East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
NATIONAL PRINTERS MEET IN BOSTON

Boston, Aug 10.-Union printer
from every state and from Canad
England, Cuba. Porto Rico aud tn
Philippines are the guests of Bosto
today, the assemblage marking tn
opening OF the saith convention Of tn
International typographical Union
For the first time. the London Societ.
OF Printers has sent delegate to con
fer with the printers on this side o
the ocean, giving the meeting more o.
an international character than 1t ha!
ever had Boston Typographical
Union, one Of the first organization:
OF printers, will celebrate its 6Oth an
niversary during the week. All OF
the sessions will be held in Ford hall
Following the formal opening OF
the convention today and the trans
action OF preliminary business, ad-
journment was taken until tomorrow
and the delegates will spend the
afternoon on a harbor and bay ex>
cursion. Tomorrow will be ex-dele-
gates day and will be marked by
trolley trip to Lexington and Concord
over the Paul Revere route. Many
other entertainments will be held
under the direction of Boston union
No. 1S. The local union, despite its
hoodoo, number, has had a highly
successful career and is now in the
obest Of condition. The local has pre-
pared an elaborate souvenir booklet
o: $50 pages for distribution among
the delegates.
The International Sterotypers and
Electrotypers' union will also hold its
convention here during the week, as
will the ladies' auxiliary Of the Inter-
national typographical union. It is
expected that the total number of del
egates and visiting printers and ster-
eotypers, with their families, will
reach at least 5000.
AS this is the first important con-
vention held by any labor organiza>
ton following the two national party
conventions. it will be watched with
especial interest to see If legislation
will be introduced bearing on the two
anti-injunction planks adopted at
Chicago and Denver.
Various important questions are to
be discussed, among them being the
Sherman antitrust law, the employ
ers' liability bill, the eight-hour law
for government employees, the use OF
iLjunctions, the printing paper ques-
ton and the subject of insurance.
The union conducts a union print,
ers' home at Colorado Springs, the
first and only institution of its kind
in the world, where aged and inflrm
printers to the number of 300 are
cared for at no expense to themselves
The first old-age pension measures
ever adopted by a trade organization
IL Boston have been recently adopted
by the union and went into effect
August /.
Addresses will be made at the con-
vention by labor men from all over
the country. Representatives are pres
ent from the American Newspaper
Publishers association, with which the
International Typographical union
holds a special arbitration agreement |
running until 1912, which guarantees
both sides against strikes or lockouts,
and provides that any disagreement
must be settled by arbitration. This
agreement has been in force for about
six years, having been renewed in
1907 for a second five-year term.
The selection of the place for next
years convention is eagerly sought
for by Seattle, Wash, and st. Joseph.
Mo, and boomers from both cities
present, working to secure the con-
vention
The present officers of the Interna-
tional typographical union are: Pres
ident. James NJ. Lynch, Syracuse n.
Y; vice-president John W. Hays,