The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
STEREOTYPERS' HEAD
SAVES YOUNG GIRL
President Fleming of Union Gives
Timely Warning and Prevents
Z. Accident Union Meeting.

Hartford, May 9-The Hartford,
New Haven, Bridgeport and Meriden
Stereotypers' Union, No. u, held its
bi-montIly meeting here on Tuesday
and transacted the usual amount of
business. This organization has the
most linwie1dv name of any union in
Connecticut 1t received the unusual
baptism name because when it was or
ganized, the four cities mentioned IN
the name were the only ones to qualify
for a TIT. " have enough men en-
gagged in stereotyping to form union.
Since the ..lion was started, all the
other cites have fallen in line and have
men represented in the organization and
even some of the hick towns now have
members in the Stereotypers" Union No.
n. The members have ofte considered
the matter of having mere up-to-date
name but they figured it out the way
the wise manager of a baseball club
does. When a ball team is winning. the
wise manager does not make any
changes. even if he has few stars eat
ing otheads off in the stable, he just
plugs aono with the winning combina-
ton and lets it go at that. The Stereo-
typers' Union is following this dope, too,
and as the organization is running on an
even keel and steering clear of the rocks,
it is the conclusion of the members to
let we'll enough alone and not change
the, name
The union meets every ether month
and the next meeting will be held in
New Haven. This union-'is affiliated
only with the International Union of
Stereotypers and does not have any
other obligations. The monthly journal
of the national organization has not had
any Connecticut notes for some time be-
cause the writer from this state who at
tends to this correspondence has been
out of town he is off with the army in
France
The day before the session was held
here, J. F. Fleming of New Haven,
president of the union, saved young
girl in New Haven from being run over
by an automobile. He was standing on
the. curb at the corner of Church and
Crown streets, after watching the press
of the Register work, and was making
some notes about matter he was to
bring up at the meeting when he saw a
beautiful young girl crossing the street
right in front of him. An automobile
vas going through Crown street and
the girl was stepping right in the path
of the machine. The girl did not see
the car approaching and President
Fleming kept his eye on her to see if
she could step 1aSI enough 20 get Dy
before the car reached her When he
saw she could not he let out a blood
ctlrdling veil just as the girl was square
ly in front of the car. She jumped
straight up in the air, there was a flash
of silk stockings, and then the girl
backed out of danger, acknowledging
her Indebtedness to the president of the
Stereotypers' Union with an engaging
smile.
David Johnson, the secretary -treasur-
er of the union, is a commuter between
Bridgeport and New Haven. He is en-
p1oyed upon the journalistic venture, in
Bridgeport, the Evening Herald, and is
living in New Haven Mr.. Moore, fore
man of stereotyners on the Hartford
Courant is regarded as the neatest of
foremen and always has everything in
its place, including the latest copy of
Tid-Bits.