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

out Of work by the strike, and therefore
should receive the support # the Union.
- Fratenally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Press.
BALTIMORE, April 8, 1S72.-Thos. M.
Dolan, ESD, Representative of G. NJ. U.
NO. y: ypu ask the question Can
there be two distinct shops in the same
I building, under one license. OF, IN
other words, can an employer work with
Union men upon one floor and scabs upon
another" According to decision rendered
by the Executive Board May Both, 1871,
to Union NG "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 sanIe building with
scabs. You know well how | stood upon
that question In the Boston Contention
but AS the international President, | can
not give my individual views in a case Of
this kind Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres.
BALTIMORE, April 20, ls70.-Thos. M.
Dolan, Esq, Representative Of e. M. L.
No. 22, Detroit Mich. In my decision of
April 3D., published in the ADVOCATE Of
April 18th, in regard to Union men and
scabs working in the same building upon
different floor, don't mean to give indi-
vldual 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. F. Roh-
leder, ESQ, Cor. Sec. Of c. NJ IT, No.
100 You ask the question elf a
cigarmaker comes from the Southern
States, where no unions exists and applies
for membership in this union, can we elect
INN as new memberf' 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,
Uni"n extend e. This is a hard question
forl.s 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 a
line to Baltimore or Washington, ID. c.,
half way to either city is under their iuris-
diction. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres
BALTIMORE, April 9th l872.-A. F. |
Brassman, Esq, Cor. Sec. Of G. Nj. U. |
No. 57.-Dear Sir Yours Of the 18th Of
March, came to hand in due time, contents
noted, and after investigating the case Of
Bowers, | must decide that Union No. 32, |
Louisville, is entitled to the ten dollars, !
they claim, for it appears that Lexington
is four miles nearer to Louisville than to |
Cuvington, therefore he was working under !
the jurisdiction of Union No. 32. and |
liable to them for any violation Of law.
They only claim 30 cents as endorsement
Therefore, he will have to pay them $40.
%, and they will then send IA card for him. I
Such is my decision. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres.
BALTIMORE, April IA, 1872 AJames Jar
man, Esq, Cor. Sec. Of Z. Nj. U. No. G6 !: I
You ask the question, lis retiring |
card null and void In two months after its |
issue Il My answer ls-no. A retiring card |
is good as long as the conditions thereon
are not violated. The section you refer to |
has reference to retiring cards, but still
a person might 50 construe it from its /
phraseolOgy. But il 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, Esq, Cor. See. Of q. nj. U. /
No. Il6, 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. 26. You also IN I
form me that when the Board suspended |
them, they had in 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. 80 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 $40 to Louisville
Union, No 80. 1t is therefore ordered that
they pay the same. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, int Pres.
RAIrIMoRE Nav % l87I-Michael-l
Bappert, Cor. Sec. Of U. M. Y. No. 125
you ask the question "If a cigArmaker
comes to work i'll your jurisdiction with a
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 II My answer is
Grant him new card, and charge hm one
months dues. Fraternaliy yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres
BALTIMORE, MAY 23d, I872.-M. Mitus.
ESQ, Cor. Sec. of c. NJ. U. No. 6.-Dear
Sir II received the certificate Of Patrick
Halishon, Of Auburn, N. ", in which he
certihes 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
Geo Huyms, in which he certi6es that
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 thai ne actually served as
an apprentice but two years and eight |
months when the law plainly says that |
he shall not sarve an auDreutlceahiD Of less /
than three years. No employer can give
a boy any Of his three years, according TO |
cur 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 dill very wrong |
in admitting him, knowing that he had Tsot |
served three yeara, and also knowing the |