The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-10
TRADE UNION NOTES.

The carpenters Of Ardmore are all
busy, and are wearing Il bright smile.
/ Quite "A lot Of building and repairing
Is going on at the present. The union
/ Is steadily growing in strength New
members are added ut every meeting
\ gCodly number Of the union boys
are out OF town AT work. som" are
on the sick list. and some crippled.
/ Brother A. II. White IL carrying one
arm and one side in sling, the ci'
/ fccts OF a fall from a scaffold. Alec
saws the trouble with his side is that
l.. y Glenn fell on top when the
scaffold broke and punched his knee
in his side.
The Teamsters union are all smiles.
They have nearly every tcamster in
Ardmorc in the union and are on the
stlll hunt for all those that are out,
and will not rest until they capture
the whole business
The brick masOns are a scattered
bunch; they are scattered from Dan
to Beorshcba, and from Beershcba
back 20 Dan. II is hard proposition
to keep track Of the boys Brother
|. j. c. Dixon OF the Ardmorc bunch
was in town this week. Jack Is al.
ways welcome in Ardmorc; N" union
boys OF all crafts think well Of him
aud gladly welcome him.
The electricians are all busy. but
done make much fuss about IL, as
they are the only ones that can man.
age the wires and are q bunch that is
hand to keep up with, as SO many uf
them will climb q pole. rather than
be- nice about matters.
The BARRIERS union arc set that
We don't like to bother. ~ they go
armed with razor, and are always
ready for business, but they are get.
ting along nicely. The only trouble
with the shayers is they never havc
time 90 attend the council meetings
the first and third Friday nights OF
each month.
The printers, as usual. are all busy.
| Brother Day formerly of this city. but
now of Konawa, was in town Sunday
and Monday shaking hands with his
may friends aud visiting his family
| who still reside in the best city In
! the southwest
= The telephone operators are all O
= X. They are q bunch that IL Won
do TO say much about They NIGH
l tell our wives, as they control IA,
wires all over town. and if you wan
20 keep peace in the family keep oI
the good side Of the telephone girls
The pressmen are al NJ work an,
are feeling good as they are affiliated
with the United Trades Council an,
the State Federation OF Labor, am,
never miss q meeting OF the council
We wish them godspeed
Being thoroughly familiar with al
IN" local unions in Ardmorc, | anu II
q position to say that neycr in IN
history OF organized labor VAS It Il
as good shape as to-day. and whol
that is said of Ardmorc It can o,
truthfully said OF oklahoma and TIN
l United States. II is on the inCrCds
/ everywhere IN Oklahoma Last yea
alone the increase In this state va
about 1000. While sOmc locals hav
let tho. charters rlapso, there ar
others that have gained and new one
| formed, and 1t Is only ~ question q
time until the laboflng people or ever
| craft and kind will be organizct
There Is now a new organization /
- Garter county, known as the Okl,
- homa Federation OF Farmers an
Craftsmen, and all union men Of ever
order are eligible To membership an
l wherever II has been introduced
has taken deep hold on the union pc
pie and the day Is not far distar
| when all laboring people viii b" o
ganl2ed under one organization
The Original Soab.
| Undoubtedly the devil was the iri
scab There is no disputlng the tat
| that heaven has always been run a
/ cordng TO union principles and is
! closed shop. Satan rcbelled again
1 these conditions, ana started 70 al
| tate for an institution, wheroupon J
was expelled from membership in II
\ aU.ols' union and fred 10 perditIo
! Harmony has roignpd in paradise AZ
closed shop prevails; no scab is I,
Grated IN the hinedom OF heaven al
there Is no room for Professor Eliot
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