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

( They refused. Mr. Abrahams declaring
the Union had no say in the discharg'
or hiring of men in his office" Where
upon motion was carried that they
both be expelled from the Union and {
strike ordered Two members who
worked in the office after the strike
was ordered. were expelled and two
others We're suspended.
The working-card system was in vogue
and strictly adhered to for long time
during Chese years.
If the type wasn't exactly phat
enough, as appeared to be the case
with the Review material. in 1872, the
union was asked to order a strike. A
standard of measurement was eStab-
| lished and that was given for all mem
bers TO work by.
In January. 1872. new charter was
received by the Union, from the Inter
national Typographical Union. the
name having been changed from ma
tionaP' to International
The apprenticeship conundrum used
TO bother them all. and no definite &C
ton was taken to solve it for several
years, when a term of four years and
indentures were decided upon. The
ratio of apprentices. also. gave the
Union some difficulty in settling, but
finally. it was fixed at one for the office
and one for each eight iourneymen or
Names now familiar to members
were added to the roll in 1871. 1872 and
1878. such as Serge NJ. Stenhouse. Oscar
+. Lyons, S. V. Young. Charley Huey,
Frank G. Chorpenning. Z. A. Little
field, Joseph T. McEwan. W. F. Grims-
dell. c. Denney. John Church. W. S.
Cooke. w. J. Collier. H. S. Coombs.
Marcus r. Mayer. John w. Lingle,
Henry Orr. w. r. Carrigan, John Nc
Fetrish. Tom" Mooney. H. Pembroke.
Emmett Mousley. J. H. Alderman. R..
q. Taysun, Joe Cottle. the only Tom
Watts. Ed Pike. r. w. Sloan, Jacob E.
Bosch, Henry Sconberg, B. K. Land,
'"Tammy'' Hunter, and others.
In 1873 the setting Of advertisements
giving them out and another was hay
Ing them set as a department.
Back pay created difficulty be-
tween the business management of the
Tribune and several of the employees,
IN the fall of 1872. Store pay nor cash
was to be had, when the great Tom
Watts made a kick for his and fellow
mand, and asked the Union to support
him in it. as the chapel had deter
mined to strike. They struck without
the consent of the Union, for which a
majority of them were censured.
The Union used to indulge in social
entertainments and balls. once in a
while. which served to promote good
feelings among the members. We will
cite one ball given on New Years
day.s 1873. of which the fol
towing is sample of the report made
on it:
Y numbers issued at S2................s1 4t 90
8 numbers issued at $1......... 8 90
tickets sold, but purchasers did
not attend ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
ISL 90
Expenses.
Hall rent, S35; musicians. Ss6.........s II 90
Printing invitations, $3.50, badges,
Printing numbers, 81; envelopes 81 g 90
Musicians supper, 50; extra room, s. 10 90
Balance to place in treasury. d 20
s151 90
On April 10, 1878, James NJ. Lowry
was elected delegate to Montreal. He
went and represented D. T. u, lis,
but never returned.
September 10, 1873. a special meeting
was called to consider a request of Mr..
Prescott, business manager of the Tri-
bune. for a reduction of 10 cents per
M, and another meeting was called on
the 18th of November to consider a
demand from The Herald for reduc-
ton of 10 cents. Neither of these re-
quests was acceded to at that time In
the case of the Tribune it was walk
out" all struck, and a number went
west, while the cases were filled by
what were published to the world as
unfair men-rats. The Herald effec-
ted a comp omise, some way or other,
and had its typesetting done for So
cents per thousand. The stand of the
Tribune disheartened those who were
left, and talk of dissOlving the Union
was again INDUCED in. That was over
twenty years ago. The Union sur
vived; next year commenced to pick up.
At the July meeting, 1875. the scale
was fixed at so cents and SCI.
A burial fund was established in
June, 1876, which provided for $50 for
funeral expenses at the death of
member.
The third revision of the constitution
and bylaws occurred in the summer
of 1876.
Delinquents and lukewarm members
during 1876 caused motions and reso-
lutions without number to work re-
form in them, but it was the old, old
story, that they had been allowed to
go too far before being checked up.
Albion W. Gaines and Walter J.
Lewis names appear as new members
In June, 1878, a resolution offered by
r. W. Sloan to dissolve the union was
defeated-7 to 6.
Again, on June /, 1879, a similar ef-
fort was made by S, B. Phillips but,
10 to 1, it was killed.
In April, 1880, rules for q "Deseret
Typographical Union Mutual Aid So
ciety" were presented and adopted.
December 5, 1889, a. H. Kelly was
admitted as an honorary member.
In the summer of 1881 four meetings
were passed, there being no quorum
present.
Another effort was made to surren-
der the charter in December, 1881, but
was tabled to ?.
On Saturday, July IS, 1883, Richard
S. W. Andrews, member, was acct
dentally killed in Goddess drug store.
Still another proposition to dissolve
the Union was made on June l, 1884.
From this time until the close Of 1885
accessions were numerous, the roll
was considerably heightened and the
Union materially strengthened.
In January, 1886, the constitution
was ordered sent to the International
union, to have the name changed, but
when it was returned does not appear
on the records. Suffice it to say the
name of the Union was changed to Salt
Lake Typographical Union, No. LIS.
On the 1st of May. 1887, resolution
was adopted requesting that the next
meeting of the /. 7. U. be held in
Denver so that western unions might
have a representation.
From that time on the meetings
were Of regular routine order; taking
in new members; dealing with delin-
inc he nd