Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
PRINTERS NOTES
February Meeting.


The regular meeting for February
at Labor Hall Of Typographical I'm
ion No. Al, drew out the largest at
tendance in several months, almost
thirty members answered to roll call.
Due to the resignation Of Secre-
tary-Treasurer k. c. Bowles, w. II.
Wright was named by President Cas-
telo to fill out the unexpired term.
The monthly report was submitted in
detail, a number Of communications
were read, and the business in general
of the local was recorded in proper
form.
Brother Spelman, a former member,
now working at the News-GaZette,
was voted into full membership, but
was not present to be obligated. This
will be done by the president and
chapel chairman of the office where
he works.
A new scale committee, composed
of c. +. Herman, chairman; J. ID.
Bailey, James Parr, H. o. Rice and
C II. Kinnear, was named, and plans
are already under way for a wage
scale to be presented to the various
employers. The present agreement
expires May 30.
Other Notes
Van yesterday has resigned as
operator at the Daily illini and ac-
eepted a similar position on the
Evening Herald.
C.. H. Stall of Olney, ILL.,, arrived
in the Twin Cities Tuesday to take a
floor position on the News Gazette.
He has made application for member
ship in No. 444, and will be published
in the next issue of the Journal.
Floyd Wright, an apprentice from
Peoria, has taken position with
Foreman Curry of the Daily Illini.
William White of the Courier made
trip to Mansfield, Monday night in
response to a call from Editor Wat |
kins of the Express, who was sorely
in need of some minor machine re-
pairs.
Mike Bauchman, known to many
blew in town recently to take a sit on |
the Herald, but did not remain only
few days, leaving a paidup traveller
to Jan. Is.
In a letter from j. W. Hays, In
dianapolis headquarters, received this |
week, he stated that the petition for
John E. Edwards, now in the Warner |
hospital at Clinton, ILL.,, who has APP
piled for admittance to the Printers
Home, had been given. over to the
executive board, and that this local |
would be informed of its action soon. |
Messrs. Ring and Bates, two re-
cent applicants, who are working at |
the News-Gazette, will be published |
in the current issue of the journal, |
and will be voted ON and obligated at |
the regular March meeting.
A. K. Spelman has been transferred |
from night position at the Illini
to day sit.
Manning d. Sell, Dwight Sanford
and Ernest Adams, all apprentices, |,
have made application for Lessons in |
Printing, furnished from Indianapolis |
headquarters.
The local union is in receipt of a |
communication from the American |
Federation of Labor asking members |
to only spend money earned under
union. conditions where it will rive
employment to other trade unionists. |
This can be accomplished by purchas-
ing only union-labelled commodities |
from clerks wearing a union button, |
and having them delivered only by a |
union man.
William Hays, Twin City printer,
died Monday at the Kankakee state
hospital, where he had been patient
for several months. Mr.. Hays was
AZ years old and is survived by his
wife and one son, who reside in Ur-
bana.
J. B. Howard, who came here re-
Gently and worked at the Illini, is
now employed at the Evening Herald, |
under Foreman John V. Ross.
Recent reports from Brother +. NJ. |
Snyder, who is confined at his home,
Col West High street, Urbana, are
to the effect that he is slowly con-
valescing.
Clarence Martini and Eugene Madi-
gan are new men to deposit cards
with 444.
Mrs. Ray McCarty, who has been
sick with the flu at her home in Ur-
bana, is much improved at this time. |
William Wise was off duty Tues
day to attend the funeral of his
grandmother, who died in Elgin and
was brought here for burial.