. Carpenter. or an increasefrom 50 cents to 55 cents an hour, totake effect on June 1. The referendumvote on this proposition was overwhelm-ingly in favor of the increase. The car-penter trade has been fairly good dur-ing the past season and we anticipatebut little trouble in enforcing our de-mand. Successful Trade MovementsSioux City, la.—Through the effortsof General Organizer Wm. Greibling,Local Union 948 has signed a two-yearagreement with the Master BuildersAssociation, in which our demands haveall been granted. We are to receive anadvance of 5 cents per hour and the in-stitution of the u


. Carpenter. or an increasefrom 50 cents to 55 cents an hour, totake effect on June 1. The referendumvote on this proposition was overwhelm-ingly in favor of the increase. The car-penter trade has been fairly good dur-ing the past season and we anticipatebut little trouble in enforcing our de-mand. Successful Trade MovementsSioux City, la.—Through the effortsof General Organizer Wm. Greibling,Local Union 948 has signed a two-yearagreement with the Master BuildersAssociation, in which our demands haveall been granted. We are to receive anadvance of 5 cents per hour and the in-stitution of the union shop. Our wageshad previously been $ for a day ofeight hours, but we had had no agree-ment with the contractors. Our agree-ment goes into effect on May ? ?Westfield, N. J.—On January 1 we re-ceived our increase of wages without anytrouble. We will now get $ perclay of eight hours, instead of $, ourlast seasons rate. The new schedulewent into effect immediately uponagreement. 150. 1_E32§SSS3S_T ems im Drawing a Curved Rafter (By Milton Logan.)You will remember that I have contrib-uted a few craft problems to our journalduring the past few years. I will nowgive you a few more, which I think workout correctly in practice, hoping the samewill benefit the brothers. I notice in theJanuary number a plan for drawing acurved rafter by A. D. Stafford of L. There are several methods of draw-ing the curve. I give herewith a methodof drawing it by means of the triangle.


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