the Sun, was married, in Philadelphia, to Miss Alta Smith. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Madden are the children of Shelby Smith, now of Washington, and he attended both ceremonies.

Edward Hirsch has taken a great interest in the Baltimore school teachers, and is going to organize them, if it can be accomplished.

Ex-President George P. Nichols was a very busy man during the sessions of the Joint Conference Board at the Hotel Kernan, on December 10 and 12.

Ed Connor, who has been running a linotype in the government printing office for the last ten years, has resigned from there and accepted a position with the Sun Job Printing Company of this city.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.

Some time ago your correspondent received a circular letter from Houston, Texas, suggesting that a good word be spoken for that city as a suitable place for holding the 1912 convention. Why, sure. Likely no better place could be found, unless it be ahem-Edmonton! And I feel quite safe in saying that should such an event actually come to pass in Alberta's capital, our authorities would see to it that the visitors should not forget it, lived they to be as old as Methuselah.

Speaking of the convention, I feel sure that the mind of the membership at large is that there should be a fixed place for this annual gatheringand that at the headquarters city. The present system affords a fine outing for such as can avail themselves of the opportunity. But business is business. A permanent place for the convention is by far the best, from a business point of view.

Conditions in the printing trade were never better here. Day and night alike the wheels go round. Every available man is on the job, and there's room for more-at least need for more.

Joseph Adair met with a painful and what at first promised to be a most serious accident recently. While thawing out a gasoline pipe, an unexpected explosion blew the flame into his face. It was feared at first that the sight of both eyes would be impaired, if not lost. But a fortnight in the hospital and skilful treatment has restored all the patient had temporarily lost.

Edmonton Union now proposes to put into effect a sick benefit fund, for which an assessment has been levied this year.

It matters not how busy we are, many members seem restless, and the local secretary has received and issued an unusual number of cards. Judging from the sort of "shifting" habit in vogue here, it would perhaps be not a bad idea to establish a "contract" system, by which a man's services could be retained for, say, six months at least.

The Journal's business and mechanical departments, recently readjusted and rehabilitated, are said to be the finest in the city-and as good as the

best in Calgary. L. Norman, as mechanical superintendent, has done good work on that end to accomplish best results there. ALEX R. GROFF.

TORONTO, CANADA.

The editorial references in THE JOURNAL and J. J. Wilder's eulogies in the Montreal correspondence in reference to the death of John Armstrong were highly appreciated here by friends of our late confrere. The funeral of Mr. Armstrong was attended by men prominent in all walks of life, the Ontario cabinet being represented by Dr. Rheaume and Dr. Pyne, the civic cabinet by Mayor Geary and Controllers Ward and Church, and the International Typographical Union executive council by Samuel Hadden. Among the oldtime printers who were intimates of the deceased in his prime were noticed: W. H. Parr, John T. Edworthy, John and James Coulter, Teddy How, Sol Cassidy, Robert Munn, Alex Newlands, John McMahon, T. C. Vodden, R. S. Burrows, John Chinn, T. G. Soole, W. De Podesta, William Powell, John Miln, W. J. Hambly, Charles Roddy, M. J. Meehan, H. C. Hocken, and David Shankland of Buffalo, N. Y. The arrangements were in the hands of the board of relief and the details were carefully looked after by George Cassidy and George Crammond.

The International Typographical Union and Dominion Trades Congress conventions of 1911 are receiving some consideration even at this early. date. President Sam Hadden and John T. Edworthy, chairman of the executive committee, are the two most prominently mentioned for the International convention, while George Crammond, of the allied printing trades council and board of relief, is called for the congress.

William Templeman, formerly of Minneapolis, Minn., lost his mustache and eyebrows while looking after his furnace lately.

Regina is after Toronto operators.

A monster concert is being arranged for by No. 91 to be held early in the new year. The proceeds are to be devoted to entertaining the members and their families at a later date. Boost the concert.

The demand by the municipal candidates for the label has caused a rush on the allied printing trades council. Some of the applicants are those from whom the label was taken early in the year.

George Elton, formerly of Tarrytown (N. Y.) Union, died November 17, in this city after an illness of several weeks from dropsy, age 41 years. Deceased leaves a widow and two children.

Recruiting strikebreakers for the Winnipeg street railway is being attempted in Toronto at this writing.

With the coming of the new year, the quarters of the secretary and administrative committees of the union will be moved into more suitable surroundings. A suite of rooms has been secured at Lombard and Victoria streets. It is hoped those in charge will make a clean sweep of all the old trappings that have seen better days and make the new place in keeping with the prosperity of the union. JAMES STEVENSON.

PITTSBURG, PA.

When this communication reaches the membership we will have begun a new year, and let us all exert an effort to make it better in every respect than the year just passed. Let us get together and become better acquainted, and devote a portion of our time in strengthening the weak spots in our organization wherever they may exist. If there be any petty differences existing among the members let the winter's wind blow them away. If there be any old wounds inflicted in the past, get together and try to heal them. Life is too short to be quarreling like old women with each other. The coolness often existing among persons connected with unions, lodges, societies, etc., is often caused from a source which sooner or later will be discovered as emanating from some disgruntled member or members who are active in spreading discord and dissension in the ranks by false reports and misstatements. Did you ever read the "Peace Pipe" in Longfellow's "Hiawatha," where Gitche Manito the mighty called the tribes of men together and said to them:

I am weary of your quarrels,
Weary of your wars and bloodshed,
Weary of your prayers for vengeance,
Of your wranglings and dissensions;
All your strength is in your union,
All your danger is in discord.

Therefore be at peace henceforward
And as brothers live together.

The above quotation, to my mind, contains more than I could possibly say in a lifetime on the subject of true fellowship and for a get-together policy for the betterment of our organization. We have reached the highest number of members ever known to be enrolled by No. 7. With a membership of over 600, about one-sixth of the members attend the union meetings. This should not be. More interest should be manifested in your union, and it is your duty to attend the meetings and become a missionary for the purpose of swelling the membership from 600 to 1,000, and thereby become a booster. Remember

All your strength is in your union,
All your danger is in discord.

The Chronicle Telegraph-Gazette Times Beneficial Association, the latest of these combinations of newspaper workers to make provision for those who may be stricken by illness to be organized in this city, has closed the first half-year of its existence. It was organized last July with fifty-four members employed on the two papers mentioned, R. H. Davies being elected president; L. C. Crews, vice-president, and F. M. Woods, secretary-treasurer. These officers were re-elected, together with Messrs. Grindell, Daryman and Schumacher as trustees, at the semi-annual meeting held a few weeks ago for the election of officers and the pro rata disbursement among the members of the funds accumulated from dues, which are 50 cents a week per member, and the money derived from loans, as well as for the election of new members. That the association has been an unqualified success can be attested to by the fact alone that fifty-six new members were admitted at this meeting, making the

membership now 110, the largest of these associa tions in the city, of which there are three others, respectively, those of the Dispatch, Leader and Press, all of which are being run successfully and do a world of good.

The Ben Franklin Duckpin League, organized by the composing room employes of the Gazette Times, finished its first series of games December 19. With three games to play, the teams stood as follows: Agates, won 23, lost 4; Diamonds, won 21, lost 6; Pearls, won 13, lost 14; Breviers, won 10, lost 17; Nonpareils, won 7, lost 20; Minions, won 7, lost 20. On December 20 the members of the league held a banquet to celebrate the success of their initial efforts to shoot the elusive ducks. The second series will start immediately after Christmas and will last fourteen weeks, eight teams taking part, and may the best team win. The members of the league issue weekly a bright little paper called "Strikes and Spares," containing matters of interest to the members and hits at their foibles.

Frank Hukill, operator on the Chronicle Telegraph, lately sprained an ankle by stepping on an iron grating in the pavement, which has prevented him from working.

Albert B. Means, machinist in the Dispatch composing room, who had the misfortune to lose one of his fingers some time ago, is still playing in hard luck, being confined to his home with an attack of pneumonia.

William M. Shaffer, who has filled the office of sergeant-at-arms of No. 7 continuously for twelve years, says he will not be a candidate for re-election. "Big Bill's" friends-and he has many of them say he is sidestepping the thirteenth year, but he only smiles and looks wise. Maybe he has the San Francisco bee in his bonnet.

The race in the Dispatch Matinee Duckpin League is growing more exciting each week, and a large gallery of rooters crowd the alleys during the games. The Blackfeet are still in the lead, with the Comanches a close second. Charley Penn holds the high individual score with 150.

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Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 44 years of age, is a modern abolitionist. He calls upon the church to set the two million child slaves of industry free. says: "I believe I shall see the time when the church will treat the man who makes tainted dollars by trafficking in life of youth as a criminal and will give them no place in front pews. Let them come as supplicants for the grace of God and not as purse-proud Pharisees." If more of the above language is injected in the sermons of the men of cloth and less about the furies of hell and the bottomless pit, they will find that it will be conducive to larger congregations and therefore greater contributions when the "hat" is passed.

And now comes the news that Andy Carnegie has donated $11,000,000 to establish peace in the world. This may sound all right to the world at large, but to a great many in the immediate vicin ity of Pittsburg it is very nauseous. We do not wish to ruffle the feathers of this kilted dove of

peace, but it is hard for us to forget the battle at Homestead, where the Carnegie mills are located. A number of the workmen were killed in this fight and the bullet holes from the guns of the Pinkerton thugs can still be seen in the trees along the Monongahela. This was a battle that the fair Andy could have settled at a much less figure than the blood-stained eleven millions, and also would have given his down-trodden employes an opportunity to breathe the fresh air a few hours more each day.

Jack Joyce, a "veteran" of the Spanish-American war (with the submarine artillery), has left us, but we are still safe, as "Corporal" Howard Watkins is with us. Both fought gallantly in the late

war.

During the heat of battle, which had waged all day, and no sign of let-up, the officers in command requested "Watty" to retire for the night, stating that he had killed enough men for one day.

Frank Hall, who used to be a natural born foreman and was never without a humpback rule, has left us for a short stay in the south, where he expects to "tear down" and "fix up" a bunch of machines.

Eugene Flynn has become tired of being watched while at work and has installed a Mergenthaler in a neat and well-appointed office in the downtown district. 'Gene is a hustler, and therefore his new venture looks like success from the start.

The many friends of Mark Gordon will learn with much regret of the death of his mother, who passed away December 3. She was buried at the old home in Waynesburg, Pa.

Several members have announced themselves as candidates for delegate to the International convention to be held in San Francisco. Thomas Stewart and John Snyder are in the field from the job end, and Frank Hunter, of the Dispatch, is out to represent the newspaper branch. And more to follow, from expressions heard on all hands. CHARLES Q. LAFFERTY.

HARRISBURG, PA.

Superintendent of State Printing Pomeroy, after further consultation with the attorney-general, has found a way out of the muddle into which the printing of the Legislative Journal had been thrust by the last state legislature passing a law containing a maximum price for the printing of the same which was so low that all printers refused to bid under it. As a last resort, the superintendent made out a schedule of his own, under which he asked for bids, contingent upon the approval of the incoming legislature. When these bids were opened, December 15, the contractor for the balance of the state printing, C. E. Aughinbaugh, was found to be the lowest bidder, and the contract was accordingly let to him awaiting the approval of the legislature, which is believed to be only a matter of form.

On the night of November 21 the force of the Patriot was driven from work by fire in adjoining buildings and the flooding of the Patriot building. The damage to the plant was entirely by water and inside of a few days the Patriot was back in its

own plant, running as usual, the paper in the meantime being printed from the Telegraph plant. This is the third time the Patriot has been driven from its quarters by fire, once in 1892, again in 1900, and each time the Telegraph came to the rescue. And, may I say that, since union men were always at work when these fires occurred, no one thought to blame them on "the foes of industrial freedom." W. S. Black, a native of this city, has deposited a York card, and is running a linotype in the Telegraph job room. J. Gochnour, formerly of Scranton, is employed at the State, on the linotype.

Education in $50,000 chunks, if it is worth the money, ought to have a salutary effect. It might even cause some people to transfer their tears from the icehouse to the steps of a banking institution. "There's a verdict."

LINWOOD B. WANBAUGH.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

The December meeting of No. 8 was the largest since the job scale was under consideration, the attraction being the election of a secretary-treasurer to fill the unexpired term of Harry S. Sharpe, resigned. There were four candidates in the field, and the result was as follows: George B. Woods, 252; Joseph F. Aude, 138; C. J. Foster, 30; Sam Randall, 14. Therefore, Mr. Woods was declared elected. He has been a member of No. 8 for twenty-two years, and has done No. 8 honorable service in various capacities, being a delegate to Birmingham in 1902, and serving on the eight-hour strike committee. The resignation of Mr. Sharpe, of course, was accepted with much regret, but we are fortunate in having a man so thoroughly familiar with the office to take his place.

The tariff work in St. Louis, which was given a severe setback by a decision of the interstate commerce commission a few months ago, has picked up quite a bit, and the Myerson, Curran, Studley and Schuster offices are fairly busy. But those who think tariff work will again reach its former proportions are doomed to disappointment, and our members who have been depending on this class of work for employment will do well to familiarize themselves in other branches of the trade.

The following new members were obligated at the December meeting: D. A. Morlang, C. A. Gallagher, E. G. Langenecker, Val Krapp, B. A. Nordman; as conditional members, G. F. Cepicky, Ralph Willmore, William C. Youhill, C. H. Milligan and Bruce Imbonden, all young men, were taken in. In a nicely worded talk President Hertenstein commended the young men on the step they had taken, and followed with an address which would have done credit to many of the country's foremost orators. His address was received with so much enthusiasm, and created such a good impression, that hereafter each class of new members will receive "instructions" from the president. A vaudeville and athletic entertainment was given at the Printing Trades Club on December 18, under the auspices of the baseball association, which netted a neat sum toward harding the fournament here in 1911. The program cons

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three boxing matches, one wrestling match, a fine quartet, Nordhaus and Ronton, cornetists; Henry Sievers, vocal soloists; Obermeyer brothers, in a sparring match; Louis Repp, vocal soloist; Charles Wagner, Dutch comedian, and other interesting

events.

These entertainments will take place each month during the winter. The committee having charge of the affair was: A. J. Van Persyn, Tom Costello, Walter Gaerisch, Andrew Hays, J. G. Tucker, Henry Obermeyer and William Corrigan. Albert A, Mock, of the Republic, formerly of Chicago, Rochester, Milwaukee and other places, has the sympathy of friends in the loss of his wife, Mrs. Hilda C. Mock, who died here October 29.

I should have mentioned last month the wurstmarkt given by the German union in honor of President Lynch, Secretary-Treasurer Hays and Vice-President Hugo Miller. The Germans are past masters at this kind of entertainment and their guests enjoyed themselves to the fullest.

John Coghlan, of New Orleans, son of Maj. P. F. Coghlan, ex-Minneapolis, died in the southern city during December. Mr. Coghlan is a native of St. Louis.

Every time a member applies for an honorable withdrawal card we wonder "why?"

It is probable that by the next meeting we will have a decision from the executive council in regard to the accumulative overtime law-that is, whether or not this law conflicts with our present contracts. There is no doubt but that the accumulative overtime law is a good one, and should be strictly enforced, if it does not conflict with our present scale.

C. P. Connolly introduced a resolution at the December meeting that where an applicant had worked at the trade during the period covering the eight-hour strike, he be required to give every place of employment, and to enumerate in detail his movements covering that period.

DENVER, COLO.

J. B. GRIFFITH.

Joseph Seiler and wife returned to Denver November 16, after a year's sojourn in San Francisco. Mr. Seiler went there for the benefit of his wife's health, and we are glad to report that she was much improved generally. Mr. Seiler was quite pleased with his sojourn in the city adjoining the placid Pacific.

George Hanlon, a former employe in the late Merchants chapel, but who has been a resident of Mountain Air, N. M., for the past seven years, was a Denver visitor the last week of November. Mr. Hanlon has laid aside the "stick and rule" and has secured a generous supply of New Mexico land, and in connection with its cultivation he has also served Uncle Sam in the capacity of postmaster in his present home. He still keeps himself on the active list of our union, and is in general touch with International Union affairs generally. He is at present engaged by one of the leading railroads of New Mexico as a general land agent.

A. Ray Bowman, a former resident of Denver,

but for three years a linotype machinist of Chicago, and for the past two years publisher of the Daily Examiner of Ogden, Utah, has severed his connection with that paper and returned to Denver, assuming charge of the linotypes in the office of the Robinson Printing Company.

Byrd Wilson, a member of Denver Union for the past quarter of a century, and for most of that time employed in the adrooms of the Times and News, respectively, has been given the general foremanship of the Daily News. Mr. Wilson has always been an energetic and conservative, as well as active, member of our union, and his friends are glad to hear of his advancement.

The athletic members of our union who are interested in the future success of the baseball team are working energetically to finance the organization in order to have it in shape for the coming season. Mr. Fischer, of the Republican, and Mr. Matthews, of the Robinson chapel, are pushing the enterprise along, and report the future welfare of the team to be in excellent shape. The boys expect to make another struggle to capture the 1911 tournament prize.

The Williamson-Haffner Engraving Company recently purchased the printing plant of the defunct Merchants Publishing Company, and will add same to their present plant. They have leased the four-story Haish building, at Fourteenth and Arapahoe streets, will remodel it and move into same about the first week of January, 1911.

The writer is the recipient of a brochure of the I. T. U. Course of Instruction in Printing. It is embossed in gold upon deckle-edge paper, and is otherwise embellished in red and black. It contains numerous letters from students in all parts of the United States who have taken the course in printing. This system of instruction has been in vogue a little over two years, but has made rapid strides in that time, and the many letters printed in the brochure bear testimony to the great good the commission is doing. The commission is not making printers, but helping compositors to become better printers. It is intensely practical, influencing every-day work from almost the first lesson. The students learn by doing, not by reading or thinking. Apprentices in all branches of the printing line should avail themselves of the advantages of this course. The brochure bears the halftones of such personages as President James M. Lynch, A. H. McQuilkin, W. B. Prescott, Robert E. Darnaby, F. J. Trezise and W. E. Stevens, each representative of the I. T. U. Commission.

Through the kindness of Edward F. Drackert, a former member of New York Union, we were shown the dance program gotten out by No. 6 for the evening of November 28, 1910. It is gotten up in an artistic manner, is printed in green tints and black, and sets forth the lists of the usual committees, and also states that "Big Six" has 7,000 members in good standing, and besides the usual annual good time at the dance is dealing out a generous sum to its unfortunate and afflicted members. Mr. Drackert was forced to come west two years ago in search of health and

sojourned in several California cities until last fall, when he came to Denver. He was a delegate from No. 6 to the Colorado Springs convention, was chairman of the relief department, and was sent to the Hot Springs convention to help formulate the pension law now upon our International statutes. He lent his efforts in many ways to aid the afflicted and aged members of the union.

An enthusiastic visitor at the Home at Colorado Springs during the dedication of the library last February was so impressed with the cordiality existing there and the pleasing surroundings, even in mid-winter, that he had a snapshot taken of the entrance to the Home, and as it presents such a cheerful appearance, even in two feet of snow, he has asked me to present the same to the readers

Lacher and others, and the consensus of opinion seemed to be that these laws are inoperative in job printing offices and wholly irrelevant and immaterial as regards conditions and wages obtaining in the job printing offices throughout the country. One speaker presented the following amendment to section 102, general laws 1910, and advocated its adoption by the general membership at large:

Provided, That the above law shall not apply to any local union that observes Decoration day, Fourth of July, Labor day, Thanksgiving day, Christmas day, New Year or any of them, as holidays, or where the custom prevails of observing Saturday half-holidays during the summer season.

During the discussion several propositions were advanced touching upon these laws, and after a thorough ventilation of opinions from all sides, the

of THE JOURNAL that they may see how attractive our Home grounds are even in the winter season, when outdoor surroundings are generally bleak and uninviting. We are indebted to Alonzo Wiley, formerly of Indianapolis Union, for a glimpse of the halftone. Note the impressive appearance of the entrance to the Home.

As formerly scheduled, the job printers' love feast and smoker occurred at the Albany Hotel the evening of December 3. Plates were laid for ninety, and a royal good time was enjoyed. The Albany orchestra, Hawaiian trio and Professor Hite's colored artists furnished the music. The overtime and priority laws were generally and thoroughly discussed from all phases of view by Messrs. W. F. Boardman, George E. Esterling, O. F. Thum, C. F. Hines, F. L. Sanford, E. F. Drackert, Bishop Stafford, C. J. Hyland, Martin

following resolutions were introduced as the sense of the meeting, and the writer was requested to have the same published in THE JOURNAL for the perusal of the entire membership at large. I herewith present same for your consideration:

Whereas, it is a well-known fact that the laws passed by the International Typographical Union at its various conventions, with few exceptions, are primarily enacted in the regulation and inter est of the newspaper offices, and little or no con sideration given to the peculiar and distinct conditions prevailing in the job printing business; therefore, be it

Resolved. That it is the sense of this meeting. that the attention of the job printers throughout the International jurisdiction be called to the importance of having their interests recognized in a definite way in the International laws; and it is further

Resolved. That at least one delegate be chosen to the next International convention who is a job printer, and who recognizes the necessities of the