, and out of town. Please send your dues to the sustained a fracture of the left forearm and Fin. Sec., as you will note in the directory a severe bruise over the left eye. After 'in the Worker, and any correspondence for several weeks at home he is out aga{n and No. 17 to the Rec. Sec. I am not now nor will soon be able to return to work. have I been Fin. Sec. for about four Bro. Short had the misfortune to step' on months, but I ha,ve received a great many a banana peel and fall, which r,esulted in a dollars for dues since I resigned the office, broken l~g. He got up to our meeting all of which,as I received them, I have this week on crutches. turned over to the Fin. Sec. Look in the No. IS would like to hear from' Bro. directory once' iIi a while; do not think White, who left us several months ago to' one man holds the same office all the time. take a position with a St. Joseph newspa­ '. I am not unwilling to do a favor, especially per. We miss his presence at our meeting. for traveling brothers, but send your If he reads this, please take notice. money to the proper person and many mis­ A short review of the past year's work takes will be avoided. in Kansas City may prove interesting to Hello, Bro. Edd of No. 73, how does the some. The large jobs were: Three thea­ • world use you? Thanks, for your congratu­ tres, two shoe factories with electric light lations. I wonder if Frank Swar of Texas and power, three large hotels, several large remembers me in Jerry Louis' gang, the warehouses in the wholesale district, Con­ Ohio farmer? vention Hall and smaller jobs to the ex­ We have quite a number of brothers on tent that it kept everyone busy from April the sick list. Bro. Frohm has had a very 1st till January 1st, with considerable over­ severe time with 'his eye, but we hope' to time. And the greater portion of all this see him out soon. Bro. Regan is in very work was done by union men. I think 90 bad shape, having been confined to his bed per cent. of it was thoro~ghly union. We for a long time, with two or three months had one strike during the year, which was more of the same dose, but we hope to see settled four days after it was called. We him out again well and able to get around. consider it a prosperous year and are well God, in His infinite wisdom, has again atisfied. This year is different to, starts called in our midst and removed from us with, but I think that spring will bring our esteemed Bro. Edward Kennedy, who the usual rush. Many of us are idle now entered into rest Jan. 15th. No. 17 con­ and probably will be for two months. ducted the funeral and bore the remains to Floaters, take notice. their last resting place in Woodmere Ceme­ Six deaths from electricity is the record tery. Again we can but say he 'is blest, for last year. All but two were ground and so time passes on. Yours fraternally, men. We also had several serious acCi­ E. L. HAWES, dents among the linemen. Press Sec. Bro. F. M.Ross, of Indianapolis, No. 10, THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 29 is here and has a position, as stock clerk of the trio, Bro. E. Connolly, to those who with W.T. Osborn & Co. We hope to see know him, no comments are necessary. him at onr next meeting. Sergeant-at-arms and business agent, Bro. CHAS. S. RYERSON, R. C. A. Hobbs is our heavy man who does the rush act. Then comes the scribe, but 'I ~ocal Union No. 27. will not say anything about myself, as I Baltimore, Md., Feb. 5,1901. will try and disgust you all before the year Editor Electrical Worker: 1901 is over. As I stated in my last letter that I would A delegation from our local visited No. try and describe the officers elected by 148, in Washington, on Jan. 26th, in regard Local No. 127, I. B. E. W.,Jor the year 1901, to some union business. They report No. but on looking over the list I will ask all 148 in a flourishing condition and a very brothers to excuse my mistakes. Well, clever set of men. here goes. Bro. G. Spellman was elected We had the honor to have our Worthy' president. Now, all brothers who are ac­ Grand President, Bro. Wheeler, with us in :. quainted with our worthy president will January. know that I would have to take up ancient Local No. 27 propose holding a ball in history to give this brother justice, but as, I the near future, and hope that all brothers have not the time, I will pass to our vice­ who have coin and are passing through on president, Bro. W. Cooney, lately of Cleve­ specials, will not forget us and I am sure land, 'but now with No. 27. In ,our vice­ we will give them a run for their money. president we are fortunate in having a Wishing the I. B. E. W. success, I remain walking constitution and also an encyclo­ Yours, fraternally, P. F.· pedia on strikes and troubles. We now pass to our recording secretary, Bro. W. ~cal Union No. 28. Kemp. He, I un.derstand. is an irik slinger Baltimore, Md., Feb. 4. 1901. of the old school, so I hope all our commu­ Editor Electrical Worker: nications will receive speedy and reliable Time again has been called and 1 will answers. Next we come to financial sec­ put in a few licks for Local No. 28; that all retary, ,Bro. John Connolly. From the way may know we are still forging ahead. in which he has been handling the cash Our ex-grand treasurer "dropped in" and getting the books in shape, I think the -On us unexpectedly Thursday night, Jan. United States government is overlooking 31st, and gave us a little talk about the a very good man for bank examiner. progress the Brotherhood is making in dif­ Bro. W. W. Gilbert was elected again for ferent sections, and of the hard fight the' the pffice of treasurer. He is a tried and brothers are putting up in Texas. Come trusted union man, but as he is a lineman again, Bro. Wissinger; we are always glad to we keep him bonded. We now come to see you and extend to you a hand of wel­ the" Rough Riders." Under this head we come. Weare watching the fight on 'in have two inspectors, Bros. A. Rutledge and Texas, and assure the brothers they have G. Newcomb. All brothers who have met our best wishes for a final victory. our two inspectors will know they are of Bro. Wissinger also told us that Balti­ the right kind, that is, they are good union more unions, by the indifferent attendance men. N ext comes our foreman, Bro. , at meetings, had caused to be scattered Charles Waltin. Bro. Charley isa hard abroad through the land a bad reputation, worker, as on the coldest night you can see of being inactive and dead. This is not the perspiration standing on his face as he wholly without foundation, for some nights answers the door. But as we are passing the attendance is very small; but I fear , , : J through the 300 (excuse me brothers), I we are subjects of some unjust condemna­ mean the list of our worthy officers, we tion. come to a trio that we are" dead" easy to Brothers, this won't do; let us bestir our­ w~ite about. They ,are the trustees. Headed selves, that we may .prove to visiting broth­ by the venerable and gray-headed brother, ers that we are union by principle, and not J. P. Durkan. Next; the brother who gives for narrow, selfish and mercenary pur­ us those pigeon stories, C. H. Gantz. Last poses. This reminds me that two weeks / 30 THE ELECTRICAL 'WORKER

ago a fioate~ scab came into the shop for a in the organization than out of it. job. While the foreman was busy I asked No. 18 henceforth is a journeyman's the gentleman if he carried a working card. union. No more apprentices admitted "No," was ~he very impudent reply, after Feb. 21st, 1901. Our agreement with , , "unions are no good." etc. He was po­ the contractors' association regulates the litely informed that if he went to work in ratio of apprentices to wiremen, and an ap­ this city he would have to be a union man. plicant must stand the examination before This took the gentleman (?) down a peg the examining board before being eligible and he allowed "if it was necessary he to membership, and prove himself oth~r­ , could join the union." Brothers, by indif­ wis~ worthy before admission into the ferent attendance one would be led to be­ union is granted. lieve that we are union for our job, and are Holmes-Rose Electric Co. seqned the not infused with the principles that are the contract for wiring 24 fire engine houses in life of unionism. the city. It is evident they figured very Our By-Laws have been returned by the low to get the contract, for they tried to grand' body approved, and go into effect work, the boys nine hours, when all city effect F~b. 1St, 1901. It is two nights' ,at­ work is eight hours. No. 28 got after them tendance each month now, or pay a fine of pretty hot and gave them notice that a 25c., applied as dues. Our initiation fee of warrant would be served on them if they $15 is one step in the right direction and continued to work nine hours. They then 75c. per month dues (which includes the tried to work eight hours and pay for eight Federation of Building Trades' card), hours only. This we stopped pretty,sud­ shows No. 28's progressive and aggressive denly by giving notice that any ,brother fight against low wages, long hours and working for less than the scale of $3 per unskilled labor to be another move in the day would have ,charges preferred against right direction. him. Messrs Holmes-Rose finding they Organized labor will find, by being thor­ could not make themselves whole to the ough in requirements as to eligibility to detriment of the men, agreed under pro­ membership into unions, strict attention test to pay the scale for eight hours' work. to business, always working to employers', Had they been allowed to work as they be­ interests, that victories in time of trouble gan it would have established a precedent will be more easily won. Being thorough­ for alL future city work. Of course No. 28 ly organized is the only weapon labor could not stand for anything like that. unions have, and to be equipped on lines Fraternally, of defense one must attend meetings and A. S. MEACHAM, P. S. be familiar with the forces in reserve. Work in the city at present is very slack I,ocal Union No. 29. and some of the boys are "pressing brick." , Trenton, N. J., Feb. 7, I90r. We of course do not like the job, but we Editor Eiectrical Worker: an have a ch~nce at times. The prospects I will endeavor to let some of our broth­ for work in the spring are good, and we ers out of the city know that No. 29 is pro­ hope in the near future to see every broth­ gressing nicely.' Work here is very dull. er at work again full time. Any brother The Home Tel. Co. has laid all its men off ,seeking work had better steer clear of Bal­ with exception of two. The Bell Coo's timore for the present. floating gang laid off five men last week. The fire on Jan. 30th which resulted in The Electric Light Co. is doing work in the total destruction of Bostock's "Zoo," the small town of Pennington and has a in which over 200 animals were cremated, small gang of men working there. and a loss to the management of of nearly Bro. Halford; who lost his leg som~ time $200,000, was the result of defective wiring. ago, is. getting along very nicely and is Happily for Baltimore men this wiring was going to get measured for an artificial leg done by the management's own electrician. this week. Our old brother, Riley Twigg, While we do not claim that all union men was here to see us about a month ago and are p'roof against poor electric wiring, we all the boys were pleased to see him again. do claim that better workmen can be found The old man is crippled up very badly THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 31 from the fall that he had in Pittsburg about impossible to get enough together to trans­ four months ago. Fraternally yours, act our business, but we are pleased to say WILLIAM BRISTER, Press Sec. that conditions have changed. ' I notice that there is a. great deal of dis~ I,ocal Union No. 30. satisfaction in regard to the fee that is Cincinnati, 0., Feb. &, I90r. charged for examination in some of the Editor Electrical Worker: cities. Like some of the brothers, I think I hope I am not too late to get this letter it' is an inj ustice. At the' Pittsburg con­ in its proper place. We meet on the first vention, if I am not mistaken, it was de­ and third Wednesdays of each month and cided to change the word "National" to I always like to wait until we have our "International" Brotherhood, so the E. fir!3t meeting before writing. After the B. would have jurisdiction in Canada as first of March No. 30 will meet every week. well as in the United States, and now there We have so much business to attend to are locals in the United States that are :that it is almost midnight before we can going contrary to, the constitution. It ge~ through. At our meeting last night seems as though some men have forgotten we, had seven iuitiations (our goat was in the meaning of brotherhood., We otganize ',fine form), and we have ten applications to protect each other's interest and not for pending and several more in sight. If we any selfish purpose. 'these locals, who 'keep on at the rate we have been going in have become strong, should not make it a a few months there will not be a wire point to extort from those who have been, patcher in Cincinnati but what will be in leSS fortunate than themselves. If the' ,the union. ' May the time soon come is Executive Board is going to allow that our earnest desire, for there is room in sort of thing, we may as well withdraw our branch of industry in this city. It is from the Brotherhood and each city have our aim now to get enough members in our an independent organization of its own, as local so we can have a walking delegate to to have to pay as much to be examined by look after our interests. We are affiliated this examining board as it costs to become with the B. T. C. and they have a walking a member. I think it is man's inhumanity , delegate, but we think that if we had a to man that has placed the workingman ,delegate of our own that our interests in the condition he is in to-day, and may would be looked after better. the time soon come when we will look to Since you heard from us the N. B. T. C. other people's interest as well as our own. have had a convention in our city, and I would like to state in the Worker tha~ from what I could learn it was well at­ we have the application of Ed. Robinson \ ' tended and the meetings very enthusiastic. and he will be initiated at our next meet­ I am pleased to say that the, inside men ing. He is in the list ofthose that scabbed scored quite a victory at the convention.· at Cleveland and we would like to have his There has been quite a discussion here be­ name taken from that list. Mr. Robinson tween the gas fitters and electrical workers is a foreman for the Bell Tel. Co., and as to which trade the interior conduit work since his return from Cleveland he has belonged. The gas fitters contended that favored union men and has shown by his

" it belonged to them and the electrical actions that he is sorry for what he did. I workers contended that it was theirs, but think it will be the best thing ever hap­ now it is all over, the convention declaring pened No. 30 to get him among us, so you in favor of the electrical workers. will oblige us very much by removing his We were pleased to have with us during name from that list. ' the convention four visiting brothers. Yours fraternally, They attended one of our meetings, but it WM. PRICE, Press Sec. was impossible for me to be with them as I was on night duty at the time. From I,ocal Union No. 3:r. what I can learn they censured us for being Duluth, Minn., Feb. 7, Igor. so slow. If the brothers knew what No. 30 Editor Electrical Worker: had gone through they would not censure For some unexplainable reason the un­ us. There was a tinie when it was almost dersigned-has again been called upon to 32 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER perform the duties of reporter to our-valu­ had seven'left to go with him on the unfair able paper, and I guess it must be because work. That's the way to accomplish re­ he is single and has no wife and children sults, and all credit to those that did it. to be bothering him when he is trying to It's now my turn to open the circuit. write. CLIFFORD L. HIGGINS, P. S. Duluth has been rather quiet so far as electrical work is concerned lately, though Local Union No. 3~. we have not much to complain of on the Lima, 0., Feb. 7, 1901. whole, as -most of our members have Editor Electrical Worker: worked steadily until about a month ago. As I have been elected to fill the office of Prospects are fairly good for the coming press secretary, which I never have had summer and Local 31 is ready'to take care the privilege of holding before, and have .. of her interests pretty thoroughly. We taken the responsibility upon myself of have about all the men in that are eligible writing a letter to the Worker, something to membership and a better crowd of men entirely new for me, I will try and do the it would be hard to find in the average best I can. Work in this section is a little union. It seems that a climate that brings slack, but our Fin. Sec. and Treas. and 30 below, zero in the winter and colder foreman of the L. T. Co., E. Kraus, is most than -- sometimes on the Fourth of July generally digging up enough work tokee'p is calculated to make hustlers and inci­ ourselves and Local 32 in most satisfactory dentally kickers. - Not chronic kickers, but circumstances. We have 22 members and the kind that kick when it seems for the enough money in the treasury to organize I best good of all concerned, and who reason a sick and accident benefit, which was as well as kick. A thing which kills many brought up by our enthusiastic brother, O. a meeting is that there are not enough Snyder, who is always on deck with an of the members with interest and sense ,eye for business. ' , in their heads to get up and express their Bro. Geo. Barrick had a very painful ac­ opinion on the subject under discussion cident up at Cleveland while ,working' for and take adecided stand on, it one way or an electric light company. He was work­ the other. ing on a pole and got hold of about 2,300 One of our little members, Bro. Charles volts. One hand was burnt to a crisp and McDonald, found the climate too cold, or the other about as bad, but we all hope for our hills too high, or our macadam streets his speedy recovery. too hard, so he migrated t-o Buffalo, that Well, as this is my first attempt at writ­ Pan-American town you've heard of so ing up our Stonewall Local 32, I will close much lately, where the thermometer never with the names of newly-elected officers: gets too low, where they have no hills and Pres.-C. H. Lee. where they use only asphalt paving so that Vice-Pres.-L. J. Barber. e~eryone may ride a wheel. Take good Rec. Sec.-W. C. Holmes. care of him, No. 41, for he is a hustler, even Fin. Sec. and Treas.-E. Kraus. if he is from the "saintly cities." Inspector-Geo. Diemer. Your reporter had occasion recently to Foreman-J. C. Neff. visit the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Trustees-B. Davis, C. Lee, W. Holmes_ and while there was much impressed with GEO. DIEMER, P. S. the way certain members took hold of the union work and pushed it wherever any Local Union No. 33. possible good could result. One instance New Castle, Pa., Jan. 9, I90r. was that of a man (?) who came to town to Editor Electrical Worker: pick up some others (who would also need As I have been elected press secretary of a question mark after calling them men), our local, I sUl?pose I had better report. to go down to San Antonio, Tex., to take At our last meeting night, Dec. 31, 1900, strikers' places. Had it not been for some the members had a high old time. Our members of Local 24 he would probably financial secretary announced that there have got fifteen or twenty. As it was, when was a box of tobies and that we would have our boys got through with the case he only a "smoker." Everything went lovely till F~!3 I/u) THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 33 our newly elected foreman, Walter Stoc­ We wish them success and a thriving busi­ ton, came walking in with the goat. He ness. appeared to have a good hold of him, but The widow of Drake, the lineman killed when some one threw a piece of paper on Fred~ric avenue, was awarded $5,000 under Mr. John McCasky's chair the goat damages against the Mo. & Kan. Tele­ made a dive for it and Mr. McCasky got phone Co., which was the unanimous ver­ his bumps in good style. He took it all dict of the jury. ' A few more of such de­ good-naturedly and when he finally got cisions and there will be a general clean­ himself together he said: "When I am ing up in St. Joseph, which will do the city secretary I will see that goat don't get lots of good. Since the recent change of anything to eatfor six months." The goat the Street Railway Co. the brothers em­ was finally taken out and our meeting ployed there are all foremen, and the con­ (!alled to order. - sequence is they are all fitting themselves I wish to announce that Bro. George out with new caps, as the bands have be­ Steaveson is able to be about again. The come defective; that is, too tight. 'Noth­ new list of officers is as follows: ing like having good men to do your work. Pres.-Fred Harrison. ------No 76, P. S. Vice-Pres.-Charles Cunningham. Local Union No. 43. , Rec. Sec.-James Daggart. Syracuse, N. Y.; Feb: 6th, 1901. Fin. Sec. and Treas.-John McCasky. Editor Electrical Worker: Foreman-Walter Stocton. I was in hopes that some other brother Inspector-Wm. McCulla. would fill the duties of the P. S . .instead of Trustees-Fred Harrison, Joe Hutchison, myself for the next six months, but No~ 43 Clarence Severanc~. went right along, no matter what protest I Yours truly, offered, and elected me. I am sure. my CHARLES TEETS, past endeavors did not warrant a second Press Sec. term of office, as I was out of town quite a little and could not give much attention to Local Union No. 40. writing' for the Worker. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. I, 1901. I should like to have seen our old friend, ,< Editor Electrical Worker: "Ling". Williams, fill the bill of P. S. No. 40 meets every Thursday at 7:30 i, Ling" has moved his laboratory down o'clock, at Building Trades Council Hall. to the Valley, a suburb of this metropolis, The boys are all working as reported last and could give the brothers interesting· meeting. No new work going on; all re­ letters from his' experiments .. I was talk­ pair work employing their monthly men. ing with the brother a few days ago and I We are still after the sign tackers, but let­ found out he had a hobby which, if worked ter writing to the proper officers will do no out, will- certainly startle the community good. It is easy to consign it to the waste at large. He intends damming all .the basket. A good live committee, with lots brooks within a radius of three or four of ginger, that can't be put off with a few miles in his vicinity, forming an extensive oily words, with about 5,000 amperes, ten reservoir, and get a fall second only to times as much voltage, is about the proper Niagara. The turbines, generators, etc., caper. are too fabulous for me to try to explain. Bro. Bastain had his right foot mashed If any of the brothers are interested I am Jan. 23 on St. Joe avenue, by a pole falling sure if they call at his laboratory or ad­ against it. He was taken to his boarding dress him by letter he will be pleased to place, 12th street, between Jule and Felix give them the required information. streets. He is doing as well as can be ex­ My letter in the December Worker pected in such cases. The brothers should brought the boys around to our last meet­ drop in on him to cheer his' lonesome ing to a man, with one exception. Pretzel hours. couldn't see it; nothing but a smoke~ will Bros. Martin and Snowden, of Hasty bring this brother around. Be sociable; Messenger fame, are getting things in old man; bring around your foot ball locks shape, everything modern and up to date. and see what No. 43 is doing. 34 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER W e ins~alled the following officers at ing are tied up and afraid to make a move. the meeting of .Jan. 25, I90x: How often have we heard union men say, Pres.-H. E. Yorker. "Oh, I am a union man all right, but I Vice-Pres.-L. J. Weaver. never get to the meetings for it makes a F. S.-F. H. Yorker. man tired to hear them argue so much." R. S.-F. H. Kinney. A man, to be a trades-union member, Foreman-Wm. Garber. should take as much interest in the meet­ P. S.-" Bill Nye." ing as a child should in her studies at Inspcts.-J. F. Williams, D. R. Stringer. school. . E very meeting is something new; A committee from No. 79, Bros. Ed. every argument is something learned, but Guyatt and Daniel Cambridge, attended still how many men do we meet who sit in the above meeting to talk over getting up council and act like" wall flowers." They a new agreement between Nos. 43 and 79 are in a great many cases the first ones to as regards 43 doing outside wiring and 79 kick, and at the same time will vote "Aye" doing inside wiring. There was a com­ before thoroughly understanding the ques­ mittee appointed to confer with 79 at their tion. W ere it not for the arguments on pleasure. The above brothers also asked questions, how would any of us understand 43 to join them in having a ball some time them. When you meet a man who stays in February. No. 43 seemed in favor and away from a meeting because they argue, appointed a committee to get together with, you can put him down as a-(well, we will 79 and talk it over and report back to our not state exactly what). Of course we union next meeting night. Come up, have men who work nights and overtime, Pretzel, you are a twister from way back, who have our sympathy, and it is the duty and we will put you up for floor damager. of a member who has been at a meeting to ~ontractors Thompson and Cronin have relate the points of interest of each meet­ overstepped the mark again in having non­ ing to such members, providing they. are union men working for them. Our R. S., in good standing; but ,when it is not caused F. H. Kinney, was instructed to write the by sickness or overtime work let them walk contractors that if they did not drop the up to the hall if they want to find out what nons we would have to call off our boys. is going on. Fraternally, "BILL NYE." At our last meeting a committee of five was appointed to draw up a set of By-Laws I,ocal Uniou No. 44. for the local, and we have got them .writ­ Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 3, I900~ ten and hope they will not be turned down, Editor Electrical Worker: in their entirety, as it is hard work to draw As it is a couple of months since I have them up. They will be read for the first written a letter to the Worker, and as last time at the next meeting, Feb. 14th, and month was one of casualties in the Flower will be endorsed section by section at the Citr, before I finish I will give the reader second reading. It is the duty of every a few of the sad things we have been up member to be present to get his little kick against. Local No. 44 has rented a new in. hall, corner N. Water and Andrews, which The B. T. Co. has just laid off 27 non­ will seat 300 members. We hold meetings union and three union men, and told them <. on the 2d and 4th Thursdays of each month, there were jobs for them in Texas if they and as the meeting night does not fall on wanted to go. Just think of the thanks anyone's pay day, the brothers can .not they got from the company for scabbing it make that an excuse for staying away. in the city, working three months last sum­ We have every reason to believe that our mer under police protection, and when win­ members will start the year with renewed ter sets in with all its severity lay them off energy, for it is a hard matter for a local and tell them where there is another chance of 100 or so members to have {'7 or 20 of to scab it. I have heard that they will not that number try to transact business for go, as some of them declare that they will the others. In nearly every instance the now and for evermore work on fair jobs or stay-away members have a ,kick coming, starve to death. . We hope they will live .and the result is, those that attend meet- up to their promise: Experience is a hard . 1,

THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER 3S school, but a good one. One of those who means a better treasury fund. . I hope, if scabbed it here (I have not heard his name) this letter reaches many of the brothers' cried like a baby when laid off, and told eyes, they will drain the matter thoroughly the boss that he did not know what he in their local and inquire of organizations would do, for he said he had no father or that pay per capita tax on the stamp sys­ mother and was only 28 years old. The tem. That insurance question has not foreman felt so bad for him he put him come up in Local 44 yet, but it is a good back to work for $1.50 per day, and the thing, but our E. B. states we have an av­ tears cif sorrow immediately turned to joy, erage of 8,000 members in good standing and his cup overflowed with happiness. and a 50-cent assessment would be $4,000, The executive board seems to be up The deceased would receive $2,000; where against the real thing, by some of the let­ would the balance go? It would be well ters in the Worker, and so I, for one, take to have an assessment, but have it enough the same stand as the writer of Local 65, only to pay the exact death benefit. The Butte, Mont. He is right in demanding question should be settled at the next con­ the recognition of any and all traveling vention. cards issued by their local, and you can We had two large fires in this city and a bet they will hear something drop when terrible loss of life. The Hubbell Orphan' they hold up a memh~r (rom 44. The Asylum had one wing burned to the Shoemakers' National Union charges $1.00 ground and 31 innocent children lost their initiation fee from the Atlantic to the Pa­ lives, along with a couple of nurses, who cific, and 25 cents a week dues, and it gave up their lives to save some of the lit­ makes no difference whether the wages are tle ones. The Eastman Kodak Co. burned $3, $4 or $6 a day, his traveling card or to the ground the same night and three of book admits him to membership in any the firemen were overcome with nitric acid local. The Iron - Molders' International fumes and died from the effects. Sev~ral Union's initiation fee is $3 in any part of more were taken dangerously sick with it. the country, and their cards admit them One of the employees of the R. G. & E. without any extra fee.' I have heard our Co., while driving the night wagon to the grand secretary take the floor of our union Hubbell fire, was thrown from his seat on and he could not find words enough to the wagon at the corner of Church and praise the Iron-Molders and the way they State streets and his skull fractured, but transact business. Our E.,B. should never has recovered all right and is at work. have taken it into their hands to give a local Bro. Bronson fell from a 25-foot pole on the privilege of holding a member up on the Ridge road and had a bone splintered a traveling card, but should have left it to in his right ankle and his arm badly a referendum vote. That is the. opinion sprained, but is at the present time doing of the writer, and as long as I have the very nicely. He was employed by the power to push the pen I will state my ex­ Home Tel. Co. act opinions. I have no personal griev­ The following is our list of officers in- ance against any member of the E. B., but stalled for the ensuing term: they have made a mistake and should cor­ Pres.-Ed Marvin. rect it. Vice-Pres.-Phil Curtin. Now, as it is coming on time for our next F. S.-W m. Carrol. convention, why would it not be a good Asst. F. S.-E. Thompson. idea to adopt the stamp system. That is . Rec. Sec.-M. Warner. the best system for paying a per capita Press Sec.-W. J. Clarke. tax. As we are to-day, a member may be Treas.-Andrew Murdock. square on the books of his local and the Foreman-Wm. O'Brien. local in arrears of their per capita tax; but Trus.-Dan Willis, A. Bristol. with the stamp system, when a member Hoping I will see this letter in its en­ pays his dues he gets a stamp on his card tirety, I will-close. which is a receipt for his per capita tax Respectfully, aIid card, and every local will have an W. J. CLARKE, amount on Band paid for in advance, which Press Sec. THE ELECTRICAL WORKER Local Union No. 45. While I am in the notion, allow me to Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1901. state that there are a few who are deriving Editor E1ectri<:a1 Worker: benefits accruing directly from the Broth­ Owing to the arduous duties incumbent erhood who imagine the union is self-sus­ upon Press Sec. Devlin, he wishes me to taining. Such is not the case, however, act in his stead this trip, so here goes, and the sooner they" come across" and hoping you will charitably overlook all cough up those back dues the better, for shortcomings. somebody's going to "knock" good and Things electrical, as far as 45 is con­ hard and not with a tack hammer either. cerned, are progressing nicely, and even Some" whine" about the strike being the though a paltry few forever lost their right princi pal cause of their falling into ar­ to be called men, in order that they might rears. They forget that others also experi­ install themselves in the good graces of enced the hardships of that same trying " Pa." Cuthbertson, No. 45, though de­ period and with large families, too, and feated, is glittering in the dust and all the managed to pay their dues. One thing I 'tried and true are reaping the reward that notice, particularly, the" calamfty howl­ honest men can always look forward to. ers" who are behind in their dues are the Sam Jones originated a word called" stick­ most frequent visitors to the various booze ability," which is adaptable in a measure hazaars, and that's no .. pipe." I may get to the excellent fight made by 45 against a bunch of knuckles handed to me for this, that monopolistic vampire, the Bell Tele­ but I intend to make the "punishment" phone Co., and it was a costly engagement fit the crime, and more than that, it would for" Pa." and don't you forget it. be no credit for any Dian to lick me and Now for a bit of the" Anvil Chorus" on for that reason I talk a lot and wear 45'. Weare too lukewarm in the first place, glasses. and too little interest is manifested by in­ Talk about brotherly love and the milk dividual members. You don't have to keep of human kindness. Not much of it is your'heads closed just simply because you wasted between the two locals in Buffalo. don't happen to be presdent. Get out of The fact of the matter is the "hot air" that comatose condition, shake of that from both sides has had a tendt:ncy to sour lethargy, "come out of it," at least long the aforesaid lacteal fluid. Well, probably enough to say" yes or no." Store that when the Pan.-Am. exists only as a mem­ " hot air" you waste at noon and spring it ory and things electrical begin to slack up at the proper place, the lodge room. An­ a bit, ,those same fellows who are" freez­ other thing that makes a hit with me is ing out" the floater now may wish to that quiet hammering that begins Monday " seek gree1;l. fields and pastures new" and " morning and continues indefinitely. (I may will they be met with brass bands, flowers, " get killed for this, but I might as well etc.? Well, I don't think. st. Louis will make it strong.) Don't hypnotize your­ have a big show, too, and from the tone of selves into the absurd idea that one man a letter I received from a brother there, can run the local and that your duty is a few days ago, they intend to remember '\ done simply by paying your dues. If you , the prohibitory tactics of a certain loc~l. are appointed on a committee, don't im­ "Well, I reckon." agine that the other fellow can attend to it, I do not wish to abuse the privilege Bro. for the other fellow may think the same Develin has betowed upon me, and I have thing. "A house divided must fall," so tried to be conservative in my efforts to stear clear of all disturbing influences that creditably acquit my protem. appointment, have a tendency to disrupt or cause ill­ but in the event that I have said one word feeling in your local. Be true to your­ derogatory or detrimental to the good and selves and the rest is easy. A feathered welfare of 4S use your blue pencil, Mr. "carrier pigeon" is innocent enough, but Editor, as I can asslire you I will not be­ deliver us from the other kind, "you moan the curtailment. I was told to ~rite know." Mayhaps I have said too much, a short letter and I think I have spread I hope not, but I do hope that it will land enough" tabasco" to ,make a West Point where it will do the most good. cadet tum green with envy. THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 37 I notiCl ;n the January issue that No. 41 Two weeks will finish the Electric claims to control the situation at the Pan­ Tower, which is without a doubt a marvel American. Forty-five claims nothing, but of modern mechanical ingenuity. is perfectly satisfied with present environ­ The Johnstown flood will be depicted in ments, and in all probability will be " in at all its graphIc detail, on the P. A. midway the death." I dislike to realize it, but it and, shades of "Anthony Comstock," a occurs to me that if you real infant incubator will cater to the curi­ .. Knock," the world knocks with you, osity seekers on that same cosmopolitan Boost and you boost alone. stage. In eonclusion let me add, "if com­ For this prosaic earth ing ev'ents cast their shadows before," in Is a foe to mirth, probability there'll be" somthin' doin" in But has a hammer as large as your own. Buffalo next summer.' Buy, and the gang are with you, Chicago for wind,' Sponge, and and they stand and sneer; Boston for wit,' But the bunch will bou~d Gotham for sin, If you order a "round" . And Buffalo for grit. For they couldn't refuse a beer. , Fraternally, PAN-AMERICAN PENCILETTES. HARRY LANGDON, Wiger has lost his "stripe." '!'oo bad, Press Sec. pro. tem. " Fader." McDougal is "it" for a week or two. I,ocal Union No. 49. .r The high" contention" is all in. Chicago, Ill., Feb. 5, 1901. Jimmie, the coon, was certainly all to Editor Electrical Worker: the" mustard. " As I have been elected to fill the office When the "Burr Head'" Charter was of Press Sec. of our local, I take pleas­ sprung. un'; in writing a few works to the Worker. "Incandescent" Conley has been en­ Of course, I have never before had .so gaged to pose on the Electric Tower. great a responsibility on my hands. I Penny killed two men last week and therefore ask you to forgive all mistakes. wonld have run his list of victims much The brothers of Local 49 seemed to be very higher if his pipe hadn't gone out. much pleased with their newly elected offi­ Contractor MacDonald says little, but he cers, as they seem to mean business. We is no kindergarten lineman. had quite a large number of members at 'Turney is still doing his wonderful con­ our last meeting, but not as many as I tortion act. If some enterprising capital­ would like to have seen, and they seem to' ist would build a reservoir, imd put a re­ be the same old faces. Now, come broth­ ceiving tube in the roof of the tool room ers, wake up and be at the next meeting. during the noon hour he would store We had a committee from NO.9 call on us enough "hot air" to comfortably heat and we gave them a warm welcome. Their Buffalo for the winter. "Whango!" business was to find the rights of each local " Cricket" Fleming is certainly a fash­ and to work with each other. ion plate off duty, and his talk for the At our last meeting we elected the fol- good of the union was enjoyed to the letter. lowing officers: His speech in brief was, "I move we ad­ Pres.-William T. Callahan. journ," which was carried. V. Pres.-F. B. Mart. The referendum vote in regard to the R. Sec.-W. M. Hickey. negro charter resulted 30 to 2 in favor of F. Sec.-James Byrnes. the negative. Treas.-W. Watson. The machinery building was illuminated The inspectors, I ha ve lost track of them, 'several evenings ago, and, from an artistic but we have them elected. ' standpoint, was resplendent in its incan- Please advertise in the Worker for the descency. ' following named persons: Jerry Judd, The "midway" will be ready when the formerly of Missouri NO.9, last heard of flag falls, and from May 1st till Nov. 1st, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Correspond with Sec~ pandemonium will reign supreme. 49. John Gray, formerly of Youngstown, THE ELEC'l'RICAL WORKER Ohio. Correspond with Sec. 49 ond oblige. No. 55 through the columns of the Worker Hoping to have a large letter in the for'some months past, I take the duty upon Worker in my next, and with the best myself, as one ·of its members, to inform wishes to the brothers of Local 49, I will the Brotherhood at large that we are not close for this time. asleep out here by any means, if our press Yours fraternally, secretary is silent. We are adding a few JOHN M. DENNEHY, more lights to the Brotherhood almost .' Press Sec. every meeting night. We have just bonded our treasurer, Bro. O. Dean, he ·of street !,ocal Union No. 54. car fame, not because we are afraid of him Columbus, 0., Jan. 4, 1901. decamping with the funds, but it is a duty Editor Electrical Worker: . every union owes to itself. My letter this time will be short, as Since our last letter to the Worker the everything is working so smoothly in this Edison Light Co. has consllmed the old neck of the woods that I haven't a word to Capital City light plant, and now has full the contrary. When you see a column or swing, as far as the electric light goes, and two in the Worker you may know No. 54 if things turn out as reported the overhead is having trouble of her own. . wires in the business section of the city Weare taking in new members every will be a thing of the past before many meeting night; have six new applications months. The Des Moines Edison will also for our next meeting and are duly elected have one of the finest plants west of the

for the goat, one being foreman for C. U. Mississippi. ).. Tel. Co. and another a foreman of Erner Our local has had considerable hard luck Hopkins Co., inside wiremen, and another among its members in the past few months. an Irish boy who has stood by us, led and Bro. Tim Sexton was hurt last summer by advised us in all our strikes and troubles. a fall and is unable to do any work yet. He was elected an honorary member and The next· to meet with an .accident was will ride the goat Wednesday night. Me, Bro. John Pearson, who fell from a 6o-foot l' do you carry insurance? The goat is fat pole and landed on the brick pavement. and saucy. His life was despaired 9f for a few days, Work is good in Columbus. Every but old J obn is out on crutches and he says brother is working who wants to work. The it is hard to kill a pole shinner. We hope sick brothers are Dan Hagerty, down in to see him back in the harness before long bed with the grippe for two weeks, but is (not wishing any bad luck). Bro. Frank improving; Bro Fisher is still unable to Baum met with an accident a week or two work, caused by a fall last summer, and ago by falling from a pole, which shook Bro. Jim Shea. I wish to rectify my mis­ him up considerably, but broke no bones, take, as I was misinformed as to how he although he is confined to the house. We got hurt. He un'snapped his safety belt to e.xpect to see him around in his accustomed come a few steps down the pole and place in a few days. snapped it secure again. Then Jim went I see through the columns of the Worker to swing under some wires and one wire that ·Bro. Leedom, of No. 22, is conval­ caught on the spring of the snap, and when escing from an attack of typhoid.. Will he went to reach out he fell back a dis­ say that his friends and brothers of No. 55 tance of 20 feet. are glad to hear of his return to circula­ Will say the members of Local 54 are tion.· The writer would like to make an­ attending the meetings better than ever other trip to Manawa with him in the before; the old hall is crowded every meet­ near future. ing night. Success to all unions. Bro. Reasseau is making a good fight for Yours fraternally, city electrician, but we do not want to let . A. T. W., R. S. --....:....----- Bro. Reasseau do all the fighting. Each Local Union No. 55. and everyone of us wants to get a set of Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. I, 1901. boxing gloves and go after the politicians Editor Electrical Worker: in true Fitzsimmons style. We cannot As there has been nothing heard from stand for'a cigarmaker, .bricklayer. or a THE ELECTRICAL ,WORKER 39 plasterer to hold a positi,on which we have .for· the continuation of the strike: The been fighting for for the past tbree years. council even went further and appointed a Our worthy delegates from 55 to the Trades committee of aldermen. to consult the and Labor Assembly "told. them a few" sta~e's attorney as to its power to deal with the other night that will hold them for the company. The State Federation of awhile. Labor, which has just closed its annual I guess I will ring off tor this. time, as session here, also endorsed the fight against my battery is getting weak. Hoping to the Southwestern, and will use its influ­ see something from. our press secretary in ence to have the company's telephones dis~ this issue, I am and remain, continued throughout the state. Yours fraternally, In this city alone we have managed to FULLER. reduce the company's subscribers from eighteen hundred at the beginning to less Itoc~ Union No. 60. than five bundred·at present, and ·as soon San-4ntonio, Tex., Feb. 4, 1901. as the new· company starts working they Editor Electrical Worker: . won't have any-not if we can help it. After reading the January Worker from ·To say the company is worried over ,the beginning to end, I feel tempted to cry outlook is putting. it mildly. They have out, "Alas! that human nature should be tried every way possible to break the so prone to forgetfulness, " and in this case strike. They have tried to bribe our offi­ it is forgetfulness that hurts, as even a cers and,. failing in this, they have had kind word helps to,smooth some of· the them· arrested on false charges, and even rough edges of our position. imported paid assassins to shoot ,them. All Of the sixty odd letters that appeared in' this failing,. they tried to induce our lady the journal only .eight or ten remembered members by fine promises. to return to the Texas .locals· by wishing them· success work, but our noble girls, "God bless 'em," in their fight for decent wages and hours. proved tlieir merit by turning a deaf ear to I sincerely thank them for their kind these appeals. They would not accept the . company's crown of thorns nor would they , I remembrances, especially those locals that ,.- sent aid. to our weaker locals in the state; be swayed by its cross of gold. also to Bro. Abernathy, of Local 142, for Since the strike started last November his kindness in calling the attention ~f the there has' not been one 'break in our ranks brothers throughout the. country to the and we will win just as sure as the sun fact that we were not fighting for ourselves If I rises and sets. we don't, it will be be.. L, alone, but in order that we might benefit cause the Southwestern .concludes to quit the Brotlierhood at large; Therefore, I the State of Texas.· When the strike first think that locals' who are at peace with the started Vice-Pres .. Pettingill, in a bom­ world should take a little more interest in bastic talk, said he would spend a hundred their brothers and sisters who may not be thousand· to beat us. He .has now spent enjoying that happy condition. over, Ii. million and we are not beat yet. Weare still at war with the Southwestern Why, even. some of the company's scabs Tel. Co. and will fight it out to a finish if are worried. Two of them essayed to wan­ it takes all winter and all summer, too. der from their own hull-p.en to, see the We areeertainly not letting the grass town by lamp light, but they don't care to grow under our feet in .making the com­ wander any more. Both are ·now laid up pany's position as miserable as possible, as with the grip.. Somebody took.a notion to you will see by ,what follows .. inspect the anatomy.of one and it wi~l be The city council, at its last regular meet­ some time before he will be able to wander ing, .offered . to act as an· arbitration com~ again. The other, it seems, got a severe niittee between the.,. company . and the jolt on the head which rendered liim un­ union. The union accepted tbeproposi­ conscious ... I .liave . just learned that two tion but the company refusedto arbitrate, more·of the scabs got their faces in trouble so the. city council, through the news­ at the railroad depot; haye,not been able papers,public1y condemned the action of to. learn much. about. it, but hear, that. it the company and holds them. responsible was a good job. . '. '.'

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THE ELEC'tR1CAL WORKER _ On account of the immense falling off in us. He will always live in our memori' their business and,. perhaps, seeing the in­ and should he ever come this way again evitable, the company is getting rid of its will be sure of a hearty reception. scabs by shipping them back to where they Bro. Blanton, who was shot by the notor­ got them, and it is the general belief of all ious scab Smith on Thanksgiving day,has that the company is pretty near ready to so far recovered as to be able to walk about. throw up the sponge. Bro. Blanton had a very narrow escape and On account of. delay in receiving ma­ the boys are all glad at his recovery. _ \, terial the new company is not yet quite You 'rexas locals want to wake up and ready for business, but will be very soon. give your press secretaries a jolt. The Then once more-will we _hear the familiar Brotherhood looks for a letter from each of ring, which we have heard but v~ry seldom you, so-don't be silent. Leave that to the in the last three months. organized scabs. We have quite a number of idle men At our last regular meeting Bro. Ed. here and are taking care of them as well as Goram resigned the office of Fin. Sec'y. possible, and I wish, Mr. Editor, you would Bro. Goram made a splendid secretary and call the attention of everybody that we the local hated to see him give it up. Bro. don't want anyone floating in on us. Thompson was chosen to succeed him; Weare still holding meetings every Bro. Thompson is a noted unionist; he -night excepting Sundays, which in point even lives on Union street. of attendance and sociability can't be beat. Bro. Dan Henry, of the Light Co.• after We have some famous -singers among us, thinking over the single and double pole namely, the prince of contraltos, Bro. Roy system of living, concluded the double pole Cushman, and the celebrated tenor, Bro. -system the more preferable. The primary Jim Whalen, formerly of No. 38; and last cause of the transformation was a very but not least we have a famous talking estimable young lady of this city, to whom machine in Bro. James Broderick. His he was married on Jan. 31st in the pres­ lamentable ballad, entitled" Who Stabbed ence of a large number of brothers and the Scab," would bring tears to the eyes of friends. Dan says his secondary -reason a goat. - I cannot close my list of notables for the change was that there was too without mentioning Bro. Junius Brutus much loss on the single pole system. He Stooky, who fills the role of Hamlet, the will try the multi-pole after awhile. - melancholy-Dane, to perfection. Now, as tlris is a light story in a light - Perhaps it w:ould be a good idea if such vein, and I am almost afraid an overload members as the gentleman from Milwau­ for the poor Worker to carry; I will put kee, who advocate the addmittance of out my light and say good night. With "burr-heads" into the union, were to step best wishes for all, down this way and study the question a Yours fraternally, "DUCKS," little more closely. His observations of Press Sec. the negro and his characteristics must have been taken at a very long range, probably ~ocal Union No. 6x. from a car window or side door. If he Los Angeles, Ca1., Feb. I, 190L wishes to improve the condition of our Editor Electrical Worker: brothers and- has the interest of the Broth­ Bro. Coburn having gone to 'Erisco, No. erhood at heart, let him advocate the 61 had to have a new P. S., and I am "it." bringing into our Brotherhood of the tele­ Things are going along very well here at • phone girls throughout the whole country. present, only two or three of us idle. From our own experience we cannot say Floaters don't seem to have much trouble too much in their praise. catching on. Well, floaters, if your hearts --The members of No. 60 were very much and cards are all right, we will welcome pleased to see the familiar face of Bro. you. Most of us are up against it, not Jerome Jones, of Atlanta, Ga., in last having had a pay-day for years it seems to month's Worker. Bro. Jones holds a warm some, but in reality it is only about four place in our hearts for the in terest he took months. At the same time I have not and good he rendered during his stay with heard a~y complaints of wrinkles. rE81/D/

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER ,41 The inside.wiremen of 61 have branched sary for said local. to furnish its members out and started a local of their own, No. to enable them to hold a job in the terri­ 1I6. The charter arrived . last night and tory covered by that local and neither the they elected officers after 61 had adjourned. E. B. nor the entire Brotherhood has the We thought it would be better for all con­ power or the right to prevent it. It takes cerned to separate, as' we had too much money and personal sacrifices to get good business for one night, sometimes going conditions, and if a local is obliged to form over into the next morning. combinations with other unions outside of _ The best of feeling prevails among us all. the Brotherhood to get these conditions We simply got too big for our clothes. and bear the additional cost of such com­ Brothers at large, don't you think it ad­ binations (in other words Building Trades L visable to have separate locals where ~hey Councils), the expense of which is usually can be maintained? Art. 3, Sec. 2, says large, there is no justice, in my opinion, .so, anyway. in attempting to force them to allow them­ We have a w~ekly paper here now, the selves to be overrun with men who have Union Labor News, managed by J. C. Iner, perhaps never sacrificed anything but a who has for some time (in fact, ever since dollar initiation fee and a year's dues at he has been in the city) been active in 60 cents a month. I don't mean to say labor circles here. The paper is the official that none of our brothers who wish to go organ of the Council of Labor and is meet-, to these places and work have sacrificed ing with deserved success. anything for the cause; but it is a noto­ I see we have another cable splicers' rious fact that the people, not only in our local, No. 157, and they had a letter in the organization, but in all others, that sacri­ January Worker, too. Let us hear from fice the least, are the loudest kickers. some of the other splicers. These extra charges for Building Trades Portland, Ore" had a good letter; stay cards are simply business propositions, as with it, boys. Nos. 36 and 151 both missed Bro. Wheeler said, to enable these locals writing .. Wake up, boys, we like to hear to maintain the extra good conditions from you., which they have procured for their mem­ Bro. Frank Wilmoth is with us. His bers. r'&.· •. left arm is broken, but he is able to knock Sentiment does not buy bread, nor get around the Sunset store room. conditions; and the sooner we get rid of a No. 61 sends regards to Jack Olmstead. lot of the mawkish sentiment prevailing If we write everything this time we with a lot of our members and begin to run. won't ,have anything next, so good-bye. our organization on business principles the BAILEY, P. S. better it will be for all concerned. The Building Trades Council, especially I Local Union No. 66. " the N. B. T. C., is of vita,l importance to Houston, Tex., Feb. I, 1901. . the inside wiremen of our trade, for it is Editor Electrical Worker: only by the aid of it that we are going to As our press secretary was derelict in be able to prevent encroachment on our duty last month I w:i11 scribble a few lines trade by other unions. Several of the J for the February number. It would ap­ metal trades have already attempted to rob pear from some of the letters in the Janu­ our members of a part of our work.' Even ary issue that the Executive,Board have the carpenters have attempted in several done things that do not. meet with the ap­ instances to meddle with a part of it, and proval of all the members. I wonder if it behooves every local to promote the in­ any E. B. of any organization ever did give terests of the B. T. C. in their respective entire satisfaction.. In regard to the extra localities, and if their local B. T. C. is not charges of some of the locals, I wish to affiliated with the N. B. T. C., to endeavor say that in my opinion any local has the to get them to do so. New conditions are power to charge its members an extra sum continually arising that must be met intel­ for a Building Trades Council card or any ligently if we expect to progress with our other special card outside of the Brother­ organization. hood working card that it may be neces- If we expect to make our organization I -:~~ .-'1 .i ~/ f

42 THE ELECTRIC ... L WORKER what it sho.uld be, o.ne o.f the largest and fear if they have a strike and have a lo.ng best in the 'land, we must no.t let the co.b­ siege o.f it, that they may get in bad stand­ webs o.f o.ld-fo.gyism o.bscure o.ur visio.n, ing and thereby lo.se their insurance. And but meet new co.nditio.ns pro.mptly and in­ again, suppo.se we had a strike and so.me telligently as they arise. member sho.uld take a no.tio.nto. scab, as No.w, a wo.rd abo.ut the negro.es. It they o.ccasio.nally do., what then wo.uld be wo.uld seem to. me that it wo.uld be best to. do.ne with them? I do.n't believe that we meet this questio.n intelligently. The ne­ eQuId legally thro.w them o.ut if they ten­ gro. is here in the So.uth and wo.rking at dered their regular fee. We then wo.uld o.ur trade in quite a number o.f places, and be in a disagreeable situatio.n to., say the he is go.ing to. co.ntinue to. wo.rk at it, and least. I do. no.t believe in even a sick and it lo.o.ks to. me as if it wo.uld be better to. death benefit. I o.bject to. o.ur co.nstituting o.rganize him and hav'e him help to. build o.urselves a red-cro.ss so.ciety o.rambulance up o.ur trade than to. keep him uno.rganized co.rps fo.r capitalism. I believe in using and thereby furnish the emplo.yers a club every dQllar taken in to. help o.btain such to. help them beat do.wn o.ur wages. One cQnditio.ns that we WQuid .no.t need an am'­ bro.ther is co.mplaining abo.ut the negro.es bulance attachment to. o.ur o.rganizatio.n. wo.rking fo.r very 10.w. wages .. Ho.w can he We have at present, I believe, the fastest expect to. better the co.nditio.n o.f the white gro.wing and fiercest fighting o.rganizatio.n wo.rkers in that place as lo.ng as the ne­ in existence, and I believe that the mem­ gro.es remain uno.rganized and Co.l;ltinue to. bers have received mo.re benefits in the wo.rk fo.r such wages? It wo.uld seem to. way Qf bettered cQnditiQns than the me to. be the lo.gical co.urse to. o.rganize him members o.f any Qther o.rganiz,atio.n that and get him to. help better the co.nditio.ns has no.t been o.rganized any IQnger than o.f all. So.me bro.ther has made the state­ we have, and I want to. see it remain 'SQ. ment that yo.u can no.t make. a unio.n man I do.n't want to. see any feature intro.duced o.ut o.f a negro.. I must take issue with into. o.ur brQtherho.Qd that WQuld have a that bro.ther, fo.r it has been my experi­ tendency to. take away its fighting quality. ence that a negro. unio.n man will co.me o.ff and an insurance feature would do. that. a jo.b quicker and stay lo.nger than a white In fact, I believe it wo.ul~ destrQy the 1. B. man, and I have never heard any man that E. W., ,fQr I dQn't believe we CQuid cancel had any experience with negro. unio.ns but a man's insurance (o.nce it was accepted) what said the same. But here sentiment Qn acco.unt Qf his scabbing; and if we co.uld bo.bs up again and says, "I· wo.uld no.t sit nQt we wo.uld have a nice o.rder, indeed. in alo.dge ro.o.m with a negro.." Well, yo.u Well, I guess if the editor is gQo.d eno.ugh will go. into. a barro.o.m and drink at the to' print this letter it will take up rQo.m same bar with him, mingle ,witl). him o.n eno.ugh fo.r o.ne issue, sO. I will ring o.ff. the streets, sit beside him in the street R. R. TRIPP. cars, stand alo.ngside o.f .him in the ~to.res to. buy go.o.ds; then why this peculiar ,dis­ I,ocal Union N:0. 68. tinctio.n? I co.nfess that I wo.uld hate to. Denver, ,Co.lo.., Feb. 3. 19QI. sit in a lo.dge ro.o.m with hitp., but I believe Edito.rElectrical Wo.rker: I wo.uld rather do. it than to. have him scab­ I nQtice in the January WQrker that bing on me, as they are no.}\, do.in,g in this quite a few lQcals· are QPPQsed to' ,the ex­ beautiful So.uthern city. aminatio.n, fee ,which Chicago. and New A wo.rd also., regarding the pro.po.sed insu­ York lo.cals are demanding. That is the • rance feature. I do.' no.t appro.ve o.f it, fo.r way I expected to. see the matter turn o.ut. several reaso.ns. One is that it wo.uld effec­ It is with delight I read, Qf theresQlutio.n tually emasculate o.ur o.rganizatio.n. It passed by Lo.cat No.. 65. Butte. MQntana, would spo.il the fighting qualities fo.r which and I ,feel certain, that in the February the 1. B. E. W. is justly no.ted., But ho.w? Wo.rker we will see qtiitea ,numbero.f I hear so.me say. In this way: A 10.t o.f lQcals ado.pting the same. ,If, they do. no.t men in insurance benefit wo.uld submit,to. they certainly, are permitting ,an injustice a great deal mo.re impo.sitio.n from their to. all the bro.thers that wish to. go. there. emplo.yers than they ,will no.w, simply fo.r I will say that we vQted' at o.UT' last ·regu1ar )90/

THE ,EI,ECTR1CAL WORKER 43 meeting to adopt. the same plan as No. 65, Inspectors-H. Grant Reed, F. F. Miller. and if I am not mistaken No. 21 will or has 'Bus. Agent-C. B. Thorn. . adopted the same. I think, brothers of Delegates to B. T. C.-C.B. Thorn, J. F. the 1. B. E. W., we should all join hands Fisher, Harry Teele. and demand that such action or privilege, Exam. Board.~H. J. Clark, E. G. Doss, as you may call it, be rescinded, as we an~ W. H. Anderson. an international organization and should Electrical Instructor-W. S. Earhart. be treated alike. We have representatives In conclusion, I want to say with regret of the New York and Chicago locals work­ that one of our members died last week, ing here. How do you suppose they would Bro. C. T. Dougherty. The electrical field have felt if we had demanded an examina­ has lost a generous and skilled mechanic. tion fee from them? On the other hand, I have known him for some time and he if we go there we have to dig up the $25 or was when able always willing and ready to $50 for examination. Is that fair? The help a needy brother, but, as will surely more I think of this matter the more I happen to aU of us some day, he is called want to see all the locals get together and into another world. The boys of No. 68 demand our rights. I hope to see letters gave him as nice a funeral as anyone could in the'Febru~ry Worker from all the locals wish for, and as cold as it was we all turned in'regard to this matter, as it is something out in a body, also some members of Local that must be stopped, as I can plainly see No. 121. I am sorry to say he leaves a it will cause disaster to the 1. B. E. W. I wife and three small children and in hard will not write further on this matter be­ circumstances. - I wish the 1. B. E. W. cause No. 65 has explained it as well as could assist her. IUs a worthy cause and anyone can, and I hope all the brothers of I feel it my duty to ask for aid for her. the 1. B. E. W. will read their letter in the We have helped him through his sickness January issue. and did not see him want for ·anything. I The weather has been uncertain lately wish we could have an assessment of five and work is not very brisk; but from all cents on each member in case of death of a accounts all the boys are working. We brother. It is a cause that is needed and have been without a business. agent for a would not break or make anyone indi­ while, but I ani very glad to state our old vidually, and I hope to see such assessment one has volunteered his serviCes and we · started. I thinkit is our duty to do all we are all happy, as lle is a hustler and de­ can in,a. case like this and I am sure any serves credit ·for his thorough work the contributions toward her aid would be past two weeks. I sincerely hope. we-can gladly and gratefully received. Again, I keep Bro. C. B. Thorn in that office, .as it must say Local No. 68 cannot be praised is not an easy one .to fill, and that he will too highly Jor the manner in which they continue in his good work~ I know all the looked after our deceased brother . God boys of our local will feel grateful to him, grant that all who' can will come to her and I sincerely trust. they will all aid him assistance and I kn0'\V' they will never re- as much as they possibly can; : It is. to be · gret it. . , regretted that Bro. Warner took out a Best wishes for the Brotherhood. ,I am, withdrawal card. We will.miss him. He FJ,'aternally yours, has been faithful in the different offices he W .. H. ANDERSON",' has held inN.o.68, and we all wish him Press Sec. success. \ I neglected in my last letter to give the 14Qc~l Union No. 69. ". names of the officers elected arid installed Dallas, Tex., l'eb. l, 190I. for the ensuing term. They are: · Editor Electrical Worker: "Pres.-'-H.S. Sherman. The .first month of a new century has Vice-Pres.-A. J. Godaw. rolled·around and it becomes my duty to Fin. Sec.~W. S. Earhart. fulfill the' office of P. S. and write some­ Rec. Sec.-W. H. Anderson. thing for our journal. Treas.-C. W. Doss. Local 69 is still forging along slowly, but Foreman-E. G. Doss. surely becoming stronger, although it has 44 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER not taken -in any new members in some garding this matter. Merely my pet idea. time. The old ones are seeing the neces­ Mr. Sherman. accept my apology and sity of paying dues and attending meetings "gimme the grip." more regularly. to keep our membership I will say to close. brothers. let's stop our intact and our present scale in effect. attacks on our E. B. It will soon be time , " -.. ~ Turn out brothers. keep old 69 moving! for another convention. then those that-have ," Why. our last meeting. Jan. 30. was the .. axes to grind" bring it there and present hottest in the history of this local. and it. If the constitution don't suit be there there was only a few there to enjoy the to change it. and instruct your delegates as well-timed speeches of Bros. Courtney. to the amendments. If the E. B. don't

Sever. Flores and Manett. If some of our suit the ballot box is the place. As a well \. brothers will only drop in occasionally we known millionaire said. "When unions will make arrangements with the above can't fight capital they fight among them­ named brothers to recite a line or two of selves." When it comes to that. why I their favorite remarks on scabs. constitu­ think we'll need to reorganize; so let's cut tions.strikes. etc.' it out till the time comes for it. Our president. Bro. White. wielded the How you" Monk... · and rest of the boys sledge and kept good order during the in­ in 127. also 140 and Rube 56. hello. write a tercourse of the proceeding or your humble word or two; 65 is always good. so's Med- servant would not be here to tell the tale. hurst. . The atmosphere by 9 P. M. had reached a Fraternally yours. very torrid temperature when Bro.' Court­ KID GILES. ney had the floor "telling it" and giving pointed remarks as to the "constitutional. Itocal Union No. 70. scabs:" Alas. the lights went out and Cripple Creek, Colo., Feb. 3, 1901. Willie was accused of doing the same. Editor Electrical Worker: while the F. S. quietly crawled under the Having been appointed press sec'y for table and remained there till candles were our local I will endeavor to write you regu­ procurred. Well. brothers. I don't suppose larly and let you know about No. 70. As any further details of this meeting would you have not heard from us for some time, interest the brothers. but I will say that al­ I suppose you and some of our traveling though 69 may seem slow. we are smoking brothers thought we had quit business, some and are here for now and all the time but we are 'very much in evidence here, -City of Dallas. State of Texas. everyone who is employed in electrical As to the strike. we are still out. The work in the district being. a member of D. W. T. and T. Co. haven;t showed any the 1. B. E. W. I believe that speaks well intentions of coming straight with the 1. B.. for our local. . so all I can say. stear clear of Texas till our Everything in the electrical work here \ l. difficulties are settled.. - is good, both Tel. Co. and Power Co. doing Now. Bro. Sherman. I read your answer lots of new work, making things good for .\ to P S.of 121. and I presume I was in­ the brothers. We have as fine a lot of cluded in it. I am sorry that I infringed on members as you will find anywhere, and the rights of the, E. B. I merely offered as anyone who is engaged in our line of work .. -. a suggestion. that we devote some space. and who is not an 1. B. E. W. had better say of four pages if necessary. to "Craft band in his application. especially if he be Problems" in our journal. I am not even within walking or riding distance of our .. f criticising the editor or E. B. at all. as 1 am city. He will surely receive the most cor­ 'l. not capable and entirely too y'oung. but it dial welcome. has been my pet idea since I've been a Of course, we had an election and the member of the I. B. to make our journal following brothers were elected, the popu­ educational in both our craft and unionism: lar Bro. Ed. Werner being elected to fill Neither am I like our brother in Denver. the president's chair for a second term: I can always find somethin.g in our journal. Vice-Pres_-Tom Jones. in fact I read it from" kiver to kiver." and Treas.-J. E. Lovell. I should like to hear from other locals re- Rec.·Sec.-Chas. Kellogg. )3:.~/ THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 4S Fin. Sec.-Frank Bureford. Telephone Co. of this city have settled Foreman-E. P. Ross. their troubles with us, and we are glad to Trustees-M. Nash, Wm. Ives and E. P. say we have some of our sisters and broth­ Steen. ers at work wit!J a telephone company for Two of our brothers have left us. One, the State scale.. This company has filled Bro. Bob Stokes, has quit the "biz" and its exchange to its full capacity and we are has bought a farm in Missouri. The other, in hopes that they will be able to enlarge Bro. Loomis, has returned to his home in their exchange very soon so we can help Sioux City, Ia. If any br'others run across them gain more of the local business here, him treat him right, as he is O. K. and a which we can very easily do, and we are good fellow. always ready to help those that are willing 1'- '1 In glancing over the Worker for January to do the right thing by us. . ·u,.(" I see that the strike of No. 61 was called We are waiting to hear from the E. B. in off and am glad to learn that they got part session in St. Louis and· hope to see a great ~. I of what they struck for. I also wish good deal of benefit come from that source. luck to the brothers of No. 60, and believe We have elected delegates for the meet­ with them that lady members would be a ing of the Texas Federation of Labor to good thing for our locals. I can readily meet in San Antoniq on the 14th inst., and see the point. They surely belong to the hope to see the other locals of the Brother­ ranks. I also read with interest Bro. hood in the State well represented there. "Kid" Giles' letters, and I believe his sug­ My candle has burnt low, so will blow gestion, that you publish articles pertain­ out, wishing the entire Brotherhood a hap­ ing to our work, is a very good one. Let py and prosperous new year. us hear from others about it. SAVAGE. Will close for this time, hoping that my (The names of scabs submitted by Bro. letter may be of some interest to you and Savage are omitted, 'as his letter did not some wandering brother who has been to have the president's signature and seal of our" camp." the local, as required in instructions pub- Would like to hear from our Kans~s lished some time ago.) . brothers. Yours as a brother, J. A. MILLER, JR., ~ocal U~ion No. 73. Press Sec. Spokane, Wash., Feb. I, 1900. ~ocal Union No. 72. Editor Electrical Worker: Waco, Tex., Jan. 9, 1901. One more January is past and all is well. Editor Electrical Worker: I was very sorry to be so negligent as not . Another month has rolled around and we to take time to write a letter for the last feel it necessary to send in our herald and Worker. let all of the brotherhood know we are still We gave our friends a very nice time at ii hard at workha~dling our end of the a smoker in December, flaving with us strike, and· feel that we are right up in some very good speakers, story tellers, a front. While we had two more of ·our nice lunch, with plenty of pipes and to­ ranks turn traitors and scab for the benefit bacco, songs and a jolly good time. They 6f the Southwestern Telephone Co., we are didn't do a thing to that great big pile of glad these two beings have at last decided "weiners" and beer. We were congratu­ to come out and show their colors and let lated on the way we did.business by several us know where they are at. The two scabs members of different labor orders. • we gave notice of in last month's Worker I am very sorry to state that Bro. Bob. seem to want to be somewhat worked up Curry fell from a fifty-foot pole after only over the few facts published of them, and working a day and a half. We thought pretend they are very anxious to meet the the accident very serious for some time, writer of the article, which of course they but he is now out of the hospital and doing can very easily do by approaching the nicely. I believe he is a popular member right parties. of Local 68. Since our last letter the Independent We .are about to have a very large in- THE ELECTRICAL WORKER crease in the near future. The telephone name of "No Coons Allowed," for two'rea­ girls want to be admitted to our local. sons. First, becaused we have decided Bro. Davis has been away for the holi­ that it would be impossible to work with a days, having a time wit~ old friends in colored man, peaceably and with an easy Tacoma and Seattle, returning Jan 3. He mind, and therefore we have decided not says the boys treat him nicely. to work with them at all. Second, if we , The Telephone <;0. gave their employes did allow a colored· man to come into our a banquet a short time ago, sort of a union we would not feel so disposed to do Christmas dinner, which they enjoyed, good turns for him as we would for a white saying there was a lack of nothing. man, and we could not expect them to The Washington Water Power Co. gave stick to our union in case of trouble when each employe a turkey, amounting to $2.80, we did not use them "white." I for a Christmas present, which we thank The local had election with the follow- -~ them very kindly for. ing result: We had election of officers last meeting Pres.-J. D. Hicks. night with the following result: Vice-Pres.-Hatch. Pres.-Ely Hensley. Fin. Sec.-Post. Vice-Pres;-Bro. Cole. , Rec. Sec.-Markell. Rec. Sec.-Bob McClinchy. Insp.-Morgan. Fin. Sec.-W. A. Davis. F ore man-Nickles. Treas.-J. Brownell. Treas.-Joe Newman. Inspectors-Bros. Silton and Palmer. Foreman-Bro. Ralph. Itocal Union No. 7 'I. " Trustee-Bro. Eberlin, 18 months. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6, 190I. There was a big contest for, each office Editor Electrical Worker: except president. The boys are getting Local'No~ 77 has entered upon the new the way they should be, not saying as soon century with an active, energetic, capable as their names are mentioned for office "I set of officers and one hundred stanch, loy; decline. al electrical workers to back them in all The members all have a kick coming and their efforts. Nearly every man is em­ a big one. " Why is it we don't get our' ployed and all employing eompanies re­ Workers? " specting, if not recognizing, the Brother­ The Telephone Co. is doing considerable hood. With these conditions with us we construction, as well as the light. We are contented, and with all our heart wish have some very heavy work in the near other locals a happy and prosperous new future. year. There is a member absent from our I have been asked by several members midst that we miss very much, for he was to give you, for the benefit of our absent a true friend to all and showed no par­ members and others interested, a review of tiality, having a good word for the 'mem­ the events which led up to and settled the ber not present. The only game cutter in strike against the Sunset Tel. Co. of this the gang, our poor president, is getting city. The linemen of the Telephone Co. old and smooth on the top of his head, but were getting $2.50 a day for ten hours' , I tell you he is the handle of Local No. 73· work; linemen working for other compa­ Well, I must close for this time. nies in the city were getting $3 for nine Yours, E. A. R. hours. This was prior to Nov. loth. At this time nearly all men working for other I,ocal Union No. 75. companies were union men, while at the Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 3, 190 1.' Telephone Co. only four were union men. Editor Electrical Worker: These men, unibn and non-union, got to­ I wish 'to state in a few lines the stand­ gether and drafted a demand on the Tel. ing of our town: 'At present the work is Co. for, principally, $3 for eight hours. poor, very poor; 'but it may brighten iii the This dem'and was refused and at noon, spring. Nov. loth, thirty-three out of' thirty-five Local 75 has adopted a new sorig' by the linemen and inside men walked out. A I;JDI I .' ,-'

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 47 few days after this the company offered tion in accepting these terms, and we beg the men $2.75 for nine hours, and would you to publish,in connection herewith, the take them back individually. This kind following letter from the central labor of a proposition was promptly tabled. body to which we are affiliated. As I have said before, all but a few of Bro. W. W. McCurdy, of Local No. 23, these men were non-union. They request­ with us, and wants to know what is the ed us to take them into our union, but with matter with the P. S. of No. 23. Fix his a prolonged fight before them the matter transmitter, boys. of initiation fee was our next obstruction. Ex-Pres. Bro. Eaton left for a few weeks We appointed a committee, who, with the to install a thousand-lighter at Skagway. aid of the strikers, got up a very successful This is an electrical man's heaven-only ball, and the money so raised answered six hours daylight in winter. Bro. Eaton's the purpose, not only of paying initiation remarks to remain unpublished. fees, but of buying meal tickets, paying There are several towns in Washington room rent, paying fines and bailing out where good material exists tor locals, and criminals (?) who were arrested for licking we hope soon to see a grand officer here scabs. In due time these men were all to organize some of these places. brought into the union, and it then became At our last meeting we." cut in" five a union affair. new lights in our circuit, and with the pres­ Meantime the Tel. Co. l was importing ent prospects we hope to have to fuse up scabs, the foreman coming from Los An­ heavier. COOLEY, P. S. geles-a union man there, but expelled #- now. The unions of Portland, Tacoma I,ocal Union No. 84. and Spokane did what they could, but Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30, Igo1. scabs came from all these piaces. Everett, Editor Electrical Worker: Blaine, Whatcome and others, all unor­ It has been two months since I have had ganized, sent their quota, and the Tel. Co., anything in the Worker, though I wish to with their" slaves and scum of humanity'" say that 84 is not dead but still doing busi­ protected by deputy sheriffs, were able, in ness at the same old place with a very good a way, to keep up their work and appear­ attendance. There are no men out of work' ances. here now, but work is not running over. After these men, the strikers, or most of I think that there will be a new light them, were brought in, we sent a commit­ plant commenced in a short time, though tee to wait on the Tel. Co. to see what can't say if union men will have much of a _terms peace could be had tor. . The com­ pull, as the controlling interest in this new mittee met.the local manager and his body plant consists of men who work most all guard, a deputy sheriff, but,were informed coons and don't seem to take to white men that he had orders not to meet a commit­ much. You can bet that 84 will trip them tee of the union, but. admitted that if the even if she loses.' committee was ·composed of his old em­ The Rapid Transit St. Ry. Co. is doing a ployees he would treat with. them. We lot of fine work in Atlanta with a union were not particular ·as to the personnel of foreman, bne that you can bank on at .all the ~ommittee, and his wishes in this re­ times, Bro. Pope from New Orleans. gard were acceded to. The company Hello, No; 4, if all you men are like the agreed to take the men back I' as a body" one you sent up here, I would like to shake with the exception of those who were con. hands with you a,11. victed of assault and battery, at $2.75 for To the brother ,of 83, I wish to say that I nine hours and time and a half for over­ don't reply to his remarks with 'the intent time and holiday work. There were no to hurl 'any slur at him or any other man convicted men affected in this affair; We that. thinks as he does, but I don't think considered it and the men went back· to that he is well versed on the negro ques­ work after five weeks' idleness.' We gained tion in the South. He remarks that the cents a day ,and one hour, besides ,greatly majority of the inhabitants of the South is strengthening our union. composed, of negroes. He cannot ?ave Other coast locals have criticised our ac- seen much of the South, or, if he did, he /

THE ELEC'l'RICAL WORKER must have. come in contact with. several F. Sec.-Gage Taylor. negro camp meetings to have imagined Treas.-C. B. Philps. that the majority of the people South is Foreman-Josh. Connor .. black. Suffice it to say t!Iat there are Inspector-L. P. Connor. enough white people left in the South so Trustees - Rob. Mills, R. M. Huwn,E. that the combined efforts of any other Lewis. country where there are no negroes, with If Bro. J. W. Evans is still living and the negroes of the South thrown in, cannot sees this, I want him to write to his old force the negroes on an equality with the friend Jack Minor. Bro. Inimo is here whites, and the sooner the people not in with some hot splic.ers putting in sub­ the South get this out of their minds the exchange for the Bell people. sooner they will be rid of a load of useless Well, what's the matter with Bro. H. E. burdens. Lingle; we haven't heard from him. Now, in a brief way I want to say that We haven't changed our meeting place the white people in the South do not want and meet the first and third Sundays of to crush the negro nor do we want to drive every month at Ridwell Hall, 15th street him back to slavery, but we will not de­ and May ave. moralize ourselves and families by trying Bro. Sam Busch has been on the sick list to cultivate and equalize an inferior class but is all right now. that has not the necessary refined qualities Work is on the pig here; we are all liv­ in his animal nature. Now, we hope this ing and that's all . will not be taken in an adverse light be­ . Well, brothers, as this is my first offence cause we do not intend it that way. Every in writing for the Worker, I think I had man is entitled to his own way of thinking better draw the switch and say good bye. and no conservative man will find fault Fraternaily yours, with another man's ideas. Good luck to JACK MINOR, you, my brother. .. Press Sec. pro. tem.

The following officers were ~lected for . ~ the new term: Local Union No.·88. Pres.-W. M. Cheshire. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 30, I90r. Vice-Pres.-B. L. Martin. Editor Electrical Worker: F. S. & R. S.-C. F. 'K. Briard. Greetings to all. The Worker last month Trustees-W. R. Johnson, G. E. Ed- was newsy and a credit to the editor. His wards, S. B. Cochran. remarks on page 4 are timely and should Treas.-A. o. Stanford. be read and considered by all. The E. B •. Mr. Editor, I trust you will pardon my should be upheld and not roasted. Re~ long letter, as I have not worried you in member at all times they are in the midst some time. With good wishes to all the of the fight. If we have a kick, and I see brothers, I will throw the switch. that there· are a few, we should put the Yours truly, matter clearly before them and I feel safe ·W. R. JOHNSON, in saying that if this is done our E. B. will Press Sec. give it their earliest and undivided atten­ tion and in the end will see that justice is Local Union No. 85. done. Am sorry that insurance has been " ) . Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, I90r. defeated until convention. Brothers, this Editor Electrical· Worker,: is what we need. An insurance feature • It has been some time since you have will build up the order in more ways than heard from No. 85 and, I am continually one. It will elevate our standing amongst hearing kicks from the mempers because the other crafts. It will make better men the news of our locel don't appear more of many of us. It will cause us to stop often in the Worker. Here is the list of many little leaks in our expense account, officers elected at our last election: with a beneficial policy handed over to the Pres.-~. E. Edenfield. wife, mother or other loved ones. Itwin V. Pres.-Sam. Busch. prove to the world at )arge that our main R. Sec.-:Jack. Minor. object is to help and assist. Where, then, THE ELECTRICAL WORKER is the' wife, mother, sweetheart or friend migrated to Florida and landed with So. who will not use efforts and influence to Bell. Owens and his up-to-date gang will see that the brother pays his dues, attends be with you soon, Henry, and then Jack­ his meetings and lives up to the rules sonville will be all right. No 7, we have of his union? Wouldn't they? "Why captured your man, Bob Clair, and he is all shouldn't they?" I ask. Is it not home right but shy of his green; says he likes ( protection ? Ho~ much better it will be the climate and will stay with us awhile. then than it is now, for, with the coffin We made quite an addition on our last trust, the undertaker gets all. The widow, test. City Electrician Dick Claiborne orphans, mother, or other dependent loved tested our circuit and, although he found ones have only a sorrowing memory of him it pretty high voltage, he gave us a clear who has gone before and are left to fight card and a nice talk and says he will assist , .. ." the battles of life with only hard labor us to clear our circuit of grounds~ Now staring them in the face and in the end to for a few more, and I'll watch the dues, the cruel mercies and' charities of a cold, our treasurer, Jones, will watch me and all selfish world. Let us resolve that we shall hands watch him. But don't forget the better our conditions. Look at the B. L. insurance. With a good insurance feature, E. or the B. L. F., who, like ourselves, the our order will double itself, because then old line insurance will have nothing to do none can refuse to join. with.' ,Look up their rates and see how E. J. McDONNELL, F. S. cheap each of us could carry a $1,000 or $2,000 policy. Say, for 'instance, let us I.,ocal Union No. 91:. make it a $5 entrance fee. With our 8,000 Easton,Pa., Feb. 10, 1901. members it would give u's a fund to start Editor Electrical Worker:' of $40,000. Look this up, brothers; get ,In these days of rush and hustle (gun­ all the data and proofs that you can and ning for work) the scribe of this local came send your delegates to the convention with very near missing track of time in his flight, instructiop.s to work for a good, first-class and having due respect for the" coals of protective fund. fire" which the brothers usually heap on To Bro. Mack, of 83, we'uns of the South the heads of their negligent P. S.'s, it be­ honor'you or any man or any party who hooves me to be up and doing. A great have the manhood to stand up and express many of our brothers are wanderers on the their sentiments, especially when they are face of the earth at the present time and it in aid of their fellow man. Your article is takes a man with a greater capacity than I, clear and does you credit. But we say to possess for unraveling mysteries to keep you, Bro. Mack, or any others, come, track of all of them. Bro. Ben Housel, , bring' your families and all your interests where are you? Let the boys know what and then be compelled to take your has become of you. Bro.Ive disappeared chances along with us ; stay just for one as though the earth had opened up and year, and I'll guarantee your sentiments swallowed him. To you also, where are would not then be the same. Bro. Mack, you sojourning? your friends in the South cannot see as yoti Some of our brothers with great foresight do. However, your southern friends will laid by a portion of their easily-earned bow to the will of the majority if against money during the balmy days of last sum­ us, I hope. mer, in consequence whereof they are now Bro. Kripps has gone to Charleston and disporting themselves in various easy and will try to revive 92. He carries with him comfortable attitudes, first about the the best wishes of 88 and' a green ticket. kitchen stove, and then, by way of change, Bro. Butler is in Macon, Ga., and will try around the ever-interesting dining table. to place a local there. He also has the Now it seems to me that some of these for­ green in sight. Bro. Lingle, it is hoped, tunate brothers should come to the rescue will assume charge of Georgia Construc­ of some of us who neglected to go and do tion and will try to place our Brotherhood likewise, for are we not sorry, and do we in its right light. Charlie Hall is with not repent? Here's a chance for some him. Stafford is still here. Henry Hall philanthropic brothers to do a good deed f'r/3 );10/ 50 THE ELEC'l'RICAL WORKER and become famous or be adjudged insane, Friendship's ties are sometimes broken, I can't tell which. Though regarded, just the same; We are having rattling old meetings and Pleasant memories are awakened y'0u brothers from up the valley are missing In the reading of a name. more fun than a circus and adog fight all Though a life be cold and stormy, rolled into one. We have had considerable And a heart be full of pain; " dragging out" to do and are not yet done, Yet what pleasure one may gather so come along, all of you, and share in the In the reading of a name. honor and glory and a few other things In the glimpses of the future, that ~lways attend the settlement of per­ Should we never meet again; plexing questions. May some hope or thought be brightened, Yours very truly, In the reading of my name. C. KEMMERER, N. G. NEAR. .... ------Press Sec. J.,ocal Union No. 97. J.,ocal Union No. X03. Bradford, Pa., Feb. 8, I901. Boston, Jan. 22, 190r. Editor Electrical Worker: Editor Electrical Worker: I wonder if No. 97 has been missed by Find enclosed communication endorsed anybody during. the last three months. " Yes." Shall negroes be allowed in the Well, there is one thing I want to say, the Brotherhood? We deem this so vital a secretary and the treasurer have been at question that we ask of the executive board the hall at every regular meeting night to insert in the Worker Section 6, Art. 12, and I have been with them, for wherever of the Constitution of the A. F. of L., and the treasurer goe's, I go. I stick closer to also that part of President Gompers' report him than a brother-in-law; once in a while in the Louisville, Ky., Convention, held another brother would come in and then Dec. 6, 1900, "Organization of Negro La­ we would wait in high hopes that two more bor." In asking this we feel that it will would come in and make five so we could then be brought forth in the proper light hold a meeting. One night the secretary for the members to consider. In'the great and I were sitting out the time we held a New Bedford strike of the textile workers, meeting and voted to pay all the bills to where thousands of men and women were the limit of the funds in our treasury, and out, it wasdemonstrated that the manufac­ we voted and paid all outstanding bills. turers had large interests centered in the Nobody so far has dissented, but how to southern ,parts of the country where cheap make the members mad enough to show labor existed, this forming the chief fac­ up is a question, but as the boys, won't at­ tor for the reduction of wages in the north­ ;- tend the meetings and won't pay their ern part of the country; they claiming at dues it looks to us two as if in a very few that time that they could not com pete days No. 97 will be defunct. Now, if any with the South in the manufacturing line of the brothers that belong to Local 97 if they continued to pay. the same rate of should happen to read this letter and don't wages as previous to the strike. These con­ want to see the local get lost in this cold ditions help to bear out the exhortation of weather, if they will but forward their President Gompers, in his report of a year ~. dues we may catch our breath and hang on ago: "Gentlemen, I say unto you,·organ­ I till warmer weather, but as it is now we ize the South." In this remark the labor­ are paying rent for a hall and not using it. ing men of Boston should be strong in its Do the members of this order have no advocation. • pride? The great iron, steel, locomotive and It is time now to do or die, for there is gun industries, which were employing in but one more meeting this month and hall the vicinity of IS,OOO men, were induced rent due again and the treasury next to to leave Boston and go South for no other empty. Boys, brace yourselves. If you cause than cheaper labor existed in that belong to a local, support it. If you don't part of the country. Taking in all the care to belong to it, settle up like a man, concentration of capital, it makes no dif­ and take a card. ference where the seat of manufacturing ~/)I ) / _"- f " '

THE EI.ECTRICAI. WORKER 51 " may be when men are organized and work­ H. B. Wallace, P. I. Duyer, ing under the jurisdiction of national or J. C. Prather, Dick Elward, international bodies. So in our case with W. J. Cooley, Harry Halley, the negro of the South; we should ex­ W. T. Gates, Eugene Rogers, tend a hearty welcome to him when he D. S. Raymond. inclines to join the ranks, and those among Now, boys, don't forget to let us hear them who are disinterested in joining of from you. Work is pretty slack here at labor organizations. We should second to present, but think it' will pick up this a man Pres. Gompers' noble words, and spring. use our best endeavors to have them see As I have been plowing through the the benefits in the union of labor. And snow to-day, I am tired, and think I will why? Because we know that capi~alists will ring off for this time. Will let you know ignore organized labor, and if fought hard about our dance in the next Worker. by determined men seeking their rights, Wishing all the brothers a prosperous year, will remove their places of business to and a shorter day's work for the ones that other fields where cheap and unorganized haven't got it, I am, labor exists. Fraternally yours, By extending our hand to our colored ED LOVE, brother we help to break that discrimina­ Press Sec. tion of the capitalists, which now exists against organized labor, and in order to accomplish this all race prejudice feeling should be cast aside. In so doing we can show that the true trade union of labor ex­ ists within the bounds of the United States. W. J. JOYCE.

~oca1 Union No. :109. Rock Island, Ill., Feb, 4, IgOr. Editor Electrical Worker: Well, as the time for another letter is at hand, I will try and tell what little I know. No. log is still on the progressive list, and the boys have woke up and made up their Out latest acquisition, L. U. No. II I' minds to have a grand masquerade ball on organized January 7 at Honolulu, Hawaii. the 14th of this month, and if it don't prove a grand success it won't be the fault of the ~ocal Union No. J:J:4. boys around here. The best of it all is it Toronto, Can., Feb. 8, IgOr. is a "hard times" dance, so the boys can't Editor Electrical Worker: say they have no suitable clothes to wear, Hello, boys! We are not dead yet, only for we will all be in liIie as far as clothes a littI.e frost-bitten, but we expect to thaw, go. We intend to give an electrical dis­ shortly. " play on the stage just for a side issue, and This is my first experience as P. S., and , I think we will have a royal good time. am sorry to make such a bad beginning, . Well, we have lost track of some of the and as the boys have picked upon me to boys of 109 and would like to hear from do the work, and it is my duty to do all I t them and find out what is wrong that they can for the union, I must obey. At our \ don't send their addresses so we can send next meeting we expect to welcome our

{ them their Workers. I know some have Grand President, and am sure the boys will, taken cards out of our local, but th<,lt is no make a good showing. reason they should not let us hear from Hoping the ed"itor will pardon me for them, as we are all brothers, just the same. sending such a short letter this time, I am, I give a list of the lost brothers and hope Fraternally yours, they will all respond and let us know their GEO. C. PECKHAM, whereabouts: Press Sec. THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER I,ocal Union No. u7. lines for the Worker. Our press secretary Temple, Tex., Feb. 3, 1901. is out of town and is unaDle to write, so I Editor Electrical Worker: take the liberty of sending a .few lines to No. 117 is still fighting along with the inform the Brotherhood of the doings of rest of the Te"as locals for a fair day's the brothers in the "whaling" town. We work and a living wage. have a splendid suite of rooms in the Auto. No. 115, make your P. S. give us a line Tel. Co. Bldg., and hope to have them fur­ once in a .while. I am an ex-member of nished next week in time to put half a . said local and would like to know how she dozen pounders through the mill. is progressing. Suppose every local in Bro. Colen McLeod is going to Fall Riv­ Texas make an effort to have a letter, be it er to take charge of the line work for the ever so short, in the Worker every month AutomatiG Tel. Co., and as he is head push ".' so that we may all know" where we are in our local, we all hope that he will make at." it a union job and give the 1. B. E. W. the The strike against the Southwestern Tel­ preference. ephone Co. is still on here, and all men in Line work will be booming in this part that line are requested to ~teer clear of this of the country in the spring. A new elec­ part of the country. tric road will be built from New Bedford No. 117 votes a card of sincerest thanks through the Cape, and the Auto. Tel. Co. to the 1. B. E. W. for the financial aid will extend their system to Fairhaven. voted them; also for the sympathy ex­ The following officers were elected at pressed by the P. secretaries in their let­ our last meeting: ters to the Worker. Pres.-Colen McLeod. With best wishes to the 1. B. E. W., V.-Pres.-,-William Curtis. I remain, fraternally, Treas.-William A. Keil.. ALLEN, E. H., R. S. Fin. Sec.-George White. Rec. Sec.-Albert Gothere. I,ocal Union No. us. Foreman-,-Sam Allen. Dayton, 0., Jan. 30, 190 I. Insp.-Jim Hughes. Editor Electrical Worker: Press Sec.-George Dixson. This local finds B. C. Graves, guilty of Trus.-Chas. Durant, Laurence Gothere, larceny and contempt, and think that this Jim Ashley. should be published in the Electrical We have a red-hot team of officers, and Worker, so that the other locals will be on . if any of the brothers happen to land down the lookout for the man, as we are in­ on this part of the earth, just drop in and formed that he is working in one of the St. see us. I now close, as the clock says Louis power houses, aud will probably try eleven. Yours, to get into the local at that. place. He WILLIAM A. KEIL, has been found guilty of robbing Fred Treas. Bierce of this city of $70, while the said Fred Bierce was unconscious, and a sum of I,ocal Union No. u6. money from his boarding house, $12.50 Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 6, 1901. from this local and some books from my­ Editor Electrical Worker: self. He left town at once and has not No. 126 cut in two shining lights last been seen since. We do not think that a meeting in the persons of Bros. Reynolds man like this should be allowed to run and Woods. • loose and hope that no other locals will be ·r am sorry to say No. 126 is about to disgraced by him. have trouble with the S. W. T. & T. Co. Yours respectfully, (Bell people) over that despicable scab (a OTTO RODGERS, regular sore), C. R. Smith (Red Smith), R. Sec. the principal in the shooting at San Anto­ I,ocal Union No. xx9. nio, Texas. The Bell people went on his New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 3, 1901. bond, got him out of jail and' though Editor Electrical Worker: warned, put him to work here in Little It is with pleasure that I write a few Rock. It is claimed that this Smith is an

) THE ELEC'tR1CAL WORKER 53 ex-convict, is an all-around hoodlum, etc., siastic and will do their duty as union men and outside of his Texas record is alto­ and e1fi!ctrify those who have not come gether an undesirable creature for a human into the fold and show them how capital being to associate with. Accordingly No. is uniting and consolidating daily for the 126 called out all the union men then with interest of capital. Why shall not labor the company, unfortunately all were not also unite for the interest of labor? unionized, and after some preliminary Our long-looked-for smoker of Local No. moves a committee from the Central Trades 4 arid 130 came off in great style last Sat­ Council called on Mr. Powell, the resident urday. The hall was beautifully decorated manager, in an effort to adjust matters. with flags, palmettos and moss. Some of Mr. Powell expressed much surprise at the our men worked like beavers to make a charader, history, etc., of this animal, success of this, our first smoker, among "Red" Smith, and requested that specific these our worthy president, T. J. Zeigler. charges be furnished him, intimating that Treasurer George Ferris took great pride he would have Smith removed if the in having everything A I. A fine string charges were true. band enlivened the members and numer­ As I write this is the latest and 126 will ous visitors. Patriotic speeches were made push this matter through. and as Little by Bros. Kendall, P.· D. Markell, of NO.4, Rock is a red hot union town and more­ and Mr. Chas. Hale, of the Postal Tele­ over as the independent telephone com­ graph Co., and others. Of course we had pany is unionized from top to bottom we singing and smoking at intervals, and all will . proceed to show them something if parted well 'pleased, 'at the small hours of they persist in "crossing us up." Sunday morning. . Work is very dull here now, especially Wishing success to all locals, all1ine work, and several of the brothers Fraternally yorirs, are open to .engagements. GUS BENNETT, I am sorry to say the· Bell trouble has Press Sec. .( developed two scabs among us. Yours fraternally, ~ocal Union No. :134. C. J. DREES, . Chicago, Feb: 5, 190I. Press Sec. Editor Electricid Worker: A new broom sweeps clean. For sev­ ~ocal Union No. :130. er'al months after this local elected a P. S. New Orleans, La., Feb. 7, 1901. something could be found 'in the Worker Editor Electrical Worker: each issue £rom 134, but a couple of months I will now send in my second report. were skipped on account of his absence Since my last report to 'you we have had from the city. Well, he is home again, several regular 'meetings, which are held . and finds himself "recharged" for the in our hall on Carondelet and Perdido sts. work. every second and fourth Wednesday of the We can report a decided recovery on the month. These meetings are generally well part of our local after the' rough hundling attended by our members, who are all en­ ~e received 'during the past year, on ac­ thusiastic for the general success of the count of labor troubles, and oUf hopes are union, and our local iIi particular .. There r'evived and strengthened by the personnel is a large field to work up in this dty, as of our newly elected officers. The aims • there are a great majority of the electrical of everyone of them, we think, are for the workers not' connected with the union, and maintenance of a live and progressive local. this is cause for our brothers to go among No offense is intended to the old officers. these men and explain to them the great Some were re-elected. Bro. Frank J. advantage these locals will give all work­ Brennan, our business agent, being one of ers, and remind them of the old and ·true the latter, whose services are invaluable.

proverbs; "In union is strength, II and Officers' for enSiling six months are:

"United we 'stand: divided we fall. II Pres.-Wm. H. Young. Our'local is' comparatively young, but V.-Pres-'-Frank Staudt. but tbe stock it is composed of are enthu- R.S.-Wm; H. Lakeman. 54 THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER F. S.-Cleff. section of these rules shall be paid at B. Agt.-F. J. Brennan. double the rate for single time. Treas.-Edwin Archer. Third-Double time shall also pe paid Stat.-Thos. Lee. for all work done on the following holi­ Serg.-at-Arms-J. Steindorf. days: New Year's, Washington's Birthday, I. G.-O. B. O'Neil, "Rube." Decoration Day, the Fourth of July, ·P. S.-F. J. Burch. Thanksgiving and Christmas days, or days Del. F. of L.-c. J. Buckholtz, S. Grim­ celebrated for the foregoing. blot. We enclose herewith a copy of our work­ Local Ulrlon No. 1:36. ing rules, which we request to' have pub­ Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 3, 1901. ,'. lished. Editor Electrical Worker: • During the past two months we have As the time has come for me to write added many new names, either by card or another letter, I suppose I had better be­ new lights. Nearly all members are work­ gin, for it will take me quite a while. No. ing and prospects are good for so early in 136 is progressing nicely, and we are doing the year. At our last meeting Bros. John business in the same old way, and if the Maloney and Bus. Agt. Br,ennan, who were brothers could see the pile of applications delegates to the N. B. T. Co Convention at we have on hand I believe they would Cincinnati, made a report, which shows think the same thing. If we have good they were far from idle while there. The luck, we will soon have all the electrical report will be seen elsewhere' in this issue workers in this district members of 136. of the Worker. From this report it seems Everything is beginning to look rather that Cincinnati, No. 30, got the worst of it gloomy down here. The Home Telephone from the local B. T. C. Wake up, broth­ Co. have about completed their plant here ers; are you going to let gas-fitters do elec­ and bave begun to use" the golden axe" trical work? Not if the3decision of the N. and everyone is looking to be laid off. B. T. C. stands for anything; and we Bros. Welch, Winks, Lear and Wolf were think it does. laid off on the first of the month. They Seems 'as if No. 1I7, Temple, Tex., is are going to head north in a few days, and blest with many of the fair sex, and these if any of the brothers should come your Hello girls are O. K., too, unless there is way we hope you will extend the glad hand trouble on the line. They make fine elec­ to them, for they leave here with good tricians. Telephone electricity is mostly cards. We hate to lose them, but the best alternating, and I believe there must be of friends have to part. Bro. Danney much inductive effect, brothers and sisters, Birkley left a few days ago for Pittsburg. judging from the P. S.'s letter. Congratu­ Be a good' boy, Danney, and come back lations. again, for we miss your smiling face in the We are giving a reception and ball at hall. By the way I want to say right here, K. of P. drill hall, 199 East Randolph that all the brothers that are leaving here street, on Feb. 16, 1901, and we expect a are going out of the town with first-class good time and every membh of the I. B. tickets and they have a good front on E. W. in Chicago, and all visiting brothers. them, so you see they are none the worse Just kindly bear this in mind; we need the off by coming south. . money. We are, I believe that I stated in my last letter Fraternally, that there were a few members here that .. F. J. BURCH, P. S. would not deposit their cards with No. 136, s.o I was ordered by the local to notify all WORKING RULES. members to deposit their cards. I did as First-A working day shall consist of I was told to do. Some of the brothers got eight hours, reckoned between 8 a. m. and awful sore at me. They claimed that it 5 p. m;, except on Saturday, when all work was an insult to them. We, of course, shall cease at 12, noon. didn't intend to insult them, but they were Second-The rate of wages for all work not living up to the constitution and we done except as provided in the foregoing thought it was the best way to call their at- -:;t" . P. );:,,'~, l')j / ' ," . ,f ~.~,;../ I ... - .

5S tention to the fact: One of the so-called I,ocal Union No. 1:37. brothers wanted to take a punch at my Albany, N. Y., Jan. 29, I90r. face; he did get red hot, but I think he has Editor Electrical Worker: cooled off by this time, for he has left this I send you a few lines from 137 to show part of the country. Hope he will do well you and the locals throughout the country wherever he may go. that even though they have never heard I believe we did some good by D6ltifying from us before, we are in the ring this time them, for on the next meeting night we re­ to stay. We are getting along nicely now, ceived two cards and five applications, slow but sure, and we hope by next sum­ and if we had left them alone they never mer to be with the rest of the locals in would have come to the hall. I understand towns of our size. We have all the line­ that the balance of the brothers who have men that are working in the city with the cards are going to deposit them at the next exception of one or two. Weare now meeting night. Come on, boys, and we will working our neighboring towns for mem­ have a jolly good time. bers; and I hope in a couple of months that Well, as I have been giving the card we will have quite a large roll. boys a round, I believe I will say a few This being our first letter to you you words to the members of No. 136. Broth­ will honor us by giving us a small space. ers, we meet every Tuesday night and you We think the insura~ce plan of Local No. all know where the hall is at. Now, I 9 is a good thing, and believe it will be a want to ask all the brothers to attend reg­ benefit to all. With best wishes to all I ularly, and when you come up to the hall remain, Respectfully, come prepared to have something to say P. CONNERS, Press Sec. while you are there. Don't wait until after ------the meeting and get out on the curbstone I,ocal Union No. 1:38~ to have your say; the hall is the place to Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 9, 190 1. do your falking, not the street. 1£ the Editor Electrical Worker: "I' , meeting is not run to suit you why not get Having been elected press secretary I up there and say so? The president will will endeavor to let you know that 138 is allow you the floor, as often as you want it. . still among the living. The following are I am going to have my say, and if anyone the new officers elected: don't like it just get up and call me down. Pres.-S. W. Bell. I won't get mad at you, for it is to our in­ Vice-Pres;-D. Mullen. terest for each and every member to give Rec. Sec.-M. B. Larimer. his views on different subjects. Let us do Fin. Sec.~RobL Bartell. what we think is best and it won't be long Treas.-C. O. Lathouse. before we will be having the Ivery best of Press Sec.-B. C. Hattle. meetings and all will enjoy them. As it is We regret very much to lose Bro. Joe now, there are only a few that have any­ Baxter, who left the city to accept a posi­ thing to say, and the others sit around un­ tion with the Western Telephone Construc­ til they get sleepy and then go home and tion Co. at Chicago, but we, all wish him say the meeting was no good and they are every success. Bro, L. E. Ihrig has also \ '\ , .l going to quit going. left the city, but still remains with 138. Now, brothers, let's all try to build our­ Bro. C. O. Lathouse gave a social session :~ selves up in the eyes of the public and be at his home last Sunday evening. Refresh~ , men, so when they pass by one of us they ments were served and all the boys report can't say, "that is one of those old drink­ a pleasant evening. Bro, Lathouse put on ing linemen." Now, don't' think I am the apron and did the part of the K. M. jumping on the boys for drinking. Of We would like to know how Bro. Coligan 'course, it would be a good thing if one happened to have his overcoat so muddy could let the stuff alone, on meeting nights in the back. anyway. Best wishes to all the brothers. This being my first, and all I can think Fraternally, of this time, will close and try to do better G. W. BROM, in my next. Fraternally yours, Press Sec. , B.C.H.,P.S. THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER Local Union No. J:39. ent and no signs of a resumption of con­ Shreveport, La., Jan. 18, 190r. struction on the part of the Mich. Tel. Co. :Editor Electrical Worker: until spring. WO\lld not advise anyone to Local No. 139 did not have a letter in come this way with the expectation of find- , the last Worker; but I hope this will not ing. employment. _ occur again. Bro. John McCue (Ould Country) of Lo­ Our election passed off quietly. Bro. A. cal 75, blew in here last week. Sev:eralof Uhl was 'again elected president; E. W. the members of Local 140 were on hand Armstrong, V.-P.; S. R. Elliott, treas.; and helped ,him to while away a few hours.' Frank Lawrence, F. S.; F. Armstrong, R. Have not heard whether he.found anything _ S. and P. S.; Dick Kirby, 1st inspector, to do or not. At our last meeting it was and Bro. Fullalove, 2d inspector; Bro. reported that Bro. Jim Gilbert had" thrown Wickizer, foreman. Bros. Uhl, Elliot, a shoe," and on accou.nt of the sidewalk Lawrence, Holt and Fullalove were elected being so slippery he found it impossible to delegates -to the Central Labor Council. make his appearance. Bro. Dan Morey Dec. 28th we initiated Bros. Morizott and showed up, but it is said that if he had not .... Reynolds. The goat was in fine trim and been shod extra sharp he wou,ld not have it required great strength and skill for the materialized. - brothers to ride him, but both were vic­ I want to say a word about some of our torious. members not coming _to meetings., Of Bro. Dick Kirby has been having ma­ course I do not refer to any detention from laria and has returned to his home at Rich­ sickness -or any reason that' is plausible. ardson, Texas. Weare sorry to lose him Some ot you absent yourselves on account and hope he may return. of your so·called~· guineas." I think if 'Bro. Frank Lawrence wears a glad smile this meets their eye they will understand, because a little "elec,trical worker" ar­ so don't think it necessary to mention any rived at his home a short time ago. name-so I cannot, however, understand

Bro. Frap.k Hickey j of Fort Worth, Tex., why they can't spare one or two nights is with us and has deposited his card, as each month to attend the meetings, where has also Bro. J. T. Johnson, of Kansas City. I am certain they would not only help us The telephone opetators have not joined to perform our respective, duties to -our us yet. They are talking of it, but I think obligation, but would derive far more intel­ that if the boys would each urge one oper­ lectual -benefit from our compa~y than ator the results w01l1d be greater. they are now acquiring. Now, boys, "gin: I hope to report ,more next time. ger up" and show up once in a while, just Fraternally, to show your good intention. You must FLORENCE ARMSTRONG. remember that there are only -a few of us left, and it' behooves each of us to do all 'Loca~ ':Union :No. J:40. we, can. , A full attendance will not only Lansing, Mich., Feb. 3, 190I. make you feel better, but .will encourage Editor Electrical Worker: ' the officers. Well, Mr. Editor', I guess I t, As this is my initi41 flop into the literary will comedown~ Fraternally, " arena, I trust the brothers will not expect "SHORTY/' P. S. too much from -my ," maiden effort," -but " Local Union No. J:42. " wilt bear with me. Our local has notbeen , Wheeling, W.Va., Feb. 6, 1901. ! represented in these columns for so long a Editor Electrical Worker:-' time it seems to me that almost any old I will try and, say a few words, but it is thing, would be acceptable. going to be hard work, as I don't know ,The Mich. TeL Co suspended operations what to talk about, things being pretty here Jan. 5th. - ,Of course this necessitated quiet at present. ' The National is working the departure of a considerable number of a few men and the C. Do' & P:-is doing a our -brothers, _' thereby -diminishing, our ac­ litde, but very little, and it is hard to guess tivemembership; There are ,still a few what they will do; but I haven't heard any­ of us left" and, we .manage to keep _the ball one say they were losing any sleep over rolling. Work here is very slack at pres- that.

/ THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 57 A good many brothers will be pleased to finance, Taylor; our keeper of records, hear that Bro. Vansise, ,of Local 56, Erie, Snith; and with our funds safely in the who has been very sick here since Decem­ hands of that man of good repute, our ber 1st is improving and will leave for Erie brother and friend, Dr. Evans, we cannot in two weeks. The boys of 56 will no fail. We must not forget our other mem­ doubt be glad to hear this. bers who have no officers to encourage Our local is improving nicely, and out­ them to do their duty, our old stand-bys, side of one or two soreheads who hold known as 'just members." These are the meetings aronnd town in saloons and recite bulwark of our strength. Without our their fancied wrongs and grievances, in­ Pedigo, "Jumbo," William and Treat, we stead of coming up to the proper place, we could not exist. are pretty keen. I suppose all locals have Oateye is going to be one of our most ar­ ,such people, so we will let them go, as we dent members. We are to appoint a com­ can't afford to waste breath and valuable mittee,with "Jumbo" as chairman, to bring time on them. him to our meetings or else hang him. As I will say in conclusion that those paving I know Oateye well I am assured of his at­ .blocks that "Kid" Giles is going to pick tendance, as he dreads heat, and heat he ' up are not the kind a fixer ought- to handle; would have in plenty were he hung till as they are not in Klein's catalogue. Say, dead, Others of our members are assisting Frank O'Connell, write me, as I have some us in every way possible, and 'some of our information for you. Well, I have been most ardent workers come from our ap­ picking up chestnuts all day, and for fear prentices." Speaking of apprentices, we this may turn into a chestnut I will close. certainly have as fine a class as possible to With best wishes to all. secure,' Fraternally yours,' , With the best wishes of our local to the SPLICER. brotherhood, I am, yours truly, H. D. MeV A Y, '. Local Union No. 1:44. Press Sec. Wichita, Kan., Feb. I, 1901., ' Editor Electrical Worker: Local Union No. 1:46. The grip, discontent, warm, and gener­ Bridgeport, Conn.,' Jan. 14, 1901. ally cussed weather, has made itself felt in Editor Electrical Worker: Local 144. But the cold wave has' at last Being elected press secretary at our'last arrived, and with it the invigorating feel­ meeting I think it about time to write you: ing of good fellowship and determination One reason why I did not write before is, to make our local, stem the tide of discon- No. 146 had its first smoker Friday night, ,tent which has surroimded us. 'We are Jan. IIth, and, if I do say so, it 'was cer­ still doing business at the old stand, and I tainly.a "corker'" in every sense of the trust the sad duty of writing you of our word. Without exaggerating, 146 never failure will never fall to my lot. Spring is does anything by halves; it is either whole coming, and with it, plenty of work at union hog or die. If you' don't believe it, I can prices. Our dear city is rapidly advancing refer you to the representation we had at .. and good men will be greatly in ,demand. our smoker from different locals through­ Good men means members of Local 144. out the State. Talk about "home tal­ , We expect to reap' a good harvest, the ent;·" we had all kinds. and I assure you it natural fruits of the ,seeds of unionism and was all good, too-music, 'singing, reci­ brotherly love, which we have sown ~ations; "buck ,and wing dancing by Bro. throughout the fall and winter months. Mike McMahon. Bro. Chas. Egan recited The old saying that it is darkest just before a parody on the "Tramp," and believe dawn might have been written for our me, it took down the house. '. We also had local. I am inclined to believe we have cigars, T. D. pipes,tobacco, and every seen the darkest days, and I see in the im­ kind of refreshment on the calendar. Our mediate future a glorious dawn. officers elected for the ensuing term are; With 'steady; hearty workers like our Pres •.,-C. J. Carmody. ' president, Mr. Stimpson,' our se.cretary of ,·V.-Pres.-Henry Demme. ; ( 58 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER Rec. Sec.-R. W. Dyer. in a pleasing manner. Patrick J. Hayes Fin. Sec.-Joseph Pelan. then entertained all with selections on the Treas.-Thos. Stafford. fife. Joseph Hotb sung a popular song in Foreman-Thos. Kelly. anelectricmanner. JohnJ.O'Neill changed Insps.-P. Hayes, Martin Hubpard. the programme with a review of labor mat­ Trustee to :fill unexpired term-John ters in the past year. Frank Cressenger Rooney. . favored all with an instrumental selection. Fraternally yours, E. B. M., Bro. Egan then recited" Uncle Tom" and Press Sec. on encore sang a comic song. Robert E. Wellington was heard in vocal selections. Bridgeport, Feb. 2, I90I. William Hogan also pleased the merry Editor Electrical Worker: gathering with several songs. J. Rooney I am very sorry my last month's letter was then called upon and remarked on the did not reach you in time for your January principles of the organization. J. R. Kil­ issue. The boys did not like it one bit. It patrick sang a pleasing ballad. Bro. John· seems that is the very first thing they look son of New Haven was next in order and for as soon as the Worker arrives. I did addressed the body in a creditable man-' want to get the little I had written in your nero W. G. Russell of the Musical union valuable paper, especially the first month was called in a musical manner and pleased in the year, as that is the time to make a them all. The Lieno brothers at intervals good start. . sang several popular selections. At mid­ I am pleased to state for Local 146 that night all enjoyed the elaborate menu it is certainly holding its own. You must served. remember we have not been in existence This popular local proved their qualities quite five months and we have at the pres­ as entertainers on this occasion, and al­ ent thirty·one members, all good boys and though this union is one of the infant locals in good standjng. We also elected two they can give pointers to older organiza­ candidates at our last meeting. tions in this line. Every article used con­ For the first time since we organized, I tained the union label and was first-class in am very sorry to state, one of our brothers every respect. The committee who had had the misfortune of losing his mother. charge of the event were F. Beriault, M. A very hard blow to Bro. W. R. Dyer, as McMahon, Thomas Keeley. In the wee he is left alone in Bridgeport without a rel- small hours of morning the merry makers ative. Fraternally, departed fo'r home thanking the electric ED. MAHONEY. workers for their hospitalities. .,

Electrical Workers' Union No. 146 dis­ ~ocal Union No. :1:47. played their qualities in the line of a ban­ Anderson, Feb. 3, 190I. quet on Tuesday evening, Jan. 19, 190I, Editor Electrical Worker: at Union Veteran Union hall. A large As I have been elected Press Sec. of 147, number of local labor men and out of town I will endeavor to do the best I can. 147 visitors were present to share in the festiv­ is dragging along slowly but surely. We .. ities of the evening. manage to add a light to the circuit once in Mr. J. E. Cope was selected as maste'r of a while, but as work is kind of slack at ceremonies and filled the bill to perfection. present its pretty hard to do much. At He opened the occasion with a few well our last meeting we elected officers as fol­ chosen words and in conclusion called lows: upon W. J. Carmody, president of the Pres.-H. B. Cecil. union, who re!\ponded with an able address V. Pres.-J. H. Derwester. welcoming the delegates and visitors in be­ R. Sec.-F. W. Eckhert. half of the local organization. The next on F. Sec.-G. Cione. the programme was musical selection on Treas.-S. Raper. graphophone by M. J. Modus. Mr. John Foreman-Ed. Martin. Hughes then responded with a song. Jo­ Insp.-C. McAlester, J. T. Gruffin. / seph Modus then sung a sentimental song Press Sec.-J. W. Ryan. THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 59 Trustees-J. W. Ryan, G. Hyne, Flym­ We have 35 members on our roli call, con­ ing. sisting of linemen, lamp-trimmers, cable­ We still meet at Cook's hall every sec­ splicers, switchboard men and inside wire­ ond and fourth Friday of each month, and men. Following you will find the officers, I have noticed in the past few months our most of whom were unanimously re-elected meetings have not been attended very well. this year, filling the same positions as when Brothers, you wIll please shake yourselves we were organized last September: and come to meetings, as the by-laws went Pres.-Chas. Crampton, into effect the first, and our president has Vice- Pres.-Harry Beattie. full control of enforcing them, and he will Rec. Sec.-W. D. Parker. do it, as you all know he is a strong union Fin. Sec.-Marshall Ferguson.

. 0 man, and he says he will put the ski vies on Press Sec.-D. Remey. on those who will not attend, and that is Treas.-Geo. Affleck. what 147 needs. Foreman-Dell Perkins. Bro. F. Bryan fell from a pole a month Insp.-James Hodgins, M. C. Eames. ago and has been laid up, but is with us Delegates to T. C.-Chas. Crampton, H. again though not feeling very good. Bro. Kinney, M. Ferguson, D. Perkins, H. Fitch, Bryan, we are all pleased to see your face C. McDonald. again, old boy. At the date of writing, one of our mem­ There is going to be lots of work in this bers, Geo. Onderdunk, lies at death's door, section of the country this coming sum­ he ~aving caught the grippe about two mer, as the Union Traction Company weeks ago. The union has employed a of Indiana intends to light up all the small man to nurse him during his sickness. towns ·along its route and build some more. I remain, roads, and I think a floater can hit some­ Yours truly, O. D. REMEY, thing in a month or so, providing he has P. S. got a paid up card. Say, cullies, don't ~ocal Union No. X5~. come this way if you have not got one, for we intend to put the fixers on them all in a Fort Scott, Kan., Jan. 13, 1<;)01. short time. Editor Electrical.Worke!: Bro. Harris, our foreman, you have got I will cut in on the line once more and to sight him, is from Missouri and is let the outside world know how 152 is get­ made of the right kind of stuff. You are ting along. We are having a hard time to all right, Bro. Harris. get a meeting, as all our members are out I sincerely hope that this letter will meet . of town on "trouble." We had a big with the approval of the members of 147, sleet storm the 8th and 9th arid the 'Phone especially some who took such active part companies have all the liners out fixing, . in my behalf. Will try to do better as I and we have several traveling members . grow at this business. We expect to hold a meeting in a few days Fraternally yours, and elect new officers; win let you know J. W.,R" in next letter. Well, I can't think of any Press Sec. other news, so will open the circuit and .. say good-bye. JAS. RUNKLE, P. S. protem. ~ocal Union No. X50. ------Bay City, Mich., Feb. 2, 190I. ~ocal Union No. X56. Editor Elec~rical Worker: Fort Worth, Ja.n: 7, 1901. Having been elected and installed last· Editor Electrical Worker: Tuesday evening as the· first press secn!­ Local No. 156 having seen fit, in an un­ tary of this union, will endeavor to fill the guarded moment, to elect me to the office office to the best of my ability, and will try of P. S., I will try and give you a few to enlighten the brothers in regard to the items from this point, but hope the broth­ workings of our local. We all stand firm ers will pardon my short-comings as this and ready to help solve the great labor is my first offense. question of to-day and assist our other The great Texas strike is still in full brothers in the advancement of our trade. blast and we feel confident of final success. 60 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER The inside wire-men have won their their human mass of wreckage' that constitutes fight all over the state except this point, and makes No. 12 travel along under such were we still have a hard struggle with the false calling and such false colors as a contractors, Light, Company ana. South­ Union. I'm glad, indeed"to see harmony, western Telephone Co. restored again and peace reigning between We expect our grand officers to come to the employer and the employee, and good Texas soon and give us a lift. All broth­ will shown on' both sides. It does, to a ers are asked to give the Lone Star State a certainty, take away the repulsiveness and wide berth for the present; there will be ill grace that has existed too long. ' plenty of work in the state when the Another thing that has come to my no­ trouble is settled. There is absolutely no tice during a little trip around the town, construction going on here and bosses are looking for a contractor who might want to • at a complete standstill. hire a press secretary to run an iron pipe Hope to chronicle a complete victory in on porcelain buttons or cleats or something my next. With best wishes for success of in the wireman's line of calling. I ran the 1. B. of E. W., will close. across one or two old-time friends that J. R. HANCOCK, have, in days gone by, been glad to' smoke Press Sec. this' press secretary's" Honest" when they (A list of scabs was appended to Bro. were not dn good terms with the product Hancock's letter but are omitted, as he of the United States mint. One I found neglected to get the president's signature and the seal of the Local.) was up on the top of the bosses' list, such as I spoke of once before. When I met him I meekly held out my gloved hand, he 'couldn't see it, however, and when I asked him in subdued tones if he couldn't give yours truly a job, he said come in the Owing to the change in the form of the first of March, he was going to wire Cen­ Electrical' Worker, some of the reports tral Park, or something else; I' didn't from our press secretaries are out of place know what he did say. That's what you and a number of fe'ports have been cut' a get for feeding an ungrateful on a body's trifle. We trust' rio 'one will take offense good "-Honest." Well, it is remarkable when he is the sufferer, for it seemed better how proud the average human being be­ to get in part of a report than to leave it comes when he gets the bosses' good grace out entirely: into his hands and how quick he :can forget As the number of fetters grows with each those he was once glad to associate with, issue, it becomes more and more necessary and yet I've got to 'call him" brother." I . .,' to have copy in early. There are twenty suppose he is a " brother," but he ain't no letters left out this month because they did personal brother; he milst be a general t' not reach Rochester in time. Hereafter brother. I there will be no matter used that reaches I saw Grand President Wheeler while he 'I' this office later than'the morning of the was in New York, and was introduced by ioth. This means just what it says; no let­ Business Agent Kelly. He said he was ,. ters later than the loth! Write early! Get glad to meet us press secretaries, and yet in the news of previous month, but do not I was so dry, and never a pass word did / try to record happenings up to 9th. he mention, so we did not smile. ~ocal Union NO.3. We again had a delegation from No. 52 • New York, 'Feb. 9, 1901. of Newark, present at our meeting last Editor Electrical Worker: Thursday, Feb. 7th; and was sorry to learn Things are going fairly' well here· in that the difficulties existing had not been New York, and, yours truly, NO.3, is be­ cleared up satisfactorily to both locals. As ginning to look like an organization to be I see we had the best' men, I might say, se­ proud of, and in the writer's mind too much lected from our ranks to go on the commit­ praise cannot be wasted upon those who tee to handie the case, and when it is still have engineered old No. :3 in her warfare unsettled it does look as though 52'was too against her' enemies, and above' all, that much -on the aggressive. It is~really too

j THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 6r bad, as we should not be at war among worked for the firm for a period of two ourselves, as it were. We will have trouble years and requested a helper's card. Then enough with outsiders instead of getting came aleng a young man, one of our mem­ up in arms against each other. bers who had been in the employ of the Some good organization work has been same firm for some time and. was dis­ successfully undertaken by business agent, charged for insolence to his employer, and Edward Kelly, as to the way the Depart­ for accepting a full week's pay and going ment of Public Lighting and Supplies has off at twelve on Saturday when .he should been in the past, and at the present time have worked the day out in .order to have passing inferior work done by the cheap earned the full amount of his pay, but he rat traps man whose employers as experts knowing he was discharged kept the money get at wages $6 or $7 per week. One of and went home. Then this same young these employers is a man who does the man attempted to show that this helper city work or a portion of it. He has his was not in the business the required time, office in the basement of the City Hall and and I think it was very poor business for hires any old body, and Bro. Kelly has him to decry the good word of his employ­ shown Mayor Van Wyck the falacy of ers, even though he was discharged. I such work being done by the city. A man was glad the organization . accepted the of his caliber should be promptly dropped letter from Mr. Barre and the boy as from the payroll of the city and a compe­ helper. Honesty is the best policeman tent man put there, as a union job is a every time, brothers. good job and is always the cheapest in the Well, Mr. Editor and brother, I shall final wind up. conclude my letter for this time and hope We had one of our men on the list of in­ we may have prosperity to burn for us all spectors for the city; a good, true, honest from this time on. fighter for good ~ork, and the kind of Fraternally yours, work .that does not burn down buildings FRED S. ROBERTS, and cause such fearful loss of property and Press Sec. human life, and for no other cause that the writer can see was promptly turned down I,ocal Union NO.4. because he was honest and condemned New Orleans, La., Feb. 6, .19<)1. work that was a disgrace to the city. If we Editor Electrical Worker: could only get the kind of politician who As usual, NO.4 was behind time with has some little honesty in his make-up, their election of officers, but we get there some official who would appreciate a man just the same,· and from all appearances such as Charles Hoadley, is a question I will do a fine business for the next three would like some one on the inside track of months with the following: these workings of political men to answer, Pres.-M. Hoy. and·see if or not our business agents can­ V.-Pres.-P. D. Markel. not bring these facts before the Law Com­ Fin. Sec. ...,...P. Lamphrie. mittee of the Central Federal Union and Rec. Sec.-R. Bensen . . get action taken at once. We are the peo­ Treas.-F. H. Roberts. ple who elect these men, and if we ·cannot Press Sec.-O. M. Clark. get what is to the interest of organized Insp.-H. Smith, W. L. Norton. labor we can, shall and will know enough Foreman-T. Aspenwall. .. how to vot~ and who to vote for, and that is Trus.-L. Voltz, T. Aspenwall, H. Smith . a remedy that never fails. Will we have Del. to Con.-F. Roberts, P. D. Markel, to use the remedy? . J. Roach. . Another thing that I noticed, that came Now, as you all see, there are some of up some time ago at the regular meeting of the same men re-elected; not because there the Executive Board, a young man came are no others, but the vote of the local before the board with a letter from the best puts the best men where they can do the man probably that a good union man could most good. We are all working hard just work for, namely, Joseph Barre & Co. The now to get on top, and ask $3 and eight letter stated that the young man had hours' work. "~ . f,

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER Bro.. C. C. JQlls, of Bolxia, Miss., came L. Nuckels, but I was at the bar and did to. the city with a cut hand. We welcQmed nQt find out what he was singing. After Bro.. A. GibbQns I;>ack among us again. SQme SQuthern music, Mr. Charles M. Hale, The smoker was a great success, compli­ Qf the PQstal Tel. CO.., was intrQduced. In mented by}he local press in the highest a few remarks he tQld Qf hQW the uniQn ' manner, and was a big victory for labor. helped him alQng to. get to. where he is at The following is a detailed description present, althQugh he has no. card nQw. of what we have been promising for a IQng EverybQdy had a sandwich and a glass time: The hall was beautifully decorated Qf beer and they backed them Qff the bQard. with mQSS palms and flags of all natiQns, During this time we IQcated Bro.. T. H. thanks to the recQrd Qf the committee of RQberts, an Qld member Qf 37, and made arrangements. At 8 Q'clQck Bro. Zeigier him talk. He did his part to. cQnvince the called the boys together and briefly told guests that a man Qught to. have a card if .. them that we were there to. have a gQod he wants frie?ds in this cQuntry. Lee time, which few remarks made the three Cain, Qf the" talent," sang a sQng. hundred guests feel at home. He tried to E. Phillips, a brQther Qf St. LQuis, tQld get some one to act as master of ceremQ­ hQW they ran things there. After SQme nies,' but as the brothers all thought that mQre ~beer, Bro.. W. H. RQdecester Qf 130. the honor fell to him, as Bro. Mike HQY, entertained the bQys in a few remarks fQr president of the oldest of the two sisterly the gOQd Qf the Qrder. AbQut this time locals, had to be absent on account of work, SQmeQne who. thQught I had enQugh beer we made him keep the jQb. to. talk called fQr me, but they were mis­ Pipes and tobacco. were passed. The taken, as I am a yQung member, and after band played that sweet tune, "Stars and a few excuses I called on the Qnly hQnQr­ Stripes." Then Bro. George W. Kendal, ary member we have here, Bro.. Peter CQn­ of 130., delivered a little piece of his mind ertQn, who. made .the hair stand up Qn all Qn .. Why yQU should be a UniQn man." Qf Qur heads when he pulled Qut a, green He was a red-hQt speaker and very gQQd. card and said that he WQuld rather IQse his Then we had SQme of the" Talent." Mr. " Qld lady" than part with that card. I Louis Mickels sang a comic sQng,'follQwed tell yQU that it was a fine sight to. see that by Mr. Lee Cain with" GQQ GQQ Eyes"­ gray-haired Qld man stand there and tell the a big hit. [Applause.] Mr. GeQrge Queen bQys hQW he has been a member since sang a ballad; Bro. P. D. Markell, V.-P. 1881, and the gQQd it has dQne him. The of No.. 4, talked to. the smQkers on "Why way Qld Pete talked made W. J. Bryan, I am a UniQn man." He was fine, and his the silver man, IQok small, as he related views O. K. About this time SQme one in his crude way hQW he WQuld like to. _ r tapped a large kegQf beer and that caused meet every Qne in the rQQm standing tQ­ five minutes intermissiQn; after which Mr. gether as brQthers. Many thanks to. this Codas Elskamp, the king Qf the wheel, Qld brQther's music. did SQme fine tricks in the crQwded hall. The press secretary Qf 130., who. had dQne Mr. J. W. Pate, Qf Pate Bros.' Elec. Sup. nQthing up to. this time, tQQk Bro.. Jack Co.., was introduced and said that he was RQach's place at the beer barrel and Jack nQt a uniQn man, but as so.on as he CQuld tQld hQW he had traveled all Qver the CQun­ get in he WQuld. ,SO. you see we had a CQn­ try and fQund friends and WQrk with the -' . vert right there. The gang went wild aid Qf a card. [Applause.] Little Mitch­ with cheers. Harry and Frank Burkheart el, a waiter, then did SQme buck,and wing .. next sang SQme songs, follQwed by JQhn dancing. Bro.. Platt Lamphire, Qf No.. 4, CQoney in SQme funny jQkes that made a tQld Qf hQW gQQd he was since he was mar­ hit. ried, and he CQuld always be at meetings Bro.. LQuis Voltz Qf No.. 4 next did the if the hQme-guards didn't CQme. He's O . .. Couchee-CQuchee" dance, and he beat K. Bro.. Steve Penny Qf 130. .sang "My all that were in big Chicago. during the Old Kentucky Home." Just abQut this Fair. This wQQd-walker is something won­ time SQmeQne said that the beer WQuld be derful; it is a pity he is nQt "good 10Qk­ Qut SQQn. That WQuld never do.. So. Bro.. ing." A call Qn the" talent" brQught Mr. T. G. Ziegler, president Qf 130., tQQk the

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stand and in his frank manner thanked the fraternal circuit and 2I promises to be those that were present for their presence one of the banner locals of the country. by telling them of a few of the brothers We have many traveling cards of good old that were not there to help out. He wound floaters, and you can go broke that we have up by telling of his idea of bringing this some warm meetings. Our late P. S., Bro. smoker off, and how he was a member of Wm. Smith, has followed in the wake of old 4 when it had only four members. He our ex-president, Wm. McFadden, and regretted that the city electrician did not donned the. brass buttons and blue coat. come, as he had something to say to him, In fact he has given up his work and gone although he and all the other "home­ on the police force. Bro', Smith was one guards" were tendered invitations a week of our hardest workers during our trouble ago. _He closed by offering cigars around last summer. He is a staunch union man, to smoke on the way home. After 'a few and let us all hope that he will make as little jokes the big smoker broke up as many friends as a limb of the law as he did pleasantly as it started, everybody feeliug as a wire-fixer. i, that they had done their duty to help a Bros. Frank O'Connell, Kid Rivers, Kid .; deserving cause along, with the exception Faril and Frank Cosgrove jumped out a of one, as I had to go to the paper offices few days ago for the wild and woolly West, by my lonely the last man in the crowd. and I hope they won't have to travei far That ends one of the best victories for before they catch on, for they are four of labor fot; the -new year. It was 2:00 a. m the finest in the land. when the 300 smiling faces left the hall. We had our worthy grand president with Hoping that I have done my duty, us a couple of meetings ago, and we gave I remain, . the gay old man a hearty welcome. We " KID" CLARKE. always like to hear Uncle Tom talk; and while he was here one of our brothers Local Union No. ax. asked him if it would be possible to change Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1901. the grip and signs of the present, or, in Editor Electrical Worker: other words, if it could be so arranged as As it is time for another letter and as I to change the grip before next fall at the have been elected P. S., I will try and en­ grand convention. Now, everyone knows lighten the brothers as to how things are that owing to the many strikes we have going in Philadelphia. As far as work is have had in t~e last year, there are lots of concerned, there is nothing doing. There men running around the country who have is but very little new work. going on in the old signs and grip, and if you meet a this region, but there will be lots of new strange lineman you do not know whether work in the spring. There is a, job in l:J,e is a scab or not unless he has a paid-up Camden, but is on the bink. They are card. Of course every lineman should working the men about two and a half or carry a paidcup card, but there are some three days per week, and if they are not good men who, owing to some circum­ oJ).t of material they find some other ex­ stance, may have let his card get back, cuse to lay the men off. They hire all the while at the same time his intention is men that they can get on a Monday morn- good. If you meet a man that is a strang­ -ing and then they lay about half or two­ er and he plays you; and you find that his thirds of them off on Wednesday. There card is in arrears, that man may be all O. are lots of floaters coming through, and K.; and on the other hand maybe he is they most all catch a few days work in one of those curs who threw aside his obli­ Camden, but they do not stay long. The gation arid took our place when we stepped Camden job is a 9-hour job and $2.50 per out like men and asked for what was justly day. It is a good hard graft. The poles ours-a little better wages than we were range all the way from So to 90 feet, and getting. -We must have some way to tell it is a long walk to the top of a 9O-foot that class of men from the other, and ac­ stick. . cording to my idea it would not be a hard Local 21 is coming to the front in grand matter if the grand office would only style. We are adding many new lights to change the grip, if nothing- more. It THE ELEC'l'RICAL WORKER would be a great help; and then you would sired. Mr. Dunham would give no infor­ not have to look at a man's card to see if mation as to whether he desired to settle he was behind the times or up-to-date. the trouble in any way, other than when they You would know, if he had the new grip, needed men they would hire the men who that he did not scab last summer. Now, quit as quick as any other. None of the boys, I would like to get the sentiments of men have showed any willingness 'to re­ all the other locals around the country on turn, and will not unless the' company this subject. Get a hold of this question, comes to some understanding with them, brothers, and let's see if we can't get our and will grant them concessions more worthy grand officers to make this change agreeable than cutting down wages. The for us. It is a rank shame to have such men insist on the union being recognized men as some that are going around the before anything is done. While the com­ couutry posing as union men. If a man pany claim that "the work is going along has scabbed and you don't know him, he satisfactorily, the men know that it is not, is not going to tell you that he did. You and efforts on their part to hire men have ask him if he is a union man and he will been unsuccessful. " say" Yes, but my card is a little back, but We have had a severe ice storm in this I am going to get it fixed up as soon as I section. The elements were more favor­ get on my feet;" and maybe at the same able to the Electric Light Co., however. time he knows that, he never can get that than to companies having outside lines. card up. Of course if we change the grip Some of the Light Co.'s circuits were not it will be hard on some of the boys who in working order for three or four nights have got back in arrears, but it will have a afterwards. The Postal Tel. Co. suffered tendency to make them pay up and get some delay, and it was three or four days right. before the lines were working by tempo­ Hoping that this will me~t the approval rary repairs alone, it taking two weeks of all the brothers, and wishing ali locals with an extra force to get things in good success, I remain, shape again. About all the men who were Fraternally yours, out of work were enabled to' earn some J. L. MURPHY, P. S. money, but things are pretty flat,' just at present, and some of the men have been J.,ocal Uttion No. 37. out of employment nearly two weeks, five Hartford, Conn., Feb. 8, 1901. weeks in all.' There are three or four of Editor Electrical Worker: " the men working out of town who appear Owing to the special meeting at St. to have steady employment. The amount Louis last month, did not return in time to of $100 allowed the men, $10 each, which send in the regular contribution. An ac­ was forwarded from the general office. count of the special meeting will no doubt There will have to be money subscribed at appear el\>ewhere in the Worker. The to-night's meeting, which I am sure will men who quit work on Dec. 15th, at the nearly exhaust the funds of No. 37, and I Hartford Light Co.'s plant are still out, and am afraid we will have to look for assist­ nothing can be definitely settled on as to ance from outSide hereafter as long 'as the how long the trouble will continue. They men stand by the union and their obliga­ have been trxing.\:o do the work with what tion to the I. B. E. W., and the company talent they have, working from ladders, refuses to come to some definite under­ / standing with them. etc., and lately they have hired some kind 1 of a lineman. From what information I ,On Sunday, January 13th, a meeting was can get he is a poor stick; he has been held at New Haven, of what has been asked to quit, but he refused. Second called the New England States' confer­ Vice-President Sheehan had a talk with ence. The object is, as I understand it, to Mr. Dunham, President of the Company a better condition of the trade throughout couple of weeks ago. Mr. Dunham re­ New England. It was my desire to attend fused to recognize the fact that there was the meeting, but unfortunately the ice "any trouble, and maintained that the work storm spoken of made it most important was going along as well as could be de- that I should be on duty that day. I do THE ELEC'tRICAL WORKER 65 not know that the I. B. E. W;in general Foreman-C, Schroeder. know of this New England conference, but Trustees-P. J. Burke, F. Kernan. I have been informed by the president of F. J. SHEEHAN, the conference that the I. B. E. W. will Press Sec.' know, and that the Executive Board will be made to know that they are not spending I,ocal Union No. 38. money, to be thrown down by the board. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 8, I90r. I am led to b'elieve that the present Exec­ Editor Electrical Worker: utive Board has more to contend with than Well, here I am again, and as my last any board that existed since the organiza­ letter passed off all right will try and see tion of the Brotherhood, and that board was' what I can do this time, although news is picked f~om 55 delegates at the. conven­ quite scarce at present. tion in Pittsburg in October, 1899, as not Our meeting on Jan. 27 was one of much only being active members of the organi­ interest to all the boys as we had' the zation, but being conscientious thinkers pleasure of having our grand president. and men responsible to be at the head of with us. .The boys were all very glad to the organization. Perhaps the next con­ see him, as Uncle Tom is all right and his vention will decide differently, and the presence is acceptable at all times. Our present board .will probably be made to president not being at the meeting on ac­ step down and out. I hop~ the next board couut of some very important business, we will find their pathway strewn with the all insisted on Uncle Toni. taking his place roses we looked for. Instead of roses, we for the evening,. which he gladly did,' and stumbled into hammers-all varieties from our meeting was carried out to a finish. a tack to a sledge hammer. EverY,thing went along nicely and the con­ Bro. Cornelius Marsh received injuries duct was above the ordinary. Come again, by falling from a pole which occasioned his Uncle Tom, as we are always glad to see . death shortly afterwards. Bro. Demar who your smiling face . was sick for five weeks, is on duty again. . Work is not very plenty at present writ-. Bro. P. J~ Burke, who has been on the sick ing. Some of the boys are not working, list, has returned to work. Bro. Charles but I think in a short time they will all be Kehoe, who had an attack of pneumonia, at work again, the' prospects being very is getting better. Bro. Pius McInnes, who good for th~ future. was laid up in the City Hospital for three I think we, as members and brothers of weeks, by falling from a pole, is at work Local 38, should show our good feeling again. Bro. Neddo, whose hands were towards our present business agent in the burned badly some time ago, and who was good work he has accomplished in the past. snatched from death by Bro. William Wil­ He has proved to be one of the .best we son, is around, but unable to work. have had in the field for some time. At Financial Secretay Tracy received a let­ our meeting'on Feb. 5 he reported having ter from Fred Roberts, an ex-president of an unfair shop on the fair list for which he 37, from New Orleans. He reports things had been working hard for some time, try­ favorable from there, and says he is still in ing to·get the boys in line and have them ~he game. jom the union, which they will never Business outside the Electrical Light Co. regret. "!"' is pretty good here. We are in the midst We had quite a number of visitors from of an old-fashio.ned New England winter. different unions at our last meeting. They The newly elected .and installed officers took the floor for a few minutes, which we of Local 37 are: were pleased to have them do, but they President-F. J. Sheehan. told us that we were a little slow in doing . Vice-Pres.-F . Trumbull. business. I think that myself; but then, Fin. Sec.-J. J. Tracy. brothers, you will have to excuse us this Rec. Sec.-M. Collins. time as our boys, or at least some of them, Press Sec.-F. J. Sheehan. are afraid to s'peak when we have~ callers. Treas.-T. F. Herbert. Come again, brothers, we are always glad Inspector-A. McIsaac. to see your pleasant faces. . J,,...' '-~!I ..' ''''''/'" ./ /;,>-"/

66 THE ELEC'rRICAL WORKER There was a little matter discussed at our notice that there is lots of work ;here and last meeting in regard to all the different DO men, for such is not the ca~e. unions throughout the city going together The weather has been too severe and and renting a hall for the purpose of hold­ the snow too deep to start quite a lot of ing meetings once a month and have all work that is to be done. I am of the opin­ their troubles brought up and talked over. ion .that the next call for men at the Pan­ I for one think it would be a good scheme American Exposition, should there -be a and ought to be put through, so as to have call, will be the last one, as everything is all unions working in harmony with one pretty well .on the road to completion. another. There are times when little The exposition will be complete before , things come up in a local which could be opening time if they keep up at the rate brought before such a body and discussed, they are going. Will try in my next letter and then we would all know the outcome. to give a slight description of the electrical· Our local was visited with a very sad work at the exposition. Using the above death on Jan. 15th. Bro. W. H. Malbon, as an apology, I will cut out the exciter. of 18 Belden St., while at work in the ship Yours fraternally, yards Saturday, Jan. ;I2th, fell a distance of W. A.. PULLIAM, 27 feet through an .opening in the vessel; Press Sec. smashing his skull and' face badly. He lived but a few hours. He was a member Local Union No. 52. of 38 and also a very good one-one the Newark, N. J., Feb. 8, Igor. boys will miss often at the meetings. All Editor Electrical Worker: the boys that knew him have a good, kind I hope this will reach yo.u in time for the word for him. Ha was also a member of Febniary Worker. I put off writing until the Foresters. Local 38 turned out in full this date in hopes that I could report a sat­ and the funeral was conducted very nicely. isfactory settlement of diff'erences between N early all the boys were present to show No. 52 and NO.3, but found that we could' the good will and feeling they had for the not reach an agreement yet, but hope to dear brother who had passed to the world before time for the next communication beyond. He leaves behind him a small for the Worker. The contractors, with the family, consisting of a loving and devoted exception of two or three who do most of wife and two little children. Local 38 ex­ their own work, hiring men only occasion­ tends to the bereaved family their heartfelt ally, have signed our new agreement and sympathy. we practically control all electrical work Well, as I have just aboul run down I in this vi~inity. We have become affili­ will ring off and charge my battery for the ated with the Building Trades Council of next time. . Yours fraternally, Montclair, which is the best council in this B. A. EMHOFF, Press Sec. vicinity; all that is necessary to call a job is for one delegate to say that a man on Local Union No. 4x. the job is a scab, or that he is not recog­ Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1901. nized by the loca:! of his trade, andall drop Editor Electrical Worker: their tools. I will not try to give the . Well, the time has rolled around for an­ whole of our new agreement, as it will other letter to the Worker. I had better take up too much space, and I have other begin to indite my few bits of information things whic.h I think are of more import­ lest I be ,placed on the gridiron should no ance at this time, but will give the part letter appear. Conditions are about the that is printed on our working cards, same as they were last'month, everybody which comprises the priJ:1.cipal changes working and once in a while a floater from our agreement of last year. arrives and catches onto something. ',As Art. 3. 'Wiremen and helpers working our business agent keeps in touch. with beyond the city limit shall leave the city about all the electric work that is being on train or car which leaves that point done or is projected, he ./?;eneraUy finds closest to 8 a. m., and return on train or ;someone who wat:lts a mat\. ~\lt" h,ea,r ye," car which leaves nearest point to job at brothers of other loc:als, don't taket;his as a sp·m.

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Art. 7. A helper is one,who has worked blind to s~e, says that:!.',If at any time two years at the electrical trade and who the E. B. deem a new law ;necessary to has passed a helper's examination and govern the Br.otherhoodin a matter not holds a helper's card: He shall receive provided for in this Constitution, they may $2 per day. He shall not layout or finish recommend a clause to the L. U. 's to be work,. or work on new work alone, but can voted on, and should a two-thirds vote do repair work not exceeding a cost of $5. support therecol?mendation, it shall be­ ArL ,II. An apprentice may accompany come law." a wireman, or a: wireman and a: helper, and Now we see that NO.3 and No 134 are shall act as a ground hand only. not lawfully in the 1. B., as it is necessary Art. 12. All Sundays, legal holidays, to accept and abide by the Constitution to State and National elections, and all time become a member of the Brotherhood. between 5 p. m. and 8 a. m., shall be paid' We have found that the business of the . for at the rate of double time. wiremen has taken so much of the time at Art. IS. No wireman or helper employed the meetings that our shopmen w'ere drop­ by the party of the first part shall contract ping away from us and we have decided to to do any work that should properly be­ hold separate meetings, the first and third long to the parties of the first part. Upon Mondays for wiremen and the second and proof being established of the violation of fourth Mondays for shopmen. Grand Pres­ the above, said wireman or helper shall be ident Wheeler spoke to the shopmen at the fined not less than $5 and not more than smoker, ,and it had some effect, evidently, $20 for the first offense, and if found guilty , as they took in seven new members last a second time he shall be expelled from Monday night. the electrical union. Weare very busy here at pres~nt and Art .. 16. All contractors maintaining a could find work for a number of good wire­ maip. office beyond the county limits of men, but anyone coming this way must be Essex county, N. J., shall pay all wiremen able to present proper credentials, and I that they employ from Local Union No. 52 might say, do not all jump at the chance the sum of $3.50 per day, and all helpers and overdo it. One of the contractors here at the rate of $2 per day. has the contract for the electric work for We had the pleasure of having Grand the Inaugural Ball and wishes to send two President Wheeler with us on the 23d of or three of our men down to superintend last month, at which time we held an in­ the work, and No. 26 of Washington writes formal smoker, given in his honor, which' us that they will have to be examined aud those present thoroughly enjoyed. Our pay $10 in order to this work. This is a grand president came here to try and show of brotherhood with a vengeance, straighten out the difference with NO.3, but we do not see where it comes in: Will but did not meet with much success, as our some brother please explain~ principal demand for recognition of travel­ Following is the list of officers for this ing cards, as provided for in the Constitu­ term: tion, and the right to territory as a separate Pres.-F. J. McNulty. local, was not to their liking; in fact, it V.-Pres.-M. R. Welch. seems as though it was all for them and Treas.-W. A. Bamford. nothing for the rest of us. N ow' I should Fin. Sec.-Wireman W. A. Robb. like t6 call the attention of the E. B. and 'Fin. Sec.-Shopman Tell Grandjean: ' .. brothers to the following Articles in the Rec. Sec.-Wireman W. R. Banks . Constitution: First, Art. XXXII, Secs. I Rec. Sec.-Shopman Joseph C. Heins. and 2, Art. XXIII, Secs. 4 and 5. Presi­ Asst. Rec. Sec.-Wireman F. L. Miller. dent Armstrong, of No. 3, quotes Sec, 40f Press Sec.-Frank M. Giles. this Article as giving the E. 'B. power to 1st Insp.-Wireman A. Raube,-Shopman amend the Constitution for their benefit, Thos. S. Cloonan'. but he will see that all the 'power given is 2d Insp.-Wireman J. Siddall, Shopman to pass Ot1 themeaning of any part in case Chas. Martin. of dispute, and that Sec; 5, which lle ivi­ Foreplan:-Wireman L. V. Jansen; Shop­ dently did not' want to: see, ,~r was t00 man F. Ely. 68 TaE ELECTRICAL WORKER

I will send the list of trustees for next ~ocal Union No. 56. i~sue, as I could not get the correct list. I Erie, Pa., Feb. 6, I901. was not elected until the middle of last Editor Electrical Worker: month, so I could not send in a communi­ Here is where you get a word from No. cation for last Worker, but will try to have s6'for the February Worker. It's only a something for each month hereafter. word, because everything is quiet with us. Yours fraternally; We are all doing a little work, but the FRANK M. GILES. weather has been a little cool for comfort on the sticks. ~ocal Union No. 55. A few of the star boarders at the Moore Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 3, 1901. Editor Electrical Worker: House started a pot gang and were trying At our first meeting in January the fol- to cook a dog on a small gas stove in room lowing officers were elected: 4II44, and in some way a pot of hot water Pres.-:-'-L. M. Steadman. was turned over and ·Bro. Jas. Schwimmer Vice-Pres.-N. Rosseau. got it on his feet. Of course, a little :-vater Rec. Sec.-c. J. Keller. wouldn't hurt hi.s feet, but it was just bot Fin. Sec.-T. Laughlin. Inspectors-:-J. Martin, Henry Hudson. enough to scald them good and deep. He' Foreman-J. Baum. has been laid up for three weeks and it It was sOl:newhat of a re-election of old will be about two weeks longer before .he officers, which was a fitting compliment of can get out and .do his bit. Talk about· a the appreciation shown them for efficient hot time, Jim says that was the. warmest management of the union during the past reception he ever got.. He has the sym­ term. pathy of all tbe brothers, and the bovs are Work here is holding out better for all doing everything p~ssible for hi~ to-make the bruthers 'than ever known before. All .him comfortable, as he is confineci to his the union boys are at work, and I might room. say a few who are not union. men, but Bros. Jesse Milier, Joe Miller, Thos. should be. The prospects now are that Murray and John Mathews are working at " -1 work 'wili last here all winter, and that as Titusville; Pa., with Bro. Jesse Miller for soon as' spring opens up there will be a foreman of the bunch. small boom in line work. The' street car . The Union Tel. and Tel. Co. is building company is preparing the preliminary work several towns around near Titusville and to a general spreading out uf suburban Mr. Lee Andress is general foreman. Of lines, a movement which will not only be course, you all know Pa. appreciated by the electrical workers, but The brothers of No. 56 send their deepest sympathy to Bro. Jas. V~ncise, who is sick , will prove a great benefit to the citizens of .-i Des Moines and vicinity, and should re- and under the care of the brothers of No. ceive their universal support~ . I42 Good luck to you, Van, old boy, you On Tuesday last we had one of the most have got all kinds of friends in Erie. destructive fires that has ever desecrated We would like to hear from Bro. Dock the fair appearance of our city. While we Hani. W'e hope this Worker 'will find him are glad to report that there were no lives O. K. Our brother merchant, Jas; Reed, lost, the number of employes thrown out of is not in the best of health. He is troubled employment and the amount of property a little with lint on the lungs. Bro. Big destroyed is deplored by all. Chief says it)s caused by chewing the rag, At our first meeting of the new century but Brownie says lint can't get in where and .new year we initiated four candidates there is so much hot air. and rec~ived two by card, which we con- Bro. Chief Eddie has leased a large sider a good starter. . family of children and is very proud of them. He is getting along fine as they We have three brothers laid up on ac­ / count of falls, Bros. Pearson, Sexton and are all self-supporting. Baum. We hope to see them out with us We had election of officers the first of the again in the near future. . . year and we think we picked a good bunch. Yours truly, They are as follows: J. FITZGERALD, Pres.-Jesse Miller • . Press Sec. Vice-Pres.-Robert Gray. Ft:B

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER Treas.-F. M. Seaman. accident at the Pioneer Power Plant at Fin. Sec.-E. H. Brooks. Ogden. One of the air valves became de­ Rec. Sec.-Jas. Reed. Press Sec.-L. E. Carson. fective, allowing the water to escape and Insp.-Oscar Fuller. washed away the side of the mountain, Foreman--:-John Donahue. leaving 45 feet of the pipe line, which is Trustees~Donahue, Mowery and Carson. seven feet in diameter, suspended in the No. 56 wishes meto say that we received air. The pipe, when full, carries about a Bro. Jas. E. Davison's letter from No. 65, ton of water to the foot. With the aid of and we are with him to the end. the East, West and Central Steam Plants Whoop, two blocks, I'll have to dead end and the Cottonwood Power Plants the here. I am, asbefore, your . voltage was kept up pretty well until the RUBE, P. S. ------damage could be repaired. All lights !,ocal Union.No. 57. were O. K. in about two hours. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. I, 1901. Bros. Furzer; Glynn, Brinkman, Moore, " Editor Electrical Worker: Foster, Warner and Thomas 'are in town Notice is hereby given to the Executive again, and from what they say prefer the Board and to the various locals of the In­ city to the country work. ternational Brotherhood' ot Electrical Bro. Wm. Scott, who has charge of the Workers throughout the world; Murray sub-station for the Utah Light and That Local 57, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Power Co., has been down to Bingham endorses the statement made by Local 65, Junction for the past month installing a of Butte, Mont., in the January number of sub fo~ the new smelter, the Bingham Cop­ theW orker, demanding the recognition of per and Gold Mining Co., to furnish power· any and all traveling cards issued by that for three 100 ton furnaces. One of the fur­ local. naces was started January 31st and every­ Local 57, of Salt Lake City, Utah, de­ thing moved off to the satisfaction of the mimds the recognition of any and all management. tra veling cards issued by it according to The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone our constitution (Art. XIV, Sec. 4), and Co. are making some extensive improve­ that no member carrying such card shall ments in the' city. In a short time they be compelled to pay any sum whatever as will have all of the wires in the commercial examination fee before or after his card district underground. They. have also has been presented to or accepted by any' been extending their lines through Idaho, local to which he may present his card. Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. J. R. BLAIR, - Yours fraternally, President. T. R. JOHNSON, Press Sec. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 4, 1901. Editor Electrical Worker: !,oca.l Union .No. 62. Everything is moving along at about the Youngstown, 0 .. , Feb. 8, 190I. same old gait. We are gradually coming Editor Electrical Worker: to the front, adding new lights occasion­ The time is at hand when I will have to ally. There is not much timber left on make some kind of a report through the which to work in our line, but plenty in columns of the Electrical Worker concern­ others. Occasionally we hear from ~he ing our union. We have been having h~ud outside, .. I will come in 'when I see I have .sledding for the last six months, some of to." That time is coming and not far our members' dropping out of the ranks away. It is too bad anyone will stay away . and quite a few taking their' traveling from a good thing until they are driven to it. cards and departing, some' to I don't know Weare all ve'ry much interested in our where and others I do. You will reach work and when the president says "Dis-·· Bros. Bert Spears, W . H.' Palmer and cussions of practical electrical subjects," Keethly at Columbus, 0., care C. U. Tel. we will be loaded for him, as we have Co.; J. W. Palmer, Springfield, Ill.; L. C. ordered a nice big blackboard 4 by 6 feet Allen, Pittsburg, Pa.; A. H. Alton, Chi­ and a box of chalk. cago, Ill.; Ike Arkwright, West Liberty, On the evening of January 28 we had an Pa., and a dozen others who took out their , 70 traveling cards and are gone I don't know success: That the company a:greed to pay where; ,We we're down to' a handful only;: the state scale of \Vag'es and employ only bitt we are having a revival; They are' union men. Under the ciri:uins~ances the conting this way. We had seven'ride the committee decided to call a'special meeting goat in the last two weeks and have three to take action on: the same. The meetin'g applications on hand for next meeting being cali ed, an:d by urianimous vote, the night; 'So you see we will, be busy for strike against the S. U. E. E. & c. Co. another week or two: By that time we' was called off. will be:on oUr feet again and the Central The telephone strike is about the same, Labor Union has promised to help us out though they laid 6ff seVeral scabs last of. the hole as much as they can, which' is week. "I am yours, fraternally,' saying a good bit. J. WILKINSON, R. S. Work with us is slack just now. The .. 140cal Union No. 76. Light Co."is the only company doing any­ Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 4; 1901._ tning, but when spring comes there wiH be ' \' lots of work for every lineman., ' Editor Electrical Worker: We had an election after a few trials at It has been some time ,since you last it and found enough to go around-.:..that is, heard from 76, on account of our Press enough brothers to fill the offices, and by Sec'y leaving town just before tqe election the time our next meeting' night rolls of officers. ,You may expect to hear from aronnd we will be ready to install and us more regularly, now that he have a brand, make a full report and square ourselves n~w set of officers ,inst~lled. ,On the 25th all around. I will give you' below the re-' of Dec. the election was held and the new sult of the election: officers were installed at the next regular Pres,....,..W. T. Hart. , meeting. Vice-Pres.-F. C. Fraunfelter. It has been fOlllid expedient to' meet Rec. Sec.-W. H. Griffith. only twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Sat­ Fin. Sec.-G. F. Hartman. Treas.-'-H. H. Baughman. urdays. Everything seems t~, be going, 1st Insp.-Bert Beaver. along smoothly in our line of work. ,2d Insp.-Jas. O'B~ien. The Nov~ and Jan. journals have arrived 'Foreman-J. C. Terry. and have been distributed among themem­ Trustee":"-BeIt Beaver.- Delegate to C;' L. U.'---'W., T. Hart. bers. Four new ones were admitted at Press Sec.-W. H. Buzard. our last meeting. All members are doing It is no use to say anything in the way well. Fraternally, of compliments to the above officers. They A. S. KALLENBORN, are all right and are in the right places, ------Press Sec. with the exception of one. Yours, 140cal Union No. 79. , , BUZARD, Press Sec. ----'--'--- Syracuse, N. Y., Feb: 7,,1901., 140cal Union No. 69. Editor Electrical Worker: Dallas, Feb. 4, 1901. The time has come for me, as press sec­ \' Editor Electrical Worker: retary of No. 79, to say a few words about " I thought it would be a good idea to in­ the welfare of our progressive local. We form you of the fact that we have won a are still taking in new brothers at every figh~ of great interest in our city. The meeting, two at -the last, Bros. Carney and Southwestern Elec. Eng. and Con. Co. re­ Ostrander. We also' elected and installed fused to recognize the committee that our new officers for the ensuing year and' , caHed on aU contractors of the city in re­ every man is a hustler. ,gar-d to' the scale of wages and hours. We are going to have a smoker-soon and Therefore they were placed on the unfair when' we do would like to see Bro. Sher­ list. Last week they notified the local that man here. if a committee were appointed they conld No. 79 has got 'em all coming and it perhaps come to, some agreement,- there­ won't be long before we will be·heard in fore a committee was appoi.nted at last reg­ the Trades Assembly. 'The" delegates ular meeting, to see the above mentioned ' elected were Bros. Cambridge, Young aild firm, which they did, with the following' your, humble servant. We. were' seated fEB .190/ THEELEC'rRICA:L WORKER Feb. 6th. Now we are on theroaa' to Win. ing encouraging, as none of the lin:'~men Of course, we want a 1'ot, but one thi~g we' have as yet resumed work and nothing is are going to have, and, that is asquar'e in store till spring. The inside work is deal from the city of Syracuse, something also slack at present~ hut may be 'all right the electrical workers never have had. in the near future. There are two build­ Everybody is working full time, and ings, fourteen and twelve stories, in con­ when the opposition Telephone Co. gets to struction, the electrical work in one will stringing their electric light wires to sup­ be done by Julius Andrae & Son, electrical ply the city we will be in it, you bet; so if contractors. These people do not, 'as yet, any of the foreign brothers are out of work work with union labor, and ar-rangements just drop a lin~ to J. K. Mc., and after he have been made to get an -agreement gets through with our dear Mr. Carnegie signed which we hope will be a success., of Pittsburg, Pa., he will fix it so you can Bro. Geo. McLaughlin has had the mis­ all get a job. The telephone' business' is fortune of breaking his right arm about rushing. The new company has an out­ three weeks ago and is progressing nicely. side force under Bro. Billy Riley and the Bro. C. F. Smith was laid up with la grippe old reliable C. N. Y. has been making for two weeks. preparations for 300 new 'phones and more Labor movements of Milwaukee 'are'ac­ cable. General Foreman J. K: Foote hl;ls celerating sublimely with the exception of a large force building Baldwinsville all new. the electrical workers who have had a ter­ I understand we are to have a direct wire rible downfall in the past, and I hope the to the Pan-American grounds -in Buffalo, day is not far off when the electrical work­ _ thereby giving Syracuse people who attend ers will be in line again. At present there the benefit of _talking direct to their own is a test case in court, viz .• iron moulders· hOll;les. I have been informed that one of and employer for discharging an iron our most worthy brothers has an invention moulder because he belonged to ~Jaboi' to throw a flash-light of the Exposition organization; the employer has .been ar..: grounds right here so we can all see it. rested and the trial will be on the 15th Great head, brother, but have you figured on inst. ,; , how many am peres you will lose if you don't In my last letter (January) the article stop off at Rochester and get stepped up at pertaining to the negro was written by Bro. McGuire's new transformers, at 101 myself as a matter for consideration. The State St., and while there keep your eye vote by this local was negati-ve. ' on the World's bulletin between the Aut­ Yours fraternapy, , to-go and all foreign nations, one of Bro. J.D. MACK, Press Sec. McGuire's latest productions, I put in my ----~--- address this' time, Jack (331 Delaware),so I,ocal Union No. 96. call when down t.o "Sarah." We would all , Worcester, Mass., Feb. 9, 1901. like to see you, as well as the" old man." EditorElectrical Worker: General Foreman Jas. S. Tyrell has had Like all the rest of humanity we have a hard pull with the grip, but is now able our troubles, but keep cool and they pass to be out. .Bro. Joe Fitzgerald has 'been away. That part of the union employed installed operator by the W. U. on the by the New England Telephone Co. has 1 Syracuse station. just cooled down. One Maguire, the as-' ; ..... You will have to excuse this poor letter sistant division superintendent located here as I have just received orders to go to at W., has paid some of the men off at Otisco Valley. I will have to hustle Bob $2.40 a day when they understood they along and tell how it happened in my next. were to have $2.50 per day, but the boys Very truly yours, think 'they have things in hand and that L. J. CROUCH, things are coming out O. K. Y o'u recollect ------Press Sec. , that when' Springfield won her strike the I,ocal Union No. 83. agreement with them was supposed to Milwaukee, Wis:, Feb. 7, 190i; cover the whole division, anyway we got Editor Electrical Worker:' what Springfield got. Now the boys feel' At the time of this writing there is noth- that this action of Maguire's is an attempt F£!319D /

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER to make capital for himself at their ex­ put the water on the board; of course it pense and that it does not come from he~d­ helped it along fine. I see one of our quarters, anyway it don't go. brothers is growing a new shoe-brush. All union men employed, but' no surpl us Well, as there is not much her.e in the jobs. G. F. H. way of news, will cut the circuit for ~his Local Union No. u8. time. Fraternally yours, B. C. H., P. S. Dayton, 0., Feb. 6, 1901. ------Editor Electrical Worker: Local Unio~ No. :r43. Well, brothers, as it is time again, I must Conn~aut, 0., Feb. 6, 1901. not forget a good cause and let it slip by. Editor Electrical Worker: Our little cart is coming right to the front, As the time has rolled around for another thanks to the good work of our members. letter, I will try and let you know what is As time is limited I will say that work going on in these parts. Prospects are is not the largest article on the market good for this summer, as the Home Com­ here for sale, but all but one are ~ti11 hust­ pany intends to rebuild its plant here, and ling. This one brother, who has been in Bro. A. S. Morrill says they are going to a hard rOhlt Co~tested. has not improved at all. The Telephone Thomas Wheeler, Grand President: company still stands firm, and the various Dear Sir and Bro.-It being my duty, it contractors here have formed what is, also becomes my pleasure to submit to you,' termed the "Contractors and' Builders' and through you to the Executive Board Club;" Practically all the coritractors'in the and the membership at large, a report of city belong to this club, and each of them' my own Ils,well as the labors of those as so­ have agreed to submit to a: fifty-dollar fine ciated with me at the Fourth Annual Con­ if they give' work to any man carrying a venti on of the National Building Trades 'card issued by any organization affiliated Council of America, held in Cincinnati. with the Building Trades Councilor Trades 'Ohio, Jan. 13 to 19, 1901. Arriving in the Assembly. As our local is ,affiiated with pork metropolis, I found to my extreme both of these bodies we are practically delight and satisfaction that there were: locked out. There is' only one fair outfit in four other members of our Brotherhood our line in this place and that is the "A. J. already on the ground. They were Bros., Anders~n Electrical Company," who signed Kelly of No. I, Smith of No. 30, Brennan our agreement on the 4th of this month. of 134, and the well known and energetic The action of the Business Club' threw' business agent of No. I, p, Coughlin, who close to one thousand men out of wo~k came to Cincinnati as the representative of, here, but ~e antIcipate very iittle trouble the East St. 1,ouis B. T. C. in gaining an early and decisi ve' victory, as Considering it to be my prerogative as our central bodies are thoroughly organ- well as my duty as the representative of ized and are puttlngup a good fight ,an<;l the International body, and realizing as I, we have quite a lot of work tied up that the did the important work we had to do,!. contractors are anxious to complete. called a conference of all our delegates_ The letter' in our Worker for January, At this meeting a plan, of action was de­ from Local No. 65 of Butte, Montana, in cidedupon and, at my suggestion, Bro_ regard to excessive charges for depositing Kelly of No. 1. was given' charge of the traveling,cards and examination fee meets with the entire approval of this local, and floor work of the convention. He was also " we fully endorse the same. ' It would work instructed to draft a resolution comprising a hardship on almost our entire brother- a statement of our grieva~ces, He immed­ hood, and is also a distinct violatIOn of our' constitution; see Article' XIV., section 4, iately set to work and the following, with and any local union violating theconstitu- only a few minor' changes from the orig­ tion forfeits its charter' under the constitu- inal copy, i.s the result of his, labor: tion. We are glad to see' No. 65' sound a C·lnclnna . t' 1; 0 ., Jan. 14,,1901. warning and ,extend to the,m our cordial To the Officers and Delegates of the Fourth support. Annual Convention of the N. B. T. C., Bro. R. R. Tripp, 3rd vice-president of Greeting: our international, was in our city yesterday' The National Building Trades Conncil is and gave us a: complete reSUme of the composed of tHe various trades engaged in strike situation throughout' the state, and the constJ;uction and alteration of build­ we find from his statement that we have ings, the autonomy of-each trade organiza­ the Bell Company very badly crippled in tion being recognized 'and guaranteed by places where there is an opposition com- the ,constitution. ~; r " pany. We were all ver'y glad to see, Bro. The jurisdiction of a trade is established: Tripp and hope to have him with us again First-By the name as plumber, gas- soon. ' , ' , ' fitter, steam-fitter, tinner, bricklayer, plas- Hello! Bro. Dragoon of 156! Let us hear' terer; stone-cutter, etc. from you; last we heard you was i'n San Second-By the constitution" by-laws Antonio. The boys want to know what and working rules of the, national organi­ you are doing- with yourself:' zations and the various local unions of said Well, Mr. Editor, gu'ess if I don't break national organitations affiliated with the this off it will go to the waste basket, so N. B. T. C. ,and local subordinateB. T. C,'s wishing success tothe entire brotherhood, throughout the country. .. I remain1'fraternally, " ' ,Third-Bylonga.ndgenerally established . . 'J.R. HANCOCK, " usage. . , Press Sec. ' . The International Brotherhood of Elec-' 1'701 TRE Ei;:f,;'CTRICAL WORKER' 75" trical Workers is'affiliated·with the' N.B." panyitig the' cOnimunicatiofr,' or a pplicat,ioD."! T. C. Its localunionsin all cities where which it was really, was a list of affiliated'· B. T. C.'s exist are affiliated with such councils. . ~". .~~~. trades with their· attested' membership at­ The jurisdiCtion of the 1. B .. E. W.·fs· tach~d. . In this lisdLp~eared the name of '~".,; established: . . our 'o'wo'etstwhile i:llegitirilate: offspring, First-By the name, Electrical Workers No. 12, whose disreputable acts, yes, hein­ -mechanics engaged in the constr.uction ousctime:s; ·m~i~e ifs::Wish we could forget and installation of all devices by which the energy or force known as electricity is the ung't~'t~f~iAh~ld who was capable later generated, transmitted and utilized. of even dis'gr~dng its foster parent, the Second-Organization, constitution and' Knights o(Labor. Yes, No. 12 was there. laws; The 1. B. E. W . .was .organized ten with 1,40.9;:I)l.~~pers, ma~k you; 1,400 at­ years ago by the various locals of the trade then in existence and adopted a constitu~ tested me~b~1"~':.IiCU,empora, 0 mores! tion setting forth its jurisdiction. Sinc'e On motion t9~·m~ttet:. ",as referred to the then the organization has spent thousands incoming, execu~i.ve., board.. ,During the.. of dollar;s in organizing the craft aD:d;bet.;:. discussion on the' motion Bros. Kelly, tering the condition of its lI).embers by shortening the .hours of work and .advanc­ Coughlin and your humble servant took ing wages, and is now recognized as the occasion to ·payour respects to. No. I2. only bona fide union of Electrical Workers Some invective .was indulged in. ,No 'one in North America. would welcome the. organization of a sub­ Third-r.,ong established usage has drawn the line of demarcation between electrical ordinate branch o~ the N. B.T. C. in workers and other trades where the line Greater New York with more appreciable has not otherwise been clearly defined .. eclat than we, but not with No. 12 as an . Recently, however, several attempts have integral part thereof. Oh, nQ! Oh,.po! been made by, other trades to claim and do work' that has' always been .claimed and What a pity that ,hoporable trades unions, done by electrica:1 workers, notably in Cin­ are to be fQund i.n such company: It is cinnati, where the gas-fitters claim the safe to say, however., that. no charter Will right to install a special' device for pro­ be issued under the circumstances. tecting the, electrical conductors, techni­ cally known.. as iron armored conduit. The Prior to a final report by the grievance B. T. C. of Cincinnati has decided in favor committee o~ our appeal from the decision of ths gas-fitters against tne protest 6f the of the. Cincinnati B. T. C., anappeal:from electrical workers' union. the elevator constructors from a decision The electrical workers' now appeal froJIl this decision to the N. B. T. C.,in conven~ rendered by the ·B. T. Co of .St. Louis, de­ tion assembled, and as.k for a reversfil of ciding a controversy in a case where. the the decision of the B .. T. C. of Cincinnati, electricians, machinists and elevator con­ and the recognition ap.d indorsement by structors differed as, to trade autonomy or. the N ..B. T. C. of the claim and right of electrical workers to do all kinds of elec­ control, was taken up. In this instance trical work as set forth above and claimed the local Building Trades Council defined in their charter, constitution, working the duties of the trades concerned, giving rules and application for affiliation with the electrical work to the electrical worker> the N. B. T. C .. and the local B. T. C.'s throughout the ·country." the machine work to the machinist, and the elevator work proper to the elevator CRAS .. Sl\UTR, constructor. This decision was satisfac­ FRANK BRENNAN, tory to .the electricians aud machinists, but J. H. MALONEY, was excepted to by the elevator construct­ J. T. KELLY, ors in their appeal. The delegates pres­ Delegates representing the Electrical Workers. ent, recognizing the fairness and the just­ ness of the decision of the St. Louis B. T. Early in the deliberations of the conven­ tion, during the afternoon session of the . C. in the matter, took the following action: first day, your delegates wer~ given a shock "On appeal of Elevator Constructors .which only those accustomed to handling from the decision of the B. T. C. of St . Louis in the case of Electricians andMa­ and controlling the mystic fluid could chinists against the Elevator ConstruCtors, withstand. A communication was read we recommend that the action of the B. T. from one (?) of the local' Bliilding Trades C. of St. Louis be sustained." Councils of Greater New Yo~k regard~ng On motion by D,elegate Harvey the rec':' affiliation with the national body., Accom- ommedation:was concurred in, a trade vote 190(

THE ELECTRICAL WORKER being taken, resulted in 105 yeas and 6 Missouri home happy in the thou'ght that nays. his organization had taken her place After this resolution the crucial test among the proudest of her sister unions, came, on our resolution, the grievance occupying a place of honor in the van committee bringing in the follow'ing re~ guard of the industrial revolution. One port: word more and I am done. I cannot con­ "On appeal of electrical workers against sistently close this report without paying a the decision of the B. T. C. of Cincinnati in well merited tribute to Bro. Smith, No. awarding conduit work to the gas fitters, 30's delegate. Always anxious to forward we recommend that this work be given to the electricians." the inter,est of his organization, he lent im­ A mO,tion was offered by Delegate De portant aid to us in the accomplishment of Barry that the recommendation be con-" our mission. curred in. Amended by Delegate Kennedy It was our pleasure to attend a meeting '~ that the case be left in the hands of the of the local union while in Cincinnati and Cincinnati B. T. C. This amendment, of all the unions we have ever visited we ho~ever, was declared out of order by the were never better entertained. It would chair. An amendment was then offered require more space than I am at liberty to by Delegate Gallagher, of Jersey City, occupy at this time to tell you what an ex­ that the recommendation be referred to cellent presiding officer Bro. Berkeley is. I the general executive boards of the elec­ would like to speak of the good qualities of tricians, gas fitters and plumbers and the other members of the union, but time and N. B.T. C. space forbid it. Suffice it ~e to say that No. The amendment called forth some lively 30 has at last awakened to a keen sense of arguments and a trade vote being called her duty and we may expect better results for resulted in 16 yeas and 95 nays. from her in the future. I have the honor The amendment' being lost a trade vote to remain, Your most obedient servant, oX?- the original motion resulted in 105 yeas JOHN H. MALO~EY- and 6 nays. In commenting on the foregoing report jt might be well to state that owing to the Directory of, Unions. inactivity of the IQcal union in Cincinnati Secretaries will please furnish the necessary in­ our work was made doubly hard, and as a formation to make this directory complete. ,Note that the time and place of meeting, the name of the warning to all subordinate unions, let me President, the names and addresses of the Record­ cite this instance: "To the electrical work­ ing and Financial Secretaries are required. Locals are composed of branches of the trade as ,er belongs the electrical work." per the following signs: -Mixed. tLinemen. tInsidemen. i!Trimmers. Btothers, guard well the interests of UCranemen. ~Cable Splicers. °Switchboard Men. your trade with _the tender yearning of a IIAutomobile' Opera:tors.

mother for her child, protect your chosen tHo. 1: St. I,ouls, lIIo.-Meets every Tuesday at calling from the encroachments of any Metal Trades Hall, 13~0 Franklil1 ave. Pres., O. T. Sweet, 425~ A Evans ave.; R. S., G. R. Steele, I and all organizations or individuals who 3004 Pine st.; F. S., Harry Ellison, 5097 A Minerva would dare appropriate any part of it. ave. ' tHo. lII, St. I.ouls, 1II0.-Meets every Thursday' Bro. Kelly'S masterful effort in present­ in Lightstone's Hall, lIth and Franklin ave. Pres., T. A. wa~e,4452Garfieldave.; R. S., W. M. Selden.- ing our case, his well chosen remarks in 1622 Washmgton ave.; F. S. and Bus. Agt., G. C. support of the resolution won the confi­ Allen, 2841 Franklin ave. dence and co-opera.tion of all the fair­ tHo. 3, ~ew York, :Inside Wiremen.-Every Thursday 1n Brevoort hall, '154 E. 54th st. Pres., D. ) minded delegates present and established H. Armstrong, 350 De Graw st., Brooklyn; R. S., G. !+ W. Whitford, 218 E 85th st.; F. S .. Thos_ P. Ruane, once arid fOJ; all the jurisdictioti and au­ care organi2ation, Station D. Address all commu'­ tonomy of our trade as an integral part of nications either to officer or organi2ation to P. O. Box 21, Station D, New York. the general labor movement. And now, tHo. 4. Hew Orleans, l.a.-Meets 1st and 3d ,..., i? conclusion, Mr. President, let me say Wednesday evenings in P; O. S. A. Hall. Carondelet ) and Perdido sts. Pres., Mike Hoy, 1502 Berlin st.; 'without fearing the stigma of egotism, we R. S., R. A. Benson, 916 Union st.; F. S., P. Lam­ all did well, ~nd while Bro. Coughlin did phier, 1902 St. Louis st. . not get an' office, all 'else that his little tHo. 5, Pittsburgh, Pa.-Meets every Friday night in Electrical Workers' Hall, 320 4th avo Pres. heart desired w~s accompli~p.~d'and he left H. H. Haas, Castle Shannon; R. S., R. L. Bruce, the city over tji'e Rhine,retU:fning to his 824 .Talbot ave., Braddock; F. S., ,C. Camp, 63 .,~. Irwm ave., Alleghany. '

; .~~ - THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 77 *No. 6, San Fruclsco, Cal.-Meets every Wed­ *No. a4 Minneapolis Minn.-Meets 2d and _ nesday evening in Friendship Hall, Alcazar Bldg., 4th Tuesdays at Alexander's Hall, 38 So. 6th. st. , 120 O'Farrell st. Pres., George F. Keetley, IIO~ Pres., John J. Reynolds, 1815 So. 4th ave.; R. S., . Turk st.; R. S., A. E. Drendel, 87 Brosnan st.; F. S., Chas. Coe,24 So. ,lIth st.; F. S., F. E. Lester, 183 R. P. Gale, 1622 Washington st. So. 9th st. *No. 7, Springfield, Mass. - Meets every "'No. ~5, Terre Haute, Ind.-'-Meets 1st and 3d Wednesday at room 14 Barnes Blk. Pres .. C. F. Thursdays at C. L. U. Hall. Pres, Harry Beledros, Sampson,53 Lebanon.st.; R.S., W.F.Kavanaugh, P. Terre Haute; R. S, Fred Miller, 1368 Poplar st; F. S, O. Box 54, Merrick, Mass.; F. S., D. B. Ahgreen, Lee Dickerson, 1601 College ave. 276 Hancock st. tNo. a6, Washington, D. C.-Meets every Tues­ day in K. of P. Hall, 7th and D st. N. W. Pres., / *No. 8, Toledo, O.-Meets every Monday at John H. Hoffacker, 1007 N. Car. ave. S. E.: R. S., i Friendship Hall, cor. Jefferson and Summit sts. w. E. Kennedy, H30 7th st. N. W.; F. S., George' Pres., F. L. Lucas, 2244 Union st.; R. S., L. J. Para­ A. Malone, 48 L. st. N. W. . tschek, 224 Park st.; F. S., H. J. Baker, 320 13th st. *No. a7, Baltimore, Md.-Meets every Mon­ tNo. 9, Chicago, Ill.-Meets every Saturday at day at Border State Bank Bldg, Park av and Fayettte 83 Madison st., Hall 6. Pres., W. A. Jackson, Eng. st. Pres., G. W. Spillman, 1I03 W. Hamburg- st.; Co.'s 16 31st and Dearborn sts.; R. S., Jas. L. Col· R. S., W. A. Kemp,232 N. Howard st.; F. S., J. A. lins, II51 West Madison st.; F. S., Joseph Driscoll, Connelly, 1728 N. Bond st. 77 Fuller st. tHo. ~8, Baltimore, Md.-Every Thursday at *No. xo, Indianapolis, Ind.-Meets every Mon· Border State Bank Hall, cor. Fayette st. and Park day at Labor Union Hall. 136 N. Pennsylvania st. ave. Pres., Wm. M. Reese, 2824 Parkwood ave; II. Pres., A. Huffmeyer, 720 E.·New York st.: R. S., H. S., John P. Jones, 1520 N. Mount st.; F. S., W. W. M: K'smer, 1310 E. roth st.; F. S., T. H. Forbes, Davis, 529 N. Mount st. 3218 W. Michigan st. . *No. ~9 Trenton, N. J.-Meets every Tuesday *No. xx, Waterbury, Ct.-Every Friday in Eng. evening at Ribson Bldg" cor. Front and Broad sts., ' Hall, G. A. R. Block, 43 East Main st., Room 10. 4th floor, take elevator. Pres., H, J. Manley; R. S., Pres., John H. Sweeney, 10 Third st.: R. S., W. K. George Croffatt, 1454 S. Clinton ,ave.; F. S., F. Eldridge, 208 S. Elm st.; F. S., P. J. Horgan, New Jeffries. st. and Johnson ave. *No. 30, Cincinnati,. O.-ISt and 3d Wednes­ *No. x~, Pueblo, Colo.-Meets 1St and 3d Sun­ days in Jackson Hall, S. E .. cor. 12th and Jackson day afternoons in City Hall, North Main st. Pres., sts. Pres., John H. B~rkley, 20 E. 8th st., Newp<;>rt, R. G. Briant, Colo. Telephone Co., West n st.; R .. Ky.; R. S., Frank Stinchfield, 558 Clark st., Cm., S .• J. W. White., 414 West 17th st.; F. S., E. O. 0.; F. S., Geo. R. Hilderbrand, Cold Spring, Ky. Ringer, 20 Block Q. *No. x3, El Paso, Tex.-Every Monday in *No. 3X~ Duluth, Minn. -Meets 1St and 3d Phoenix Hotel, cor. Santa Fe and Overland sts. Thursdays at Kalamazoo Bldg, 18 West Sup. st. Pres., John Blake, EI Paso Gas and Electric Light Pres., Ed. Jennings, 708~ E. 2nd st.; R. S., E. A. Co,; R S., Ed Cory, postal Tel. office; F. S., W. B. Nelson,s E. Superior st.; F. S., M. A. Hibbard; Carroll, Overland and santa Fe sts. 1020 E. 4th st. tNo. x4, Pittsburgh~ Pa.-Meets every Monday *No. 3~, I.ima, O.-Meets 1st and 3d Fridays in in Elec. Workers' Hall, 320 4th ave. Pres., James Donze Hall, South Main st. Pres., C. H. Lee; R. Burgess, .350 Hector st.; R. S., D. C. ·Warman, 920 S., W. C. Holmes, IIO Harrison ave., F. S., E. Wyles ave.; F. S., D. D. McKay, 1606 Centre ave. Krause, 213 East Wayne st. tNo. X5, Jersey City,N. J.-Every Monday in *No. 33, New Castle, Pa.-Meets every other Fehren's Hall, 168 Beacon ave., J. C. Hgts. Pres., Monday night in the Clendening Block. cor. Wash­ W. A. Gross, 491 Palisade av., W. Hoboken, N. J.; ington ana Mercer stS. Pres., Fred Harrison, ;New R. S., Wm. N. Miers. 518 Angelique st., W. Ho­ Castle, Pa.; R. S., James B. Dygert, 178 Barbour pl., boken, N. J.;' F. S., John Bartley, 3~5 Pavonia ave. Croton, Pa.; F. S., John McCaskey, 19 S. Pine st. *No. X6, Evansville, Ind.':"'Ist and 4th Mondays, *No. 34, Peoria, Ill.-Meets 2d and 4th Mondays in Germania Hall, II4 Up 4th st. Pres., Frank in Myer's Hall. 1313 South Adams st.· Pres., N, Neff, 7 Syscame st ; R. S., Dorris. 5II Upper 3d st.; Deworth, 916 Smith st.; R. S., J. H. Brown, C. U. F. S., H. P. Deshler, 222 Lower 5th st. Tel. Co.; F. S., C. S. Kittenring,,4I3~ First st. *No. x7, Detroit, Mich.-Meets every Monday *No. 35, M;assillon,Ohio.-Pres.,H. Munin; " -', night in Anglim's Hall, 9 Cadillac square. Pres., F. S., C. C. M1l1eri 202 E.-South st. "ct') Geo. Burns, 468 Butternut !Ot.; R. S., Dan Stevens, *No. 36, Sacramento, .Cal.-Every Wednes· r " 281 Harrison ave.; F. S., P. Campbell, 180 Dubois 5t. day in Federated Trades Hall, 1013 loth st. Pres., / F. A. Holden. 915 I9~h.st.; R. S., A. J. Francis, 7II "" tNo. x8, Kansas City, Mo.-Meets every. Wed­ H st.; F. Soo John WtllIams. 429 N st. nesday, i:30 pm., at Labor Headquarters,9th and *No. 37, Hartford, Conn.-Meets every Frid~y ,", ::' / Centralsts. Pres., Chas. H. Adams. 2901 Summit ....;~r , I st.; R. S., C. S. Ryerson, 620 E. 26th st.; F. S., C. E. at Central Labor Union Hall, 747 Main st. Pres., Jackson, Lock Box 649. F. J. Shee~an, 86 North st" New, Britain, Conn.; R. -S., M. Colhns;F. S., J. J. Tracy, 58 Temple st. *No. X9; Atchison, Kan.-Meets every Tuesday tNo. ~8, Cleveland, O.-Meets every Tuesday at Electncal Workers Hall, 710 Main st. Pres., F. .in Engtneers' Hall, 120 Superior, between Water i, " J. Roth, Atchison, Kan.; R. S., Hugo Walters, Atchi­ and Bank sts. Pres, D. O. Clark, 156 Oregon st.; ~I~ • son, Kan.; F. S.; J. C. Sweeney, Atchison, Kan. R. S., E. B. Horne. 50 Outhwaite st.; F. S., Frank tNo. ~o, New York City.-Meets every Tuesday Estinghausen, 5 Superior pI. night in ~i1itary Hall, 193 Bowery. Pres., C. A. El­ tNo. 39, Cleveland, O.-Every Thursday in more, 1312 Garden st., Hoboken, N. J.; R. S., Edw. Arch Hall, 393 Ontario st. Pres., J. F. Slattery, 28 Boyle, i3I2 Garden st., Hoboken, N. J.; F. S., D. B. Lake st.; R. S., Frank J.Sullivan, 24 Chatham st; Mostello, 306 12th st., Brooklyn. F. S., A. W. McIntyre, 328 Waverly ave. tNo. ~x, Philadelphia, Pa.":"Meets every Friday *No. 40, St. Joseph, Mo.-Meets every Thurs­ in Hancock Hall, 814 Girard ave., above'8th. Pres., day night in Building Trades Council Hall, cor. Wm McFadden, II4 Comac st.; R. S., Jas. J. Bir­ 5th and Francis sts. Pres., Wm. Dorsel, 1710 Cal­ mingham, 3235 Fairhill st.; F. S., Robt. Russell, houn st.: R. S., J. C. Sc4neider, 808 South 5th st.; 1840 Seigel st. F. S., Alr. Imboden, City Power House. *No. ~~ Omaha,' Neb.-Meets every Wednes- . tNo. 4x, Buffalo, N. Y.-Meetsevery Wednesday day at Labor Temple, 17th & Douglassts. Pres., at Councll Hall, Huron and Ellicott st. Pres., Clay J. F. Simpson. 3519 Farnam st.: R. S., L. G. ·Low­ Weeks,646 Virginia st.; R. S., Jno. 0'Connell,614 ery, 2514 Ca~s st ; F. S., W. J. Wales, B,ox 555. Fargo ave.; F. S., H. M. Scott, 646 Virginia st. ' *No. a3. St. Paul, Minn.-1st and 3d Mondays, *No. 4~, Utica, N. Y.-ISt and 3rd Fridays in Assembly hall, 3d and Wabasha. Pres., L .. L. Dut­ Labor temple, 18 Hotel st. Pres., J. Nelson; 64 ton. 173 Sennesee st.; R. S., Thos. Hynes, 86 Sher­ Green st.; R. S., O. Keeler, 78 Broadway; F. S., burne ave.; F. S., Chas. Stark, 472 Fuller st, Frank Brigham; II6 Dudley avo ·;THE .ELECTRICAL WORKER

tNo.43,·Syraculle, N.·Y., IJ;lside Wir~men­ "':No. 6x, I,os Angeles Cal.-Meets every '!'hurs­ Meet in- -Myers Hall cor. Montgomery and East day in United Council ofLabor HRJ,I, Il2~ W. 3d !it, .,r. _ Genesee sts., second and fourth Fridays. Pres., Pres., S. L. Bt:0se, 44~ 'Coylton st.; R. 'S., Wm. C. -;.-' -f. _ H. E, Yorker, 503 Hickory st,; R. S.,F. H: Kinney, RosS, 413 Temple'st.; F. 5., .C. E. Smith 773 Ceres { Box 416; F. 5., F. H. Yorker, 216 Ash st. ~~ . tNo. 44, Rochester, N. Y.-Every Tuesday in "'No. 6.2, Youngstown,O.-Pres., W. E. Wise­ :-.. .' Durand bldg', W. Main st, room i6.· Pres., John man, 700 S. Market ,st.; R. S:, W. H. Griffith, 212W. ,,/ c..- Haley, Home Telephone Co; R. 5'-, M. Warner, 18 'Wood st.; ~. 5., W. H. Buzard, 534 Duequesne st. Ford st; F. 5., Wm. Carroll,' 457 State st., Room 14. "'No. 63, Warren, Pa.-Meets 1st and 3d Wednes­ days at D. O. H. Hall, cor. 2d and Liberty sts. Pres, " ~ _ '_. tNo; 45, Buifalo, N.Y.-24 and 4th Saturdays in Chas Wright, Buchanan st; R. S., C. S. Burkett, 413 ',' Orient Hall, I3~ Swan st. ' ~res., Wm. Haley, 258 E Water st; F. 5., N. H. Spencer, 'Rogers Blk ' Pearl st.; R. 5, Harry Langdon, 213 Grote st.; F. S., Martin Scanlon, 797S? D,ivision st. o~o.. 64, Schenecta.!iy, N. Y.-Pres., W. M. Ph1ll1PS; R. 5:, J. CormIck. - - ."'No. 46, I,owell, Mass.-Meets every _Thursday "'No. 65, Butte, Mont.-Meets 2d and '4th eveniI1g In. Engineers' Hall, Wyman's Ex. Bldg., Tuesdays ~ Engineers' hall, Owsley bldg. Pres; ...;. 'J Central ,and Merrimac sts.· Pres., H. F. Harding, Jas. E. DaVIdson, 722 Colorado st.; R. S. & F. S., 38 E. Pine st; R.S., John H. -O'Connor, 121 Pleasant W. C. Medhurst, P. O. Box 846. st; F. 5., Lester G. HaU, box 292 "'No •.66, Houston; Tex.-Meets 1st and 3d. Mon- "'No. 47 Sioux City,Ia.-Pres. J. J. Sullivan, day nIghts and 2d and 4th Sunday evenings in"'­ 1701 Center st.; R.S., C. :a;.~ Lingren, 814 West 4th Odd Fellows' Hall, MJlSon Blk., Main and Rush sts. j. st.; '!"'. 5., W. F. Truax, UnIon Elec. Co. Pres., Geo. Sehorn, Myrtle and Fletcher sts.; R. 5., B. J. Still,'1915 Texas ave.; F. S., c. E. Boston, 1406 "'No. 48, Richmond, Va.-Meets 1st and last Congress st. ' ' Saturdays in Thon's Hall, 17th and Main sts. Pres., Dougla;; Eaton, 804,N. 26th st.; R. 5., J. Howell, 412 "'No. 67, Quincy, l:11.-Meets :ad and 4th Thurs- r, S. BelVIdere st.;- F. 5., W. B. Catlett, 4P8 E. Cary st. days at Trades Assembly hall, III% S 5th st. - Pres, , ~ Bert Simmonds. 722 York st.; R.S., J. H. Nessler, - gNo. 49, Chicago, -Ill.-Meets every Second and 527 N. loth st.; F. S., C.-H. McNemee, 5II S 7th st'. Fourth Wednesday. in Jung's Hall., 106 Randolph st.. Pres. W. J. CallIhan, 35 E. 16th st.; R. 5., F. H. tNo. 68. Denver, Col.-Every Monday in room Pnnce, 444 W. Lilke st.; F.S., James Byrne; 4600 613 Charles blk, 15th and Curtis. Pres., H. S. Sher­ Lilke ave. - man; R. 5., W. H. Anderson; F. 5., W. S. -Earhart, 1045 W; 7th ave. ' , "'No. 50, Belleville"Ill.-2d and 4th Thursdays in C.lo~ss~ HaU, :ru~hland and C sts. Pres, Henry "'No. 69, Dallas, Tes:~:-Meets every Wednesday {I 9 Chnstran, 103 E Marn st.; R. S, James Ogden; F.S, night at Labor Temple, 336 Main st. Pres, E. A. ,,)1 D"Mallinson. White, 293 Main st.;. R. S., J. W. Wilkerson, 293 Main st.; F. S., E. S. Giles, 186 Ross ave; ,1!!'To. 5X,Plttsburgh, Pa.-Ist Sunday and 2d, 3dand4tn Thursday atElectrical Workers' hall, 320 . "'No. 70, Crlpple Cre~k, Col..... Meets every 4t1).av. _ Pres._,· A. W. Thompson, 22 Brighton pl.,. Wednesday in Elect. Workers' Hall, Fairley & Allegheny; R. 5., G. E. Moore, 1412 Irwin ave., Al­ Lampman Blk. Pres., Ed. Werner, 339 West Eaton legheny; F.S., P. F. Corcoran, P. O. Box 545, Mc- ave,; R. 5., Charles M. Kellogg, Box 684; F. S , F. Kee's Rocks.. ' ." . " C. Burford, Boli: 684'. ". *No. 52, Newark, N. J.-Wireme~ 1St and 3d -"'No. 7x, Quebec, Provo of Que.-Meets 1St and Mondays, Shop men 2d and 4th' Mondays in Wo'od's 15th of each month at I Boulevard Longelser. Pres., Bldg., 120 Mar~et st._ Pres:, F. r McNulty, 179 N. O. E. Legare, I Boulevard Longelier; R. S'l E. S. 2d st.; R. 5., Wuem,en, W .. R. Banks, 2il5 Sherman Henreux,82 st. George st.; F. 5., J. J. Fleming, 52 sL, Shopmen, Joseph C._Heines. 106 N. 13th st.; 'F. King st. -' 5., Wiremen. W. A. Robb, 136 Bloomfield ave., "'No. 72, WacQ, Tex.-Meets second and fourth Shopmen, Tell Grnndjean, 272N. 6th st. . Wedn~sday nights at McAbee Hall, 6th and Austin ~;,..­ "'No. 53, Harrisburg, Pa.-MeetseveryTuesday sts. Pres., C. C. Dixon, 514 S. 4th st.; R. 5., Wal- evening in hall on Myrtel ave., in rear of :a57 N st. , lace Goru, General Delivery; F. 5., J. E. Caple, lOIS N. 6th st. -.' Pre~., C. A. Swarger, 622 Forster. st.; R.S., R. E. Bleyer, 257 North st.; F. 5., CarlA. E. Anderson, 46 *No. 73, Spokane, Wash.-2d and 4th Wednes- .! ., Summit st. - , days in Labor Hall, Franklin~ st. Pres., C. C. "'No. 54,' Columbus, O.-ISt and 3d Wednes­ Dickson 514 S. 4th st.; R. S., Vier Berry, Hermer­ day evening at Hellermans Hall, 180~ E. Town st. son, Tex ; F. 5 .. J. E. Caple, 1018 N ,6th st. .' Pres .• W. R. Kneeland, 7I~ N. High st.; R. S., A. T. Willey, 544 Avon, court; F. 5., _Wm. Creviston, "'No. 74, Winona, Mlntt.-2d and 4th Tuesdays 266 E. Main st. . in office of Supt. of Fire Alarms, City Bldg., Lafay­ ette st. Pres., Sam Atmore; 463 Dakota st.; R. S., "'No. 55, Des Moines, -Ia.-Meets every Thurs­ J. P. Fromm, 163 Vine st.; F. 5., H: B. Kline, 510 day night at Trades Assembly Hall. Pres., L. M. Olmstead st. steadman, 108 Sbaw st; R; S .•.C. J. Keller, n09 Walnut st.; F,. S., Chas. Lafltn, 226 38th st. . "'No. 75, Grand Rapids, Mich.-2d & 4th Wed­ nesdays in C. L. U. hall, 34 Canal st. Pres, J. D. "'No~ 56, Erie,' Pa.-Meets ist. 3d and 5th Tues- Hicks 157 Turner st.; R. 5 •. J W. Maskell, 95 La- days in Woodman's Hall, 9th and State sts. Pres., grave st.; F. 5., C. E. Post, 88 Sibley st. ' Ed. O'Day; R: S., J. L. Hampel, 555 W. 3d st.; F. 5.,. F: Morey, 314 W. 12th st.' "'No. 76, Tacon;1a, Wash.-Ist and 2d Tuesdays in Foresters' haH, nth st and Pacific avo Pres., J. E. "'No. 57, Salt I,ake city, Utah-Meets every Willis; R. 5., C. E. Soul; F. S., C. L. Whitly, 920 A Tuesday in Federation of Labor Hall, 2d South Blk., st. Main and W. Temple sts.. Pres., J. R. Blair, 258 S. "'No. 77, Seattle, Wash.-Meets every Thurs­ 2dEast; R. S., C. J. 'Reading, 176 W. 3d North; 1". day in G. A. R. Hall, Collins Bldg, cor. 2d ave. and ,S., J. F. Buckley, 449 W. ISt'st. North. '. James st. Pres., S. H. M~tcalf, Barker Hotel, 1207 ·"'No. 58, Niag,ara, Falls,. N.. Y.-Meets 2d and 1st ave.; R. S., Dan'l Sulhvan, 702 valley st:; F.S., fourth Monday in Odd Fellows' Hall. P.re$., W. C. G~o .. W. Walters, 315 Columbia st. Barber;,R. S.!,.Charles Mingay, 3C?3 Ninth st.;F. S., ·iNo• :78,Chicago, l:11.~2d and 4th Friday in W. H. Peterkln, 2737 Pierce ave. -. ' FItzgerald's ball, cor Halsted and Adams sts. Pres, *No. 59, Ashe~ille, N. C-...;:Prt!s., C. w: Holin­ G. W. LeVin, 1551 Carroll, av; R. 5, Wm T. Tonner, worth,-43' Sp. French Broad ave:;'F:·S:, B. D. Law- 1479 W. Ohio st; .F., 5, George H. Foltz, 351 W rence, 43' So. French 'Broad ave:- . . . ' . -' Adams. st" -, . , "'NO.6P~~SaiiA;tonio, T~x~-:-M~ets ev~ry Sat­ tNo. 79, Syracuse; N~ Y.-ISt and 4th Thurs­ urday ,in Trades ,council Hall, SOledad ,st. Pores, days. in ,Listni!ln'~ Hal}, I~2 .r;r. Sali~a st. ·Pres., Marti1!-,Wrigpt, 121 San fed~6'av.~:; R. 5." thllS. C. Panlel Cam,ondge, '306- Hamson. st.; R. 5.,. J, P. :Conve.se, ;!29 West Commerce st.; F; S, Matt E. .-~a:yeS,. 17~3 -w,:. Genesee,st.;E.. 5., y. H.Whltney, McElroy; 9il; BuenaVi~~.a,:~~~, .._, : :c<;}:;,:: .i_c' .,;::: 366 Ha'rr~so!j1' !It;, ,,- " , ,,,::, _> • ' -

./ F~!3 , . . " TtIE ,ELECTRICAL WORJ),ER 79 .No. 80, Iforfolk,' Va.-Every Friday ~t ?68 Main , *No. 99, Provid,ence, R. I.-Meets 1st an"- 3d . ~L, 3d ~oor, over Vlck",ry's Cigar Store. Pres., A. Mondays in Odd ,Fellows' Hall, 27 N. Main st. I,. Winn, So. Bell Co.; R. S., R.. J. Gourley, P. O. Pres., John J. Mone.to, 23 Lafayette st.,·Pawtuckett; Box 232; F. S., J. A. Kiley, P. O. Box 232. R. S., A. P. Barry, IS Wheaton st.; F. S., w. E. Sedgley, 28 Bradford st. *No. 8X, Scranton, Pa.-Meets every Monday in Cassesse's hall. Lackawanna av.·, Pres, H. V. *No. xoo, Jacksonville, Fla.-Pres., Geo. B. Stock, 405 Wyoming ave.; R. S., Wm. T. Sproats, Allen, Jacksonville Tel. Co.; F. S., A. B. Kitchen, N. Bromley ave.; F. S., E. B. Archibald, 11[2 Lafay­ Johnston Law Co. ette'st. *No. xox, Brockton, Mass.-Every 2d and 4th *No. 8a, Binghamton, N. Y.-Meets 1St and 3d Fridayin Gardnerblk, Center st. Pres, John McNeil, Fridays in C. L. U. hall, State st. Pres, G. Milks, 24 65 High st.; R. S., Marshall Stevens, 77 East Elm Derussey st; R. S., L. W. Thompson, St. John ave.; st.; F. S., Chas. Wilbur, 152 School st.. F. S., P. W. Kromer, 104 Prospect st. *No. X02, Paterson, N. J.-Meets 1st and 3d tNo. 83, Milwaukee, Wis.-Every Wednesday, Tuesday in Loomfixers' Hall, Market and Church cor 3d and Prairie sts. Pres, Nac. Daleiden, 839 36th sts. Pres., A. B. McPherson, Lakeview, N. J.; R. st.; R. S., J. D. Mack, 622 Mark st.; F. S., O. Wal- S., F. W. Sweeney, 348 Grand st.; F. S., Jno. El­ loth, 567 Clinton st. ' dridge, 348 Grand st . • No. 84! Atlanta, Ga.-Meets every Thursday tNo. x03, Boston, Mass.-Every Wednesday in 7:30 p. m. In Fed of Trades hall, 14% N. Forsyth st. St. Andrews Hall, Wells Memorial Bldg. Pres, Wm. Pres., W. R. Johnson, II2 Kirkwood ave.; R. S., J. Joyce, 78 E. Canton st.; R. S", J. J. McLaughlin, C. F. McBriord, So. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.; F. S., B. 213 Manerick st. E. Boston; F. S:, ErnestH. Chase, L. Martin, 322 W. 5th st. 19 Allston sq, Allston . • No. 85, Augusta, Ga.-1st and 3d Sundays in tNo. x04, Boston, Mass.-Every Wednesday in Kidwell.Hall, 15th st. and May ave. Pres" H. E. Machinists' hall, 987 Washington st. Pres,- J. A. Edenfield, 915 I5thst.; R. S., Jack Miner, II3I Mil­ McInnis, 97 Pine st., Cambridge, Mass.; R. S., E. ler st.; F. S .. G,. W. Taylor, II44 Broad st. W. Cameron, IIS River st., Cambridge, Mass.; F . . tNo. 86, Rochester, N. Y.-2d and 4th Tues­ S., D. J. Burnett; 280 East st. day in room 24, Durand bldg.. 58 W. Main·st. . Pres, A. Ferguson, 215 Glenwood ave.; R. S., Har­ *No. X05, Hamilton, Ont.-2d and 4th Thurs­ vey Smith, 132 Wellington ave.; F. S., W. Z. Ds.I- days in Trades and Labor Hall, 17 Main st. east. gety, 8 Third st. . Pres, J. R. Mitchell, 138 Breadalbane st; R. S., C. F. Schwab, IS Bruce st; F. S., B. Bristol, I6g Jackson tNo. 87, Newark, N. J.-Every Friday at 37 . ·st. East. Market st. Pres .. M. J. Breslin,. 58 Center st., Orange, N. J.; R. S., Wm. McDonough, 22 Wash­ *No. x06,Jamestown N. Y.-2d and 4th Thurs­ ington st., Belleville, N. J.; F. S., J. Snyder, 100 day in Central Labor hail, East 3d st. Pres, K. W. Bank st.. Spencer, 214 Fulton st.; R. S., J. W. WoodburnJ *No. 88 Savannah, Ga.-Every Thursday in Lakewood, N. Y.; F. S., W. B. Lancaster, West.3a Labor hali, cor Abe.com and Bryan sts. Pres, l' D. st. St. Car Barn. Butler, 308 Duffy st. west; .R. S., H. E. Linge , 127 tNo. x07. l'.ouisville, Ky.-Meets 1st and 3d Habersham 1't.; F. S., E. J. McDonald, 109 Mac­ Thursdays in Reeb's Union Hall, 516 5th, st. Pres., Donough st. east. John C. Deibel,4IS 15th st.; R. S., Horace B. Kin­ *No. 89 Akron, O.-Meets in Carpenters' Hall, caid; 1413 15th st.; F. S., Wm. H. Smith, SI3 Jack­ S. Howa~d st... Pres. ,J.A. Townsend,531 W.Exchange son st. st.; R. S., M. W. Jenning, 310N. Maple st.; F. S., C. *No. x08, Tampa, Fla.-Every Saturday in Car­ E. Miller, 307 E. Mill st. penters' hall, 1712 Franklin st. Pres, John F. *No. 90, New Haven, Ct.-Meets every Saturday Vaughan, 904 Twigg st; R. S., Geo. Bartholamew, in Forester's Hall, 781 Chapel st. Pres., F. J. 613 7th Ave; F. S., David H. Starr, 60.1 Madison st Horan,. 247 Lombard st.; R.' S., C. J. H!lggerty, 40 *No. X09, Rock Island, Ill.-Ist and 3d Tues­ FranklIn st.; F. S., W.J.Dobbs,.I4 Washlngtonave. days in Industrial Home Bldg., 3d Ave and 21st st. ·No. 9X, ltaston, Pa.-lst and 3d Sunday after­ Pres., S. H. Lenney, care People's Power Co.; R. S., noons in Jr. O. U. A. M. M. hall, cor. 7th and North­ Theo. Burquist. care C. U. Tel. Co, Moline: F. S., ampton sts. Pres., Patrick Lee, S. 5th Ft.; R. S., Martin McNealy, 108 West 17th st. _ Geo. Van Billiard, 915 Spruce st.; F .. S., Edwin *No. xx0 Pensacoia, Fla.-1st and 3rd Wednes­ Welch; 123 South 4th st. days, Traaes1 Council hall, 23 W. Government st. *No. 92, Charleston, S. C.-2d and last Friday Pres, P. R. Pearl, Gen'l Delivery; R. S., A. 1,. Stan· in Irish Volunteers' hall,Vanderhaus st near King. ley, care of "News"; F. S, A. Hearn, So. Tel. & Pres, J. O. Misson, 12 Horlbacks alley; R. S., J. J. Tel. Co. Buero, 17 Inspection st; F. S., R. B. Bell, 87 Smit~ st *No. xxx, Honolulu, Hawaii-Pres., Chas. Mc­ *No. 93, Ottawa, Ont.-2d and 3d Thursdays in Manus, care of Honolulu Elec. Ltg. Co.; R. S. and C. O. F. Hall, Sessux st. Pres., Wm. Roy, Hull, F. S., W. F. Dunn. Que.; R. S., S. R. McDonald, 193 Broad st.; F. S., E. Demers, 75 St'Andrews st. *No.l:X2, Watertown, N. Y.-Pres, H. C. Bun dy, 2 Center st; F. S., R. M. Richardson, 19 Mundy *No. 94, Holyoke, Mass• ..,....Meetsevery Monday st . in Marble Hall, High st., cor. Dwight. Pres., F. B. .·No. XX3, Colorado Springs, Colo.-Meets every Lombard; with K. T. Oakes & Co.; R. S., C. Mixner, Wednesday in A. O. H. Hall, over 22 S. Tejon st. Canal st.; F. S., R. J. Dixon, N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. Pres., Fred C. Karns, 301 N. Cascade ave.; R. S .. H. ·No. 95, Joplin, MO.-Every Tuesday in Labor T Paschal, 430 E. Kiowast.; F. S,,-James English" Union hall, 2d and Main st:;;. Pres .. H. D. Fergu­ 5 W .. Moreno st. son; R. S., Chas .. Nelson; F. S., Jas. Foster, 126 *No. xx4, Toronto, Can.-Meets 2d and 4th Fri­ Penn ave. . days in Richmond hall, Richmond st. W. Pres., *No. 96, Worcester, Mass.-Meets every Mon· John A. Pollock,33 Baldwin st.; R. S .. Geo. H. L. day evening in room 19, 387 Main street. Robinson, 226 Brunswick ave.; F ..S., G·eo. H. Par­ Pres., S. A. Strout, 72 Russell st; R. S., J. J. Sulli­ geter, 66 Lansdowne ave. " van, 3 Glen st.; F. $., G. Call, 36 Pleasant st. *No. XX5, Austin, Tex. - Meets 2d and 4th *No. 97, Bradford, Pa.-Ist and 3d Thursdays in Saturdays in Carpenter's Union Hall, over 706 Malta hall. Pres, John Moore, I Barry ave., Brad­ Congo ave.' Pres, T. E. Mason, 709 Congo ave.; R. f 'rd, Pa; R. S., John Ballard, 148 Congress st; F. S., B. F. McKaughan, 1504 Sabine st.; F. S., B. F. S. F. L. Hall,- 188 Corydon st McDonald', 200 E. 16th st. . . , tNo. 98, Philadelphia Pa.-Every Tuesday in tNo. xx6,. l'.os Angeles, Cal.-:-F. S., J. Jack,son, Odd Fellows'Temple, Room E. Broad and CherrY 125 63d st. . -',. sts. Pres., Louis F. Sperice, 1538 Manton st; R. ,S., *No.·xx7, Temple, Te~.-Pres., H. H:- Allen', C. W. Elliott, 2320 VanPelt st; F. S., Wm. A. J. Gus" Lock Bdx 335; ·R. S .. A ..:t£. Hancock, 506.8. nth st.; cott, 121 N. 58th st. . F. S., H. S. Newland, 515 W. Central ave: .. ; . .80 THE ELECTRIC:AL WORKER *No. n8, Dayton,·9.-"Meets every Monday hi *No. X38, Ft. Wayne, Ind.-Meets every Thura- . Room 34, DaVies' Bldg .. cor. Fourth and Main sts. day, Berry st., 3d floor. Pres., H. C. Eckels, 55 c'; , . Pres., J. N. Hott, 2 Stanley st.; R. S., O. E. Rodgers, Ri~ersideave'i R. S., H. E. Wineland, 56 ,.. 245 Canoio st.; F. S., V. Chamberlin, 1537 W. 5th st. st., F. S.; C. O. Lothouse, 4 E. 5th st. Vf.lri. ....; " .".';. tNo. i:x9, New Bedford, Mass.-Pres., C. Mc­ *No. X39, Shreveport, :I,a.-Meets every>· ...•.V' '.' .;'. ..' .•' Leod; R. S., A. Gothers; F. 5., Geo. White. at Labor Council Hall, cor. Milan and Mati; .. ~ ~~. *No. X20 :I,ondon,Ont• .:....Meds 1St and 3d Fri­ Pres~, A. Uhl, 516 Edward st.; R. S., F. Aim'l.:. days in !,ahor Hall, cor. Dufferin ave. and Maitland · 222 Milan st.; F. S., F. Lawrence, 207 Beaure';" st.. Pres., Wm. Cook, 3S Miles st.; R. S., Fred Al­ st. . .. . drich, 454 Talbort st.; F. S., Augustin Aljovin, 62 . 1(1' Dundas st. *No. x40, :I,ansing, Mich.-Pres., D. J. M~. i/"" · City Lighting Plant; R. S., H.·R. Sipe; F. S., '~.~ tNo. x2x, Denver, Col.-Meets every Monday' .~~ ..~. night in Club Bldg., Arapahoe st., between 17th and ISth. Pres., James A, Reed, 1355 Santa Fee ave.; *No. x4x, Pittsburg, Kan.-Pres., T. Cole; P R. S., A. McMullin, 2921 Curtis st.; F. S., Frank S. and F, 5., Paul Mattingly, Lock Box No. 20. Currigan, 1406 S. water st. *No. X42, Wheeling, W. Va.-Every Sunday at *No. x22, Great FaUs, Mont.-Meets every 27th and Market sts. Pres., Wm. R. Walker, 170 Thursday in Vaughn Hall, Central ave. Pres., L. 16th st.; F. S., D. C. Huddlestnn, 2022 Main st. E. Woodwox:th, B. & M. Smelter; R. S., M. Potee, *No. x43, Conneaut, O.-ISt and 4th Mondays in 610 2d Ave S; F. S., S. C. Swam, II Cobb Bldg. Harrington Hall, State and Chestnut sts. Pre:s., *No. x~3, Wilmington, N. C. O. O. Randall; R. S., James Moore; F. S., 'Mott *No. x24, Galveston, Tex.-Meets 2d and 4th Hill, 356 Monroe st. Fridays in Cooks' and Waiters' Hall, 23d st., bet. *No. x44, Wichita, Kan.-Pres., C. W. Stimson, Market and Mechain sts. Pres., O. Lorenzo, 1606 209 N. Main st.; R. S., Geo. P. TOinlinson, Winfield, 23d st.; R. S., E. A. Schotts, 1914 35th s,t.; F. S., G. Kan.; F. S., J. W. Taylor, 130 W. Market st. L. Garrett, 3305 P%. . *No. X45, Saginaw, Mich.-Every Wednesday *No. x25, Portland, Ore;-Every TuesQ.aY.in in. Engi~eers' Hall. Washington and Frankli~ Eagle's Hall, 2d Yamhill. Pres, E. H. Parker, 105 aves., on Genesee ave., 3d floor. Pres., F. H. Fn­ North 12th st.; R. S., H. A. Circle, 771 Gleason st.; ant. 405 Genesee ave.; R. S.,· John Strachan, 1619 F. S., AUI[. FI.emming, 2U Harrjson st. Johnson st.; F. S., Joseph Irwln, Marshall House. *No. X26, :I,ittle Rock, Ark.-Meets 1st and 3d ·*No. x46, Bridgeport, Conn.-Every Friday in Tuesdays In Trades Council· Hall; Markham and Main sts. Pres., A. D. McConnell, 1212 Battery st.'; . Sons of Veterans' Hall, 955 Main st. Pres.. C. J. R. S., E. G. Ferrell, Su La. st.; F. 5., R. L. Crutch- Carmody, S67 Main st.;·R. S., R. W. Dyer; 52S War- field, Su La. st. .... ren .st.;· F. S., J. F.·Pelan, Golden Hill Hotel. . "'No. x27, 'Battle Creek, Mich.-Every Friday *No. x47, Anderson, Ind.-2d and 4th Fridays in Labor Hall. Pres., A G. Bowers, Room 210, in Cook's Hall, Main and .12th sts. Pres., H. B. Post Bldg.; R. S., Fred Fellows, Battle Creek Elect. Cecil, 1303 Meridian st.: R. S.,.F. W. Eckert, Gen. Lt ..Co.; F. S., Don Cole, Citizens Elect. Co. . Delivery;.F. S., J, E. Clone,' 1605 Jefi'erson sL *No. x28, Alton, IU.-Meetsevery Monday in tNo. x48, Washington, D. C.-Every Saturday · Miller's Hall, Second and Piasa sts. ··Pres., Edgar in K. of P. Hall. 425 12th st. N. W. Pres., O. E. · Ric~, .Second Ilnd Albany sts. ; R. S. alid F. ;S., Geo. Lewis, lIOl H st N. W.; R. S., I .. H. Ware, 65 New · E: Burton"Second I;lnd Albany sts.. . York ave. N. E.;·F. S., G. F. Ellis, 22U G st. N. W. 'j "'No. X29tSt.Ioseph, Mo •....c.Meets every Satur­ *No. 1:49, Aurora, IU.-Wednesdays followin&, day at 215% So. 6th st., Room So2d floor. Pres., R, 1st and 15th of month, in Loser's.Hall. N. River st, C. Hughes, .Columbian Elect. Co .. ;' R. S., Fred Mil­ Pres., John Glennon, Box 37; R. S., John Roop. 506' ler, 215~So. 6th st.; F. S., E.·McComac, 217 So. Lafayette st.; F. S. J. E. Millhouse, 23 N. Broad- 6th st. way. . tNo~ X30, New Orleans,:I,a.-Meets 2d a:nd 4th *No. X50, Bay City, Mich.-2d and 4th Tuesday, wednesdays in P."O·.. S. A.' Hall, Carondelet st., iIi A. O. U. W. Hall, cor. Center and Adams sts. near Perdido. Pres., Thomas G. Ziegler, 623 Dry­ Pres., Chas. Crampton. 309 Eleven st.; R. S., W. D. 'ades st.; R. S., J. J. Cahill. S14 Poydras st.; F. S., Parker, Essexville, Bay Co., Mich.; F. S., J: M. Geo .. W, Kendall, Jr., 2230 First st. Ferguson, 614 Adams,st. *No. X3x, Columbia, S. C •.....:Every Wednesday tNo. x5x, ·San ~rancisco, Cal.-Every Monday, nightin K. P. Hall. Pres., P. G. Loomis, Congaree RaJI 10,102 O'Farrell st.; R. S., M. C. Burger; F. S., HO.tel. R. S., J. N. Chambers, 923 Gervais st.; F. S., P. McSwegan, S6~ DeVisatno st. . D. Camp, lors Lady st. *No. X52, Ft. Scott, Kan.-Pres., Jas. Runkles ;IONo: X32, Schenectady, N. Y.~Meets 1st and. 513 National aye.; F. S., R. C. Havenhill, 422 W . .3d Fridays .in Trades Assembly Hall, 269 State st. 5th st. Pres., G. Preston; R. S., W. S. Kline, II 29 State st.; F.-S., C. A. Knight, 20S Clinton st. · tNo. X53, Galveston, Tex.-Every Monday in Carpenters' Hall. 21st and Market sts. Pres., H. C. tNo~ X33, Detroit, Mich.-Meets every Wednes­ Rawlings, 251S Church st.: R. 5., J. T. Nixon, 2S;l9 day night at 252 Beaubien st. Pres., F. A. Walton. Market st.; F. S., G. R. Weber, 3405 Ave.!.. 13571Sth st.; R. S., J. A. Sherratt, 295 W. Canfield are.;' F. S., Geo. H. Jacobs, 67~. Milwaukee ave. *No. x54, Cleveland~ o. *No. x34, Chicago, :rt1.:....Meets every Tuesday *No. x55, Troy, N. Y. . night at 126 E. Washington st. Pres, W. H. Young, 120 Park ave.; R. S., W. Lakeman. 4110 Wentworth · *No. x56, Ft. Worth, TeX.-1st and 3d Wednes- ~ve.; F. S., W. Cleff, 319 Lincoln ave. . . . days in Board of Trade Hall. cor. 7th and Houston sts. Pres., 'Martin Doscher, Malcolm and Percey *No. x35. Trenton, N. I.-Meets every Saturday sts.; R. S., O. S. Haw, 205 E. Bluff st.; F. S., C. F. in Polk Bldg., cor. Front an. Broad sts., 4th floor. Crabtree, 703 Samuels ave. Pres.! E. M .• Anderson, 232 Mercer st.; R. S:J F. L. Morns, 223 N. Broad st.; F. S., N. Mountrord,20 llNo. x57, Greater New York. Poplar st. . "No. X58, Chicago, Ill• .c...Pres., Thomas A. *No. X36, Birmingham, Ala. - Meets every Schwig; R. 5., H. A. Bestop, i429 Michigan ave., Tuesday in Dunker'S Hall. 208 and 210 N. 20th st. Flat F; F. S., .C. D. Brock. Pres., John S. Lewis, Box 54; R. S., J. A. Po~, Os: ceola House; F. S., E. A. Woodworth, Osceola *No. X5!?, Madison,.Wia.-1st Saturday and 3d House. Monday In Labor Hall, State st. Pres., Jesse tNo. %37.' Albany, N. Y •....cEveiy Sunday i~ Rubey: R. 5., ·H. W. Schroeder, 44S W. Wash. ave.;· Labor Temple, Pearl !lnd Beavel' '.sts. Pres., E.!J,- . F. S.. , Hira~ Nelson, Q S. Broom st. ward J. Landy, So Tnnity pl.; R. 5., M.~. Mc-. Graw,: 10 Lodge.st.; F. S.,L. Cummings, SI .t

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• 1901 February Index

Charters Granted in January ...... 1901.02.18 Color Line, The, referendum vote returns, people of color not welcome ...... 1901.02.18 Directory of Local Unions ...... 1901.02.76 Electrical Notes, latest inventions and discoveries ...... 1901.02.12 Executive Board Meeting, L.U. 41 may charge $10 to work Exposition ...... 1901.02.01 Expenses for January ...... 1901. 02 .11 From Old Crip ...... 1901.02.07 From our Grand President...... 1901.02.05 In Memoriam ...... 1901.02.15 L.v. 1...... 1901.02.19 L.U.2 ...... 1901.02.20 L.U.3 ...... 1901.02.60 L.U.4 ...... 1901.02.21 L.U. 4 ...... 1901.02.61 L.U. 6 ...... 1901.02.21 L.U.7 ...... 1901.02.21 L.U. 8 ...... 1901.02.22 L.U. 9 ...... 1901.02.23 L.U.I0 ...... 1901.02.24 L.U. 11...... 1901.02.24 L.U.13 ...... 1901.02.25 L.U.15 ...... 1901.02.25 L.U. 16 ...... 1901.02.26 L.U.17 ...... 1901.02.26 L.U. 18 ...... 1901.02.28 L.U.21...... 1901.02.63 LU. 27 ...... 1901.02.29 L.U. 28 ...... 1901.02.29 L.U. 29 ...... 1901.02.30 L.U.30 ...... 1901.02.31 L.U.3l...... 1901.02.31 L.U.32 ...... 1901.02.32 L.U. 33 ...... 1901.02.32 L.U. 38 ...... 1901.02.65 L.v. 40 ...... 1901.02.33 L.U. 41...... 1901.02.66 L.U.43 ...... 1901.02.33 L.v. 44 ...... 1901.02.34 L.v. 45 ...... 1901.02.36 L.U.49 ...... 1901.02.37 L.v. 52 ...... 1901.02.66 L.U. 54 ...... 1901.02.38 L.U.55 ...... 1901.02.38 L.U. 55 ...... 1901.02.68 L.U. 56 ...... 1901.02.68 L.U.57 ...... 1901.02.69 L.U. 60 ...... 1901.02.39 L.U. 61...... 1901.02.40 L.U. 62 ...... 1901.02.69 L.U.66 ...... 1901.02.41 L.U.68 ...... 190l.02.42 L.U.69 ...... 190l.02.43 L.U. 69 ...... 1901.02.70 L.U. 70 ...... 1901.02.44 L.U. 72 ...... 1901.02.45 L.U.73 ...... 190l.02.45 L.U. 75 ...... 1901.02.46 L.U. 76 ...... 1901.02.70 L.U. 77 ...... 1901.02.46 L.U.79 ...... 190l.02.70 L.U.83 ...... 1901.02.71 , L.U. 84 ...... 1901.02.47 L.U. 85 ...... 1901.02.48 L.U.88 ...... 1901.02.48 L.U. 91...... 1901.02.49 L.U.96 ...... 1901.02.71 L.U.97 ...... 1901.02.50 L.U.I03 ...... 1901.02.50 L.u. 109 ...... 1901.02.51 L.U. 114 ...... 1901.02.51 L.U.117 ...... 1901.02.52 L.U. 118 ...... 1901.02.52 L.u. 118 ...... 1901.02.72 L.U. 119 ...... 1901.02.52 L.U. 120 ...... 1901.02.72 L.U. 126 ...... 1901.02.52 L.U. 130 ...... 1901.02.53 L.U. 134 ...... 1901.02.53 L.U. 136 ...... 1901.02.54 L.U.137 ...... 1901.02.55 L.U. 138 ...... 1901.02.55 L.U.138 ...... 1901.02.72 L.U.139 ...... 1901.02.56 L.U. 140 ...... 1901.02.56 L.U. 142 ...... 1901.02.56 L.U. 143 ...... 1901.02.72 L.U. 144~ ..... 1901.02.57 L.U. 146 ...... 1901.02.57 L.U.147 ...... 1901.02.58 L.U. 148 ...... 1901.02.72 L.u. 150 ...... 1901.02.59 L.U.152 ...... 1901.02.59 L.u. 152 ...... 1901.02.73 L.u. 154 ...... 1901.02.73 L.U. 156 ...... 1901.02.59 L.U.156 ...... 1901.02.73 Long Wire Span over Connecticut River, 20 telephone, 1,300 feet...... 1901.02.13 Masthead ...... 1901.02.18 National Building Trades Council, work jurisdiction victory 105 to 6 ...... 1901.02.74 Niagara and Its Power, economic discussion of state powers ...... 1901.02.14 Notice, strikes in Texas are on, travelers keep away ...... 1901.02.18 Photo, Executive Board ...... 1901.02.04 Rochester, N.Y. Streetlight Map, brightest-lit city in the u.S ...... 1901.02.14 Secretary's Report for January ...... 1901.02.10 Testimonial, A, L.U. 1 brother shares personal benefits of his union ...... 1901.02.12 To the Members Electrical Worker, members have the right to publish ...... 1901.02.19 Treasurer's Report for January ...... 1901.02.11 What are effects on a potential member ifhe hears us malign our brothers ...... 1901.02.17 Writer in Grand Rapids, WI, writes about its co-operative telephone co ...... 1901.02.07