Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-11

President Eleetrotypers' Union No. II.
provements, dated from that time and have
been continuous up to the present date.
until today the government printing office
has the largest and most complete electro
type plant In the world Owing to the
rapid growth of the electrotype foundry
and for other reasons 1t became apparent
to the electrOtype mOlders and fnishers
working in the government printing Office
that some kind OF an organization was
necessary for their mutual protection. Ac-
cordingly in the winter of 1891 an informal
meeting was held and the following gentle
men were selected as committee to or
ganize: H: s. Walters, chairman Ed
Keefe. Hugh Carey. G. Abramson, w. B.
Kelly, Frank S. Lanahan and James F.
Shannon.
Question as to Membership.
The greatest difficulty this committee had
to contend with was the selection of those
who were competent and eligible to men,
bership. The efforts of the committee
proved highly successful. and February z,
1892, they applied to the l. T. U. for and
received their charter. This organization
was known as the E. NJ & F. u of the l.
T. u, Washington, D. c. The first officers
Of this union were Hugo s. Walters, presi-
dent; Ed. keefe, vice president; James +.
shannon, secretary; William B. Kelly,
treasurer; Joe Boyle. sergeant-at-arms. The
following were charter members: w. c.
Wilton. H. ]. Carey H. c. Cowell, Theo.
Erck, G. Abramson, W. r. Westman.
Henry Reese. John Lehman, A. E. Coquard,
John e. Parker, Frank Hasson, T. ]. Mo
Laughln, John P. Shaffer, David Leonard.
T. w. Shomo, Robert Lowry, F. S. Lana
han.
In the same year the stereotypers seeing
the benefit of unionism, proceeded to form
an organization of the men in the govern
ment printing Office foundry and the news
paper stereotypers of Washington. the COM
mittee of e1ectrotypers lending them their
assistance. This organization proved a
valuable factor to both crafts, especially in
the government printing office, as it prac-
tically unionized the office. The next i'm
portant event in the history of No. II oc-
Cured in May, 1899, when effort was
made to withdraw from the 1. T. U. This
movement caused a split in the union, a
ma jority of the members being in favor of
withdrawing from the 1. T. U. and forming
an independent organization. A small num-
Der were in favor of appealing to their
crafts to withdraw in a body there being a
clause in the 1. Z. u. constitution which
permitted such action. About two-thirds of
the members left the organiZa ton and
formed local union with the intention of
joining the l. E. U. organization.
A Separate Organization.
The 1. T. U. officers were called in and
the trouble was adjusted. At the Birming-
ham convention, in 1901, the electrotypers
and stereotypers of the United States and
Canada were permitted to withdraw from
the l. 7. U. No II reorganized February 3,
1902. Under the new local organization
many important improvements were under
taken and carried to a highly successful
end Up to this date the floorhands and
helpers were unorganized Today not only
the electrotype molders. finishers and
stereotypers are thoroughly organized, but
No II has extended to the floorhands and
helpers of the government printing office
foundry the protection of an organization
and materially increased the wages of the
elcctrotype molder. the tinisher, the stereo-
typer and the helper, and for the first time
in its history made the electrotype foundry
in the government printing Office strictly
union shop.
Following is list of the members of No.
II:
Molders and finishers-Philip Addison. J.
H. Babcock, ]. H. Babcock, jr., Jesse G.
Buck, C. o. Buckingham, H j. Carey,
Charles w. Dean, George E. Dill, S. R.
Copper, H. c. Cowell George F. Fielden.
Henry M. Gaylor, j. E. Haggerty. w. J.
Hart. Elmer Johnson w. B. Kelly, Charles
]. Kirby. E. A. Lange, J. E. Leyden Robert
Lowry. c. H. Mulligan. ]. Edw. Mulligan,
b. F. Murto. r. Benjamin Murto. F. NJ
w. ]. ONeill, ]. e. Parker, II. c. Pope,
Thomas p. Rooney, M. l.. Rowzee Michael
Shaen, Paul c. Shulze c. F. Schweitzer, J.
F: Shannon, NJ. J. Shea, E. E. Sheldon, T.
w. soiioiHo II. Il. 1tiiAton, waiter watts,
E. A. White, a. ]. Williams. w. C. Wilton
Floor hands and helpers-John Babcock,
w. II. Baker, VIM. J. Boyd. E. w. Brown,
Wm Burlingame, Thomas A. Campbell.
John Colnan, H. Dunning, p j. Eckels,
Hugh Hayes, Thomas Heffernan, E. L.
Hickman. w. e. Johnston, r. McNicholas,
E. E. Mitchell, T. G. Moseley, Robert r.
Myers. James Nye, c. H. Stout, F. L. Tar
box, Emil p. Wetzel, Edward G. Whall
ProbationaI members-G. B. Vandercook,
S. M. Shawen.