Official Jonrnal of the National Brotherhood Electrical Workers of America.

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 2 THE
The Storage Battery.
On the evening of October 25th Mr.
-Harry A. Nicholl, Superintendent of Power
of the Rochester Railway Company, read
an interesting aud instructive paper on
.. The Chloride Accumulat.or," before the
Rochester Academy of Science. The pa-
per in full follows. Mr. Nicholl said:
In prefacing my brief remarks this even-
ing, please permit me t.o say t11at I will
ollly attempt to give y.ou a general de-
scription .of the constnktion and uses of
the "Chloride Accumulator," or Storage
Battery, as is now constructed for electric
plants by the Electric Storage Battery
Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., and as is
now being installed in this city for the
Rochest-er Railway Company. Please bear
in mind that all the figures, dimensions,
etc., which I will hereafter give, pertain
only to the plant of the Rochester Railway
Company.
Briefly stated, the battery in its entirety
is composed of 24S ceIls, each cell, if taken
singly, being in itself ~ complete battery,
capablc of being charged w:th an electric
current or discharged. These 24S ceIls are
all connected together in series, so that
the electric current will pass through each
of them consecutively, the first and last
cell being cOllIiected with the outside cir-
cuit or course, and with which the battery
is to operate. The capacity of the battery
is 700 ampere hours, aud its total weight
about 115 tons,_ each cell, or element,
weighing 925 pounds.
The contents of these cells consist of 10
negative and 9 positive plates, each IS feet
2 inches square; 2 sheets of heavy glass Yz
inch thick; 2 strips of lead ){ inch thick
and 3 im:hes wide by 20 feet long; 36 glass
tubes 18 feet long by Yz inch diametic; 4
strips of hard rubber 3-16 in. thick by U
in. wide and 7 in. long, and sufficient sul-
phuric acid solution to nearly fill the tank.
The tank itself is made of wood I Yz inches
thick, and is 29~ in. wide by 20J{ in. long
and 23~ high, and is lined with sheet lead.
The tank or cell is placed upon porcelain
insulators resting on a wooden skid or
frame made from ash of 2Y. ~11 by 4 in. cross
section. This frame is set upon vitrified
bricks of the usual size, the bricks resting
on the ground or floor of battery room.
'fhe tanks are vt'ry strongly constructed
and are put together without the use of
screws, all the joints being dove-tailed and
glued. The outsides of the tanks are
treated w:ith two coats of acid-proof com-
position. The lead Jitting ill the tanks is
made from lead sheets 1-16ill. thick, weigh-
ing 4 Ibs.-- per square foot, al1 properly
hurned together, and extends over the top
(If the tank and down the outside for about
one inch. The tanks are larger than is
Jrecessary to hohi the 19 plates, space being
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purp<;sel~' left for aa increase of 33!1 per
cent. if required..
Tb", po!oitivc pi'ltes, 9 in llaml,,~r to each
celJ) are Dlade of an a(lh,~e ttlatella1 of per-
oxidp. of 1ertd , formed after Lbo; Plante
method on a rosette or coii of rolled lead
tape corrugated anI] coiled and presSf'd into
Rn c.!1timcniu5 leed fr~.111"..: e:- grid (~vhtch is
mule with bol.::s in it to reeein: tht--se ro-
settes), wh~ch make~ a practice!)y non-
corrodible, rigid ami couducti-..e support.
In e'lch positive plate tbere are 279 of.
the:;e littie rusettes, which are aool1t y. in.
thick and t~ in. diameter. In making
these little rosettes they are taken from
lead ,ibuou placeu 011 reels, and fed illto a
coiling machine, the f1::Dction of which is
to corrug:lte and cut it into proper lengths
and coil it iuto !'o!'cttes of required size.
The rc·settes are placed in telllpiatt'~, and
are drivp.11 into the lead. grids by hydraulic
pn:ssm-e. __ The plates are made- in this
manner so that the greatest amollnt of snr-
face might be expo~cd to th~ electrotype.
These plates, as well as the negative plates,
are put into lhe taaks in a verti·::~l posi-
tion, paraJIel to eaeh other, alFl spaced
about J Yz inches ap;;.rt, th,!: Ilrst plate being
about two im:hes froill the si.le of tallk.
The Negative plate is com!Josf'fi Clf pas-
teilc;; of chloride of !cRd, keyed together
with a fmme of antimonins lead, which is
iorced around them, aud from this chlo-
tidl~ the name, .. Chloride ACCll1"'lUbtor,"
is derived. In each negative plate there
a;:-e 64 of these_ pastel1e~, each Olle of which
is divided by two !'mall grooves on each
side, perpendicu1a.r to each other, which
forms four square sutldi..-isio!1s, each being
U in. square, making 2:;6 SQll:lTCS in each
piate. They are thell placed in moulds
allll held in p()~ition hy pius stuck through
small hoks left - ill the· center ,.,f them.
The lead frame or grid is then cast around
them. The plate is then reduce._! by plac-
ing it between sheets in an dec!ro!yte of
chlot:ide of zinc, lhereb)' elimillal-il1g the
chlorine frem. the chloride and p~dt\cing
the pastelie to a very porous crystalline
mass of spongy iead, the crystals of which
lie transversely to the platte of the plate,
and are beautifuliy pronounct:d, iJeiilg "1S-
iiJle to the n~ked eye. The plates are then
cle(med and placed in tau ks as cathodes to
the curreilt. which is 'lpplieu for several
hours, this test bl:iing made to insure_ the
entire elimination of the chlorine.
'fhe plate glass which is u~ed in the
tanks is }5 inch t!J.ic~ i'.t:d ::14 in. long, and
20 in. high-; and i5 jJla('cd ·:::rticJ.i!y and
about ~-5 in. froul the sides of t.he tank.
Its .:;;-5ce i~. to afford a rest fv)' t be J"usitive
and l1egati-,e pia!cs an" to prop~r1y insu-
late them froll) the sides of til" iauk anu
from each other.
The two 'e?d strip'; are placed in the bot-
tom of the tank aWl un these the glass
shee~ rest. The strips ar:.! lIlc:eiy made
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for a protection to the bottom of the 1.ank_
The 36 glass tubes are placed between.
the negative and positive plates in a verti-
cal position, one on either side, so as to-
prevent them from coming in contact with
each other.
The four hard rubber strips are made-
with holes in them just large enough to
receive the glass tubes, and their office is
to keep the glass tubes properly suspended,
the rubber strips themselves resting hori-
zontally on the upper part of the plates- in
a place prepared for them.
The wooden frames are put together with
dowel pillS aud glue, no nails or screws
being allowed to be used ill their CQ1Jstruc-
tion, on account of the destructh'e effect of
the fum es of the battery on the metals of
which they are made. -
The porcelain insulators are ~ingle petti-
coated and are about 3 in. in diameter by
2Y. in. high. They rest on the frames,
and securely insu).·lte the tank froUl them.
The vitrified brick are used on account
of their indestructibility, and because they
can be placed in a damp or wet place with-
out absorbing moisture.
The bus-bars or straps connecting -tIle
plates of the different tanks are nm the
full length of the tank and a.re made en-
tirely out of lead about,-,0 in. tllick and
shaped somewhat -like an inverted .. e."
On this strap the positive plates are burned
onto one side, and the negative plates of
the adjoining tank on the other side. This
arrangement completes the electric circuit
between the tanks, the acid fonning it in
the tanks. The straps of the end tanks
are reinforced by copper strips, in order to
increase their conductivity and to insure_
uniformity of discharge.
In order to place sa man!' tanks in the
al10ttell space, 10 rows were reSlIired to be.
made. The space or aisle hetween-ev-ery-
other row is about three f<:et wittt, alld in
connecting the end tanks on dtlter side
of this aisle, strips of copper, I eau-coated ,
are used, of J J-i in. by J-f :'n. dimension.
The eopper is lead-coated to prevent -any
chemical action the -battery fumes Ulight
have on the copper.
All the connections of the battery plates
to- the leaden straps or ba-rs are made -by
burning the lead together. This process
of burning is carried ou with the greatest
care, making a perfectly homogenous weld,·
as no other metal than that of the respec- ,
tive parts is used. For the burning, a hy-
drogen flame is employed, which iea·jes
the snrface of the metal pure and unoxi~
dized. The hydrogen gas is manufactured
-in a small apparatus built for th~ purpose.
It consists of a large lead bottle with a
large neck cast in the mi,ldle, and 01) the
top also, and to one side of the neck is a
very small nipple and valve. About six
inches from the bottom of the bottle is a
second bottom, which is perforated, _and
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• 3
-on this the zinc employed in making the
.gas is placed, through the bottle ne~k.
Above this bottle is suspended another h:ad-
en tank, into whieil the sulphuric acid is
placed, and froUl. this upper tank the acid
ru,lS down thro\'gh a small lead pipe_ into
the large bottle, and tmder and through
lhe perforateO hottom, where it comes in
<:ontact with the zinc, where the chemical
-a~lion of the acid on the zinc produces the
hydrogen gas, which rises to the top and
js piped through the small valve to where
it is needed..
The chemical action that takes place in
the batl~y may be Lriefly outlined as fol-
lows:
During the charge the water of the solu- .
tion in which the plates are immersec is
-!'plit up by the elcctropic action into hy-
drogen and oxygen, the hydrogen being
.absorbed by the pores in the negative
plate, and the oxygen going to the positive
plate. The water is thus drawn from the
solution, which accounts for the fact that
the density of the solution is highest at
the end of charge. The eff~ct of the oxy-
gen on tll(: positive plate is to convert the
active nlaterial into peroxide of lead; and
the hytlrogen on the negative plate re-
duces the acth'e material to spongy lead.
On 1Ile discharge"the hydrogen and ox-
ygen gasts are _reunited in the solutioll,
forming water, and rcducing its density.
The joss of oxygen by the positive plate,
~l1d hy(it-ogclI by the negative plate, re-
duces tllf: pel"Oxide on the positive plate
SJ.ud the spongy lead on the negatin~ plate
to snlphat~ of lead. The difference of 1'0-
t.ential between peroxide of' lead and
..spongy lead is about 2.05 volts, that being
the potential at the end of charge. As the
peroxide and spongy lead are gradually
reduced to sulphate of -lead by the dis-
charge, the potentia! difference gradually
drops, Uie drop increa,>ing as the sulphatE'
is formed. In ordinary work, when the
potential is down to 1.8 volts the cells may
be considered discharged, as it is not wise
to form too much sulphate.
The method of aseertaining when the
battery is charged is by testing the den;;ity
-of the solution by an hydromr.ter, and by
lJoting the state of the "boiling" of the
:solution.
In connection with- the battery an elec-
tric machine caii.:C. [, Rooster is U6i!'1. It
~onsists of a molor and generator connect-
ed directly to the same shaft. The motor
js a multipolar machine of .550 volts and
100 amperes capacity, and runs at Goo rev-
olutions per 11linllte, and acts in the same
cap:tcity as an engine, merely attached to
drivp. tlle gcnerator end of the booster. The
nwtor takes its drivilig power directly from
t.he bus-bar of the railway switchboard.
The geuarator is a compound, differentially
wound machine, cnd is of iO volts and 500
~llnpcres capacity, and is connected up in
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series with the railway generator and bat-
tery, the b'lttery itself being connected in
mUltiple with the railv:ay generators-.
The important offices the booster fills
are: When working in the railway circuit.
To regulate the charging and discharging
of the battery- as well as the load oil the
engines, constantly keeping them nmning
at a steady speed and doing the same
amount of work, and when the plant is
being run independently of the outside
circuit, for charging the battery (this is
after all the ears are TUn into tlle barns for
the night), the booster raises the potential
of the railway circuit sufficient to overcome
the p0tential of the battery, which allows
same to be readily charged to its full ca-
pacity.
In charging the battery the occlusion of
gas on the plates raises the counter E. M.
F. of the cell, requiring an increased pres-
sure from the charging source to force cur-
rent through the cell. This increased
pressure is taken from the booster. The
lower the rate of charge, the less gas will
be formed, and con~equcntly the less
marked will be the rise in the C. E. 1\1. F.
1'be higl\er the rate of charge, the more
gas will be formed, with the consequent
increase in the C. E. 1\1. F. of the cell.
At the normal rate of charge the cell may
be considered full ,y!len :J sufiicient amollnt
of gas has bcell gathered in .the pores and
on the surfllce of the face to produce a
counter E. M. F. of 2.5 vt)lts per cell, with
the charging current flowing. The mo-
ment the charging current is discontinued
the gas on the surface of the plates es-
capes and the C. E. M. F. of the cell im-
mediately drops, and if the ("ell be allowed
to stand idle for a short tlme, the pressure
will-be down to apotit 2.05 volts per cell.
The close regulation of the current is
done through the reversing field rheostat,
which controls the shunt field winding of
the booster generator, and pre"ents its ter-
minal voltllge being "aried from zero to a
maximum in either direction.
The advantage of this system of regula-
ting may be summarized as follows:
Saving in depreciation of general plant,
as it is relieved of the strain of sudden and
excessive loads.
Reduction in coal consnmption is effect-
ed, as the plant runs at I' steady load, and
..t or ue~r the p.:>int c.f. L;:;hest efficiency.
As an element of safelY, as in the case
of accident to the engine or dynamo, ne-
cessitating a stopP;lge, it will snpply the
requisite power for a length of time de-
pending upon its capacity.
Permits the plant being shut down en-
tirely durin)! hours of light load, the bat-
tery supplying the whole of the current.
A smaller generating" piant is -requin::d,
as the ballery takes lhe .. peak" of the
load, which usually lasts for a few homs
on Iy, and where no battery is used sufii-
cient generators are required to be .installed
to provide for the maximum output.
In conclusion I shall merely outline the
application of batteries in Europe, to indi-
cate the extent to which they are used
there. . .
The Tudor Company, with its principal
works in Hagen, has in operation batteries
in over 200 central stations, IS railway and
power plllllts, aud over 5,000 isolated plan ts.
An officer of the Tudor Company who was
1n this country a year or se ago, made the
statement that their 7 or eight years' ex-
perience ill central stations in Germany
indicated that the use of storoge batteries
insured a reduction of 337S per cent. in the
generating capacity, a saying of from 20 to
50 per cent. in coal consumption, a steady
load for the engine, snd a -reserve power
always on ham1.
In the stations at Dusseldorf, Hanover
and Barmen, Germany. there are batteries
ha"ing a yearly output of 42,000, J55,ooo
and 2J6,()(JQ kilowatt hours respecth'eIy,
being from 35 to 61 per cent. of the totai
11et out !Jilt of the stations.
III France there are 54 stations operating
batteries, exclusive of t!:ose in Paris. In
that city there are some 30 storage hattery
statioll-. Twenty-five suh-stati"lis are op-
erated on the Popp systl:IlI, each station
being equipped with one, two 0;' three bat-
teries of a type manufactured by the French
Chloride Company. The batt cries are dis-
charged at rates ranged up to 2,000 am-
peres e_cch, and have a total capacity of
100,000 Jamps. Four other stativlls in faris
have each 3,200 allll,ere hour batteries of
the Chloride typ~.
In the St. George :,tation of the Edison
Company, in Pnris, there is a battery of
128 cells, with a discharg;;; .-ate of Soo am-
peres.
In the United Kingdom there are 48 elec-
tric light companies furnishing continuous
cnrrent; 35, or_ 74 per cent., use batteries
in their central or sub-stations.
In Switzerland there are about ISo light-
ing plants using accumulators. 1\1any of
these br.tteries are charged from dynanlOs
driven from water power.
In cities of our own country we have
sOllie vcry Jarge installations, a few of
which 1 will mention:
Ampere
hour cells
Philadelphia Edison Co., Phila.. . 8,000
E":isull Elcctl-ic 111. Co., Boston . . . 14,00
Edison Electric 111. Co., New York. S,ooo
They are also putting in three batter-
ies aggregating. . . . . . . . 8,000
Edison Electric Ill. Co., Brooklyn. 10,000
Hartford Elec. Light Ce. " . . . . 9,600
San Frand!'co Gas and Elec. Co. . . 6,000
Cle~'elalld Elee. Illuminating Co.. . 4,000
t,. S. Eke. Lighting Co.,\\"ashington, 4,<:>00
Unlet! Traction Co., Philadelphia . . T,OOO
Consolidated Traction Co., Pittshurg, 2,000
CelJtral Railwav-Co., Baltimore . . . 1.000
Buffalo l<.aiiwa}' Company, t.he !~rg- -
est buttery in til€" world t:st-d :or
stre(:t r:1ilway purpl)~(;S . _ . 1,000
And the Chicago Edison Co .. . . . 12,800
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the latter being the largest lighting bat-
tery in tIle world.
The Metropolitan St. Ry. Co., of New
York, is now installing, in connection with
their underground trolley system, two bat-
teries each of 2,500 K. \V. capacity, which
,will exceed in capacity anything hereto-
fore installed in the storage battery line.
.TAK£ . TXM£ TO B£ HUMAN.
By HERBERT N. CASSON in Coming Nation.
Take time to be ']mU1an, my hurrying
friend; ,
Your wealth.gaining pro~cts, like bubbles,
shall end. . , It costs about $1,000 to hnilrl an electric
You may be acquiring 110t treasure, but
trash;
There's much in the world, friend, besides
credit alld cash.
Take time to be human; heneath the sky's
blue
The birds in the forest are richer than you.
Go learn of the my, the rh'er and the plain,
That life is too sacred to Sljuander for gain.
Take tillle to be human; develop your mind;
Commune with earth's thinkers-wise
guides of nlankind.
Let Hugo and Ruskin, Carlyle aud Tho·
reau, ' the St. ?llaurice rivel', p.-oyim:e .Jf Qllebec.
Instntct and inspire you, till nobler you
grow.
'fake time to be 'hnman; love Kature and
Art;
No money can purchase what these can
imparl.
The-rapturcs of .m~lsic, and beauty's sweet
form, . il1g (',,-rpets thoroughly wit1.:out \rcar.
Like sunshine, will ripen, amI keep your
heal't warm.
'fake time to, be human; remember the
poor;
No language can picture the woes they
end~lre.
Don't make life a failure by missing Love's,
, goal;
Don'\ grab a few dollars, and lose your
soul.
From "Old Crip."
Raton, N. M., Nov. 5, J89S.
Editor Electrical Worker:
Th'e 5th is here again and it reminds me
that I mllst send a line to the \Vorker. As
I live remote from any L'lrge city, I do not
have the opportunity to get together any
interesting electrical news, but I feel that
I'should write a few lines every month.
The chilly blasts of winter are here, and
find" Old Crip," as usuai, without any
visil:Jle means of support: hut all I can do
is to .. grin and bear it," which I shall en-
deav'or to do. However, there is very lit-
tle consolation in grinning on an empty
stomach.
'Twill S001l be three years since I have
used hand or foot, and it seems thirty
years to' me. How terrible is tbis
awful nffiictiun, from wbich there se~ms to
be 11". hope of recovery.
I feel \'~ry grateful indeed to the mem-
bers of this B. who have helped me along
this mgged pathway.
Since my'last report I have received the
following from locals for my' books: Local
[N oventber
No. to, :'5; Local No. 56. ~I.SO; Local No. the Trade Journals' Review of !Vlanchesfer,
68, $1.25; r~tXal No. is. f.~. These amounts England.
l:1a:: seem ~mall to those whl> have sent COMM£NTS ON HILI.- EMPLOY;US'
them, but tiley art! !a r !!<, 'J.' me. Brothers, WAGES.
I would not ask you to Lu)' my Look if I
One of the bright young lawyers sai<!
could use my hands 0;" feet a:'. of yore.
this week: "I believe the hardest work I
\Vith best wishes for the members of the
e\'er did in my life wus as backboy for
Bro~herbl)od,
mule spinners in one of the Lawrence
I am, gratefully,
company's mills, I worked at it about
ROBERT G. WRIGHT. five months and recei\'ed something Hoke
over 30 cents a day. I afterward wort;;ed
Notes of Industry. as a machiuist in many of the mills, but it
did not secm to me as hard as back tend-
cab uf the kind n().w in nse in Paril<. ing."
This remark resulted from a comment
In Iliiuoi:: rluring the pa:;t year! IS coal
mines were ahandoued and 79 mines on the back boys' strike. The boys have
opened. been paying into a u11ion fund for S0111C
The co:;t of fuel on ,;!cam railroads is time 'al;d pro~es~ed against the low wages
about ten per cent, of the opellitillg ex· earl\' this month, It bo~hered the mill
penses, and on electric roads IS about fi\'e 11131ia3'ers somewhat, as they bad'to -call
per ct'uL UPOII e\'ery man in their employ who had-
A glass firm late)y rect::1\'ed a!l o:der £01' been a backhoy to nssisC the spinuers while
500 glass felice pos:s, w he d the uSl~al the s~rike was in progress"
size. and greiO\'ed ior till' re(:ep:ifJII of wire. Taken fr01l1 s,atemellts ofT·haud, one
would get the impression tbat cotton
The CunadiHn go\'en',ment. has H)'ld the
w~lter power rights at Shawilligan,falls, on wea\'ers of Lowell wel'e earning from $7
to $8 a week. A loomfixer w!io has an
They are e).pected to de\'clop :<oo,ocu ilorse· opportunity to see how nmch work', is
PO\\'(!r. turned off each ~veek, says: '
"Therema\' be weeks in our'mill when
Compro:sscd air l!a:; reccllti~' t't:en adopt- cotton weavers earn ~7 or $S out the. e :!""
ed for Clean!l!g the in~erior \\'ork of SOUle many other weeks when they do nut ~"r!1
railway pa"selJger cars, and is faid to give that sum, I was talking \':ith a sec owl
\"e;-y satisfactory re~llhs, :sa\'ing 10 per
hand and he told m~ that tlic <: VeTa~!(>
<:ent. in time and 90 per cellt. in t horough- \\'ages of the wean·rs under his charge "...:as
ne~s, sweeping, dusting c\.shillll:-. U'lI.l c1ean-
$4,50 a week. \\"hat puzzles Ille,;;}' ... f tile
union men, who watch things guir.; 0:1111
It is stated that,the ll1eTcham!ise carried the mills, is why a bounly i" p:.:irl second
by rail in the l'nited Sta~e:; is duul)le the hands. They are on the pavrolls for a ccr-
amount of laud carriage (.f all t he other tain sum per day, but about once in every
nations of the earth COul bined. This three months the second hands gu to the'
means that the 70,OOO,OCf) peoplp. I)f the coullting room. Oue of then' ,01,J llIe he
l'nited ~tates transport t"'ice as l11Uch did not receive his extra bount'· 1;:,i'i1 hi,s
Inerchundise as the re1tlaining 1,4(OO,OOO,oco bill is countersigned by the age,:t Second,
of mankind. ' hands do not know what extra amounts'
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. are paid o~her men hol<lll1~ the same posi·
railroad proposes,to ouild, at its own loco- tion, as it appears to ,be a s~parate bargRin
mvthe shops in Topeka, RUII" lIte largest each man makes with the ugeut. \\"e
locomotive in e,,-is~ence. its 1IIain design sometimes wonder if that ext:-a is for rush-
bt'ing for mountain climbing and hauling ing the help."
hea",' trains, It is estilll!'.ted t hut it will -------
£I.-£CTRXC RAXI.-WAYS.
be able to haul a third larger load than any
engine at present on the road.
In rasadena,' Cal., an ordinance has
been passed gral1tiug ,to 'George Leighton
THE J<;NGI.-ISH AWAKENING. the right to constfi~ct' ilnd operate an elec·,
tric railway on cerirun streets,' ,
\Ve do not compiain oi this acth'ity on
the part of onr transatlantic cousins'; we Referring to th" statement that the
only Rsk for a'fair field. and that our man- rails, wires and poles of the Montreal &f'-eet,
ufactures may'be untrammeled by fiscal Railway Company have been judicially ad-
burnens, or hea\'y transport rates. But, judged to be, 5uhject ,to asseSSUlt!nt fDr
undonbtedly. John Buli wili ha\'c to bestir municipal taxation, the controller of that
himself, and arm forth.;:conJlict, Hemay COlllp:my says that there has been a mis-
nndit necessary to take a leaf out of Uncle take. There bas been no such judglJ1ent,
Sum's book. lie is -said to be too indt'pend- he stat~s, the question not ha...ing arisen
ent to make a good salesman. That may be in Montreal. "
true of him when, withl)nt p~tti:lg him- The experiment of havIng street·car
self ahont, he can sell ali Ih~ can produce. lines owned by the municipality is to be
R..t let him learu tn produce more, and to tried in Christiania. Electric liut's are to
do so more cheaply. Ii he ,is to retain his be built in the near future bv lhe citv.
hold 011 the worI.J.'s 'nlarkets, his prices They are to run toward the ea.~teT!1 Iim(15
nm:o:1: be satisfactory as well as his goods, of the tOWIl, the purpose oEtlie city father:;
Rut in oreIer to ria these tbi!lg's iie will being to encourage the huilding of home;;
have to discard many antiquateu methods, in that quarter. Now the growth oi the
and to COli$ign _ Clan\' old-!rttiohiolled city is toward the west and renes then, are
machines to the' scrap.he?p, to he replaced high. So it appears that the local gO\'em-
with the best of their kiwi. "'vilb better ment even seeks to help the h\!!nhkr ("itJ-
machineT\';' and ht'anicr Cf)"',n",,,·.'.i"l1 from zens to secure cheaper h:-.bitatioll!', Pat;:.l'·
hil< worklu-en. he nee(;. not fea,· of being lIalism is assuredly hr.ving a iair test 1.1.
able to hold his owr, in hU !1Hu'k.ici;; ...-Frol11 Norway.
 Nov?1T!ber]
nQUITY OF THE SINGLE TAX.
The reason belie\·ers in the Single Tax
.are snch untiring workers for their cause,
is that as soon as one has mastered the
subject, hI: Ulust begin the battle for
humanity-to establish equity and justice.
No longer call he sit quietly by allli see Ins
fellows de\·oured by the monster of 1Il(>1I-
-<.>poly. All wa,; doubt and mystery in the
past, but llOW he thanks the Creator of all
thing,; for the light that has broken in un
his soul. What. is the single tax?
It is the taldng of that value which is
glnn to land by - the presence of popt:1a-
lion (in some instances as high as ten mil-
lion dollars per acre), which no individual
produced, ana expending it for the ex-
penses of goYernl11ent, national, state and
nlUincipal.
How do single taxers propose to put it
"in operation?
By abolishing all our present taxes.
\\ill 1I0t this dis~ol1Tage industry and
·econolll v ?
1'0;on the contrary, it will" encourage
them by guarauteei Ilg to men the results
of their efforts. At present when anyone
tal~es wealth fmll! its hidden place alld
llses it to incre'l~e his business he has the
choice of perjuring hilllself or Cof paying
the colleclor a fllle for his enierprise.
If he illlllroves his property, or builds on
a vacant lot, thus giYillg employmt:nt to
idle workmen and adc\ing to the comforts
of th('m~eh·es and their families-injuring
nOlle and bent'fiti.n)!; all-we tax or fine
him as though he \\:t:re a cOlllmon enemy
of society. " Probably thc cheape5t 'railroad farcs in sense p~,rtners in this enterprise. The ':an-
Will the single tax haye any effect in
retarding the pl·esent tendency of the rich
to become richer and the poor to become
-poorer?
\\'hell our forefathers came to the con-
dusioll that a r"'publican form of go\·crn-
mcnt was the Olll\' form fit for freemen
they imagined they had done away with
the injustice they had fled from when they
left Europe. Rut their descendants haye
"discoyered tllat the system which produced
misery in Europe, was not killed by a
change from the monarchial to the repub-
lican form; the condition of America will
gradually approach the cOllllition of Eu-
rope, unless we change our system of tax-
aqon, which is the key to the whole
trouble. According to the last. Ct:nSIlS,
1and values, exc1ush c of- improycments,
are estimated at from 11/;00,000,000 Lv
$2,oor;,OOO,CY"JO anl1tt::!1!y. This V~-Is1. SI1J11 is
taken annually from OUT prodUl'ers and
given to a class whc, simply as land own-
ers, ..dd not ~>Ile cent to the wealth pru-
...iuced. The entire expenses of govern-
ment, naHonni, state and municipal,
.amounting to l1early the same sum, are
"also taken froUl the producer, the collec-
tion of which ill creases the ntlTlIher of
office·holders tp two or three li!11'"~ tl,e
total that would be necessary under the
single tax. Our t~.riff produces the whnle
brood of monopolies controlling the neces-
saries of life; taxes on real estate result in
ti;e Illluen: d assessors, who assess the
property of the poor man at from 60 to 125
per cent of its Yalne, the r.ich bribe· giver
paying on frorr: I; to -10 per ce"nt of his
holdings, while taxes on personal property
make perjurers of those wishing to eyade
p"ymt:nt.
\Ve tax dogs, saloons, etc" to reduce
the' numher. \\·hilp. we exempt churciws,
schools. libraries, etc., in order that the
number may increase; then why, in the
THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 5
name of common sense, do we tax business The third of the series of conferences
houses, manufactories and homes? arranged by the Journeymen Bakers and
Are they so bad that they should be dis- Confectioners' International Union for the
conragr:n: " ." " shorter work day movement in 1899 was
Since Ola;' i'r(~se1~t 111eth,:-iI 'flf' ta~:;ifi~~~n held last week.
rohs tEe landless for tb: bend:t i:.£
the land·owning dass, <:ncoura~l'S di::- The famous Federal Labor Union, of
honesty among officials, i:; a premium Kane, 1'a., has gone into politics to the ex-
III I perjury, is the muttler of monopolv tent of gdting all the labor organizations
(which is thc cause of the present c..leprei- ir. :\1 d~eall county united on it labor ticket
sian in husint'ss), robs the prescnt genera- in the state campaign.
tion of merchants, manufacturers and
working people for those who perform no A Cleveland ordinance provides that the
useful act in increasing the annual pro- " cash fares on street railways shall be fou"r
duct, and <lls0 robs e\'er} child born into cents, and that the tickets be sold at the
the world <.';- it,,"natur<ll rh;ht to the free use rate of seven for a quarter. The present
ratc of fan" is fi\·e cents, with tickets at the
of the land, which Goo 'made for all, and
lastly, since it is denll'd of the Almighty's ratc of eleven for fifty Cents.
law that all should share equally in the The Indiana Barbers' Protecth"e Asso-
Father'S gift to his childrcn-Iet us re- ciati<)[l was formed last week, The pur-
soh'e, as human beings who believe in a puse of the organization is to prepare and
just God, to do all in our power to aholish ha ve" intruc..luced in the legislature a bill
a s\'stem that has callseo lIluch miscrv and licf:'IIsing- barbers and requi~in~ better san-
cricne in the past, and which is sure, if con- itary conditions hi barber shops. "
tinued, to wreck our cOllntrv in the near
futllre. • A mm·ement has been inaugurated in
FROM THE; LAEOR WORLD.
Pittsburg by trainmcn in the -interest of
better wages. The demand has been
placed in the hands of a grievance com-
There is a stoneware trust. mittee, and will be presf:"nted to railroad
Tinplate workers at Atlanta, Ind., struck ofiicials. P. 1\1. Arthur, chief of the Broth-
against a cut in wages. erhood of LOC0111oti\·c Engineers, sa\·s that
his (Jr~;anizalion is nut it'\\'oh"ed ·in the
Girls employed in em o~tmeal mill at rno\·enlent.
Cedar Rapids, la., won a strike,
XC\\' York sncif'tv women haye suh-
Under the laws of Arkansas a fine of S25 scrib"ti :;;0,000 to st;irt a co-oper",h·e shop
is assesscd on t1~e company permitting c<,I-
k,r tlH~ striking i.lflies· t<lilors. The fash-
ored people to TIde III the sleepers. ionable women in New York will he in a
the world arc to he fOllnc! in Switzerianc..l, c..lt:rbilts, the Sioanes, the Astors. the Duers
where the gO'.'err!ment owns the raiiro<ltls. and scures of others whose names are s\·n-
-Sacramento Bee. ollymous with great wealth and social
prest!!,'e will be the patronesses of this
Indianapolis painters were locked out shnp ; in f<let, kind of silent partners. The
because they hovcotterl a firm th<lt em- tailors ran against their first snag when
ployed men ·who· owed the union money. the': \\"(,l!t to bu\· cloth. Presidt'nt Schim-
They got 25 cents 'In hour.
mick, Secretary-Treasurer Topstatt and
London has taken hp the experiment of Peter Cain went to the two principal
municipal street railroads. The South woolen 11I)uses in New York to see what
London tramwa\"s ha\·e been bought by t('rms the\' could make. They were told
the county counCil for "'-1,250,000. . th"t til(' hnns could not self to the co-
or{;rati~·c shop. The" reason was ~iven
The movemenC for the establishment of fr .. nkiv. The firms said that the trade of
the ten-hour day for bakers and the aboli- the fashionable tailors ha dn~ shops in
tion of the prevailing system of boarding and ncar Firth a\·enuc is worth more to
journeymen is now fairly on foot.
tbp.n, than that of the men who are now
The eighteenth annual convention of the on strike, and the v could not ha\·e hoth.
American Federation of Labor will be held .• This docs not trouble us;' said President
at Kansas Citv. ;\,10., December 12th. The Shilllllliek. "\V e can buv cloth of big
Knights of Li.bor will meet at Chicago on retail hUlIses who also do a wholesale
~()vember 15th. business."
 6 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS
PUBLISHED MONTHLY.
H. W. SHERMAN, Publisher and Editor,
731 Powers Bldg., Roo,hester, N. Y.
Entered at the Post·Office at Rochester, N, Y.,
as second class ma,ler.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Graud Pre,Went-I. H. Maloney,
451 W. Conltress Sl., Chicago, Ill.
Grand Secretary-H. W. Sherman,
731 Powers Bldg., Rochester, N. Y.
Grand Treasurer-P. H. Wis.jng"r.
74' W. Faydte SI" Baltimore, Md.
Plrst Vice·President-Rugene Rush,
536 Ellis St., Sau Franci.co, Cal.
Second Vice-President-Theodore Gould,
11 Wareham St., Boston, Mass.
Third Vice-President-C. H. Adams,
328 North 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.
Fourth Vice· President-Thomas Forbes,
1104 Thirteeuth St" Detroit, Mich.
E;ifth Vicoo-President-S, M. Ket-le,
28,6 Rutger St , St, Lonis, Mo.
Subscription $1.00 per year, in advance.,
As The Electrical Worker rooaches the mt;D who do
thoo work and recommend or order the material,
its value as &n~dvertising moodium can be readily
appreciatw.
ROCHESTER, N. Yo, NOVEMBER, 1898.
\V. N. Gates, Special Advertising Agent,
29 Euclid A"enl1e, Cleveland, O.
TO FINANCIAl, SECRETARIES.
'I'here has cOllie to our notice recently
cases of gross neglect on the part of some
of the secretaries-cases where they have
failed to remit per capita tax. If some of
these brothers wOllld stop and consider
what they are doing we are sure they would
do different. There is an insurance feuture
connected with this Brotherhood, as they
well know. They are also aware a brother
must be in good standing in order for his
,i legal heirs to get the money. Now, if a
hrotber stands good on the local books and
no per capita has been sent in to the gen-
eral office for three months, the brother is
not in good standing and is deprind .of
the benefit. It is a very disagreeable task
to write back to a secretary amI ~ay the
claim cau not be allowed, but duty stands
suprelllc with us, and we can not let our'
sympathy on:rcome the duty we owe the
Brotherhood. There is another clause in
the Constitution that ~ay5 any local two
months in arreal's is not entitled to death
benefits. These clauses will be followed
to the letter, a.ld we hope the members of
iocais wiiI see that tho;; per ('.apita, is fCllt in,
to avoid trouble. In ~hOl't, Filfa~~ia! Sec-
retaries, do your du:y.
l:'.f' IS YOUR PAPr;a.
The fact th.lt the Ek-<:tricd '\Vorker is
the organ of the Brotherh,xl{]. of Ekl'trical
'Vorkers as a whole, SllOl\id llot blind
brothers to the fact that. it is alw the organ
of c;ach and every meml)er; that commu-
nications need not' necessarily be r.o!lfined
to pre,;s secrdariesof thc l~al;;;, ils col-
UtflllS are open to all.
It sOlJJetimes seems to us that .this fact
is not so fully appreciateu as it sh~)U1d be,
and no greater encouragement ':',mes to its
editor than in receh'illg communications
from, individual member:; of )o.:als. It is
not that the practice of makin~ it Hie duty
of U;e prefs secret;:ry of a lOCHl ~~, ':O:lIInu-
nicaie regularly ~!itb the WorKcr i,; the
less binding;' thednty goes whhout say-
ing; but there is no reason why b<lividual
members shOUld not ·avnil them!'ch'cs of
t111:: benefit'of its '~C.1U!ullS as \',',~JI.
Then there is a ·:bit <:f selfishness, per-
haps, on HIe p:irt {.f the 0'. S.. Na'.;irally,
hc desin~s th~l the Worker sh()t~i.dreach a
high gmde i)l t.he f:eld of e'!pctr!ct<l jour-
l1aEsn~, and be ~lt.1~t find" hi:. n.lj~es all long
thc members ()f th(l!rotllerho0<l'."
There ca!l 1:~e 11(; qnestioll [! ',:,;;i,t the ad-
"antage of a ir:3.11k int('rch:!ng'" oi vi .."ws 011
electrical subjects ill t.he ....\·orke.:-, on the
].l<lrt of its mau~- readers. Evt:ry mall has
some expenence which wonld be of "alue
to every other ma1j':lliu it does n(/ take
much time' nor' trout)ie to form'.lh;te that
experience ill a, letter to tilc: 'Worker.
Matters como;:. np ill cn~!'y-day ex?e;-ience
which wOllle] t.c 9f il1tO:I'est, not only to
members of the Brotherhood, but to many
others, who };a\'e ,come' to' be co')stalit
readers of your journal.
The fact that,the electrical workers form
a very important f ..ctor in the indl:stry,
must not be ,1cst,Jo, ':sight, 'j'!ley ha\-e op-.
portunitits for obseT\'ation ll<lt fu·.md in
the t~dlJ1ical, laboratClies. ~o matter
what brandl. Elf tlie ill(1'lstry ml!y occupy
your time,·'),Du:'"are 5ilre to Q!)Sf;f\'e phe-
1l0merHl whiclt 'are ne·w, 'or stnmble onto
problems which 'pu?zlc' you. If yo... dis-
cover maltE.r5 ,vhichwill interest tl'e 1 cst
cf' ~1S. ~~':~(~ ~"O'.1: r/~f.{.~-t ;I~ tr} "1:::..> ""::-.~l."f'!­
If you arc pun!ed. Jet n.;; ua"c[11e conun-
drum, and !'ollie of the hrotherc. may be
read:.~ "'i~h an a!l~"'''~Cr. 11' !:f) it ".~i!! \",'ork
dOl~b1(' tirl.!s, and. we 1',';,11 al1.be th~'better
for it. ' .. , and himself oyer to the Central station, I
Rent"lIIher.L1I~.t the r;lectri;:,t1 :W-orker is
YO\1l' journal .:t!!d in it y,:;u i.an! "prroprie-
tary lulert:6L C UGf.::- u,~r iJy-j;:·_·.~~:, it:: irn-
II1cdj~te numa!!t"mel\~ is pla"ed in the
lIRl1~:;'; of th~ CT. ~~_. H.~lCl pn)"l::-;ioB i~ ai:-=;o
Jt1ad~ for COll1111Uui6tivns "by press SC'CTC-
tal'ies. Th:lt is \,.'f.'H. a" ? l>.l..ttl(·T of order,
[November
but all the same its columns are your eol-
umns. Do 110t be afraid of your views be-
ing criticised; you will be given as m-(lch
space as you desire to get back at the other
fellow by way of r~joillder; and there is
nothing which adds spice to our humdrum
life, like a bit of spirited. good natured'
controversy. In the columns of the Elec-
trical \\'orker all men are equal, and we
trust that we shall have many communica-
tions 011 subjects of interest.
TESI,A'S I,ATESr XD:£A.
Mr. Nikola Tesla, the celebrated Hun-
garian electrician, is credited, with still
another startling discovery in the way of
high potential transmission. It is an-
nounced, in the daily press, that he'has a
plan by which electricity will he generated
at hitherto ulldreamed of polt:ntials and
amperage, at natural sources of power,
and transmitted to any part of ,the world,
where it call be utilizeu for all practical
purposes. If the announcement lwrl gone
no further, it would have been sufikiently
surpnslIIg. If he had merely ~olved the
problem of long distallce transn~i~sion by
any ordinary circuit, fur instance, trans-
mitting currcnt generated at ~iagara I;'alls
so that it could compete with steam in
New York city, it would ha,'e been 3,
triumph which would fittingly round (Jut
the preSl,nt celltury of progress.
However, accordiug to the announce-,
ment, l\lt', T<:51a has more than fu1fiilerl the,
wildest dreams of enthusiasts in the matter
of 10llg di!,tance transmission, alld llurc
poses to accomplish the result without the
intervention of nllgar copper wires. In
other wonls he will take the energy i)f a
waterfall, transmit it into electricity and,
ueliver it in any part of the earth, without
wires. As outlined he purpose!' to anchor
a balloon reaching to a rarified strata of air
fi vc mileil above sea level and tlJence tralls-_
mH it through this portion .of the nni"erse
to similar balloons situated where desirable,
thl15 bringing it back to earth all~ utilizing
it for the"many purposes to which electri5>
ity is applied. _
An electrician who has ..levoted an
averagp. lifetime to the art, and who has
been vcry successful in his endeavors on .
electri.;alli,ne5, once said to the \\'riter:
"I 110 longer say that anything in the
line of electricity is impossible; if a man
shol11<1 come into this laboratory and tell
us that he had all electrical device by
which he could stanu 011 a t.runk, take
hold of the handles, and carry the tmllk
shouid not condu.de that he was a luuati'c.
but wouid ask to see his diagrams."
From this point of view, it is perhaps
1Iot \\'i~e to pronounce slIap jmlg11lcnt 011
1\11'. Tcsla's latest im'ention, which at first
hlush, seems more impossiLle lhan the
propo!"itioll to sta\ld on a chest :md lift it
 Nove~ber]
by means of its handles. At the same
lime it would \lot be wise for managers of
(:oppel' mines to close down their plauts
nor for wire drawers to look about for
Qtllcr occupatioll, on the strength of the
bare anuouncement of the proposed revo·
lution in current transmission. That }Ir.
Tesia has accomplished marvels in the
way of advancement of the art goes with-
(\ut saying; thal he has been engaged up-
Qn a great electrical problem, a problem
to the solution of which he is tending all
his energies. has been frequently stateJ.
Notwithstanding" this, one will be excused
for 110t taking a very large block of stock
21: 911 aerial transn1ission COlnpally 011 tl1e
phm credited to :\lr. Te~la, until he has
had an opportunity to look over the blue
prints.
In 1892, during the experiments on the
Erie canal in the matter of propUlsion of
110ats by dectricity, there was a large
gathering of elc:ct1"icians. Among those
prese.lt was Nikola Tesla. The tppic of
long distance transmission was then upper-
1ll0St. At that time :'tir; 'resla said that it
was practicai to propel boats on the Erie
callal, from Buffalo to Troy, by means of
electricity generatcd at Xiagara Falls; that
it was perfectly feasible to transmit lhe.
Clirrent at a potential of 100,000 "olts with-
out s\lfficient loss to j1rcyeut its cOUlmer-
cia1 use, the eiltire jell~th of the canal.
That was some years ago. To-day it
would pm:zle the 1Il0st diligent inquirers
to find a plaut which safely and economi-
cally transmitted elt"ctricity anything ap-
l'machiug that distance with a pressure at
the generating plant stepred up to 100,000
volts.
So far as can be learned, the currt!lIt
gent!rated at Niagara Fall!' has not been
lransmitted further than to the city f.,f
Buffalo, a rlistance of twenty-eight miles,
and the translIlis;;ion line is only huilt for
2. pressure of 20,O<X> as the limit.
Now, with all due respect for Mr. Tesla
<and he is respecteJ and admired hy every-
body who is ill any lnH!1Uer connected with
the art) would it 1I0t he well to gh'e an
'illustration of tm!l~mittil!g electricity 350
wiles, (the length of the J!;rie canal from
Bufialo-to Albany) under <111 iuitial pre~­
snre of 100,000 "olts, before asking us to
believe that he CRn greatly incre:Jse this
pressure, and transmit the current from
Niagara to New Chwang. or :Manila, w]th-
'Ollt wires?
Aiong in the year>: from 18<)2 to 189.5, the
dectrica) journals teemed with ligures
~howillg how electl'idty from Xlag;'Ta
could compete wit h cheap coal at !\ew
York; but it is understood 'that coal is still'
being used to gellel"ate steam and indi-
rectly electricity, ill t!!f, Greater City.
It is of comse possible that Mr. Te.sla
h,<;; been misquoLcd; that the enormous
~'cope of the power of his ascillator has
THE ELECTRICAL WORKER
been increased by the imagiJlatiYe news-
paper reporter. A5 has been said, it would
seem to' t'e the part of wi,,-dom f01' us to
wait, before absorbing this aerial scheme
ill its immensity, umil Mr. 1'e51a has made
his lliagrams known to the world.
=
lIlR. NIClIOI.,I.,'S PAPER.
Considerable space in this month's
Worker is de.oted to publishing in full an
interesting paper ou the "Chloride Ac-
cumulator, read by Mr. Harry A. A.
Nicholl, Superintendent of Power of the
Rochester Raihvay Company, before the
Rochester Acarlemy of Science. It is the
first lime Mr. Nicholl's paper has been
published in its entirety, and it is well
worth study by all pmctical electricians.
While the plant described is not compara-
tively "ery large, it has some noyel features
which Mr. Nicholl brings out very clearly.
His description of thc Illechauical COJl-
structioJl of the baUery is very complete
in detail, and is very instruct)'"'!' while his
explanation of the chemical action llIakes
many points vcry clear.
The use of the booster as a regulator
will be watched with interest, aud the net
economy of the use of the outfit in a plant
run entirely by steam cannot fail to inter-
est street raih·;ay meu. \\'hen once fairly
in operation the "allle of the plant wiil be
c1er.rly apparent, as it will show at tbe
coal pile very quickly.
:!'oIr. Nicholl's paper should be preserved
rls a matter of reference by every practical
eledrical worker. It contains a llIass of
information in detail \\:hich is not readily
or conveniently ad:e!>sible. The outfit
represents the latest improvements in ac-
CUlllulator practice, and the clear manner
in which all portions are described makes
the paper of unusually practical as well as
technical yalue.
:'tIR. JAS. HVRGESS, <1 member of Local
41, Bu!Talo, X. Y., Illls succeeded ill form-
ing a local of electrical workers in Toronto,
Canada, and our broth:::rs across the water
are yery desirous of haying the Brother-
hood made international. Let each local
oi~cuss this matter tlwTOughly and write
articles to this paper, alld exchange ideas
on this very illlp~)rtant step. There is only
0/1(:: way this ('an be done Jegally-by ref-
erencll1ITI vote. The 1I1"tter was <li~('u"'~ed
ut three different con,-elltions alld failed
to go through each time there, for it would
not do for the E. B. to olIset the ruling oi
cOJ1\·entions. Rut our Brotherhood could
be 11Iade international by referf'ndulll vote,
or the locals in Canuda conld send tlele-
Isate., to our next convention. There are
so Jl\any diHerent opi nions on this very
important stt.>p that it should be made a
special order of business, and thoroughly
discussed by the members .. Other labor
organizations have extended the hand of
7
fellowship across the horder and have prof-
ited by it. We should be broad in our
ideas of unionism, and, remember, the
DIan in Canada has the same at stake that
we l:ave, and shonld get the same protec-
tion. It would not do to have rival labor
organizations: they would jeopardize each
other's chances of success. But for us all
to jvin in one body would be of mutual
benefit to all concerned. \\" e hope this
will be thoroughly discllssed in the next
few months.
\\'F, have a number of able men in our
ranks who, if they wish. could furnish
~()llIC valuable Information and suggestions.
'Ihese members are distributed through-
out the yariou!' local unions and seem to
forget that the colul1lns of the Electrical
\\'orker ar':: always open to di~cus~ion of
any and all electrical questions, or any odd
experiences or items of news that would
be iutc·resting reading to our lIIemhe1·S.
"-e tlJink a colUl1111 of .. Querie,; and An-
swers" would be interesting and instruc-
ti\ \C, l<.1'd wish the' brethrell would C01l1-
mence throwing them at Uf;. Also, please
remember that, although ep.ch local has a
press secreta'y, this does not Jebar an y
other member frolll cOll1llllmicating with
11S. On :.he cOlltra:-y, we would be pleased
to ;h:llT from all.
WHAT S'l'OPPED THE CURRENT.
The Peculiar Seat of a Girl OD the Tele-.
ll"raph Wire.
A little 13-ycar-old Pawnee COUllty ,1':311.;
1I1i",,, , Hertha Leonard. has iatcly gh'en the
\\. estern t:nion and Postal Tel egraph Com-
panies all unlimited amount of trouble ill a
most unique and peculiar way. says the
Kal\~as Cit\' Times. Bertha's claily duty
was to herd and watch a large Jrove ot
cattle, whose range was 11e:lr tbe ,,'estern
Union and Postal Telegraph line;:.
For somf'time past, Hot inegulal' intervals
uuring almost every day, these lilles ab,o-
In!.d,· failed to wbrk,. and the. trouble
!'eeIJled to be somewhere in the yicillit,' of
where this girl ranged her father's cattle,
but, tTy as lile line repairers would, it could
110t be defillitely located. Fil1ally it was
discoyered that Bertha, in order to get a
hetter view of the IJerd, had dri,'en rail-
road spikt:s into a telegraph pole. so that
she could climb it, and that slJe would,
whenever she got weary watching the cat-
tle fruJIl the ground, climb the pole, pull
up a board by means oi a cord. place it
across the wires. seat herself on the board
and speno all hour or two w(ltching the
herd from her uniquely imprm'i5ed e1e-
,'akd stUL!OIl. "'helle"er the hoard han-
pcne<l to be c1alllp or wet, and the £reC]\1e~t
ra~lls t!lis year iJa,'e kept the hoard wet
most all the time, it destroyed the electric
current and practically cut off allteh;graph
cOllllllunic.:tioll between Denver and Kan-
~a!\ (.:ity.
"'hen di,;co"ererl and informed of tbe
dal1l:(g-e she wa,; doing to the business of
tin: t ...jt'~~"Jlh lines Bertha was ;;reatly sur-
prised. a!1(l was apparently lIUerly ignor-
:Lnt of the fact that her seat on t he wires
intcrfel'ed ill the slightest degree with the
working of the lines.
 8 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER
I,ocal Union No. I.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 10, 18<)8.
Editor Electrical Worker:
Labor Day was more generally observed
in St. Louis this year than ever before.
Nearly all places of business closed and it
was recognized as one of ,the leading holi-
days of the year. We had two large
parades-the B. T. C. in the forenoon and
the C. T. and L. U. in the' aftemoon. The
electrical workers marched with the B. T.
C. and attracted much attention, both on
account or"the number of men in line (400
striking linemen marched with No. I) and
tIle "flont" which headed their column.
The float was without doubt the finest e\'er
seen in St. Louis, a city famous for floats.
The float was ,6 ft. long by 8 ft. wide;
divided into two sections. The front sec-
tion represented a complete electric light
plant in operation, and the rear section a
telepho~e exchange: Poles were placed
at each corner of the float, extending 7 ft.
above the roof, making the total height of
the. poles about 17 ft. Each pole had a
4-pin' cross arm, on which were strung
telephone alld electric light circuits. The
... station" con~ained a 5 H. P. gasoline
engine, furnished by N. K. Fairbanks;
storage batteries and a decorati ve arc lam p,
furnished by the Manhattan Electric Co.;
a marblf~ switchboard, with all station in-
struments, furnished by C. F. Briner (this
swilc11board has since been installed ill
one of the large river boats); bells, annun-
ciator and electric' It. brackets, furnished
by the Frank Adam Elect. Co.; a 50-light
dynamo, furnished by the Ecli pse Elec.
Co. The Imperial Electric Light and
Power Co. fur-nished all material used in
the construction and .wiring of the float.
The .. exchange" contained a $500.00
switchboard fumished, by E. Rubel; also
an artistic combination electrolier and ceil-
ing fan, furuished by Van 'Wort Dros.
The St. Louis Electrical Supply Co. and
Wm. Murdock fumished supplies. In fact
we had enough offered to build a dozen
floats. No. 1 extends thanks to the" elec-
trical fraternity" of St. Louis for the
favors exteuded on -Labor Day, and hope
that the cordial relations existing between
the union and the Exchange will long
continue.
Judging by the amount of space used in
the August 'Vorker, "Electron" must
li~,~e stepped on someonc's corns. Our
only apology is that people sho\ll~ not
have corns.
The battle is 105t. The greatest strike
e\'er undertaken by a \Inion of electrical
workers has ended ill defeat. NO.3 made
a heroic fight, but was starved into submis-
sion. FOlll' hundred as hran' men as e\'er
faced an enem:; had to give up a fight that
should have ended h. victory. Trusts,
corporative power, ar:d other e!!en~ies of
organized labor call rejoke, amI tighten
th~ thumb-screws, They have wrupped
the linemen of 81. Louts, who ..lse can
they not whip? Had No, -; ,,'''II,. it wonld
rnc .. n not only $:;,o<} per <lay iII St. Louis.
but in time $3.1-':) per day in every large
city in the U. S. Did the- "E.B. and the
elc"ctrical workers in other' cities realize
thig? 'lie gt."I1eral managers did; and
there was a constant C0l11111Unlcation be-
tween the general managers of the differ-
ent cities. They knew full well, that a
vic ton' for the men in 5t. Loui£, would be
fol1o\\:ed In- like demands and victories ill
otllt:r citie;. They couid afford to spend
thOU5r.l1ds of doHars to defeat the lil:emen
of 5t. LOlli!", . they will be posted in a conspicuous place
. Early in the fi~ht Grand Pre.sident J. H.
l\Ialo11~Y 'came t~' St. 1.0uis s'ld did :;11 that
mortal 'cou1d, to will the fight; but the
sinews of war were lackin~.. The com-
panieg, aware of tIii!', 'mew that ,it would
only be a matter of time when the men
wf);l!d be breed to throw' up' the fight.
Had the tl1';:!1 received financial aid from
the Brotherhood. instead> of recording a
htnniliating "defeat, we' \'.:~uld ha"e the
p;easure of writing al.out olle of the great-
est \;ctories organized la11('r had eyer won.
'Vhe.u the sixth week of tIle ~trike closed
the tie-up ~vas complete. . The Laclede,
the :\'lissomi-Edi>-on and the Kil110ch did
not h::we a man at v.-ork, ~nd th~ Bell
'l'e'lephone had only a few trouble men and
OIle foreUian who 'h:,d 110t come out. Vp
to this time lIot.8. break had <Y.:curred in
tlie ranks. But six\','eeks isa long time
for 400 mel! to be ,dtbollt money and the
companies knew their coildition, for in this
strike as in'e'ver..· .strike. they know every-
thing that occt;rs. This w~s the critical
point .of the strib~, Had th,. $400.00
asked for by Gral~d Pres. Maloney been
forthcoming' and the companies knew that
the union was backed up by the' ~ational
Brotberhood, and that the men could not
iJe stan'ed i.i-ltO submi5sion, U',ey would
have gi\·en the 1-:;.00 within two days.
The' first break occurred' at the lI!issouri-
Edison early in the s(>venth week, when
Jno. McGmm, Dick Harris, L, Baldwin,
Frank Kelly, Frailk ~;1aher, Joe Aoer, Joe
Edwalds and Cila;;. Adiileman went to
"',"':(\Tk. Tbc. ("oT;11:-any !l~~~ c:!1:~~{!1.y junlped.
into .. priflt " with the statement that the
gtTike was broken, alld to cllrry the bluff
still further elll plv~'",d auvut 101) Thiel
detedj"e~, s'.>l1le'of these were rigged out
as iil1em"n c.lId .put 0:; ~he WH~~(JIIS. But
the COl111xtny could 'il1a~~e no he::dway, and
at the end or the se,'f:nth we(';' -,,:ould ha\'e
c ompromise(1 Oli :'2, is per r.~y. Hut while
th;!i prOp0~;tjOt! ·,,:a5 !J,::i:lg cont.':ilered, the
cGndition of ~he !>trikel's hf'l":!m:: <;nch that
it was ne.:~~~ary to solicit ai,! from bnsi-
I1t$S' iner.. The COOl!,>:'ll}" kll~:';\, that this
[November
was the last stage in a strike, a:i1d at the
beginning of the eighth week absolutely
refused to treat with the union'.. Another
break occurred and there was nothing left
to do but to declare the strike off uncon-'
ditionally which was done at the end·of
the eighi.l~ week, and thus ended a strike
which could have made the N. B. E. W. of
A. something more than a name.
Several 'of O)lr unions responded ,gen-
erously to the appeal of NO.3. No. J,
although its treasury was deplete on ac-
count of its own strike, gave $142.50. ~o.
9 sent $100.00. \\'e are unable to give'Hle
amounts sent in by other unions tbis
month, but a full statement will be p\tb-
lished in the next issue.
At the request of NO.3 we send in the
followi ng list of .. scabs," and trust that
in e\'erv meeting hall; also that the editor
will k;ep the list stailding, ill the \\-orker
for seyeral nlonths. The list not only in-
cludes linemen, but also contains the
names' of troublemen, cablelnen, ground-
men, trimmers, in~ide telephone men alld
underground men, who did W()1'k. outside
of their regular duties, wbich·w!!'S:"tormerly
done by linemen. An asterisk (-*) before
a name indicates that the !'Cab wus a mem-
ber of the union. '\'e 'wi.1l· have some
comments to make on several names 011
this list next month; also on .se\'eral fea-
hues of the strike, which the length. of
this letter prevents us from making, this
month. Grand Pres. Maloney made a host
of friends while in St. Louis, andakheug4
the strike was lost, all felt that l;e did"his
duty nobly, and both NO.3 and No. Lex-
tended him a hearty vote of thanks on tbe
eve of bis departure frolJ) the city. '
No. I continues to flourish. 'Ye have
scarcely bad an idle lllan since our strike
was settled, and during No. 3's strike our
business agent was able to, place all -of
their men (about 25) who could do inside
Wlflllg. The Imperial Eiec. Lt. and Power
Co. will t~rn 011 the " juice "about ,the
15t1l of this month. We will giv.ea little
" write up" of their plant and the system
of distribution used. at some fuhlre time.
ELECTRON,
Press Secy. of No, I.
SCABS.
MISSOURI-F.DISON.•
*JllO. McGann, "'Frank Kelly,
;:'L. Bald"'in, 7iDick Harris,
"Cbas. Addleman, "'Harry Murphy,
*Joe Edwards, "Frank Maher,
«'joe Aber, *Walter Baldwin,
Geo. McLaughlin, Harry Swarthing,
Fred Schantz, Tom ,,'atts,
Jack McCune, Jim Carr,
Dill Kelly, Tony Burkle,
Lee Casavant, Frank Burns,
Fwuk Widoe, _Tim Murphy,
Jas. :'IIurphy, Chas. Pipes,
Rube Smith, Del. Scott.
lIEJ.L TEI.EPHONE.
Chas. Phillips, DilJ O'Dell,
Geo. John5011 (scabby)~oab Macla!lJore,
 November] THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 9
Frilnk G()CllS, ~ I ... l-Ill11, Local Union NO.5. It sure is this that added gold
+'}'like CunninglJr.llI, Jim Breen, i'jttsUi.:tr"g, Pa., .>rov. 7, 189S. Is wisery two-fold?
·~':ha~. Johnsoa, Fred Obermiller, Editor Electrit~al \Vorker:
I"rank Hlof.vcrstraw, Bill Gillin, He lies awake for fear of the thief;
As this is lily 1irst attempt to act in the
Jack Carson, Andy Gamhle, The olher one, poor, sleeps on with relief.
capacity of spok<:sman for Cocal Xo. 5, I
F.d. 'Warentine, AI. 'Hayslip, Hut as the years they come and the years
trust 1 ~hall be able to tell ill a plaiu way
Grant Frey, Johll Hall, they go,
her workings, and hope tlle same lllay be
\\'to. McCl(lskey, John Simons, Nothing dse will this one Insn know.
of interest to the Brotherhood.
TIm Ogle, John Eiker, But the poor man feels as he goes to rest
\Vell, the Knights TClllplar Conclave
Bill Dadrlson, David Da'ddson, That he's not a care, foriudeed he is blest;
has come ami gone and "Old Smokey
Jl1o. (Raltiy) Haml,le, \\'111. Ingstrom, But how in the end will the balances
City" has done herself proud ill a record
JIlO. (lice kery ) Darrah "Dick Lewis, weigh,
tbat will, with a few exceptions, be hard
Henry Casey, Perry 1\1anion, \\'hel1 nature has resolved their frames to
to duplicate. As there 1I1ight have be<:n
'VtlI. Tallen, JIIO. Dare. clay?
a!J improvement in the combination of
Which li"ed and enjoyed his life the best?
K1NI.OCH '1'El .. CO. colors on the arch work, which, while
Or which of the twain was the one most
Ed. Holman, I"rank Lewin, very pretty, could have been more so by
blest?
Frank Tuniel', Adolph l\Ieyer, working out the designs (the cros~es) in
You'll find it,the poor man,
Henry Hisserich, A. Dock, color~d lamps. The Lnion callie in for a
Or the one who ground the bran.
"'Ill.
Stewn.rt, Emest DellnisOIl. liberal share of the honor, as the displays
on the Masonic 1'C1l1 pIe, the Press and \\'.
And what of the Bible in words plain and
true
Local Union No. 3. H. Keech were ill cllarge of Bro. George
Thal .. Heaven's rich" number few.
1\1. Rudolph, our pre~i(lent, alld olher
St. Lonis, ]\10., Oct. 17, IS9!:;' So don't you see; I think you can,
Editor Electrical Worker: brothers. "The Leader" had a large cross
'fhat the happiest after all was the one
The accompanying preamUle and resolu- and crown done in white and red lamps.
who ground the brau.
tion~ hrwe been ullanimouslyadopted vy This was in charge of Bro. Park. In the
Sincerely yours,
Electrical Workers' l'l!ioll ::-io. 3, of St. Park Office building Bro. Snydel' exercist:u
J. H. STOl'FFER,
,Louis, a'ld 1 am instrncted by said uuion his cUllning in the (icc orators art, and in
Press Sec'y.
to transmi\ the saUle to yon and request the window of tbe Glasco \\'oolen 1\lills
that you take similar action. Bro. Albert Eldridge had 1l very neat Local Uni9n No.6.
The question of mnnicipal ownership design, a l\Ialtese cross, with smaller de-
San Francisco, Ca1., Oct. 9, 1898.
has become the forcmost question in muny signs in mil1atnre lamp,; inside, and others
Editor Electrical \\'·::-rke:r:
of the great nl11nicipalities ill the Cniled which lime and space prevent onr gil'ing
Having becn clec!d, LO fill tlJe office of
Stales, and is lini"ersally demanded uy all al this time. There is a way some p~ople
Press Secretary, it heing left vacant by the
wh9 desire to S(;C lIillllicipul gOyerlllllcnt of business have in gaini'ug honor and
dt-parture of our worthy brother B. F. Col-
wrestt'd froUl the control of boodlers, {'Qr- name at the cxpellse oi others, and on one
lins, fo. Oregon, some weeks ngo, 1 shall
rnpticnists and tax dodgers, who now make:: parlic,ular display for the Weyman Bros.,
cndea:vor to discharge the duties of said
municipal politics in all onr great cities 2, ~\'hicll was two lnrge .-'\merican flags, jXl2
office to the best of my ability, tr\1stil1g
synonym for all that is vicious and (kgra- feet, 011 either side of a circle of seyenty-
that the charitahle spirit which must ill-
ding. five white lumps lOet at six-inch cenlers,
habit sOllle corner of the heart of the aver-
Trusting that your organization ,~ill take and inside was the ... rade mark of a bony
age electrical worker will cause them to
favorable action in this illlportant niatter, hand of a skeleton in frosted lamps COUl-
receil't' this, my initial nltt'n'pt, in the
1 am, Fraten:ally yours, illg from a slee,'e in green lamps. In the
spirit in which it is written.
GEQ. A. l\lITCHELI.. , fingt:rs were held'a pail' of scales in yeilow
Our lucal has done some good work since
Secretary. lamps; in the right side was a pipe in
its O1'ganizatioll, and since Ollr affiliation
"'hereas, The bn~iness of furni~hi ng light ruby lamps, and the Iefl was a crown ill
with the Building Trades CO::il:<.:il of this
to the peoplt', the means of comlllunica- salile color. The flags were operated hy
tion between citizens, aud mell1(ld" of city much has been accomplished. \\'e
two motors ill the rear with cOl1lmu;atory
transit ill JIluuil:ipalities, such as tele- have veen instrumental in z{'curing the
switch, The design had i II all 1,483 lamps.
phones am1 stn:E:t raih"ays, are p11blic 'appointment of a business agent, whose
fUllclions, which ought to ve owned, con- It appeared in the Electrical \\'orld thal
especial work it is to im'estigate all cases
tl'olle(l and operated by the people collet'- the Doubleday-Hill Electric Company had
ti',ely for the public cOI1\'ellieucc, puhlic where union men have been wl'onl{ed hI
completed the .same, but the work was
good and cOJllmon venetit; and any manner hy contractors nr employen;,
Whereas, 'rhe problem of the puhlic done by two Cuion men at lJnion wages,
vr have been made to suffer by the employ-
owner!>};il' of pubhc utililies, is one iuti- and thereby hangs the tale '; unt cnough
ment of lion-union labor. 'fhis is a long
mately a~sllciate(1 with, not only the prop- of hlow and fuss.
el'ly right allll interests of the people, but step in thE' right direction, and the writer
Our Luion is in good running ordel', and
with the mest'fI·a1.ion of, their dearest hopes, .with all the membe,rs of uur local,
rights and illJert.ie<;: and she says tlit' subject is labor and capilal.
that within a short space of time we can
Whereas, Thc llJl1nicipal ownership ami As through this world 1 wClld my 'way,
number within our ranks all men for
operation of lighting and water plal1is and \\,ilh ~cal1t to eat and little pay,
Slreet railways has proven a great lJC:Jletit whom we ha\'e suflicient respect to ask to
I o[ten think of the lot of man,
to the citizt:lls of those lJ1unicipalities become n1t'!11vers of our order.
Que to ride ill a coach, tl.e ollier to grind
where it has hec:n miopled, ill sc,'uriug If the 1I!emuers of the electrical frater-
more etllciellt Stl·,'in: lo the puvlic, mill lhe bran.
llity (I do not mean the Brotherhood alone,
higher wagt:s for thos" employed ill ~uch
puhlic works; tht:rdo!'c, And lhe olle in the coach is a crnel mall, hut a1l electrical workers, im;ifle and ont)
Resoh'cd, By N. D. of E. \V. No. ;:,. of And what of the other who ground the cuuld only realize the power which is
the Citv of l.oui;., that it favors the Imtni- kan? tbeirs, and which wuuld enahlc tlIt'lII to
cipal o'wner~hip of the t:lt!ctdc a Ill) gas- h he honest' and worthy of what he g-ets control their own destinit's, were it ouly
ltght plants, telephom:5 and stn>et-railw:1Y
i;y~tt:IIlS, .uul its Illembt:r,s herehy pledge
In the shop all day as he toiling swcats? properly wielded, what a ",;haking up"
thcUlsein:~ tQ liSt! all reasonable and prop- , Are his dreallls as swed as the other mall? thcre would be in some quarters of the
er meallS to hri ng ahout that end. Find this out if you can. gklbe, and how many I'.'orthy men would
 10 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER [November

receh·e their just deserts, instead of hav- Sl,l:Ce~S of which is 1JTc-assured. alTdnge- member of t1.le Brotherhood has violated
ing to'VI·ork for a mere pittance under men mf·l1ts ha\'i:1g- bee-n placed in the hands of any article or section of the constitution,
whose ignorance of their business makes Sl<.ch vete-rall cutert3inclt'. a~ TIr:..s. AI. Article xxix, Section I, v. ii1 tell very
them a laughing stock for the men. they Wbitfit:ld. and Jack Cameroll. plainly what to do, and the constitution
pretend to be superior to. \VeIl, I Sl:ppose I have alrt'JOtriy cO!lSllmed applies to all, from the highest officer to
The time is coming-, though, wben· the more than the allorted amount of space, the mqst humble member. The writer of
growing intelligence of the men who fol- so with man)" "I':isi!c'l for the ;mcc{'~,s (If all this article says, •• It is not the purpose to
low our business will enable them to ask b!"otn"'!rs,. ",-11');n I hope to so!'}\.': cl$1~~ ~ee in open any old sores." We must infer from
for and receive the position in life which the prosperity they oeserVl', I remAin, that that there has been trouble before
is due them, and by the firm and moderate Fraternally, between members of the E. B. NO.9 is ill
assertion of their rights, command the re- \VM:. A. BARSTOW, possession of a letter written by a member
spect which has been denied them thus far. Press Sec!"etary. of the E. B. in'which he severely criticizes
My attention was, only yesterday, called actions of another member of t11e E. B.
to a ruatter which, if not·" nipped in the Local Union No.8. When NO.9 appointed and sent a delegate
bud," bids fair to become a growing evil. Toledo, 0., Oct. :?5, 1898. to the last national convention he was sent
A contractor of this city has been doing a E(litor Electrical \Vorkel": to help appoint a set of officers that would
great many jobs, and has lately been ena- Well, brothe!"s, I will have to get in the obey the coustitution and use every effort
bled to greatly underbid all competing gam~ and dona:e a few li]ll::' this month withi·n their power to better the condition
contractors. 'Vben I found out how he for the Worker. Will start t·he game with of the Brotherhood, and not to quarrel arid·
could do this in these days of close compe- a home rUll. It is somcthing 1111U::ual for oppose each other to the detriment of the
tition, 1 was somewhat surprised. You 'foledc. to hay .. more work tlmn we can Brotherhood, and we still hop" his time
have no doubt heard, brothers, of these hannie, .but it is Co fact; c:l!mot get er.ough was well spent. If pe;sonalities n1Ust be
(so-called) .. Schools of Electricity," etc.; mell . for ·tl:e cont~ac:lc-rs-jo'trneymen, I discussed, let it be outside of the lodge
where for a small sum boys are taught should say. Hope all 0111" unions can say halls and the \Vorker, and better still do
II electrical engineering," and turned forth the sallie. I will aiso add, our hi,siness is not discuss them at all, for the average
upon a long-suffering world in which they very fluctuating; tilt· m~h Ulay last a cuuple member of a labor organization has ellollgh
can command the princely salary of about . of Ulonlhs, or.·it may last ou1y OIlC 1110nth. trouble getting along with their employers
f,6 per week (or le!'s). This contractor ev- Here's hopiHg" for the best.· We expeCt to without quarreling arllongst themsel\"!~s,
idently knew how to tUnt this to his own . baye . enough work for. ail 01.:.1' . locaL, put and I do not think such incidents as the
advantage; and believing that he had together when WeCOtlllllCIICe to wire for past two will help to strengthen the
missed 1.Iis vocatirm of professor, he kindly the' Centenl!ial. \\'hat? yc.u h~\"e not Brotherhood or increase the fraternal feel-·
volunteered to allow as many of the young l.elol1·d about it. \\'cll, I \\i1l tell you in a ing that now exists among the memhers.
students as wished to work for him' 'rough- very few liues.· T.oledo was selected:.s the \\' ell, that Jlluch talked of dance of 0111"5
ing in" and "finishing" jobs, providing proper place to hold the Ohio Centennial. was held last Saturday evenin·g, and was a
they paid their own car fare and. did not (1 6'1'~SS that v:iil h01(t us fvr awhile.) I success in e\·ery respect, thanks to the
demand any pay for their labor, the vast wiIi also add that De'sf::: was selected to good management of the arrangement
amount of experience gained being, in his open the Cemellnia!. It remains to be committee. \\'e had everything (0 drink
eyes, ample compensation for their toil. seen whether he will ot1iciate or ]10t. All and eat that could he desil"ed and did not
My brother members of No. 6 are not tbis happens in I903! Ii. is a few years leave until the wee small hours in tlu~
aware of this state of affairs as yet, but will ahead of time to write ahout it, b,lt we morning, and everybody went llOlIle well
be after 'Vednesday next, when we meet, have a .b:rd'~eye Yiew of wo,k at some fu- satisfied.
for, joking aside, each one of these boys ture date. Bro. James Collins is 011 the sick list
keeps a man out of work, and work in our As my magnetiC pull with the pen is again, but as he is rapidly recO\·ering we
business is very dull just now, and only Ycry strong, I will have to pull it from the hope to see him around SOOI1. Bro. John
yesterday I exchanged words ·with two paper and draw to a c1o~e. . Conger is out of the hospital but it will be
men·-good nlen-, and both married, too, Y G<lCS fraternally, some time before he will be able to work
who were really rendered desperate by their J. J. DeCK, again. Bro. Peterson was badly hurt last
failure to secure work. Again, such a Press Secretary. week by being thrown from the top of a
contractor as this discourages legitimate ---- tower car.
concerns which, when they bave shaved Local Union NO.9. J. E. POLING,
their bids as close as they dare. find they ChiC'ago, l'<ov.7; yS98. Press Secretary.
are still -too high, get disgusted and layoff Edi~or Electrical Worker: -------
their men, tInls throwing more out of work. NO.9 is still·oll eal·tb fl.rid ha!:1 gut a kick Local Union No. zo.
In my next letter I will inform you what to register. In the last iS51le 'If onr Worker Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8, 189~.
action our local has taken and what result is ali Hrtic1e h:.:aded .1 ~l:":t.jo!"i~y P.ule." It Editor Electrical Worker:
said action bad. Tbis man has set the ex- was quite a mystery who the article re- Here are a few lines from old No. 10.
. ample, and others will not be slow to fol- ferred to nut·il the· party rcierred to gave an Because we have missed the last two Ilum-
low; they never are, when the cutting expl.anatio:l. The my~;tery cr it llOW is bers is no reason that we have quit business
down of a workingman's chance to live is Vdl~; the \Yf':" ~r c.f it Y";,lS t~llll\\·ec Sptl,"=e in and thrown away our tools. No, sir, a~d
concerned. O1!r ofticial j-:1urnal to air h~s personal if you could drop in some ::\londay evening
Our members are nearly all working, gri~v&lIce~. l\"ews must ue very ~(:arce you would wonder why so Dlany are COlll-
althO\~gh some are not working full time. vlha:H tl1cre is nothing to \\', itt.! ~l;,)nt ex- ing into our ranks. Allow me to ~ay we
'fJle writer and Bro. Hilton have heen busy cept· thO;! ~(mdul"t ef tl'e omc")",, of the have taken on new life and are hustling,
for some time past re\\;ring the Baldwin Brot!lt.!rhood ~'.nd iJ!. the- 0:~::,.'.~iai o~'g'at1 of and at the present rate it cannot be long
Theatre ill this city and putting in new til" Brotherhood at t.hat. Our rorhlitution before the trade of Indianapolis and sur-
dimmers, switchhoard. etc. \Ve contem~ contcins rul\:..s to' gO·~·ern tIle l;Jertll!ers of rounding towns will be in line with our
plate gidng a smoker· in the near future the l~:1.1 iOllat Brothethood. ~:ld pru\'itl~s a liners and electrical workers. Our charter
to revive outside interest in the ~. B:, the penalty lor ;my ",elution ofthr·1lJ, iii) if any has been reopened, and the way Ollr goat
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is kept at work would make a fellow smile
and woueler if there was no end to the
procession. All classes of the trade in the
city are DOW represented at our meetings,
and applications are coming in at a very
encouraging rate. J~ is our aim to extelld
an invitation to all of the trade in the city.
and we belie\'c that we will be able to
place No. JO aUiong the first of the local
unions. 1'wo weeks ago we had the
pleasure of having our Grand President
with us, and were favored by a very IH.:lp-
ful and encouraging addn;ss from hill'..
\Ve had an open meeting 'and were re-
warded by a large crowd that listened Lo
some yery able sp~ecbes. The door" wlll
be open every other meeting night. 1'10n-
day evening, ~o\'eUlber 14th, will be an
open meeting. All are im'lted to these
meetings. \Ve will haye able and inter-
esting speakers on each occasion. Come:
In conclusion let me add that one of, 01'
perhaps "the" grandest enterprise t!'mt
has' come to this city since we have knowll
it is tlle new'TelepiJone Company. The
management of the company seems lv be
pel'fect. Their oue aim and object seems
to be to employ the best of labor and ,lave
the very best work done possible, and ill
that way erect a complete and model tele-
phone exchange. They are succeeding,
aud it will not be a great many I11onth~ be-
fore this \\;11 be a succes~ful and extensive
exchange, both local and long distance,
alld we, to a mall, join ill wishing them
success beyolld. all their expectations.
should this reach you in time it will be
enough for the next iss\le of the \\'orker,
and I hope to be a I'egular correspondent
in the future.
Respectfully yours,
E. E. BAl:"!AN~,
Press Sec.
~ocal Union No. 7.7.
Detroit, Mich., ~ov. 6, 1898.
Editor Electrical Worker:
As the night is dark and chil1y, and the
dreary drizzle of the rain on the roof warlls
me that the street comer would not be a
cheery place, I will stay in and jot down a
few items for Editor Sherman to puhlish.
\\'e11 , brothers mine, I hardly know
what to '\\·rit.(' about this month as nothing
of especial importance has happened, with
the exception of the collapse of the new
'Vonderland Imiio1ing which you ha\'e un-
doubtedly all reat! about in the papers. If
it kid happel:eu a few clays later, after the
wiring of the huilding had commenced,
No. 17 would probably 11a\'e had sc\'eral
members killed, fo:' it was to be a strictly
union wiring joL, There were twch'e
mecha.nics of other tmdes killed.
\\'e recei\'ed a cOllllllunication last meet-
ing night asking for sOllie \Il1ion linemen;
but we couhl not furnish them, for I am
happy to state that every man is wOl'king
THE ELECTRICAL WORKER
here that carries tb'e Electricai 'Workers,
card, Olat badge of aecent wages a.nd <le-
cent tr~'ttIl1e!!t, according to :.h,~ .-\merican
standa:-d,
Bro. Cassin has T('tumed from Chicago,
w!Jere he spent a few days. He says that
~o. 9 has the grandest set of union m~l1
he ever met, and th::tt be was used like a
prince. He wishes me to thank them,
through the Journal, for their truly frater-
nal treatment.
We are going to give a ball and grand
electrical display soon. The committee
says it will be the greatest hit of the
season. I, myself, was more in favor of
giving a good smoker among ourselvcs ;
;.I1 fact I got up and lIlade a talk to that
effect, but the other members arose and
sat on me uanimousl y. so the ball " goes."
I hope it will be a success. Watch fOT
the date, aud cowe and join in the festivi-
ties.
The new wiring o~di!lallce gotten up by
No. 17 passed the common council, was
sigued by the mayor, and is now a law, and
a good one too. There was strong opposi-
tion to it frolll the lighting plant people
who claimed the old onlillance was good
enough, hut when Bro. Tho;l\as Forbes
and George BrowlI pointed out where the
old law had holes in it big enough to drive
a brewery wagun through, why the new
law was passed with a whoop.
Bro. Edward Andrews 'went south to help
supedndent the instaiiing of the new tele-
phone exchange in ~c\\' Orleans; but when
he got there they had a shot gun quaran-
tine around the city, aHu he could not get
in. He had to COllIe north again but he
said he was going back as soon as the yel-
low fever was stamped out. \Ye hope Ko.
4 will use hiw right, for he is a brother we
esteem very high1y.
The Detroit Telephone Co., with whom
we have a union agreement, report busi-
ness as flourishing. Bro. Frank Hughes is
superintendent. He is a practical man,
hadng worked at the business for years.
He is not like some of these fellows who
come out of college and put on eye-glasses·
and try to manage a p1'lnt out of books.
They can conjugate n.:rbs, decline n!>ulls
(seldom tIecline drinks) and they can talk
theory till the cows <xlme home; but when
it comes to doing something, the practical
man is wanted.
There is a certain pompous lighting com-
missioner in Detroit, who, I understand,
ofIereu the editor of the Scntind, the labor
paper of our city, twenty-five dollars to
nen)' somethillgthat No. 17 had gil'en out.
How true it is I dou't kilO\\', hut I do know
that Editor Samuel ~rarcus is a lIIall that
C[lIl\lot be bought. ~ow this ;.ame ("Jl!I'
Jt\i~sioner has tried to tell No. Ii its busi,
ness before. During the strike he was op-
pusl;fl to us and he seems to know wbat we
want Letter than we do ourselves. \\'hat
I I
we really wallt, is, a good husky man who
will give bonds to kick him clear over into·<
P"~,ey county, Indiana, the next time he
opens his big "bazoo" about organized
labor. He will probably be shown this
letter, but that "cuts no frozen water" with
me.
E\'erythillg is progressing finely; No. 17
has a conler lot on easy street. Our mem-
bership is increasing steadily ,old prejudices
are giving way to organization's irresisti-
Lle march. Uniouism has a better show
than ill times past I think. Look at Go\'.
Talluer's stand for the union miners fol'in-
stance. Of conrse we all think of good
times in years past, but you know the
heart always casts a glamour over days
that are dead, and I maintain that union-
ism'm:ver had more power, 01' union men
more respect than at present.
Brothers, I will close by saying, stand
up for your rights, not only as unioll men,
hut also as citizens of this coun~ry. Ever),
right we have to·clay was fought for.
f;very rrivilege you and I enjoy. represents
our father's blood and our !Jlolher's tears.
Let us be worthy sons of our shoes.
DAN E. ELLSWORTH,
______P_re_s_s_Secl'etary.
~ocal Union No. 9.6.
',\'ashingtoll, D. C, Nov. 4, 189S.
Editor Electrical \\' ol'ker:
Hm ing been elecLetI P. S. last meeli 1\;':,
I win el1lleayer to help fill the columns of
thcWorker. .
\York here at present is favorable and
has been for SOUle time.
1',ow a few lines in regard to Local 26.
Whcn tIl(: undersigned came to \\'ashillg-
ton ahout one year ago, 26 was in a flour-
ishing condition, weekly l!I(;(.fings, gO<1d
attendance, every mall a \Inion III an , every
&hop a union shop., Eu", ala,,! How tIle
mighty are fallen! Local 26 has bit the
dust. Few union men, no union shops.
few mcetings, no attendance, plenty of
bills to p~y, nothing to pety witb! Why
should all thes~ tl.ings happen? Because
the·hoys seem to have lost all interest in
ende~t\'ori ng to better their condition. The
few who manage to hold :16 together oft-
times hear repeated by some of her o]rl
tillle ardent workers, that the unica is 11~
good, what's the llse of paying 60 cents n.
month for lIothin?-" why don't you do tbis
and why dOl;'~ YOI1 tIo that, and I often
wonder why they don't come around and
do a little themselves. Of cOllrse the
world is full of Sl1ch people. I think the
only method to regain them is by treating
tht:11I with due resp~ct as .there is nothing-
to l'ain hy scorn. \\'e11 I hope hefore the
issl1t· of the next \Yorker that all the 0111-
: iTll!'!:·s \\,ill he in line awl OIl<;C 1110re have
their slwt:lders to the wheel, for as a
se\'cre winter has been preliil'teil, naturally
the wheel will not turn as ea,;iIy as of yore.
O'CO);~ELL,
Press Secreta.')·.
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~cal Union No •. 27.
Baltimore, Md., ~ov. 4, 18c)8.
Editor Electrical Worker:
A few weeks ago the Ninth U. S. Cav-
alry pas£ed through this city O\'er the B.
& O. R. R.· When the train stopped for
dinner at Camden Station Col. McGregor,
the commander of the regiment, ordered a
detail of four troopers to be placed on the
engine to prevent it from being moved,
while his lordship, the colonel, proceeded
leisurely to the depot restaurant for his
dinner. , the necessity of having a large standing
The officers of the roaduppealed to him
to allow them to move the train off the
main track as it 1;llocked the entrance to
the Belt Line Tunnel (through which all
traffic between Philadelphia and Wabing-
tOll must pass) aud practically made a
single track road of the entire system, but
he waived them aside in distain and would .
r.ot listen to them. One hour and fifteen
minutes after, his lordship proceeded
leisurely to board his train and then
graciously allowed tbem to move out of
the way. Such an exhibition of despotic
authority is hard to realize but Col. Mc-
Gregor has the distinction of being the
. only man that ever got the best of the B.
& O. R. R., and the citizens of the state
should present him with an engrossed set
of resolutions and a gold mounted sword.
Seriously spea"king, Mr. Editor, suppose
this had been done by some poor devils
who were on a strike against starvation
wages, \Vllat a howl would have gone up
from one end of the country to the other?
How the capitalistic press would have de-
nounced them as anarchists, as conspha-
tors \\ hose sole aim was the destruction of
society. The militia would have been
called out and those men, if not shot
down, would have been thrown in prison
while all the resources of the government
and the courts WOUld' hm'e been. placed at
the service of the railroad company to
-crush them. Now if an army officer with
a regiment of soldiers at his back acts this
way towards a big corporation, what treat-
ment would a workingman receive who
bappened to cross their path.
This is an illustration of what we can
expect when we get that large standing
army that everybody seems to be crying
for. And then take the case of two lieu-
tenants "ith the army in Honolulu who,
while on a drunken frolic, placed the
town under martial law, chased everybody
off·· the . streets and terrorized the people
for several hours .. The officers in question
were afterwards tried by court martial, hut
as {)ne of ~hem was a sou·of the general m
comnland of the troops there, they were of
coursc acquitted of the charge,
Another illustration of all officer of the
quartennaster's department in Porto Rico
the other day who, when the meu elll-·
ployed in unloading ,'esse Is refused to
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work, Lt:cause their wag"s hnd becn cut
from $1 to 75 cents per tiay, callerl out the
trGOl1S, ronnc."d up the labc,H;rs like a herd
of cattle, shot and stabbf!fl those ..... lto at-
tempted to escape ane. ma.a.e them all go
to work at the point of the b..'lyond. If
suell thiIlgS are aliowed in our new posses-
sions, how long will it he before the same
game is tried right here at home?
For years all the great corporations and
trusts, ill tilde ellc:.eavoT'; to keep down the
wOlking classes, have been preaching' up
army. 'fhe craze for di~tant possessions
which seems to have taken hold ~f this
government to the exclusi~'11 oI:all com-
mon sense anG a total disregard of t1Ie
honesty of purpose of tlJe ~\ll1eTica!1 peo-
ple, gi,-e these ·same corporations the op-
portunity they ha\'e he en looking for for
years, the chance of ha\;ng a lalge stand-
ing army, knowing that the inhabitants of
those- hlands caunot be kept ill suhjection
unless there is a powerful militat}' force
on hand at all times. It is al~o a part of
the scheme of these same peo!",ie to·place
the entire national guard llnder th~ ·oniers
of thegon~rnU1ellt, a~ all armv ·officer ex-
·pressed himself Ute other - dal- "the
national gl1;!Td !lIust not again b~' placed
at the disposal of men like Altgeid or
Tanner,"
It is time fo~·. the laborill~ peOple of this
cocntry to clill a halt on the well laid l,lans
of the bond holders and nWl1t'Y cj!l~se-s, for
just as sure as we have a· large standing
army placed l1uner the order!' cf "ome des-
pot 01' tool oi Ule corpomtions in \\"ash-
11lgt011, just so sure ~win tlie rights and
liberties of the people oe taken from them
one. by one avl dmmhead courts martial
take the place of the civil law. Owing to
the gross incOilipefency and criminal neg-
ligence of a large majority -of the po~itical
favorites who have been givcli commis-
sions in the army, the pcople wil1 :lOt be
as wHling to elJlist ill the st'n;ce in the
futurc as they lIun: been ill the p::.st. It
will be but a step then to a general con-
script iaw. such as they ha'.'e in Russia,
Germany, France, etc. "Gnder tnese con-
ditions wherf' ·win our anciem liberties be,
of which we lt2.\'e boasted for a· hundred
years and more? ·'V}lat will become of
our labor unions which, with all their
faults, have done ';0 much for the working
people of t.his coulltry? These questions
will have to ue met a:ld solved by the peo-
ple (l.lId by t heln. a lone a uti ar. the)' ~ow the
WiHd they ,viii certainly reap tbe whirl-
wind. F. H_ Rt:SSF.LJ"
PreS~i Seer etary.
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I"oeal Union No. 30.
Cincinnati, 0., No\'. 7, 1898.
Editl'r Electrical \\'orker:
r tJJOugltt perhap;, a few lines to the
'Vorker frow this Sherlil:tn and Clf':\-elsnd-
[November
ized l~]ity might interest our brothers in
otber localities where the Marcus _0\. Hanna
and Wm. McKinley prosperity has stmck
them a little stronger than it did us he.e
in Cincinnati. '~le still Ih-e ill hopes, brit
I am satisfied that we will die in despair if
we depend upon and wait for the gllglish
gold system to hring it here. ..
All the members of Local ~o. 30 are
working at the present writing. There is
no telling how long it will continue in this
rut_ There is one thing! wish to c:tll the
attention of the melllbers of Local ~o, 3t !
to, and that is their indifference in attend-
ing the me~tings, and especially the insirle
men, that is, what few we ha\-e got .)f
them, who are especially benefite(1 above
the out&ide men (linemen) by IIm'jng rep-
resentative in tlie Bl\ildin~ Trades Coun-
cil. If you remember, we got into that
organization by the skin of our teeth.
Take my ad\-ice and attend the meetings
or' the Brotherhood, so that we can give
the hoys that represent Local Ko. 30 in
the Building Trades Council some encour-
agement to hold that berth. You know
when we lose that berth, we lose a big
hold for the inside men, Of cOl'lrse it isn't
doing the boys much good at pre~ellt, ·but
,,-ill in the future, If you don't do better
than you have in the past, Local :\0_:;0
will haveto hand up its charter and I know
that there will be a few brothers who will
go el~ewhere to pay their dues_ Life is
too short to he fretted away in hehalf of
people who are so indifferent to their own
interests.
:1\ow I hope the brothers will take a
little more interest in atteliding their
meetings hereafter ami encourage the
members who have worked so faithfully in
their behalf.
WHISKERS,
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I..ocal Union No. 35.
Boston, illass" ~ov, i; 1R98.
Editor Electrical Worker:
Local 35 110Ids interesting lJIeetings
every \\'edllesday evening and has all \O\'er·
increasing membership, The Lorn Elect.
Co. signed our contract a few week~ :>_;,{O
and almost all the men iu their fCmploy
went into our local. We hope the oti1 er
electrical houses here will . fall in line,
They will have to come to it in·time, as
things are coming our way, l'deetilJgs Inst
some evenings until 12 o'clock and· after,
and business seems of such importance
that in time we will have to 11a\'e two
meetings per week. I notice lately there
are a few of the old timers not attending·
regularly. There is 110 need of nte!ltioning
nantes, Those who read the \\'orkcr and
do not attend can ·lake it to thcin~(-I\"es_
Once in a while they come around and
hold 115 back in transacting our husiness ia
regular form, appealing from the decision
of our old pal, Mikc, and they ought to
quit, \Ve all know he does. the best he
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call for the interest of Local 35, but ali
Dlembers ill good standing haye that au-
thority, while Hoyle states no others ce.n
Dlix ill while an appeal is called for. I
received a few letters from brothers of rlif-
fp.rent locals Ollt west, applying for work
in Bostoll. \\"ell, there are lots of reports
from our members, ,;tatiTlg where men are
wanted, but no steady work, so I would
not ad\'ise any hrothers to come east look-
ing for work, although at times there are
some good jobs. \\"e received an a1'I,lic(1-
ti(,11 frolll Supt. Cottle, of COl1stmClion
Dept., city of Doston, wanti:ng a first-class
man. "'e reco!Umended Bro. Buckley.
lIuvt:l1'l !H,;uxd yet ,,·llctlic,- he gllt the-reo.
He was employed there before. Say Cot-
tle, send for sOllle 11lore. There: was a
vacallcy ill the firc alarm department, and
we appointed a n)mmittee to wait 011 the
Commissioner, Kl1"sell. They reported
that he will write Local 35 when he wishcs
to employ an eiectl"ical worker, so y"e are
waiting to hear from him. Seyeral phllts
are going in at sulmrLan towns and also
an electric railway. 'Ye can't compbill
about work here. Next meetiug there win
be talk of :getting togcther and a1Ta;t~ing
to have our annual ball, which we take
great interest in, especially for the pleas-
ure, not to say lluything about the finan-
cial part. Our treasurer, Bro. Sheahan,
has been on the sick list, but is reported to
be O. K. after a few weeks of abr-ence.
Everything else going all right.
T. R. MELVILI.E,
Press Secretary.
~ocal Union No. 37.
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 10, 1598.
Editor Electrical Worker:
November 9th has been here ~nu de-
parted, lind Ko. 37'5 chief annual dance
and display is a thing of the past. On
that evening the members assembled, with
their wi\'es, si\'eethearts and friends, to
participate ill the celebration.
Our electrical dispL'l)' was sil1lply im-
mense. The lights were all colored red,
white and LIne. For our main attractions
we lJad an electrical fountain, the design
of our worthy Vice-president Dannstaedt.
The fonntain was a reproduction of the one
whicll attracted so Ull1clt attention at the
\Vodd's Fair, challed the "Sheaf of
""heat." \Ve al~o had a large st?r in-
scribed in a circle about seven feet in diam-
eter. 'l'het'e were ISo lights in thc !:'tar,
and it was hung in place of a large chan-
delier in the center of the hall. :\illlost
thp. first thing to· strike the eye upon
elltering the haIL room was a large sign
hiduing all "\'\ elcolJle." Opposite tltis
alld sllspeJ1(!ed on:r the stage was the
emblem of our :-;at~l)lIal Brotherhood. On
eaell ,i(le of the fOl1ntain was placed on an
(>asel a star wili! "hom tlfiy lamps ill each ..
Ovcr this allel 5uspf:l1ded from the curtain
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border were tll:; 1 ~tters ~. 1<. E. "... 011
each sill~ of lht:: : ( \\9 elcolH e ~ I sign ,,-n:;
placed ~'n anchor and a st~r. Di.~ec::.ly
o\'c, th:.: "\Velcome" wus a small pole
and cr'.)"."-urm <:lx~>ped with bunting. On
top of i i,(, poic w~.:~ perched ~n \!f. g;e j,.,id-
ing an incandescent lamp in his beak.
The ~uccp.;:s of the ball i~ due largely to
the efforts of Br;). Darms.. aedt and his
assistallls 011 the di~play COllllllittee.
After an enjop-'bJe COilcert the graml
march was formed. President F. H.
P.oherts, witll :VIiss Lane, led the march.
followed by F. \\'. Dannstaerlt and wife,
'''tn. H. (;rawle) ami :VIi;;s Putnam, Wm.
B. :\1::10)" :l11d l\1is~ Tryon, 1\1. P. SuUh'an
mod wife and about two hundred othel'
couples. The grallrl. lll:1rch was one of the
11I0St interesting events of the evening.
Afte~ a promenade around the hall the
letters !\. H. E. 'V. were formed, and you
can imagine how prelty it loo:~ed.
We wish to extt't!d our thanks to all
who a~sisted to make the dance a success.
lIoping that we will all be together for our
next, and hoping to see more nSlllllg
brothers on that occasion, 1'11 close my
weary eyes.
W. B. ·MALOY,
R. S.
Local Union No. 38.
Clc\'elam!, 0., :-;0\'. 8, 18<)8.
I~ditor Electrical \I'orkcr:
The time ha~ ~rriyed for another letter
from No. 38. Tl:(~ past month has been a
red hot one. \\'e have increaseu our cir-
cuit fifteen lIew lights this month, and the
writer holds in \Iis possession two $J.fI.OO
applications. The faise went into effcct
on Nov. 1St. The members are all taking
a good deal of interest in ·the work at
present.
The linemen 113ve started out ill good
shape with the Home Telephone Co. The
joL is "no cani, no work." But the new
arrival has the choice of coming to the
front and paying his $10.00. If he does
not, well, 1\1r. Editor, he has to pass on to
some other job. Our hrothers who haye
come from Nos. 56, IO anti 3 ha\'e all clear
cards. Th~ old timer, when he COlllel;
along for a job. gellPrally finds things
pretty good after he ha<; shown his card
amongst the boys. So .all tra\'elas com-
ing this way be plcpured to show your
trnyeling cRrel. so there will he no harn
feelings toward Local No. 38 and its meIll-
bers.
liro. Sam Harris ha~ re~llrned frolll Ham"
ilton, Ohio, where hL has had charge of a
street car job. BIOS. Harris, Gilmore,
Ho:;well, Ste"ens, who also hall out gang:.;
on the sam", joh, call1,,, back aho. 'I'h"
general outlook for linework this \\inter·i!;
very good.
At present all lhe wire fixers are work-
ilig, that is, all our members who foliow
thc oubitle hr:lI1ch of the b\i!'iJle:,~. The
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inside men have quite a little work on at
pre~et\t. They are all doing something.
The f:111 trade is picking up. The trade
lor the past month has been fair with
them. They have had no big jobs this
summer of any account. They look for a
gooet winter and all prospects at present
indicak that trade will he good. The
shop men in the 'Valker Co. employ 5tate
that things are fair with them. They are
all working at present. They ne\'er know
what it is to lose any time. They work all
night and day at times and then they are
airaid to come over town anti attend our
mee:;ngs. But now if a member fails to
att(>ud one meeting in a month he is fined
$1.00 'Ve excuse him on tllese condi-
tion.:;,: •. Out of town, sickness or working
nights." The new rule has a good effect
Oil them.
The members of Local !\o. 80 gave a
successful card party· on the 29th of la~t
ll1('lltll. There were about twenty mem-
bers from I.ocal Nc. 3~ prE>sent. The
mel1:iJe.s of Le·cal Xu. 80 :lrc good cnt~r­
taiuers and the d;,itillg lnothers froUl No.
3S sp(>ak highly of the cOlllllliltee on ar-
rangements.
The press ~ecretar) of Lo,~al No. So Itas
not 5('nt allY letters to the '\"orker, but I
was tvid that they w(.'uld eontrihute oue
this ll~O\lt It.
Saw <I uotic., ill last mouth's \\'orker
thal Hr!). ehas. E. Taylor, of LocP.I 41,
Buffall", reccin:d i:tjuries while at work,
of a paillhll 11:.ture. Bro. Taylor and my-
self ha\'e caUle up the pik.e together Oll
differcHt joi)s. I hope thc iujuries' hi: re-
ceiYe'l 'l.n: 110t as serious as was rep~lr-.. <:,1..
Let uJ1 brothers be on the lookuut for Lhp.
bursti:tg of an incande5cen t la1l1 p, a!> they
wight losc their eyesight :))" tit,:: om·sting
of one.
TIle time for our allnual dance has
arrived. 'Vi11 give dt,:dlea account in my
next lelter.
\\'ell, !Vir. Editor, so.nl<! of aur radical
men have got lost. They all disappeared.
''lie can not find them. They work ill
strictly union shops, but they can 110t find
time to come to the meetings and pay
tl1dr dues until they get a hot letter from
our filiallciai secretary.. Mr. Editor, there
is where they show their failing. In fact,
they 5il<.,uld keep In the frollt more titan
they do. tiut tltey always have tite excuse
that they are busy.
\\' oui.,l like to see a few more letters
fn:t: ,~ifferent local;, in tite Worker. Let
>1:. hiln: some news. Brothers, look at tlte
last quarterly report frol\l headquarters.
Tlte T'!port is grand. \Ye made a goo,l
sc.!e.:~ioli in Ollr Gn:w, S~eret:J.r:,·. Our re-
ceijJti' and cash \~a h:l!;,I has increased O\'cr
fi\'e time:; the former !lmonnt. X ow,
brothers, take a hand and boom your local,
get ia s.)me new tilllbcr am! let the sistcr
unions k!low that you are of SOUle aCcvl\lll,
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and rank up with the large organizations.
There is no reason why the Brotherhood
'should not double its membersrup this
coming year. The way No. 38 is growing
she will soon reach the 200 mark. Let
Qtbers try and stir the people in their
towns up. Get out amongst the fellow
electrical workers aUd get them in line,
and just as soon as you can, get the
majority of your trade organized. Then
you can go to the front for an increase in
wages. There is no reason why an elec-
trical w{lrker should not receive the high-
est wages paid. Do they? No; the reason
is this, they have not realized the condi-
tion of things and have not stood together.
But I hope they will realize the fact before
long.
GEO. H. GLEASON,
Press Secretary.
~ocal Union No. 40.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 7, I&j8.
Editor Electrical Worker.
As the time has rolled around for the
monthly report for the 'Vorker, the P. S.
eould give a few stray members a }\Brd rub,
but as he is not in fighting trim for this
issue will have to lay it over till the next.
The Hanamo Telephone Co. has asked
the city council for right of way through
this city; its lines extend from points in
northwest Missouri, and it is trying to
reach the Stock 'Yards. Its present term-
inus is with the CiLizen's Tel. Co. The
Street Railway Co. is putting a new steel
roof over its power house and, when fin-
ished, the building will be fire proof. Other
e,,-tensive improvements on their lines and
·tracks keep the brothers tmployed there
Qn the jump most of tbe time.
Ex-Bro. Smith was misquoted ill the Oc-
tober \\'orker, for in looking up past
r~cords we find he received but $10 sick
benefits, and. stand corrected in this re-
gard. Heretofore the ex-brother was one
Qf our worthy members in good standing,
and 1 don't see why he ,should object to
paying 'his little mite of monthly dues to-
'wards 'organized labor, which is a 'benefit
to any laboring man, even if there is 110
sick benefits, for he reaps the same benefits
as the rest of the brothers who pay dues to
keep the union in existence. Tbere never
was a case where a member in need or his
family in want that the brothers of No. 4Q
didn't contribute libtrallY and always wm
do so.
Ex-Bro. Snodgrass paid us a visit and
stated he was ready for adjustmtnt and
will be one of the repaired lights of the
circuit.
""e had some hrothers visit us from
Omaha and Desl\Ioines locals,now with the
}'ostal Telegraph Co., last meeting night.
The way they made one of their gang who
was initiated ride his royal nibs was a prt-
caution. \Ve have three more members'
THE ELECTRICAL WORKER [November
frem the ~:ame gang for initiatjoll and hope ~cal Union No. 46.
the brothers ",:Jl be Oil illlnd to gi"e us a Lowell, Mass., Oct. 28.
lift when they present thtmselves. Editor Electrical ''''orker :
Bro. Gtlrt(J!I, engineer at the City Elec- Another month has goue and it is time
tric Light plant, i:ad the mis!ortt;ne to to report to the Worker. Well, all our
lose his little son Glen, !l proUlising lad of boys are working; as Bro. Murphy says,
4 years, "'htl died Octoher 17th. The Bro. When he is working e\'erybody is working.
ha!': our ('ond(J1 ence a lid s)'1Il pathy. Inside'work has iwproved somewhat, but
All h~oO,p.r~ s l h,'a11l ':t':mc!j1her that the , it will not last long, for there is not UlIlC!J
boycott is still on the popuitl,r Crawford building going 011 here. Outside work is
theater al!d !'bould not aisgrace themselves going on in the same old'rut; tbe difif:f"cnt
by passing through its doors. Also re- companies are getting along with as little
member to attend meeting!': e\'ery Friday help as possible. Our inside workers are
night. Bro, )Iottor, om- delegate te the going to make a mo\'e to hetter their con-
labor cnl1ncil, who is 0\; th~ legislative dition, which I expect will come out fa,'or-
cOlll1l1ittee of that body was p&uring the able, as to all accounts they are going
hot stuff into tllem at (}n~ of t!.Jci.r meet- about it the right way.
ing-s, and is the right uta .. in that capacity. \\'el1, I must say Xo. 46 is having her
Nothing like remembering the enemies of own troubles. There a-re a class of men in
labor on the day of the tJattle of ballots. t1lis quarter you could not unionize under
Its the workil~eman's Oll!Y redress, all)' circumstances; these ar~ the fellows
" j6, H who want to stand in with the "boss':'
'Press Secretary.
------- and who \\-111 carry tales concerning their
fellow-workers and try to promote their
Local Union No. 44.
Rochester, Nov. 8, .898, own seifish interests by teat;ng dowt. the
Editor Eltetricel \Vork('r: character of their fellow,worl,ingmen.
It has been some time since our local They think by, carrying to their "cl!lployers
was hea.:d fr~)q1. Bro. Graham resigned, the alleged wrong-doings of SOllJ~<.Ine ttle)'
,I was elected in his plac:e, 'and I forgot to are e1e,'ating thelllstlves in the cyes of the
senfl { l I~tler last momll, but I hope the former, and will he rewarded by prOlTlO-
brothers will overlook it this time, for I tion fOT their ',' fidelity" lo them. WiJiie
will try and make up ~il the flltUl'e,' the bosses ha,'e nothing but contempt for
',\-ell, brothers, 1 am g!a(l to Nl)" that these traitors, tItey often encourage this
we 31: h[tve oeen q'uitc husy tht 1~5t two 50rt of treachery, and the poor ddufjed
mOl;th5, allli I hepe the broth(~rs wili have dupe goes on cutting the throats of his
lots of work all winter. fellow-workmen, little dreaming tbat !Ie
Local 1.:1110n 44 will hold their al:l1ua1 will reach the end of his own rope some
ball on Xonmlber :!!st, and 'I','e are ail busy tillle and hang himself. Such l~len are
with our (;1~ctriC<ll di£phy, which I hope held in contempt both by employer and
will be secoilQ to non; cve~ seen in Roch- employee. A ulan wbo can not be true to
ester. his fellow-workmen can not long be loyal
\Ve had olle 'of our hrothers ill St. ylary's to his employer, and his employer knows
hospital with a b,ok('u limb, l'.1ld J tell it as well as anyone; therefore he is about
YOI1, hrothers, it is a sael t hill~ to be COIU- the first one to be dropped from the rolls.
pelled to stn.y in bed. 1 hope t 1le brothers Xo\\', it takes years to perfect a goud or-
will bear in mind jf oae of our brothers ganization, therefore it is the duty of e"ery
should have the misfortune to ht sick to worktr to keep ,steadily on. Every cent
pay him a "j"it every chance yon get, for spent towards your union goes to ele,'ate
it will. be, like a ray of 511 nshine or. a cloudy the lives of those you lllustlean: behind
day, aud I wish to iUlpre';'!;\lpolltht~ h~oth­ you some day. I never regretted for not
ers' niind their financic1 respOl:sibilities. having a card as I did some six years ago
Now, brothers, 'yon will bear me cut when when 1 was on the road in Dakota, I was
I silY lIlat your object in joinillg the X. B. in a' side-door ,Pullman with thrce tin-
E. \V. ,;:as for th,e benefits which 'you re- workers. They all showerl their cards,
ceive, and how can you expect aPy bene- while I hit the ground and had to make
fits if you dOIl't ket::p up yeur £nal1eial thl" best of it on the trucks.
'fhe electrical workers are getting to
pP.-Tt j) Tn In:" n!,~!';('n "'.~nlbr:,.~ 0ueht to
look like coal shovelers; they dUll't get
pay their d'nes in arlV.'lllct: instead of being time to wash up once a ,,'eek, and ii things
two cr three nJnnths ill urrears, for it costs ket::p on a few years more coal shuveling
no more at thee:1d l,f thc year. It i,;; had will be the best job of the two, ,
Two of our brothers returned honle with
busine!'s nw.nagcmel1t to negkc'- your
the Sixth RegiUlent last night, froln Porto
dl1<:5, and !lop" the b;'ot~lf':rs will hear in Rico. Bro. PaLte; ~o)n, who joined Cuptain
mind [,nG. pay t~lelll pf(.mp~ly at the end Clark's Signal Corps, in Jloston, is eajoy-
. of each month. It j .. fo~ your wife's and ing a 6o-days' furlough. \\'e han: a com-
chi!urcn's benefit to do !-:(I. mittee out preparilig a recf:p~i(Jn and
smoke-talk for our returtll"d brothers and
J will c1o~,e '.\'lth hesc wh:hes to alL soldiers. Fraternallv vour;;,
J L. GUEP.IXOT. J:RARRETT.
Pre3s Sec. Press Sec'y.
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Local Union No. 56.
Erie, Pa.', Nov. 5, 189~.
Editor Electrical Worker:
Oh,1 am so glad it is time to transfer
some more of my intelligence to our valu-
able paper. 1 am a little tired this even-
ing, as 1 have been climbing some of those
good hard chestnut poles to-day and as I
t~ok off my weapons when I qnit work 1
wished that 1 never would see any l!Iore
chestnut poles or anything like them.
But wishing did no good, for the first thing
I saw when I got home was a quart of
chestnuts for my supper. But 1 ate them
all as 1 was afraid somebody might plant
them and raise some more chestnut poles.
Brother Maloy, of No. 31, wants to have
somebody prove that two equals one. 'Ve
ha\'e got one that will equal six and ile
isn't a year old yet. But he is all right
aIHI wants to joi n 56.
011 yes, the wire fixers are all working.
Bros. Hart and Hick are still fixing wires
at 'Yarrcn, Pa. The Mutual Phone Com-
pany have got the right of way trouble
settled and are going to COlli plete their
line frolIi Erie to Grand.
\\'aterford, Pa., a tOW11 of about 500 folks
is putting in an electric light plant. They
expect to have 14 street arc lamps :!nd
over 300 inca!ldescents. Bros. Kistner
and Miller weilt" down and helpcd to set
the" sticks.
Fifty-six is very glad to learn that llro.
-----has got a job in a good union
town aud sees" the need of a card. \\' c
hope he will always remcmber this and
110t forget his dues until it becomes a case
of " have to."
It isn't a velY good idea to think that a
good job is a life time pension. The best
of summers fall and seek a warm place for
wiuter.
"The weather here is' absorbing some
moisture and it makes the country roads a
little had. I was out" the other day "with a
two-horse power rig and the resistance of
the wads was so heavy that I had to re-
wind my horse power about every 16 feet,
and at last I had t.o cut olle horse power
out and jump to the fields to get home. I
don't expect any lIIore trouhle of this
killd as I llllderstand that the thermometer
h::.s an agreement with the coal yard to go
down and the coal is going up. If such is
the case, it will freeze the resistallce out
cif the roads. No. 56 is going to give a
grand ball, inclllllillg a cake walk, N(.\'. 9,
and we" expect a hot till1e~ 'Yell, 1 gne~s
I will have to "pnll the plugs on thi~ alHi
throw the circuit open until ncxt 1II0r1\ h,.
as I have to writ.e to the i\ew York Sun
and Cincillnati Enquirer before the dance.
Fraternally yours;
L. E. C.
Press Secretary.
THE ELECTRTCAL WORKER
Local Union No. 60.
San Antoilio, Tex., "Nov. 3, '98,
Editor Electrical 'Vorker:
The"re arc ahout fonr chances to one that
the S. "\. St. Ry. Co. wili have another
strike 011 hand very soon, for the "poor
worm" (motormen ahd conductors) has
ahout concluded to turn 011 the foot that
crushed it.
The St. Ry. employees of this city have
just reorganized theu,seh'es and have sent
to the Grand Lodge for a charter, with
abont se\'el1ty~five members enrolled on
the list. l\Iay their efforts be crowned
with success is the earuest prayer of all
(lrganized labor in S. A.
The car men in S. A. have been working
18 and 12 hours per day for $1.50 and $1.25
ever since the electric street railway sys-
tem has been installed here; they have had
three strikes before, but Prcs. "'. H. \\'ciss
has always succeeded in breaking up thcir
organization. 'Ve hope that with the as-
sistance of the organized labor of S. A. that
they will be able to hold together this
time. They have all to win and notlring
to lose, so if the strike does go against
them they m'e out l1'Jthing but the poorest
kind of a job. The commonest laborer
around tOWh receivcs at least $1.25 pe! day,
so yOll see the boys do 110t care if, thcy do
lose their jobs, as S(lmc of them would be
better off, anyway.
'York here in S. A. is gradually decreas-
ing, and it keeps a number of the Loys
hustling around to make ends meet, my-
self among the number.
The girls at the l\1:lVcrick Clark Print-
ing Co. say that .. something fell dOWll
the elevator shaft;" thc s(lmething spoken
of was Bro: Chub, Talcott, who fell one
story without receh;ng an injury.
Bro ... Red" Hendricks has been trans-
ferred to the position of line repaircr on
the west end of the S. P. Ry. Stay with
it, Bill, for it is a good thing.
No. 60 had one of their famous .. smok-
ers" last Saturday; all present had a good
time 3.nd enjoyed tlle entertainment.
The boys would like to know if COIll1olly
intends to become a nnion man?
F. '\'., Press Sec·y.
Local Union No. 68.
Denver, Col., :Kov. 3, IS9S.
~u.itor Eiectricdl Workt! :
This being my first attempt to inf(lrm
the readers of the Electdcal 'Vorke~ of th~
times in Denvcr and the progp~~,; o~ :\0.
68, I can 110t gi\'e a great deal of inlonn<l-
ti'JlI, as I transferre.l herc only a ~hort
time ago from :;-;0. 21., Omaha" Previous
to coming to Dt'l1\'er was in Phil:ulelphia
for 14 months and to 111\' regret there was
no locHl there. Philadelphia can SUPPUI"t
two locals allfl we should have all the elec-
" trical wOTkcrs tlwre iii our Grand Lodge.
1 5
I uIH:"erstand No. 68 has 110t contributed
any news to the 'Vorker for some time.
r c:m ~,ay No. 68 is a wid~-a-wake and
prospe,'ous local, we have added a number
of n(!w lights to our circuit lately. '\'e
havc al~o raised our initiation fee to $10
ami auded one light np to this writing.
There is no reason why No. 68 should not
be 011,' of the IllOSt prosperol1s locals in the
west, as all the present mcmhers are wire-
mCll, contractors and apprentices. There
are a :lIlmber of linemen who do not be-
long. Should they and the trimmers come
ill, it would increase our membership
grt-<itly. At present we have an honorary
memhership of five and all ~pprenticcship
of five. There is the best of prospects for
Ko. tiS.
'Vorl~ has been more prosperous here
this Sllilllller than it has bee II for some
time. The Tramway Company has heell
rcplaci:lg its old rails with ne,,· 72-pound
rails fc.r the past year.
The Cable Company bas been trying to
get a franchise to set pcll~;; lIud operate.
their hne:; bI electricity, bnt a~ yet they
ha\'c heen tinable to get onc. 1 think
they may get it next year.
The Denver Dry Goods Compau)' has en-
larged its store and put in a new isolated
plant_ of 2-60 K. ',". Hnd 1-75 K. ,,'. gen-
eml eif"clric 125 H:lt machincs nU! hy
direct e(l:lIIected cngi nes l11a. Ie by the
Deliver El1gilJeering Company. The
dynamos and five panel G. E. switch
hoard was also set up hy the Deliver Engi-
neering Company. The dynamo Toom is
....ery nice. There is a large plate glass at
the cl~\'ator5, forDling a partition which
enable:; everyone going into the basement
to see the plaat.
The lJuilding has been rewired through-
out for 125 A. Po. arc lamps, between 600
and ~'X) incandesccnts, a number of press-
ing hOlls and a 30 }' motor fOI the Lamson
cash system.
Daniels & Fischer, a wbolc~:lle and re-
tail dry goods firm, have made some ex-
tensive alterations and put in a new
isolated plant of 2.50 K. \\'. amI 135 K. \\' ..
110 volts Sumcus & Holske machines, run
by direct connected engine!;. made by
Deliver Engineering COntpall)', The
machine and four panel switch hoard was
set up by Denver Engineering Company.
This lhliiding has alsu b(;;C'll rewired
thronghout for 2J5 G. E. arc jamps and
ahout 1",500 incamlescents. The two oper-
ation;; mentioned and numerous other ones
haye g-iven all the members work for the
past tl~Tee lIIonths. The two large opel'a-
Ht.ions lIIentioned aTe a1>out COIll pleted.
j'\ o. fJ~ has changed. its mecti IIg place
frolll JiJ2 Curtis street to li3! Arapho
i'trcei. l Club building-.j
The :-'early carnival was a SI1CCIOSS.
Thomands of pe(lple came ill frol:! the
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mountains to see it. The last day was set home of the bIide's parents, at 1'cxarcana, bartenders and musicians, the lattl:!r (orm-
for masking. There was a great deal of Ark., M:-. A. B. Otis and l\1is~ Lola Hurt. ing the orchestra in a music hall ;mnex of
fun for all and everyone enjoyed it. I the building. '
Some people around here don't like the ~------
< shall have to close the circuit before I over- lett",rs I write, but 1 cal; t:ot help it. 1 got IN A PULLMAN CAR.
load it. my instructions from L. U. 69, one .night It was in a Pulhnan sleeper between Al-
How about you No. 22; let's hear from when we hlid a quorum. 'I am go;ng to ban)' and Ruffalo. Among the passengers
you. M. J. CULLEN, continue until the 11't of junur.,y, ISgg, were a middie-agcd couple, eyi(lentlyon-
Press Secretary. unless we have a quomm and they tell me their first journey, and a sour· faced ohl-
------- to stop writing them.
ruaid, who was tra\'eling aIOl1t!.
couple had an upper berth and the
The
~ocal Union No. 69. Mrs. 1\1. A: Spurgeon wants to kr.ow if co maiden well stricken in years" tht: upper
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 30, '98. tbei"e is anyone who can tell her where her berth in an adjoining section. In the same
Editor Electrical Worker: husband is. If they cal;, Jet her know. car were a couple of frolicsome yonths,
ready for allY sort of misc1Jid. Bedtime
I will try once more to send in a few Her address is 492 Jackson street, Dallas, came and ali hands retired. But the hU5-
lines. Sixty-nine is haviI~ a great time; Tex. W. B. COT.jRT~EY, baud could not sleep. \\'helher it was be-'
has a crowded (?)hall every meeting night; Press St>cretary. cause of the 1Il0tion of the cars, the tlOise
had as many as eight members present at -------
~ocal Union No. 72.
or th.e 1I0\'~lty of the situation, we could
not tell; tn' as he \\'onItI he couid not
one time. I met one on the street who sleep. At length it occurred to him that
said, .. I al11 coming up to-night if 1 can V:aco, Tex., :\ov. 5, l8gS. he was tbirsty. 'j he more he thought of
get off." You see him the next day and he Editor Electrical \\' orker: it the more thirsty he got. So he called
Another l110mh ha!' rolled by and soon the porter, who brought the lau(ler aud'
says, .. I tried to get down, but my wife
helped him down. ::\'ow, whi!e he WitS
'was sic~;" or, .. 1 met a friend and we auother year. It seems but a few short gone for the water, Olle of· the .. boys"
,went to Ule opera house;" or, .. 1 met a weeks sillr.e we we.e having Christmas stepped out of bed and shifted lhe ladder
friend from '(some other lown) aud 1 had time;'but when we look back ovcr the past so that it re!lted against the berth in .which
to show him around;" any old thing to ten month!:, and 1I0tc what has been ac- the ancient maiden wu!' sleepiilg, amI thl:!l1"
, retumed to his bed to note thl:! resnlt. III
"keep away. 1 thlllk there is' one way to complil?hed by local unions it is something a moment or two the husband returned
tell a union mall, and that is by looking at wonderful. 'Tis true they have not had and crept quietly up the steps, anxiou,; to'
the roll-call of members. There are some success in every placc, hut we cannot hope make as little noise as po~!;ible so its 1Iot to
or-our members ,,'110 have missed but two to always will and ne\'er ,losc. 1 am very awaken his wife. The occltl'0'tit of· the
berth rndeh' intruded on. a""tl1~~'with a
meetings sincc we' organized, and then SOrT)' to say the motormen !ost their strike start aud a screal11. The Imsbalill suppos-
they were out of town or had something to 'here, for they were certainly in the right ing it to be his easi!y-ft-ightenerl wif." hied
do which made it impossible for them to and they deserved to win fer their good to reassure her, and f>a;d: .. It!' only 1I1e."
co Only YOU, \'ou old scoundrel.' , !'airl the
come; and three or four others who have conduct and behador. As long as they veneral;le' malden. .. I'll teach ,'ou a
been to the meetings twice since we or- tried to get experieilceti men we could lesson," and with that she sei7.ed liim oy
ganized. ' Now, 1 think 1 could tell which hold them off, for no oue ,that was any the hair and screall1ed for help, "
of them are unton men at 'heart and which part of a mall would scab, but they run in Theil he howled with paiu. Then his
wife, awakened bv the noise, discovered
are union men for policy's sake. Some of a lot of farmcrs and of course $1.50 per day where, her husbalid was, and raised her
them say, .. \Vhy don't you keep still was a fortuue to them. \\'e got them just voice iii lamentation, heaping reproadles
until YOIl get in the lodge room? People where we could handle them wh.!!! they upon her faithful spouse. Then 'the pas-
"know as much about our business outside shipped in nil1e professional scab!; from St. sengl:!rs all got up and demanded an ex-
Louts. SOUle of the'same ones who were planation of the cOllllllotion, and iore1!10st
as we do." Now, if a man has got a among them was the wretch \\:IJ() caused it
grievance to bring before his union, he sent to Houston during their strike. Of
all. Then the hushand, co\'ered with COIl-
would loo"k nice wending his way up two course we could not talk thelll ilJto any- fusion, and utterly unable to acco~mt for
pairs of stairs, light up, and sit down and thing. Am sorry to say that some of them what he had done; climbed do\\:n from his
perch and slunk away to bed, where hI:!'
talk to himself. You can come nearer got mixed up willi some of the citizens was s011ndly lectured hy his\vife: '
getting seven members together on the and had to be took off in an ambulance. Altogether it was a most uncomfortable,
street than you can in the lodge room. 1 'fhe, boys held out two weeks a!1d then tho11gh ludicrous, situation, and the
am not much of a man, r guess, but there gave it up. The company has put back glances of defiance that were exchanged
between the wife alld the old maid all
is one thing about me: If 1 hear anything some of the old men and say they will put through the next day were a stndy. The
some fellow said about me, 1 have got all on as they come in order. cause of all the trouble leaked out, uut it
nerve enough to go and ask him about it; \Vdl boys;t~le new telephone company ne\'er reached the ears of those chielly
. but some of the people in this neck of the is 'still a t!ling of the future. They lJave affected by it,
woods ltad rather take revenge on the fel- only till U;e 'first or December t; begin
low's wife and children, keep him out of work, tbitik Fkely there is some gas con-
work, and think, .. 1 will fix him." \Vell, tained in Jt. 1'here is a smail light plant
I guess that is right (?) If a man has got under constmction now bllt very little
anything against me, 1 would rather he work on" it. Tht: Teh:pho:1e Company
started a gang south with two coppers
would come and whip rue and call it set- yesterday. \\' e are revainng ar"l getting
tled, and not work short-handed to keep everything ill shape for the winter. l~very
me from making a living for my wife and few days there is some lineman through
babies. If anybody should happen to read locking for a job, alld on'~ thing I am glad
of is most of them have a card.
this and don't lik,e it" my address is 143 E. J). ;\h:BROOM,
EmUla street, DaI1as, Tex.: ______P_!'e_~s ~,iccre:.a;T.
Lost, strayed or stolen from LocalUnion The rleiee-;-:!es of th>:: ;\it'w York Central
No. 69, Gus Johnston, H. A. Farington, C. L<!bor Uni()n, who ha"",lookeri upon Clar-
A. Miller, Sam Sherer, Frank Kaseal, 1\'1. endon hall as a labor lOrtress :-JII,'e 1882,
P. Breman, Joe O'ConneI1. when they first mon:cl illt .. h, ha,,~ cle-
cided to mm'e to other quarters on Janu-
Here is some news; it is rather late, bu~ ary 1St. Tpe union c.harges that the pres-
better late than never: Married, at the ent "manager empioys non-unic-n walters,
 Novem.ber] THE ELECTRICAL WORKER 17
.. Thi!> season" said Mayor Quincy of EL'ECTRIC LAWS AND RULES. over ·another current flowing in approxi-
Boston, we introduced a new and import· mately a parallel direction in separate
TIle knowledge of electricity can i!U
ant feature in the free baths. \Ve ga \"c longer he secured by fragments of infor- cnnduct,)TS and that when b(lth currents
free instruction to children. Six swimming mation g2thered h:,re and there, put to- arc in the same direction there is an at-
instructors \vere employed and between gether oil the scrap-book piau and made tractbn between the two conductors even
3,000 and 4,000 children were taught to
representatin; of the subject 01 of a par- though the two sections ma~' be a part of
swim. Our only charge is for towels and ticular hranch of information on the con- the S;J!ne conductor, 511ch as we find in
lor thc use of a complete bathing suit. 'fh" stantly increasing and ever expanding coils of c<mductors, similar to those form-
rate is one cent for towels and five cents science of this alre'ldy extensin' subject. ing a p"'rt of a solenoid or electro-magnet;
for suits. At one hathing place, situated in Electricity has already become one of the but when twO neighboring conductors are
a part of the city where the poorest people carrying current and the flow of current is
live, we gave suits to men and women most extensive and complete' of the
without cost, believing that e\'en the low sciences and its ess~ntial principles are in an opposite direction there is then a
sum of five cents would keep manv from repul~ion of a strength equal to that of the
well understood. A knowledge of these
the bath: This policy resulted successfully principles is the bcst introduction that we attraction when both currents arc flowing
and will be continued. Two weeks ag:o we
I opened onr first 'all·the-year-wund hath-
ing house.' This cost, with its equipmcnls.
can have to the comprehension of the sub-
ject. The laws that h;J\'e heen discovered
in th .. same rlirection.
An electro-magnet is a bar of iron about

II $70,000, and it accommodates 1,500 blltbers

at a time. Our' a II the-year bath' is free,
with the exception of one cent for a towel
as g-overning the ap~fiicati(ln of these prin-
ciples make a comprehension of electrical
which an insulated conductor is wound;
whell t!h~ t:onductor is carryin~ current the
iron hecomes magnetic. Magnets have
or one cent lor" SOilp. but these are fur- phenomena comparatively easy.
nished free to sehoul children. This bath- Electric inform;ition came slowly·; for a the same attracth'e ami re[1ulsive force
1 house will lead tn four or fi\'c more in dif- number of generatiolls there was no growth UpOl1 one another as that just described
ferent sections of Boston. In connection ;'s being the effcct of the flow of current in
with the puhlic bath I may add that l3os- of electric knowledge after the first discov-
ton is conducting a large pllblic illllc.,or ery that some substances, when rubbed, neighboring conductors. The presence of
gymnasium witb great success, and tiJ'tt WOllIn show peculiar properties that ·did ir(ln incr.. ases the magnetic eff",cts of the
\\;e are now building a second one. An- Ilot predously exist. such as that 01 attrac- currents most greatly, because iron is a
other somewhat novel departurc for a ti(ln of small and light hedies. For want much Deller ,;.onductor of the magnetic
mllnicipality.is our plan of free g:rand con- lines of f(,rce than is air, consequently an
certs. Tll~m·.last summer we established a of a specific name for these newly disco\'-
camp on dll,island in the harbor for boys eren manifestations the phenomena were insulatedcondut:tor of current, when wound
who would otherwise have been unahle to calicd by the name of the sub~tance used upon an iron core, de\'elop~ a much greater
o?tain an outing. Kearly 1,000 boys \\"I~re in producing it, .. electron," whic.h finally mag-netic effect than th"t due t;1 tIll! flow
given a week in ramp, and it cost us cllly
$2 a boy. \Ve expect to den:lope an im- became known as e1e('tricity. This namc of current alone. The strength of a mag-
portant educational feature in connection h<ls continued to the present day. I,et depends fully as l1luch upon the Pllri~)'
with the came next year. We hal"<: re- That two Jissimilar metals were capable of the if/'n forming· the ::ore ;If. upon the
centlv advocated the establishment of a str<.'ngth of th\! currt"~t ".nd the !Iumher of
series of free public lectures in school of producing an electric current unrler cer-
halls similar to th(lse which have heen tain r:ircum~tances w::s the next discovery turns of cnnd tl&:tnr 5U1Toulioing the iron.
given in New York city for a number of in electricity that was of sufficient note to Every condur:t,x (Clrrying a cllrrent is·
years_" be IhoTClllghly investigated and the matter surrounded by" fidd of magnetism \yhich
An English telephone construction firm reduced to a law. Two dissimilar metals forms no integral part of the cllI"rent, yet is
is introducing "household" teleplHJ1les suhjected to weak ch~mkal influence will always present. This magnetism cannot
in Leicester. "'here an electric-hell ~ys­ pmduce an electric current. - be insulated hy any known suhstance, in
tem already exists, it is possible by thifi the same way th"t an electric curreat can
arrRngemel1t to add the telephone service This effect is found, tu a different dc-
as well without extra wires. It is only gree, in the case of-all metals: Production be insulated and confined to the conductor.
necessary to lll1\'c near the hell pu~he~ a of electricity bysuch means was thoroughly The heating effect is one of the proper-
telephone set, aud 1H~ar the hell indicator investigated by \' oita, who rcduced the ties of all commercial electric current. It
an apparatus of similar appearance, or is due to the amount of current flowing
square base, wilh slightly different inteTllal matter to the following law:
connections. The belJ indicator and pushes "The difference of p0tentia I between and the resistance of the conductor. A
can be used as with only' a hell system, it any two metals is eqllill to the sum of the great many years ago this cff,..ct (If currents
being easy to denote hy an extra ring when differences of potential between the inter- had been carefully investigated and: re-
one wishes to communicate with the duced to a rule which is represented as
domestics by telephone. vening substances in the contract-series."
This contract-series is of great· import- CoR; which means that the square of the
ance in primary cells alld battp.ries. which, current in amperes multiplied hy the re-
51.96 BUYS A$3.50 SUiT
1,000 l'I:.I ••:HUA'J'.~D ··SAX1'Wt;.\nO(T" double
by the way, are much reduced III useful- sistance in ohms equals the heatin~ elTect,
~e.t1l.,1 doub:~ knee. Ht'l;ulttt" f3.50 "tI,I"" 2· ness hy the generation vf current by dyna- J, which stands for Joule, the unit of heat-
...... Ple(:t' Knf·,..Panl Suitl gOiR§' at 51.95.
·'.t;.:;:.:.r.f: .&. riK\r srn .'Ht;E (ol'any ctth("FL' suits mos and the general distribution of electric ing e!Tect.
~... !'i; . :: ~.. "" . whiCh. don't gh'e satisfactory wear.
;'~;:~}Et. Send Na Money. (;':.~J~~·nt~~ ':.~~ currents from central stations. Th .. resistance to the flow of electricity
;;":.:...... '.~'~-.tntc .~ ... (;.1' iH'Y tlildtSllY WhCtl.t'-:l' Inr~1 (-1' Curn';~ll electricity fr,;l'l1 dyr~a:nos is of ·oYlti.:;, 13 n:cntioned with tbe above de-
~j'!, :~', ;::(Iy ~mD.ll t'Ol' ~~e. alld we will F-cnd you the
:,:.: < ':'::?Jsuit bv .e.'t~lr4~s;':. C.O'~)'! subject to exnmin.. such general application that the laws of scription (If the heating effect (,f current
'~w~\-: aUon.)' QU can eXUliline it at your express
. ,,', ~.; otlice nnd if (lund perft'ctly satlsfR·:torv
.. \. ~ and equal 1.0 f!Iuits soio in your t.()~l;n for
curr.?nts, and ether thIllgS pertaining to the has a unit, called th(' ohm, whilt" the unit of
. f:1.60, pay ~'OUl' ~xJlre::!s 8C'Cllt our '}ieelal
Om~)r pril"f', S'.95 .nd f'''I'r''hS~II.f1:f's.
subject, must, of nece~sity. be well under- tht- fi0'.'· of current is the ampere and to
'l'HESE l{NJ.;E·PANT SUITS ard.r siOod by the student c! cl~ctricity who be- fcrce ~hi~; current against the resistance
::;:~·~~:'r: !~ t~},~~111~~~!!;i,~Pj~~bl:l~~:1 comes practically connected with the sub- the press:.tre Ilcccs'sary is calculated in
and knet~s, lah'''& l891» .I,.le t!!' iUustl"iltf."rl.
nuuil! from u. special "'f'ar"r'C'fii~il"~, 1& .. 1\,.,. .. ject in any of its branches. The laws of volts. "hi<.:h is always the product of the
'Weh;bt, ALI.. WOOL Oni.""~11 ('a,,~ihlll·rt". neat... hund::;oDlc lJat-
~~~'. !l~~;i~~r;~lAj ~~r:;O~"i~lt~~sfi:~t:~~ N:,~~~~\~~fait~~~; electricity, many of thelll, were discovered curr",l)t in amperes by the resistance in
hllor-ruadf IIlrop!:h(Ull~ it ~uit any lH)~' or part'nt wn:1!t.1
lie proud of. .'011 .'UEt tLfr) II S.\]II'U~S or Uo~", ('Inlhinlf;
long before· there was much practical ap- ohms. As these laws were all formulated
(sut~. o'"ereontJ; or ulst.er.::n. for htl,"3 4 l'U 19 \"l:AltS,
write ror S.Dlpl~ Klmk 1\0. title, contitins fu:oohjon plAt.c~
plication made of this useful mecms of dis- mure Ihim >,i:.;ty years ago it need not Le
tare meftfturc and fuU instructions bow to oTo~r.
il("lt'. Sulta and 01"('rrnltlfl mad .. '0
ord('r from ,;'.00 up.
tributing and transforming power. surpri$ing thal ~he use of electric curn::nts
RamI-,ies ticnt frE"C on npJll1ention. Addrf>i", Ampere's laws of electro-dynamic action has made such auyancement in the last
S[;ARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.). Chicago, III. show that one current· has an influence fl'.w yt'ars.
(Sean, l1l'ebQck "Co. Core titwroQlbl,. ftlinble._ll:dllor.'
 18 THE ELECTRICAL WORKER (November

Evcn as many years ago, Prof. Ohm or, in another case, the magnet may be Onward, on! Never let up, while a
gave us a law of currents which has stood reyol\"ed while the coils of conductor re- tyrant is ie!! in sight;
the test of all the recent developments, main stationary. For there is a pleasure and this it is, to
remaining to-day as the fundamental law A permanent magnet might be u~ed in labor for the right.
of currents. Ohm's law tells us that the a dynamo or motor and give some results,
strength of current in any conductor may but as an electro-magnet can be made HIS gUANDARY.
be ascertained by dividjng the electromo- about twenty times stronger and its
tive force, in volts, by the resistance of strength can be varied to 3!1 t'xtent that An old Irish laborer walked into the
will permit -of m3king the m<l{'hine self- luxurious studio of William Keith, the
ohms. This law is practically correct for artist, a few davs ago and asked for maney
the flow of any kind of electric current in regulating, the electro-magnet is ,.Iways to obtain a meal. He explained that he
a conductor, but there are sometimes other used. The difficulty of making perma- had just been discharged from the COUiltv
things to be considered which modify the nent magnets of uniform strength is an- hospital and ,was too weak to work. Mr.
Keith gave hIm a quarter and he departe<i.
effect thus obtained, as .. in the case of other reason of their not being used more Ont: of four young ladies, art students, who
alternating currents, whi~h pulsate back extensively. were present, said: .. M~, Keith, can't we
and forth instead of flowing steadily in one hire that old man and sketch·him ?" Keith
direction. T.H£ O'rHF;R·SlDF;. ran out and caught him, and said: "If.
you cant work and w:mt to make a dollar
Electric and magnetic induction are come back to mv rooms. The young ladies
peculiarities for which no satisfactory ex- BY J. A, EDGI~RTUN. want to pa,int yo'u," The Jrisilmanhesitd-
planation has yet been given, although the ted, so KeIth remarked: "It wun't take
It may be easy for those with wealth tu sing long, and it's an easy way to inake a-dol-
principles of both electric and magnetic of the pleasures ot life, lar," "Oi know thill,"· was the reply;
induction are utilized largely in nearly all, For wealth means pleasurc and comfort "but Oi was a ",onderin' how th' de .... i1
if not quite all, electro magnetic de\'ices. and ease and others to carry you Oi'd git th' paint off afterwards."
When an electric current is started in one through;
conductor it will produce a momentary But; given a life with mouths to fed and the The Social Democracy colony in \Vash--
current in a neighboring conductor which means to be wrung from a strife, ington is nuw an accomplished fact. The
forms a closed circuit. This.1atter current '.vith every man's hand against you, and co-operative brotherhood which was organ-
is called an induced current. Magnetism the weight to be carried beside ized and incorporated under the laws of
excited in an elec~ro:magnet will excite Of the parasites Iianging.abo\'e vou, and the state of Washington by natic>Rill officers
magnetism in a neighboring' magnet and of the Social Democracy of :Vmt:rica, to
the best that Y')U could do, ' carryon the work of colonizing in this
the excitation of inag~etism in the core of To endlessly laher--for what ?--for the state, has made the selection of a colon\'
a magnet will produce a momentary flow leave to labor 011 till you dicli, site .and secured its land. The ofticers of
of electric current in a closed circuit Would you feel that such a iife would be the company were elected at a reCl"'nt
wound about the' magnet. The result is meeting. of the board of director~, and ·re-
a. meed of endless delight? suited in the selection of tlte following:
due to magnetic induction. Another pe- But there is pleasure and thi5 it is, to President, J. S, Ingalls of :'Ilinnesoto; vice-
culiar (eature of the matter is that while labor on for the right. preSIdent, J. C. DeArmond of ColoradQ;
magnetism will induce current in a Closed secretary, Cyrus Field Willard of Mass-
The w~rld is raving: "keep still," to us; it achusetts; treasurer, ,P. H, McKernan of
conductor the beginning or ending o( the
has ever raved the same; Washington; auditor, J. B, Fowler of
flow of current will induce a momentary \Vashington. An office was immediatel)"
But thought is free,and the way's to be
flow of current in a neighboring conductor. secured at room No. 520 Pioneer building,
cleared, so we're going to work it Seattle. Arrangements have been com-"
The flow of electricity will produce mag-
through, pleted by which about 1,000 acres will be
netism, changes in the strength of magnet-
Whoever a coward and faint-heart is, let secured on Henderson Bay, aholit fi~'e
ism wiU produce electricity in a canductor, miles from Olalla, and' conditions are such
him cow to-~he \\;orld and---shame !
while the magnetism of one magnet will that in the neighborhood of 2,000 more
But whoever has manhood, a warm heart acres can be secured if deemed advisable ..
induce magnetism in another magnet, there
and strength; whose nature is al\ "\Ve expect," says Secretary \Villard,
being no physical condition between the
true blue, "now to bring in thousands of'honest and
different 'circuits, or magnets, or between industrious American citizens from tbe east
Come on, we wi\! go where the way is
electric circuits and mag'nets, these effects to build up happy and conteuted.homes,
rough and try what good we can do; for themselves and to increase the wealth
all _being due to electric and magnetic
We will go our way cheerily, boys, and and population of this great Empirs -State
induction. of the Northwest." .
laugh at the world's cold spite.
Electric and magnetic induction are due
For -there is a pleasure and this it is, to
to the magnetic lines of force, which in one
labor on for the right,
case surround the conductor through which
currcnt is flowing and in the other case Man never began on the path of progress
emanate (rom the magnets. As has been to stop when he got thus far.
explained, there beipg no insulator of these V' e have but started; wc're gvi.ng ahead,
magnetic lines of force they surround' ~he in spite of the piping \'oice
, conductor or magnet, as the case may be, Of each poor, old croaker. w1:o wheezes
and strike the neighboring magnet or con- and whines, to wh(lil1 e\'ery straw is
ductor with sufficiet force to produce an . abilT
electric .current in the conductor or de- Th~t he cannOl get ('ver. Away with
velop .magnetisrri in magnetic metals. such. \Ve will sf!ize the hanner,
Dynamos and motors are machines made boys,
to utilize'these principles to the best ad- And go on mounting tile hill ot Hope,
vantage on a practical scale. Having the whcl'e a \-UicE is crying-, . "Kejoice,
magnet, a conductor is wound about a The morn is bic:1king, the world is wak-
revolving portion of the machine in such a ing-," Checi ity ~eIJJ the ny
way that the conductor is subjected to thee Th~ world aroui',...! to the fan!;('st counq,
influence of alternate poles of the magnet till it pierc(;s th" fal;lhest skj"

Directory of Unions.
Secrdaries will please furnish the necessary in-
formation to Jnakf" thi::; directory complete. Note
lhat the time and place of meeting, the name of the
Presic\cllt, the lIan~~s illld addre~ses oftheo Re\..~rd­
ing and .."ioancial Secretaries are required.
No, 1:, St, I.ouis, Mo.-Meets every Monday at
~I Market st. Pres., S. M Keeble, 261S Rutger st.;
st.; R. S, w. J- Squires. 2816 Washiugton av.; F. S.,
P. C. 1'ish, 1927 N. 15th st.
NO.2, Milwaukee, Wis.-Meets every Friday
81 ~98 Pourth st. Pres., Joe Harris;. F. S., J. H.
WhIte.' , I'. F. Di1.rnes, COJnwt'rce and Prather 5t5.
NO.3, St. I.ou!s,IIIo.--Meetse,'erySatuday at
I"';ghtstol1e's Hfdl, Ilth and Franklin av. Prr:s. A.
P. Blackford, 131.h aud r.haket. care Garfield Hutt5e;
r.
R.S., L. Cuthl>UI, 2027 Pine 51.; F. S .• 1>:. H.llocck.
J350 Kennerly 51.
.No. 4, New Orleans, I.a,-"feets lsi nnd 3~1
'ruesdays at Carondelet and P"rdido sts. Pre5 .• J.
l\tcGregoT, 2111 Runst!au st.; R. S., C. M. Halt:. 6,30
St. \\fary st.; F. S .• R. B. Joyce. 331 S. Bassin 51.
NO.5, Pittsbus-g', Pa.·-Meets e,'ery Fridnv
night ill Schmt:Tl7. Uldi{., cor. \Vaterand l'liuket 5tS.
)')r~s., Geo. M. Rudolph, 154 Herron av~., Pitl~hurg,
l'a.; R. S J Frauk. I.llnuey, 301 Robin!;OD f-t An~·I
gheny. Pa.; F. S., Fre:! H_ WilIsd~rn, 34 Sand".ky
st., Alleghen,V. Pa.
N'o_ 6, San Fs-ancisco, Cal.-Meets 2d and 4th
W~dn~,days at Foresters' Hall. 20 Eddy sl. I'r •.•.•
Wm. Barston. 2J4 Union st.; H.. S., A. A. WhHfield,
G32 NntoruRsL; F. S., R. P. Gale. Ic08 Hyde st.
NO.7, Sp's-ingfield, Mass. - Meets e"ery
Weduesday .. t roorn 14 Barnes Blk. Pres .. r,. T.
McGilvrey, 30 Besse Pl.; R. S .• T. J. Lynch. l03
SheriJan st. Chicopee Palls. Mass.; 1'. S .• M. 1'ar-
-:-ell, .59 IHo,d .t.
No.8, Toledo, O.-Meets every 1\[00d3yat
Pritadship Hall Prc~" C. \V. 5ch~1islell. lS~6 OUa
1ario ~t ; 1<. S., W. ·H. K(·~ter, 701 South !it.; F. S.,
F. M. GCDsbechler. 7:3 Coll>urn st.
NO.9, Chio:ago, IU.-1If .. ~ts every Saturday at
106 E. R&ndolph st. Pr~s .• W. A. Jackson, 197 S.
Jefferson st ; 101.. S .. C D. Halt. ~815 Union av.; F. S .•
J. Dtiscoll. 77 Fuller st.
No. ro, India1l9p01ls, Ind.-Meets 1st and 3d
Mondays at 29~ W. Pearl st. Pres .• Johu Den'y,
eare bdqrs. Fire De;>l.: ". S, E. 1'. Busselle. care
N. Tel. Co.; F. S .• E;. C. Hartung. rooms S eydo-
ratna Bldg.
No. u:, Greater New York-Pres .• James n. A.
~fcHvoy, 310 !.!;. 371h st., New York; R. S., E;c.y.-an.l
L. Miller. 49 W. 114th st., New York; F. S., Frauk
B. Smith. 61 ~~ Lyuch st., Brooklyn.
No. I7, Detroit, Mich.-Meets every Tuesday
night at NO.9 C"dillac sq. Pres. R. Scanlnn, 9U
Porter st.; R. S .• Frank Cnrupb~n. J80 Debois st.;
F. ·S., P. Andrich. 985 Van Dyke av.
No_ IS, Kansas City, Mo.-Meets every Friday
night, Labor hdqrs .. I I17 Walnut st. Pres, F. Hohn.
7~1 Del. st .• K. C .• Kan.; R. S., F. J. Schadel. 612
Wall st., Y... C., Mo.: }1. S .• W. L. Hutchinson. 1605
Harris,,"; st.. K. C. J ~ro.
. No. 1:9, Atchison, Kan.-Pres .• 1'.1. Roth. 906
N. Tellth st.; R. S.,S. Wicksham; F. S .• R. C. Easton.
No, 22, Omaha, Neb,-Meets .,very 1St and 3d
Werluesdays at f.abor Temple, 17th & Dougla,' sts.
Pres I J. S. 1'obia~, 29z3 S. J8th st.; R. S., r. c.
I'chueider. 1706 S. Ijth st.; F. S .• P. L. Myers, 711
N. 16tb st.
No, 23, St. Paul, Minn.-Pres., J. H. Road-
1.. ollse,
1,50 5!lerburu~ nY.; R. S., E. B. Powers, 951
Bradley st.; F. S .• A. H. Garrett. 201 W. C. st.
No, 24, MillneapoHs, Minn. - Pres .• O. R.
Shortall; R. S., W. r. Heywood. 16 E. 26th st.; F. S .•
1'. H. C. Wood. 2731 'fremont avo S.
No. 25, Duluth, Minn.- Meets 2d and 4th
Thursdays at room 6, Banniug Blk. Pres .• R.
l'bayer, 24 '1'hird av.; R. S .• L. 1'. Runkle. 17 Norris
B1k.; P. S .• Jas. F. Owens, 414 E. First st.
No. 26, Washington, D. C.-Meets every Sat-
urday 81 618 LouisiRlla ElY. Pres., Jobn hoffecker,
1007 N. CaroHlla avo S. 1;;.; R. S., J. C 0'Counel!,930
E. st .• N. \'i/.: F. S .• G. A. JIIalone, 48 L. st., N. W.
No. 27, Dnltlmore, M_ D,-Meets every Mon-
dey lit Hall cor Fayette and Park avs. Pres., D. J.
l-l;!ltrctte, ~o30 N. Bn>auway; r:. S., J. P. Jones, u51
N. Mouut 5t.; F. SoO F. II Russell. 1408 Asquith st.
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No. 30, Cincinnati, 0.-:l1eets ..t and ~d Mon· No. Gis, Butte, Mont.-:\teet. 2d and 4th
days at ~3'5 I-~. Coun st, Pres. Thos Sp~lhsey I 425
\V. 4th 5t: R. 5., john fl. Harmuth, 2158 Vernon
'\Veduesdays in Good Temp!ars' Hall Pres .. E. A.
eh«ry, Care Mout. E Co.; R. S .• W. C. Medhursl,
st.; F. S:, Gt!\;:. R. .i:hkl~!"bra!!d, B:~:;;:J-;!OU }lees.:, P_ O. Box R46; E. M. DeMers. P. O. Box 846.
3d and Eroaoway. -
No. 66, I1ouston, TeX.-Meets 1st and 3d Mon-
No. 3:1:, AnaC"Vc.ii, j.lont.-Pres., '''. J. Leou- day.. l'res .• R. R. TriPI>: R. S., \1.'. P. Johmon.
u~d, cart" Elect. Lif?,'!it Co.; P. S.~ H. Jorgeus, 6':2 Telephone Office; F. S., G. 0_ Wood, 1203 Capit~l
Plll~ st. avenue.
lio. 3Z.l>urliJJgt('n, la.-Pre •. , G. M. Cunni!lg No_ 67, Qnincy, IU,-Meets 2d and 4th Wednes-
!Jam, 351 and 35J Fronl 5l : R. S., Hugh Ward. 1006 days al Trades Assemblv Hall, S. 8th st. Pres .• W.
Spruce st ; F. S .• AI. Fox.. 637 S. Fiflh st. F. Wag-uer. 551 Locust st.; r •. O. Constanz. 401 S.9th
~t: C. n. Mc=-cmee. sIt S. 7th sl.
No. 35, Boston, lIIass.-:lle"ls every Wedne.-
day al 49 Benn",t 5t Pres. M. BurninghalU, 284 No. 68, Denves-, Col.-:lfeets Monday nights
N. B~acon 5t, Rrighton: R. S .. J. F. Phelps. 75 Wal- at '731 Arapho st .• Cluo Bldg.; Pres .• Chas. Salls-
d<:ck st., D<.lr; F. S .• W. C. Woodward. 10 Church st. tr?D1, lOS' og·len st ; R. S .. C. W Armstroug, 2455
r.lUcohl av.; F_ S .• H. T_ Clark. 808 14th st.
No. 36, Sacs-amento, Cal.-Meets 1St and 3d
Tues lays 3t For.,ste~5· Hall. Pres .. J. S. Marsh. No_ 69, DaUas, Tex,-Meels e""ry Tuesday
e'\'enir,g at i.ahor Hall. }tres., W. B. Courtu~y, 120
600 7th ot ; R. S., O. Buckins. 1415 D st.; F. S .• R. A.
Fisk, 804 K st. Emma st.: It. S., C. E. Bos:on, 143 }o:mma st.; F. S.,·
No, 37, Hartford, Conu.-Meets e"ery Wednes-
day at 603 :llam st. Pr.. ~ .. F. H. Roberts, 87 High st.; No. 70, Sptlngfield, 111.-l\feets 1st aud 3d
R. S .• W. n Maloy, 6S 'Retreat av.; F. S .• John J. Thur~da\·s. Carpent .. rs· Hall. S. 4th st. Pres .• Fred
Tracy. 58 Temple st. . Millel. ;;,tnley Hotel; R. 5., ChR.'. Danilson. illS 1>:-
Jackson .t.; F. S., S. Phillips. 84' N. 3d st.
No. 38, Cleveland, O.-:lleets every Wednes-
day night at 356 Olltario ~t. Pres., Geo. H. Gleason. No. 71:, Galveston, Tex.-M .... I~ 2d and 4th
II'; Maple st ; R. S ,C. J. Minch. 16 Salzer st.; F. S .• Thur.d~\·s, Cooks and Watters' Hall. 23rl st • be·
A. Herron, 4 Wallace st. tween !Vl6rket and Mechan'c. Pres. J. F. Payne.
1~28 ..,. st.; R. S. D. L. Goble. 3320 R. Xi st.; }o'. S.,
No. 40, St. Joseph, Mo.-~feets every Thurs- D. K. Garrett, 1204 39tb st.
day night at Brokaw Hall. 8th and Locust sts. Pres .•
Frank P. St. Ciair, R'y Co.: R. S., \VlU. T. Dorsel. No. 72, Waco, Tex.-Meets.d ~"d 4th Wednes-
R'y Co.; F. S., J. C. SChneider, City Ekc. St. Co. days at I.nbor Hall. Pre... E. P. :.lcBrooJU. S. W.
Tel ~x.; R. :i .• G. R. Lockhart. 931 ". 6th st.; F. S.,
No, 41:, Buffalo, N_Y.--Meetsevery wednesday Joseph He·dges. 728 S. 6th st.
at Counc,l Hall. Pres .. l'has. K 1'aylor, 7 Yale pl.;
R. S., Geo. W. Bass, 169 Vermont st.; F. S .• H. 1If. No. 73, Spokane, Wash_-Meels 1St and 3d
,\Vedno"day, in K.ofP. Hall, 816 River~ide avo Pres.,
Scott. 363 N. Morgan st.
Eli H~nslt:y, 218 Riverside av.; R. S., G. Pagel, P.
No. 42, Utica, N. Y.-Pres. J. H. Smith; R. 5 .• O. Box 6.35; F. S •• C. C. Van Inwegen. P. O. Box 635-
W. 1'. Carter.6S Neilson st.; F. S .• F. J. Murphy.
272 Third 8\·. No. 74, Winc.na, Minn.-R. S .. Harr); P. Tel-
gRte. 6II Wilson st.: F. S .• Josepb Trnutner. 620 R_
No. 43, Sytacnse, N. Y,-Meets 1st and 3d 3rd st.
Tue..ctays at. !IIcCarthy's Hall, Market st., opp. City
Hall. Pres., A. DODol'an, 310 Niagara st.; 1<.. S., F. No_ 7:;, Grand Rap!c!s, Micll.-Meets 1St attd
N_ Stiles, 734R R. R. S.; F. S., Wm. H. Gough. 108 3d Sncday •• Pres.• A. D. Mel.dlan. 29 ~. Bridge
Hawthorne st. st.; R S,C. Burns, car~ Citiz~us' Tel. Co.; F. S.,
C. E. l·oat. 167 SI. Clair st.
No. 44, Rochester, N. Y.-Meets 2d and 4tb
Wednesdays at Odd Fellows' Hall. State st. Pres., No. 76, Tacoma, Wash.-l're,,-. "''I'm. Kane,
JOlin Kcnealy. So 1'n:nk sl.; I~. S • John "'01 IT. 9 tI36 D st_: R. S., W_ J- I.O\·e. 113 loth st.; F. S .• In •.
Cedar st.; F. S., Fred Martin, 50 Champlain st. Murray. IllS D Sl.
·No. 45, Bttffalo, N. Y.-Meets 1St and 3d Sat- No. 77, Seattle, Wash.-Pres.. J.'J. ~railland.
urda)s at Couucil Hall. Pre:::., John ~Iarion, care 231 Pontius "V ;
R_ S •• C. H. Raudall. SIS .<1 av.; G_
W. U.:r.Co.; R. S., John Daly; 1'. S .• M. E. Stables,
46 RaIl st. .
G. Jenkins. 1319 14ih avo
No. 78, Saginaw, ~Ik1t..-Pre •.. Jss. Hodgins
No. 46, LoweU, Mass.-Meets every Thursday 308 N. PrankHIi ~t.: R S .. Joh" Stracf,an. 336 N. 2d
at 202 Mt!rrimack r-t., 3d floor, room 5. Pr~~" L~s· st.; F. S., C!Jn~_ Ross, P. O. Box 225~.:;' ..
h r G. Hall. P. O. Box 292; R. S., II. L. Whitney, 6
No. 80 1 Cleveland, O.-Pres.• A. A. McDonald.
Puffe. av.: P S., R. V. Cole. liig MI. Hope st .• Paw-
tuckellville, Mass. • s96 Snp'!nor "t.; R. S .•. Maud
1IIyle~, :86 23d av.; F.
S .• N.Hall.
No. 47, Wore estes-, Mass, - Meets every
We,h,esday eveuing at 306 Main Sl. Pres., S. A.
Slout. 130 Austiu SI.: R. S .• V_ V. Reed. 61 Myrtle Members of the Cleveland Retail CJerk;;'
st.: F. S., Chas. C. Coghlin. 113 West st. Association, who were looking for e\'idcnce
No, 48, Decatus-, -XU.-Meets at Cigarmakers' testcrday against violators of the Sunday
Hall, E. Main st. Pres .• J. B lIIulf'nix,6II Spring ,abor law. did not have any trouble secur-
st.; P. S .• F. E. Aldrich. lIS Wood st.
ing it. Nearly all of the clothiers who
NO.4!:. Chicago, IU.-Pres .• F. J. Struble; R. ha-ve bc:t'n in the habit of keeping their
S .• W. J. Dempsey, 376 Austin a v .; P. S .• Cbas. lJ;.
Fowler, 219 W. Congress sl. places (;f business open Sundav morning
No_ 52, Davenport, lao-Meets 1st and 3d Tues-
from S 10 12 o'c1ock did so last Sunday.
days. Pres., A. L· Wheeler. Atlantic Hotel; R. S .•
J. H. Clarke. 215 Iowa st.
No. 53, Harrlsbus-g, Pa.-Pres., C. A. Swager.
1I5~ Market st.; R S .• Jl!.s. h;mminger. 25 N. 15th
st.; F. S .• C. Andrrson. 46 Summitt st.
No. 55, Des Moines, la.-Meets every Thurs-
day night at Trades Assembly Hall. Pres, J. Fitz-
gerald, 19'4 !';;ner 5t; R. S .. C. C. Ford. 715 Scott st.;
F. S • M. O. Tracey. 212 Raceon st.
No. 56, Erie, Pa.-Meets 1St and 3d Wedues-
day!'. Pres .. John Disbrow, IClt6Sassafrnsst.i.R. S J
J.. ~. Carsol'.• 303 Frencb st.; F. S. H. M. Kistner,
7 E. 7th st. .
No. 57, Salt I.ak;e City, Utah-Sec'y. R. Blair,
care Citizens' E. L. Co.
No. 60, Sall Antonio, Tex.-Meets 1st and 3d
Saturdays at a p. tn'.• in Painters' Han, 131 Soldud
st. Pres., Roy S. Cushman, 409 \V}'oming st.; R. S.,
W. P. AJ1derson. 414 btn st.; F. S .• III. E. McElroy.
Ii'S \V. ConI lueree st.
No, 61:, Los A.nP.'''les,Cal.-Pr~ .. 1'. Buchanan,
.lC;7 N. Main st.; R. oS.: W. A.. Wo",ch-.. Box: 84 Station
B; F. S .• S. L. Br"s~, 432 Colylon st.
No. 6z, :&ala"" ..",oo, Mich.-r'res., Leon Dell-
man, I!'J2 Pen";':"" st.; -R. S" "'m. Thp.ckery, 1233
Portage st.; P. S .• L. Burnell. 116 N. Chu:cb st.
. Nr,. 63, WI'JTe!!, Pa,-Me~ 1st and 3d Wednes-
day. cl D. O. H. Hall. cor. 2ct and Liberty sIS. Pres .•
F. V:. Terry, 414 l.,nurel &L; k. S., W. A. Pulliam,
Y,xehar.ge Hotel.
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