Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-05
PRESSMEN'S UNION
WILL ORGANIZE UNDER ITS NEW
CHARTER.
No Dissention Exists Between Press
men and Printers-A Transfer
of Membership simply.

Fort Worth Pressmen's Union No. AZ
met last night and the new charter
was accepted. Organization and cleo
ton of officers was postponed until the
meeting next Sunday.
Frequent mention has been made In
the columns OF the Gazette of the re-
cent action of the local pressmen in
transferring their membership from
the Typographical Union to the Inter-
nationnl Printing Pressmen'5 Union.
As II is possible the impression may
have been created that dlssension eN-
lists between these Craftsmen, the Ca
2ette has been requested BY both press
men and printers to publish brief
outline OF the transfer.
The international Typographical
Union has since It's organlza-
ton always had within It's fold
an overwhelming majority OF the
pressmeu of the country, who never
manifested the slightest desire to form
an Independent body. But in some OF
the larger cities. principally New York
and Chicago, number OF pressmen
formed the International Printing
, Pressmens Union, claiming that
! through separate organization alone
| could the various questions affecting
| their interests be successfully treated.
| L ne result VI llllh move IN ttisllS I'M
| aglned-lt arraigned pressman against
| prcssman. got them TO fighting among
| themselves" and while the printers
| We're. as n matter of course. interested
In the matter. the situation almost
| solely affected the pressmen. Presi-
| dent Prescott of the international Iy-
| biographical Union was instructed by
proper authority to look into the mat
ter, and as result prepared, CO. Jointly
! with President Galoskowsky Of the In
ternationnl Printing Pressmen's Union,
| an agreement which, in substance, pro-
vided that the pressmen should be
transferred to one body. This agree
ment, or proposition. was submitted to
every subordinate typographical union
within the Jurisdiction of the Internal
tlonal Typographical Understanding
throughout the United States, Canada
and the Hawaiian Islands-with the
result that the proposition was rati-
fed by a good majority. When 1t Is
borne In mind that the printers largely
| Outnumbcred the pressmen In menu
bcrs. ip In the lnterna !4nal Typlgraph-
ical Union. 1t Is seen that II was by a
vote OF the printers that the transfer
was contaminated.
The charter Of the local body Of the
International Printing Pressmen's
Union contains the names OF Charles
w. Hanson. John Wilson. Alb Stockett.
Ernest HAYWOOD and clyde Jones. The
burial Iund prONlded by the interna-
tipnai body to all members of subur-
dnate unions is $3.50. and to all mem
bers OF the Feeders and Helpers Union
tan auxiliary ordeD the sum OF $l2l
Is allowed. Strike benefits are; Mar
ried men, 81 per week. single men, So
All members pay per capita tax of Is
cents per month 10 the International
Printing Pressmen's Union. which Is
quito low In comparison to dues paid
to other international bodies and the
benefits derived.
BY the transfer 1t Is believed that
! otherwise endless strife has been avert
ed for all time to come. and that now
the pressmen and the printers though
maintaining separate charters, car
Join hands and present solid front In
their onward march TO greater achieve.
menta In the field OF organized labor,