Iowa Unionist (Newspaper) - March 26, 1909, Des Moines, Iowa O MacKinnon John A Elliott Cannier and SURPLUS 100000 impartial mention to UM of aaen Individual u Id FRIDAY MARCH 20 1909 H B a MacKinnon A The Mechanics Savings STREET MANHATTAN Courteous to me TRADES ASSEMBLY HALL ITEMS All News and More of the Union Labor Boys By Larry O SUS After an Intolerable they might bear the union Millers show cases arrived this week and his in the rotunda at Assembly hall not only looks cozy and Inviting but gives an air of busi ness and the touch of completeness which just sets off the building A line made cigars tobaccos and confections tempts as one draws nearer and if the boys respond as they should Gus will soon be sprout ing a bank roll The new stand Is all right just what was needed and none more worthy of support than Gus Go to it boys right As we do not smoke weve taken to gum just to boost TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY Assembly Hall Wednesday Mar 24 Meeting called to order by the president with officers present as fol lows President p C Boyd Vice President W G Secretary j O P Miller Assistant Secretary D H Caldwell Treasurer L o The following unions were repre sented Carpenters Clerks Electrical work I crs Freight Handlers Lathers Leather Workers Machinists Min ers Musicians Painters Plasterers Plumbers Street Car Men 141 Teamsters Tln hers and Typographical Credentials were read and dele gates seated from local 21 o P 1 A j A Hears John Bennett and B S Little Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved Under Reports of Unions the street car union reported progress imade In the legislature on their air Communications were read from International Brotherhood of Eleo Workers and one from the A F of L bearing on the same Shirt Waist and Laundry union to label committee The following bills were presented H Saylor rent of truck or dered paid ODonnell Printing com pany 5360 ordered paid Des Moines and Heating company re ferred to trustees Gas company re ferred to treasurer TJnder Good and Welfare H B Smith fourth vice president Interna Union of Painters and Decorat o being present responded to call with a splendid talk on unionism and the conditions confronting the Painters and Decorators On motion the time of meeting for the assembly was changed to s p m The secretary reported a contro which had taken place with the pressmen at their last meeting Committee on rules reported No further business appearing the Assembly adjourned until next regu meeting O C Boyd President G P Miller Secretary noticeable in the case of Belt Van and It has been the hope of the boys that this firm would sign up with them early as they do not wish to do Belt Van Sitter t harm They pay union wages always their shop conditions are always good and their treatment of tho men is appre by every man who has been in their employ We have heard not a single word of criticism for and the Unionist joins the boys in wishing that the get together will soon prevail There is no practical rea son for disagreement There can he no gain to may prove a loss to the firm which should not Sign Writers Cigar Makers Gus Miller has got In a nice stock of cigars no cigs tobacco etc that tickles the palace of the union and it is up to the boys tb him O course It will bo hard for some to buy ot Gus as all goods ho handles have that blue label attached C Freeh Is a very sick man and In a serious condition About a week ago he was taken with the hiccoughs and up to Uie present time has been unable to abate them We hope for the best but boys If you can call and Inquire as to his welfare H S Burken the Urbandale report er Is one who has found no fault with the late snow and weather con dition He argues that the slowly melting snow acts as a fertilizer to the soil of his ranch and pre dicts a most bountiful crop for the season Well Sil will have time now to cultivate his early vegetation as the cigar business Is very slack at this time and most ot the boys have n layoff The ad committee are getting busy to see It they stimulate the demand for Des made This is a new organization for our city although a majority of the mem bers formerly were affiliated with the painters Their first regular meeting was held last Tuesday evening under their own charter The following officers were duly elected and Installed A F Griffith president Howard Smith vice president B H Spatz recording financial secretary F B treasurer W 8 Fisher conductor F J Lane warden Directors M Bredimus B K aud Frank Gilbert Kvery sign painter in the city now has n card consequently this new union starts life 100 per cent organ The regular meetings will be hereafter on the 1st and third Tuesdays of each month W S Fisher upon being elected conductor solemnly said Boys 1 have my work cut out as conductor of this magnificent body and I prom ise to U at every meeting also that after getting a seat upon the water wagon I will no more join any irrigation club Words well spoken but we must add here that no blame should be attached to the 2 per cent jew distributor at the Muelhaupt happy home welcomed recording secretary Hoobin with when he con descended to embrace him There was no water wagon in sight A brick machine built by the En amel Concrete company was shipped to Seattle last week and J A Haley ship to superintend its erec tion He swears no Japs can operate it unless they can show a union both hands full of promises W Norton from the Wisconsin city the world famous vis the last meeting and the union talk which he unloaded on the boys was a hummer Bob Jakway has sufficiently ered from his recent illness that he has reported for work at which is also in Wisconsin We cau tion him that lilue Ribbon when un wound too far kinks J from K C on the Kaw gave a flue talk to the boys at the last meeting Baldy Morrison lias gone to Mar Iowa to work for every body he meets Look out for tne Soldiers home house there Pressmen Pressmen got their dander up the other night when they were refused permission to have beer iu the new hall and served notice that they will seek other quarters in which to hold their We hate to lose any organization but the above practice will not be permitted even if we lose more The pressmen should the accommodations they have received at the Assembly before carrying hasty threats into ef fect They were hasty all the way they did not give Secre tary Miller any notice of wishes un til the hour of the meeting Terry print in Iowa doesnt know forty one years a member of the Typo graphical is a candidate for a to the International which meets In St Joe Mo August yth this year He has Needham and Cook as competitors for the so far There will probably be a warm contest for the honor of repre US even if the convention is so close that everybody can go who wants to whether a delegate or not Street Car Men Sheet Metal Workers We are glad to hear that Bro Jes sie Weavers child is better they brought It from the hospital a few days ago where it has been treat ed for lung fever Roy Curtis is improving very slow ly Roy has had a hard time of it In stepping off the car some two he broke an ankle which has kept from his work ever Abel is still telling the boys they run street cars at St Joe Joe town calls it Hro Cronk went forward at the re vival meetings last week and as the hole Is six fet long the to baptize him in sections John Hosteller says I dont liko to but what can I do there Is no other day run open Stanton had a little battle on tba car the other night in which his opponent knocked him through the window but Stanton came out vie at the finis h Baslon won the suit in court in which he was arrested for hitting a man with his register His defense was the registers now in use by the Des City Railway company are no good to collect fares with and as the duty of a conductor is to collect fares or fight I used mine to light with The clear headed meu acquitted him on the first balloc shall never forget how Bro Jake Leonard and our Bro from Dav Mr Coleman are working hour after hour day after day never tiring looking listening trying in some way to cinch every little bit of evidence that will help accomplish the greatest stop ever undertaken hi this state for the benefit of our motor men We sit and wonder if the devils running around in street car mens uniforms who have sat on our stools and accepted our raisa in will have tlie nerve to use OUR thit we are fighting for and still not be men enough to join our organiza tion Men listen to me Do you real ize that to accept what another has fought for is putting yourself lower than a snake Bro Cronk says if they ever have air brakes on cars in Des Moines he the old 111 fixed up first We cant promise that hut we can prom ise if we dont fall down Thursday tnit we will have the brakes all all right Dont the senators Know it to be an absolute fact that you cant depend onthe hand brake the men elected to the senate by the people for the people realize that It will sav lives We hope lo pass a making street car compau Dont we have accidents day after day butting wagons sometimes kill ing people simply because our brakes are too slow to stop tie car in time ies put ou all cars as avoid accidents possible smokes The Painters The decision on the part of tie painters to work only In a strictly onion shop this year has jarred some of the bosses not a little but hu effected the journeymen scarcely at all Every member ot the union is working Of course tbat does not mean that the shops have all union lied for they have not but It means who bare not will make BO In the union ranks through driving the to work IB tall in all force of Pay to On at kan Last meeting was harmon and best attended for a long time Nb IX or XXXX material visi ble the entire evening The officers recently elected Woerz vice president and Frank Olson financial to nil vacancies were duly Installed Delegates to Building Trades Coun cil reported charter applied for per manent officers elected with every in dication for the best organization of he kind ever attempted In the city Woerz Y A Kerr and L O were continued as delegates and credentials Issued Henry Donohue who has been sick ind absent from tho meetings for some time was on deck again By the way Bro Donohue and Dutch the heart breaker have ac the positions formerly held by tho Schlater Bros with tie L H Kurtz Co Y A Korr In an endeavor to bet ter his condition has left the employ of Backman and can now be found pounding away at Hermans now es on E Cth street Lew Olsen Is also at tho same place retiring report shows the to bo in very good condition financially Frank Olson has been In Saints shop for so many years tne fodder does not give the required sustenance Any way It is the only deduction wo can make as ho has changed his pastures green We note that he Is working for and McGaffee Demands for links aro very brisk Out of town firms are already writing for help and some of tho boys may blow P S C B Morlan If you will como to meetings wo do not think under the circumstances there would be any trouble to arrange a smoker It somebody would only make the motion J A Haley whistled the following ditty to your reporter A who swore by all that he holds sacred to be present at every meeting hereafter slipped a cog the meeting after Wonder It he meant that blood curdling oath Bob who uy he was blistered In oar Inne t time to tw cood and wu offhand Pay Unionist to at Bro Myers Is able to work again after a long of sickness Nick Mow is working again after a sick spell Bro Foley is on the car again hav ing finished a sentence at the hospital Bro Baker and Bro Weller are convalescing We dont know of any more on the sick list at present Harry Dame spent Sunday with his wifes folks at Grand Junction Iowa Watson Roberts president of the local received a call from the stork last week Congratulations Bob But here is what looks funny to me You are a union man and took an tion to help and support tils union On the other hand you are a mar ried man and you took an obligation to support and help that woman Now right now while that baby is small and that woman needs your help why did you only last Friday give Bro Johnson the owl man on the Center street car to trade runs with you till that hoby got old enough so it would not cry at night Shep Conn got mixed up with a man on the Fairground line the other night Bro Lee was referee Being Shops motorman he wanted to en courage him Shep had his fingers in the mans mouth Lee said Cave his slats In Shep Shep looked up foolish like and as the tears came to his eyes said I cant he Is cat ing me Kvery time the sun Charley and Shorty Jones sit down and talk base ball They are figur ing on starting a nine next month and it looks good so far Charley is a good pitcher sheetz is a catcher the In and outfielders have all signed up but we have not learned who they are for sure Jones is to bo back stop behind the catcher com called pigtail After tho work out the other day was heard confessing to Papa Lyons that Shorty Jones was the pigtail he ever saw Boys if they organize that ball team lets go together and support them all we can It will bo composed of none but union men The other unions are getting together so why cant we Lets have a team In the field It will be a credit to the uniforms stamped Local No 441 A correspondent has lots of trou ble I remember once when writing for a poultry journal Jt happened to roast some one a little too hard The next day in my mail I received the following Dear Sir If you aro In this coun ly at sun down you will get what Motorman Floyd got at the hospital I left the county before aim down Will Maher Harvey Hosteller and Kick Coffman are still on the ried list Pretty alow boys Maher been down on Scott street three Unrei a week tor the laat four years so Nick Coffman sari and Nick ought Will Moores little boy fell down SOCIALISM AND THE CHURCH The Church and Social Human Needs By the Rev Charles Stelzle two They took him to a nearby san and he Is getting along well as could be expected Brothers lets help tho Iowa Union 1st Every week It gives the news of the locals here in Des Moines Painters plumbers brick layers and all other local unions besides all ou of town news regarding strikes lock outs and so oil printed especially for union men It only costs 60 cents a year 52 copies less than 1 cent a a copy It Is for you It works to your interest and no one elses Sub scribe for it today and get tho news of your local every week Electrical Workers The Electrical Workers will mee In the new hall room 4 next meet ing night which happens to bo Apri 1st but It will be no April fool to either the Electrical Workers or the 65 is as glad to be back as the Assembly Is tb see them return Bricklayers Getting about ready to fall in lino again boys We want you just as quick as you can decide that what is good enough for the rest of the crowd is good for tho brick layers The Assembly Is playing no favorites however Everybody treat ed alike Youll find no no gambling nothing but courteous and gentlemanly treatment goes now Come back and get in line with tho rest We need you you need us to know tor he there Pay to Out Miller at hall Leather Workers General President K J Baker made a stop over while returning from Hastings Neb having been called there to settle trouble with a firm who had fifteen men out Every thing now is lovely The men are back at work with the main conten of tho union settled Since his Inst visit with us in Jan uary of this year new locals have been to the brotherhood namely Madison Tenn and Iowa Tho lat ter place starts In with a local of 29 members out of a possible 35 This Is a good record but wo think that as soon as J J OBrien editor of tho Muscatine Labor Voice comes In con tact with tho six they will come iu the fold President Baker further states that business is good tho country over manufacturers are writing to headquarters for men Also that a better feeling is manifest between employer and employe Tills he at tributes to tho conservative policy of the union during tho past year Were tipped we have a coun cil at Kansas City that meets month ly composed of tho heads ol alac in union heads which Is ac great good for the move Continued on page il filler Unionist to On at ball The socialists attempt to ridicule tho church by saying that it has never done anything for the common peo plan is far more ef than ours If ever there was an opportunity for the socialists to try out their plan among a real needy people such an opportunity exists among tho cannibals of the Pacific islands But it is quite noticeable that the socialists do not go there They are quite content to wait until the church sends out its hundreds oj missionaries aud pours in its mil Hops of dollars producing a Chris tian civilization and when it is per safe to do so the socialists build upon the foundation laid by tire church many years before Then they turn around and scorn tho church because of its failure to help the masses The shipwrecked sailor who saw tho church sleeping iu the valley knew tbat he was per safe because Instead ot eat ing their visitors tie people now wor shipped God as the result of the coining of Christian missionaries some of whom had given their lives as a sacrifice in order to make this condition possible Socialism believes in environment list hoping tbat good character may result Christianity believes in char first knowing that good environ ucut will follow The history of the vorld has proven that this principle f Christs is most effective in re forming mankind Even in His day when social conditions were vorse than they aro today Christ lid not advocate another social sys eni in order to help mankind Ha began to change individ inl men if that was Christs method ve can well afford to follow him here are undoubtedly other things o do and the church must do them ut its principal business is to change iad men into good men and to by one The social been getting ready to take an official step iu the matter of securing a larg er measure of justice for the workers the church has been ministering to those who have fallen by the way side it has brought comfort to the sorrowing and relief for the suffering In this task it has unquestionably been without a peer in all history and for this work the church in all fairness should receive due credit Not that It cares for it particularly nor is it demanding such recognition hut in an unbiased consideration of the whole subject these facts should be reckoned with WOMANS SUPERIOR OFFICE Tsts tell been trying the character first plan for two thousand years we have not made very much progress hut havent we What about the can for instance What about the time when our ancestors were naked savages and drank blood and wins out of human skulls Is it necessary to narrate tie long story of the vilest degradation before the teachings ot Christ were accepted aud then tell of the victories of tho cross in every land These things are only too well to the socialists The great and extraordinary want of womankind just now seems to be common sense It is not true how ever that man possesses a monopoly of this faculty as his Insane devo tion to tobacco and strong drink abundantly shows But woman carry ing and fruit to a degenerate fiendish slayer of an Innocent 1 am a Christian she said but nothing could shield her from his from his robber and murderous hand A rich woman ot Des Moines took a criminal out ot jail and made him her husband He soon got away with all her property But she was far from extending a helping hand to the many poor and repentant girls that iad been led astray The jail is constantly crowd ed with this hopeless and friendless class But no flowers and fruit are brought to them no hand ot help or pity is extended to them by women Now in reference to fashion Where today is the manifestation ol common sense on womans part It Is not because she is hopelessly a derelict for the admirable Quaker women nave tor two hundred years shown how woman may be controlled by a sense of In a word right ja reposed In no city or country In the world aro the Christians in a majority Tie men outside of the church control the courts and the legislatures but the progress which has been made is due to the direct and indirect In fluence of Christianity The churcn has often been at fault and in some things it is to blame today but no matter how age the churcn has always been tho whitest within and not from without To quote from the significant resolutions passed by tho great church conference In Phil adelphia representing nearly twenty million members the attention of should be called to the tact that The Institution ot a day of rest secured for the tollers of Christendom by the very charter of the church has been defended on their behalf by it throughout the centuries That the streams of philanthropy which thousand needs have springs for the most part In Christian devotion That tho rights of nen upon which rest the pillars ot his mighty group ot commonwealths aro a heritage from tho conscience ind consecration of men who Jesus Christ as Master the free ministrations to the community on tho part ot tens ot housands of churches attest the pur pose of the followers of Christ That tlie church while It may not have accepted the task of announcing in Industrial program Is at heart eager witli tho impulses of service and is more than over ready to ex press tho spirit of Its Lord That In tho quest for the forces by which tho larger hopes of tho worging men of America may ho must speed ly anil fully realized the loaders of ho industrial world can better afford o lose all others than those which ire today and havo been for nearly wo thousand years at work In tho the motive and the devotion if the church of Jesus Christ Of course it will bo tho so that ho is going to eradicate he necessity for philanthropy and rery much that the church is doing oday and has been doing throughout ages But even In this respect tho hurch has done more than socialism lowerer in the meantime It has leen trying to alleviate the suffering if mankind the vorld has Pay to Gua Miller at hall a woman was seen at a hotel in Des wearing a bonnet I inew a young wife of a poor man who presented her a dollar Jill that she was told by him to spend in buying clothes for herself She gave the fifty dollars for a new bon net No exhibition of common sense in this But I believe that when woman has been given the ballot sho will come to seriously of duty to country to humanity and to husband children parents and self And she will be foremost in every good work It will not he said then tiat she does not exhibit common sense in dress Wom an is not different from man in the same environment except as prompt ed by instinct By education in the right line will she become as careful of her behavior as more careful to keep in the path of com mon sense What Is needed for both men and women Religion I mean by religion the straight and narrow path I mean a axed aim in motto for all Excelsior If every child born is led to aspire have before it n lofty aim to ex cel in some line of grand ment and tbat beautiful of go ing about doing good to make the world tho better the wiser and the happier is always kept in view no other motive than tho lore ot right doing for its own sake as water runs down hill by a natural law I mean to say the beautiful life of Je pattern as was meant by the Master and his early disciples It should bo Let this mind be In you which was also Jn Christ then 1 Insist will both woman and man reach tho plane of and religion will all men and all women look forward and not back up and not down and lend a hand Now tho only difference In the di rection ot mind of man and woman is instinctive The aesthetic and tta motherly instinct are hers Hers It Is to bo happy and happy the home Nothing can destroy or lessen her love of tho beautiful Let her adorn her person but not beyond common sense Hers It Is to be a fruitful vino by the aide of house o man thy children like olivo plants round about thy table By tho side ot tho homo la she planted to stay And toe social or der compels her to go beyond tho homo to mako her way In the world as today she Is compelled must bo changed Commercialism must bo superceded by cooperation The benefits of Invention must accrue to her She must be cared for boun and not compelled to work for wages Let her work be only what nature compels or tho race perlan Iet her her whole attention to and bring ing up of children and making happy the tome the highest earthly odea and next to Ooda throne Leonard Brown Pay Unionist to On Miller at ball
