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United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
STEAM ENGINEERS
FAVOR INSURANCE
Plan of Insurance Submitted to
Referendum vote--M0ser Elec-
ted Convention Delegate.

The last convention OF the Interna-
tional Union Of Steam Engineers ordered
that the subject of death benefits for
its members should be taken under con-
sideration. committee was therefore
appointed and full report is at this
time submitted to the membership. The
report shows that an exhaustive study
has been made of the subject OF life in
surance and a practical plan to put In
surance into effect is now submitted to
a referendum vote.
The plan submitted is that policies of
two amounts be issued. The matter of
taking out the policies is left optional
with the members. and the committee
favors $500 and $1,000 policies. In the
estimation of the committee these poll
cies will cost the members so cents and
s1.00 per month, respectively, although
In is impossible for them TO recommend
the exact amount of monthly assess
ments required to be paid, as the COM
mittee did not have the exact average
age of all the members of the organiza-
ton at hand. They are assuming the
average age of the membership at 40
and from dates at hand they considered
this a close estimate. II is on the above
basis that the assessment has been
figured.
When the committee undertook to Sc
cure information on the subject, they
u
acted laws making It difficult for labor
unions to furnish insurance to its men,
bers. However, they were able to over
come some of these difficulties as is
shown by the following extract from
their report:
I'VE are glad to report that the legal
barrier which has caused so much diff
Guilty and hardships in several of the
trades does not apply to the lnterna-
tional Union of Steam Engineers Su-
perintendent w. II. Hotchkiss of the In
surance department of the state OF New
York has decided that because OF the
hazardous nature of our employment,
the International Union OF Steam Engi-
neers will be exempt from these restric-
tions and will be given the same privi-
lege as the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers, II 1t is decided to adopt a
plan of insurance, having much lower
rate of assessment or premium than Is
required by the National Fraternal
Congress"
This shows that a practical plan has
been worked out to give the members
of the International Union OF Steam En-
gineers cheaper rate OF insurance than
is offered by old line companies or fra
ternal organizations.
In accordance with the mandates OF
the last convention. all local unions are
requested to call special meeting to
vote on this proposition and from pres
ent indications 1t looks like 1t will be
adopted.
International Union OF Steam Engi-
neers. Local No. 1. held Its annual cleo
tion last week and elected the following
officers for the coming year:
Geo. w. Miles. president.
r. l.. Standley. vice-president.
w. S. Peregrine. recording secretary.
]. ID. Mitchell. financial secretary.
r. G. Moser was elected as delegate
to the international convention, which
will be held in st. Paul on Sept. 9-1f.
this year.
The meeting was one OF the most rep
resentative meetings held in years by
this local and great interest was shown
in the election.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
BOOKBlMDERS HOLD
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Favor Industrial Unionism and
Ask Heads of Printing 0rgani-
cations to Act.

The International Brotherhood of
Bookbinders convention, held at Detroit
Mich, June 10 to 16. was the largest and
most successful ever held by that organ
ization. The convention was of a pro-
gressive nature throughout, and much
legislation to this end was accomplished
This convention was the first of the
printing trades crafts to go on record as
fayoring the amalgamation of all the
printing trades into one grand industrial
union. and also favoring the universal
wage scale. by the adoption Of resolu-
ton printed in another column of this
issue.
The convention upheld the information
al officers in revoking charters of three
local unions of New York City, and went
on record as favoring one local union in
stead of three and ordered all seeding
locals to get together and form new
local and elect officers. This was one
of the most important things the con-
vention had to deal with. and settled a
fight lasting some two years, at great ex-
pense to both sides
The convention went on record as ia
voring the admission of the Lithograph'
ers to the Allied Printing Trades asso-
citation.
The charges made against the de
ceased secretary-treasurer. ]. A B. Es-
v.
was taken up by the convention on re-
port of the finance committee, and the
deceased member was exonerated of all
charges. Literature had been circulated
for more than three years regarding this
alleged shortage, and the report OF COM
mittee. which exonerated the former
treasurer. was received as final and
adopted.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
Robt Glockling, New York City. presi-
dent, without opposition
A. p Lovey of St Louis, first vice-pres-
ident, over Thos. Garrity of San Fran
cisco.
James W. Dougherty reelected secre-
tary-treasurer without opposition
Mrs. Augusta Frincke of Denver, sec
ond vice president.
Felix Belar of Washington. d. c.. third
vice president.
The convention adjourned to meet in
Denver the second week in June, 1914.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
WINTER GOES TO OKLAHOMA.
Old Homestead Bakers May Be Declared
Unfair to the Bakers.

Herman Winter. the general organizer
of the International Bakery and Confec-
tionary Workers, who has been in Den
yer for three weeks in behalf of the
local Bakers union, left Tuesday even
been ordered by the international exec
utive officers. There is some internal
strife in the organization in that city
which he is instructed to look into and
report on. Mr.. Winter delved into the
situation in Denver and has made an ex-
tended report to the executive officers
on the situation in Denver. He has
found that the membership here Is lax
in their duty to the organization and
that this alone is responsible for the
condition of the organization. The in
ternationh union. on the recommended
ton of Organizer Winter, has voted 5000
to the Denver local to be expended In
organization work. Winter also out
lined plan Of action in his report to
the international officers, and this plan
must be carried out by the local organ
ization II the money is to be expended
Winter includes demand that the Old
Homestead bakery be declared unfair.
and the Denver local Is now waiting for
strike order from the Chicago head
quarters. Mr.. Winter, in an interview
with the writer previous to his depart
ure. said that II the plan as outlined to
headquarters was carried out that tho
Denver local would be greatly benefited
and placed among the best organiza-
tions OF the city.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
MAY ENFORCE CARDS.
Referendum Vote Being Taken To Get
Sentiment of Building Trades.

The Building Trades Council, by ac-
ton taken at the meeting Friday even
ing of last week, has asked the affili
ated organizations to vote on the en-
forcement of council cards on work in
the city in future. Affiliated locals are
now preparing for such action. The
Brotherhood Carpenters, local No. So,
the largest local affiliated with the
fcouncil, has called a special meeting for
Monday night of next week to take the
matter up.
While there would be no opposition
to such action were all organizations af-
filiated with the council and each or
ganization working in harmony, there
will be strenuous opposition to such ac-
ton at this time, argue many members
|of the building trades, because the
building trades are not united sufficient
ly for such action. First and greatest
among the objections raised is the fact
that Painters union No 79 and the
Plasterers union do not belong to the
council; and second, and by no means
of small Importance, is the conditions
that exist in the electrical and cement
working trades. In these trades there
are dual organizations or jurisdictional
trouble, and the member argue that to
enforce council cards at this time would
be the worst of folly. Nevertheless the
different organizations are taking vote
on the matter, and they can be de-
pended upon to vote according to the
best interests of the trades represented.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
cIGARMAkERs ELECT.

At the semi-annual election of the CT
garmakers' union. held Saturday after
noon. the following officers were elected
for the coming six months:
President, Chas. Hornburg.
Vice president, John Uhlik.
Secretary-treasurer, ]. w. Sanford
Recording secretary. Geo. NJ. Edwards
Sergeant-atarms. Julius Krause.
Trustees. z. Bretschneider, ]. E. Falk-
enhan. Otto Jurgens.
Auditors. d. C. Leader, E. S. Lynn. B..
Welham.
Executive board. S. J. Butler. c. T..
Clymer, Julius Krause. d. c. Leader,
Robt. Stern.
Grievance committee, J. A. Christman,
c. T. Clymer. Chas. Hornburg.
For delegate to Baltimore convention,
Sept. II, B. Myr.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
MAcHINIsT DROPS DEAD.

It's five minutes of quitting time and
we've worked another week." was the
remark made by Joseph Huth, 62 years
old, living at 1016 Mariposa street, Sat
urday evening. But he did not get a
chance to fill out the weeks work., for
the next minute he was a corpse.
Coroner Purcell, who was called on
the case. pronounced heart disease as
being the cause of death. Huth had
been in the employ of the d. & r. G..
shops for twenty-eight years. For the
last four years he has been truck re-
pairer at the Burnham shops of the
company. Huth leaves a son and two
daughters.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
women's TRADE UNION LEAGUE.
Helen Marot In Denver to Give impetus
to the Work Among Women.

Tho work of the Women's Trade
Union League in Denver Will surely
gain much force by the visit OF Helen
Marot of New York. who Is here at the
instance of the National Womans trade
Union league Miss Marot liz secretary
of the New York Woman's Trade Union
league. and she was one OF those fore
most in the great Shirtwaist Makers
strike in New FORK n year ago, which
stirred the whole country to sympathy
for the young women workers, ana 10
open hostility against the manufactur-
ers who worked the women at starva'
tion wages.
Miss Marot arrived in Denver several
days ago, and her energy and aggres.
siveness has enthused the members OF
the Denver league to action. She ad-
y dressed the league Sunday afternoon IN
its hall and received a cordial welcome.
Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford is president OF
the local organization and she can be
depended upon to lend her great In
fiuence to the proposed work that Is
now being mapped out by the league.
Miss Marot is here on an organization
tour of the nine leagues affiliated with
the national organization. The leagues
in Kansas City and Denver are the
Junior members of the national organi-
zation, and It is these that Miss Marot
desires to give assistance. She is plan
ming AT tnlH tlIue " tdhc w VI cuAAa@eh-
tion among the women OF Denver. Here
tofore the local league has given Its sup
port principally to male ORGANIZATIONS
but Miss Marot intends that the league
shall be directed In the course its organ
izers intended It should take.
During the coming week steps Will be
taken to center on one line Of industry
In Denver that employs women. and
kHght made to unionize that industry as
Thoroughly as possible. There is fer
tile field here for organization work
among the women, and 1t Is more than
! likeA }that the league may center on the
! numerous non-union laundries OF the
lcity.
Miss Marot will ask the Trades As
}sembly to name a fighting committee at
the meeting Sunday to do the "henvy'
work for the women OF the Women's
TrA'e yUnion League. As Anal warn
inaA.o those who have their laundry
done ut unfair laundries. The Bulletin
desire sto apprise them that the storm
is about to break about the heads OF
every trade unionst In the city who
employs non-union laundry workers by
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES
CALL PARTY ASSEMBLIES
Republicans Meet in Denver. Democrats in Pueblo
Nominations May be Made by Petition
for Primaries

6hrasnn George T. Bradley and Act
ing Secretary Norton Montgomery OF the
Democratic State Central committee
Tuesday issued the official call for the
first Democratic state assembly to be
held under the new primary law provid-
ing for assembly and abolishing the OLD
state convention system.
The assembly will be held Tuesday.
August g. at Pueblo. 1t will be composed
of 1,04S delegates. 1t will nominate the
following ticket to be voted on by the
people at the fall primary. with the ex-
ception of six presidential electors
The officers to be nominated are:
Six presidential electors.
United States senator dong term).
United States senator (short term), TO
fill vacancy.
Two congressman at large.
Sustice OF the supreme court for ten
years.
Governor.
Lieutenant-governor
Secretary OF state
Auditor OF state
State treasurer.
Attorney general
superintendent of public instruction.
Regent of state university TO NIL va
cancy.
no regents OF state university. -.
irmau Bradley includes in his call
xequest that the chairmen OF the con-
eressional. judicial. senatorial and repre-
sentative district committees hx time
and place for holding assemblies 10 noun ,
mate congressional, judicial. senatorial
and Legislative candidates to be vo,ed
upon atihe fall primary
Chairman Jesse F. Mcdonald OF the
PepubIican State Central committee mas
"a
rcarS Aonyeution to assemble in Denver
oAsTsA5 ri to select candidates TO NIL tne
ofsres numerated above. As In the case
~ the candidates selected by the Demo
cra,ic marty convention. the selections ,
will be voted upon at the preferehua'
primaries to be held Sept 10.
Those who desire to be candidates anu
who do not receive recogniuon u. 'he
conventions. may have their hanes nv,
a.. bx petition. One hundred signatures
~. necessary for municipal ana county
k,mri.l. 10 get upon the ballot. and Soo
Hirnatures for state ofnces- All peuuons.
AZ wen M certificates from tne props.
assembly oficials. must Dc niea VIZ VIZ
county clerks or secretary OF state rom
,hirty TO sixty days before the primary
election in September
This is the frst step Indicated uhueI
ia new direct pilin@i' -, .,.s,,,,n
'2Ay with the old convention system
~ permits people the free expression
OF their preferences. .,.. a,,.
After names are presented at me con con,
vention one ballot is taken. and All those
receiving more than 10 per cent oi me ne
vote 20 upon the direct primary oaii0, an IN
the order OF their votes. Following mes mes
names on the ballot will come the names
of those presented by petition ruhh'hs
in alpha hetical order.
Herd IA chance of a lifetime Tor e .he
.aboring people to place anyone on cue
ballot of the old parties that they see Nv
They can either 10 into the convention
or place names on the preferential bal
lot by petition. When this Is accom-
piished. organized labor and the working
people in general may go to the polls
and select n ticket that Will be the pes'
for the working people OF the state
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS HERE.

John R. Alpins, president OF the
United Association of Plumbers, Steam
filters and Steamfitters' Helpers. and
Thomas B. Clark. western organizer Tor
that organizations, are in Denver look
ing over the situation in the trade They
are being shown around by BUSINESS
Agent Frank Bryan OF the Denver Iocai.
Tbe two international officers are among
the best known men in the international
trade union movement. and they each
have many friends in Denver who are
glad to see them.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
Cement Workers oaInInq.

San Francisco.-The American Broth
erhood of Cement Workers reports that
new local has just been organized as
Tulsa. Okla. It Is further reported that
conditions In the cement industry ara
rapidly improving and that most OF the
men engaged In this Industry are stead
lily employed. The American Brother'
hood has just affiliated with the Trades
and Labor Congress- OF Canada,
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
Peace Reiqns with Miners.

Washington.-In a letter recently re-
ceived from John P. White, president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
one paragraph says: Il have been very
busy with wage scale settlements in the
various parts of the country and am now
in a position to state that practically all
our contracts are settled and industrial
peace, with increased wages and better
conditions of employment, were brought
about without resorting to strike
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
DELEGATES NAMED.

The Garment Workers union. at its
recent meeting. elected Lillian Reimers
and Margaret Hansen to represent the
Denver local at the international con.
vention of that organization 10 be held
in indianapolis in August
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20

taking their work to laundries that work
their girls long hours for small wages.
Get in out of the rain" for there is 60
ing to be trouble.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-20
Lockout Settled.

Mankato. Minn.-The plumbers of this
city. who have been locked out for some
time, have finally reached an agreement
with their employers. The new agree
ment calls for the union shop and re-
duces the hours of labor from ten to
nine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11

Friday evening to which all are
invited.
Mr.. Chandler is to preach a ser
mon next sunday morning on q
.Christless Christmas.
w. B. MeIcner and son, Forrest
spent ThanKsslv wing a. Littleton. n.
H., with Mrs. irene Cummings. Mrs
Cummings is the mother OF Mr.,
MeIchers wife, who died some two
- ears ago.
Clinton Hasbrook from Benson is
the teacher at the village school
this winter. Mr.. Hasbrook presided
at the organ at the Sunday morning
service.
Miss Harriet Clark, sister of
Charles Clark, is to give her ex-
perience and account of her visit at
Jerusalem at the church next Sun
day evening at seven O'Clock.
The C. E. meeting is to be held
Saturday evening this week at the
hall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11
WELLS RIVER
New Oficers Elected by Col. Preston
w. r.. C.-PersOnals and Locals

New Officers Elected by Col. Preston
w. r.. C.-PersOnals and Locals
i At the annual meeting of Col
Preston w. X. c. last WednesGa.
) levening the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Llbble d
Wheeler; S. v. F., MRS. Addie B. X
imam; treasurer, Mrs Kate ID. Lee
chaplain, MRS Minnie Brock; con
ductor, Mrs. Ella Buck; guard, Mrs
Kate Deming; delegates to depart
ment convention, Miss Lottie +
Marshall, Mrs. Cora A. Learned; al.
lternates, Mrs. Sarah Hutchins, Mrs
Kate Deming.
Mrs. Finley Mcdonald was in
North Haverhill last week Wednes-
day. She had charge of the candy
booth at the Methodist church sup
per and sale.
A goodIy number of our village
people enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner
at Hale's Tavern.
The mid-winter meeting and ban
quet of the Fat Mems club will be
held at Hale's Tavern Saturday, Dec
IA.
Mrs. E. D. Carpenter visited
friends in Montpelier and Brook
| field last week.
Mrs. Goodwin was home from
North Haverhill over night Wednes-
day.
Miss Winsome Worthen was in St
Johnsbury with her mother several
days of Thanksgiving week.
There was a L. A. S. social in
the church parlors last Friday even
ing.
Mrs. Frank w. George was in
Waterbury last week to spend a few
days with her husband who is in
business there.
Miss Isabelle Field as home from
Middlebury to spend Thanksgiving
with her mother and sister.
Mrs. Fred Darling of Marshfield
was the guest of Mrs. A. H. Bailey
last week.
Mrs. Myers is still confined to the
house by illness.
Mrs. Anna Leslie who was a guest
of Mrs. E. c. Graves last week, re-
turned to Montpelier Saturday.
I Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Goodwin have
returned from North Haverhill, hay
| ing spent two weeks there.
George Adams of Waltham, Mass.
came to spend Thanksgiving with his
mother.
Mrs. George Wheeler returned
last week from a visit in Highgate
and st. Adams. In the latter place
she was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Towle, formerly of this place.
The annual masonic district meet
ing of the ninth district will be held
here with Pulaski Lodge in the Viii
lage hall, Thursday, Dec. IL. Corin-
THAN chapter, o.. E. s., No. AZ, will
serve the banquet.
Mrs. Mcclellan of Middlebury was
a visitor at A. H. Bailey's Thanks
giving.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11
SUTTON

The next grange meeting is to be
held Saturday evening, the 14th,
and the election of officers will take
place.
Several were called to st. Johns
bury, Monday to attend the meet
ing of the creditors of Edgar South
worth in bankruptcy.
Miss Cora Curtis, nurse in the
hospital at Burlington, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Curtis
some days recently.
Mrs. Upham spoke to a good sized
audience Thursday evening at the
church on missionary work at the
frontier among the Cherokee tribe
of Indians. All were interested and
enjoyed the service very much.
Mr. and Mrs. Orrfn Curtis visited
their daughter, Mrs. A. P. Sias at
East Burke and partook of their
hospitality Thanksgiving day.
Fred Thayer, who has been in
Boston for two or three weeks, has
returned to his home here.
We were mistaken last week in
saying that Frank Drown had NOV
ed to the place known as the Jesse
man farm. He has moved in with
Franklin Berry and wife. Mr.. Ber-
rvs heath is not good and Mr.
Drown will help him with the farm
work.
Mr.. Chandler gave a very strong
and able sermon sunday morning
on THE Lure of the Dance taking
for his text Second Peter, End chap.
ter, verse 10.
The Ladies' Aid are to give a sup.
per and entertainment at their hal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11
BARNET
Considerable Social Activity Las
Friday acknowledgements

Considerable Social Activity Last
Friday acknowledgements
Mrs. Mary McCondack and
daughter spent last Friday with
friends in Lyndonyille.
Mrs. Hattie King and son, Henry,
who have been visiting friends
around town for the last month, re-
turned to their home last Friday in
Sutton, Mass.
Max Lang, who has been spending
the last year at home with his faith
er has gone to Denver, Col, for the
winter.
Friday night was quite gay night
for Barnet there being meeting of
the Barnet Brotherhood in the
schoolhouse, basket ball game in
the hotel hall and a dance in the
town hall.
Miss Eva Gibson of Cambridge,
Mass, spent three days last week in
town the guest of Mrs. Charles Har-
ris.
Charlie Cush4nan of Waterford is
working at the mill driving team for
Herbert Brock.
Rev Mr.. Clark will give an illus
trated lecture next Sunday evening
at 7.3O at the church. Subject, THE
Other Wise Man" There will also
be some illustrated songs.
There will be a Christmas tree in
the town hall Christmas evening,
Dec. "a.
The Ladies' Society will meet
in the Schoolhouse hall this week
Wednesday to tack some quilts for
Mrs. Farnsworth, who is in very
poor health.
Mrs. Henry w. Dimick of Holland,
who has been spending two weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Robert Parker,
went home last Friday. Her mother,
Mrs. Sillers, went with her to spend
the winter there.
Miss E. Belle Parker attended a
teachers meeting at Passumpsic last
Saturday.
Mrs. Sadie Emery of Lyndonville
visited her mother, Mrs. Martin one
day last week.
Lem Moody of Peacham and War
rem Chapman went to Warren, N.
H., hunting last week. Fred John
son carried the mail and Will Welch
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The Greatest HarIey-DavidsOn
Eight Honest Horsepower


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ing
1t does not have to be babed
It's a real downright to handle one.
And easily hardst
dodge the
weather In fact there's
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established the HarleyDavdon
All
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did his chores.
Miss Chrissy Cushman of East
Barnet visited ner cousin, Mrs. Ray
WEIGH two days last week.
Fred Drew and wife of Waterford
spent last Saturday with his brother,
Harvey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Gilfllan, G.
B. Whitney and Martin Turner. spent
last Saturday in ST. JohnEbury.
The st. Johnsbury boys and the
Barnet boys played a game of bask-
ct ball in the Hotel hall last Friday