Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08

[OME, MAIN BUILDING. -
| hours work. and that on the anniversary
| of the birthday of Mr.. DrexelSeptember
13-iike contributions be recommended and
urged from each and every person under
our jurisdiction west of the Mississippi
| river
| The three gentlemen thus honored by the
| national representatives of the craft
promptly organized by the election of Mr..
Donath president, Mr. Daley becoming
| treasurer, while the Chicago member, Mr..
Pelton, acted as secretary. Nothing had
| been said as to the ultimate object of the
accumulation of the large fund thus begun.
and the energies of the committee were
| confined to the task of stacking up
money with which to carry into execution
| some design that should honor the craft
and would show the world that the body
| was worthy the regard and the friendship
| of the men who by their generous act made
| their names immortal in union printers
circles. For four years the enthusiastic Of
| fering of the membership and the faithful
! stewardship of the three trustees contin-
| ued. Then at the convention which con-
Vened in Atlanta. Ga, definite action was
| taken. and the accomplishment of a grand
| design that before had existed only in the
| vision of the more hopeful of union printers
was brought very near indeed.
Decided to Build Home.
year before when the annual conven-
| lioh LiCe III OSuNeI, ILL.,, a HuuuU6T VI gen
erous propositions looking to the erection
of home had been made by friends Of the
craft in different states, but among them
| the offer from parties at Colorado Springs
! seemed to loom up most prominently. This,
| In short was the tender of eighty acres of
valuable land. coupled only with the modest
condition that upon 1t a home should be
erected that would cost not less than So
! 900, reasonable stipulation as to the date
| of commencement and the time of compile
ton being also suggested. At the Atlanta
convention this offer was accepted, and in
| of most important work the board of
trustees was reerganized and increased
from three to thirteen. The old members
were each elected for five years and the
new selections given terms ranging from
four years down to one.
Mr.. DOnath was again chosen the pres
| ident. and the faithful treasurer was hon
ored likewise with reelection as such, the
secretary of the International Union being
made secretary of the board of trustees
Among the new trustees thus elected was
the late Amos ]. Cummings, statesman
who in all his creditable career never
ceased to be union printer who loved his
alma mater.
In the October following President Do
nath called a meeting of the board in Chi
cago as being the most central point for
the members to gather. At this meeting it
was resolved to erect building at cost
of $4,000. which was later Increased to
about $4,000. building committee Of
three, consisting of the president and the
members. respectively, from Denver and
Atlanta. was named. and in the following
spring this committee awarded the con-
tract Work was vigorously pushed, the
bulk of that supervision which such work
requires falling upon Trustee John D.
vaughan of Denver, now dead, who acuut-
ted himself of that arduous task in a man
ner which should be to him a lasting mon
unent on Printers Hill, in far-off Colorado
Steady progress was made in the erection
of the building, so that on the next ami
versary Of Mr.. Childs' birthday May IL.
1892, the home was ready for dedication.
Dedication of the Home.
And great occasion was this dedication
of the only home that has ever been pro-
vided by a great trades union In this coun-
try. Mr.. Childs was present to see con-
secrated a work that his own gift had in
stigated. To be sure, the printers had
given of their earnings up to that time
nearly 10000, but his Offering had brough
to life and spurred to glad fruition what
had before been only among the dreams
that may and may not find more substan-
tial shape Senator Gallinger himself al
ex-delegate of the International Typo
graphical Union, made the pilgrimage AMI
stood among those who gave thanks that
such things come to pass in this age of
humane civilization. His Grafton was the
gem of the occasion. and eloquent as were
his words the fact that they came from
his heart gave them a power that seldom il.
the attribute of even the most polished
periods. President Donath. ex-Presidcnt
AimiSon. Treasurer Daley and many othe,
prominent printers and ex-printers were
present. travelling thousands of miles in
order to participate in an event that indeed
has marked a new era in trades unionism.
Work of the Home.
1t is now more than eleven years since
the Home for Union Printers opened its
doors to the union typo who Is weary and
heavy laden. Hundreds have there founa
comfort and rest. Scores have there closed
their eyes forever on world where there
were friends to the last to the man who
had kept his faith with brothers of the
craft. And not one of them has been made
to feel that it was the bitter bread Of de-
pendence he was eating. AS he gave VIII.
ingly in his prime to this noble provision
for the sick and the aged, so he is made
welcome in all sincerity when it becomes
his lot to seek the refuge that such as he
have long provided.
The provision made by the organization
is most ample for the needs of the inmates
of the home. Comfortable quarters, a
bountiful table, delicaces for the sick,
clothing that Is comfortable and that is
not of distinctive shape, even moderate
amount of spending money is provided.
Since the home enterprise was begun the
union printers of the land have expended
no less than $40O,OO0 on this monument to
their generous care for fellow-craftsmen.
About one hundred inmates are generally
the guests of the institution, and in round
figures $4,000 are annually devoted to their
maintenance. The trustees have general
supervision of the home and it's affairs.
while its immediate charge is in the COM
petent hands of Mr.. Charles Deacon OF
Chicago, who has been the superintendent
for the last five years. AS will be seen
from the accompanying representation OF
the home building, it stands a monument
conspicuous for size and grandeur of de-
sign, but greater than the most handsome
constellation of marble or stone is the
thought that here exists trade organiZa.
ton which stands by its members long afte:
their ability to aid the organization has
ceased. In word, the International Typo
graphical Union of North America claims
that to the humblest of its members 1t is
faithful unto DEATH"
RronZes In Parks