Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-11
DELEGATES PRESENT
ADDRESS MADE BY AUGUST Do
NATH AND OTHERS.
How Women Can Aid the Printers
Pointed Out The Com
mittees Appointed.

The Woman's International Auxiliary to
the Typographical Union held its first meet
ing during the present convention today.
The auxiliary Is late addition to the or
ganization of typos, and today adopted
heroic measures for assuring a full and
prompt attendance of its members. The
meeting was to be held in the parlors of the
Ebbitt House at 10 o'clock, but in order
to get every one there promptly notice was
given that 8 o'clock was the hour for as
sembling. In that way all the prompt
earlier than they would have done other
wise, and they sat about the parlors wait
ing patiently for the program to begin.
The morning session was taken up chiefly
with exchanges of greetings between the
visitors and the local organizations.
Speeches of welcome were made, and at
the conclusion of the first session the auxil-
larry was ready to get down to business.
Officers of the Auxiliary.
The officers of the auxiliary, all Of whom
were present at the meeting today, are:
President, Mrs Frank A. Kennedy, Omaha i;
vice president, Mrs. H. J. Loser, Nashville;
second vice president, Miss May Crowley,
]. Crowley, Milwaukee,; fourth vice presi-
dent, Mrs. c. c. Houston. Atlanta; secre-
tary-treasurer Mrs. Ed. D. DonnelI, Cincin-
natl; chaplain. Mrs. Herman Matthews,
Omaha, and guide, Mrs. Jesse Johnston,
Cincinnati.
When the meeting was called to order by
Mrs Frank A. Kennedy of Omaha, the
president, the delegates were arranged in
a semi-circle in front of the desk of the
presiding officer.
The delegates present were as follows:
Atlanta. Ga. Miss A. E. Conway; Omaha,
Neb., Mrs. Charles Mathews; Miswaukee,
Wis, Mrs. Mamie E Foster; Cincinnati,
Ohio, Miss May C. Crowley; Indianapolis,
Ind, Mrs. Charles Mckee; st. Joseph, Mo-,
Mrs F. o. Martin; Nashville, Tenn, Mrs.
Isringer; Louisville. KY, Mrs. John Lee;
Washington, D. c., Mrs. Mamie NJ. McMi-
chael; Sioux Falls, S. D., Mrs. F. 7. George;
Rochester, N. Y, Mrs. Wandby; San Fran
cisco, Cal, Mrs. Hattie Bickell; Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, Mrs. E. 8. Hall.
Delegates were not present fro mBoise,
Idaho; Minneapolis, Mimi; Grand Rapids,
Mich: Butte, Mont; Des Moines, Iowa;
Sacramento, Cal, and Portland, Oregon.
The first order of business prayer by
the chaplain, Mrs Herman Matthews of
Omaha, after which representatives of local
organizations were called on to welcome
the visitors to the city.
MI. Donath introduced.
Mr. August Donath, honorary member of
Columbia Typographical Union, No. 1O1,
was presented to the assemblage and spoke
instructively of the manner in which the
auxiliary might work to the best advan-
tage for the benefit of union labor in all
of it's branches. Women" he said "are
in this movement called upon to help fight
the battles of the men. That might not be
the work they would prefer. but it was
what they could perform with great advan-
tage to their husbands and brothers. The
ladies who compose the local organization
in this city he knew to be filled with de-
termina ton to do their share in working
out the problems that confront labor in
this stage of the Industrial development of
the country"
Mr.. Donath referred to the methods that
could be adopted by women to advance the
cause of union labor. Men," he said,
labor for the happiness of the women they
love. The man who wants better wages or
better opportunities to provide for his loved
ones thinks more of them than he does of
himself. He feels that it is easy matter
to look after his own wants. but when 1t
comes to providing for the wife and chill
dren at home he has cause to deliberate on
his actions. In this fight for the home the
wife becomes powerful because while the
husband may bring in the money with
which TO maintain the family, yet it Is the
wife who expends it.
1T should be her study to patroniZe stores
that use the union label and to see that her
money is not spent In any place of business
that does not treat It's employees we'll as
possible In his own family this course had
been pursued, with the result that abuses
should deal at a store in which clerks are
not permitted to sit down. By indicating
to storekeepers that goods with the union
label are preferred, he believed that a great
change would take place for the benefit of
union labor. All the money earned by union
people should be spent only for union labor.
Mr.. Arthur Hays Address.
Mr.. Arthur Hay Of Los Angeles, Cal,
who is leading the fight now being made by
the Typographical Union against the Los
Angeles Times. was then presented. Mr.
Hay has been appointed by the Interna-
tional Union as the organizer of typograph-
ical unions throughout the country
Mr.. Hay spoke of the assistance the wo-
men had given the unions of his city in
their warfare against the Times. That war
had been going on for a year and a half
and every effort had been made to have
patrons of the paper withdraw their pa
tronage in order to support the contention
of the union. During that time they had
caused to be withdrawn from the columns
of the paper about one-third of the adver-
tisements.
But it was not until the ladies had come
into league to assist that the greatest
success in the withdrawal of advertise
ments had been achieved They had in
from three to six months accomplished
half much the men working alone
had accomplished in a year.
Speaking of the fight for the recognition
of the union label Mr.. Hay said it avails
very little to secure better wages and
shorter hours If the wife takes the money
that is earned and buys non-union goods
with it, or patronizes stores unfriendly to
labor.
Mr.. Vaughan's Welcome.
Mr.. Daniel c. Vaughan, vice president of
Columbia Typographical Union, No 101
was the last speaker. Mr.. Vaughan well
coined the visitors to the city in a cordial
and well-worded speech The members OF
Typographical Union would be among those
to be benefited by the work of the auxil-
larry, and for that reason they felt the
greatest interest and concern in the DELHI
erations to take place in this city
Mr.. Vaughan dwelt upon the importanc
of having a general recognition of the
union label on the mart of every friapd n,