PENNSYLVANIA. Allentown No. 534-C. M. Rehrig, Sixth and Walnut streets. Altoona No. 240-H. E. Leader, 21% Washington. Beaver Valley No. 250-F. W. Tallon, 1014 Eighth avenue, New Brighton, Pa. Bradford No. 185-J. G. McCutcheon, box 1711. Butler No. 415-Raymond Turner, 315 Federal st. Carbondale No. 239-W. J. Kerber, 79 River st. Charleroi No. 504-William C. Walters, 512 Mead ow avenue. Connellsville No. 321-A. H. Shaffer, 112 Gibson. DuBois No. 374-J. C. Butts, 321 E. Weber ave. Easton No. 258-George H. Rinker, 911 Bushkill st. Erie No. 77-Theodore Eichhorn, 234 West Twenty-third street. Franklin No. 437-A. L. Postance, 68 Fourteenth street. Greenville No. 602-L. T. Hatton, Elm_street. Harrisburg No. 14-W. W. Byrem, 119 S. 14th st. Hazleton No. 401-E. H. Heiberger, 158 N. Wyoming. Lancaster No. 70-Ivan D. Bair, 231 S. Queen st. McKeesport No. 225-S. W. Smith, 3417 Auburn street. Meadville No. 181-C. J. Aspey, 1203 S. Water. New Castle No. 270-P. S. Evans, 817 Eddy. New Kensington and Tarentum No. 452-Omar C. Craig, care of Telegram, Tarentum, Pa. Oil City No. 151-George Hill, box 286. Philadelphia No. 2-President, William Young, jr.; vice-president, Richard V. Farley; secretarytreasurer, Jacob Glaser, 131 North Fifteenth street; recording secretary, William F. Knott; sergeant-at-arms, Charles R. Clouse; trustees, Wesley Patterson, Lawrence M. Meyer, Frank Lodge. Union meets Sunday afternoon after third Saturday of each month at Grand Fraternity Hall, 1414 Arch street. Pittsburg No. 7-President, William G. Newlon; vice-president, Fred Klein; secretary-treasurer, C. Q. Lafferty, 326 Fourth avenue, box 644; assistant secretary union meetings, Theodore A. Keifer; sergeant-at-arms, William Schaffer; trustees, P. K. McClelland, Frank White, Fred Dorn; judges of election, J. H. Perry, L. E. Thomas, Frank Coleman. Meetings first Sunday of each month. Pittston No. 392-H. C. Hunt, 127 Parsonage st. Pottsville No. 320-E. R. Williams, 618 Schuylkill avenue. Reading No. 86-Ed S. Bright, 825 Weiser. Scranton No. 112-President, E. T. O'Malley; vice-president, G. L. Newbold; recording and corresponding secretary, A. T. Stover, box 226; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Keller, box 226; sergeant-at-arms, Henry Scholl. Sharon No. 351-O. Č. Aubut, box 263. Uniontown No. 262-J. C. Cooley, 134 Walnut st. West Chester No. 466-R. F. McCormick, 509 S. Church. Wilkes-Barre No. 187-George E. Lang, box 136. Williamsport No. 141-Bert G. Hann, 419 East Second avenue. York No. 242-C. W. Bastian, 335 South Duke. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manila No. 626-Albert Reid, care Bureau of Printing. PORTO RICO. San Juan No. 478-T. McConkey, Government Printing Bureau. RHODE ISLAND. Newport No. 295-L. A. Gladding, 17% Channing. Pawtucket No. 212-Laurence Anderson, 265 Martin street, East Providence, R. I. Providence No. 33-William J. Meegan, room 19, 24 North Main street. Woonsocket No. 245-W. L. Gahan, 121 Willow. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston No. 43-C. O. Thompson, box 504. Aberdeen No. 564-J. W. Woodman, box 104. Sioux Falls No. 218-F. T. George, 625 Dakota avenue, South. TENNESSEE. Bristol No. 426-G. W. Hamlet, box 137. Chattanooga No. 89-John O'Brien, 116 B street. Clarksville No. 436-Claud Chestnut, care Leaf Chronicle. Jackson No. 24-C. T. Russell, 132 Stoddert street. Knoxville No. 111-A. N. Venable, box 658. Memphis No. 11-President, Robert Armstrong; vice-president, E. L. Holland; secretary-treasurer, H. P. Hanson, box 103; recording secretary, E. C. Brookshire; fund trustee, W. H. Johnson. Nashville No. 20-President, A. E. Hill; vicepresident, L. C. Herrington; financial and corresponding secretary, H. J. Loser, 2116 Grantland avenue, Waverly Place; recording secretary, Ira Boylin; treasurer, W. H. Jordan; sergeant-atarms, A. G. Bostick; auditing committee, J. J. White, J. N. Martin, J. P. Thornley; chairman business committee, James J. White. TEXAS. 'Abilene No. 494-E. W. Curtis, box 662. guna street. Dallas No. 173-Z. M. Duckworth, rooms 201-202, 1514 Main street. Denison No. 333-F. R. Lawhon, box 394. El Paso No. 370-Everett Foster, box 1127. Ennis No. 641-J. C. Harper, box 846. Fort Worth No. 198-President, C. Canterbury, care Star; recording secretary, J. L. Crosby, 802 Bois d'Arc; secretary-treasurer, R. W. Walker, box 167. Gainesville No. 531-W. W. Leverett, 517 Moran. Galveston No. 28-President, William L. Love, care Tribune; vice-president, Hillard D. Carr; secretary-treasurer, J. M. Carroll, 3212 Broadway; executive committee, J. E. Taylor, chairman, 1019 Avenue H. Greenville No. 509-B. F. Huckabay, box 495. Houston No. 87-Guy C. Harris, 420 Temple bldg. Marshall No. 572-Raymond Richardson, 306 University avenue. Mineral Wells No. 537-William C. Cox, box 265. Palestine No. 472-T. D. King, box 222. Paris No. 438-B. H. Boyd, 307 Grand avenue. San Antonio No. 172-E. G. Koerps, 706 Montana Rutland No. 326-A. N. Rainville, 37 Pine street. St. Albans No. 673-Charles Gaudette, 15 Elm st. VIRGINIA. Newport News No. 353-T. B. Verell, 634 Twentyninth. Norfolk No. 32-M. W. Callan, box 192. WASHINGTON. Aberdeen No. 573-V. T. Evans, box 824. street. North Yakima No. 614-W. O. Sanders, 502 S. Sixth avenue. Olympia No. 142-George L. Levy, 410 Fifth st. Pullman No. 678-C. H. Talmage, 702 W. Main. Seattle No. 202--R. M. McCullough, box 556. Spokane Falls No. 193-W. H. Hooker, 28 Wolverton block. Tacoma No. 170-E. J. Leavelle, 208 National Bank of Commerce building. Walla Walla No. 388-H. F. Hiemenz, box 309. Wenatchee No. 680-F. A. Lymburner, general delivery. WEST VIRGINIA. Bluefield No. 644-J. F. Shelton, 115 Gilmer st. Charleston No. 146-Mrs. K. E. Snyder, 1577 Washington street. Clarksburg No. 372-J. W. Walden, 126 Dodge Court. Huntington No. 533-W. W. Meadows, box 733. Morgantown No. 598-Marshall F. Squires, Ridge way avenue. Wellsburg No. 607-W. F. Elcesser, 606 Main st. Wheeling No. 79-W. C. Jones, 63 Indiana ave. WISCONSIN. Appleton, Neenah and Menasha No. 612-P. F. vue avenue. Fond du Lac No. 31-Michael Wettstein, 234 Rose street. Green Bay No. 344-Olaf Olsen, 1220 N. State. Kenosha No. 116-J. B. Mayer, 311 N. Chicago. La Crosse No. 448-J. J. Serres, 1007 S. 6th st. Madison No. 106-E. J. Mergen, 212 Marion st. Manitowoc No. 431-A. M. G. Dusold, 917 Washington. Milwaukee No. 23-Joseph La Fleur, 720 Majestic building. Oshkosh No. 211-Henry A. Misfeldt, 457 Ceape street. Racine No. 324-F. A. Parker, 1133 Center. Superior No. 163-R. L. Thacker, box 63. Watertown No. 618-Emil Doerr, 606 North Water strect. Waukesha No. 545-E. M. Pelton, 18 Baxter st. WYOMING. Rock Springs No. 563-F. B. Crumley, 202 North Front street. Sheridan No. 264-Charles Miners, box 422. Wyoming No. 184 (Cheyenne)-A. F. Lewis, 618 West Twenty-first. GERMAN-AMERICAN UNIONS. General Secretary-Hugo Miller, Newton Claypool building, Indianapolis, Ind. 1, Philadelphia, Pa.-August Geis, 543 N. Allison. 2, Cincinnati, Ohio-Otto Gerrmann, 1029 Greenup street, Covington, Ky. 3. St. Louis, Mo.-Jacob Eberhard, 2706a Arsenal. 4, Buffalo, N. Y.-W. F. Beelke, 178 Howard st. 5, Rochester, N. Y.-A. G. Stieler, 189 Tremont street. 6, Cleveland, Ohio-Otto Weber, 3102 W. One Hundredth street. 7, New York, N. Y.-Paul H. Schubert, 14 North William street. 8, Newark, N. J.-Jos. A. Heim, 30 Ridgewood av. 9, Chicago, Ill.-C. F. Moser, 4233 N. Avers av. 10, Milwaukee, Wis.-Christ. Thren, 653 Twentyfifth. 11, Baltimore, Md.-Adolph Richter, 631 S. Paca. 12, Louisville, Ky.-Charles Hoffman, Pewee Valley, Oldham county, Kentucky. 13, St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.-William Schonheiter, 378 Grotto st., St. Paul, Minn. 14, Indianapolis, Ind.-Adolph Hahn, 705 Weghorst street. 15, Evansville, Ind.-John Koenig, 536 Taylor ave. 16, Pittsburg, Pa.-Christ Schmidt, 703 Brookline boulevard. 18, Belleville, Ill.-John Farmbauer, care Post and Zeitung. 19, Columbus, Ohio-Ed Schweinsberger, 877 South Third. 20, Davenport, Iowa-Carl Berreiter, 513 Warren street. 21, Detroit, Mich.-L. J. Mueller, 63 Goethe ave. 23, Winnipeg, Man.-Max Prüfer, box 1712. 25, Wheeling, W. Va.-Michael Scheeser, 2421 Jacob. MAILERS. 1, Boston, Mass.-William F. Kane, 70 Lowden avenue, West Somerville, Mass. 2, Chicago, Ill.-James P. McNichols, 442 Garfield avenue, Flat 15, Chicago, Ill. 3, St. Louis, Mo.-Fred Heintzemann, 2524A Palm street. 5, Toronto, Can.-Ralph C. Reed, 1987 Queen street, East. 6, New York, N. Y.-William A. Gibson, 95 East Fifth street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 7, Kansas City, Mo.-J. W. Morrison, 1419 Broad 16, Louisville, Ky.-Frank P. Williams, 657 S. Twenty-third street. 17, Cincinnati, Ohio-Albert Volz, 808 Main st. 18, San Francisco, Cal.-Harry C. Littell, 2101 Fourteenth avenue, East Oakland, Cal. 19, Memphis, Tenn.-A. W. Davis, 680 Fifth st. 20, Providence, R. I.-Patrick J. Collins, 70 Arnold street. 21, Salt Lake, Utah-George A. Wishmeyer, care Tribune. 22, Pittsburg, Pa.-H. J. Waizenhofer, 52 Ruth street, Mount Washington, Pittsburg, Pa. 23, Milwaukee, Wis.-Edward Pagel, 535 First av. 24, Buffalo, N. Y.-J. F. Schmidt, 59 Nevada ave. 25, Butte, Mont.. Leo La Reau, room 503 Fifth avenue, Helena, Mont. 26, Albany, N. Y.-Jas. Edw. Bowyer, 246 Sher man street. 27, Minneapolis, Minn.-Howard Molster, 21 Central avenue. 29, Washington, D. C.-A. F. Schultz, R. F. D. No. 3. Bennings, D. C. 30, Oklahoma City, Okla.-Richard C. Sullivan, 59 Quincy street, N. W. 31, Nashville, Tenn.-Louis Dwyer, 1215 Third avenue, North. NEWSPAPER WRITERS. 1, Boston, Mass.-P. J. Halvosa, care Boston American. 3, Scranton, Pa.-D. D. Lenihan, 231 Tenth ave. 4, New York, N. Y. (German)-Gus Miller, 824 Knickerbocker avenue, Brooklyn. 9, Milwaukee, Wis.-E. H. Thomas, 344 Sixth. TYPEFOUNDERS. 1, Jersey City, N. J.-Pearl Mayberry, Van Horst House. THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL VOLUME XXXVIII J. W. HAYS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AS SECOND CLASS MATTER Buffalo Union in Tuberculosis War. An organization said to be the first of its kind in this country was launched in Buffalo, N. Y., a few months ago, namely, the Trades Union Section of the Buffalo Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis. About sixty unions are at present affiliated, among them being Typographical Union No. 9. An extract from a booklet issued by the association says: It is an organization of trades unions, electing delegates to a central body, for the purpose of doing everything in its power to prevent the spread of tuberculosis among the well, and to care for the sick among its own members. Through organized effort, and its affiliation with the parent association, it will work for more and better hospital facilities for the care of the sufferers, and for improved public health agencies of all kinds in city, county and state, and to arrange that its members have proper sanatorium treatment whenever possible. It will work for improved sanitary and hygienic conditions in factories and all places of employment. It will through meetings, lectures, and printed matter, carry on an educational campaign among the organized workers of the city. It will help to save human lives. During the second year of the association the work has grown and broadened tremendously. Its members have gained in experience in both the matters of organization and in educating the public in the prevention, relief and control of the white plague. In this work Hugh Wallace, of Typographical Union No. 9, has been one of the most active participants. FOR the month ending May 20, there was received at International headquarters per capita tax on 53,153 members. Convention Arrangements. Information has been received from First Vice-President George A. Tracy, of San Francisco, that he has been successful in securing reduced rates for the fifty-seventh convention of the International Typographical Union, which will be held in the abovenamed city the week of August 14-19 next. The round-trip rate will be $62.50 from Chicago, and $50 from Missouri river points, with dates of sale August 7, 8, 9, 10 and II. This is only a few dollars more than one fare for the round trip. VicePresident Tracy made the promise at the Minneapolis convention that an exceedingly low rate would be in force for the convention at the Golden Gate City, and he left nothing undone to make his word good. In addition to the rate secured by Mr. Tracy, the Trans-Continental Passenger Association has a reduced rate in effect to Pacific coast points, as announced in the April JOURNAL. This rate is approximately $10 more than the above-mentioned rate, and is in effect from June 1 to September 30, inclusive, with final return limit October 31. A circular will be mailed to all delegates-elect by Secretary-Treasurer Hays, giving full particulars as to railway rates, hotel accommodations, etc. Headquarters for the convention will be at the Argonaut Hotel, which is commodious, centrally located, and first class in every particular. The rates are $1.50 per day and upward, European plan. San. Francisco is well supplied with a large number of new hotels, and delegates and visitors will find no trouble in securing accommodations at reasonable rates. Eagles' The Hall, a structure that is now receiving its finishing touches, will be the place for holding the sessions of the convention. hall is especially well fitted for meetings of this character, and the International Typographical Union will be the first body to meet therein. San Francisco Union No. 21, as well as Oakland Union No. 36, have made elaborate preparations to make everybody welcome and comfortable during their stay. The location of the convention city is unsurpassed for such an occasion, and those who make the trip will have something to talk about the remainder of their days. Will J. French, in his San Francisco letter in the correspondence columns in this issue, gives an outline of what the visitors may expect while they are the guests of our western friends. Submitting Amendments. The attention of the membership is directed to the change in the convention laws which was adopted by the Minneapolis convention, relating to the submission of amendments. As the law now reads, all propositions intended for action by the annual convention must be submitted either through a subordinate union or a delegateelect. Any member who is not a delegate and who wishes to submit an amendment to the International laws to the San Francisco convention must either have his union send in the proposition to Secretary-Treasurer Hays, or have a delegate to the convention hand it in. This is important and should be borne in mind by those interested. Pension Law Decision. The question having arisen as to whether or not a member who is 60 years of age is entitled to be placed on the old-age pension list, irrespective of the fact that he is employed at the time of making application and probably a greater part of the time prior to filing his petition, and where his prospect for sustaining employment is fair, the executive council has rendered the following decision: Section 6, article v, of the by-laws of the International Typographical Union, provides for the payment of the old age pension to any member of the International Typographical Union who has reached the age of 60 years and who has been in continuous good standing for a period of twenty years, or any member who has reached the age of 70 years and who has been in continuous good standing for a period of ten years and who finds it impossible to secure sustaining employment. It was never intended by the law that a member could make application for the pension immediately upon reaching the age of 60 years and with a view to receiving the pension at some future date, or at widely intermittent periods. The pension fund was provided for the relief of members who can meet its requirements relative to age and continuous membership, and who, through the infirmities of age and other causes, are unable to obtain sustaining employment at the printing trade. A member who is out of employment for a month or so and who has had regular employment prior to that time is still able to work, and with good prospect of again securing employment within a reasonable period, can not be considered as coming under the provisions of the law and can not make application for the old age pension, go upon the pension roll and draw the pension whenever he happens to be out of work. To place a different construction on the law would make it an out-ofwork benefit rather than an old-age pension. Neither is the pension fund intended as a sick fund. It was adopted for the relief of members whose opportunity for securing sustaining employment has vanished or is at that point, or nearly so, as far as the printing business is concerned. The I. T. U. Libel Suit. A suit for libel, asking damages to the amount of $100,000, was filed in the supreme court of New York county on May 17 by President Lynch, through his attorney, against John Kirby, jr., president of the National Association of Manufacturers, and his associates on the board of directors of that organization. The suit was brought in behalf of the International Typographical Union, and is based on the action of the manufacturers' association, through its executive board, in publicly adopting a resolution on October 13 last, which reads as follows: Whereas, The long-continued, cowardly and recklessly illegal determination of the International Typographical Union to destroy the business of the Los Angeles Times and the influence of its owner, Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, in his efforts in behalf of the principles of industrial freedom, has terminated in the destruction of the Times plant and building by dynamite, the murder of more than a score of employes of the paper and the injury of many others; and, Whereas, The plot contemplated the simultaneous destruction of the homes of General Otis and F. J. Zeehandelaar, at no matter what sacrifice of life; therefore, be it Resolved, That this board recognizes this act of destruction of life and property as in line with the general policy of criminal unionism, as exemplified by innumerable cases of resort to the use of dynamite to enforce its doctrine of rule or ruin, and that it places the responsibility therefor, not alone upon the human tools who actually perpetrated the crime, but, in due proportion, upon those who in any manner foster an organization whose lines of conduct lead to such results. At the annual meeting of the manufacturers' association, held in New York city last month, there were numerous inflammatory and rabid anti-union addresses, according to reports in the daily press. It is the opinion of many that such false and defamatory utterances which are characteristic of the Kirbyites do little harm, but in the end redound to the benefit of organized labor. But the official action of the association is another matter. It is the intention of President Lynch to see if the courts will not protect an organization composed of 55,000 intelligent and law-abiding citizens from the injury sustained by the adoption of such a malicious and unwarranted resolution as that quoted above. The Salt Lake Proposition. Up to the time of closing the forms for this issue of THE JOURNAL, sufficient returns had been received on the referendum vote taken on the amendment to the International general laws, prohibiting piece and bonus scales, submitted at the request of Salt Lake Union No. 115, to indicate that the proposition has been adopted by a large majority. The complete tabulated vote will be published in the July JOURNAL. May Manton Patterns Union. News reached International headquarters early in May, through President Throssell, of Newark Union No. 103, that the executive committee of that organization had been successful in inducing the May Manton Pattern Company to make its printing department union throughout. All compositors became members of No. 103, and the company also employs none but union pressmen, bookbinders and stereotypers. The patterns made by the May Manton company will now find favor in many quarters where in the past they have been overlooked entirely. Publishers generally find that no better investment can be made than that of being in harmony with the unions of the printing craft and having their products listed with the fair concerns and eulogized by well-paid union workmen. The success attained by unionizing the May Manton Pattern Company is only one more instance of where an effective label campaign has produced the desired results. The Lockout at Frankfort. Members of Typographical Union No. 267, of Frankfort, Ky., are in a struggle with the publishers of the Kentucky capital for recognition of their organization, and if a united front and a determined spirit can win, the valiant little band now standing for their rights will be successful in the end. Only two printers in the city proved unfaithful when the test came-one a young woman, and the other an individual who has attained some local prominence as a politician, having served as a member of the state legislature at one time, and at another session being assistant clerk of the house. Of course, members of organized labor will remember his actions in the present contest should be ever again ask for political preferment. The trouble started some months ago, in the endeavor of No. 267 to have the Frankfort News sign a union contract, being delayed on account of negotiations looking to the consolidation of the News with the State Journal. After the consolidation, a committee waited on the proprietors, and was informed that no contract with the union would be made. At a subsequent interview, the proprietors asked for a few days' delay to consider the matter, and on April 8 the employes were told that their services would no longer be required, "if they were going to stick with the union." With the exception of the two persons mentioned above, twelve men ceased work, and afterward three pressmen came out. At the time of writing the contest is still |