The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-07
LOCAL LABOR NEWS.

IS Trades Assembly Hall has been
remodeied throughout and is now
one of the handsomest halls iii the.
city.
IL. ID. Carter, of Mahan, Secre-
tary of the Mine Works Local at
that place, was in the city ON
official business the first of the
week.
Now is the time TO send in sonr
subscription to The Labor Argus
and help make it success. 1T is
here to serve you and help fight
your battles.
Simply joining Il union don't
make YOU a union man. There is
something more expected of yon
than carrying the card around IN
Your pocket.
Are you Interested III the COM
ing Labor Day ccicbiation. Keep
talking it. Boom it. Tell it to
everybody. Preach it, and the
result is an allied interest that
means success.
Your employer has u right to
expect justa as much ofsyour SER
vice as he pays you for and no
more Give him what is his due
and see that he does likewise for
you.
No union can make much head
way when the rank and file sit in
the wagon and expect the officers
alone to pull them up the hill of
prosperity. Each member should
do his share.
The Executive officers of the
United Mine Workers are render.
ing valuable service in assisting
in organizing and Installing more /
vmi and vigor in the local unions
in this section of the State.
BIAS your Union appointed
Labor Day comimttcef Ifnot, it is
high time that it is doing so. The
general committee will meet in
short time and a representative
from every Union should attend.
George Pauley, one Of the most
popular members Of Carpenters and.
Joiners Union No. 1907, died at
his home on Little Sandy, last
Saturday. A committee of six
from the Carpenters Union attend
ed the funeral.
The firms carrying advertise
ments in columns of the Labor
Argus should be remembered by
trades unionists when making their
purchases. Everyone of them are
thoroughly reliable and merit your
patronage. Remember your friends
fellow workers.
Il. M. Spaulding, Justice of the
Peace of Poca district Putnam
county, and also Il prominent Mine
worker of that place was caller
at the Argus Office last week. Mr..
lSpaulding represented his local at
the last State Federation conven-
ton in Wheeling.
One of the most aggressive and
wide awake unionsin the city is
the recently organized Electrical
| Workers, (inside menO which is
known as Local Union No. $50,
international Bro TIL erh o cd of
Electrical Workers. Richard GULL
is the President and Tildcn Green
the Secretary.
Charleston Typographical Union
held their regular monthly meeting
i'll Assembly hall Saturday night.
Among other businegs transacted
was the appointment OF a label
committee whose duty it will he to
advertise the union label and ask
for its use on all printed matter by
our merchants.
/ The Labor Day Committee ex-
poets to be Joined in celebration by
two thirds of the Local Unions of
the United Mine Workers of
America of the Kanawha Valley.
If they succeed in getting rates on
the railroads, which will insure
4 Charleston the largest crowd in her
history.
J. J. MislNell, of Ashcamp, one
of the best known mine workers in
the district, was in the city yester-
day ON business. He reports his
local in a flourishing condition and
says that the Labor Argus will re-
ceive the united support of the
miners in his locality.