The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-05

refuse to'pay ~ per week to. sntistriker,
if he was otherwise employed At compen-
sation for if such parties were paid the 81
by any union, should certainly be oppos-
ed to giving aid to any such union you
cannot pay him this only. My decision,
if necessary, will refer to the Execu-
tive Board but you wanted an ipnnediate
answer, 50 had no time to refer It to the
board Frsternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, int. Pres.
BALrIMoRE, Dec. 28th, 1877. Fred
Blend, Cor. Sec. of C. NJ. U. No. 48 =
You ask the question: Can the proceedings
OF q regular meeting Of local union be
annulled or laid upon the table must
say never heard Of snch case nor have
ever read of one, exCsP4 yours. The
proceedings of q regular meeting can be
corrected at the next regular meeting, inn
inediately after they are read, before the
presiding officer declares them approved /;
but they cannot be annulled ur laid upon
the table, for that would he undoing all
the business transacted at the previous
meeting. without going Through The regu-
lar order Of reconsidering acts Of previ-
GUS meeting, even if all parliamentary laws
laid down in the books are silent upon the
sufficient to condemn any such action by
any body Of men duly organized. There
fore, my answer is no; they cannot be an
nulled OF laid upon the table. Fraternally
yours, EDWIN JOHNSON. Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, Jan. I'd, 1872-Henry
! UppInan, Esq.-Dear Sir i have Just
received reply to my letter to Union No.
33, in regard to your case Ny decision is
that you do not owe them, No. 33, any
thing, for if they granted you 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 you ceased to be y member of
the Union, and no Local Union can fine a
member of another Local Union, and he
not working under their jurisdiction;
| therefore, the fine Of five dollars is null
and void but | assure you, if the law
/ would permit, | would sustain Union No.
/ 80, 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 NORKINGNAN's ADVOCATE will
hereafter cease publishing any such COM
munications under the head Of cigar
makers. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON. Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, Jan l4th. 872.-Alfred
Ure, Esq, Cor. Sec. of Q. NJ. U. No. %
You ask the question Suppose man
drew his card in November and did not
deposit it anywhere until January, to
whom would he have to pay his December
dues = My answer is, to the Union with
whom he deposited his card, if no other
Union has charges against him for work
ing during that period without depOsiting
his card. In that case he must pay all
charges to that Union which has charges
against him. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres
BALTIMORE, Jan. Goth, 1872. Joseph
Sterritt, Esq, Cor. Sec. Of G. NJ. U. No.
93.-You ask the question "What must
you do with a cigarmaker who has been
in Australia for the last eight years T.
Answer A cigar maker coming from Aus
trllia, who has not been in the United
States for the last eight years, must be
considered the same as foreigner, for
when he vast last in North America, there
was no International Union III existence.
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres.
BALTIMORE, Jan. oath, 1872 Frank
keonig, Esq, Cor. Sec Of c. Nj. U. No.
4.-You ask the question If a man
works III an unfair shop, under the juris-
dictiOn Of several unions, is he liable to a
fine to all the unions, or only the one that
he first worked against p My answer is
that each Union under whose jurisdiction
he worked, can hold him accountable for
the violation of their laws; he is iineable in
all. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 10th, l872.-Thos.
NJ Dolan and John Callahan, Representa-
tives c. NJ U. No 22.-You ask the
question " Can two cigarmakers work
in partnership, that is one to break the
punches and the other wrap them II MY
answer is yes, according to decision rem
dered by the board to Union No 98, Oct.
18th, 1871. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres
BALTIMORE, Feb. 18th, 1872 William
ToOle, Esq, Pres. Of O. M. L. No. 81
In yours Of the 18th, you ask the question:
g If female be admitted member of
Local Union, will she be protected the
same as other cigarInakers !" 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 I'd, 1872. Peter
Cado, Esq, Cor Sec. of c. M. U. n. No.
8 :-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
M those shops should stop work immedi-
ately. You say the shops were duly mott
fed of the action Of the Union the next
day, and all complied but one which had
two apprentices to three journeymen 80
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 81 per week. Now you ask
the question, "Is this a strike on part of
this one man Is he entitled to money in
accordance with the International Consti-
tuition from the striking fund r Answer
The man you speak Of is entitled to receive
the benefit Of the striking fund, provided
that Union No. Q 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 strike, and the man
is not entitled to receive any benefit out of
the striking fund Fraternaliy yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Prest.
BALTIMORE, March 8, 1872. Moses e.
Green, Esq, Cor. Sec. Of c. N. u. No. Y ::
You ask the question Can . cigar
maker, working for himself, not employing
iourneymen. remain q member Of your