Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08

GUS advocates of the new order Of things and
through his earnestness reconciled many to the
changes which at that time appeared to them
to be fraught with danger to the local craft"
Mr. Mclean presided at the meeting when No.
1Ol was organized, represented l01 at sessions
OF the international union in 1863 1870, 1878 and
1874 and at the Montreal session 1s73) was
elected president of the International MIR.
Mclean died December l, 1879, having been
foreman of THE EVENING STAR composing
room for twenty-six years.
IT RAN NEWSPAPER.
In 1875 during what was known as the
Chronicle strike, the union ran a newspaper
with more or less-frequently less-fnancial
success. 1t was called the National Union and
it was established solely for the purpose Of
giving employment to the men who had been
thrown out of work in the Chronicle Office.
The management of the paper was in the hands
of Mr.. George A. r. McNeir and he showed his
ability by counseling the sale of the sheet to
MIR. r. c. Hewett of this city, thus preventing
its possible decease while in the hands of the
Union.
DUES AND BENEFITS.
One OF the features of the old society-the
sick beneft-was done away with in the newer
organization, but the Union still pays the near
est relatives OF deceased member sufficient
sum to defray the expenses of funeral. The
sum now checked out for that sad object is $l50
in each case. To meet this and the other ex-
penses each member Of the Union contributes
fifty cents monthly; and those who JOIN 101 now
have to pay down an initiation fee of So This
latter fee has been recently increased to its
present figure from the more m oderate sum Of
COLOR AND SEX.
The color question caused a good deal of
discussion and good deal of noise in 10I not
b very long ago. Early in the '7Os Lewis
II. Douglass, son Of Hon. Fred Douglass, made
application for admission and there was much
ito do" for some time thereafter. Regular
meetings were given up to the case for some
time and number of special meetings were
held in order that the subject might be fully
ventilated. Finally the union decided to post
pone ACTION on the matter for six months, and
before that period elapsed the applicant had
been appointed deputy marshal by his father,
then marshal of the District. Douglass never
returned to his trade. Very soon afterward
Keith Smith, also cOlored, applied for admis-
sion and was allowed to come in without delay
or trouble. Some members imagined there
would have been objection to women availing
themselves of the protection afforded by the
union, but there was no open opposition to the
admission of the fair ones. Now the initiation
OF a woman attracts no more attention than
the swearing-in OF man.
SOMEWHAT PERIPATETIc.
The union has had great variety Of meet
ing places. For while it congregated in the
council chamber in the city hall, the latter day
home of Columbia society. Siuce then it has
heard the rap of the presidents gavel il Army
aud Navy hall, 9th and u streets; OH 9Th street
between ID and E streets, in Odd Fellows hail.
in Columbia law building, on 9Th street be-
tween d and streets; on L street between
1lth and 18th. in Sheas hail. on Pennsylvania
avenue; and in ST. Joseph's hall, at 9Th and II
streets. The latter is the rendezvous now, and
thither on the third Sunday afternoon in each
month will printers go to debate matters of
interest to themselves and the craft in general
though heretofore the un ion met on the third
Saturday evening in each month. the change Of
day and hour having been made at the last
regular meeting of the union.
OWNS REAL ESTATE.
No. 101 is not rich body but it is prosperous.
1t owns a very fine lot on q street opposite the
United States pension Office and on this site it
will some day erect hall worthy of itself and
credit to the city. With this exception
the value Of union property in the District of
Columbia Is extremely small In corner of
which was drafted, A. d. 1875, by the late
Joseph Gideon and others, the first constitu-
ii on of the old society. This relic is highly
priced, and SO are pictures OF Ben amin Frank
lin, George A. Il. McNer and George W.
Childs, also in charge of the secretary.
THE PRESENT PRESIDENT.
The officers of No. 101 are men of recognized
ability. The presidents recognition has been
frequent, for he is now serving his third term
of Office such. Will
-eNEA lam Il. Ramsey il we'll
E.%NN known in this city and
SSANhM has hosts OF friends all
A~ E&ASM over American printer
STrW DOM He was born in
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