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

cember of that year. In June. 1884. they
raised It further up to 81. and in November
of the same year to $24. At the same tlme
the piece rates were correspondinsy al
vanced.
In 1857 the society began the agitation Tor
an eight-hour day. the slogan being eight
hours for labor eight hours Tor rest anu
eight hours for recreation and mental I'M
provement" They kept SO tenacfouSly TO
their purpose that in 1865 an ordinance was
passed by the city government establishing
an eight-hour day for the city work. Fol-
lowing this act the society adopted the
eight-hour rule. and at the time of the pas
sage, in 1853. of the eight-hour law by Con-
gress, practically all of the members of
the craft in Washington were working un-
der that schedule. John c. c. Whaley was
president of the society when the bill be-
came a law, and while the bill was pending
in the House of Representatives he made
strenuous efforts to have an eight-hour
plank inserted in one of the great party
platforms. He was at that time an employe
of the government printing office, and being
called to account for his interest in the act,
was finally removed from his position and
given a place in the treasury. He died
about twenty years ago, while he was editor
of daily paper at Lock Haven. Pa, and
member-elect of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture.
That the printers were true to their al
legiance to the government is evidenced by
the fact that Company A Of the Washing
ton Light Infantry, the first company mus
tered into the service Of the country at the
opening of the civil war, contained the
names of many of the members of the Co
lumbia typographical Society. Later in
1864, when the capital of the nation was
threatened by the enemy. more than 100
of the printers enlisted in the common de-
Tense and marched to the front to protect
the city.
The rolls of the society contain the names
OF many men who have attained promi-
nence in the work of life. and several who
"a To toll fhnir. hr,r1 tn
other fields. but they one and all seem to
have carried with them always the spirit OF
comradeship fostered and cherished during
early days in the composing room.
In 1867 charter was applied for to the
national now 1nterna tionaD Typogra phi
cal Union and the Columbia Typogra phical
Union, No. 1O1 came into existence, the
Old constitution being amended to conform
20 the changed conditions. At the time of
Its ACKNOWLEDGMENT the Columbia Typo
Graphical Society was the oldest printers
organization in the country 1t partici-
pated In the laying of the corner stone
OF the washington monument, it advanced
the wages of the members step by step
from $40 to S24 per week and reduced
the hours of labor from ten to eight
day. Its record entities 1t to the honored
pace 1T holds in the estimation of the
other unions comprising the International
typographical Union of America.
Ex-Delegates' Association.
An affiliated organization of the Column
bia Union is the Ex-Delegates' Association
OF this city. 1t was organized on Novem-
Der 3. 1902. its avowed object being to CO.
operate with the older union in enter
tanning officers. delegates, ex-delegates and
ladies' attending the convention which
meets here on Monday. Its membership
includes every one who has represented
SoiumDia Union at any convention of the
international typographical Union and any
ex-oeiegate residing in Washington.
Inc attendance of eX-delegates at con-
Ventlons growing year after year the hos
Pltable idea of the association can readily
DE seem The cosmOpOlitanism of the
membership of the local union has made
tne members the friends of delegates from
an parts or thu country and the exchang-
Ing of views on the current topics that are
ever cropping up is one of the delightful
pastlmes of the old-timers. The expert-
ence acquired by members when they were
oe.esates We'll equips them to aid the Off
GERS and members in providing entertain
ment that replaces dull routine with mirth
and music.
There are one hundred members of the
ASSOCIATION, and the fact that they hail
from all parts of the country makes their
organization all the better able to handle
the pleasant work they have undertaken.
II Is likely that convention week will be a
grand reunion of delegates and ex-dele-
gates from all parts of the United States
and Canada
The following is a list of the officers of
the association: President, William R.
ramsey; vice president, F. c. Roberts;
secretary, j. T. Herbert: treasurer
Charles w. Otis; board of trustees. y. r
Jenkins c. M. Robinson. T. NJ Ring; SER
geant alarms. II. 8. Sutton. Committees:
membership; A. F. Bloomer. w. H. Bailey.
Hatly; finance, G. G. Seibold. James I'D.
Ross. L. c. Hover, A. NJ. Butler, John L.
Mccormick. A. L. Randall. Philip L.
steele. Edward II. Thomas. A. W. Bowen:
entertainment, James H. Pratt Oliver
Shaw. I. c. Hay. August Donath. R. W.
Kerr. F. N. Whitehead, c. c. THOMPSON.
G. Harry Stone. D. W. Beach, H. V. Bis
bee, e. W. Patton, J. Monroe Kreiter, J.
A. Hennesy, George F. Halsey, Charles A
Sheldon; invitation. George NJ Ramsey. ].
Monroe Kreiter. Thomas A Bynum, j T.
Herbert and H A. Nothnagel