The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

bicycles going and coming from their
jobs. Mr.. Albright was astonished to
learn that there was a bylaw of the
National Union prohibiting the use of
bicycles, but making it optional in a
local union to suspend the law, to suit
local conditions. 1t seems the Green's
boro union had chosen to let the law
stand and their reason for it is that to
allow one man to ride a bicycle, un-
less all the rest have bicycles is OBJ
Viously unjust. 1t is an unfair dis
elimination in favor of one man or a
number of men. The unions aim is
to put all its members on an equal
competitive basis, hence it's rule
against the use of bicycles during
working hours. If all union men
could have bicycles, well and good.
But they cannot.
The plumbers were notified We'd
nesday that unless they acceded to the
demands of Mr.. Albright they could
not remain in the employ They re-
fused to violate the constitution of
their union and a flock out is the
result. The local union has sent Off
cial notice to headquarters at Chicago,
setting forth their grievance.
This is the plumbers side of the
matter
all the master plumbers in the city,
and they unanimously agreed to
stand by Albright and their privilege
of sending journeymen on bicycles
whenever they felt like it, This
morning the workmen from two other
plumbing concerns failed to show up,
and it is rumored that the union is
going to call sympathetic strike on
the part of all members. This morn
a pa m tn va Of
called on the Albright manager and
proposed that they would permit the
use of bicycles in emergencies, but
Albright's man declined this solution
Of the difficulty, remarking that it
would create untold friction to define
when IAN emergency was an emer-
gency. Albright left for Durham this
morning to look into a big plumbing
contract he is filing, which is held up
until he can procure more workmen.
Kni"hts OF Honor.
Many Greensboro members speak
of attending the annual session of the
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor.
which meets in Winston Salem next
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. Whitaker. editor of the Cot
ton Mill publication here, Southern
Mills" is past grand dictator of the
ing Mr.. +. r. Hassell. Of Jacksonville,
with Mr.. L. S. Carlton, of Salisbury,
as grand reporter or secretary. The
coming meeting promises to be large
~ attended from the fact that the
knights of Honor, at its recent Ma
tional Convention, in Atlanta, adopted
without opposition a resolution call
ing for very large increase in the
assessment on its old members, one
x Of ~,
that it more than doubled the present
amount Of annual or monthly assess
ment on all over fifty years of age
Some % the odd" members here
who have borne the burden and the
heat Of assessment for great many
years, are kicking strenuouSly against
having now to pay double of what
they obligated for the benefit as they
gay OF new members just coming in.
Mr. w. c.. Balm yesterday pur-
chased large building lot fronting
on the Southern railway near the pas
senger station and adjoining the lot
OF the PinSch Gas factory on which
to erect a large building for the man
ufacture of his concrete building
blocks. His resent plant. which has
been in operation only a month can
not begin to supply the demand At
the new factory. not only will the
doubled by the addition of a new ma
chine. automatic loadiT\ trucks, etc
but new pressed brick machine will
be added to the equipment
Prof j. w. Parker, who for many
years was professor of music. i'm
Greensboro Female College, and
year ago accepted a professorship in
college in Arkansas, has concluded to
return to Greensboro with Mrs. Park
er. for his permanent home Be
sides being organist of the First Bap-
tlst church, he will open a studio here
September 1st for instruction in
piano, voice, pipe organ and harmony
principles.
MIR. G. e. Lincoln Of GreenvAIe s.
G., arrived yesterday to become sup
erintendent of the Greensboro Lumber
company. succeeding Mr.. j. E. Boyle,
who goes to br&>~ch plant at Harris
vile, S. c.