NEW YORK, N. Y. The Butterick pattern trust is making strenuous efforts to increase its business in the fall trade. To this end extra large editions of its several publications for August and September are contemplated. These publications already have been enlarged and beautified, and every effort has been made by the pattern trust to counteract the effects of the printers' campaign against unfair patterns. Now is the time to strike. Let every defense committee canvass the town and request the taking down of the hated signs and the removal of the magazines from the store windows. Call the attention of the dealers to the different publications of the pattern trust. Remind them that the Designer, "published by the Standard Fashion Company, 12-16 Vandam street, New York city;" New Idea, "published by the New Idea Publishing Company, 636-638 Broadway, New York," and the Delineator, "published by the Butterick Publishing Company, Spring and Macdougal streets, New York," are set up by the same bunch of non-union compositors, printed by the same non-union pressmen and issue from the same room into Uncle Sam's mails. The same ads appear in all three publications. These were the names of patterns that were successively absorbed by the pattern trust and are maintained as separate publications to deceive the public and more effectively monopolize the industry. They are the arms of the octopus stretching out to fatten on the patronage of the women of the country. This phase of the business of the pattern trust is more important than would appear at first glance. Members of our local defense committee, in interviewing dealers, have met with: "I do not carry Butterick patterns; I carry the Standard." I sell the New Idea." These agents affected the greatest surprise when told that they were handling the trust's goods. The writer thinks the campaign against the Butterick pattern trust should be handled directly by the International Typographical Union. It is not in any sense a local fight. Less than 3 per cent of the retail pattern business is transacted in Greater New York. If New York were bottled up effectively as regards the pattern trust's business it would create little more than a ripple on the surface. The situation in New York city, however, with the exception of some of the department stores-which are almost an impossible problem-is well in hand. attempts by the Buttericks to put our members in The repeated strenuous jail is a proof that effective work has been done. The International Typographical Union convention should take this matter up at the coming session. The success of the tour of some of the eastern states by Vice-President Edward Cassidy, of No. 6, detailed accounts of which have appeared from time to time in THE JOURNAL, is a strong argument in favor of action by the convention. In every town visited by him articles, often with spread heads and in leading position, appeared in the daily papers as well as in labor weeklies, couched in language most favorable and sympathetic, commending him and his mission. These articles, supplemented by the active and virile union sentiment in each locality, did more good than would a ton of literature issued at great expense in circular form. Our delegates so far have received no instructions. What will be not done at the July meeting, of course, can now be foretold. Two, at least, of the delegation have been active in defense work since the strike. The prison door is yawning for one of them for "pernicious" activity in this direction. I refer to A. J. Portenar, chairman of the delegation. I know that his ideas coincide with mine as to the general character of the fight. If the convention should take up this subject, he can be relied on to supply a mine of information. A word as to priority. As the law is now interpreted and construed in New York it satisfies few. Nearly every decision of a chairman is followed by a contest, because there are so many points of view that the victim always sees a fighting chance to get a reversal. Naturally, he, in most cases, carries the matter up. So much of the time of the union has been taken up with these contests that it has been facetiously dubbed "the court of appeals." In a large number of cases sentiment so clouds the issue that almost invariably the result is a hopeless tangle. Much unnecessary bitterness has been engendered. I do not share the view that the entire law should be repealed. There is no doubt that in the smaller towns, where often a majority of the union is employed in one office, the law works out well. But that is no reason why the larger cities, where conditions are vastly different, should not have the power to regulate matters to meet local conditions. I shall not recount the arguments that have been advanced on either side of the question; they have been presented extensively during the last year. The employers in New York, however, have discounted one feature of the law. They know that no man in a situation can afford to resign, and they have abolished the premium man and yet try to maintain the standard of output of the premium man. It may be that the abolition of departments would work a reform. As it is now, a man entering a chapel must elect in which department he wants priority. He knows nothing of conditions in the office and may select the department in which he is least likely to land a sit. The only way he can rectify his error is to go to the bottom of the list. This is unjust; it is indefensible. When a man deposits his card in a chapel he should be eligible to any place in that office he is competent to fill. The union meeting on June 6 was well attended. The officers-elect, as announced in THE JOURNAL last month, President were duly inaugurated. Tole immediately announced the following appointments: Organizer, George Stein; sergeant-at-arms, W. N. Ashworth; reading clerk, George A. McKay; membership committee, Fred E. Martin, C. M. Armstrong, John S. O'Connell; benefit board, E. R. Laverty, Daniel S. Murphy, W. Clark Pierce, E. D. Wilson, A. T. Fyfe, H. A. Armstrong (clerk); printing committee, Joseph P. Reilly, Bert Colgrove, Phil Murray; discipline committee, George Stein, Frank Carpentier, John D. Pugh; card transfer committee, Fred St. John, C. W. Reed, Joseph Davidoff, E. M. Low, Fred First; delegates to Brooklyn Central Labor Union, Edmund F. Beardsley, W. H. Collins, B. J. McLaughlin, George P. Christie; delegates to central federated union, Barnett F. Greenberg, S. W. Gamble; delegates to allied printing trades council, George Stein, George N. Wood, James R. Cameron; delegate to Staten Island Central Labor Union, Peter F. Markey; committee on health, John L. Cahill, Joseph A. Gardiner, Rockwell Kent. The June meeting decided to send three delegates to the thirteenth annual convention of the New York State Allied Printing Trades Council, called to meet at Buffalo on July 6, 7 and 8. The president appointed Tom W. Johns, John Mason and David Baird as the delegates of No. 6. The state allied printing trades council was formed some years ago to circumvent a proposal to establish a prison printing plant in which to do state and municipal printing. It is still on the job. re Verily, to him that hath shall be given. On May 19 John ("Jack") Sullivan was elected to the executive committee of No. 6 from the newspaper branch, and on Monday, June 7, the members of the Park Slope Label League and Defense Division gave him a handsome fountain pen with gold embellishments and suitably inscribed. Speaking for the members of the division, the chairman ferred to Mr. Sullivan's services in the three-year fight against the scab Butterick concern, and to the able manner in which, for three terms, he had executed the duties of secretary of the division. "Jack" responded in a few well-chosen, telling sentences, expressing his appreciation of the testimonial and determination to keep on the job until the Butter ck fight was won. After disposing of a "spread" served in Host Wagner's best style and diluted with Piel Brothers' real German, celery tonic and "sars.," cigars were lighted and the members and guests thoroughly enjoyed a program of songs, stories and recitations rendered by Messrs. Godfrey, Hodgins, Barclay, Sullivan, Swain, Hanson and Walker. No. 6 admitted 256 members during the last year up to the meeting on June 6. This includes probationary members, of which there were eighty-two. Local old age pensions paid from April 30 to May 21, inclusive, amounted to $280, distributed among twenty-one members. From June 12, 1908, to June 4, 1909, local old age pensions aggregated $7.529. International Typographical Union pensions paid to members of No. 6 from August 1, 1908, to June 5, 1909, amounted to $20,456. Fourteen pensioners have died since its inauguration. The union, at the July, 1908, meeting ordered $5,000 transferred from the hospital fund to form a special out-of-work fund. More than $4,500 was expended up to September 18, covering the period of greatest stagnation, about ten weeks. The remainder, less than $500, was used since to relieve isolated cases of distress. There now remains $34.53 of this fund. There were 448 persons who partook of this special relief. The following deaths of members of No. 6 have occurred during the last month: Benjamin Trigge, April 29; E. B. Welch, May 2; H. W. Howard, May 3; James H. Kearney, May 7; P. H. Callan, May 8; B. B. Smith, May 9; James H. Bullard, May 12; H. Loriat, May 19; H. T. Zimmerman, May 24. A member of No. 6 died in Hudson street hospital on May 19 and was buried by the authorities in the city cemetery. Benefit Clerk Hugh Armstrong learned of it on June 2. He had the remains exhumed and reinterred in the printers' plot in Mount Hope cemetery. Members of the union should report at once to the benefit clerk all cases in hospitals that come to their knowledge, and thus prevent as far as possible a recurrence of such cases. Persons taken to hospitals should request those in charge to report the case at once to Clerk Armstrong. Secretary-Treasurer Maxwell has compiled the following, showing the amount that union printers in regularly organized chapels earned each month from October 16, 1908, to May 15, 1909: October 16 to November 15, $548,710; November 16 to December 15, $482,058; December 16 to January 15, $535.728; January 16 to February 15, $549,418; February 16 to March 15, $496,020; March 16 to April 15, $494,506, and April 16 to May 15, $582,278. These figures are based on the collections of the one-half of 1 per cent assessment to support the old age pension fund, and do not include those who earned less than $5 in any one week. It will be noticed that the months of October and November, when political printing makes trade brisk, were good, and the holiday advertising in the newspapers accounts for the excellent showing in the months of December and January; but the most remarkable thing about these figures is the increase during the months of April and May. The union printers of this city during these latter months took as their share of returning prosperity $582,278-$33.568 more than they got in October and November, always considered the best months in the printing trade. Fred Nutzhorn has resigned as assistant foreman of the Herald and A. C. Smith has been appointed in his stead. The Evening Telegram chapel held its annual outing at College Point, L. I., on Sunday, June 20. A program of sports was had and the usual good dinner was pleasurably enjoyed. William Gallagher, third, who formerly played ball with the Herald team of the Morning Newspaper League, and is now attending and playing on the Cushing Academy team, of Ashburnham, Mass., played an errorless game in left field in fourteen games and has a batting average of .359. The Cushing Academy team has won thirteen out of fourteen games played and claims the academy championship of New England. The annual outing of the Herald chapel was held at Whitestone Landing on June 29. The Commodore, an excursion boat, was chartered for the day to convey the members to and from the picnic grounds. Athletic sports of various kinds were indulged in. The publishing of the NearHerald, which had its birth a year ago, was a feature. The committee in charge was composed of Albert Corcilius, chairman; Fritz Berger, Edward Gallagher, Isaac Appel and W. K. Vernon. Walter McKee, a member of the Journal chapel, has announced his candidacy for trustee of the Union Printers Home. Mr. McKee has served No. 6 in various capacities. He was elected vicepresident in 1904, and was a member of the conference committee that gained an increase in wages for the jobmen in 1905 as a substitute for the eight-hour day, it having been the intention of the officers of No. 6 to launch the shorter workday one year in advance of the International Typographical Union schedule. He was elected and carried the credentials as delegate to the Toronto convention in 1905. Thomas Carroll, who was in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake, and with his wife has made two trips to New York since that time, is again traveling westward, intending to stop over in Chicago and Salt Lake City, going on to the coast in the fall. Edward Drackert's application for admission to the Union Printers Home was favorably acted on at the June meeting of No. 6. Mr. Drackert has been one of the most active workers in No. 6. He served on the benefit board and various other committees, and in 1906 was elected to represent his union at the Colorado Springs convention. For a year past his health has been failing, and on the advice of his family physician he decided to go to Colorado. July 13. Those present were: President Tole, Sec- No more successful or enjoyable event in the history of the Printers' Rambling Club has ever taken place than that which occurred on Tuesday, June 8. The occasion was the first "ladies' day" of the season, and if anything occurred to mar the day's pleasure it has yet to be made known. Tom McQueen, who for the last three years has been the most active worker in the club, and who has been always ready and willing to devote time and attention toward maintaining its popularity, was the chief rambler, and in addition to being favored with ideal weather-one of those glorious June days he was most fortunate in his discovery of Bonnie Brae inn as a rendezvous. From One-hundred-and-twenty-ninth street and Third avenue, the party, which numbered about sixtyfive, was conveyed by train to Woodside, whence a walk of about fifteen minutes brought them to the hostelry, one of the prettiest places of its kind in Westchester county and a popular stopping place for automobiling parties from the city and country. About two hours were spent in rambling over the beautiful grounds and in viewing the nursery gardens, which had the effect of sharpening appetites for an excellent dinner. those who contributed to an enjoyable and interAmong esting program, which lasted until 10 P. M., were Mr. and Mrs. James Merson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom B. McQueen, Mr. Utting, Al Edwards, T. S. Hughes, Sam Mahood and W. Richardson. next outing of the club will take place Tuesday, The The New York committee for the promotion of a universal union label met, June 4, to take steps for a permanent organization. The object of the committee is to urge the American Federation of Labor to adopt an emblem that will represent all union-made goods, so that the purchasing power of organized labor can be concentrated on one label. A mass meeting of women's auxiliaries of Greater New York was held Monday afternoon, June 14, at Brooklyn Labor Lyceum. These auxiliaries have been formed to agitate for the several labels. Those SO far organized comprise the bakers, boot and shoe workers, cigarmakers, garment workers, hatters, lithographers, machinists, piano and organ workers, stationary engineers, stereotypers, textile workers and Typographical Union No. 6. William A. Tully, a member of New York Typographical Union No. 6, has bought a farm of about 160 acres, near Kingston, N. Y., on which he will install an up-to-date poultry plant. He will be assisted by Harry Quinn, also a member of No. 6. The Stereotypers' Benevolent Society was organized on June 11. Its object, of course, is relief of its members in case of sickness or accident. Its officers are: Michael Crane, president; John F. McCullough, vice-president; Leon De Veze, secretary-treasurer, and John McMahon, sergeantat-arms. There was also elected a board of governors of fifteen, who have control of the business of the society. Only members of the stereotypers' union are eligible to membership. FRED E. MARTIN. SPRINGFIELD, MO. No. 158 has been busy boosting the label and revising its scale. An increase in the book and job offices of $1.50 per week, and $2.50 in the newspaper offices has been secured. The scale was signed for one year. A woman's auxiliary has been organized and will assist No. 158 in doing away with non-union goods. An allied printing trades council has also been organized and the new label placed in the various offices. A candidate for alderman recently had some printing done without the label. He was defeated by two votes. One of the circulars returned to him with a sticker contained the words, "The absence of this label is what 'stung' you." The work had been done in a union office. The label will appear on all his work in the future. A new double-deck machine-model No. 5-has been installed in the Leader office. This paper has recently joined the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Moss Layton has returned from Billings, Mont., and is working the night shift at the Jewell Publishing Company....Joe M. Acuff has resigned his position as foreman of the Jewell Publishing Company to accept the foremanship on the Leader. Miss Lena Sargent succeeded him at the job of fice....J. L. Tucker, of El Paso, Texas, deposited his card with No. 158 and is working on the Republican.... D. B. Morgan is the new foreman on the Republican.... Will Kelly, of Carrollton, Mo., is the new machinist on the Leader. T. J. (Ham) Dennis has made application for admission to the Home. Mr. Dennis joined Chicago Union about 1877 and worked in that city twenty years before coming to Missouri. No. 158 will send a delegate to St. Joe, the undersigned being elected, with A. L. Dawson as alternate. The insurance feature will likely receive consideration, and advocates for and against priority will be present. While this much-discussed law may have its faults, yet we believe it will remain in the book of laws until something better is offered. GEORGE A. BAUMAN. NEW ENGLAND ALLIED PRINTING TRADES. The annual convention of the New England Allied Printing Trades was held at Lynn, June 8 and 9, and, although the delegation was not as large as some previous conventions, it was a very enthusiastic and important meeting. The convention opened on the 8th, in Elks hall, and the delegates were welcomed on behalf of Lynn Typographical Union by E. F. Giblin, and Mayor James Rich welcomed them for the city. One of the important actions of the convention was the admittance of the papermakers of New England, with a representation of one delegate for each 1,000 members, and in accordance with a special per capita. The unions have sought affiliation the past year, and what the result will be is awaited with much interest. A resolution was adopted looking toward the formation of an allied printing trades council in Lynn. Other resolutions adopted were favoring placing print paper on the free list; condemning Governor Draper for vetoing the eight-hour bill, and condemning the action of the senators and representatives who favored the bill; commending Mayor Brown, of Lowell, for his efforts in having the municipal printing done under union conditions; endorsing the hatters' strike and Lamson & Hubbard and the other firms in their action for the use of the label; favoring the direct nomination bill. The reports of the officers showed active work during the past year, and many recommendations were made. A printed report will be sent to unions later. The place of holding the next convention was left to the board of officers. The following officers were elected: President, James F. McGirr, Boston stereotypers; first vicepresident, B. J. Keaveny, Lawrence typographical; second vice-president, William Redfern, Boston stereotypers; third vice-president, W. H. Sullivan, Worcester typographical; fourth vice-president, John W. Ryan, Lynn typographical; fifth vicepresident, Augustus Seaver, Boston newswriters; secretary-treasurer, P. H. McMahon, North Adams typographical. Lynn Typographical Union entertained the delegates in a very pleasant manner, and the entertainment committee was always on hand to see to the wants of the delegates. The banquet after the close of the convention was an excellent affair, well arranged and carried out in every detail to the satisfaction of all concerned. Lynn Union and its committee received many thanks for the generous hospitality extended. P. H. MCMAHON, Secretary-Treasurer. North Adams, Mass. BELLEVILLE, ILL. Members of Typographia No. 18 and Typographical Union No. 74, of Belleville, observed printers' memorial day, Sunday, May 30, at Walnut Hill cemetery. This year the grave of A. W. Daugherty was marked by a substantial marble head stone. The list of deceased members and honorary list of deceased members are: Ernst Leve, No. 74; A. W. Daugherty; Herman Leve, No. 8, St. Louis; Joseph Herman, Charles Albrecht, J. Jambel, Julius Houck and Bruno Rueckert, of Typographia No. 18. Honorary list: Louis Pustmueller and Henry Pustmueller, buried in Walnut Hill; and A. J. Grantz, buried in Green Mount cemetery. At the grave of Julius Houck, the second grave visited, Edward Koch, president of Typographical Union No. 74, introduced Oswald Hoppe, of the German Union, who read the memorial address in German. EDWARD Kосн. CHARLESTON, W. Va. During the latter part of May the ball team of Typographical Union No. 146 went to Huntington "to take the hide" of the Huntingtonians, but at the last moment four of the Charleston team got glue on their feet and could not be removed from home, so the five went as a bob-tailed nine. When they arrived at Huntington the local team procured some players to make out the requisite number and the game proceeded, the Huntington team landing the victory by a majority of one score. Pitcher Hacker, of the Charlestons, was the star performer. The last trial of strength was a game on June 6 between the printers and barbers. There is much talk of a new merger here in the printing line, but it has not as yet been made public. One contingency for the installing of a larger plant is the getting of the supreme court work. Toby Heizer led in the race for delegate over Virgil Hindman by the narrow margin of two votes, Hindman (what's in a name) being unanimously elected alternate. The newly appointed printing commission held a meeting last month to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a state printing plant. A. J. Huckins, formerly of this city, after a tour of the "wild and woolly" for the past few months, is again in West Virginia, being temporarily located at Wheeling. D. C. LOVETT, JR. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Col. Alexander K. McClure, a veteran Pennsylvania statesman and editor, who for many years edited the Philadelphia Times, died at his home at Wallingford, near this city, June 3. He was accorded a last tribute at his late home by distinguished representatives of his large circle of friends, who attended the funeral services. Men high in the service of the judiciary and state were there to do him honor. Rev. Dr. Lawrence U. Colfelt, of this city, during a recently delivered sermon, made the following allusion to labor unions: As unions grow stronger there is a greater tendency to avoid strikes, for strikes are looked upon as the worst evil of labor combination. I look for the unions to become one of the great conserving forces of society. For if you can not trust laboring men-men disciplined by industry-to conserve society, how can you trust the politicians, the so-called "four hundred," the chiefs of finance or the heads of corporations? I do not fear combinations of labor as much as I do combinations of capital. Five cards were received by the secretary-treasurer during the month ending June 12. Traveling cards to the number of twenty were issued during the same period. It The Chicago printers' baseball team will have to look out for itself if it proposes to carry off field honors at the approaching August tournament. goes without saying that No. 2's ball team will prove a formidable rival for the coveted prize. Under the management of L. Wilmer Evans, the members of our local team are being splendidly coached for the fray. Our local label campaign is still being pushed with vigor. From information lately gleaned, we think we can promise that Philadelphians to the number of fifty will seek the benefit of the ozone from the Great Lakes at the August baseball tournament in Chicago. At a recent meeting of the central musicians' union it was decided that none but union bands shall be allowed to participate in the Labor day parade. The day promises to be widely observed in the good old Quaker City. chairman of No. 2's organization committee, chairman of the building commission and secret service agent on special missionary work, Mr. Boyer might truthfully be styled the Pooh-Bah of No. 2. That baseball trip to Chicago is assuming tangi. ble shape. Manager Wilmer Evans has his squad practice twice a week at King of Prussia, with the result that none of the candidates would be considered eligible for the superannuated list. It may be observed, parenthetically, that the Quaker City aggregation can be depended upon to put up a flossy article of ball, thus eradicating that 28-0 score of last year. The vote of union members will figure largely in the November city election. The pot is already commencing to boil, and the fight between "gang" rulers and the free, independent voter promises to be a hot one. W. F. KNOTT. Charles C. Boyer, whose picture appears here, needs no introduction to Chicagoans, as he foremanized the Chicago Globe twenty years ago. As of our fair city, the men won a victory. Now, if the dear public would only work up the same frenzy as to the efficacy of the union label, the Quaker City would be able to redeem itself in the eyes of the country. On July 15 the Evening Times, Philadelphia's brightest and most progressive afternoon paper, will celebrate its first anniversary. In the short space of a year the Times has made itself indispensable to the reading public, and now has the second largest circulation of any afternoon paper -which is going some for a broiler. Bill Mounce's "Swan" song was heard with regret by his legion of friends in this city, who read his illuminating letters of "Big Six's" doings with gusto. President Tole should send him to Europe to recover from his attack of digital paralysis. Lawyer Edwin O. Lewis, who carries a paidup |