. Carpenter. t of the workers and thebetterment of the people. (Sipned)Gompers. President Lynch, of the InternationalTypographical Union, was then intro-duced as the speaker of the evening, andhis effort was one of the very best everheard in this city on trade unionism. Itwas a fitting opening for the movement,and will be long remembered by thosewho heard it. Open meetings of every craft are now-being held, also general meetings for allworkers. Everybody has the organizing 13 fever, every craft is trying to out:dothe other in the way of increasing itsmembership. There are now fifteen or-ganize
. Carpenter. t of the workers and thebetterment of the people. (Sipned)Gompers. President Lynch, of the InternationalTypographical Union, was then intro-duced as the speaker of the evening, andhis effort was one of the very best everheard in this city on trade unionism. Itwas a fitting opening for the movement,and will be long remembered by thosewho heard it. Open meetings of every craft are now-being held, also general meetings for allworkers. Everybody has the organizing 13 fever, every craft is trying to out:dothe other in the way of increasing itsmembership. There are now fifteen or-ganizers in the field and others are com-ing. At the time of writing, 1,000 mem-bers have been added to the fold, andthe movement is only two weeks old, theresults being above the anticipation ofthe movements staunchest supporters. The carpenters are by no means in thebackground. We have three locals inour city—L. U. 26, with a membershipof ; L. U. 1211, with 112, and 192, with 85. They are doing yeomen. R. H. HOOKER,work in the movement. As an induce-ment they reduced their initiation fee to$10. The secretary of the movementwrote President W. D. Huber for an or-ganizer to be sent here for sixty days,requesting that he choose the very bestman that he had available. BrotherCharles N. Kimball, of Boston, came inanswer to the letter, and. judging fromthe work he has done since he arrivedon the scene, President Huber certainlygranted the request. He has been doingmissionary work in the suburbs, and al-ready there are signs of three new lo- THE CflRPEHTER cals. He has also spoken at all thelocals here and always with good days ago he went to Rockwell,a suburb, and several members went withhim. They held a meeting in Ash Hall,John T. OBrien, Business Agent, actingas chairman. Another meeting will beheld there in a short time, and it is ex-pected that enough names will be ob-tained to send for a charter. After themeeting, Brother Dennie Hurley, of 26,invited some
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