Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-02
PRINTERS IN CONVENTION.


Last Night
Delegates from local typographical
unions throughout the siate met yes-
terday atternoon at 2 o'clock in Central
Labor Union ball for the purposs Of
organizing . state union. The meeting
WAS called to order by Louis Guenther
Of this city, and Temporary organiza-
ton Was effected by electing John d.
Flanagan temporary chairman and
John b. GIeenwxy secretary. u.
Hodges. Bay City; Chas. o. Bryce. De.
troit; and A. w. Black, jackson. were
appointed committee on credentials.
The COMMITTEES reported the following
delegates entitled to cit in tne conven-
tion: ii. Hodges, Bay City; +. j. Addi-
son. G. I. Lunstrom, Muskegon; NJ. p.
Hart. Saginaw: w. v. Shields, +. K.
Van Black, Lansing; Charles o. Bryce,
Detroit: Kari G. Kern, Ann Arbor; Jas.
VI. McQuilIsn. A. w. Black, Jackson;
John ID. Flanagan, c. E. Fisk,
John b. Greenway, Grand Rapids.
All the unions in the state
were represented but Kalamazoo aud
ADRIAN. The following committees
were then appolned: Permanent organ
ixataon, c. 4. Fisk. N. P, Hart. A. W..
Black; constitution and bylaws, c. O..
Bryce, Fred J.AddisOn, j. +. vanBlack;
memorials, C, +. Fisk, Melvin Hodges,
NJ. r. Hart; finance, w. v. Shields,
James McQuillan, Karl T.. Kern.
The committee on permanent organ
izations ssreported officers as follows:
President, John ID. Flanagan; vlce-pres-
ident. F. 4. Van Black; secretar y-trcas-
urer, John B. Greenway. The commit
tee then adjourned until this
morning at 10 O'Clock III
order to give the several committees
time to prepare their reports TO be sub
mitted at the morning session. The
local committee ON arrangements took
the visiting delegates who were at lcis-
ure 10 the S,ldiers' Home after the con-
vention adjourned for the day.
In the evening Typographical Union
No. 80, rendered tho visiting delegates
q very pleasant banquet ~ the Bridge
street house. Harvey o. Carr acted as
master of ceremonies, and Col. Aldrich
responded to the toa st "Our Guests"
by eaying that according to an old
Arab legland the people are
divided into two classes, one
to be entertained and the other to en-
tertaln. He assured the visiting dele
gates that they were welcomed with
much pleasure. Charles o. Brice OF
Detroit responded on behalf of the Wis.
iting delegates. VIM. NJ. Hathaway
was introduced as the author of the
''Spencerian system of penmanship."
He said the typographical union was
the oldest organization of manual labor
now IN existence as he introduced his
response to the international Typo
graphical Union." John J. Belknap
was on the, program for a re-
sponse to 1.-THE Craft but was
not present. Colonel Aldrich was
called upon 10 take the place of Mr..
Belknap and dId 90. John d. Flanagan
then spoke of sour State Organization"
He SAID IN order to keep abreast of the
times 1t is necessary to revoluhonize
the system of labor organizations.
Trades unions are educators. The OBJ
jects are to shorten hours of labor, and
get an adequate compensation for labor.
Prof. w. NJ Robinson, OF Toronto,
Canada, sang Washed from the
Wheel" L. p. Mills responded to the
toast "Our City,, and +. d. Fuller
spoke of "The Ladiee." The banquest
concluded with the singing of "Auld
Lang Sype."