The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
Items, General and Personal,
Of Interest to q. p. q. Workers

W n Carpenter. OF the mOnOtype sec
ton. whose absence from the Office for
the past month was due to an accident.
expects 10 resume his duties early this
week.
! George II. Afohler, makeup IN the limo
/ type section. is once more at his bank.
after a long siege OF illness.
Proofreader T. Frank Hall. one OF the
most useful members Of Columbia Union,
who has been I'll for the past two months.
is at Cambridge, Nd.
From all indications, the present cam
paign for delegate in Columbia Union is
going TO be a hot one There Is talk OF
yet one or two more prominent members
being in a receptive mood. whose entry
into the race viii cOmplcate the situa-
tion considerably. Those already out are
diligently at work. and there are enough
good ones 10 assure Washington being
ably represented at st. Joe
A slight difference Of opinion between
an operator and a machinists helper in
the linotype section. on Friday. resulted
IN an appeal 10 fsticuffs, and a conse-
Quent suspension OF both parties.
The Rebew Orchestra. under the d.
rection Of Chief Reyiser Henry Weber.
viii give its eighth annual concert at
Odd Fellows Han on the evening OF
April a
Thomas F. McKeon. or the Treasury
branch. who has been in at Garfield Hos
pital for the past TWO weeks, is rapidly
recovering, and expects TO resume his
duties in a short time.
The Old-age pension fund OF the I T. L.
aggregates 10 date $4,000
Clark F. Wagner. one Of the members
who went with John s Leech 20 establish
the government printing Office in the
/ Philippines. IS now a special agent of
| the General Land Office.
/ A strictly office baseball league is now
/ an assured fact. four clubs being fully
| equipped 10 put a team in the field at
| present. and two more being in such
shape that by the time the season opens,
about May I, well balanced organiza-
/ tion Of six clubs viii be ready to give
/ its friends a good exhibition ~ the
I national game. a contract has been
] signed for the grounds at North Capitol
and L streets. and the work OF putting
them in proper order will begin this
week.
! Capt ". r. Ramsey. after his long
! spell Of illness. withstood the trip TO At
lantc City very well. and the change
has been so beneficial that it is expected
few weeks of salt air and sea breezes
Will completely restore his health
Little Nike Huntsberry. Of the
monotype section. has found the change
/ from Florida 10 AshevilIe. y. C. consider
ably in his favor, and writes rather hope
/ fully OF his condition.
During the past ten days, a considerable
amount OF heretofore unused leave of
| absence has been used, as per request OF
/ the officials in the various sections. in
order 10 avoid a furlOUgh.
William J. c. O'Brien is temporarily sup
plying for Maker-up y. NJ. Light. alb
sent on leave. O'Brien will make good
every time.
The following members Of the hand
composing section have been on the
! sick list the past week: II. c. Under
wood, John ". Sherman. +. P Latham,
II. =. Major, II. c. Shearer, and William
H. Sweeney.
Comrade David Smith, an employe OF
the hand composing section, who has
been at the Sibley Hospital since March 4.
is reported 10 be rapidly improving. and
the broken limb is healing quickly, de-
! spite his three-score and ten.
Miss Laura B. Gordon, OF the hand
| composing section. and one OF the best
know compositors In the list Of the
| 1000 tried ana true members OF Columbia
| Union, No 10l. has announced her candi-
dacy as a delegate TO the approaching
| annual session Of the 7. T l. at St.
| Joseph, Mo- II goes without saying that
Miss Gordon will make a fine showing.
not only IN her chapel. OF which she is
the worthy secretary, but in the various
chapels throughout this Typographical
jurisdiction.
/ Pressman Hugh Campbell has been re-
irstated.
Miss Jennie MacNamara, Of the press
room, is enjoying seven days leave of
absence.
Mrs. l. Gregory is again on duty in the
pressroom. after two months absence on
account Of illness.
In the sudden death Of his wife. M.
John A. Handiboe. Of the hand-compos-
ing section. has the sincere sympathy Of
his host Of friends In the terrible be-
reavement which shadows his home
Mrs. HandibOe. was a devout Christian
wife. an affectionaie mother. and "a char
liable neighbor.
Pressman Dan Beckwith has removed
20 his suburban residence, in BrookIand.
for the summer.
They are having considerable sport with
Pressman Bob Sullivan over one OF his
"Chink' neighbOrs.
Martin r. H Witter. former president
Of the international Typographical Union
was elected city register Of ST. Louis.
Mo, on Tuesday last by a very handsome
majority. This is not only very compIi-
lmentary TO Mr. Witter. but is very i'm
portant 10 organized labor and 10 the
printing trades OF ST. Louis particularly.
for the register has largely 20 do with
the city printing, and there is no doubt
that the allied label will be in evil
dence on all work which the register con
trolls. Those who can remember that far
back will remember Mr.. witter best for
the stand he took as head of the I. T. L
against the autocratic power Of Martin
Irons in the great Southwestern railroad
strike. in which Irons tried to involve the
printers, for which he was severely criti-
cised at first. but in which the wisdom OF