Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-08
QUARTERS
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
WILL MOVE SOON.
NEEDS A MORE COMMODIOUS HALL
Continued Growth of Trades and Labor
Assembly Compel Abandonment of
Old Hall--Regular Meeting Wednes.
day Evening, Oct. 14-craft News.

(The matter in this column is fur
nished by the authorized officers OF
the Ottumwa Trades &c Labor assem-
bly)
The continued growth of the Ottum-
wa Trades and Labor assembly and
the large increase in the number OF
unions affiliated with that organization
has made it necessary to secure more
commodious quarters and the second
story of the Hedrick building. lis East
| Second street has been leased and will
be thoroughly refitted and refurnished
! as a labor hall. The new hall when
the furnishings is completed will give
| five rooms in which meetings OF as
many crafts may be held at the same
time and will in every way be better
suited and adapted to the needs of
| the assembly
Will be Furnished deliberately.
/ Then entire suite of five rooms is to
be repainted, papered and carpeted
throughout. New furniture is to be
! put in and when completed the hall
4 will present handsome and elaborate
appearance. The continued growth of
the assembly has been very gratifying
to the officers and they confidently pre-
dict that within two or three years at
the most the Trades and Labor assem-
bly, will have handsome new building
Z of its own.
Next Regular Meeting.
The next regular meeting of the
Trades and Labor assembly will take
place on Wednesday evening, October
IA, at which time new vice presi-
dent will be elected, and several
amendments to the constitution will
be proposed. A full delegation of ali
affiliated unions is requested to be
present in the interest of their unions
to pass upon the important work be-
tfore the assembly In all probability
> at this meeting the committees will
be appointed to prepare for the an
nual banquet of the Trades and Labor
assembly, to be held in February. The
other important work before the as.
sembly is to pass upon the resolutions
which are to be sent to President
Roosevelt in the Miller case. All are
earnestly requested to be present.
President John w Kitto requests
the secretaries of all the local unions
to hand in the names and addresses
of all delegates. This must be done
in order that the secretary may sent
out notices of meetings and eact
union be represented IN the prone
manner.
I Electrical Workers.
w. a. Spears has returned from Sal
: Lake City, where he represented tn
Y local union at the annual convention
of the Brotherhood of Electrical
= Workers. Mr.. Spears reports larg
b and enthusiastic convention, nearl
three hundred delegates being present
Delegates We're present from Hawai-
I. British Columbia and the Philippine:
Much was accomplished in the inter
: est of the craft.
II Typographical Union No. 70.
The regular monthly meeting Of I,
biographical union No. 73 was hel
"a at Labor hall Sunday afternoon, q
+ which time d. D. Keltner was electe
secretary and treasurer in the plac
a OF Ed Smith, who resigned, becaus
of his having accepted position
st. Paul, Mimi. Enoch Johnson wa
- elected to the position made vacar
= on the executive committee by til
resignation of Mr.. Keltner, and Tho
Sheehy was elected to the position c
n the legislative committee caused |
the resignation OF o. H. Kent. III
reports of the officers show that IL
in affairs of the Typographical union al
es. in the best condition since its organ
to cation.
us The Journeyman BARRIERS.
on. probably at no time in the histo
ra of the local organization of barbe
,ay has there been such keen desi
ass among its members to advance the
terest of the union. Nine-tenths
ma. the BARRIERS in this city are membe
of of the local organization and the me
I'M. bers OF the craft say that every co
SIC. petent barber in the city carries
di. union card Through the union
not BARRIERS have increased their wag
flu and materially bettered their conditi
ade having gained shorter hours and 81
1t day closing. 1t goes without sayi
mes that the BARRIERS are perfectly capal
red of taking care OF themselves and
ass one of the best unions affiliated w
ON the Trades and Labor assembly. TIL
international union increased in me
rrh fbership last year thirty thousand a