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

II he was otherwise employed at a compen
sation for il such parties were paid the =
by any union, | should certainly be nppos
"a to giving aid to any such union yol
cannot pay him this only. My decision
II necessary, will refer to the EXecu
tive Board but you wanted an immediate
answer SO had no time to refer it to tn,
board Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON. Int. Pres.
I BALTIMORE, Dec. 28th. S7l.-FreC
I Blend Cor Sec. Of c. Nj. L. No. 48 :-
/ You ask the question. Can the proceeding
Of a regular meeting Of local union bt
annulled or laid upon the table | mus
say ] never heard Of such case ; nor have
| ever read Of one, except yours. The
proceedings of a regular meeting can be
corrected at the next regular meeting, Inn
mediately after they are read, before the
presiding officer declares them approved
but they cannot he annulled or laid upon
the table, for that would be undoing all
the business transacted at the previous
meeting. without going through the regu-
lar order of reconsidering acts of "a previ-
Gus meeting, even if all parliamentary laws
laid down III the books are silent upon the
subject. The last reason alone would be
sufficient to condemn any such action by
any body of men duly organized. There
fore, my answer is no; they cannot be an
nullcd OF laid upon the table. Fraternally
yours, EDWIN JOHNSON. Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, Jan "a, 1872 Henry
Uppman, Esq Dear Sir Il have Just
received reply 10 my letter to Union No.
81 in regard to your case. My decision is
that you DO not owe them, No. }3. any
thing, for if they granted you a clear
card, while they ceased collecting the as
sessment, as a matter Of course they could
not charge you with that which became
due after ynu ceased to be IA member of
the Union, and no Local Union can fine a
member of another Local Union, and he
MT working under their jurisdiction;
therefore, the tine Of five dollars is null
and void but assure you, if the law
would permit would sustain Union No
:i;i, in placing the fine upon you, for |
think you richly deserve it, for the Ian
guage you used in your letter Of March 6,
1871. for it is certainly not language be
coming man, and | hope that the editor
Of the NuKKINGMAN ADVOCATE will
hereafter cease publishing any such com
municatiuus under the head Of cigar
makers. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN Johnson. Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 14th, 1872 Alfred
IRE, ESD, Cor. Sec. of G. NJ. e. NJ. %.
lou ask the question Suppose a man
drew his card IN November, and did not
deposit it anywhere until January. To-
whom would lie have To pay his December
ia Il. Il
whom he deposited his card, if no other
Union has charges against him for work
ing during that period without deposltlng
his card. Ia that case he must pay all
charges to that Union which has charges
against him. Fraternally yours,
LuwIN JOHNSON. Int Pres
BALTIMORE, Jan. 10Th, 1872. Joseph
Strrrltt. ESD. Cor See. Of q. NJ l. No.
93 You ask the question What must
You a. with clgarmaker who has been
III Australia for the last eight Years l'
Answer A cigar maker coming from Aus
tralia, who has not been in the T1Kiuel
States for the last eight Years, must bc
considered the same AS IA foreigner. for
when he vast last in North America. there
was no international Union in existence
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON. Int. Pres
BALTIMORE, Jan. Path, 1872 Frank
keonig, Esq, Cor Sec. Of c. VI. l.. No.
A. You ask the question If man
works in an unfair shop, under the juris-
diction Of several unions, is he liable to
tine to all the unions, or only the one that
he first worked against II My answer is
that each mon under whose jurisdiction
he worked, can hold him accountable for
all. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres
BALTIMORE. Feb. 10th, 1872. .-Thos.
NJ Duan and John Callahan, Representa-
tives c. NJ r. No. % You ask the
question Can two cigarmakers work
in partnership. that is one to break the
punches and the other wrap them :" My
answer is yes, according to decision rem
dered by the board to Union No. %, Oct
18th, 1871 Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres
BALTIMORE, Feb 18th, 1872 William
Toole, ESD, Pres. Of {. NJ. Y. No. 81.
In yours of the 18th, you ask the question.
~ If a female be admitted member of
a Local Union, will she be protected the
same as other cigarmakers n My answer
is that members of local will all be pro
tected alike by the international Union.
Fraternally yours, Edwin JOHNSON,
Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, March ID, 1872 Peter
Cado, Esq. Cor. Sec. of g. NJ. L. n. No.
9 - You state that three or four shops
under your jurisdiction which have violat-
ed the apprentice law, which, according to
your law, allows every employer to have
one apprentice to five, and three to ten
men. Then you state at your last meet
ing it was resolved, that unless the bosses
complied with your law, the men working
i'll those shops should stop work immedi-
ately. You say the shops were duly noti-
fed Of the action Of the Union the next
day, and all complied but one, which had
two apprentices to three journeymen 50
two of the men stayed to work and the
other quit, he being a married man, and
cripple. You say that this man, to your
certain knowledge, tried everywhere in the
city to get work, and the result was that he
was idle nine days. You further state,
that at your last meeting it was ordered
that this man should be paid for nine days,
at the rate Of = per week. Now you ask
the question, is this strike on part Of
this one man Is he entitled to money in
accordance with the International Consti-
tuition from the striking fund = Answer
The man you speak Of is entitled to receive
the benefit of the striking fund, provided
that Union No. 9 declares the other two
men scabs. But if they still continue good
members Of your Union and work in the
same shop under the circumstances you
state, then it is not a strike, and the man
is not entitled to receive any benefit out Of
the striking fund Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres't
BALTIMORE, March 8, 1872 Moses E.
Green, ESQ, Cor Sec Of c. NJ. L. No. u
You ask the question Can a cigar
maker, working for himself, not employing
journeymen, remain "a member Of your
Union ;" My answer is-yes. He can re-
tain his membership in your Union as long
as he is not an employer, according to Sec.
n Al