Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-06

No. n OF Pittshurx Of the United Asso-
ciati0n OF Plumbers and 8team Filters -
determined that one shall be held IN orneta
corrected. some vigorous work has already
been done. ana Secretary James J. McAee
announces that the movement VIII pc
successful. Mr.. Mckee and TooIe
will attend the meeting of the general exec.
utive board 10 be held in Chicago THIS
month.
In response to circular sent to all local
unions OF the organization. about ~ N
Number favorable replies have been re-
ceived from over 100. and according to the
constitution one-fifth of the local unions
may demand that convention be held ana
the executive board must issue the cali Mf.z
Mckee says:
I'VE have more than the number of In
aorsements to the proposition tc hold Q
convention required by our constitution. put
In order to insure the issuing Of the de-
sired call our local union has decided 70
send representatives to attend the next
meeting of the executive board and urge
the claim. =
The reasons for holding a convention
are outlined in the following circular sent
to all locals by the Pittsburg organiza-
ton:
brothers: December 81 1906 Local Union
No. 27 presented a proposition to hold
convention In Toronto. Canada. August.
1906 and the manner in which same was
published In January Journal led most OF
our members to consider 1t a joke, but Local.
bers that 1t was presented IN good iaitH
after careful deIiberation on our part
Knowing ofthe dissatisfaction existing all
over the country from various reasons.
we feel that unless something Is Gone In
the near future to dispel these uncertainties
dire results must follow. and from the tone
Of number of communications received
from various sources we are not the onIy
local In that frame of mind.
There seems to be something radically
wrong with our system. as the latest re-
ports show that less than one-thfrd OF the
plumbers of the United States are members
of the United Association and while we
have made a gain of 33 per cent In MEM
bership during the past five years, the
est of maintaining the organization mas
increased go per cent over the cost or ISV,
and from the number Of amendments pre-
scented lately 1t looks as If the whole con-
stitution Is at fault; and 1t is we'll
known fact that the building trades and
especially the pipe trades have undergone
more revision in the last few years than
any other. ii stands to reason that we
should revise to suit the times and We
think the only way to accomplish anything
in this line Is to get together.
1.-THE only reason given by opponents of
convention is the cost, but If any member
will look up sections 4S, "a and Co. they
will readily see that cost Of holding an
election of officers. together with cost of
placing before members and voting on the
different amendments to the constitution
that will be offered the present year, that
we can save money by ItOluiAS the SOhNSi-
ton, as if was understood 1t was to be, by
every delegate who attended at Birming-
ham in 1905
THE above are some of the reasons why
convention should be held this year, and
would ask your local to pass resolutions
requesting the national executive board to
issue call for same. as section 81 gives
them authority to do SO.
If the proposition presented by local union
No. q had been sent out to the locals in
the same manner as propositions and
were submitted. we have no doubt 1t would
have received favorable consideration by
the majority of locals.
eff this meets with your approval. please
notify James P. TooIe, Recording Secretary
L. U. n. 40 9th avenue, Pttsburg, Pa
Following is a list of conventions of in
terna tionai labor unions scheduled for the
month of June:
June baltimore Md, Ladies' Garment
Workers
June 4-Chicago, ILL.,, International AS
ISOLATION of Marble Workers
June 6-New York N. Y. international
Compressed Air Workers Union.
June 11-Chicago H. Ceramic. Mosaic
and Encaustic Tile Layers and Helpers.
June 12-Washington, D. c., International
Brotherhood of Bookbfnders.
June 1S-Pittsburg, Pa Interna tionaI
Printing Pressnen and Assistants Union
June 20-Washington, d. c., International
Steel and Copper-plate Printers
The United Typothetae of America Will
hold its annual convention in Buffalo July
16 This gathering is of more than usual
interest this year because of the fight
against the printers on the eight-hour ques-
ton. James M. Lynch, president of the IN
ternatfonal Typographical Union, says he
does not believe there will be enough OF
the Typothetae left to hold convention
at the rate the members are deserving and
signing with the union.
That there is healthy revival of trades
union activity all over the country is
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