The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
STONE CUTTERS UNION.
an Old AND WELL ORGANIZED
BODY.
F7irst TO Secure the Eight Hour DAY
-Headauarters and Omcers-Con-
Wet Observation-Disclosures Body of
Philosophers.

Among the national unions of the coun-
try none are more powerful OF better or
Eanized than the Journeyman Stone Cut
ters' union. This union has locals that
can date their birth fifty years back. 1t
has subordinate branches in every state
in tao union, and all throughout Canada,
The stone cutters were pioneers in ev-
cry reform movement for the benefit OF
The working people during the past half
century. To the stone cutters belong the
credit and honor q having first secured
me eight hour day. This was accom-
plished over thirty years ago at Chicago.
Ihey also, as craft, enjoy the eight
hour day more generally than any other
trade organization in this country THAI
work by the hour Or day. Over seve1-
teLths of the local branches enjoy the
eight nour day, and with three or four
exceptions, the others work nine, and
less than five branches work ten hours
in all North America
They have an insurance feature in con-
nection with the order, as wei as a
strike fund. from which TO pay men
their wages when locked out or when
on strikes. The union publishes a month
" journal OF sixteen pages, which con-
tains the months business of the execu-
live board, as well as information about
work, contracts let, probable building, as
well as other matters of information to
the trade Their general headquarters is
located in Washington, D. c. James F.
McHugh is the general secretary treasu-
rer and editor o. The Stone Cutters Jour-
nal, their official organ. The president
is George w. Meyer, located in Mime
apolis, MINI. The executive board are
Fred c. Conncrs, 10z7 Sixth street II E.
Washington, d. c.; William NJ. Welch.
150 w. 4th street, WilliaIRsport Pa. (:
Daniel McHugh, GA Fourth street San
Francisco Cal: NJ. Mutually, Cleveland
O., % Kelly street; Charles kelnper. Bit
more, n. c., Box 3S3; william Mckay,
Victoria, B. c.. 129 View street; John Hol-
lis, Coleman, Ont.
General Acknowledgment D. Jackson.
Albany n. Y, 1853 State street; Brake j.
Orr. Bay City, Mich William Strachan.
Toronto, Can.
The secretary OF the Salt lake branch
IS James brennan, of this city
The union is so old and well esta bliShed
that q is seldom any serious labor trou-
BILE occurs between them and their en-
blowers The-r are bitterly opposed to the
use OF stone cut by convicts and some
times successfully prevent their use in
The construction of buildings by refusing
10 permit their members 10 redress fit
or set the stone in place in the building
Machinery is not opposed by them; while
er eastern cities and a few quarries, the
evil 'sif it can be called al e.il," is not
very percei dbly felt among them as yet
However, a body of MEN above the
average in Intelligence. they have never
stood in the way of human progress, and
when tie tine comes, If it ever does. that
their labor is replaced by improved ma
chinefy, they viii simply adjust them
selves 20 the conditions existing, and
zurn their hand TO some other means of
corning a livelihood. They are phiIo-
sophie, ard believe thai sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof.