The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-08-10
WARNING FOR
ALL UNION
LABOR
President Lynch of Typo
graphical Union Ad-
dresses Convention.
PEACE THE THING
Tremendous Growth of
Organization During
Past Year.
ny ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Aug Io.-The ,oth session
OF the International Typographical union
began here today with nearly all OF the
3i5 delegates present.
Chairman Whitehead, of the local com
mittee on arrangements, presided, while
by his side sat Secretary Cortelyou OF the
department of commerce and labor, Pub
lie Printer Palmer and a number of other
prominent men.
Commissioner Mcfarland and Willis
Moore, chief of the weather bureau, well
coined the delegates. Mr.. Moore. who
formerly was a printer, congratulated the
union on its strength, and spoke of the
president Of the United States as a friend
OF labor.
President Lynch Responds.
President Vanbaugh, OF the local union,
also welcomed the delegates. President
James M. Lynch responded to the wei
coming addresses.
He expressed the opinion that in a few
years the union would number 100 900
members.
The report of President James NJ.
Lynch says the past year has been a nota-
BILE one, not only for the International
Typographical union, but for organized
The report expresses regret at the ten
dency on the part OF the trade unionists
to make light of the unions of employers.
and questions whether it would not be bet
ter to display n tolerant spirit toward
them in the hope of establishing friendly
relations.
Cannot Deny the Right.
Surely" he says, 1--WE cannot deny the
right we claim-the right to organize
and it is not aside from the probabilities
that through this era of organization may
come the era of peace
The report refers to the arbitration
agreement which the American newspaper
publishers association which has been in
force for more than two years. and says
that all but two disputes have been settled
in fairly satisfactory manner, and that
there is much better general feeling exist
ing between the two organizations.
Mr.. Lynch said
The International Typographical union
was the first to negotiate general arbi-
tration agreement, and adds that thus far
the union has carried it out faithfully and
with an earnest desire to promote and
make secure industrial peace with union
employers
viii Receive Blow.
"If, however" the report says, the arbi-
tration agreement is jugglcd with by un-
scrupulous individuals and made the vehi-
Gle for unjust and questionable decisions.
through the connivance OF any interest in
the party, then the cause of arbitration
and the cause of industrial peace will re-
ceive blow from which recovery will not
be possible for years"
The report of ]. NJ Bramwood secre-
tary-treasurer for the year ended May 81,
1903, shows that the receipts for the
year, including the balance in the treasury
June 80, 1902, Of $38,o7a, amounted to
$aa3,as5. The expenditures were $I74,-
oS5, leaving cash balance in the treasury
on May 81 1903 of $4oI7o, an increase
during the fiscal year of $II,oo7.
The report says that the growth in mem
bership has been in keeping with the ad-
vances made in other directions, the in
crease in the average paying membership
during the last year being 4,o7a, the largest
in the history of the organization. Per
capita tax was paid on an average mem
bership during the last year of 4o,o7o, the
largest in the history of the organization
The total increase in the number of
local unions is given as I4o, while the
totai NUMBER OF DodleS subordinate to the
international union on May 81, 1903, was
6oo, divided among the several crafts as
follows:
Typographical unions, English, 6I6;
German American, 81; Photo -Engravers
unions, I6; Mailers unions, 81; Typo
unions, 2, and Newspaper Writers unions,
Is. Death benefits paid during the year
numbered 476, involving an expenditure of
$3o,o4o.
Receipts and Expenditures.
The receipts of the fund were $7,3I8 in
excess of the expenditures, leaving a bal
ance to the credit of the fund of $I4,o33.
The amount of benefits has been paid
At II o'clock the convention adjourned
until tomorrow, to permit the members to
spend the remainder of the day down the
Potomac.