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()fficial Journat of the National Brotberho~id Electrical "'wo:rkcrd of Amcdca•

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VOL. 7. NO.9. ,:.J.W 1"~1l ~ KAR •. ' •. J:..;t • • ".\NeE.

tIle water there glides an ohject soon to I;cnt!a and the t(, ...\·n-c·xchang.c
t he. Los ·.i\ ngf.' 10:: 1) er.:d d. .
H!'1c~, ::.ay:.;
be a. dn:ad to the naval man-the submar-
'f11elc is no betl.:'r bH~"lce of the facility . inc torI'1!do boat. Th," .power for propell- TheAme.-icall-fekgraph iUJI! Telp.phoilt'·
"it!; ":l,kh f!lccLl'j,;ity .:,;n i.e applied lhnn ing 51\(:h. a cr~ft "\\"he.11 com~lete~y~ sub- C.)1J1paI'lY hit!:be ..:.n i;lCorpl.~rak(l at Litt)1'!
the ltSe lQ which it·ir, put ill both the army R(,c\c Ark .. to C~nnt~Cl l.atle Rock and
1l1et"g~d .:nust ot uccl!ss:ty h~; CH:\~t'·lClty.

l linfl tIle nu."I:·." in n;u,it-rn times.

this m:i.::piificc!Ot sen' aut. the extellsiy<:
«:,p~t"l\ti.~n!' which luke place on a m<xh'rn
'Vithoni. TI'e t(,t-pedo, when C,)lItTnl' ..(l fnl:u tlle
s,lore, uuw:ilUls a long cahle as tt r~o,:eeris
011 its mission of destruction, <\ud, by
;\Tt:mi,tlis, ·!'enn., hy tckphone.
Th,~ !·~·~)uthr.m nr:1l -rCif.pl"jlw ;!.II';! Teie-
l!rapll COll1pa.,y conh.:mpi;,It"'; n1.'l.kIIlR e',-
it-:-Gsive itnprO'd!!U(:nts to its Eystcrn at a
!lattleship during action would be prar.ti- means of ail electric current tra!1smitt",a cv:,t of ;1.hout ,s30,f):::>\i at C~I!l1ruLu~~ (j3.
caliy itr.!"ossible.

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throllgh tllis .cable, ~lle torpedo may be
. h~ the cOllt!ii.g tr'W'~l, thc chief officer I\, cl:~trter has hf.e;1 gi·~:1t\.~,T b~: d!<, C~iy
guid{·d at the will of.he operator on.shore. COllne;1 of. I.i,·(' Chk. Flil, t~.D:. lk;;~-
r;f the ves."eJ ls-S\1!TOUlIded hy telephollcS l't'Iillt:s ill It channel 'are frequent Iy con-
~nd teleg-nq~h1n~ dgnal applial1ces, by ~~~~1~~!C~~td "i~;;~"~;~:'~~io~":,/::: ::;::~~~i~::';~~
r' me..'ll!S of which e\'ery operation (\n board
nee tell to the !'hore, \i·hence they tuay be
nisehal"gt'.d by electritity bell,,"ath t!Je hull system.
(be silip call lJe (iirected. The range The Fr:l:~\{lin Cmmtv Tr:!q:·1t0nr. and
J hlld.:r,that most ,'.. ol1t!.erful C!s!'isi.ant to the
gunner. wouid he \'sele"s v.. ithoui Ct.•m-
of a )lOstile ship.
In tile a"ny the telegraph line follows
the ad\""«;lc,== of the victoriolls troops, keep- ~~:~~'L:i~;~~~{,~;t;~:~,:~,~~}~i;~~;~·i·:r::f!::\":~l
r m~U1i.:htion bel.w\:n'1 the two statiol1s by
In~l\IIS of electrical dedces.
ing the gcneral i1J direct commullkati(>l1
In the gun with the seat of' gO\'erlllllent, lind from
wHi be bt.:ilt .

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turrct the ponderfllll' pieces of ord!!aI1t"e th", war· balloc>li, floating a thom;fmd or
art: frequentl.'· tra;m:o by Ul<:ans of dectri.: mQre feet' :.bove the ground. descriptiuns
The .l:{0bv 'Tt~X'-'s) and S·oV;-(:t;;·a:.:r tF,le-
phnnt: svst~el:n h;'!s' h':=-cn p:url:!-:'(lS\::..:! h:1
I-lc.;hc\:~- r;r~'~[1 s: ~:JcCred, \':~H~ wi!i. ~l
motors. which ro~,~te the turret or elevnte of the enemy's position and movements once; (:'~:crltl it t~-J ci. ... vnnection with ..:\.biicHC.~
i! and oth<:r l''J:!.b.
i1..te gun. Then, ,dl'.~n all is rearly', tbe :ll'e teJe~raph~d or te!t!pliolled to officers
I ch:irge is fired bv f:1, ~lcc!.ric spark. ('nc:mlp~-t below.-HC'me stltdy for Eke- Clitlord H. Strong, Gmy CH',,,1l :1.n~~
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On sever~lof:our own warship!';, notably' tnc;li iV"r"ers. "fhomar. S, Basbet> are ;lnlOng the l,,~';r­
I the .battles:lip 10wr; aJld the monitor l\ii;]!l-
. por;ltors of tht! American T<'li:'g'raph ,:n.:'
Tclcpi;oilp. C~)mp:'nv, iticorpnrakd at i.ltti~
tenomah, th" st(;erillg gear is 'controlJerl Rock, Ark .. ~eq:n::ly with a C,tp;t:d ~!'~("r:
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\. to) e:lectrical de,,j':f!s. The man at the of ~ r O,'JOC.
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",'lied ha~ no IillCh laborious task as de- The! MOllntah Home and· \Ve:;t Ph',ins
It is rep')~ted th'lt there arc 46 telephone
"elves llpOl1 those who guide ~;l!Iallel' t'"chanlTes in Guatt"I1lJI",C~Htr2i .~rneric.1, Telephone Compau)' til" been incorpnr-
cr:tft, which are st<:ered by hand. He and that the bllsi ... e~s I!' ;mprr.... i .... ~!. ated with a capita) stock ot ~<;.O)() to ((>n-
SIIlICt io! t<:lepiJfJ!l'~ system irom r\'f01Hl~ain
. simply tUrns a light wheel whir.h oper- l-i('n:t::. to \Vf~l:!t Plains, :\,10. .
\Vorkmen are t:ngilge(t in the C('Ilf'truc-
stcs a controller, and the dyURlll\) in the 1 ion of the new telenhon't;!· Hne im:n L:s,d, . The !\hn:JiIJut:1 (Maine) Telc:phont:
;liter part. of the vessel fUrHij;hes <:"t1C~':':~ !vlenrlocino Count\', it> F.nrek::J, H~mimj(ir CO!!!fl:l.n\r 1'105 bCl~:1 jncorr)or:",u:d to (Jpcr'.1t::
to open the ,'alyc5 of tJ,c skeri!Jg cll;;il;·~;;. ':':ounty, Cal. . td('l;h(::l" lim,;. Th.::· c.apir,tl st(:d;: ;:;
T.he electric !"!'lrd,iight tl1rns lligilt into Thr-, ('ircctors of the C',;1ad.iau Iki! Tek- :; ,c.(;:)-.:.. 1·t-~(; ~ ,ffi(':er£ f4re presiderli, J. I'I.
day, spying ollt .ht' lurking torpedo hoal, phl)r.e '~(!lnp?ny ·hrlve decid.~·d to" iJi('~t~~·c!~e Gnnl~r:. ~tr.c ~ :·I.;::~uro.:,:rt 1-1. IvL Blake.
m' th<: n:O\'Cl!1ents of oi.ltel· cmft of the the ((t';)1t:d (U thc". C()lOP:-:'UY !:"",nl :S3: H):S,OOO The C~~· C, .. uncil of St. Thomas, (hit.,
to ~\'..r:~I0,OOO. h:;.3 ~r~!~te(l a charter to the l'eopJe's 'fc!e-
eneUlY. Al!lo, hy mcal!', of electric lights
T. r. MOOTi~ &: ·Co. ha\'e secure~i a cnn- !)!w:le CO;!~Oiln\'. capital ~60.(l;.1O, to con·
of .\"<t,.jou~ t'OI0!"S. Sig-llUls' are sent to other si:ruct a t""lr.!rd;nn~ ~ £vsieom jn that city.
tra<:t to cOn,;tfUct ;l t.:iephonc lint: (rom
shiPs of the :1lOCt.l1 ;:ight-time. Inside tl;e Amarillo, T'~xc.<;, ~c; R);;"'cll, ~'e\·. Mexico, ;rhc pre~.idcnt j;:, Juseph l\th:klehoroug~.
""Slid th(' j n('a,i,~~s .... (' Ilt lam!) is llsed e\:ery- a distance of 205 miles.
\Vnrk Of t:(:n::t'lnclit.I~' h;1~ ht~cn crJU>
,~·her(:. lJh!l~.~itlCl!iHg the interior equal to '[hI:" ttJ~~,hone ,'('nir~,.. ·\\· IS !'t itk in~~ off
"mode,'" hotel. H"r:c:,th the: surfa"e nf th~ nf'\\" JII~t: .}t'\,<(,,·;: ';"dkn'm and -Pia- ~?=:~~;:: "i ~I:l" '~:(j'l~i;'i:;~ !el~\l"·~:~nJ~i!:~f~::.•I~ (;i:;~
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towns in the Gila Valley,. the company
build from Solomonville, Arizona, to Clif-
ton_ . . ' .
. J. D. Kelly, aJineman employed by the
Bell Telephone ·Company at Peterboro,.
Ont., came into contact with a live electric
power-tra,nsmission wire and, a grounded But all troubles'should' :hc<i6rgofieri,:'
telephol)ewire, and was instantly killed..
The Union 'Suburban Telephone arid
,viii know~. conservatism. .' "r~ ',since~ely hope
that o\u'new.'Press Secretary ~iH 'colltiinie
hiS. inter~ting le'tters,asv.'e f~a~ that
'say;: .' ' , . " . .,. ..' ·t'
some of oU-r brothers who are -away'" irom
. .. , - Baltimpre may forget that beautifri:te'volu-
tion of Charlie's in referen~e to. a' higher
. When it comeS toL'abOr pa~ .. <:'" moral tone. . "<' " .
L~i;:Y'tl?-tparade kll&k~th~~';~th~~!lade;. Walter Davis is ,our~ only ,authority;j,n
tones and tunes. WhiJ~ ~e:doni~:qu~tion

E~it~:;~f~~:~~fg~i!. \~~.~~$~~~:':~;·;:'~:f~i
dusky to,Painesville; and branch lines
'. 'AU"hail, to'~he3wfrkiilgm~the:kings
his m?ral persuasion",'·we.,~ould"'Jii'st . ~s
soonbe~ided by . i, Big' -Ed" Earle,
" Kid4er" Grimes, "Artistic" Archie, ;~r

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" Mother" Taylor. '.-
We simply mention ,this because it olll):
proves that while this gimg is all rigl~t
morally, and in pretty fairshaPc,physic-
and~li~ t.ci~~~~~,s~~~et~~~e;~~ t~e:~~=~: Wlii!ii'ot}ler~ ~re_~q~~ng th~~r;tiin,? ally, we :al'e willing to ta~e som~-()f the
for the purpose of constructing a telephone i~ uanquet6:ev~ :aJld~miI:th: '. J, goodmOrallessons~nd helppaSs':ihem 011
system Crom CeI:itraJ to Liberty, in Pickens We,:woik::Jia~d~~liv~r;' .' to where they will be of solil'e mat~r1al ben~
County,~S.C. . - . '.·Q~rd~i)ts'tstpa~j;~f~\"·'"", efit.to Qur fellow-Ulen.· ..'
· , TheJ)ellTefephone Company of Lon-' Let them stand behin,d; Our" thinker" is all right. 'We have
don, Ont., has responded to the challenge Fo(bet~e" ~nen. Y;;U:~li llowher~f!.nd sufficient ink and stationery, but as yester-
of the P,eople's Telephone Company and ...J~~'.i.,:,t40.~;w'm.,:~.,.;
T .,,·ri.c
. h.,. »n Labor:r;>ay. day was Labor Day, post<\ge stamps are'a
lowered i-tsrates. Telephones in residences -.
~a;=~~~e~~li!it~~ ~~d SfJr ad~!t~~S~o!d ~ri~~f:i :~f;~:~~i11.~~~;f~~;~-i;lkiil;
luxury, and we wili i, d.ousede gUm· ...
· while we "touch "·somebodv for two
dentists' offie.:es from. $35 to $25. Exerting everymuf,Cle;braiu'1ind:skill; cents and a .cigk-~tt~.
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A correspondent for the. English ,publi" Wearin g' ~iv~~ away:':SQ:·the rich' cail '. cut a
cation, Echo, imparts the information to ' . ,gralld'er sway·...::·.,.>·.,,· ' . ' .. . LBTTBRcr,~. 'T~~:N~S...
the readers of that journalistic wonder that
the telephone will produce more insanity But stand br¢k! ,~Gei:·out'ohhe tr~ck!
than .anything else that was ever invented, We arekit;g~ on Labor Day.' . BQSton, rt'I~.~;;ePt. ~7,Is9~..
.. from the .small doses of electricity c o n - · '. Editor Electrical Worker:
. II h ' h b' f h Youbusii-ie5s mell, W!IO worrY and fret,
~~eUit/ s ot mto t e ram!! 0 t ose, who And rich mise'r,"whba:re ~~"~r content Through the columns of the joumal'T
It is,sug1{esteG ',thatifi!' small piece o f " i t b whl1f'YOti'get; , .' ,. wish to tha~k the. officers and D1ember~"rf
paper be rlaced :betwee'n th~ ha.mmer and Mill-owllel', <;apitiiUst:aril:. gamblers, who Local .3-7 for the many courtesies extended
the bell 0 a telephone call It·wIII he held' . for:moneypl~;,~; " : ":> . me while an officer and member of that
there if the bell is not rung, bilt will drop All year you th ... pool', cangiind;: . local, .and while I had the:pl~ure of ·being
out 'if it is, and'thltt a person who has been But ori Septetnb."~r S.,cYo,u. ·.•.r. e ·.l...~ ~.:f. be.' hind
t. .. , one of'its ,members from the; date of reo!"-
:lbsent from'his office .can in this way tell. . .
whetherthebellhas been rung during his 1'01' ,yorkingm~n.- urekiuii that clay,. gan;ization, and .acted as chaim;t:m', for the
term then endi!1g, and the ensuingterUl.
absence. . You wives' and . daut;hters who boast of
refusing .the nomination te!1dered ~. for
J. W. Hill, preside!lt, and H. E. Teach- Anglo-Saxon bloOd; re-election, butilccepti,n·g.the office or-Press
out, secretary.. of. the Mutua.! TelephQne Who wear· (l\amoll~:~ild silks .ill colors
CQmpany of Des Moines, placed an order Secretary, while the Grand Secretaryrec-
with· the. Sterling 'Electrlc Company of ' .' sO.gay;." .,' ognizcd in me the ability .to organize. 1
Chi~a.go recently for a 2,ooo-dror metallic Just.sit ~Ild se,e;us\yall> "Liltoughthe mnd. was forwarded by him' the necessary cre-
· cin:uitimard. " The managers 0 the Ply- But in spite of yonr',wealth y<>uare ;out-
dentialsas organizer Cor the State· of Con-
mouth Te)ephone Company have con- classed by.ollf wivet',
tractedwith the Sterling. Companv to re- Who are the queens ~.Labor;Day.. necticut. Whi,le I did ~otaccolllplish
place the old apparatus with.two sections anything in that Hue, 1 made all available
of standard metallic board of the Bell type. Politiciatis ,vno ITieefus,;;iththe glad hand effort to get .New.Haven ~nrl Bridgeport.
Private branch telephone exchanges are When'they wafit,thing~ togo' their way; I had the plcasure'before,sevcrillg ruycon-
now in use by 18 diff~rent railroads in the .And spend iots. of Htil'i: telih~g liS of nection .with Local '37- of 'seeing its'mem-
United States, and the officers of the wrongs bership exteuded from 15 charter.mem-
American Telephone and Telegraph COOl- They throllgb law WHl take away; bel'S to a memberslJip of 64; which, con-
p~ny state that negotiation~ are pendiJ?g .
With several other compames. The rall- ,Ve'kUQw,yol1't:o'us',are',1ch'ing arid kind, sidering the number emploYl-'ti in' an
road using. and managmg the exchange . But we are" on-to '! yOUI' EttIe siy; electrical capacity" and eligible to mem-
emplovs the of era tors, but· the care and And'bearju milld, as YCl\:step·behind, bership at, Hartford, is a good. showing.
mamtenance 0 the .wires and apparatus l'bc"\'oTldilgmen arekingf; "on' La.bor' When I left Local 37 I am sure the affail's
arein the hands of the teiephone company,
f roni which" the property and rights are . D:l~·. of the :~. B. E. \Y. were ill good and capa-
leased. In all of these exchanges every ----,---. ble hands, and 1 am sure as good a show-
instrument is .suitable for 10ng-distallce FROM, ON:S .OF TH~ BOYS. ing will be. iuade in the future as has been
commUilication and even' one is connected .
by a metallic circuit. . The num~er' of . Washington, ,n-. C:,Sept.6, '98. done in the past. I think the Grand Sec-
exchanges established on these 18 railroads Editor :Electlical Woi'ker:. r.etary will bear me 'out wheu I say, through
is 31, of which J.plre in Chicago, three on l'l;eboys ot BaHimore Local, ]1;.0. 2i, their 'Financial Secretary, Bro. John J.
the Chicago; Burlington and (,luincy; two who 1ire working in '.Vashingi(,n, wish to Tracy, 37 is seconlllo none b promptness
on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
and one each on other prominent roads. expre!'s mir nelight at the hrii1i~,Jlcy ofth~ and business, which Dlust necessarily ,be
The Pennsylvania railroad has leased wires new I'regs' Secretary's lo;tter iii your last done tllrough that executive.
for telephone connection betwel!ll ~ew edition. I wish to acqliaint the brothers of other'
York and Pittsburg. There are exchanges "De gun::!:" ilere ha,l 'limost cO~Je.to the locals that I was the recipient oi a beauti-
at New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia,
'\Vashington, Harrisburg, Altoon;i arid c(i'\clusioi. that ., 0"1 'Ba)tinlOn~" had ful emblematic c11arm. suitably inscrihed,
Pittshurg.· . :JL1ri:l:~litst,H.jf' the l~~pth,; ;orlt~ ()~Yn well- and appropriately pr;,sented by St::crdary
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w. B. Malloy,io.r the local, when my con-
nection with them ceased. It will al\mys
be a gentle reminder to me of their appre-
~~:%~~ ~.:t~:)~te~~:~Y\~::~:~~:~~~:~:~i~J~~ ha;~d:;i::~~:idi;b:fo;:~tl.('1c~" ;i.ai:i~tr?~ !~:~!:~~~~y flo:u:~l:~~le!h;;ec:~~: !~l1:e:;
and recollections, which will be cheIished
by me for some time.
I will close, and look f'.H· Illy successor's
letter, Press S';crelllry ?lIaloy, with fond
anticipation.
. Yours fratC'rnaily,
. I:. j. ;:;HEEHAi'i"
11 z. Stat'., street, Boston.
FROM ON~ OF oUR S{H.DIl!;R BOYS.
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Cau!p Alger. Falls Church, )
Ya~, "~':i:i' 17, lSg8. \ .\': (;11,. X,'I! had a vcr)' i,lcasallt time while \'''-5, ilis s~r\'icc;s. are wanted all through.
The National Brotherhood Electric Work-
ers of Alllcl'ji:a:
Dear Sir and Drothers:
Thinking the Iirotherhood might feel
interested in headng from some brother
who is in Uncle Sam's army, I address yOIl.
I am a member of No. 40; that is, I was
hefore the war, and will pay up as soon as
. lleave the army. No. 40 is in St. Joseph,
Mo. There were four companies made up
in St; Jo!!eph. Co. K, Fourth l\1issouri,
heing the oldest company, and I beint{ a
member of it before tlie war, so of course
that is the conipany I went with into the
( Volunteer aimy. We. were held ill St. Jo-
seph for abbllt' two weeks, thinking every
I day the orders ~'ould come for us to mm·c.
'fhe suspense~vas awful, especially when
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our patriotic fe€:1illg was hoiling, waiting
to get Ii chance ar the Sp:miards. At last
our order came; it wa5 011 the Stlt day of
May, about 6 o'dock in the O!vening. '.\'e
r k';sembled in our armory at ~ o'clock; we
were to leave St. Joseph on the 9th.
r 'Ve were instructc·(l· at what time we
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would go, and to get our war paint on, and
told to meet in the arnlOry lIcxt morning
at 8 o'clock. 01) the morning of the 9th
'about :200 men iitet ill the armory, and out
of that number Captain McDennott had to
pick 84 men. We wen: alI lined up on the
r street ill front of the arUlory and the cap-
taiu began calling our names; awl as our
names were called we would step two pace"
I to the front. As tlie front Ii nebegan to
fill up then were the anxious moments for
those in the rear rank, for the" knew that
~ll of them could not go.- W~ll, ".-heu 84
men had been picked c.ut, there were left
"it11 that disappointeci look ahout 110 men.
The choseliolJes p<lcked their knapsacks
allli everything was then leady for the
move. '" C wCl:e then dismissed to meet
:It 6 o'clock that eyening; our train was to
kaye at 8 o'clock. 'Ve met at 6 o'clock;
r:l'crything was excitement. Our friends
hegan to gather around. 'Vhen we
marcht'o1 to 'the enion station we were fol-
lowed by :lbont 5,000 people, 'Vhen we
arriv'ed at the depot, there was where the
~roublc began. The people were crowded
in so thick that it was almost impossible
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to gef'throllj;lL;\Jter wor;Q.ng fo.1" uh;)!!t nearly all the raw material that our first
1\1~ hour ·.ve fillHl1y:gOt to. th~.train:i !lcl (:l.Ir and immediate wants require, and other
fneuil!",ca~1!e>t;<L-r.he WlJj~"",::,·· ~Q. :;lw!,e indl!stries aud trades depend clirecrtly or
our way to the p'lace wl'\~l't·.the MIl'wt!n they did not produce thc material for them.
troops,wult to ;.~.iaouilizf:!:1: Jefferson l!ar- Far·.l.1i:rs, like miners, are dir",d users of
racks, located near' .St. Louis, Mo. ", e the earliJ.· If there were C(. carpenters we
got to the barracks about Hl a. Ul. 011 the would miss l10i 01lly the conveniences of
loth of May. Hel'e is where we pitched our present habitations, but thousands of
our first camp of the Spanish-American others which their trade'makes possible,
war. On the 14th i>f :'Iay.we were exam- So we would miss the hlncksmith, brick-
illcd by the Ullit~d Stales Surgeons, ano layer, stone-mason, vrinler, snd the 'hun-
on the 16th we wer~ swurn into ;;he Volun- dreds of othe~ tradefl tha::.l an: Ii par;; of the
teer army for two yean;, if net sooner dis- prc:;:::nt social state. How of the profes-
charged. 5ion;;) class? :Would we : miss the doctor?
111 ]eiTcr:;on Barracks, with the excei>t-ion 1if.. , from beginning tn the end. So the
of (;ur mess, which was very short com- cl~!'gy" ill t<.:oc'ting us to live better u1.~ke
Plilred with what'we were accnstomed to at om' present civilization pos!'ible. The au-
honle. On the 2jlh of May the order thor u.oes the same, as his books influence
cmtle for the Fourthl\Io. Vol. lni. to move their rc,aders to higher and better ulOtives.
to I.'alls Church, Va., and here we pitched BU.t, Plere is a class we ·would not miss,
our camp iiI Camp Alger,' named after the and it would 1Iot require a;grr,at amO<I!lt of
Secretary of 'Var. Our long ride from menial exertion to ,;.1e .1Iut their eiirniua-
~lissouri to Virginia ;'vasa wearisome one lion would be a blessing to mankind. That
--three dayH and two. nights. \\'e arrived is a eill:;s caJled landlords. if they were
in CAmp on Friday, and on Saturday Pres- l:I,~t, the earth would be ht!rc to us~, just
itlent McKinley reviewed ,~he . troops. the SU!JlI!, with the difference of ad.'antage
\Vhile our company wascollling down the thnt all the others. wllo cl)l1ti'ibt,te to the
line for the purpose of passing in review "I1~cd!; and bettering of lIlallki.llG would nol
we had a great deal or'sport out of an old have to pay them for the ns(, of it.
mall "'ho insisted oD.lelliug the people we
were from the city ill 'which Jt:sse James AN "UNFoiiTNIT "BAl4ANCE;.
li\'ed,
SiJlce we have been. in Camp Alger our "'Veil, Caleh," said Captnin \V., of l\:Ias-
time has beeu one of labor. Our regiment sac1n,selts, y"ars !lgo, •• what· will you ask
has cleared about fifty acres of timber aud a day to saw wood for me? I've got sev-
brush for our camp and parade ground, eral COTc!S that I want sawed in two for the
and we do a great deal of drilling. The fireplace. "
following is our daily. ron tine: Reveille is .. I should dlarge you about half a dollar
sounded at 5:15 a. m.; roll call at 5:30; a day, if .i h'ld a saw," replied (\,leb; .. bnt
mess, 5:45; sick aud fatigue, 6:15; squad I ain't got nOlle, Captain; ~o I dou'l see
how' I call a~~o:mllodate ,"ou."
drill, 6::;0; recall sounded atj::;o; compa- .. If that's all that's lacking, ! guess we
ny drill, 9:30; recall, Il; mess, 12 m.; mail, can manage it," said the capt.liu. .. l'ye
12 :39 p. til.; grand mount, I :30; battalion got 11 prime 1IE'.\\" one, keen as a brier, and
drill, 3; recall, 4::;0; mail, 4:45; mess,5:30;· aI'll-let it to YOU reasonabl;!. How would
tweh:epence a cord do for the use of it ?"
retreat or dress parade, 6:30; call to quar- .. F.eckon that's a fair pIice, Captain;
ters, 9:15; lights out, 9:3°..
This comprises our daily duty as a .com-
I'U be over in t.he mornin'."
Bright and early that July moming Caleb
pany. Then there are company details; was at work, and he kept at it so faithfully
that he finished before sunset, when he
five men are detailed to '.\'fIsh dishes, some· went to the house to settle.
thing we nev~r did heiore; six men de- "Lct's !'ee," said the captain, If you
tailed to carry water; six men to g-et wood. were to have half a dollar a day; we'll call
A11 through, our work has been hal'll. \r e it a WlY, though it aill't sundown yel.
That's fifty. cents for you. AllO you \;;'ere
did not mind that so long as tht'Ie ,~'ns a to pa.y me twelvepence a cord fot' the use of
chalice to fight. But now as the war is the s~w. There Wf:'re thr~e ("(lTds lmel a
over, we would Ilke to be discharged. half i11 the pile; that makes forty-three
Fraternally yours, and three-quarters cents due me. Some-
how, Caleb, you don't ha\'e very much
J:UJES C. CAIN, comln~ to you."
Co~ K, 4th 1\10. Vol. hlf. .; How unfortnit," said Caleb, after
sCl'at{'iiing his helui cluhiously for half a
A SINGI.~-'l'AX~R'S Vll~WS. miuute, and then looldng uI' quickly, as
if a 'n(:w light had .broken ill upon his
'Ve begin to r,.~.iiz.e Uie importance of mind; "ltow uufortilit that "ou didn't
E';;ch occupation und profession whf:n WI! baye it;<jf a .corclllIorc, for then"we'd come
(lr~w a t1lental' picture of our social state out je.;t square."
(The application of the story is pat wlle!l
"ith any of them eliminated. First, if the cost of use of mone\' is considered. 1t
there were no farmers, we would have is olllya question of tin'le when the princi-
nothing to eat or wear. They fnruish pal is consumed hy the charges for its lise.)
 4
Fl'QD1."Qld Crip."
R.atoIi,·New Mex., Aug. 7, 1898·
Editor'Elc;ctrical Worker:
As intimated in my last tetter, of June
2d, I· made' a final effort to try and get reo.
lieved: but it looked pretty "blue" for
me when I left.Denton,.Tex., on the 3d of
JDn~ with .75c• .in my .. jeans," and the
weather so hot thatJit· kept my wife busy
'almost day and nighHjathing.my head aud
shoulders with cold water to keep me alive.
But I had'·deie~ined to make a final
struggle to;be'"treated,and as I had been
in ,correspondence with a s\lrgi.calinstitute
in Indianapolis that bad ~ven consider-
able encouragement 1D my case, it occurred
tome tllat·tmust.try an"d raise th~ means
~nd go. On alnving'iD FortWorth I de-
mi
cided. to cast 'htlDiiliation aside and ask
friends to don~te to help me get the mon-
ey, foi'Iknew that I could not sell books
. enough in twelve' months to taisethe nec-
CSS$IY' amount to·take thetreatment, which
WBS'$350 for thFee'IDonthS or $650 for six'
months; In themeant!me I had the prOIIi~
i~ Jl'Om sODierelatives that I could de-
pend on them for·haJf",:.f the money. So
I.appFoached a good'inIinY"of my acquaint-·
ances:and asked·'thefu to help me, but
ab9ut two out of three oftheDi would" se.e
me later" and a ·-.good many .would agree~
to send me some money after Igbt to In-
dianaJlC?F~, or ~Uo~m~t~ dtewou~h,eIll
for a small'suin. Ffmilly, after two weaks
hard rustling, J had about $500 promised
me; 'iricludi'ngwhat 'my relatives had
prOmised.' AU·'the. ready· cash I had was
$.,8,and·every cent'·'of' it .tame from poor
meir who'worked 'hardto get Dleat' and
bread; $17 of it came from JaCk Spoares
.atio,':hlsgaiJlfof about· 15 men, nearly all of
whom were ,strangers tome, but they came
tci'fhi front ju~~U~~sauie; and words are
inadequate when.[ try to explain my grat-
itude. Most·all the ~lectrical men in Fort
Worth helped out all they were able. 'I
luldtogo.to Dalias to,~t half-rate tickets
for St. Louis. I did not·see,but two of the
boys of 69, Bros. Trotter'imdDowns; for it
was too hot for me. to ,get aroinid, and I
sent ~y 'Wife o~er to Oak Cliff~nd found
Bro. Trotter, who cameto,the hotel to see
me. I secUred 'half·rates to St.-Louis and
I landed in that City on Saturday night
with.$lO;SO I had to wait until Monday to
find any. ,of the union boys. On Monday
.morning T WliL<; loadetl itlto- my "wheel-
chair'" .and my wife .pushed me around the
city till I. fonnd the Mo. Elec.-LightCo. 's .
plant, on Twentieth street. On inquiring
IfollDd that· the boys would be in at noon
and'W:ere going to lay. off that 'afternoon
on account of the funeciJ.of ~ro. ~ta~lson,.
who ·had.been killed by a live wire two
days before.
'When the boys came in I· drew my card
. on. them, and I had my little "grip" full
of my books and they went like hot:cakes;
but a gOod many' of them had to rush home
I
I
to·i~'e i~dY"f6~~the ftji;~r'a!;'~;;i"did'not
get-.t6,seeneati\il of ·th~m; ·b~t. th~j~;tOok
~~6i)I1e in :g~stynlllt~'d; ·t:·lihlinii~vei: .
fdiige~, them. ,t ~ro:,-l\.l{litiil·I..;~~et;liih'~and
Bto:iiitrank Hhi~t·gdftbeir heads':tog~ther
ancl~aeciderl'that·:FrankshI)1I1d· go 'witli' me
theo~~emair.'cler. of ·.thedily- ·and· pu"s!f my
chair; thereby'relic\'lngm}, wife-.··· And I
W~I)fl;~to.,s.a"I'..' lrI~:ht;>~here ·that :;le,stlQ' small
. . the . hill ~tb m)'" go-
cart.",,,,YPtank;old'bOy, I vom' not:.:iorget
you.for'1:hif. noble{da~"fl 'worlt! "1'wlls no-
bly/received 'a1Id'tfeatoo' 'b~i'Drothef1iOod
bOV$"ir('Sb ··Louis; 'ani:! when l"r3nl(and I
got:(~;l:h~'bot~l w~ 'counted'; up'alld' I'had-
receh'ed '$17 ,'whicbpaidour f:i.re'lbludian-
a pOti~;x ': . ' . .'
:t~,examiiie:lnt :tflel i1sti6i~c irla:they
thought't1iey'cot!ld·.re1i~,;e me (~o: they
said); but they rCIuscli to let me euter the
Instit\ltetH~~L'put.i;l)'aMtit $400; 'iilid de-
spite",·th~!tflict'thatthey had pr¢\'iously
agTe:ed"'.i:q';ill:lk~";'i'~(;nus to 'j;uit:;":they
woUli:i"do lidthlng-tiil'tlien,6ne.,: was ··up."
SO'i;begah;foWTltd~fterS' and' drAW drafts.
E~1St;~J~rk~~!~~~
returris'1tp~t n~V'et~ciUtie):'r1iadi9:55 on
lattdingiih';Indi3nap6li~; "ahd '¢iit 'board
soOn,j'ldloCkedjt-'toipiect;s~'i'I'so611 be-
gail to recehie lett-cis arid' drafts,: but no
money. ' The relaHves'wouIa 110t Pl1tup a
cent because, the Il1stitute'vol1ld 11tJt guar-
antee to put 'rueoii"nif'feeC '. All(l:' out of
the •• alleged't"$500if~cei~;~d $'i6:,enough
to give uS,a'" c1eara'ri'cc':'out 'ofJndiiinap-
olis Met the"'" 13ig! 4." t'd Chkago:' I got
a letter to"Bi'o; C-iilfiit· \V. Dzac!1;oil.... U.
No. 9, ~ridihe"" a~dlV[fs. B. 'c;aHed 1:1:, see us
at our hOlel';!)!I. Michigan f<{:eliue. I soon
reb·f'o .. ~~:'1'!'Cii1""t';!)C'~~ :,ti;;F~o: F'i-ach,
who set td·woikat or.~e'to:help:.me (jut.
Next day Gr21_~d .PreSident Jolin H. 1\la-
lone)" was 'on ..the·sce.ne;aml whe~! it comes
to . eri";illee~iri';:'!~n~ln"Rl;(!'fl
0 ...•.., '"
dmir, 1:.e. 'is a
... __...... ;:":. . . . . . _
modern H~r;cnles;,,9L a: H.l!rst;·;)}\hi.ch is
practkuily 'the ~mn~;:Sro,])talonej: took
chitrge of me'imd pnshed 'i;lc',nYd go·cart
about'19miles; took' nif~\'iie ~{fllil 1 'up to
the ; ••hdit'6rium" ()bi;'ii ..;dt6H·:c(ailrlhad
to carry me tit his iifm~patt',;~;hlleway) .
We had a fine View.6f :the'Cii,i;cLakcMich-
igaTl and ttle"·h:1"ris\'"b::~1::"":ijCf(i'ct,~e\·ery-
. ..
tbing that 'cotild;'be se~n 'f~oDFti':~5-story!
structure:' ·Bro. Maloney:securedme'hali:'
rates to Omaha 6ter:tbe'C":&~N:\V(J·,., ,! .f
I atteridedthe meeting" of Nb;9'Ori'Ju1y"
9th and its' memb'ets' bought :$12 ',,"orin a!'
books and donated' $5;' makih'g:another'
$17. I wish to thank 'Local Nti'. 9'ip gtm-
eral and Bros: . Maloney, . Beach; 'jackson ,
ChriStenson, Dickinson and othei~'in p:it~.
ticular, for their deep manifestatidi{irt 'lily"
behalf. I don't want to be "treatedany
better than I was treated hy the boys.of
Local NO.9.
We l~ftChicago July 10th !lml.rlandedin"
Omaha 14 hours later. Next day I found
our big~hearted Joe Brlnkmari, foreman
for the T. II. ·Co. in Orilapa, who took H~
to his home, where we were iuost co~diany
received and courteously treated during
our four days' stay in Om'aha. .or' ne:Ver-
made the acquaintance of a mote' hospit-
able couple than lVlr. 'aud Mrs. Brinkman
(Jim and Delia). Bro. Brinkman alsO had
a whirl at lnygo-cart; alid'~odid "Shorty"
Allman; for he pushed tlie cart out to the
Exposition grounds and took me tbroug·h
all tIle sights, arid back to towri~ill all.
about u~i1e's, and" Shorty'; made me
acquainted \\'iths good manyv£ the elec:"
trieal boys out there, llearly ail of them
buying one of my books; .among them be-
ing Bros. McKee, Swith, Welw(m~. and
others, all members of Local 2:i.· I lia<ia
~Oodtime ~at' Shorty's and Drink's e;;-
pense} and I think it is, abont a "starid~
off" between l~rank Hurst, John Milloney;
JiIn .Brinkman alid Shorty Allman,. '\'h~u
it comes to manipulating ago-cai-t; espe-
cially "long-distal1ce" work. .
I attende~ a meeting of 22 and e.iery
member present boilght a book, aud with
what was doilated by the. local I ieceived
another $17, for which' lam thankfulto
all in general, and espeCially to, Bros.
Brinkman, Paul Myers, L. M .. Stedman,
AllIlllin, Foster and others; and as ·'Sted-·
man was the heavy-weight of the c~O'~'d; it·
fell to his lot to carry nIe u pallddoV:'n tW9'
flights of stairs. Arid tohe brief, Hie boys.
Of.22 just simply can't be beat iOT hospi-
tality; The next day' I got baif-r~tes.,to
Denver, Colo., and Bros. Frank Ensming,'
er, Foster, and BriiIkman and wife a<;-com-
panied Us . to. the depot and saw us off 'for
Denver. I shall always' remember in'y
pleasant stop ill Omaha, as well asCbicago
fond St. Louis. I never hated to part ,,'itb
. a brother any more tban I did Dros. Jim
Brinkman and Frank Ensminger when we
left Omaha.
We onl~' stopped one day ill Denver, as
my wife was sick, and I managed to get
very low rates froIll Denver to Trinidad.
and so I had 11101l~)' enou'gh, by a scratch~ .
to get us here to Raton. I only met one
of the brothers Of Local 68 in De~I\'er,.Bro.
Hamm, and he insisted that I wait till
meeting night alld he would help me sell
some books to 6~, but I "'as worn out, and'

my wife sick, arid w(' left nel!..1: day. Rut
I will mail some books to him to sell to
t(·cal 68, ,for I tim very niuch in need. 1
came to Raton because the climate is much
easier on me here than in Texas. I 11m
going to, write Jo the locals that haYt!t1't
hought my books and try and get enough
:lloney ,together to open a little cigar and
tobacco stand, and try to make my living
without dragging rilyself and wife from
plaee to place. " world. 1'hey exist u:1der'~lmost liS many , be taxed by them and used for public pur-
Just 'four years,ago to-day I organized L,
U. 81 of Fort ',,'orth, and ~hope to be a
member of this grand Brotherhood for 40
years to come, I am too badly crippled
to ,"on- )~!l:n~9,i foot, 1mt I can still t."llk
unionism to a finish,
By asking panlol1 of the Editor of the
'\'ORRER, I am, with gratitude and best
wishes to the Brotherhood,
FI:B.temally,
1
ROnT. G. WRIGHT.
I AN INT~RitS'rntG BIT OF HISTORY.
I In looking for (he origin of trades unions
we find that as 'early as 1634 numerous so-
cieties were organized in Great Britain,
under legal protection, for relief fr011l dis-
1 tress from various sources. They were
I sty},:,rl .. Friendly Societies," and cousisl-
ed at first of neighbors united for mutual
I
aid or relief in, casc Lif sickuess, death alld
other misfortunes; hut in coursc of ti:J1c
these societies, in process of crystallization,
became so modified as to include in their
r membership persuns ouly haVing the san~e
occupation, aud this was the beginning of
the formatiollof trades union combina-
r self, I should think there llIay be personal
tions for regulating the relations betwt'en
emploj·er and employee, or for imp<js:ng
f restrictions on th~ lI1allucr (;f conducting
:tny industry 01' hm;iucss. ·.rb~"e 11.:1ions
I were considerL"(i .inhilical to publkpolicy,
and those who were concerned in them
I were liable hy cOlillllon law 10 pl'I)Seclltioll
and punishment. Hut, oil account of the
rise of the nJ&nt!facturing system, and tn,;
reyo.h~tiol\ follO'.,'lllg it in the industrial
arrangement of tht l'ountry, the JIlove-
IIIcnt became ,so eXlcllsiyc that stringcnt
laws were deemed necetisary to ref;trict or
suppress its opcrations. A series of stat-
utc laws were thcn passed, which, beillg
enated by those WDO contTOn"rl, in a peat
llI"I'_~llre, the cn pital of the country, borc
heavily 011 tbe 1;>1~1:i!;r.g classc3. By tl'e~~
st"hltes it wasellactcr! that all persons
c(lmiJinillg to adval!c'! their wages, or in
allY way tv coutrol those who carried 011
nIl:' l'lanuf'lclure or trade, in the manage-
mCllt thereof. might be scvcrely punished
tht"r,·i'OI. As a llU',ural COllsl'qllellce a yery
bittel an,agonislII arose between employ-
ers and 1:;1I1ployees. The better to protect
th"m,;elyes ag:t!llst the, t.:I.!Cro::.cJlluel1ts of
t1!o;: fO:'mer, the latter resortt:<l to the for-
mation of secret societies, which bt!l'amc
llln~'f'l'(lUS and n'r), active in taking ad"a:t-
t<l);'c of tht" situatioll. They could no",
.... ,: ...
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THE:'ELECiRICALWORKER 5
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,yield ~~. : ,~~i~ip~i~:i~;ain~t ti·i~ir~·e;~:.pj6~~~:;~·s~ must subsist from the earth-it is our only
in reto.1iatiori, , the' effects ;:f'vjiid~ '<,'i:'rc source of SUbsistence. \\'hatever our oc'-
consid.~n':1·da~lg~r·~us to the' r~ea~e of "t~e cupatiO!1 is, we occupy space on it and use
c()mIll~il1it.;.' Di!:.tress, discolltent an'~ldis­ .material from it; employment is impossi-
Older f;jlJ~wi:'{~, ';'I!,{ this ei\remiiyP~r;)ja­ ble without its use, and it must follow work
II1cnt \,;i:t~ petitioned to so nlOdify tlle ob- is scarce or plentiful according to .the ease
jectionable la\\' 3S .'to, i\l a"'measure, meet of access to land. '
the approval of thl:! workmen. These as- j'here is a growing body of men all over
sociations are now vcry numerous ;,n one this 'Wol'Id that declare that as the value to
form or other 'tbl'oughout the ciyilized land is made by the whole people, it should
names as there al"e occupations for man- pose, as our taxes are to-day. To do this
kind to engage in, Lut'~nuy nearly all be will make the holdi'ug of land for specula-
inc.:Juded undcr the gen'eral name of trade tion unprofitable; all valuable land will
unions. come into use'; capital and'labor "'ould no
ii.s to the word TIrotherhood. Hood longer have to pay for the opportunity to
mealls condition of, alldHrotherhoou em ploy themselves. But the semi-social-
means ill, the condition of a brother, As ist and otlJer surface observers of the social
applied to any organization of Olen, it question say: "How can peor people use
places each one in relation to thc others this land ,.... ithout capital? The); will lleed
(liS t .., all human rights) on the same equal- help. "
ity that should exist between members of TlIcn~ is idle ('.apital looking for invest-
the saDlC faU1ily. Their implied relation ment, >lS well as idle workers. and it can
is very close, and enjoins upon each mem- not be ~mplO.I'ed without employing labor.
ber a '\'illingness to succor, encourage and It is 0111y under the present order, where
defend the rights of, each and all of the investment ill land pays without the aid cf
rest indh;dually and collectively, in case l(,bor. ,
of actual or threatened imposition. \:'0<1 say, .. This is the Single 1'ax."
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
'vVdl, if it will employ the idle, let us work
, for the Single Ta.",.
My neighbor says, ,. I have worked in
SOM~ TRUis::us.
the factory all Illy life; a111 now 60 years
old; have been out of e1J1ployment over a
Enyy Lites its keeper.
year, and wherever igo, though I am au
Opportunity may trip a giant.
early-riser, J find an army of Ulen there as
The abuse of h(;alth i:; V(.i!en suiciqe.
anxious for a job as I am; and if they were
A good name is made, not bc:"towed,
]]ot turned away disappointed, like my-
The man \'i'!IQ thinl:s 1I:ads tIle crowd.
The grumbler blows out his own lamp,
reasons for not giVing me work; but there
E\'ery heart has a thorn and a throne.
is no wOl'k, al~d I can not understand why
one wanting to make a li\;ng can Ilotget
If you can't be a SUIl, don't he a cloud.
Ignorance and mtchcraft are fast
the opportunity. ' ~
My neighbor is olle of 3,000,000 in this
-country simibrly sitllated-,no one want- to sleep.
friends,
Hung("r m!d ambition are hard, to rock
'
ing to cmploy theU1, and they call not em-
ployiJiemselves.
It is har,} for bad motives to drive good
bargains. ' ,
NOW, I hear all kinds of political doc- The fann an,d the garden are the best
t<;.r~. from the protection fakir to the pro- , gold diggings. '
hibitlonist, wallting to prescribe their Discretion ii; lIOt cowardice, neither is
remedies for this condition, but as they do' blatant \'olubility courage.
not recl'gnize the natural rights of man, l';xubcrant patriotism is often used as a
cloak by knavish politicians.
they fail entirely to see the cause of his
\Veeds thrive best in richest soil.
idleness. If men are denied the opportu-
This applies to churches oswell as to
nity to 1J1ake a liying t:1C fault lies ill our field~ alJ(1 gardens. '
social structure. There ere legal enact-
:.nellt!; th:lt prcyent !.::~~1 fn,:,;:! :j~J:..!) hig
their labor as they would if they hUll their
natural l"ight. \V1u·,t 1S man's ]18tural
rJght? In ollr dccbratj':m of pdllciples of
g-overnlllcnt we dcda"e a1.1 have all equal
right to life anu liberty. To ha,'e eynal
rights to lifc lIIust mean tlwt wc have equal
rights to that which snstnins life-the air,
sllllshille, water, and the lall(\; for w1thout
these wc cannot. live. A!ld if OUi' laws
give to thc possessor of laud power to ex-
act relit from a fellow-hunw\I" there is 1:0
equlity.
It is manifest, we as mated,,) b";';':;5
 6 ,tSeptember .
I'
OFFlCI&'L JOURNAL OF THE
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD'' OF, El'ECT1UCAL
. WORKERS.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY.
H: W.·SHERMAN, Publl!ilier and Editor,
731 Powers Bldg., Roc1iester, N. Y.
~ntered at the Post.Office at Roc:hester, N, Y.,
, U 'aecond class matter.
locltCUTlVE BOARD.
GmndPresident"::'J; H. Maloney;
.' 301 Lawrence Ave •• RaVenswood, Dl.
.GraDcU;ecre~-lLW. Sherman, ' tl~ose who have never felt such "a.gon~"
731 Power., Blde'., ;Roc:hester. N. Y.
. GrandTreasurer~P.H.·Wissinger, .
.' 7.'W. FayeUe st., Baltimore, Md.
Pint V.i,!:e·President_Eugene Rush,
~. ItIUs St., 'San Frand_co, ·Cal.
. "Second Vice-President-Theodore Gould,
.397 N. Hampton St., Boston, Mass.
T1!ird Vace-President-C. H. 'Adams,
328 North ,7th St., Kansas City, Kan.
Fourth·Vice-President.,..Thomas Forbes,
JI04 "thirteenth St.• Detroit, Mi·ch.
8u,~flcriptiqn $1.00 per ,ear, in advance.
As. The ··E1ectrical Worker reaches"the men. who do
the work and' recommend or order the material,
its value as an advertistng medium can be readily
appreciated. '
ROCHESTER;N:,y., SEPTEMBER, 1898.
W."N. Gates, Special.AdvertisingAgent,
29 Euclid. Avenue, Cleveland, O.
.Pl ......... P .....,.~ "OOH • •T •••
NllW.I.OCAj.S.
n.is with great pleasure we announce
two new locals to out readers. President
Maloney organized a lOcal of trimmers in
Chicago, which will be known as Local 49.
No·doubt this local ",ill steadily increase
in 'numbers, and in the near future attain
to a goodly membership.
'the master stroke of this year was ac-
co~plished' when we placed a charter on
Greater New York. Through the untiri'ng
efforts·of Mr. Ed Lathan we have'succeed-
ed in forming a 10caLin Brooklyn, and this
local is in the race' to stay . . 'l'here will"be
nobjppodroming allowed by men"wllore-
. fuse to·stay in tnellrotherhoOd. The' char-
ter . is issued,' and men who ",ish to
become Brotherhood members must ap-
ply· to Local No. 12_ 1t goes without
I saying" that it is only a matter of time when
LOcal No. 12, Greater New York, ",ill have
a large membership. Here's success to
Nos. 49 and 12.
I WE have had the misfortune to lose by
death "four of our broth'ers in the past eight
weeks, Brother Bloom'field of Local' No. '1,
~i~~~~ir -~;,~7a~ 15:,l,'~::~"~'~~ii[:~:~i
Local 45: "Wlille we b"Ow',to the: ilievitable
arid ~?~~1"" (~~, p{l~;;~~t~br~i~~rs, do
ioss
not
,.
let'
: •• or
us"
forget those";;"h~rare:left:behind
,': -.. _ ."-._:
to n:ourri their loss, and:" (!i"e'~tlie1l1 our
finanCial aid as. well'asc~~dC;ie~~~~" ,,'
'.' , .'
BROTHER-lt."G. \V~igltt,'
ly contribut¢two , . ~";"i"l'~'l"t~~;~g
for this ,",
g~od~u.nu~~l~,anll:~l~~~L~~~~~'~
port of all ~",~',"~~
~~~~~!;i)i';":
WRY MEN
!
SHOUI.D
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First,,-:-Ev~y· year" sees.a ·stronge...organ"
izatip~ o"fc~pita1. ,Tr~~.!,I;a,r~,f9l'lpe~, and
trust swall~ws ~rust, ~ijtir i u tl1.e e1l,!tevery
single branch 'ofindili;~ty'/V:ilF lie' con-
trolled bY'~wo:or' three;"IPen,' and: "the bal-
ance of ~aIikind .. must·accept',,'wh!ltever
pittancemay''';be d9!efl~ftoth~P1Y:There­
for ~t"bes?u'1~ }iC!C~~.ll~rr., f()riWBt~ilJgmen
to organIze, and thatnCiW;-·Jhat they may
mltke' a l>61d'"stll'ild :for t!i~ir . rigHts."; Sec-
otid-The introduction' of. "macl1inery is
g~~ti~~~y:" t~,ro\VJngthe l~boring ;D,len of
th~,.,country o,:,~ o.f~eDlE.lqyment. ,. ~<?-day
1,'000.000 'ADlencaIl' labo1'erli··iire~ uuem-
p16Yed;.i':hi'o't¢";:than'2 (xxfcioo mote ate on
thehrink. of ",starvation,"fr,om insufficient
rec;ompen~Jol:tb,¢", ,tPl1,;:: Tb~\,all,may
bji.,,~e.lhe e~pIQYDl~n:t t:1,lat is n('!:¢S~i'y to
stistaiii'inl( Hfe;there'must b'if:,a' sborten-
iu{i- ofthe hoursoflabor; " 'IIi 110 ""'ay can
thiS be,done, .except'througl!;o'r-ganization.
l'hit:d.,:-ln. free.4mer:ica;t4r;r.e:·" is~ :nO man
whtidesirp.s;ti>Qe~ome an ohh!=t:QfcbRrity.
T6-(i~y ."nearly e""¢ry lilbo.r· organization
.carnes "an:' msui'mice··"oT 'beIfenT' branch
with a feature o(~ut-Of'wC)rk:·benefit not
te. be. fo!n;~· .iu.,.Qti:!er.in5ur,anCe.· 'And
ev~r'f ::I'iarn I1dst.h~~~., uDionf! gj§pc;nsing
imhieitsc'sums ((lr the dlt:e (l( SiCK .ordead
m~mbers::" Fourih..,..,.The had~'nIiionmakes
IIll "Illen<brothe",s,and 'makes",,' bond of
fr8t"erility ~w"ong :a!1,nOtm!lt.ter,wbat may
b~t4eircl:tmng "or;C6!ldi~joA;, l;.'jl~h.­
NeRd" iill'o'( the great reform,,' iu-recent
years -are'l\irec'tly tradil)le'to .. the' trades-
un,ions~ "',All'labori,ng m,t"n get the benefit
of tbese"tber~;(Qre"a;i1lIaQ~rill:g 'IDen should
onz1itiize,tbiit 'the}"may 'carry ~beil.shBre
of the burti1!ti>-'"-Satutd!'), Critic~ .'
. ,. . ~:"".':;"'. . . :,".
THE llICH,~, T~1j:'P.OoR.
When the late Alp1i.o~~iDaud:et"was il
very young man he 11ved lri a Pans garret
upon two sous a' day·;' 'There 'were times
, • •:.~~., • •J~-.-,,: -'::-j:~j',.""r' when all he had to eat'was,\a loaf .of bread
every twenty-four hours. , Thisexpenence,
the Dlost ~nful of ,his life, ~e never for-
." . f. :: ' : :::c.>~:::.,
got. Wnting of these "earl}- days inaii)~
years later, he indulged<'in·a" few reflec-
tions. He mamtainedthat,those,whohave
never been forced t~go h~gry frompoy-"
erty can form rio idea of the hop'eless ~.tn
it entails, the misery, the pangsi' thef6r~
lornness. "I have noticed;" :hestiiIJ's up,
"that those who are well,off, are, ingen-
eral, totally unable to form ariynotio~' of
the natUre of the misery which~he des~­
tute .undergo." This is very true. It is:a.
truth that holds .good in many. ways." FOr
instance, a man who has been' severely
burned will feel a prompt and ready sy~~"
pathy with other victims of "fire, while,
w1ll, .even though they "be not· lac:k111g' 1ll
humanity, fail to sympathize in an,
adequate d~gree. Nor is the case in any
way altered when wedeahvi~h purely sub-
jective states of suffering. The victims of
unhappy love are generally tlreobjects of"
ridicule of all those who have never loved
or who have lo,-ed only unhappiiy .. · .'r~~
poignant ruin of mispiacedaffection ca.n
gain sympathy only from those·that have
felt it. . .
ONI,Y A DOI,I,AR.
What Use it Should be Put to aud Where
'Use It.
Just a little dollar on its mission sent,
makes a lot of .people glad~'ery tilDe the
ORGANi~E.
.r, .:, coin is ,spent. You' pay it' t~thebutcher
for meat to give you strength; het~kcs it
to the grocer from whom it goes at"lellgth,
some pretty piece of cloth or lace his
bet~erchalf to buy, or, helps to g.et her
v,.'i~terhat to make her rival sigh. The
dry g'oOds' m~n sends 'pn the coill to, pay
hIS market bdl, and though the' COlli .IS
often 'spent, it stays a doUar-still, and e\'ety
time 'Us spent at home some act of good
is done in " booming" local industri~ ere
setting of the sun. ., ." •
. But, if you take that shining -coin :arid
break the local chain, the chances are. th;\t
from afar 'twill not return· again. If once
it passes out of town the "butcher and the
baker, the grocer and the dry goods' ulan ,
the cook, the undertaker, the 'carpenter,
the carriage·wright, the blacksmith, every
one, will lose the chance to touch that
coin ere setting of the sun. . . ".
Just keep the little coin at home, just
keep it moving well, and every' time ·it
changes hands somebody'S goods' 'twill,
sell. That singJe little dollar' has the
woudrous power to make s0!ll~body :better '
a dozen times an hour. 'It' pays the bill
and wards off ill, and ne'er its power re-
laxes to soothe the doctor, buy the coal
and pay. for clothes and taxes.-Labor's
Voice. .
. In England a machine for designing has
been invented that will revolutionize the
weaving industry. By cOllibining" photog-
raphy with electricity, that which it has
taken. months and in some castos years' to
accomplish, will now be done hi fifteen
minutes. It is thought immense "sadng
will result and U1any workers will be dis-
piaced .
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 September] 7
1l1an's'h<mse,:S n)~: I amttild mother"?lld hood know how we are getting on in the
Ci.ty of the Straits.
ba~~~~';~~~J;:~~~'g~~ot~~(~ih?;i~fho I:ahor Day has come and gone once more
years' i.tid· 'e:X:Pect':~')me daVto 'puhiish'the and it was celebrated right royally by or-
~oca1 Union No. x. compilation. ,I have about concluded to ganized labor. I wish the brothers all over
give iithe title Qf .. Trials a!ld Tribulations the country could ha,'e seen the parade; It
, St. Louis, Aug. IS. '98.
of a Tr~mp \Vire ":Fixer; ";r;ut the copy is waS a sight good fOT sore eyei;;a success
Editor Electrical Worker:
not ready 'as yet. Traveling brothers ill spite oUhe monopoly-owned daily press,
\Ve send you letter of condolence adopt-
should not forget that No. S has the latch- which tried to ignore us as much as possi-
ed by Local No. I, N.B. E. W.,OIl lhe
string always out. Electrical work in ble, but was beaten with its own weapon.
death of Harry K. Bloomfield:
Whereas, It llas pleased God in His infi- Fittsburgh is gradually getting to the We had the Detroit 'Simtinel; the ,great
nite wisdom to call from the scenes of his point where ,a 'n'lan' ml'ist,,,jluve a care or ' labor paper, with us.' You ought to see
earthly labors6ur beloved .and esteemed 'move 011. 0 how ::glorious it will he when it throw 110t shot into the sanctums of, the
brother Harry 'K. Bloomfield; therefore,
be' it , '
we have all or nearly all electrical workers dailies,
of every branch uuder OUT grand oM. ban- -I will not attempt to describe at length
Resolved, That we deeply deplore the
loss to us of fl'-tme andf"ithful brother- ner aud a local planted in, every city in the games at' Belle Isle Fark, under the
worker, and that we recognize ill his death Uncle Sam's possessions, including Cuba, auspiccs of No. 17. Suffice it to say that
the loss to this organization of a memher Porto Rico and the Phillipines. So let with ll':~arly half a hundred prizes that were
whose memorY'wewill ever cherish with each of us try to get'atleast one member. competed for in all kinds of athletics, until
affection allcl regard; and he it also
Resolved, 'fhitt ill respect to his memory Just think of the good it would do your- the shades 9f night had fallen, the day was
the charter of I,ocal No . .1 be draped ill self: 'Don't give the old time-worn ex- nobly spent; and our committee s are enti-
monrning'for thirty days; and be it further cuse that you cannot spare the time; you tled to congratulations on the way they
Resolved, That; we 'extend to his be- conrlucted affairs. It would take too lUuch
reaved family on:' heartfelt sympathy, and. can if you will only' think. Well. for fear
tbat a copy of these resolutions be sent to some of the brothers may think I am after space ~o tell the names of the game win-
them, and the saU1e be published in the offi- them for tardiness, I had better cease, nel'S, th~y are so numerous.
cial journal of the National Brotherhood of promising more next time. 1 saw a livery- SO!lle ,of the new suburban electric roads
Electrical Workers of America. '
man clipping a hotse anu I told him to bei:'g completed, I see some of the boys
Signed,
F. P. KINSLEV; " Remember the Mane." '\'i11 again close. arc getting back to town. How it warms
C. H. PROVOST, \'"ours respectfully, one':; lleart to wring the hand ,of a good,
S. M. KEEBLE. w. A. PULLIAM,' true tlniCiil brother, when you haven't seen
Press Sec'y. him for a while,. As for me, I would a
,~ca1 Union NO.3. thousand times rather grasp the fist of
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 8, 1898. ~oca1 Union No.8. these sun-kissed sons of toil than the.gloved
Eilitor Electrical '\"orker:' Toledo, 0., Aug. 24, I8c}S. paw of a oondholdingaristoerat; these
As the time is drawing near for pubiica- Editor Electrical "'orker: 'people, you know, who have forgh·en the
tion, will write,a short l~tter to your, valu- As No. S has not had much to say in the Almight} for Clllowiug them to be born
able paper. The strike is still on, tIl is WORKER lately, I wiUdo my best towTite Americans, instead of the offspring of
being the sixth week. We have the city a few lines each month. Being now in the some )'otten European royalty. I hate'that
completely tied lip. Our Grand President line of P. S., I hope iOU will overlook err- class of people with Apache ferocity. I
and all the boys are working day and night ors, etc. I took notiCe of an editorial in am proud of the fact that my ancestors
to win, for win we are determined. Every the August 'VORKER from an old-timer, helped to write tlie charter of our liberties
one is holding out, so we hope by the time and think for myself it is a very good sug- with the bayonet on the backs of Lord
for our next letter we will have victory to gestion to write about isolated plants, DIll- Coruwailis' buccaneers ill the war of the
report. Respectfully, nicipal plants, giving diagratps, etc.; also Revolutiou, and the hatred for the aris-
Pre~s Secretary. about wiring and bells. It would make t,,"raey has becI: llu11ded down to me from
very interesting reading for the "'ORKER. t~em. The income tax was declared un-
~ocal 'Union No. 5. No.8 is going to start the ball rolling next constitutional for the benefit of these,mil-
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 10, 1898. meeting, by gi,,;ng discllssions on .. Fracti- lionaire snobs, two 01: three years ago, you
Editor Electrical Worker: ' cal ''''iring,'' etc., aud'if we find any hard remember. That ul:cision will bt: reversed.
Fearing I aU,1 late for this month's edi- nuts to crack, will wril~ to' the \VORKER Yes, sir.
,Hon, I had better hurry through with tlris and have them debated lipon. 'Ve 'are taking in new mellihers right
epistle. Business electrical has heen As to business in Toledo, it is very quiet along. There are some few, of conrse,
I
I
rushed forthe past two or three wee~s, as at the present writing. We anticipate bet- that we can't do anything witll; you havc
, Pittsburgh ,is g~ttitig to be quite a' conven- ter times in the nea.r future. They have all TUn across the sallie kind of men; they
tion city. A number of the boys have broken ground for the Dow-Snell Co. are Wh~lt we call .. persistent lIon-union;"
been working on the Knight Templar' buililing which, was recently destroyed by ,\,,-])0 swear they won't join, though enjoy-
decorations, and others 011 the Exposition, fire. The buildings w;U occupy about i .. g ':;,:JI(litiOl.s,that union U1eu have made.
which opened \Vednesday. As I alii 'Work- :;0,000 square feet. The Ford Glass Fac- They ·.\'ill grab any job that will keep them
ing nlghts it is rathe,r hard to get news all(l tory is going to locate near Toledo, Fond out of tilt: cOlr.pany of decent men. I
sleep at the sa;ne time. I had quite ~ several minor building!, \,;!i kf'ep \IS going ncyer k!lew oce of them that I would allow
search for a suit of Hamilton Carhartt over- for awhile when re;:dy to be wired. to eat at- 11Iy table. I kllow several who
alls; but filially sllcceeded ill locating the Yours fratemally, are l.ot good Clloligh to din.: with Illy dog.
store. Boys, you can get them at Solomon J. J. DUCK, P. S. 'Ve have shown se\'er,d of thewiTing
& Ruhens. ' . firms the benetits of having union work-
I have been informed that there is a new ~ocal Union No. x7. men whcn they run agaillst t.he union
wire fixer in town; he arrived a s!lOrt Detroit, lIlich., Sept. 5, 1898. danse in bililding specit'catiolJs, unu ue-
,while ago, hut, he has not served out his Euitor Electrical Worker: fore lIIany moons we wiil clIItail thebusi-
full apprctlticeship as yet~the olle in Once more I sit. ute down to my imita- ness qf the scab shops where they hire
qucstioll is a lie,'.' arrival at. Bro. Fried- tion mahogany desk to' let the Rrother- nothing but a lot of kids for two or three
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d<>,~: ~:~~~~"I~ll .you, brqt1?-.ex:s; ~f . ~~·e:ar.~,;lI~~.q~i!1g"cOj1~~e.rii:b~Np~

ever one of' these' scab contractors·~
ar911,~.~,OXU".h.oy,se,.~ .~Q1,lld.advise
you to
n8ii au the.. uiO'vabies 'tq th~ftoor,and to
'~p(:;,c~~:~i~d~~d;~4eofiwn in ~~:.,
w~tber, ,for. he ,i$,generally.a .s~eet.sC~t;.
edg~Um. . The scabCOllti/l.ct~r ~ndhis
f~i;Pclrc~..c;J.j~J,ler, the ~~t~t, ~on::
~$?pAI~!lD, aie,o!-!I'p1cmalen~ies.. When .
Iu-ieet~oiie.~ith~·.oD the.street· I always
~~·:to:~Y~J.iO~;;I ~ouldlik~ to. grab .
'. i~.*~~~~~~~~~~~:=:~.
1ish language by both endjl and break. it.
.i~{~~~~,.bqtP~H~ ;t~~ Editqr :\\jlhlOt :biue~
~~lW~fortih: l;,~1so.119pe tJte brot~ers,
W~!M'~ tJlis: ~lii~~em1?ex:,~bat I am. _~9~.
a~llege. gtadqa~e;. ,my chief . school has.
~n_il1~iugged;";QI'td:. ".', "
" : .. -' DAN .E;ELLS~VQRTH,
":":"'-':"";' , '_." .Press·Sec'y.
{NO-blue~pencil on this, Dan;·it's all
rig~ED"l" ~.:.
ei!Ch meetin,g." .Of: la~,e 1>tlf l~ .~, ha'dt
cOnsidemble~si'&n&~~ni'ong-:;r~inefuberSi'~
b~t-,th~y.,~,~i,:qn;4l!e:-g~.~tb,~~(
once more, anQ lY.e H9,Ph)ril,I"c9n~inue 'So •
. It has made a'big Ilohi.-1iioui--:i:tnt'itigent
funa and \ve wereob1igM=to assess' all broth-
ers in.·good standin'g-2~C:; :biA'if,§~i~gcSod';
cause'anonobrother '~iil' e<,,~r. niisil'thilt .
sm~ll amount. ., >. ',' ;. ,.~ ,,:;;!'.'
We had the pleiisilre'of 'tiea:riilifa 'te~(,(
thedelegatesirom tl1.e·.Ttt~tx:icar~'iec~ai!~ .
ies' "fBOstQu.1<4e};,statE;d·iiie'ir ':firje~: ".
ancesand;ga~e us the.follo.\\ing1ist of.;lJoy"! '
cotted theatres: The Park, BostoriMu,Seum;
HoiIis SqBoston,' Columbi:;1" ai:J~'n.;f~
Keath;~~ .After the 4eleg~t~,a4j9~r11c':d•. it.
was v.oted that any. brother of 35:' caught,
patronizing any of the a{Jo,·e:befined$5.,·
and. thesatile be ti.uned into, the. {unc:1s.Cj£-
the 'rll~tt:ical 1\1 echani~.
The Boston .Electric Light .,Co.basa;
" contract-inthe'bands'of the l\faVOr to'be
.' .. ,
signed,forald-years iesse th frir:nish tiiif"

. , ":"KauSas''City, Sept. 4;1898. . '"... '. ea~:~~:;.::~:~;~

. . wil.l "'H~n9;qrie, m~et~g.i\'molJth i{;v.'o1,lld
Editor ElecmcalWorker: ".~'
;I,will uiake';au effort to~t' our number m~~;;;a;!g!:efl( '~pl!,ng~jl'!illd -we ;C~ld .. aU
in this montWsjoUnial"but·have not'iililch' know what ls.b~g4~r.~~t1aY;hatis
news,' 'Kansas'~tyis on'the mend; 'our done .. ,~#f~~:;fQr O~~(;9~Jlersol,al interest,
to be

btothers:are:alhvGrking, and We could use' each,.a!i~l-ey,~ry:: one9f~:. 'The.n; brother,

~s~!:at~~:~~~tJ=~i~~o::' =
. a 'gqod:many J1lore~::goodtitii()n:men;' eV.ery l
meeting night we1lav-e places fodron'l tWo' t
to' ·foUr 'men.",· T>heri! 'ha!I" been a power ,goo(H~~1,l~, i.ii4\\~~~I1~l$Ii.~·the bestir we
plant pu(jn.·at, the McKeene Roller·mill," try, sO let'siry.,·,,l\1ond;a:y,',~ng;I,ab~r
and, several: companies are going to'putcin DIlY; we;.w~r-e p~t ',W~th·. &')~ig;\,tI~tin the
motors;'~"-'>'" ,,' ',:' . pa~;¥.le,r:~n4, t~nk5·,to th~";~~-Qth~rS:oi 65,
rrb~,·MetroPQlitaDStreet·Railway' has th~w w~t;e:wip;i~hl,tl!~~~~'-{i'W.ell, I
jUst put:jn lanotlie.: large ·generator: They" belig\-;,~lt;isil;Jt~e, tipJ,e~l~a~(l.~l!g.:off for
have"tw.n. of- the largeSt machi·nes in the goo4j,;a,,-, l,his gr~~h!>J~Olif~H~llon'some
WeSt., rrher-e :are . several: small' lighting '.' oth!!r,9r;>otl1Qr,. . Jt':m!1lt~1;~Jfellowdeel .
plantS gOing in, for: priv.ate lighting.' The', g<l9d!o,., th~Hk,that sonie .ot~erfel1o:w:wil1
pl'O!li.gal son,·Bro .. ,nrolinger, has retumed haV!!to 9.Q·thi~;leJt~r ;busines!lleach;month.
fr-QDl·~exas. ,"H-e is,'& -little sunburnt, but
I remain.· ... ' ,,' . " .~. ":.:' ...
. Yours respectfui:y, .
iSistill in Jinewith'I8.' ,
TheC~Iidated Electric ~ight Co. has
,";::w .J'.~E9~.-\~D:
... 1!J:,,# $e~~et&ry.
commenced reconstruct~g their lines~
Aslam short; of newsIwi:IH:ioSe. !,ocal :l1niott?ii1:i •. '3S'-: _ ;
,, ,.;Yours fraternaJly·, " BOStoli';Sepf. io;'1jS.
· H . T. WATROUS, Editor'ElectricalWork~':?;!/:., ".-' OTTO PETTERSON,'
Press Secretary. Here we are,;agaHl;,:iWno'?;'--1Ata13S. A prominent member of Losal 35: ,.
Will try and- .give' some:'reading 'foret-his
ItOcal Union ;N-O~ 30. month, . A.: few;tneetjug~go our'Tt~asur-­ lights for our City. Our.'committeehave'
er seti~ hhhis:,resigna:ti~noli a-ccourtt of . visited the Mayor -to have him iiJduceth'at :
'CinciDrlati, ·0:-, Sept. 8, 18c)8.
business callIng bim·cufOf'to"·'~'.-:\\'ell, I company to employ none but union meil.
EditO't'Ele~tncal Worker: .
Say·a·jew· ~i)l'dsior nave; aswe':cnlled We hope they-will. 'come ~o anag.re.etp,ent; .,
A's;,tbe;G.A. R.are hoiding th~ir t;etmion may him; He·pas<be·en our /(:id.suter'tQi over and so swell our local, as 'they employ' a
he~e1his"week,aitd I have been so busy
five years, ilndphforIl'iedhis:duHes·ili 'the large 'force. . .' .' ..
. chasin'g:trouble'witb the rest of the boys: I
m()f;t satisfd:toTyinanner'{ he was~ fl>lth- We held a picnic Sept. 3d at Bass Point,
will 'be' uu~ble to write but a few liues.
~3Nh~;55~O§.es·oile of
Allttie'b6ys 'from LOCal No. 30 who are ful'and·hp.nlworker;
its best' o!1icers,1.mt·, w'e·,ho]Je'-lJave::Flynn
Nahant, Mass. It being our first' outing; a
'committee of eight brothers got together
seftfhg"' time for street railroad and coit-·
will return to Roston" S90n: ':'\Ve ;elected alId in abcut two weeks' time made It 'a
striictions have l1ad their hands full for .
Bro. -Morns She~hanin hi;;~tt:id;he being social· and financial SllcceSs.· . So'you can'
sev6il'weeks past.
one of the ~.lihti:tTfers;'aiiil··hlt "iIi'give: us inlagiue what a· hustling commiftee' we .
. R¢aders, t beg to be excused ~t this'
good senicei"as'w,; has a:l~ys'lle'ei1.a hlist- have. 'One I must mention is 'Otto -Petter·
tiine;hoping lWill be able to tell'a1l ~boiit
ler. OurYi~Jlr($itJertt alsoreSjgned; his ·son. He started around'· to the busineSS:'
it in my next letter. . excuse being (lI1 -acozount:of btt!'iness~they and electricabbouses of Hoston tdlllTange'
WM .. P. WHEl!;LER, ·dccte/:l your'ihon(:j:,',iu'~his: Plllce:',-,.,'Sqiwill 'for prizes, and received donatidnsCftoDlthe'
Press ·Secrebry. try aJl{l.per{orllilJOt1hiuti6.. . following houses:
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September]
General, Electric Co., ISo Sumner street,
magnet..
Lord Electric, IS I. Tremont st., fan motor.
e. S. Knowles, 7 Arch street, fan motor.
Mc~enney & .\Vaterbur, lSI Franklin st.,
banq.uet.lamp.
N. Y; Insulated Wire Co., 134 Congress
st., ·case of bits.· .
Anchor Electric Co., 71 Federal st., hot
air torch. . the drop act; one being measured at 26 ft.
F. Swan Elect. Co., 37 Pearl st., case of
~L' . . . '.
Bibber White Co., 49 Federal st., rubber
gloves. \.
Ft. Wayne Elect. Co., Equitable Bldg.,
com~~along.
Frank Ridlon CO.,ISO Sumner st., strap
and wire.
J. W. Poole & Co., 37 Pearl st., small
torch.
PettengiII & .Andrews, 5 Winthrop sq.,
plyers. . . . hi!ii .traveling card. We were pleased with
H. A. Howard,6:t .Olh·er st., fan motor.
The Electric .Gas Light Co., 195 Devon-
shire st.,plyers.
Gettens Electric Co., lSI Tremont st.,
plyers.
A. J. Wilkinson, 180 Washington st., s~t
chisels.
Chandler & Farquhar,34 Federal street,
spurs.
L. W. Ferdinand & Co., 176 Federal st.,
hit and brace.· "-
Chandler &. Barber. 15 Elliot st., screw-
driver set.
e. E. Logue, 's Deo st., connectors.
Clark Mills, 1440 l\-tass. a\'., plyers.
Hunters, Sum·ncr·st., bit and brace.
Eastern Electric.Cable Co., 6I-Q3 Hamp'
shire st., coil wire.
They all contributed witl: the most
hearty approbation, wishing us success.
What was contributed amounted to all1lost
a hundred dollars. We had a iarge crowd,
and a great many brothers brought their
families, to enjoy the day's outing down
the harbor. They much <:njoyed the games
and sports, which were as'follows:
100-yards dash-Won by Bro. P. Larkin;
2d, Bro. \V. Thoma~. 1st prize, fan motor;
2d, pair·Getting's plyers. Time, "Yz sec.
. Three standirigjumps"":'Won by Bro. W.
i'
I J. Joyce; 2d, Bro. P. Larkin. 1St. prize, set
I
bits; 2d, pair plyers. Distanc(~, 30 ft., 35 ft.
Putting l6-ib.shot-Wonby Bro. \Y. J.
Joyce; 2d, P. Larkin. 1st prize,sct chis-
'rhenc<!.w.e~~hE;;spt)rt: . ..
Rope-tlir6~dng, there 6eit;gabout35 i:il-
tries pWl!l1;cy l~;;iG'ltti:P.~;i~S~j.5~:\,!~;)~-\.
Chishr'>!.ilil9K it:ist prize~Jan motor; ijd,
pair Getting-plyers, '; .' .
Pole~C!ill,1bing,.49-ft. pole;:;:-\Voil, by J.:].
Cameron, 'Ist, I6J( "sec.; A. McDonald, 2d,
17 sec.
It was 'a grand sight to see how they did
1st prize, pair climbers. pair plyers, stra.p
and vise;. 2d. brace and· set bits complete.
Gents' potato r~ce-: Wen by M. Ber-
mingham and D. Fl};nn. Prizes, fan mo-
tors.
Work seems to be picking up in Boston,
as at each meeting our business agent still
inquires for men to go to work.
We had the pleasure of having with us
once more Hro. Curley Sheehan. He just
returned from Hartford, Coun., and had
the remarks he made regarding Local 35.
Yours fraternally;
T. R.'MEL VILLE;
Press Sec'y.
~ca1 Union NO.,37.
Hartford, Conn;, Sept. 3, 1898.
Editor Electrical \Vorker :
Enclosed find Local No. 37'S contribu-
tion for September. Our press secretary
haying left us for new pastures, the duty
of supplyiug a letter has devoh'ed upon
me. The members here feel a little sore
towards ex-Bro. Sheehan because he neg-
lected his duty last month, and, for .the
first ti111e, left this local without a monthly
. report in the \VORKER. Howeyer, we
will excuse him, ns he pr-obably had a great
deal to attend to iJlci(~el1tal to his leaving
for Boston. Here's good luck to you,
Sheehan.
On the night of August 10 we held a
meeting. Bro. Sheehan was present and
tendered his resignutioll as Past President
and Press Secretary.· During the evenillg
thc local, through Bro. 1\1aloy, presented'
Bro. Sheehan with a handsome watch-
charm bearing the enlulelll of our National
Brotherhood. Bro. Sheehan accept.ed the
gift in a neat speech and invited the boys
to take refreshments with him. The
boys embraced the opp~)rtUl~ity to bid the
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cuit pr.l.l.perly and rotate in the proper di-
rection.
Fig. 2 shows two more meters under the'
same conditions, only m~ter marked -(b)
1s cOllnccted up backwards. This is neces-
sary in order that the meter inay rotate in
the proper direction. Now, whatI should
like to know is, what condition of. affairs
exist and what is the' renson that, in· one
installution the meters are connected. in
circuit as ill Fig .. I, and ill another instal~
1at.iou the meters must be cOOllected as in
Fig. 2. I should like to hear froni all:Y
brother who has a solution to offer; and I
shall be extremely grateful to 'any and all
brothers who inay selld a solution.
The Hartford Central Labor Uniol1 cele-
brated Labor Day with their usual parade
and picnic. Local No. 31' was represented
by about 20 members, the:rest being out
uf town·or compelled to work. Our wor-
thy Bro. W. H. Craw1ey being President
of Central Labor Union, saw that we Were
se(:ond itl line. We were headed by Bro.
\Ve1clJ., who ~arried the banner 011 horse-
back, Bro. Welchearnen for hiw~elf the
soubriquets 'of . ;. Teddy Roosevdt" and,
the. "Rongh Rider," two !lames of which
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Throwing 50-lb. \\-eight-Won by' Bro.
broi.her good-bye and wl;;h h1m luck. There
was a decrdcd gloom C:lst oyer the brothers :rlif:t:]
I. I:
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Oll account of his departure.
W. J .. Joyce; zd, W. Ryan. 1St prize, \\" ell , brothers, for ·some time 1 ha\'e
large' torch; zd, cO!,llbination set screw-
driver. Distance,:q ft., 23 ft.
been looking for the solution of a problem
oyer which I have worke<11ong and ea!'1l-
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Half-mile run-Won hy L. e. McD(lll- esth'. l'erllaps some of the brothers of ..~ ~,e"!:S.:1rICl
q;'~'l
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aid; 2d, P. Larkin. 1st prize, small blow tlllS great organl2.atlOn may be able to 1'~
torch; 2d, rachet brace. Time, 3 min. 5 sec.
Ladies' potato race-Won by Mrs. Fla-
supply me with <;3111C. The prohlem is ;; t f.1
this: You will see by the illustratiolls the 5~~~~~i ;:.t~1
f!~i
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herty; 2<1, Miss Ferrier. connections of four Thcmson Recording ~ I CI
Hase hall het~'een Local 35 and visitors \rallmcters. In Fig. I we ha\"e two metcr~ ~
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-\Von by Local 3.5. Prize, large Lux 011. each phase 0 f a two-p Jlase pow.er ~r .. £ I ~
cigars. Score, 3 -to 2. cmt. These meters are connected 111 Clr-
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THE~'E1$~TRfe~~t~1VO~K~Ro' c--r~c> ~<.'_':u'-'C=---.-·
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-~:':i":~~9>~,rJ!~r :-'-"-
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he ,is extremely proud. The boys made 'a
verygOOd:shoWirik; tum.mg aut "iih white
. f1atmel capS; canes and badges.'" several
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blo!:ks'gOod'~d'''tigbt' untilth.e Ij~~:t'bow~'
twenty of his books !i,nd,'the mo~,Jy.;~as';,
f6rwardM ' to "him:" Hope'- tiie'feit~ (liP.:t}ie
loealswili'do the- same;
iu;Bi&::'Vrigh~}s
.~ stops 'were' Diade; .ofsllOrt 'duration, and,

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tlie·:tiOjis were . eiuloledfo '~tisfy:theit' traveling brotherli stop' with"usnliey(i¢'l'

tlilist~" Right here\ve wishto:tlUmkBro. pOSited' thetr '~rd'S=:='Bro.!E;,·Ctfrtls/from
C!tWiey '-for stopping the parade so 'that me!1t Sjglled ~yt~e electrical cont~tors No. 10, and Bro. E. J. Smitli;'fr6bi"'T~i;.

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otii"'diVision came directly under' a'large NO.3, also took a chance 'Witli 'tis again; , .
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~ tn frant-of a 'house'oecupied by people Should Frank Hurst, .of St. Louis,lii!,p::'

who'evidently bore in' mind' the old 'rule;
,. D6:to- :cithers as you-woUld be done by,"
fdHhey 'brOlightus out soqle ice-water, for'
·whlch: we are very'gratelul. WehSve
~en' thoSe ladies a vote of thanks, 6ne
tlley richly neserve.)ts sijOtUisOth~. res:'
idifutS of 'the'street saw' whl!otthey bad
don';; their lead wiu; followed. It showed
pen to read this nionth's WOR'KEIt', 'lI~t-hiin
drop a few lines to the' writer, as it is:~'
long time'since we worked tog~ther;'."':
To all Electrical Workers: You are Iii:..'"
iug Co., wiring up some boats; ;,ut that quested' to attend onrgranda-nmlal bii'll
work "ill . llot, '1i>_~Ffo!'e~er;' "The-re:'art a and banquet; ,to be held on Thatiks-givitlg'
la~ge' 'Dunib~r:;of~~ig~lluilrungs' gOing up Eve. Come along arid'see the-'litiys'of3S.
here, but they wiltnot'he'readvuntil next Br~. Chas.Coll, our good~natured ViCe"'

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dlpeci!ll' thOUghtfulnesS on'the part of the President, stole a 'march'on "us. He ac-
ladies,' 'W'e once more extend OUr thanks. knowledged that the cigars were on him.
Well; this is Written on uiyreturil from Success to yo-uiCbarleYj.'maY your after-
tlle'Picnic, and brothers who have a:ttend- life be a pleasant one. -Lookout, boysj we
ed~the 'sam-efniictiont<Mla:y WiU"indulge conti'aciots; ,< "'111:ey: :.fui~e:tWo'(;r"th~: 'm~n: have another brother who '~l]'>foQI us be-
me 'With tb-eu-sympathie!ii f-or·any'and' all here -rro~' BostQn~,thci.fOretna:nCa~e frC)m fore 'long; if he 'attends' LOC'aL'N~.'80's
mistakes I may"have 'made; Alstl"bear::in there. :i'Ji,e' joJ) ,~i;iii:>W\l ~tpl~ .and 'the o~es meetings .much more. :~;-.
unna'tbat·thisis 'my first heat: . in ,the race emp'10yed'9nit;wor~.;ilineho~rsfor~beap Yours respectfully, '.. - _ ::_
for literary'Jioncirs. pay; Has tl1e-l~L-ill" JloSt.pn had any .' GEO. H.GL~ASON;' -
Welt; "let's"-liea 'r from Local No. 80: dealings~tt',1.&~i~,_.~;j~p.:i:~i;if they - ';(. 'Press Sec!y:::-
Their Press secretary wrote a lettei some have.l!ad any inf6nnat~04,a,?ou~$he1ll Lo-
tiIlte,ago tbat,-,was .short and to t4e point,. cal 38'W6uld' Hke;·to,h.eiL't~fj611Vtbem by '~ocalUnio:ll·No; 40. ;
and weshomd 'jike to hear from them letter, which mnj:b~lp;,1is\iill'Diakiilg the St. Joseph, ?wlo:,Se~t.7,1)!98.; '"
a~nYWell;:"he~e'-s su~&ss to all locals, job- iuiion, if po~itile?,"'''/~ ';"':"ijb:'~,;< '. ,':'
Editor Electrical VI orker : .
and especi~l1y to our new local in Greater Tbis·locHl'Js· -g0illg, t~,ooopt,;,a '1Jew<plan
The scribe for Local N,o. 40 ~n ~4d;il .
to"get .mcinbt!rs'j,:~tlt.e)~·.tried,;to,gef tb~ at
New. York: Long m,ayshe live, and~may
prosperi!,y always attend them. reduced "ral€so '1!wo ,'years,':agv,: ·bu t.,those
few lines to your September editioh the, of
WORKER, just tohohlihi~.job. La~~"
Well,'g()9d-byeJor September. partiesslippeil'hy j :1W.e:;coUldpot.getthem,
Day has come and ge)l,le, Local N1),. 40 ,haV'~
. " H.B.M. nor:~wQ1ild~th~::com~'i~,tit:the'~egular;rate.
ingsecond place in li11e;"llhe, .difl'oherseif
, . Well,broth~s,.<We' will.;4ouble· the' initia-
proud, turning out with 40 men, ;~he exact
'~~:'Vnioll No. 38. tion' onthc;,I6t;:iOf~ 0~t.6bet'"1lnd'~ :them
n~mber,sherepresentsin the N::S. E:'\~~_
, ;;ClevelaJid;O., sept. 8, 1s9s. again,,;an.d:whcmthe.'lst;/of":May~ ,j8cJ9;'-
With, the, li~ile inteJ:;est that 1"~ sh!l~n .
Editor Electrical Worker: com~ aro.uuq,:,the imtil!.tion fec'wiU be,$IS •. ·
towards the la)Jor parade,. it surprised, the
-Qne,'JD.0re month has passed and the reg': ' It seems 8'-}Oi:,.o('DlOri¢ytppay; but we; will old standbys, thenu~bei- . that, sho,,<id up
uiiirtime,hasatnved to Wrlteto the WORK- get.them of.~eise.get ~heni Qut of.theibusi- with their jumpers and
CaPs for par~e.,
ER; 'Tb€rebas nothing of importance ness altog~ther. -
A .generallnvitatioll' wilsex,tendedto mem-
taken place in ~his viclDiiy in the past We-add.ed threerlew:·1ights to ourgratid bers of our proies;,joDto ~de with us,
month, Qnly that there are aliuger num- circuit ·this ,iliorithaftdreeei~ed two' paid which was liberally respon'd~d to. Altel'
ber of elec~cal workers~of this local walk- applications-for ne.~f :titeefing night. 'So the Parade No. 40 held o~nhouse,w.ht!ll
ingaround hoping that the ·sunny side of LocM-N 0.' 38l$'l1dt'siow: . ' , - - , Bro. lluis, j~stJrom §t. Louis, tepol'·~~d 0;1
prosperity will turn around and grasp their The,lady ele<:triciil;"!wOtkers;' No.'80 j re- the conditions in that city, and others made
hand and say,:"Come and work for me." ceivedavisitfrom· No.':;8 and had their remarks.' Our. standard-carrier and,,;alk~'
·~IlY,;that has .passed away. But some officers installed-by" 'i'OnrGra:ud .Old~Man ing d~legatc::~ ~l'o. )y~bb, who had charg~
, day~.that.will·PaSs away-when t.he cheap Unde Tom"·"Wheelf:!r.· ,Say, and he is no of our banner the last three labor parades,
people are all dead. . spring chicken., Hlf is''8 ','warm" member also the handso~estman in N~. 40;·could
Now, brothers, it is a common sight here with the members: of iocalNo.&i.'Two not attend, on account of a 'broken ,pole
in Cleveland to see a bunch of elect,rical of.' oltr members; g<Wlost ' ihat~eeting and wires being ,down; th~lot as banuer-
workers stand upon the street arid watch a night~ They:wou1if.liot, take: ·tlieir'Unc1e carrier' fell to the old·faitllful Bro.:Schult:z.
'loi~cheappeopi~ doing'electrical \vo'ik .' Toni:s adviceabout~· the iar",wp.st side. Bro. Waller being one oftliema~bal~ lUlv-
at .'.r.edliced ' pay_ There is an ex-member T110se two brotbers';bave·:sin,:e ..bought ing cbarge of one of the:l;ijvision~ of tile
of':Lot~f 16 (fonnerly of Cleveland)' who thcDlsel....es,a:pockettnrap of-itlte 'city. and labor parade, rOde hisbro~cbo ala Shafter
wQuld like ,to get the work done iora far also· a list :of the 'o,,+,cars... 'Tht!y are well style, and handled his divisi()n in a credit-
lovver ~tic~ than lie pays. -rids same indi- posted now in geography. . able manner. It's a
cold day, or some-
vidual w~ ea charter member some years
.. ').;'Y, . Bro~ P; }IcGongh was repOrted sick; the thing is dead wrong, when No. 40 doesn"t
ago:'.§Lold Local No. 16. Wheu he was cOIllDliUee'folpid hini suflering with Ii bad have a mllrshal in tlle parade,: whichsbows .
.hustl'iilg' ~tound doing hiS little piece of 11anrI.:'Hcgot'a li'llr..lfslivcr·of copper run' how the electrical workers stand in tbis
work iii' those' days lit1' was always crying in t'o it' while lil! wa~,\;oi-king.' "fh~doctor comillunity. A few of the' brothers who
,for higher wag~. He was a radical Ulan is afraid 'that'·bloOd.-poiioning'\\'iU' Oiet in; could not get off, or didu·t ,vant to parade,
o~ wiigesj but. that day has long passed but 'S(j:fai-b:e' 'llas- it ·checkeJ:.·· the . An stopped long enough to risk Ollee)ie Oll'~S
out· of his memory. He has -got to be ii brotllt'.Tshopc he'~w1li s60h'gctaround' as we strolled by'them; ,
big boy 110W. But'SOUle day he !Day have agai:l> ". : ; . , The electrical fluid, 'liotof tlie'iitaniif::cc
his OWil troubles over againj then, .per- Bro. R. G. Wrigbt sent Local .1\0. 38 tured kind, visitel1 ex-Bro. Snotlgra!<S i~

SeptemberI
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the dynamo roomat Asylum No. 2, sbock-
ing him severdy and setting fire, to the
handkerchief,arolmd his neck, and melt-
ing the tacks in the soles of his shoes, but,
not dOIng' mueli'damage to the electrical
apparatus, as hewas able to' start the lights
in half an hour .after the occurrence. In
consequence, the,ex-hrother is now having
his' prO'fusive whiskers treated to a fire-
proof solution, 'his floor covered with as-
bestos,and. is also wearing, wooden shoes
of the low Dutch style. ' We would recom-
mend as a lightning-arrester ,an up-to-date
card in Local No. 40. ,~
.The committee having charge of the
scale of wages have , reported. It is to' the
interest of every m.ember to be present to
consider the committee's report, as they
have worked hard 10 perfect it.
,,' '''76,'' Press Secretary.
I,O'cal':Un,ion NO'. 4%.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. nth, 1&J<<;.
Editor Electric Worker:·
Labor day, witha11 of its excitemt'nt,
has passed and. will.· long be remembered
as aneventful:oile.· The morning opened
with' heavy showers· and prospects for ::.
continuance duri'ilg the entire day. This
was discouraging to the several crafts, as
, much labor 9.!ld' money bad been spent in
preparing for their yearly outing, but the
silver lining was·in the cloud and about 9
o'clock began to"show itself. At 10' o'clock
the sun was out in all its glory and ",ith
clean streets and clear atmosphere the
grand parade forn;edand marched over the
route .named by the grand marshal.
About .lo,ooomell were in line, all in
their best attire. The feature of the pa-
rade was the Scooper's Union, 1500 strong,
in a ,neat uniform of white caps, wbite
flannel shirts and black trousers. 011 the
I breast, a large 51 ill blue was conspicnons.
The officers and men of this organizatiO'n
l. are to be congratulated on ,their zeal in
making their part of the parade so success-
I ful and.pleasing. '
Locai 41, Electrical Workers, turned out
in full force and presented their usual gen-
, teel appearanc.e. ' BrO'. James Burgess, of
41, was assigned as an aide to' the grand
marShal and from the figure he cut on his
fiery steed led the crowd of spectators to
take him flJr Gen. Miles or Col. Roosevelt.
One of the most pleasing compliments
that could have Leel1 paid to our labor or-
ganizations was tl1e visit of fi~'e hundred
BriCklayers from Montreal. They not
only came as t()Urists to' our heautiful city,
but came as craftsillen as well, and joined
in the long ma;l'ch as enthusiastically as
our hO'me llIem'hers. The Bricklayers:
Union of this city looked after tbem, and
that is equivalent to saying their sojourn
was a pleasant one.
'J'he picnics at Teutonia and Forest
Parks were largeiy attended. Jollity
rC'igliell supreme and the amber fluid of
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King GUinbrilms.w~ ~s free as the w<\t~xs
of Lakc Etie. . .',. ."
Anoth~r ,p4~ade~~, which ",ecH~e~L;the
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Alger.-l\'lotli·eis,'o'S~:sters ,a¢ sweethearts
'had everything to 'lhenlsel~;es on this oc-
casionand those among the sick and well
that had no one to greet them were taken
care of at the arse!;al, where a gcnerous
breakfast was pro\'ided b)" Mr.W. J. Con-
nors, of the Buffa19i Couder, and his corps
of bdy assistants:" .
. Work contiJiue;; :,;lack a(~d tbe outlook
for tbe winter is poor; -
l\iichael·>McVoy, a trimmer, for years in
the employ of the Genl.· Electric, recently
assigned to the dynamorocim of that com-
pany, died here 011 Saturday from injuries
receh'ed a week pre,'ious .. "'hile' tighten-
ing a belt he slipped and fell across the
brusbes, .the flesh being .burned through
his back to the spine .. Mr. McVoy was
not a member of our 'brotherhood.
The Postal Telegraph Ce. have dispensed
with their gas engines and are now using
the Genl. Electric power to l'Un their dyna-
mos. This change throw,; out three en-
gineers.
Fraternally yours,
.'Y. H.
I,O'cal UniO'n NO'. 45.
Duffalo, N."Y.; Sept. 9th, 18g8.
Editor Electrical Worker:
During the past month the "Grim
Reaper," death, bas ,'emoved from our
midst two of our me]l1.bers. BrO'. \'lm. F.
Stricker, a private in 'Company E. 3d Pro-
'visional Regiment, New York Volunteers,
was stricken with typhoid fever and died
Aug. 25th, while sen-iug his country. He
enlisted at the time the order came to fill
up the ranks of the various companies to
tlieir fnll strength and went to Camp Al-
ger. He was quick to becO'me an able sol-
dier, and seemed about the last as likely to
succumb' to disease. ·"'hen stricken with
fever, he was removed to Fort Meyer hos-
pital, where he died. The body was
hrought home to NingaraFalls for burial,
and the funeral was one 'Of the larges~ ever
held at the Falls.' The deceased was
twenty-three years old QIl Aug. 2nd last.
He was president or" the Independent Hose
Company of Niagara 1:.. 11s. He was given
a 1nilitary hurial, all escort following the
remains to the grave, and when thc body
was lowered to its .last resting place, a
salute was fired over the mOU1ld while a
Lugler sounded final taps. In this death
Niagara Falls was ('aBed to Illourn the first
death muong her hrave soldiers, and it is
but truth to say the Cataract ,City mourned
the death of brave Private Stricker.
Bro. Lawrence Lee met his sad,and U11-
timely death by dr(lwl1ing at ~iagara
Falls Sept. 2nd, wbile working at Schoel1-
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kopf power canal, running wires. His
body was recovered and brought to Buffalo,
where it,was buried in the family plot at
Limestone Hill. Brothers ·Casey, Daley,
Dolan, Yeates, Maley and· J~()(}.ge acted as
pall bearers. At our last regjl1ar meeting ,
the following resolutions were unanimoUsly
adopteJ:
Whereas, It has pleasedPro:vidence. to'
renlo\"e from our midst our beloved and es~
teemed brothers, ''lilliam Stricker and
LawreI'ce Lee,
Resolved, That Local 45, N. B. E. W: of
A., hereby tenders its heartfelt sympatp.y
to th~ ~orrowing relatives and friends, aJld
he it further
Resolved, -r:hat a copy' of these resolu-
tions be placed on the minutes, one sent,
to the \\'ORKER for publication, and that
a copy he sent to each of the fanuliestlf
our ucceased brothers.
A great many readers ofthe ELECTRIC A L
\VORKER throughout tbecountry will be
sorry to hear of the death of 1\1. B. Mar-
vin; chief electrician of Bell -tel. Co. of
B.l1falo, for many years. ':hIr. )Iarvin met
, hisuiltimely death whilp fishing in ~iagara
river; uear Lewiston. The boat capsized,
drowning himself and guide.
, '.' Fraternally yours,
J. LdDGl~,
PreSs Secretary.
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LO'cal Union No. 56.
KEJ~LY. Erie, Pa., Sept. 6, 18g8.
Eilltor Electrical Worker': .
Once more I take pleasure in- trying to
selld Y011 a few lines for our,valuable paper.
The first thing I must mention i~ this fear-
ful wann weather. It has been so ,warm
here that the insulation has all melted and
rl\n off the electric ""ires,and Bro. St.
Cl..ir reports some glass illsulators melted;
but I did not see them. About the' only
thing I can get to coo1111e off is these sweet
pumpkins, O'r tryanthlopes; some call
them niush melons. Anyway, they are all
right on a hot day.
Line work is a little quiet here just now.
The Mutual Tel. Co. is building a line from
Erie to Girard (J6' miles west), and that
work is ,going slow, as the)" have had some
trouhle about right of way. Bro. Harry'
:;hwimUlcr is rul1lling a gang at Girard
lIud is doing some' good work.
No. 56 gave a picnic on Sunday, Aug. 14,
at Glenwood Park, and such a picnic! I
am sorry it was 110t possible for all L. U.'s
to h(IVC sent delegates, so they could get a
i)t:tier idea of the great aiT•• ir .. The weath-
er was too waml for many games, but we.
did have a hot ball game between the
btothcrs froni the Dell Tel. Co. and the
:'lutual Tel. Co. The score was 28 t.o 28 in
the seventh inning, and the boys quit on
account of the heat. The next was t.he
pole-clil!1bing contest. The pole was 50
feet out of the ground. Bro.:l\Iil!er was
first, ill J7 seconds; Dro. Kistner second,
itl IS ;;econds; B):"o. l\1ulheim third, in 50
seconds. (John said he was too rat.)
Tho::n cnme the Ene-throwing. Bro. Jacobs
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· ~ first;'With,66 f~t· of: line over a so-ft;·
teiegrapli line;' '. Bro. Hain'was;'secoud 'and'
lasthvitb i60'feet :of rope 'around· my neck;'
Ttien'came "the .great bicycle race~ ·With-
aJres; . Hi&!;; Sf.'>' CllUr;' Jacobs, Hart:
SbWiDlIIu~tiana' Llirsori;'which was won'by
Bfo'·'Hicks;Bro. ShWiinmer was 'second
and Bro.. St.·Clair third. Jacobs,'Hartand
'carsonst~ for' refreshinents; and this
waS;t1i~ i~t<ifthe uCit~i:ne'Dt. ;;. " .
Hart
. Bros.' and Donahue Iiiwe beenw.ork-
ing With the City Electrician for the' .last
few 'weeks, ri;pairirig the.: fire-alarin lines.
•. 'Bro. MiUet got the' 'jo~. 9f painting. the..
ftag~poleat.the, S91di~.s!_Home·:here; .the
pole·.is'~I08ifeet oilt of the;gtound, and Bro.
~iiier. put'o~tw~'coats' Of~int;'.. '.
There are a few brotJiers here, 11lc1uding
'is
the. writer, wh.o ,think th~e, .great spOrt
i~. iB,king .a~ So.: or' go.~{i:le. ". bicyt:]e .ride
eyiry
&iul(kY. ~A f~i< weeltsag() we went
to Cotin~t,. O':;a~d ~e~w"a man in ~
~~i'..~o/:'!l picture., ~,ma~ .. It's. some
Ri.
JWiii'9(.a~egr~~.y()uhav~tO- ~ke in Con-
n~~t;'ancfjti~ n~~essarY to smQther your-.
self·for~lX;Ut five~utes b'e{ore you ~n
get. the h9R$,iti4;~!i.1t d()wn 'l~w enough to
see·the:~'!l h..eildapPear; . .
"4e ..:tlp:~(~ip~f we took was to Corry,
Pa.; anji'we.:alLiook .dinner at Bro. St,
Clair's hom~.~.:A·hd,allow nle.toi. ~yri.ght
hexePIat,w'~l~re,,·fed up in .good sbape,
and in .fact we were,:us~ better. ,than liH~
w.el!i~gJit_:~o~. ·I.ate, ,.~ much chicken
~.tI Waueally .asha~ed .to lay my ,head
· op:.o~-"pillo~tlJat~Qr,her made 9f hen
f~~er:s.a:n4"se!lt.u~ . last .thr,eshing tim:e.
Bro. 'St·.,Clair'si-athex·,is.a railroad man,
~~d he.know~ a~ut,ho~a.<01an ought.to
~~k' ~P. -,~~d.,jJj; :,~~her knows ,h9W',t,P
· JA~ke Jtt.e p~~k~ .',
,W~~l1; Labor'~~y.has comeand-gone; we
llad a 1:ineday. for, it., a' large crowd, a.lld,
e.v~:ybod'y eIU<>.yed.the11lselves. Mr. Isaac
Gowen,of Cleveland, 0.,. ~as \Vith us and
sP9~e,ou the.-labQ:t;. question, and a large
cro.wd gathet:e.4 around the speaker's stand
~nQ r~ained motiouless for about .twp
110ur:s, exc~pt for their frequent ~pplause.
Qn lalit.Saturday llro.\Vm. Geives was
cu~thlg a limb out ,oi.atree to clear .~
· ground on an .alternator, and in. some way
he lost his, hold and feU.to the brick. side-
~al~:~ ~disblliceof '~bo~tls.fe~t, and broke
his ann ·aud, got ahad·.cut .over his eye,
put. the. nurse .at t.~e hospita~ told nre this·
· lDor~Ipg,:tha~,lle Was gelting al.',>Dgfille
attd:wouldbe , 011t jn about. Ii weelt. :8r9.
Geives: works f~r. t.he Edison Electric Light
.Co~ and will be, misse<,i by ·the boys while
heis laid.up." L. E. C., R.S.
'~oc~t' Union No~ 60.
SanAn~nio, Tex.,. Sept, 3, 1898,
Editor. Electri~1 Worker:
.•. '1'be trades .11nions of Sa~ Antonio have
· detemuned to have a Labor Day 'celebra-
· tiop this ,year th3.t will totally'eclipse anY7
thing previously attenlpted in tills :liue
tentr.-i'll1,teI'eSt'-aricll ,thOT-oll1~11nesSUP.:·:' . .' ., on'putting,;jn abOilt"1'2ioqo;feet!pf,~d~.."
· At the last-fueeting"ot tther;!1'r.~es.€oun­ ground workthis.spring:.-.;;,.. '''',ji~''';; .,."'!~
cil:thepOsitions'iii"the:;:p;irad~~~.;i;lrawJi . . The track to'the ..city"Bi'ewery:-,iS.;'u~arlyi
f6r:'-by- :the, delegateS,,;,Qf~c;thei:F.r~pective. completed.. and.Scbaeffer:'& .Braden·'~~i
unioB~'~\ith.the foll~gjT.esll~tS~·.;,;
Ii~~r1~~
·'7 .qgar.~Ia~ers. . 'C. • ,. •
Sev.er~' ol4el")abor ._<irgal1j~ii~,ha,ve does not .belong to the union!' "".'1 ',,,,', "".
nq~ijie.9~ V~~~ 1:radcS~9~Jl~h,t~~t~h.ey i ri7
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m~l!.are,~xpect~d
li¥~t:~',,:'
··E:'.B:~,P'iaiick & Co,
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foJlaye ~QI!.q; in,tiJ,e pa-
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,~~;t:~ft~~~~:~~g,n..·
Te~:as Slice·aud Leather Mfg. Co.
L '~ichel..;"·:,,\ i<'-' ,.:'."
L~il:dbex:g&;Jew~tt; .
S: .{:-Steam'Lal1ndrv.. .
s; A.Slieet~!ltl!talWt.tks. ~;"
The Be~_:;Di;ive-;$-~~jidinre\ver.y.'f\Vorkers'
ullip~,'lffi~ iS4!cur¢dttheSegllin~ Band to
pnicede;the'#iin thejlal'ade ••· . TheSe. unions
de\len,ecr,.erut· jor"theiI'; enter~e~ ,: ,; ..
·r,be;litreQL'1lJ.ar~b foJ." ~he,.p"ll"ade cis. as
follo,y-:s:rFprmqp ,.\'\sCWuesD and .E, thence
dowy iE .. $ojt!;Wll :street' t~ San $aba.street,
t.o .lYnj~~.;;l1ark;to:\-\':/Cominerce. to' .l\:Iili-
tary pl~i,,~t of·· trevillOStreet~toMain
pJ!:Wi;.. th.~nce up.-~OIl}nlerCe .street t9 Ala-
mo ,pi~,.,·iOn the.grolinds .after the pa-'
raQ.e"Will·,.}x:·· speaking,_.by-the:;-:U,on... J. L.
S]ayqep./ and 3lithelis~ Q[!!ports. aU{1iprizes
wOuldtak~. uphalf;ofB.O.,.~d.itor:1\paper,
I wi-ll:hay'e t~...QmJt- t~m, bqt'''illgivethe
nawes of tile. winn~rS in .wy.:next .. ' ;Tbere
will be a .grl;lud ba)1 'in .the .e\~el,iing·on the
gro:undll. ~nd,;a; hot tiiue,is e.¥pected by
ev~y one; . . .:'
~9" 6<i~nas'itsVC$tl;egarcl~.a'Qd hearty
thanks to Bro. W, F. Hendrick~tor:.S(!ud­
ing;\ls tw~ _~~ .lights 'for our' ~i~cuit,.as
onr:Qld· go~t is,getti~g· awful l:izyJat~ly.
,tue Cit.f·Ekclti;':iali #~" r!,c9J.nUlCllced
c,!?lldem!ling /1-11.the old work in· SliD -;..o\nto-
ni""consequE!l1tly.the:-e..is a d~ci<tedchange
for. the bet~er and hl,l~ill~s isstt;adily.pick-
11lgap;.tltel;e~n: "nly,two l;rothers 011t of
workuQYo': aui] We hopeio i)Jacc them.sooll.
1:'To; 6~ ha<;a:lopter';'Il" J1~w.. !!(;:11e:~f ;'ages
that ~~li !iOOUg<) i i{i;o ,efie.c~; ~I~il. f~iJl.bea
great ',iU1pr~vemellL9y<:r the o1t:Lstyle of
t:\'~r)' oue for uims",lf.".
)Ve woulu l~ke t~ hc<U" fro~ Bro. Rose,
lis.ali, the hpys'!<l'c:, 31lxiol:!s to .know how.
hei,!getth~k along. ,'"
. ;:rhe<boys,aIlsay tbat:'~'ijoe,~,~veEP:
fOlid,.of stuffedjsausage,,·~-";'. ':'H;;'~.•',1.l1;j, :;.vd:
c.Somerof the,boys~and-.f.citiiens;~.~~~.
dering...-w'ben:i fhe~Mu~ ;~let~c,)Ei~i
Co; •,wiU "cha.nge· t~t~,pole' ;,0« ,~e.•lcOl'-' .
ner. of, the: PJazaAbat 'haIFbeeD'~c~ned;
so' 10ng,;·;l1he"S. W; Tel;~o.,.a.ie;,fj~Dg,
put.·two . linemen to. work"stringi~·;.a.'
double trolly. "; ;:;= 'C",;:
A lineman by. the .name of:fri~:W90" .
was w~rkitig for, Schaeffer. &. iBraden!fell , .
from .. a·. tower' wagon .last . . weeki ;'arid .frac,,;
tured,an; ankle;' he·. is ·.getting:a1onglV~;
well. ··Price· was~a stra~ger··in; S",t\" ..and,
Iguesl;this ..il; enough this time, so IWllI
close
the circuit. . ;.... E.,.W.,. P.S. ,
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~oca1Union.:N~.,6.5,>;· ':'.
Butte;M:ont., cSept.i'·7, {98:;·'
Editor Electrical Worker:, ,.' ..• ; .. , .. _"
·Once again I wllHry,and,wrlte"ar.$ort·
letter to our most valuable' paper.;: • Laqpr.
Day bas comeandgone;,and l"m11St~y
thaf:L<ic::al. 65 did verywellr,nnder the:cir-.,
cumstances. We had 26 or '28 011t of'S: rOs"
sible 35 members,in'linej,notwithstandiilg'
that one of our "has'been u 'hosses mi(<re,
the remark. that he carri~~e uniGiJ~ votes:
and ,all, in. his vest pocket. ,"'<6,is pocket.
aDd·pulImusLbe small indeed;' but.there'
is {still a ,~tisfaction in :awowing;;tilaklie'
does not,cut :much : figtire:·with·':11l\,~r; Heoat,
one time was:;the'· mostenergetic:member'
we hild; .but now he has-a positionwith"a
lat:ge corporation and considerS; his'job of: .
more importance than .his ·manhood and:
honor . Time will tell.whetherjsbould'.he·
at anytime become disabled for.work-;:'the-
men in the rauks or the corporation would
be·his friends .. Would the company pay
his doctor's ,bill, deathbetiefit, and keep;
the wolf trom the door? No!·"13ut, ,no'
matter what came to him, so 10ng''SS' he'
showed 'a' principle of manhood, he wo,¥ld
still be considered. a' man' and .be.entitled
to all rights and·b~nefits, andby,any,over.~
si-ght, loss of pOsition, or disability'; ·he.·
could still command our friendship'-and;
financial aid. " .,. ,
Can a member of ,any laborol'ganizatioi1,.
great orsmall,give up his obligation after;
viewing the grand labor procession-of Se.p-
tember 5th? Are tbeynot· ,the,.~ail1 sup-
port of the whole ullh'~rse,who-.'makejt
possible for the rich to' ,enjoy life, ·wear
their soft clothes and take their .amnial
ttips to foreign· countries ?\\,ho, indeed,
bllt the laborer and mechallic ?N~ver. so
long as the sun is in'the heavens, ",iUlabor'
eyer be recognized until. they.all, great au!i
small, balld together as one body,.Jeave'alI
, petty, persol1al.gr.ievauc¢s ou.1;, ·snd stand
byea:ch other; protectdbcir brothers and
their families in time of n·eed.Re!U~l-
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Septem~erl: 13
ber that the morrow may bring you sorrow St. R. W; Co. ,and tM;QU:incYGilsLt. and 1\1r. Ben Jphnston, I mean; ,he i~thewhole
and grief, and then you inay be a fit sub- Coke Co: have all soniout .to;'Eastern 'par- thing with the Telephone Co.
jectforcharity. "'''\,ho kD<~ws? Who will ties. The boys ask each other in a jocular' I often see in thedifierent letters where
you. look tofot>relief, the corporation. way who we are working fo.r. But it.is all the :Dlembers will Dot - come out to the
which employs YOII' for the work it can get right,sowe hold our respective' places; it meetings, and we are troubi~ in the same
out of:you,· or' the ,'brothers who know and don't matter who wework-Ior. As for any way. It is a wonder to me,tl:Jat some of
honor you for your moral worth as a man new work:'be-iiig,doii-P, it is~tQPtsooti toteH the boys ever get up to the lodge to be ini-
and a brother? Brothers, do your duty to anything about it.';; . . tiated, for that is the last you see of them;
your employer as.youdoto your God, but The workers made a creditable showing they "ill give some brother their dues to
you can .still be ';s.' good union man and in the turnout Labor Day.: ·Bro. John Ness- hand in, as they are too busy to:come; they
brother worker through it all; and as for ler as drum major handled. the .baton like . stay away and wait for a few of the others
our backsliding btothers I only hope that a veteran. to attend to cverything. There are sonie
they may see the error of their way before Bro. T. R. Sle~dingspent several days of our members who have forgotten wIlen
iUs.too late .. Get- in the like and drill; . in Chicago. \Vewonder ihhere is a mag- we meet-I do' Dot know wbatelse could
look out for the leaks and your treasure net attracting him to the windy city. How be the matter with them.
will'be ·on·the i:rtcr~se .. If there is a about it, Richard? '. The Dallas Trades Council·will give a
needy brother, h¢lp him, if possible, and The weather clerk must. ha ve made a big picnic Lalf~r Day, so if· Waco comes
you will certainly b.e ~~~'I'arded i.n the end. short circuit between this locality and the up to see'us we will give them ·some nice
At this time it' may ·be well to notify all northeast corner of some Esquimaux' barn- prizes to take· back with them, if they can·
members of Local 65 that from July until yard, as the last few days and nights have do the work fast enough to get off 'with,
further notice, any. member· absent two been decidedly frosty, but' it was thank- . them. \Ve will have pole-climbing, cross-
consecutive meetings Without a gOod and fully received after so much hot weather. arming and hand line-throwi:ng.-
sufficient excuse, .will be fined the sum of Jas. Nolan, an old crnployce of the T. There has been a man here who claimed
fifty cents, and after .three months in ar- H. Co. and a good Iineman;too, made him- to be a union man, "and he got· mad and' .
rears will stand sli"spended. self a part of a circuit lasr week and had quit becal\se, when they were making up'a
In the way of -wo~k, brothers, there is his hands painfully burned. Had' it not set of by-laws he wanted one article to read
very little to ,do at present. Bro. Kcef,.of been for the timelv work of Wm. Covle,' like this: .. No nnion man to take another
the Light Co., has only three brothers one of the workers, ·we dori~t know whether union mall'S place; no malter what he was
working, and things. in the construction we would still be acquainted ~dth Jim or discharged for." He could not get it
line are slack. 'The 'Phone people are not. Coyle is an old·timer, and grasping throllgh, so on the 5th day of '.:]aly he was
doing some little work, getting ready to . the situation and his pliers at the same strawiJlg for a foreman here who sent him·
string cable, I understand. There are sev- time, opened the circuit and let Jim go. It· to the pole-yard to splice a pole: ' illstead
eral new nlen here from all parts of tbe was a close call. of doillg the work; he took the men' who
country working for the 'Phone, but we Brothers everywhere; I think ,ve all know were sent ,vith him and all got dmnk; and
expect to have .them:with us soon. The that· ·the stuff is no respecter of persons, of course the manager had 1:0 go out just
local telephone boys'are kept very busy and a wire of any' kind is dangerous, for at tne wrong time,- and saw that there was·
at.present, but can stand it. you can never tell; there may be a 'cross nobody iltwork; so they let him out. aud
Our President, E. A. Cherry, has left just around the corner. So don't take gave nle the job that he had.· .'Conse-
the city for Zion, to. accept a good posi- chances; wear the glOves or the boots. quently h~ is going to take a fall out 'of
tion. Good luck to :)".ou, and let us hear The circuit is open. - me-nit. \Vhenever he gets ready to do
from. you soon. ·Our Vice-President, Bro. J. T. JOHNSTON. it, he knows where I live. He has tried to
Higgins, is also. out of. the city, but hope .keep three men from joining the union
he will still retain his membership with us. I40cal Union No. 69. that. I know of, Rnd also told a brother
We have lost a co~ple of good members to Dallas, Texas, Aug. 31, '98. froui Galveston to keep away from 69 or
Local 31, at Anaconda~but expect to he~r Editor Electrical Worker: he would get the worst of it; He never
gOod reports of them there, and hope some Will send in a few lines fo September paid his dues, but got the F. S. to pay them
day to welcome them home again. \,. e WORKER. Everything is going O. K. in for him, and has never r~imbnrsed him a
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have one.of theirs. ill_ Bro. ·V/hite, who de-
Dallas. All ulembers are working but ccnt. "'hen 69 was' organized before, he
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posited his card with usthis month. three, and tlley will go to work next week. got Bro. Trotter !'c pay his dues, and still
We are in good shape financiallYr and We llavejust.completed two miles of street owes him. lIe OWeS 'several of the boys
with thc aid of all brothers we cil11 con~ railroad work and I think there will be here, besides these, one of, 'WhOUl, an
tinue. Do your dut)' t. brothers, alld. re~ some more R. R. work in the· near future. amount of several years' standi11g; got the
membe.r the Financia~. Secretary is your \Ve have got union foremen ou illl of the brother. to sign a voucher so he could send
friend as long as you are up with your Light lines in Dallas, so if work starts up it in, whcll he had already spent the mono"
dues, and tllere is only one way for you to here this fall, and the prospects point that ey .. He got R job ou the CottouBelt road
fix things with him, and that is the price way now, the boys who come·this way had and seut for a 11on-union man. to help him
-great or snla11. . better have up-to-date cards; but would whell thc lllau he owed was not 'voiking.
Frat~rnally, E. 1\I. D.not advise anybody to come until further 'Veil, a warning to cigarettc smokers
notice, as there is not much ill sight at and I will close. If the \\·ORKi;:R has
I40cal Union No. 67. present. room for this I will try again.
Quincy, Ill., Sept. Qi 18Q8. The Telephone Co. will do a good deal Manager's Office, Aug. 3, ISgS.
Editor Electrical Worker: of work here this winter-all the cenfer of Mr. Bartoli: .
Everything is quiet along the banks of the town will be underground work. They Your work-is not progressillg fast enough
the Mississippi, that is, as much of it as will move the Exchange. tbis fall; have to suit this r.ompany. I attribute most of

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Quincy covers.. The rumor ·1 spoke of in built a nice office building. Tom Le Vale
my last letter was well founded, as the last is in ere now for the 'Phone, but is going
few days have de\'clo.ped the fact that the out with a long.distance wire; he has two'
this-to use of cigarettes; YOll kill time by
lighting and smoking, though you may
lIot intend it. At any rate, the work does
Empire Light and Power Co., the T. H. of our hoys with him. I do not know who 110t show up. It takes you longer to put in
Elcctric Lt. and Power Co., the Electric . ,vill do the city work for the 'Phone, or or move a telephone than; allY mall I eyer
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had.' At'thisrate I will bes~Owedunder to ,,,trieeti~g;!,andjioitig~,their"dUty,; i. rowed afew years ago, we'w~e,v;ery,.SQny.(;.
when the rush"comes, this fall. .you will WQllid ;feel b;lll'and, set:a~~r"cxainple if,I.· welcouJd ,not. use.:him. . '~;;' ':';<,h,·,,;·' '<i" '·,,-,n
have :toq1iit"smokirig 'cigarettes' on,··your diU: ~~~omeup' w.tlnny'ipart~(\(;t$ very:. . 'Look at your, cards; ;,bpYSjiJ ~or.e..~9.q,i
wm:k or give up your job; and,to improve' so¥Y,:oto:s,1:yth.1.t:some:.fihthetn: Mvcmade.. starnhis:way. ·Wewereglad ,to see·,B{~i;'
in'yourwotk, also." . a oortiolete ·faiiurejn;thej'T:dut!J'~ ~1mt;is;in Hoc;lges show:;.up ,.last .·week:;.rtlPnk,~hey,..!
Ver.y. respectfully', . att~~ilirig;meetin'g~~ ,..la~ ahll~'ashamed" must have,:fed him"pr-etty:w;el~;".gained: J4·::
J.'D. McADOO. to·sa.y,.that,w.e'have tfailed;?ii;J-:~ut .It<sttwo· pounds. ,.; "'0 , " " " , , ' . :',:',:,,:

W. B;·C., P. S. rueetj·ngs 011 ~.cCOllnt ()f 110;•.';L......

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·' ,a quv-.
A V.rell, I.willn'ngoff.thistime,,::' :-:": .,'lIi
----~~- rLm1~"lthink,,if I. were ,cue oLt;IJOst who E.:P.McBRQQ:M, 0'.".
I,ocal''UnionNo.7o: b~v.e:~ot.seentb:e inside ·of:th~["h~U.jn so :rress Secl'etary;,c-,~
,Springfield, Aug. 26, IS98. l~they.d~n~t:kRo'~how i t . I O Q k s " l i w o u l d ' "
Editor Electrical WOl'ker: Withdraw n1yinemhersnip aud j(I~I\',sQme I,ocal Unio~ N.o.7.7~., ';' ..
I hope the boys'have no.t concluded that lif.e..il1sl1:ratl!:~o.society" and,.pa:y"r,oll!C em- Seattle, Wash., Aug •. 21;18g8;,.,
Local UJriOll ,No.' 70 has ci:ased to exist be- pi~Y~e~t,agen~yto'.k~e.pm.~'in a;j1-ip, sol Editor Electrical Worker': " ."
cause·they havenoth~rd from us,; but we '
,vould not,have some :ofthe.,~d .b.f9thers Nearlya ..month has passed bfs1tlce' ~f;
:;'have~nlwoitk-ilig.'hard 'to."get'aU;of, .the
boys ,together' and, )1avesucc~eded to some
(',"l'';'''~J"c t!'ying to'> 1,~eptt~~j~s:'g()i1'lg) ]ast'lett'er ·to the w'ORK~R'was wrlt~fi;
pokll)g·me,inJhe . ribs .all tbe,tj!l1e;·,~ !l.ley and during that pericid littie'n~ws'~':
very
extent .. We have got the Superintendent
will ,c.Oll1e .,up with.. a g:re&t; ,10t~g;.':\Pltlful presented itself in the eiectncal iine,Sp I
of l.ineS:at the. Capital E}ectric'Co.'s, and
tale about, I could .not lea';e:,J,ily,darling will try my best to fill in little ii:ems'tb'at
alSo ~fthe Springfield :Light and Power
wif~,.or IWllSjllst.sotir~d,T ~,o,\{ld::llOt get haye taken place from time to ti'tnesince';
Co., and they wiJl ·give work to union men
only; if they.can't~getunion men they do
m;t~ or',tl;~cvwgot 'out,o,r'~l~y,;~ldthing my lastletter,'and niake this 'one"as lI~'tet~ '.
fvr .an e.lCGlIse: , t ' ; " . ' . . ., . esting as possible under the dtcnit'Istances>
l';ere isaq~~iling l.tio ~e.spise, it is
the work themselves. 'VeIl, we have got
all:the.electric,supply houses. here, and
Ii It has falien upon me, .the painfuhlut). ,
some.one alw<>ys m~killgsO~p.l>6.<!r~~cuse. of again bringing to Dlifid th~ horiibi~ and' ~
I 11~d mu~l; rath;~:~ec a:",J1.~·oWil tip that
none but union'D1~ri~n,them, from the en-
fatal accident thathapPeiled to'Bro. R:W ..
gin~~up.Amsorry we had to throw one he don';t 'Want toce;ine:, We.a~.t: ii~ing in Robinson at the Conev:Mirie,nearSkyko-
m~u ou,t,of OI.U .local for ~otbeha:vinghim."
self; ,but the;D1en w~o are working Jor him. .
hop.;stJl~t~e wi1l,~~ ~bl~~i~·g~t.a quorum mish, in this State; oii~the
morriing:Ot')iiW"
next;me~tillguigl:;i:6;We ha:\'etw(),appIJ- 27th. It seems that Bro. Robilison,arong';
waut.toget in"but, we have not s~enany
coiu. c9me;,up,;yet. There ,are 'five.or sixcati,~!l~,t;.go j~~ i!i~eca,n
e,er g~t ·enough with three other employees, fonning:tlie'
men hel'e who ,would not comeinwhen.we. i~!de." i'" night shift of the mine, set 'off a.
bll(st .
-Yow will see solJle ' of these ..job.illsurance therein; They then hastened to:the fac;e'
started ·buhlr.e ~nxious to get in now. We
member>s ge t :aff;,iu.lhc",C011t1er;',ith some of the tuitrielancf'wahed' for tiie:ga!i'i8"
are:g~i~g~~lit,t'hemsweat awhile,.. new member or all outsider. and. talk about clear 6nt. A stone'W~1l 'had' beetl oiHn ;-{p .
:We hav~:a. strPp':g: retaUcler~s'union
what ·we; ha,yedoiie.· J\ll;t look:afNo. I or near the face of the tunne],on top'of \vhich ."
here, anfl we ~t itbef6re tliesp of:th,e 110n-
lUlioDDlen in toW-nand ,~hey stopped their.
NO.·9;'~lUdseewhanhey.have Q:olle; make the miners llSed to fixup·the'chargei. of'
c1~ks'.quick, (or. they are dead in the p~h. a talk,abQuUhe w.e .of onc.'lf,Sam.pson's dynamite, etc. At th~ foot of·this' wall
1 think in a:' short tim~ we will have the 13-inch ~n~; blltthe tinle'mee!ing night was quite a quantity of'dynamite::which'
hottest u!1i~nill"tile SY1te ,lor, th,e size of . C<'l111es a:!'onnd the)-; llave.shrn]:ku:p to a had been thawed out, and as usuaHn 'Wahh:
it.. I ,wiUsay Ol1e thing to the boys: When I-pounder; or 'disappe-ared·altoge.th¢r, and weather, some nitro-glycerinehadekuded"
they nsit Oll;J',t,own they wilJ al,,-ays find a that new member 'Wonders ,,·hat·has be- from the cartridges .. In
anidIe' inoOle'tit:'
(;ome ·of that great tn3.n h~ was t:llking to. one of the miners picked: up aedlin-and"
welcome hand·for all •. The Sity Electri-
ci~n~nd the Assistant bOUI belong to our \'-ell union laborl!;ui-lIed· another Victory hammer and struck a lick on the top of the'
itl 'Hus 'town:jast;,th~titli;·';J.ti'\\'as.iheget- wall. It seems that he' either gtruck 'some'
local, and they are going after 'UIe compa-
nies hot foot to get their lInes in shape. 1 ting a peli!i!>li:t,l1rougllJhecity :council of the nitro-glycerine that oo:zed out orthe
thjnk by this winter there ,,,,ill be plenty that all contract viork,let bylhe .city was cartridges, or came within' concusSion
ofw.ork her.e for the boys. We have our to ha1Vethc. union ,clause i!lSt';rte<i. They range of it; but anyhow, the whole pile of .
~~ii ~ell distrtbuted, so if anyone comes h~~l it gliOd, hard fight. of it with lipme of dynamite exp]odi!d with a force -that was
. here tIiey will find lh~l.easy_ We have th~;:contractors, bilt we got th~'ough it all felt for miles around. The :poor unforltr-
them with the Capita,l Elec. Light Co., O.K. . ".,' nate fellow who struck the blow was abso-'
Sprhlgfield Elec. Light and Power Co., Atwtllu'thillg, 1 was glad to learn that lutely blown to pieces. . Bro_ Robinson,
City Electrician,.Sta\e Ele~triciall. at State. there is'" a construction ·gang "forking for who was standing some distance frOm.
House foreman for E .. C. Haas' electric the~Telephone ·Co. that the f(lr~man and where the e~plosion happened; was
shop, ~nd the R; lla;ls l\~f.g.,Co. These l\n~f his·linemen carry cards, audif paid. knocked insensible, with his clothing
are the' principal ones in ~he town. ttp,.!'uch a lhing could nothavebeell found almost torn from hili1~ ,By the time ,help
. I ,will close this ti111e Jor 1 have got 'a. jn,:the Sduth,a'.year: ago, If \v<! will all arrived' from the camp the 'suffedngs of
~ase of,-trouble 011 hand /11111 havego.L Lo :work.hy nnotl.er y ..ar the lJOn-l:llion men poor Robinson were over.
get ()~t •..... 1 ~ill.se~ YOll all' ,yhen 1 turn· wilLbe·as: scarce as':-iueunioD. mer. inow. The most peculiar pa·rt of -the accident
intQa mule. ,",-ill try and ten. more next . Work lias.been'pr~ttyflnsh for the last was the weird vision of Mrs. R; W; Rob-
time. Ta-ta. six' weeks, but I!lllpJiose it wiB le~ lip soon. iU5011, wife of Bro. Robinsori, ,,;ho reached
A. H. KESSLER, The. Stn:et Railway Cn, ishaildinr. a new here from Pittsburg, P.;a few·days ago,
Press Secretary'. 'Jjneto Col1;:ge'Heighl:$,' ollt O!l Fifth, and and was paying avisi! to' her mol her at
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Local Union No. 72.
. Herring,nvehne will becomplet.ed.iti about . Renton, \Vn., before joining her husband ..
ISciliys. The night that the exploSion· liappened,
Waco, Tex., Sept. 5. '98. The Telephone-Co. ·has· :just ,finished. 3 Mrs. Robinson, aIthough-there';beillgstilL
Editor Eiectrical Worker:' _ tv.lo~inch lead t(lpr(\~dellt. IIeig-hts aud over 100 miles of a separationbetweell her
. As the time draws near for oUr publica- are'build~llg out to th~·Coll'ege. We had and him; _lad ,a vivid dream'colUe,tober
tion I find 1 have 110 more time to write ahoLo·lineman with us the (ltbel' Jay, but ill her sleep;. at precirely the salUetime'
than com1110n, but as 1 have be.en punch- as.. rome'of· us knc\v bjDl pretty well and that the explosion oc!=urred at tile Skyko-
ing tl~ boys up so much about attending h\!,did.~,.~t bring lla:ck"'a' {,:w ·too!s he bor-' mish Uline, bringing before -her .1he-llorri:".
 Septem.ber]
ble accident i~ -all its details. being so
deeply rooted ollJler mind. and being of a
sensitive-nature. rest was out of the ques-
tion forher. So she arose from her hed
and informed tlie-rest of the family of her
dream. In spitc;of their assurances to the
contrary. the young wife insisted that her
llusband had been 'killed. and it was in the
11iidst of her lamentations that the mcs-
~age arrived. telling briefly of the aeci-
dent. The widow is not over 23 years of
age. and has a bahy three years old.
Bro. Robinsoli was a member of NO.5 of
Pittsbnrg. and I!.lthough meeting his death
far away from home and relatives. No. 77
of Seattle did I:reo:it to itself by turning
out in a body and escorting Bro. Robinson
to his last resting place - on earth. The
flowers that covercil the coffin were nu-
merous and of a very choice variety.
Among the most conspicuous was the piece
scnt by No. 77. N. B. E. W •• of Seattle.
representing a broken wheel and standing
nearly fonr feet,' in diameter. with a back-
grouna' of white roses and lilies. .. Our
Union. No. 77. N. B. E. ,v.... set across
the center in blne ,violets. .. Thus we pass
away."
,In my last letter to the WORKER I
wrote a brief note- in regard to the plant
under constJ"l1.c~ion for the Snoqualmie
Falls Power C'o .• here- in tltis State, but
owing to the d-etails and plans not being
finished and made pnblic at that time, I
was unable to :furnish a true statement of
the construction. Mr. Charles H. Baker.
the general manager of this large concern.
has just returned from Chicago and other
Eastern citieS; and has completed all the
detaj.ls for an immediate start on the plant.
He has also contracted witlt the Westing-
house Co. for the machinery in the elec-
tric line. which of course was the most
costly and important in the line of con-
tracts to be let. The competition was very
keen between the large electrical compa-
nies. Mr. Baker says he, gave the con-
tract to the \Vestinghouse Co .• not be-
cause they were the lowest bidders. but
because the Westinghouse Electric Co. 's
proposal seemeill.llore advantageolls to his
company. The contract called for fOl\r
large gellcl'lIto.rs'of 2,000 H.!'. eaeh: Th~
next itelll of importance decided was t.he
matter of transmission wires, and this, I
think. will attract more thau passing at-
tention among the readers of the \\'ORK-
J.;R titan anythilig else pertaining to this
plant, because the wires will 'be mallUfac-
tured ont of aluminum. There will be
over ,500 miles of this- wire used i 11 the COll-
struction of the transmission part of the
plant. 'fhi!'; is. I believe. the 0111y traI18-.
mission plant ill the world operating on:r
aluminuOl wire, and the price is such that
copper is likcly 1.0 be displaccd fOT similar
PUI-poses.
Another Orl b" nal feature of this plant
will be tlte water wheels. with a total ca-
THE- ELEcritiIcAL .WORKER.
pacity ~~t ,I 2.~H.'P. These "wli~els~i_;:
neither tui-bine oriiripact. l~'is'a new 'type
~;!;~iiiii~~~r~~i
gineers and Olanlifacturers iii the EaStern
States to know what the wheel is like and
where they are made. __ The prst expression
011 the subject and the debnt of the wheels
themselves ,,-ill be made when under the
pressure of the great' Snoqualmie power.
The wheeis will be illipelled by the power
which Nature has beel1so lavish with in
the Stat:e~f \\'asld~ton:_ then. and not
till then. will this part of/the plant be
thrown open for genafitHnspection. This
type of wheel has been for months under
the most severe tests in a series of hydrau-
lic experiments in . Chicago. under all
heads. but particularlY a head of 270 feet.
such as they will have at the, Snoqualmie
Falls. They claim ,that -they can realize
the highest efficiency and ,the closest regu-
lation ever attained with ,any wheel.
An order has been placed -for 22,000 por-
celain insulators, each about the size of all
ordinary hucket. which. ,\'ith 5.000 harrels
of cement. constitutes R train c of twenty-
five cars, speedingw-est-;':ard at the present
writing. 'fhe entire' stock purchased by
l\-Ir. Baker while East amounted to oyer
$250.000. and before the plant is finished
nearly $1.000.000 will be expen<ied there-
on.
'fhe usc of aluminum wire for electrical
transmission will be somewhat of a novelty.
and we are looking forward for practical
information on thissuhject. They claim
that aluminum has ou)y 62 per cent. of the
conductivity of copper, but when we take
, into consideration that one pound of, alu-
minum will do the work of two pounds of
copper. why, it looks, reasonable enough.
1'he wir~ to be used by the Snoqualmie
Power Co. will be as near pure as it will be
as near pure as it will be practicable to
make it. being guamnteed to contain 99.30
per cent. of aluminu1J1 and not more than
0.25 per cent. of iron and 1.50 of pure lake
copper. The compa11y will have use for
150,000 lbs. of thiS wire at present. They
will operate with 25,000 volts. instead of
II ,000. as I wrote, itl my h'st letter. 1 will
give a description of the location and en-
gineering part of ,this plant in my next
letter.
Vvork here at present is about at a stand-
still. this being the season _of the year
when people spend their leisure time hunt-
ing a cool place to sit down and think of
their past and make good resolutiolls for
the future. Of course the men in the elec-
trical business are flot exempt from this
habit. especiaUy \\'11':11 there is nothing lO'
do, and generally the coolest place they
can find during these hot summer days i:;
when they go home' and meet the landlady
at the head of the stairs with a glass),. far-
away look in her eyes; this look grows
IS
more gioss)' '''hen month No. 2 comes
arol\nd :l.lld no room-rent yet ill sight.
I forgot ,to mention that Bro. Charles
Randull has taken the place of our late
Bro. Robinson at the Coney Mine. Skyko-
mish. In a letter from him the other day
he mentioned something-about the amount
of air space he left between himself and
the explosives there; it was something
enormous.
The T'elephone Company alc getting
along liicely with the construction of their
underground system. and If the weath~r
llolds out the system wi1l be finished by
the middle of -October. und-er the able sil-,
pervision of :Mr. Brown. of Sa11 Francisco.
No. 77 is tr)dng hard to have ali electrical,
inspector appointed for the city-of Seattle,
in order to better the condition of electri-
cal wl.'rk, wiring. etc. '\'e aTe sadl)' ill
need of sometlting of this kind, and hope
that in- the near future,our expectations,
v..ill be realized.
No. 77 gave an open meeting and social.
on the evening of July 30th, and a very
pleasant time ,\~es experienced by all who
attended. The tables were set for 100
guests; and after' all had done justice to
the goodies we still hadplellty left. Ow-
ing to the evening being extremely warm.
there 'were quite a few who remaine'd away
on t1Jat account., The entenaining com-
mittee had their _hands: fuil. ,but like all'
tnle Americans. ca,me out without a scratch
and with colors still- ill the air. The feat-
ures of the evening, wen: ~)IE" e:s:,quisite nl~­
sic furnished by saine oi the members;
piano solos by Prof. ~ol Asher; banjo solo
by Bro. Steve Cokeek; .,"ocal by Bro. W.
Russell. The string band was accol11pa~
rued hy Prof. Asher on the piano. and from .
every COrtler l;ame nothing but praise, fOT'
the I~\lsic Wp.s simply grand~ Breis. Jen-
kins and Shorey promised to favor us with
a dance called. 1 think. the Hoola Hoola.
a national dance of the Sandwich Islands.
but owing to the uuexpected arrival of
Jenkins' wife. at the wrong time, of course.
the pleasm-e had to be postponed. '
Remaining respectfully )-o\1rs.
R. E. FARREN.
Press Secretary.
Over 400 new members have joined the
Peoria labor unions within the past two
months.
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~ ,RJl,ton, ,N .M.~ 'sept. ,4,'!)8. '
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Editor~lectricalWorker:
"I. ~nt"a letter in for the August WORK,
E~.but it was one day too .late for'publi.
caticm; so here ,goes for this Iponth.· I. am
.sorry,to !lay,thati am having a ro~gktime
of it Just now.. ~ have }leen kept guessi~g
whether I. was going to have three squares .
a day, or one sqllar~ in three.days. As I.
am herein pJ:aCtically a ~trange to~,and '
lande<1 iI~re"".J~o~t', any ,!Doney, and have
beeJ1 trytng, to ,stand oft! the •• mountain
fe~er ,,< (also the ,groc~~an) for over two,'
w~'b;i!:ndfuy ~fe nas be~n" on the sick'
li!1t. for some time. ~llt I. hope to pull
thrc)Ugh~ll right. I. have mailed some of
my little, bOoks (a'lmanacs), to sever~l
loCa1s; ~nd hoPe to hear from them soon.
I. ~nt:2~ toL0c8.1 S, at Toi~o, and they
sent me,'S for them; and it was surely a
very welCOnlE!vfSitor, and we could not find
words to, tell the brothetsof Local Show
tb8nkful we were for. their belp. I had a
lon~:an~ very syinpathetic letter from our
worihyB,ro. Geo, H. Gleason, President of '.
, LoC;aI 38, assUrillg"Uieof his ardent endeii~~~'
or~oget tbe~rotbers of 38 to take ~me
of,~! ,h??~s, ~or which' he has my ever·
laStinggf~~tude.BY the way, I see in
, the"'~ugUst\VO.RKE~ that' Lociil 38' has a:
ca#dl~ie'ilJt~.neld for the'v~canCY on
th,rE;~. i~thepersoD of"'UncleTotn"
Wheeler" and I Sincerelyhojle:he "iIi, be
8PWi,ilted; f()i, '''hile I have never haa'the
pl~W'e'of ni~ting himpersoMlly, I have
noted f()r sO~e time his.generous aud loyal
spiijt tow:ards t1!e intereStS, oithis grand
Br~'herl:i,ood: I. have always found his let·
te#,'to'the' WORKER to be highly interest·
ing' 'and loll orche~ring words to, ali;' and
at ail times u pholdi~g the interest of union·
isrii.~ I. shall rejoice with Local 38 if he
should 1:leappointed.
It was ,with much interest that I read
,the 'lett~r from Local 77, and I sincerely
hope thaI unionlvill continue to ,grow, for
I think it shows a fine record when a local
starts 'with eigbt members and swe])s its
roll to 40 hi so short a time and under so
many diffi'culties. 'Success to you, broth-
,ers of 77. I hope to see a letter from Seat·
tIe everymollth; also from Locals j6 and
73. I 'am glad 'to note Local No. I's suc·
cess, and hope that NO.3 has been triu111'
, pilant ere ~his., Locals Nos., I, and 3 are
going to help me ,b,u,ya r91ling~chair, a!l J
am going to ,try,'aiid,.start ~ cigar stand
here; and 1 will need a chair that lean
DlOV~ 'myself in about the, stand, for I
wouid freeze if I um1ertook to seJl b06ks,
0, l!,l1ylhing else abC)\lt the streets ill this
c(j¥-'1ltry. 'So I have written to Bros. Phil
FiSh, Martin Derkin and Fj.a~k H\lr~t, and
I am confident of ,getting the chair, proyi·
rUng Local 3 has ,won the strike, which
they are sur.: to do sooner or later.
I mn ver)' :I','·.:h ddighted to learn of
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~~g~;~!f.1m~j.:(~:~)!cces,<;:.~ll~ in~~ ri+~ Ele~~ ',' .,' , ",:~9~~*P~~S.~i_: ;;;~ft i;':';"'":',;, ;
~'.~, :.,'.~·"!t.~·,.",t ,t ~i , ;',~ .~",~:',~ 'l.'~,:l,~ , ~,;-.~',~,(~.,~c·r~,e'~t",rOh;'Y,tehi,r:e,~O!,"' "?J:~~;~~~~:::'
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_, _ _ _ unio~~op~e is j~Q~~Y', :>, ~ " ,.',
all<l·r,\,astold by,all' that tfiere usea' to be .
It :is so' easy' to endoiserbut'yet)-ha,;dj:o'
",break away "'from .party~ " ,',
Any excuse will' do 'for;: :';~n~attendilnce' ,
att~~ regul~ meeti~gs." , ' " "'.::.
A long pull, a strong pun and;·jl' pull, in,:
opposite directions is a good ,one:
How'the workingmen ~s: ~otei'!intsht,o"
the sitpport of a laboj.~caDdidai~! ,,' " " "
o1ir~~ h~~i!tifiiTtity;bht,;"!gosh)sh'e'shot! If, the toilers would act as they speak, ,
neysaidthey hfld "fdi.~e: "Gocxl Jilek to
~i~l~;~~~;)~' ~~~;~;;!~~~;~~;:;;
ber'lilfti-i:eaif'tlle aiticleiieaded ' "Fr~)~" He that is steadily ,employed has Ii very:~,
~'t,.~~~t~~~At{~~il~£~p! !{:~~~~:is~e!:e:~C~~e fellow-workniari;'
" , When his, ,trade is affected, then union·
con~i4~r,#~on•. .\\~e)l,:~!'.'?the"s, I shall try ism predo~iID.Ites; 'wl~~n j(\is~Jrie ~tiier.
to k~epasfiffu:pPenip;iJu.i·it"s l l a r < r t O ' " ".' .
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fellow's trade, then he isabSent:mindt:d.":':", C
gme;ywrb,re;~r'~O·~f,~, :th:~eIB'r"~':'~ltiai:"I:n:{,:.,b,~£~I~ :;~~:~;:;:::'~;::t;~:"":'
, downfall',of many JabOr.;Ot'gamUtions'bas '
" Ver)',gratefriityJrid fraternall)~, ' been largely due to neglect oUher~itk'i
. . , ROBEIt-r G. WRiGHT; and file thereofto bear each their indivici· "
Bettei'kno"~n as "'l\IYllterious 1391>, i'e, did ual portion of the responsibility.
Crip," ~tc. ,..,~,;:, ' ',,' ' ,
Grand Rapids; Mich., will have itS own~ ':
Defend your union'ii'g~ii1st aUHs oppo· lighting plant. 'rhe private.coricernnow
nents and defalU!;fs. ·,1Lyou discovel: any milking, ,t.he city attempted 'to: secure an
defects, $:lye your 'criticiSin uiltii v')u',ret injunction against the city.erecting a plant
""itl~in tbe walls of'yc;l\f uiiioiJ r(xl!ll,I?~ld
there hv "eVen,":'nolforallle DI eillls"-...vithin but the court couldn't see ,why the city
your po\verseek,t(,n,ecti.fy iL: should be denied, the right to, conduct its
=====:;::::::=:::::' ,',:, ,,' own, affairs as t.he great majorit.y of the
people saw fit.
We dOll't like a gusher. We' never did
like a gusher. You know, one of these
gushers whoprof~ssese~eI),.thing 3,1;d, don't
wean a single thing he 'prOIessi;s; , EveJi
the frieJld!>h~p'he, professes ~or you isn't
worth the ~ b~eathe1Dployed giving utter·
ance to it. Wheneycr you meet 'one of
them who will tell you wha~ he qu'du, or
tell you what he is goitlg to do" aud then
v..ill pat you on the back a~d give you t1~e
glad hand whenever he lU.eets, YOU make
upyOUT wind that lIIan is l;~tt~ b~ tru~t~. '
eel. You are safe in dh:iding,ev,~~): prop~­
sition he makes bv two '..-ilh, a liberal dls~
count on the side: Be",art:! of the,its~~r
in the labor movement. '
 September] THE ELECTRICAL
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.w~It~SS TnItnGRAPHY. and aclu::.lly untrue ... Bot.h, t~e.pr~aDll along the streets of Paris left the thor-
the employer-:: who',etf:pioy thi.s:silb~eifH,g:e oughfares in need of purification, while
.~eriments Rec,nt1y Conducted in ~ng­ know thadt':'d6€s:' hotrepres¢rt.{tii~ 'C~Stt many of. the spectators were driven away
land Repo~ed SatisfaCtory. 011 the contra~y., th~ emplo)'ers'expect .the by the stench. of the petroleum. France
men to coDle.back, 'but they liopeto fcrce has given its efforts chieflly to oil car-
The application' of what is called wire- them to cOllie ~ck ~h tlle'old'conditions. riages, but may not have much to show
.iI
less telegraphy to practical purposes. has If Uus were an honest qOlitention, aud the for its plins after all, when ,the automo-
made great advances during the lasl few employers really thought the men so Fe- bile industry at iast gets down to its per-
months, the British postoffice having garded it, and really expected that they manent basis.
erected e:l:perimental stations in the would move permanently away, in nine
Solent, one at Bo~nemouth, and the other cases out of 'ten they would yield to the
------
ItOST HIS JOB.
at Alum bay, in the Isle of Wight, a dis- strikers' demands beforethe'laborers threw
a
tance of four an'd half. miles. Across down their tools. This is demonstrated by A Funny Story That Will Beaf Serious
this distance, and ev.en furt1ter, signals the ta~.tics employers adopt. in getting new Thought.
have ~n sent with entire ~uccess, and men. They hardly ever expect. to get, or
communications . ~e.remade to a vessel e\'en take pains to get; couipetent men to An exchange tells the ·story of 1m old
cruising about iii the open with equally fill the places of strikerS/but usually send colorcd U1all who asked' a white . man if lie
satisfactory result. :The system under out their agcnts to pick up shiftless, ne'er- could give him work. The white man
trial was that of Marconi, and the appar- do-\vells, who can be hired temporarily for asked the negro if he had a boat... When
atus at either end was of a 'relatively sim- the purpose of frightening·the strikers into the negro replied, .. Yes, boss," the wlute
ple character. Its \-isible portion consisted coming back, under the pretel)se that their Dlau responded: I I \Vell,' you set': all that
ora mast over 100 feet high. Inside the places are being filled .. As'arule, the em- drift wood Iioating down the river?"
transmitting station was a powerful induc- pluyers pay these men niorethan they are .. Yes, sah, II was the reply .. I I 'VeIl, then, I I ,
tion coil, .by means of which a spark was willing to pay their own laborers, and they continued the white man, I I you row out' in
con·n.ected between hvo balls. One. ball do so because they do not expect to keep the river and catch that drift wood, and
was connected with the upright wire, the them permanent.ly. .- . I'll give you .half you get. II The colored
other with the earth. When a spark passes Any person who comes in to take the l1Iun worked bard for awhile, whell·all of a
the wire gives out ~lectrical radiations or place.of a st.riker is the wotSc off because sudden he stopped and pulled for .the shore.
waves in every diret:tion; and some of these of that strike. He was olit "'ork of before, On being asked the reasoll uf his return,
are caught hy a correspo!,ding upright wire a~d he would not have luid Uus opportunity he replied, ., Dat wood is jest as much
at the receiving end"and transmitted to a but for the effort of the others to improve tiline as 'tis his. 1 ain't gwinc to give him
suitable piece of apparatus known as a their position. Then, I.say, that job does any, and so I'm out of work agin."
"coherer." The .coherer is a glass tube, not exist'for him. 'If he g~ts it, another
into which. are sealed two silver pole man walks the street; and,'what is more, Tn:r.~GRAPH PO:r.~S IN ~NG:r.~ND.
pieces, the space between which contains" the man who walks the street is the l,etter
metal filings, which are,not ordinarily con- of the two. Now, if the .other man steps
Scattered throughout the British Iles
ductors of electricity. As soon as a current in and ta~es the job, he irilmediately puts
there are over 7,000.000 telegraph and, tel-
or discharge reaches them, however, they an end to all chance of improving it; Be-
ephone poles, and as, taking tbe different'
sel themselves on an end-on position and tween the claims of these, two, all the in-
railway and other companies into consid.
become conductors. The slightest tap dis· terests of the coml11~nity are in favor of
eration, the General Postoffice owns the
arranges them and turns them again into the man who is willing to sacrifice some-
greater pa!'t of these, a representative of
. nonconductors. It may.be seen then how thing to impro\'e his situation:-George
London Tit-Bits calle4 on a gentleman
by means of a suitable automatic tapping Guuton.
connected with this big" business for
arrangement the coherer can be kept in a
AG~ OF AUTOMOBIIt~S.
some statistics,' which were gh'en un-
sensitive state for registering intermittent
officially.
electric signals. These are developed by
~lectdcal Vehicles are Steadily Growing in .. Naturally," commenced Mr. - - ,
::n ordinary relay arrallgement, and .are
Popular Favof. .. the number of poles used in London and
automatically written down ·by a Morse re-
its neighborhood decreases y~ar by year,
corder. Theoretically there 'is no reason Electrical vehicles ar~: steadily growing but in tbe country fresh ones are being
why, with vertical wires of suitable length in popular favor, although we seem to be
placed in position, and at the present time
lind sufficiently powerful discharges, the a trifle behind the time in this country,
the telegraph poles governed by the post-
ndiations' should no~ be transmitted to a when the fact is noted that at the recent
master-general number about I,c07.COO.
.ery great distance and picked up. The exhibition in Paris no fewer than 750 anto- '
The length of 'each one varies from 20
experiments so far. completed, huwever, mobile vehicles of the carriage type were
feet to 60 feet, and striking a fair average
seem to show that no difficulty whate\'er shown, and that of these I2o'were of the
the total would, if placed end to end,· form
could be experienced in communicating
light chaise type. It may be questioned a line of over 5,700 miles long.
~r· ..oss tbe' air to :;.light house or guard-
whether 150 carriages all toid have yet ,. Ii we ran out of coal lor our navy lind
sllip, where a submarine cable would be been built here. This may' not be alto-
could transport these poles to the ships,
d""stroyed. Wet or foggy weather only gether a misfortune, for there are iudica- we could furnish them with an enormOlls
improves the signals -N.Y. Times. tions tbat the manufacturers, who came amount of fuel, for they weigh between
BIGHT TO TAK~ STRIK~BS' PLAC~S. . chiefly from t.he bicyc1e.fieid, sre rapidly them o,'er 2,ooo,COO tuns-sufficient to
Seltling down to electricity to the e][CIu- provide 80,000,000 families with a week's
It is argued by the press that when. !'ioll of other 1.'lotive powers, and that the firing. Attached to these poles are a cer-
laborers go on a strike they have thrown latest types of carriages built here com- tain number of insulators-those cup,like
up their jobs .and· have relinquished all pare more than fovorably with those put things that you ~ee ·the wire twisted round.
rights to their po~itiolls as much as if they forward as the best examples of the auto- Then" are over 5,870,000 of them, and if
h::...i left indh'iduaIly to.go and work else- mobile art liS practiced abroad. placed on top of one another would reach
where. Xow, this is a subterfnge. It is a II We are told, as an illustration of the a height of 450 miles, while their weight
t"d:nknl pretentiol1 which is practically situation in France, that a recent parade would be over 3,5i I tons.
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.7..", J§i?1~fu:Wt~"'k'
" The$e'would' lad for years and years,
bat~ 'owing to schoolboys and the roughs SENOi <ONE5t7CJCLXR
iutheBlack'Couutrywho make 'targets of
them, we have ,to replace 30,000 every
year; indeed,so' serioas has this practice
become that the ,home office has to send
circulars' ,to schools and other buildings at
stated periodsou the . subject, .and . the
postmaster-general would be grateful if
Tit-Bits also warned its readers against
this poor sport. " ' . .
DealiJ;!g .with the price of these insula-
tors, our r~presentative was unable to dis-
cover whatj;he general po\tofl?ce paid. but
waS informed by Ii telegraph company
, '7f~t1i'e~:!c-Wst",.~eh '4'U'd; ;atld-1is.,'e8ch,
'-~'~th~t ~fair/ average .would. work out at
£iSo,ocio'for the system, and a loss of
" £7So annually through stone throwing.
"Needless to say," continued our in-
formailt, .. that without wires these poles
and insulatprs would be useless; there-
fore, to send the millions of telegrams
from one end of the country to the other
we require 280;000 miles of copper and
iron Wire. '. This is delivered to us in coils.
"The"heaviest wire weighssOO pounds
a mUe, and,roughly speakin.g, there are
84,ooo,OOO'hundred-weight of these metals
required. Yes, oar 'stock·is certainly an
enormous one Bnd. we are, I believe, the
biggest owners of windn the world;"
The National'Telephone 'Company owns
andases 161,208 miles of wire in'London
and the country, while their insulators
number .. neady... lo,OOO,ooo. At some of
BBAR D" S·
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PRACnCAL "REFERENCE 86oK,

their Ct!ntrai..stations 'the" forms" erected
over the buildings.will contain as many as
216; while, it is a common occurrenCe to
raise one's' eyes to a rack that contains a CONTAINING'
--...,....--.....-
gross and a half.
The report of the New Jersey depart-
Se'ctipp~l .. Illustrations with Full Descripti.ons
mentof factory and worKshop inspection . -FOR-
states"'limt '5,000 cbildren are employed in
the factories of the State. How to edu- Stado!1arY'~'Madt1e;.and Locomo'tive Engineers,Fir~men~.
cate these children is the most perplexing
problem that confronts the authorities. .elC,~~trjdli"&;: 1,l:otormen,Ice Machine Men
·';i'Ond(jeneral Mechanics
To Pr.epareJ6rCi:viFService
. ;, -.~ . ..
or License Examinations;."
.

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:Lses.
T. Hl~w()rk ~'1 bC.okq£ practical information for mechanicS ·g~iler­
.. a

.' ally. ·,It is·one of the most complete combinations ever publiShd.
The :n.<.IP,'\~f'(l1~S l'~r.f+,mM m<Jstrations were, made .especiaUy to dearly ex,·
plain the. subjects under .ronsidera'tion, showing many new appliances
and devices'not shown in any other work. The index is alphabetically
ail;atlgM~':thai anvp~rt. of a subjed can be easily £ou tl4without
rt.adingover .' awhok chapter. Everything is explained in the most
si~plc. langt>age, so ,th(;re'¢,~ll be no misunderstanding on any su,bkc,t.
Sent p'ostpaia on r.eceipt of Pri.ee t $1.00.

~ddrcss,Elec~.rieWorker,731 PO\v.ers 8tti.l~iO'g,

H·OCHESTER, N. Y.
 September-] .
Directory of Unions.
Secretari"es will please furnish the necessary in-
formolion to make ~this directory complete. Note
that Ihe lime alld place of meeting .. the 'name orthe
President, the names·lind addresses of the Record-
ing alld rinBncial s~retaTies are required.
'.
111'0.:1 St. !touis,~Ho,~Mcets every Monday at
601 :'larket st. Pres:. S. ){ Keeble, 2618 Rutger st.;
st.; R. S • W. J. Squires. 28.6 Washington av.; F. s.,
·P. C Fish, 19'7 N. ISEh st.
No. 2, Hl1waukee; Wis •...,.lIIeets every Friday
THE'ELE£TRICAL WORK'ER
111'0.30, CincilUlaU, O.-Meds 'tst and ~d..M.oD­
. days at 136 E .. C,9I1r.' ,st.. l'res., Th~_ ... ~pellls.eY,,4'5
'\\'. 4th ~.~3.:.~.~~~ lo.9!,~~·_F. H3nn~~t!;!.;~·l.SS,.'~~~U~~!1
st.; F. S"~!=':I,,·~i,J!jl~I.'~raud, 21!YE,,,~u..t.'!'t'i~~"
port, Kyi"" .,..,., .. ,.... ., .
No. 3:1; Anaconda,.l\{ont."-Plcs .• W. J. Leon-
a~d,care Elect: :Light· Co.; F. S.,:H. 'Jorgel1s, 61.
P.ne st. . .
No. 32, Burlington, Ia;-P.res., G. M. Cunning
ham, 351 and 35J Front st'·: R.:S . Hugh Ward, 1006
Spruce 5t ; F. S., AI. Fox. 637.S, Firth st.
111'0.35, Boston, Hass.-l\feets every Wednes-
day at 49 Beuuet~ st. Pres ,. M. Rurningbam, '84
N. Beacon 5t, Rnghton; R. S:;·'-1. ·F. Phelps. 75 Wal-
deck st., Dor; F. S., W. C. Woooward, IPChurch st.
. No. 36,Sacramen~,q,;C81.'::"!\ie~ts .st and 3d
No •. 65, Butte, Hont.-Meets 2d and 4th
Wednesdays in GoOd Templars' Hall Pres .. 1>. A.
Cherry, Care Mont;. E Co.;' R. S',·'W. C Medhurst,
P. O. aox 346; E. M. lJeMers. P. O. Box 846. .
..
No. 66, Houston, Te ...-Meets 1St and 3d Mon-
days. Pres.• R. R. Tripp: R. S .. )V. 1'. Johnson,
Telepbone Ollice; F. S., G. O. WoOd, 5<8 Caroline
street. .
No. '67, Qulilcy, Xll.-Meets 2d and 4th Wednes-
days at Trades Assembly Hall. S.-8th st. Pres., W.
F. Wagnf'r. 551 Locust st.; L. O. COD'stanz, 401 S. 9tb
5t; C. H. McNemee. 511 S ..7th st. ..
No. 68, Denver, 'Col.-Meets Monday nights.
Pres., Cha5. Sa l\strom , lOSt Ogden st ; R. S .. C. W.
ArlDstroug, 2t5S I.incoln av.; F. S., H. F. Clark, So4
14th st. .
No. 69, Dallas, Te.......:Meets e"ery Tnesdar.

.
.W h i t . . . . . . .
at .~S pounh st. P·res., Joe Harris; F. S., J. H.
;'
No. 3, St. !touisi-:Mo.-Meet. t'v~ry Saturday at
Lighlstone's HoU, I~th Hnd Franklin av. Pres.• A.
P. B1ackford"'3th arid Market. care Garfield House;
R. S . James MCAfee, 20th and Market, care Hotel
Comfort; F. S., G. A. MitcheU, 13th and Market,
care Garfield ·Hollse.
No. 4, New OrIeans, !ta.-Meets 1st and Sd
Tuesdays at Carondelet alld Perdido sts. Pres .• J.
McGregor, .111 Rouseau st.: R. S .• C. M. Hale, 630
st. Mary st.; F. S., R. B. Joyce, 331 S. Bassin st.
No; 5, l'ittsburg, l'a.,-lIIee(s e"ery Friday
1IIght itl ,;ehmen •. Bldlt., cor. Water and Market sts.
Pres .. Geo. M. Rudolph. '.;~·Herron ave .• Pittsburg,
Pa ; R. S, Frallk I;un'tley. 301 RobiDson st., AUe-
ghelly.l'a.; F .. S., N. H. Bream, loS Herron aV.,Pitts
burg. Pa.
No.6, San F-rancisc(), Cal.-Meets.d and 4th
\V.. dnt'sdays at Foresters' Hall, 20 Eddy st. Pr':s:,
Wm. Barslon, "4 Uniou st.: R. S .• A. A. Whilfield,
632 ~atolDa st.; F. S., R. P. Gale, ICoS Hyde st.
No. 'I, Sprlngfteld', Mass. - Meets e,'cry
Wednesday at room '4 Barues Blk. Pres .. G. T.
McG!llveraY,30 Besse PI,; R. S., T. J. Lyn!=h, 1<'3
Shen"an st ; JI. S., M. Farrell, 59 Broad st.
No. 8,. Toledo, O.-Meet~ every Monday at
Frl.c:ndsh1p Hall. Pres., C. W. Schansten, lS46·OJ.l~
tartl) st ; 1<. s., W. H. K~s..ler. iOI South st.; F. S.,
F. !lot. Gensbechler, 7'3 Colburn st.
NO.9, Chicago, 111.-Meets every Satnrday at
J06 I\. Randolph st. Pres .• W. A. Jackson. 197 S.
Jetrerson st.; R. S., f.. n. Hatt, Gran Central Hotel;
F. S., J. Unscoll, 17 Fuller st.
No. :10, Indianapolis, Ind.-Meets 1st aud 3d
Mondays at '9% W. Pearl st. Pr~s., John Berry,
care hdllrs. FlTe Dept.; K. S, E. T. Busselle. care
N. Tel. Co.; F. S., E. C. Hartung. rooms 5 Cyclo-
rallla Bldg. . *.
No. J:2, Greater New York-Pres. , James B, ·A.
McEvoY. 31o E.37th st., New York; R. S .• Edword
L. Miller. 49 W. 114th st., New York; F. 5., Frank
B. Smith, 61~ Lynch st., Brooklyn. "
No. :1'1, Detroit; Mich.-Meets every Tuesday
Porter st.: It. S., Frank Campbell, ISo Vebols st.:
night at NO.9 CarliHac sq. Pres., R. Scanlan. 00
F. S .• P. Andrich ..985 Van 'Dyke avo ' Np'·.4s,Chicago,I11.-Pres.• F. J. Struble; F.
II.,
No. :18, Kansas City, Mo.-Meets every Friday
night. Labor hdqrs., Waluut st. Pres. F. Hohn,
702 Del. st., K. C, Kan.; R. S., F. J. Schadel, 612
Wal1 .-t., l~. C., Mo.: F> S., W. L. HutchillSOU, 1605
Harrisoll st., K. C.,-Mo. . No. 53, Harrisburg, Pa:~Pres., C. ·A. Swager,
No. :19, Chicago, XU.-Meets 1st and 3d Tues-
Tues:iays at F~resters' l~all;:Pr"s., J. S. Marsh,
600 7th st ; R. S., O. Bucklus; 14'.~ D st.; F. S., R. A.
Fisk, So4.K s t . '
No. 3'1, Hartford, Conn.~Meetse\·eryWednes­
.
clay at 603 !\Ialll st. Pres .. F. H:, . Roberts. 87 High st.;
R. S •• W. B .. Maloy, 6S Retreat a\·.; F. S., John ).
Tracy, sS Temple st. ..
. .. .,
No. 38, Cleveland,.. O.-Yeets every Wednes-
day uight at 356 Ontario·st. Pres .• Geo. H. Gleason,
IIQ Maple st : R. S .• C. J. Minch, .6 salZer st.; }o'. S.,
A. Herron, 4 Wal1sce st; .
No,. 40, St. Joseph, Ho.-Meets every Thurs-
day night at Brokaw Hall. I>th and Locust Sts. Pres.,
Frauk P. St. Clair, R'y Co.: R. S .• Wm. T. Dorsel
R'y Co.; F. S .• J. C. Schneide'r,l:ity Elec. St. Co. '
No. 4J:, Buffalo, N.Y."-lleelsevery Wednesday
at CounCIl Hall. Pres., W. G.' Ferguson, Sg'Red
Jacket st.; R S., H. A. Wende, .256 Bailey av.; F.
S., H. M; Scott. 363 Morgan st. .
No. 42, Utica, N. Y.-Pres. Phil. Gabler,6s4
l!leeker 5t : It. S., W. P'. Carter, 6S Neilson st.; F.
S., F. J. Murphy, '72 Th,rd avo
No. 43, Syracuse, N. Y."-Meets 1st aud 3d
Tuesdays at McCarthy'S Hall, Market st .• opp. Cily
":111. Pres., A. Donovau, 310 'Niagara st.: K. S, F.
~~!l:~e:r.?rs~' R. R. S.; 1<.8.,
Wm. H. Gough, loS
No. 44, Rochester, N. Y.-lie"ts 2d and 4th
Wednesdays at Odd Fel1ows' Hall, State st. Pres.,
Joltu Kenealy. 80 Frank 51;; R. S ,John Wolff, 9
Ct'dar st.; F. S., Freel Martin. 50 Champlaiu s.t.
. No. 45, Buffa.lo, N. Y;-'-Meets 1st and· 3d Sat-
urda)s at CouDcll Hall .. Pres;; John Marion. care
W. U. T. Co.; R. S., John Daly;F. S., M. E. Slables,
46 Kail st.
No. 46, ~we11, Mass.-Meets every Thursday
at 202 ~ler.rJDlack bt., 3d floor, room 5. Pres., Les-
ter· G. H311. r·. O. Box 292: R. S., H. L. Whitney 6
Puffer av.: F S., R. V. Cole, 169 Mt. Hope st., Paw-
tuckettville, lIiass. . dou av.; F. s.. N. Hall.
No. 4'1, Worcester, Mass. - Meets every.
Wednesday ev~ning at 306·l\Iain st. ·Pres.• S. A.
Stc.u~. 1.30 AustIn st.: It .. S., V. V.' Reed, 61 Myrtle
st.; F.n.,Chas.C.Cogbhn,1I3Westst.
N·o. 48, Decatur, X1!.-Meets at Cigarmakers'
Hall, ~. M,ain st. P.rf:s .• J. B Mulenix,611 Spring
st.; F. ~., F. E. Aldnch, 115 Wood.st.
S., W. J. 'Dempsey, 376 Austin ave.
No •. 5~, Daveup.ort, Xa.-Meets 1st and 3d Tues-
Qsys. Pres., A. L. Wheeler, Atlantic Hotel; R. S.,
J. H. 'uarke, 215 Iowa st. .
115)4 Market st.; R. S., Jas. F.ml!,inger, 25 N. 15th
e"ening all.abor Hall. Pres., W.·B: Courtney, Da -
las, Tex.; R. S .• C. E. Barton; p, S;', I'. F. Barlles,
Comm~rce, Prather st. .
No. '10, S'pringfield, X11.-Me';ts .st and 3d
"hursdays. Carpenters' Hall. S. 4th 51: Pres.• Fred
!\liller, S .... ley Hote:; R. S., ChRs ... Daniison, lu8 E.
Jackson st.: F. S., S. Phillips, 842 N. 3d st.
NO.7i, 'Galveston Tez•....:Meets 2d and 4th
Thursdavs, Cooks and Waiters'. Hall,23d st, be-
tween MMket aud Meehan·c. . Pres, J. F. Payne,
1528.,<1 st.; R. S .. D. L. Goble, 332DR. ~·st.; ·F. S.,·
D. K. GaM'ett, 1204 39th st.
No. 'la, Waco, Tez.-Meels2dand-.th Wednes-
days at Labor Hall. Pres .• E. P. McBroom. S. W.
Tel Ex.; R. S., G. R. Lockhart, 93' S. 6th st.; F. S.;
Joseph Hodges, 728 S. 6th st. .
No. 73, Spokane, Wash.-Meets 1st and 3d
'Wednesdays iu R.of P. Hall, 816 Riverside av.· Pres:,
Eli Hensley, 218 Riverside av.; R; S.,.G. Pagel, P.
O. Box 635; F. S., e. C. Van Inweg.en! P; .0: Box 635.
No. 74, ~lnona, MilUl.-R.S;.HirtT.p. Tej-
g,ue, 611 WIlSon st.; F. S., Joseph Trautner, 6:!O E.
3rd st,
No. 75, Grand Rapids, Hich.-liofeets 1st an~
3d Sundays. Pres., A. D. McLellau. 29 I:i:. Bridge
5t.; R S., C. Burns. care Citizens' Tel. Co.; F. s.,
e. Eo Post, Ib7 St.. Clair st.
No. '16, 'racomaJ . Wash.-Pres.. ·Wm. Kane,
1136 D st.; R. S •• W. J.·Lo'· ... 113 loth 51.; F. S', Jas.
Murroy. 11111 D st. . ..
No. '1'1, Seattle, Wash.-Pres., J. J. MaiUan.d,
231 Pontiusav; R.S..C. H. ltandal1.·8.S2dav.;G •
G. Jenkins, 1319 14th av. .
No. 78, Saginaw, Mich.-Pus.• Jas. 'Hodjtins
308 N. Franklin st.: R S •• John StrachaD, 336 N. 2d
st.: F. S., ehas. Ross, P. O. Box .25 E. S. •
No. 80, Cleveland, O.-..Pres.;, ·A. A.' McDonald,
590 Supenor st.': R S., Maggie 'Gallagber, 192 Gor-
The man' who has en~mies amounts to
something. He h:: a live man. He is a
fighter. People do not kick at a corpse.
A lh'e man nm float against a currellt--a
corpse flo:!.ts . down without hindrance ..
BleSs your enemies.. You' should love
them. They make life worth living.-
Exchange.

days at 651. Cottagc Gm"e avo Prts., M. J. Sulli-
,·au.5555 Shldus a".; R. S, F. Conklin, 10717 Mich-
l;;an3 v .; J". S .• }. J. Haffncr, 2539 117th st.
No. aa, Omaha, Neb.-lI1eets every 1st and 3d
We.1ne-<days at Labor Temple. 17th & Douglas sts .
. Pr~s . .J. S. Tobias. 2923 S. 18th st.; R. S., J. C.
Schnt-,dp.r t 1700 S. 17th st.; F. S., P. 14 • l\lycrs, 7U
N.16th st.
No. 23, St .. rauL, lii::n11.-Pres.• J. H. R.:;ad-
bou-e. 150 Sherburue av.; F. S., A. H. Garrett, 201
W. C. st .. St. Paul, l\li:lD.
No. a4, Minneapolis, .Minn. - Pres., O. R.
Shortal\; R. S., W I Hcvwood, 16 E. 26th st.; I'. S.,
J. \. Wolfe,124 Fourth sL
No. a5, Dulutb, Minn.- Meets 2d aud 4th
T'1U .. ~days at rool" ('. lIauning IIIk. Pres., R.
Thayer. 24 Thircl a~.: R. S, L. P. Runkle, 17 Norris
E!k.: l' S .• Jas. F. Owen", 414 E. First st.
No. a6, Wasbington, D. ·C.-Meets everv Sat-
urnav :..t 628 L·ouisiaua avo Pres., P. H. 'Visseuger,
508 Est. N. W.: R. s .• J. C O'CoDne11.930E. st .• N.
W.: l' S., G. A. Maiolle. 4" L st., N. W.
No. 27. Baltimore, M. D.-Meets every Mon·
day"t HHlI "'lOr. Fayette and Park a'·s. Pres .. D. J.
}Jl1n"t"ttt~. iOl9 ,,'ai:-mottllt av.: k. S, J. P. Jones,
1(,00 J..>rmall st.; I'. S .. F. H Russel1, 1408 Asqullh
slrt:et.
~'l:
st.; F. S., C. Anderson, 46 SummItt st.
No. 55, Des Moil:1es, Xa.-Meets every Thurs·
day night at Tracles Assembly Hall. Pr..s, J. Fib!-
gerald. 1924 Siner st ; R. S., C. C. Ford, 715 Scott 51.;
F. S , M. O. Tracey, 21' Raceou st. ..U)
No. 56, Erie, l'a.-lIIeets 1st and 3d Wedues-
days. Pres.,JohIlVisiJrow. '916Sassafrasst.: R. S., C1I
L. E. Carson, 303 French st,; F. S, H. 1\1. Kistner,
7 E. 7th st. .
·No. 57, Salt !take City, Utah-Sec'y, R. Blair,
care Citizens' E. L. Co.
No. 60, San Antonio, Te:o::.-Meet.~ 1st and 3d
Saturdays at 8 p. n,., in Painters' Hall, 131 Sol dud
st Pres., Roy S. Cushman·, 4"9 W)oming st.; R. S.,
\\'. P. Anderson. 4'4 6th st.; F. S., M. E. McElroy,
1725 \V. Comlllcrce st.
111'0.6:1, !tos Angeles, Cal.-Pres., Geo. F. Dor-
uer, 127 W .• st st.; k. S., W. A. Woodis, Box 84 Sta-
tiOD B: F. S:, S. L. Brose, 432 Colyton st.
No. Ga, KaJama~oo, Mich.-Pres., Leon Bell-
mau. 1102 Porter 5t : R. S., WID. Thacker)" IZ33
Portnge st.; F. S., L. lluruett, 116 N. Church sl.
No. 63, Warren,l'a.-Meels 1st and 3d ,,'('dnes-
(b.~t~.
at U. O. H. Jiall, cor. :d and Liberty sts. Pres.,
F. W. Terry. 414 I.aurel st.: R. S .• W. A. Pulliam,
Exchange Hotcl.
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