The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

All the employees of The G o b e COM
posing room are now members OF typo
graphical Union No 80, the now arrange
ment having gone into effect yesterday.
Owing to a disagreement In June, 1886, the
members of the local union withdrew
from the service of the paper, their places
being taken in part by an organization
known as the Printers Protective Fra
ternity The latter was, however, unable
to fully man the office, and the equipment
was completed by the employment of
typographical union men, all the news
papers of st. Paul having In the mean
time been declared open" offices by No
30 The local union having declared Its
readiness to fully man the Mergenthaler
machines and the ad. alley, an arrange
ment was entered into March "a, under
which the organization should furnish
competent compositors for all the work
of The Globe. That arrangement Is
now fully in effect
Printers National Organization.
In December, 1850, the various local
unions of printers then in existence In
the United States held a meeting In NV
York city for the purpose of forming a
national organization. Previous to that
date they had worked under Independent
laws each body determining all matters
pertaining to its membership, scales of
prices, recognition Of certificates from
other bodies etc. At the New York meet
ing ]. w Percgoy, of Baltimore, was
elected president, f. j. Ottarson, secre~
tary,. and j. ]. Hartman, treasurer A
second meeting was held in Baltimore in
September, 1851, at which plans for
the formation of the national organiza-
ton were formulated.
In May, 1872 the National union was
formed at a convention held in Cincin-
natl NJ c. Brown, of Philadelphia, be-
ing elected the first president, and George
b Seig. of Cincinnati secretary. The
local unions at this time were few in
number. not more than twenty being rep
resented at the Cincinnati meeting. The
organization continued to grow rapidly,
however. and at the annual convention
held at Albany, N. Y, in 1863, the name
was changed to the International union,
Canada having come into the fold. Gin
cinnati has been honored with the ma
tional convention three times, in 1852, 1870
and 1883
The organizatio has had steady
growth ever since its inception and Its
influence is now felt In every city and.
town in the land. Members of foreign
printers unions that accept certificates of
membership III the IHteih"liohal UNION
can derosit their cards in any local union
and assume membership.
The International union now numbers
425 subordinate organizations and main
tains local organizations In Honolulu.
Hawaii, Sydney and Melbourne, Aus
tralia. and recently established one in
Dawson City, Alaska.
In 1886, at the Pittsburg convention, the
organization was surprised by a mag
nfneent gift from its friends George w
Childs and Anthony ]. Drexel. Through
the chairman of the Philadelphia delega-
ton these gentlemen, having high re-
gard for the union. presented the body
with check for 10000 To say that this
expression of friendship was appreciated
but poorly expresses the fact. The MEM
bership Immediately began to wonder
what We'll do with it." A happy thought
solved the question. Wen build a home