The herald., 1896-09-29
THE NEW PRESSMEN'S UNION
The Tai,0rs About to Reform Their Old
Organization
General Labor Notes Collected Among
the Local Unions-News of Vari-
GUS Crafts and Trades All Over
the Country.

indorsed Mckinley for have not lost
my senses. l am opposed to him with
all the vigor at my command. In this
hight L am for Bryan, for he is the true
representative of the people. All the
trusts, syndicates, monopolies and gam
| bling combines in this country are ar
rayed against him and seeking to howl
him down as an anarchist, but the
common people in every part of the
country are rallying to his standard,
and unless all the signs are mislead-
ing, tidal wave of proper approval
will sweep him into the presidential
chair" --r Es
MARK HANNA HIa5Ia r..
Mark Hanna's enmity toward labor
unions is so great that the present CAM
paign in which he is so vitalIy inter
| ested does not seem to make him a bit
| cautious, says the Cleveland Citizen
AT the present time his agents are try
ing to disrupt the Mineral Miners un-
ion of Michigan by discharging en-
ployes who are active in organizations
Here is what the Citizen, the organ of
the Central labor bodies of Cleveland
Ohio, says:
The miners of Ishpeming, Mich, hard
ly dare call their souls thefr own They
are degraded to the Level of slaves, as
every labor organizer who has been
through that region can testify IF
1t were not for the charity OF the mi
ners for each other" says a recent dis
patch, deaths from starvation would
be of frequent occurrence" What a
picture for free men to look upon! Piu1
tocrat Hanna. in the form of hideous
ogre. greedily devouring the innocent
nelDleSg Il,
ph1lanthropist and a saviour of society!
Last winter the Cleveland papers pub
l1shed dispatches from Ishpening which
gave horrible accounts of the misery,
and restitution that prevailed in that
locallty. The miners and their families
starved and froze, and scores of graves
were 1llled as result. Dogs and other
animals disappeared, and the whole
state OF Michigan was appealed to for
1000 And all this time the ogre was
quletly reaching out to grasp more
TAILORs' UNION.
u. f. Schwab of the firm of Larsen g.
Co., on Fifth street, says he has consi6
eraole funds in his possession for the
reorganization of the Tailors' union of
Los Angeles. Whenever this BODY OF
Workmen become possessed of sufficient
courage or gray matter to realize their
own interests. Brother Schwab will turn
over the books and the amount of money
in his hands to the organized body. Get
move on you. The Council of Labor
Will also render all possible assistance
to help the boys in the good work.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Regular meeting of the Topographic
cal union took place yesterday after
noon. The hall was crowded. In the alb
sence of Secretary Hawkins. the place
was filled by Fl. V. Riffel There were
number of cards deposited c.. H.
Young, member of the union, was re-
ported quite sick and doubts were enter
tanned about his recovery. He resides
at ITO Lucas avenue
PRESSMEN'S UNION.
AT meeting of the Los Angeles Print
ing Pressmen's union held at Council of
LABOR nail Monday evening last a per-
manent organization was effected and
the following officers Installed: Presi-
dent, William Kirkland: vice. -presi-
cent, e. M Carlson; secretary treasur-
er, Henry Bruning; sergeant-at- arms.
Thos. Strain; executive committee, VIM
Prack, A. T. Davis, M. E. Riley The
new union starts Off with a membership
of twenty-five and under favorable cir
cumstances. Success to the bows.
DEATH OF MISS MAMIE SULLIVAN
After lingering illness, Miss Mamie
Sullivan, former member of Los An
geles Typographical union, No. ia, died
at the home of her parents on Bern1rd
street, Wednesday evening, September
23d. The funeral services took place on
Friday morning, at the old mission
church, opposite the Plaza and the large
number of friends present at the church.
and who followed the remains to the
cemetery, was proof of the high esteem
in which the young lady was held. AL
though unacquainted with most of the
present members of the union, those who
had the pleasure of knowing the young
lady remember her kind and sunny dis
position and strict adherence to the
cause of unionism, and herewith extend
to the bereaved and grief stricken fam
lily their heartfelt coincidence in this
their hour of grief.
The floral offerings were numerous
and beautiful among which was ava
cant Chair" and Gates Ajar," of choice
and rare flowers. D.
LABOR NOTES
The Populists of Fresno demand a
labor bureau. ta
Twelve thousand men are idle in the
coke region around Connellsville, Pa.
The big tailors' strike in New York
has come to an end, nearly all the con-
tractors having signed the agreement.
Unions represented in the Chicago
Building Trades council were successful
in forty strikes in the short period of
from July goth to August 18th. -9i
All work for the ST. Louis school de :
partment must be performed by union
labor. The city printing is also in the
hands of a union cooperative daily
The Trades council of Detroit has Sc
lected the site for the building of a labor
temple.
Bryan's interests in Chicago are to
be looked after in Chicago by John Nc
Bride of Ohio, who is ex-president of
the American Federation of Labor, ex-
president of the United Mine Workers
OF America, ex-labor commissioners of
Ohio. He is one of the best known men
in the ranks of labor.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, says that
the individual belonging to labor or
ganizations is under a moral obligation
to vote the silver political ticket. Then,
If morally bound to support the candi-
dacy of w. j. Bryan, he should use all
the influence with which he is possessed
to induce others to do so. There is no
middle ground to stand on.
w. H. Eberle. the next governor of South
Carolina, is one OF thirteen children nine
girls and four. boys, all of whom are liv-
ing. The old homestead remains undivid-
live there and the plantation is cultivated
and directed by a younger brother of the
nominee.
Mary Huntley led her class of sixty-four
at the University of Buffalo. Regina
Flood Keys was also on the honor list In
the same class which goes to prove that
whether women do or do not excel in the