The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-12

should receive the support of the Union.
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres
BALTIMORE, April 3, 1872 Thos. Nj.
Dolan, ESD, Representative Of q. Nj. L..
No. p you ask the question a Can
there be two distinct shops in the same
building, under one license, or, in
other words, can an employer work with
Union men upon one floor and scabs upon
another According to a decision rendered
by the Executive Board May 3Oth, 1871,
to Union No. "a, and sustained, after CON
siderable debate, by the International
Union at their Seventh Annual Session
| am obliged to answer-yes. The Union
men can work in the same building with
scabs. You know well how | stood upon
that question in the Boston Convention !;
but AS the International President, can
not give my individual views in case of
this kind Fraternally yours,
EDwIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, April 20. IS7O.-Thos. M.
4 Dolan, ESD, Representative Of c. NJ. L.
/ No. %, Detroit Mich. In my decision of
7 April Sd, published in the ADVOCATE of
| April 18th, in regard to Union men and
scabs working in the same building upon
a different floor, | don't mean to give indi-
vidual members of Unions that privilege
wishout the consent Of the Local Union
under whose jurisdiction they may be
working. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres
BALTIMORE, April 9Th, 1872. r. Roh-
leder, Esq, Cor. Sec. of @. NJ. H. No.
100 :-lYu ask the question Ii a
cigarmaker comes from the Southern
States, where no unions exists and applies
for membership in this union, can we elect
him as new member " My answer is
yes, provided you advertise him, and no
other unions have charges against him.
Your second question is How far
does the jurisdiction of the Norfolk, Va,
Union extend r This IS hard question
for me to answer it being the last Union
going South. /, will, therefore, decide
that all territory lying south Of Norfolk, is
under their jurisdiction, and north on
line to Baltimore or Washington, ID. o.,
half way to either city is under their juris-
diction. Fraternally yours,
EDwIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, April 9th 1872. A. +.
Brassman, ESQ, Cor. Sec. of G. NJ. L.
No. Dear Sir Yours Of the 18th Of
March, came to hand i'll due time, contents
noted, and after investigating the case of
Bowers, | must decide that Union No. 81
Louisville, is entitled to the ten dollars,
they claim, for 1t appears that Lexington
is four miles nearer to Louisville than to
Cuvington, therefore he was working under
the jurisdiction Of Union NO. - and
liable to them for any violation of law.
They only claim 30 cents as endorsement
Therefore, he will have to pay them SO.
%, and they will then send card for him.
Such is my decision Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, April IA, 1872 AJames Jar
man, Esq, Cor. Sec. Of {. NJ. L. No. %
You ASK the question, is a retiring
card null and void IN two months after its
issue r. Ny answer is-no A retiring card
is good as long as the conditions thereon
are not violated. The section you refer to
Las referchUe to retiring cards, bat still {.
a person might So cOnstTue it from its
phraseolugy. But it says there, three /
months, and not two, also, upon the card, |
three months.
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.'t
BALTIMORE, May IA, 1872. Samuel
Bence, ESD, Cor. Sec of q. NJ. e. I
No. ll6, Harrisburg, Pa You wish to
know if you can elect into your Union.
men who were members Of the late Ian
caster, Pa. Union, No. % You also IN
form me that when the Board suspended
them, they had III the Treasury two hun
dred and eighty dollars My answer is
that you may elect any Of them, for your
regular fee, if you have no charges against
them, provided they pay at the same time
every cent received from the Treasury Of
the late Lancaster Union, at the time Of
their suspension. Such is to be forwarded
to the international Secretary.
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, May 10, 1872. Frank /
Koenig, Dear Sir ! will say in reply To
your letter that must decide that the let
ter written by Chas. Yost, Sec of Union
No. 81, dated Nov 18th, 1871, was suf
ticient to guard your Union not to admit /
the said Richer, without first ascertaining
how much Union No. 81 claimed from him
for scabbing under their jurisdiction. 1t
is time he should have named how much
the fine was. 1t would then have saved
your Union the trouble Of writing to him
again about it, that is if your Union had
done right, and had written after receiving
Yost's letter Union No. is, therefore,
liable to pay the claim Of so to Louisville
Union, No 30. 1t il therefore ordered that
they pay the same. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, May %, I871.-Michael
Bappert, Cor. Sec. Of C.. NJ L. No. 125
you ask the question If a cigarmaker
comes to work in your jurisdiction with N
card issued in April, and deposits said
card with your Secretary few days after
the May meeting, and then leaves just
before the next meeting, can you charge
him one months dues h My answer is
Grant him new card, and charge HIM one
months dues. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres
BALTIMORE, May 23d, 1872 M. Mitus, \
ESQ, Cor Sec Of g. NJ. L. No. 6.-Dear/
Sir Il received the certificate Of Patrick
Halishon, of Auburn, n. ", in which he
certifes that John McEntee, served an
apprenticeship of one year and eight
months with him, and he then gave him
four months of his time, which would have
made two years also the certificate of
NTttO. Ill hIlCn Hc CcTIllleS LIl1l
McEntee served nine months with him,
and the certificate Of Justin Schubert, certi-
flying that McEntee served as an appren-
tice, with three months which would have
made the time that he actually served as
an apprentice but two years and eight
months when the law plainly says that
he shall not serve an apprenticeship of less
than three years. No employer can give
boy any of his three years, according to
our law, and all decisions Of former presi
dents. Therefore John McEntee will have
to work under instruction for four months
before he can retain his membership in
any Union. Your Union did very wrong
in admitting him, knowing that he had not
served three years, and also knowing the
4 law laid down i'll the Constitution, and the
decision Of former presidents ratified by
all the Conventions. Fraternally yours,