The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
SKETCH OF PLUMBERS UNION.

Local Union No. 10 of Plumbers, Steam
and Gas Filters was organized in the
year 1889. The charter members were P.
J. Moran. president; Charles Nickson,
vice-president; John Erskine, treasurer;
Stephen Stanford, examiner; t. NJ
Midgley, financial secretary; Peter Frs
kline, corresponding secretary; ]. j.
Kelley, inside guard; J. Anderson, out
side guard; William Doyle, judge; Albert
kirkwood, judge-advocate; Henry Davis,
recording secretary.
Many of the above named are in bus!-
ness for themselves and at all times re-
spect the bond of good fellowship which
exists among members of the craft.
Those TO whom it has been left to sail the
union over the bounding waters of the
future are Pomeroy Spencer, president;
John Rierdon, past president; Archie
Ayers, financial secretary; Al. Kirkwood,
corresponding secretary; John c. Kelly,
secretary; Andrew Nicholson, treasurer;
Frank Davidson, examiner; Ed. OLeary,
staustican; William Kingsbury, inside
guard; James AIcGray, outside guard; John
Woodburn, judge; Woodburn, AIannigan
and Hurd, trustees. The hours of work
are eight hours and Saturday seven, the
rate of wages are $3.50 per day for senior
members, for juniors, 50.
The aims of local 10 are to extend a
helping hand to all branches of honorable
toll, also to construct associations which
Will subserve the interests of all its MEM
bers and be fitting monument to the
unions attached thereto; also to protect
its members from unjust and injurious
competition and secure through unity OF
action among all workers at the trade
throughout the United States and Can
ada an organization which can be looked
UP to by all classes of citizens. Local No.
10 from its inception has never lapsed or
turned from the purpose for which it was
organized. Men generally condemn that
which they do not thoroughly understand
and through prejudice and ignorance
neglect to pay that strict attention to the
principles of unity in elevating their con-
dition, generating esteem and respect and
promote harmony among themselves. Re
cognizing the right of the capitalist to
control his means, we also claim the right
to the control of our labor, claiming as
we do that labor is capital and is the
only capital that possesses the power TO
reproduce itself; or in other words to
create capital we demand a fair remun-
Grafton for our labor, one that will place
us in a position to which we as wealth
producers are justly entitled. The plumb
ers as a rule always carefully weigh any
difficulties that may arise between the
members of the union and their en-
ployees and for that reason have been
very successful in having all their de-
mands granted with the exception of one
when in June, 1892, the union made de-
mand for So per day of nine hours which
after three months of a strike was COM
promised by the master plumbers grant
ing them $3.50 per day of eight hours
Some Of the master plumbers after grant
ing this thought they were being wrong
ed and started what is known to the
trade as coop. shops, which are com
posed of the head members of the firm
and whatever employees belonging to the
union at that time they could get to buy
stock, which were few-and far between, as
the majority of plumbers in their journ-
eys among the intelligent inhabitants of
Salt AXE had gained far more intelli-
gence than to be caught by such poor
bait and their attempt to break up No.
10 proved to be an utter failure owing to
the unity of action among its members.
and the local today is in a very flourish
ing condition.
Local No. 10 is a branch Of the United
of Plumbers, Steam and Gas
Filters and Steam Filters Helpers of the
United States and Canada, which body
has locals in every large city of the
United States and Canada with heaai-
quarters at Pittsburg, Penn.