The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-03-08
LOCAL HOD carr
R|ERS' UNION
HOLD MEETING AT Y. M. C. A
HELPFUL ORGANIZATION
STIRRING ADDRESS DELIVER
ED-SEVERAL NEW OFFICERS
TO BE ELECTED.


and eighty-two members of the Local
Hod Carriers Union held a meeting
in the Y. M. c. A. building last Monday
night. This was the regular weekly
meeting of the Union and was preside |
over by Mr.. Frank Lyons, who is the |
president. While this organization of
men was only brought into existence
on May 18th 1917, it has, judging from
the reports made Monday night, grown |
by leaps and bounds. They are men,
bers of the International Hod Car
riers' Union and are known as Local
Branch Number 1856. The purpose of
the organization as set forth in the
preamble is "to better the condition of
all classes of wOrkmen in general but
of that of the hod carriers in parti-
cular, seeing to it that their every
; want is supplied if it can be supplied
| by organization and cooperation.
From the Secretary, A. l.. Henry's re-
| port and from statement handed out
! by the president Lyons, it developed
! that they have been able to bring about
many reliefs to the hod carriers
| Through this organization the wages
have been increased from % cents an
| hour to % cents an hour and it is
understood now that they are asking
for 37b cents an hour and that it is
confidently expected that this new in
crease will be granted. Through this
organization donations are made to
=, the sick That is, when fellow hod
carrier. is detained from work confin-
ed to his home and bed from illness,
a donation is made from the treasure
Of this organization.
No stated amount is set apart but
on the contrary the amount given de-
pends largely upon what is on hand
in the treasure which seems to always
have funds in hand But there is a
stipulation for death benefits as fol-
lows: $4,000 is to be paid to the
! family after the death of a member
if he has been in the union one year
the benefits are $4,000 if he has been
member for eighteen months, or
. $4,000 if he has been member two
years the benefits are 100000. This
it is said, is increased in proposition
to the number of years he has been
: in the organization. The initiation
!. fee is fixed at $5.25, while the an
? nual dues are so cents per month
After the initiation fees and the
. monthly dues are paid a working card
. is issued so that even though one
= leaves his local union, the card is
o recognized by any affiliated union hold
ing a charter from the ilternationa
- ,;,,o+ AInoh h., pf i'm
portance was transacted Monday nigh
q but this was preceded by special ad
q dess by Rev. Henry A. Boyd, thu
:, secretary of the Sunday School Con
f gress, who spoke by invitation to ;
&c crowded house. 1t was the first tint
h that one of national reputation ha
l. been before the union. In his ad
q dress he complimented the peTsone
# of the union, extending them we
l. come to the Y. M. G. A. building, as
surfing them that they were part an
parcel of the active life of the city
At the close of his address, vote @
N thanks was given and cordial inv
tation extended for him to visit tn
D. meetings at any time. ut has bee
reported that the Hod Carriers Unio
is Fighting the brick-layers" decla
ne ed president Lyons. 81 want to bran
this as unture. Our union makes n
fight on labor or capital or upon an
set of men. 1t takes one half of on
time to look after our own bushes
and the other half, leaving the othe
mans alone" he declared. 1t may /
of interest to know that when tn
UT union was organized there were on
III fifteen members. 1t has grown to tt
us present strength of three hundre
re- and eighty-two and has seventy fly
se applications for admission now b
UT fore the committee on membershi
One of the unique features is that
ne rule providing for unfinancial mer
'ts bers has been created. When one
OF the arrears or fails to pay his du
lite for two months in succession, gettiI
he one dollar behind, he becomes u
use financial and is deprived of any ben
led fits accruing, whether by death
ers sickness. The officerfs fer the /
mt suing year are Mr.. Frank Lyon, pre-
nd ident. Mr.. Alto l.. Henry, secretar
We. Mr.. Eugene McKeever, treasurer, N
Charles Cummings, Sergt at Arm
Mr.. c. Chafien, corresponding secl
tary. 1t was announced that the
ing would be an election of several nj
rth officers. The assistant secretary al
be a vice-prescident are to be elected
I'M a later date and all Of the meetln
of are to be held from now on in
mt. Y. M. G. A. building, arrangemer
or having just been made through the s.
the retary of the Y. M. G. A.