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GALVESTON LABOR JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY, 1, 1909.
‘ROS'TE'R OF
\7niona’ Fair Li^t^
Houston Local Organized Decern- Union of Houston, Its Officers and
her 24,1907 Delegates
Carpenters Local Union No. 793.
nesday of each month in Carpenters
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iarity with the history of No. 87,
Plasterers Protective Union No.
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Max Artusy
James Prendergast
Midway Pool and Billiard Hall
The Home of
Houston Local Is a Thrifty and En-
thusiastic Organization
Laboring Men
Bricklayers’ Union No. 1.
The night of December 4, 1902, the
Haxthausen, president; Robt. C. Bow-
F. J. NASS, Manager
: meeting and awaking to the true
con-
2106 MARKET STREET
treasurer; F. C. Gleich, financial and
Chas. E. Witherspoon SUNSET BAR
DRUGGIST
PRESCRIPTION PHONE 255
gained not only the respect but confi-
As to what an organization
can do
or six years, they
Frank B. McCurdy, John J. Whitley;
an example that even their
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A. H. Stenzel, president;
J. LEVY (& BRO
, meyer, vice president; J. Studhalter,
treasurer; W. E. Carroll, financial
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sell, recording secretary;
LIVERY AND SALES STABLES
guide.
CHURCH STREET
nine fraternal organizations in exist-
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J. LEVY S BRO.
UNDERTAKERS
sec-
s.
JAKE MORRIS
Proprietor
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Theatrical Stage Employes.
International Alliance of Theatrical
State Employes, Local No. 5, meets
every third Sunday of the month, By-
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Take on New Life and will Build
Up Organization in Heuston
’ employers cannot help but admire and
I incidentally respect.
May they always have the member-
ship and the financial backing to keep
instilled that feeling of respect.
The following are the officers of the
local at present:
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Have Highest Aspirations and Ex-
hibit Deepest Consecration
recording secretary; Robt. C. Bowman,
G. J. Deharde, delegates to the Labor
Council.
BRIEF HISTORY
TYPOGRAPHICAL
God. ।
If you would hear the voice of God, in a space of five
keep close to the people. ’ stand as
Retail Clerks’ Fair List.
Robt. I. Cohen.
E. S. Levy & Co.
Baxter & Wilson.
Dave Schram Clothing Co.
Star Clothing House.
Sakowitz Bros.
Sam J. Williams.
Flatto & Bro.
Hammersmith Bros.
Himelfarb.
S. H. Kress & Co.
Ted Collier.
Nat. Jacobs.
Tussup Grocery Co.
Reliance Coffee Co.
E. Dulitz Furniture Co.
Kauffman-Meyer Furniture Co.
Modern Millinery Co.
Boddeker & Lyons Hardware Co.
J. Neiss Millinery Co.
J. G. Smith, gents’ furnishings.
are Engaged
BIRTH OF GAR-
MENT WORKERS
STRUCTURAL
IRON WORKERS
ELECTRICAL
WORKERS
or; Ed Creamer, T. Forster, trustees;
Geo. Tischendorf, treasurer.
PATTERN MAK-
ERS UNION
Corner
21st and Market Streets
Phone 254
THE COMMON
PEOPLE
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
UNION HOUSE
secretary; C. A. Gerret, financial
retary; B. H. Weber, treasurer;
Basque, inside guard.
314—TWENTY-FIRST STREET—314
PHONE 2490
Fair List, Barbers, No. 62.
Trowell & Reed, 2224 Market.
Whitely & Williams, 24th and Mar-
ket.
E. Fries, 306 Tremont.
C. P. Johnson, 414 Tremont.
A. H. Gaston, 218 Tremont.
Polite and Attentive Drivers 1 CHURCH STREET
| j Between 22d and 23d Streets
Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 144.
Meets every first and second Wed-
nesday of each month at Cooks and
Waiters Hall. Max Wolfe, president;
P. S. Puppo, vice president; Edward
Lewis, recording secretary; H. Hom-
righaus, financial secretary; V. Bau-
hens, treasurer; W. Hearn, conductor;
H. Rhoderman, warden; J. Lobenstein,
Joe Homrighaus, W. J. C. Jordan, trus-
tees; Roy Cramer, Max Wolfe, dele-
gates to the Labor Council.
Have you given your secretary your
name and home address? If not, do
so at once. This is necessary in order
that you get your paper promptly.
I
One o1 Houston’s Prosperous Labor
Organization
e
Retail Clerks’ International Protective
Ass'n, Local No. 130.
Typographical Union No. 28.
Meets every first Sunday of each
month at the Cooks and Waiters Hall,
at 2 p. m. Mayo Paretti, president;
John Fourby, vice president; Geo. H.
Kuntz, financial secretary and treas-
urer.
Officers and members will confer a favor by reporting to THE LABOR JOURNAL any inaccuracy in names of officers
time and place of meeting, addresses, and any item of news relative to members of their organizations
GIVE NAME OF UNION TO WHICH YOU BELONG AND RESIDENT ADDRESS
Street Railway Employes Local No. 78.
Meets every first and third Mon-
day of each month in Carpenters Hall,
2220 Postoffice street. Ed Duckworth,
president; W. T. Morgan, vice presi-
dent; M. V. McMahan, secretary, 1803
Avenue D; J. P. Hutchins, treasurer;
Wm. Muller, warden; R. O. Stone,
conductor; M. V. McMahan, Wm. Mul-
ler, R. W. Batts, delegates to the La-
bor Council.
words, it required $1.50 in currency to
buy one dollar in specie. The reduc-
tion in Galveston was from 75c in cur-
rency per 100 ems to '50c in currency,
per 1000 ems; and the cut in Houston
was from 50c in specie to 50c in cur-
rency per 1000 ems, so it is easily seen
that “the boys had a kick coming.”
But, in their efforts to maintain fair
conditions, they suffered temporary
defeat, and the shock was not only dis-
couraging, but demoralizing, and the
charter was surrendered, only to be
later renewed by the loyal ones, whose
staunch hearts and staying qualities
made possible the powerful and almost
perfect No. 87 of today.
Excepting its steady and substantial
growth, the history of No. 87 has been
uneventful, and to attempt here to de-
Woman’s Union Label League.
Meets every second and fourth Wed-
nesday of each month at the Cooks
and Waiters Hall, at 8 p. m. Mrs. E.
Lucas, president; Mrs. M. Hoft, first
vice president; Mrs. A. Herman, sec-
ond vice president; Mrs. I. Lawson,
recording secretary; Mrs. M. Saliba.
financial secretary; Mrs. E. Baker,
treasurer.
veston on a currency basis. In other
' ditions under which they were work-
i ing, namely, long hours and a low
wage, decided to organize, and prompt-
ly sent to the Pattern Makers’ League
of North America for a charter.
Starting with its eight members, who
were J. Alexander, G. Le Laurin, H.
Murray, H. Johnson, Theo Miller, P.
Voight, J. A. Ashman and J. Studhal-
ter, the organization gradually extend-
ed its influence and authority, not only
over Houston but over the entire state,
controlling its members from the in-
terior of Mexico to the mining towns
of Arizona and New Mexico.
From $3.00 for ten hours, they have
steadily advanced their wage rate to
an average of $4.25 to $4.50 for nine
hours for every shop in the state.
Unlike some associations, they did
not forget the source “from which all
blessings flow,” but raised their dues
from 25 cents to 50 cents per week, and
placed a clause in their by-laws by
which its members receive $3.00 per
week extra sick benefits.
In the spring of 1907 the members in '
It has long been acknolwedged that
“the voice of the people is the voice
of God.” The undiscerning may hear
in the people’s voice only a great roar
of discontent, or the mutterings of the
misguided mass. But he who has un-
derstanding will hear the “still, small
voice,” which speaks the will of God.
The statesmen in every age who
Barber’s Union, No. 62.
Meets every first Tuesday of. each
month at Tremont and Avenue A. E.
Lawrence, president; M. E. Percault,
vice president; F. Hans, recording
secretary; M. H. Perkins, financia
secretary; H. L. Ennis, treasurer;
Fin Bryant, guardian.
Meets ever first and third Tuesday,
Four Seasons restaurant, 320 Cen-
tre St.
Royal Cafe, 225 Tremont St.
Koehler Cafe, 417 Tremont St.
Opera House restaurant, 416 Centre
St.
Erdman’s Cafe, 415 Tremont St.
Durham, J., restaurant, 23d and 24th
Market St.
First and Last Chance restaurant,
25th, bet. B and C.
ex-
cepting the two years’ time of his af-
man, vice
Bakers and Confectionery Workers
Local No. 251.
Meets every first and third Satur-
day of each month at the Cooks and
Waiters Hall, 309 Tremont street, at
8 p. m. D. Walsh, president; M. Ca-
vozos, vice president; Wm. Hans,
recording secretary, 609 Thirty-fourth
street; E. Paysse, financial secretary,
2705 Avenue J; E. Zinke, treasurer;
Joe Pechal, warden.
Pattern Makers of Houston held a
Keep constantly on hand and for sale
a fine assortment of Metallic Cases,
Burial Robes and Caskets. A Child’s
White Hearse and Harness and fine
Hearss for Adults.
Carriages, Buggies and Saddle Horses
for Hire. Fine Mules and Horses for
Sale. Also a full line of Buggies, all
styles.
customed to things as they are, who, the members themselves, they have
quite satisfied with present conditions,
Journeymen Barbers Union No. 100.
Meets every first Monday of each
month in Cooks and Waiters Hall, 309
Tremont street, at 8 p. m. B. F. Sher-
man, president; R. Davenport, vice
president; A. G. Linaser, recording
have accomplished the things which
have produced the greatest good for
all the people, got their inspiration be-
cause they kept close to the masses.
Rarely does the vision come to the
man who spends all of his time in the
seclusion of the study. His touch on
life is so slight, and his understanding
of the needs of men so inadequate that
his outlook extends only to the limits
of his own life and his own narrow ex-
perience. It is only as a man comes
into contact with others that his own
life becomes larger and fuller, and it
is out of this fullness that he is en-
abled to speak concerning the great-
er problem of life.
No class of men have a broader ex-
perience than the “common people”—
no class knows quite so well what it
means to toil and to suffer and to sac-
rifice. None have higher aspirations
and none exhibit deeper consecration.
It is because of this that God speaks
through them.
Sometimes their expression of God’s
will is crude. Sometimes it comes as
a shock to men who have become ac-
City Galveston and Houston.
Cooks and Waiters Fair List.
Elite restaurant, 2208 Market St.
Pickwick restaurant, 2222 Market
dence of their employers. Never par-
ticipating in sympathetic strikes, but
attending strictly to their own affairs,
strikes and -lockouts are an unknown
thing.
At the present time the Houston As-
sociation has a membership of twenty-
nine, while El Paso has eighteen.
Brewery Workers Local No. 130.
Meets every first and third Friday
of each month at Cooks and Waiters
Hall, 309 Tremont street. R. D. Mar-
quardt, president; C. Zackery, vice
president; Toney Ochs, recording-
financial secretary and treasurer; Ot-
to Karbowske, warden; Emil Jenecke,
shop steward.
®f each month at 8 o’clock p. m. in
Cooks and Waiters’ Hall. James Le-
vine, president; A. J. Mahr, first vice
president; T. D. Schell, second vice
president; Wm. Windmeyer, financial
secretary; Arthur Dietzel, recording
secretary; Dan Kahn, treasurer.
Painters and Decorators Local No. 585.
Meets* every first and third Thurs-
day of each month in the Cooks and
Waiters Hall, 309 Tremont street. A.
M. Burgess, president; Chas. Eyth, re-
cording secretary, 309 Tremont street;
Chas. Miller, financial secretary; E. P.
Morse, treasurer; Wm. Lorenze, con-
ductor; C. Draper, warden; W. T. Rey-
nolds, preceptor; W. H. Davis, T. J.
Moore, J. M. Potts, trustees.
Southern Pacific Dock Workers.
Meets every first and third Tues-
day of each month at Longshoremens
Hall, Twenty-second and Mechanic
streets. O. A. Anderson, president;
Ed Carney, first vice president; Jos.
Rivas, second vice president; Frank
Beaulieu, walking delegate; M. J. Ga-
hagan, financial secretary and busi-
ness agent, 2015 Market street; H. V.
Lang, recording secretary.
Meets every 1st and 3rd Thursday of
Al. each month at the Carpenters’ Hall.
, _______ _____2220 Postoffice Street, 8:00 p. m. Jas.
president; X. A. Denny, Kennedy, president; Jack Shaw, vice
president; John Holloway, financial
and corresponding secretary; G. A.
Leete, recording secretary; H. Green-
roade, deputy; Alfred Ferry, conduct-
are unwilling to be made uncomfort-
able by a change which may mean a
readjustment in their method of living
and in their way of doing .business. But
to stand in the way of progress is fu-
tile. It may be that it is necessary to
oppose certain features—man-made
and man-inspired—which have crept
into the plans which the people pre-
sent, but back of them all and beneath
them all will be found the hand of
Printing Pressmens Local No. 25.
Meets every first Monday of each
month in Cooks and Waiters Hall, 309
Tremont street. A. A. Finch, presi-
dent; H. O. Schaub, vice president;
H. Beneke, secretary and treausurer,
705 Avenue F; E. Single, sergeant-at-
arms; F. Herzog, L. P. Shap, J. Z.
Smith, executive committee.
If you have any news items of inter-
est give them to the local representa-
tive of The Labor Journal. It is your
duty.
Fair Painters. । j
Benington & Moore, T. J., phone
2601.
O. Spangenberg, 2106 Church street.
R. E. Kinze, phone 2499.
J. Petersen, phone 2071.
E. G. Seale, phone 1497.
True & Edwards, phone 971.
Geo. Dry, residence 2725 Ave. P.
C H. McGinnis, residence, 809 Ave-
nue. 1.
Clyde David.
D. J. Carter, residence, 1805 Ave. K.
J. Ritz, residence 1513 17th St.
Carpenters District Council.
Meets every second and fourth Fri-
day of each month at the Carpenters
Hall, 2220 Postoffice street. Aug. J.
Schultze, president; Ralph Slade, vice
president; T. P. Lucas, Sr., recording
secretary, 3716 Avenue G; S. F. Mc-
Bride, financial secretary and treas-
urer; Arthur Adams, warden; Henry
Rabe, H. W. Bautsch, O. J. Seibel,
trustees.
Meets every third Sunday of each
month at the Cooks and Waiters Hall,
at 10 p. m. F. Fagen, president; Geo'
DeHardy, vice president; George
O’Rourke, recording and financial sec-
retary; D. Wilson, treasurer.
Teamsters Local No. 604. .
Meets every fourth Monday of each
month in Cooks and Waiters Hall 309
Tremont street, at 8 p. m. Thomas
Thorpe, president; V. Peterson, vice
president; Thomas Dean, seertary, 813
Seventh street; F. Jones, warden- V
Peters, M. H. Sibley, A. O. Hansen,'
trustees.
occurred in Galveston in January,
1868, and this strike was lost by the
printers. In March of the same year,
a strike occurred in Houston, and re-
sulted in a loss to No. 87, and after
holding out till about June of that
year the charter was surrendered.
— । The scale in Houston at that time
. a aso, 0U° ass and Cananea organ- was on a specie basis, and that of Gal-
ized themselves into a branch, and are
Uneeda restaurant, 25th and 26th
Market St.
Journeymen Plumbers Union No. 200.
. Meets first and third Thursday
nights of each month at Cooks and
Waiters Hall, 309 Tremont street. W. I"
H. Dick, president; J. J. Connors I *
financial secretary and treasurer, 810
Eleventh street; L. Maiser, recording
secretary; J. J. Carrol, inside guard;
W. H. Dick, delegate to the Laboi ,
Council; Geo. Wilson, W. H. Dick, rep l
resentatives Building Trades Council /
Cooks and Waiters Local No. 69.
Meets every first and third Tuesday
of each month in their hall, 309 Tre-
mont street, at 8 p. m. A. L. Mazo
president; Pete Glavorich, vice presi-
dent; Ben Baehr, financial secretary;
Gus Woehleke, recording secretary;
Louis Ricci, inside guard; A. L. Mazo,
collector; Louis Ricci, chairman hall
committee; M. W. Lusk, Pete Glavo
rich, M. Obnstein, trustees; J. B. Fret
well, A. L. Mazo, Louis Ricci, dele
gates to Labor Council.
Galveston Labor Council.
Meets every second and fourth Mon-
day of each month at Cooks and Wait-
ers Hall, at 8 p. m. A. M. Burgess
(Painters), president; R. Marquardt
(Brewery Workers), first vice presi-
dent; M. E. Shay (Printing Press-
men),. second vice president; Henry
W. E. Rabe (Carpenters No. 526), re-
cording and corresponding secretary;
Wm. F. Braunsdorf (Musicians) finan-
cial secretary; C. A. Gehret (Barbers),
treasurer; Walter Holdsworth (S. P.
Dock Workers), reading clerk; Louis
Ricci (Cooks and Waiters), warden.
Electrical Workers Local No. 527.
Meets every second and fourth Fri-
day of each month in Cooks and
Waiters Hall, 309 Tremont street, at
8 p. m. Dick Williamson, president;
J. A. Kubler, vice president; Joe Tax,
recording secretary; J. D. McIntire,
financial secretary, 414 Fourteenth
street; Joe Tax, Gabe Munford, Dick
Williamson, trustees.
secretary; Robert Clarke, treasurer;
T. A. Fowler, doorkeeper. The finance
committee was composed of Chat. E.
McLaughlin, J. Crantford and J. G.
Tracy.
The names of the fifty original mem-
bers were: J. C. Bacon, C. F. Buchner,
J. O. Bangs, Robert Clarke, J. H. Car-
per, Wm. Cherry, J. Crantford, T. B.
Crain, J. H. Crabtree, I. T. B. Cowser,
Adolph Dohme, J. J. Dunn, Oscar Dal-
ton, E. L. Deffenbaugh, G. G. Eskridge,
T. W. Fitzgerald, J. F. Falvel, R. J.
French, T. A. Fowler, H. P. Gillespie,
J. C, Grady, B. Harrington, Frank Hall,
Wm. Hartley, E. A. Hicks, Jas. Kirch-
berg, B. F. King, G. W. King, W. A.
Leonard, R. S. Sea, Will Lambert, W.
J. Moore, Chat. E. McLaughlin, M. Mc-
Clanahan, A. A. Pittuck, Ed. H. Quick,
T. H. Revely, Jas. Smith, C. H. Scan-
lan, R. H. Small, Joseph Smallwood,
Ed. Smallwood, John H. Stoner, E. C.
Stacy, A. J. Starnes, James G. Tracy,
J. H. Tompkins, John H. Wilson, J. P.
Waters, A. Walsingham.
There are only five of these original
members known to be alive at this
date, namely: Robt. Clarke, formerly
of Clarke & Courts, T. A. Fowler and
W. J. Moore of Houston, Chat .E. Mc-
Laughlin of Austin and James Smith,
known as “Texas Smith.”
At the time No. 87 was organized
filiation. So, I ask the indulgence of
those who may note the shortcomings
The writing of a brief historical
sketch of this organization, which
On December 24, 1907, the employes
। of Cyrus W. Scott’s overall factory
Meets every second and fourth Wed- held a meeting in their work room,
Hall, 2220 Postoffice street, at 8 p. m.
August J. Schultze, president; T. A.
Poueigh, vice president; Jos. Rieke,
secretary, 1413 Thirty-seventh street;
Ed Amderson, financial secretary; O.
J. Seibel, treasurer; H. Deubner, con-
ductor; Louis Verbeck, warden; Au-
gust J. Schultze, Martin Malkewitz,
delegates to the Labor Council.
now handling all the affairs west of
El Paso. The manner in which they
have conducted their business certainly
reflects great credit on the parent as-
sociation for the training it has given
its members.
By careful management and diplo-
macy on the part of the officers and
Meetings were held once a month.
Wages then were $2.25 and a ten-
hour work day. Overtime was put in,
but overtime pay was not known.
At the present time we meet once
each week and wages are from: $3
to $4 for eight hours and an overtime
scale.
Compare our local with a dynamo of
that date, with its smooth drum, arma-
ture core and each coil wound and con-
nected to make the electrical juice and
in case of a burn-out the dynamo
would would be shut down, as was the
case with our members, each brother
was connected to give union juice and
in case of a burn-out would have to
shut down. Not so nowadays, for
when a burn-out occurs in our local we
throw out the bad member and put in
a new one, as with an up-to-date dyn-
amo, simply take out bad1 coil that is
for the junk, put in a new one-. Busi-
ness is just the same without the junk.
the present time, must necessarily be
। incomplete, for several reasons: The
limited time that has been allowed the
writer to collate facts, incidents and
dates; his inability to secure or trace
needed records, and his total unfamil-
Musicians Protective Union No. 74.
Meets every first Sunday of each
month in Cooks and Waiters Hall, 309
Tremont street, at 10 a. m. Clarence
Houghton, president; Otto H. Elbert
vice president; F. C. Voight, recording
secretary, 1316 Avenue F; J. Ragone
financial secretary; F. Junge, treas
urer; G. Caso, sergeant-at-arms; Chas.
Elbert, Wm. Braunsdorf, C. Shaw
trustees; F. Junge, C. Shaw, C. C
Voight, F. Stella, F. H. Miller, examin-
ing board; J. Ragone, correspondent
for labor paper.
I bership of 148 and a liberal attend-
' ance at its monthly meetings.
I Believing that a list of officers, so
i far as could be secured, will be inter-
' esting reading to all the newcomers
as well as. the old timers, the follow-
ing names and dates, and the capaci-
ties in which they have served Hous-
| ton Typographical Union No. 87 are
j here appended:
I Presidents since 1891: L. R. War-
i ing, Will Lambert, George S. Smith, C.
D. Green, H. C. Malsch, Jacob Rau,
Will Flannery, E. V. Aten, L. G.
Swope, W. H. Blount, C. G. Glass, W.
J. Kohlhauff, J. J. Whitley, W. S. Ab-
ernethy, G. W. Baldwin, Frank B. Mc-
Curdy, Tom C. Millis.
Secretaries since 1890: Preston
Ivy, J. A. Cuppies, J. M. Golledge,
Maurice Farnham, J. B. Haight, E. V.
Aten, J. J. Moody, G. F. Tucker, W. M.
Harper, J. S. Swope, G. A. Newman
Delegates: 1867, T. W. Fitzgerald;
International Association of Machin-
ists, Local No. 6.
Meets every second and fourth Wed-
nesdays of each month at the Cooks
and Waiters Hall, 309 Tremont street,
at 8 p. m. E. S. Shaw, president; Ken-
neth Flemming, vice president; Albert
Seipel, recording secretary, 1301 Ave-
nue K; Pat Finn, financial secretary
1614 Avenue M; A. Hegerman, treas
urer; Geo. Wichlep, cond-ucter.
covers a period dating from 1865 to1 St.
1876, J. M. Hamilton; 1882, T. A.
Fowler; 1884, W. T. Sadler; 1886,
George Fred Tucker; 1887, Eugene Bot-
tler; 1889, Frank M. Walker; 1890,
J. C. MicInnerney; 1891, R. Y. Kirk-
patrick;, 1892, J. A. Cuppies; 1893, A.
R. Miller; 1896, Charles G. Glass;
1898, H. C. Malsch; 1899, Max Andrew;
1900, Frank A. Mather; 1901, T. L. Li-
lienthal 1902, Walter Nail; 1903, Earl
V. Aten, George S. Smith; 1904, Geo.
F. Eberle, W. S. Abernathy; 1905,
of this write-up.
In prying around for reliable data,
I was fortunately directed to Mr. T. A.
Fowler, at present an active and val-
ued employe of the Post,, and am in-
debted to him for much of the informa-
tion contained in the following notes.
Houston Typographical Union No.
87, was organized in November, 1865,
after several preliminary meetings of
those who afterward constituted its
original membership, were held. Its
constitution and by-laws were adopted
December 12 of the same year, its
first officers were: T. W. Fitzgerald,!
president; John H. Wilson, vice presi- !
dent; Will Lambert, recording secre-! ■
tary; Robt. J. French, corresponding
List of Fair Barber Shops.
E. Gehret, 412 Center street.
Phil Mdersticker, 316 Center street.
A. C. Dean, 315 Center street
J. Piperi, 308 Center street
W D. Puelle, 504 Tremont street.
John F. Morris, 3505 Avenue H
A. Heimann, Tremont Hotel Shop
Will Collier, 2008 Market street
Ed Kirchem, 420 Center street
W. Butterowe, 3605 Avenue H
,Q. H. Auroin, Avenue H, between
36th and 37th streets.
Chiaros & Mitchell, 2022 Market
S treet.
Gar F. Morris, Avenue H, between
33rd and 34th streets
LaGuidire & Russo,’217 20th street.
Hansen & Coward, 2118 Market
street.
Wm. F. Braunsdorf, 505 Center
street.
orado Springs, Colo. In fact, the Typo- Union and are now displaying the
graphical Union is one of the most gen- House Card, and are worthy the sup-
Local Union No. 84 of the Interna-
tional Association of Bridge and Sruc-
tural Iron Workers was organized in
the old Labor Hall June 30, 1904.
Its first officers were J. W. Corneli-
us, president, also their organizer; P.
R. Lemons, vice-president; T. D. Whal-
en, recording secretary; J. T. Clooney,
financial secretary.
At the time of organization the
men were engaged in erecting the
First National Bank building. Thirty
members worked on that building un-
der the New York Construction Com-
pany.
Their next work was on the Elec-
tric Light plant under John Stadler.
Then the Alkemeyer building with the
same contractor.
Members of this union also did the
iron work on the Preston street tun-
nel and International and Great North-
ern Railroad freight sheds.
Eleven are already at work on the
preliminaries of erecting the addi-
tion to the First National Bank build-
ing. The contractor of the present
building is James Stewart & Co.
An organizer of their international
union, Mr. P. A. Cooley, is at present
in Houston doing necessary work for
the good of the order, and with the
great amount' of work in their line
the prospects of this local is exceed-
ingly bright.
The present officers are: J. H.
Diebel, president; John Peck, vice-
president; W. H. Seward, is secretary-
ieasurer, as he has been through
mo. of the time.
scribe every ruffle and ripple that has., , ,
marred its record would be a useless 1906, R.E Noble,. P. Westcott; 1907,
waste of valuable space. Suffice it tGeorgeW.B aldwin, L. G. Swope; 1908,
W. J. Kohlhauff, W. L. Love.
say, that every problem has been met T ,, .
v, .104 - . . , . . In gathering the data above written,
with that fair reasoning and just. .x ’
• j . „ 0. . . ! the writer has learned enough to say
। judgment for whicn typographical un- - ... 1 . . 5 y
;o18 , L, here that a very entertaining booklet
!ions have become noted. e „ . . , 1.
,0 ,1 ... , , of facts and incidents relating to No.
No. 87 owns several beautiful and ,1 , ,11/15
C Kor 11 1 . 111 87 could be compiled, but time and
i/. Korn- j well kept cemetery lots. The graves | ’
I „ .. . , , 8 [ patience must be expended in the ef-
। ot its deceased members are appropri- ! fort
sec-1 ately marked and cared for and soon a .____
Eetar andbusiness agent; T. W. Rus-handsome monument is to be erected Notice.
S "meinE mma H Sentray, in Glenwood cemetery. Our sick and) The Labor Journal is pleased to re-
I distressed are cared for, our aged port that Koehler’s Cafe and the
members liberally pensioned or sent' Ineeda Restaurant have signed a con-
. to their own magnificent home at Col-tract with the Cooks and Waiters
two daily papers were published in
Houston—The Houston Daily Tele-
graph and the Galveston Daily News.
The News had moved its plant from
Galveston to this city shortly .after
war began between the States. It was
removed to Galveston in March, 1866,
carying with it its entire mechanical
force, consequently No. 87 lost many
of its members. At that time busi-
ness in every branch is reported to
have been good, and plenty of money I
in circulation to meet all demands.
In 1867 an epidemic of yellow fever I
prevailed in both Houston and Galves-!
ton, resulting in the death of between !
1200 and 1300 people in each city, and 1
business was paralyzed to such an ex-1
tent that the employing printers of I
both cities asked for a reduction in'
the scale of wages. To this demand
the printers would not consent, on ac-1
count of the high cost of living in i
those times. Consequently a strike
thirty members.
Officers were then elected as fol-
lows: Miss Bertha Wheeless, president;
Miss Mabel Whistely, vice president;
Mr. Claude Hood, recording secretary;
Mr. E. Heitkamp, financial secretary;
Miss Elsie Korff, guide; Mr. Homer
Hall, sergeant at arms.
Mrs. Daly, the United Garment
Workers’ shop inspector, made her first
visit in August.
On September 7c. we took part in the
Labor Day exercises and were award-
ed an eight-day clock for having the
best looking vehicle in the parade.
Officers for 1909 were elected the
last meeting. They are as follows:
Miss Eva Goldsmith, president; Miss
Mary Huney, vice president; Mr. R. E.
Runyon, recording secretary; Mrs.
Runyon, financial secretary; Miss Flor-
ence Corrolla, treasurer; Miss Annie
Wheeless, guide; Mrs. Maggie Nelson,
sergeant at arms.
Our membership now numbers about
fifty altogether.
On December 15th the first enter-
tainment was given. Half of the pro-
ceeds will be donated to the building
of the new Labor Temple.
A GARMENT WORKER.
Carpenters and Joiners Local No. 526.
Meets every Tuesday night of each
month at their hall, 2220 Postoffice
street. S. F. McBride, president; J.
C. Leissler, vice president; J. T. Wil-
liams, recording 'Secretary; J. A.
Johnstone, financial secretary; Adam
Fuchs, treasurer; J. R. Holland, con-
ductor; H. D. Henderson, warden; W.
T. Butler, A. H. McKinney, Ralph
Slade, trustees; J. A. Murch, auditor;
Henry Rabe, S. F. McBride, J. C. Leiss-
ler, J. T. Williams, H. D. Henderson,
delegates to Labor Council.
Fair Bars of Galveston.
John Theim, S. W. 20th and Ave. C.
Elevator Saloon, 14th and Ave. A.
Ideal Bar, 414 21st street.
Creels Bar, 411 21st street.
Elevator Saloon, 14th and Ave. A.
Prendergast Bar, 21st and Market.
Sunset Bar, 314 21st street.
Dan Johnson’s Place, 114 20th street.
John Koebbel Saloon, 20th and
Mechanic.
Koehler’s Cafe, 417 Tremont.
The Crystal, 2108 Market street.
The Turf Bar, 2210 Market.
Two Brothers Bar, 23rd and Market.
Harttmans Bar, 2322 Market.
Avenue Hotel Bar, 25th and Market.
Saloon Brokers Exchange, 2508
Market.
A. Ubillo Saloon, 2514 Market.
Tom’s Bar, 2507 Market.
Frederickson Bros. Saloon, 27th and
Market.
Max Erdmann’s Place, 413 Tremont.
Cave Bar, 2206 Postoffice street.
A. Tolomei’s Bar, 2401 Postoffice St.
Magnolia Bar, 24th and Postoffice.
Bank Saloon, 21st and Postoffice.
Ike O’Donnell Bar, 25th and Strand.
Joe Ivovich Saloon, 2016 Market.
Plumbers’ Fair Shops.
C. H. Diercks, 2115 P. O. St., phone
128.
T.J. Kirk, 215 22nd St.
W. H. Schutte, phone 1973, residence
605 23rd St.
R. J. Henry, phone 2641, residence
1401 39th St.
A. T. Gernaud, phone 1902 resi-
dence 1410 L.
West End Plumbing Co.
A. H. Grahn, phone 2654, residence
924 D.
T. J. Mace, phone 829, residence
2521 K.
S. A. Bisbey, phone 601, residence
2619 04.
over Lang’s oyster parlor.
This meeting was held to organize
a union known as the United Garment
Workers of America. This was done in
order to get the use of the union label,
knowing there would be better sale for
the goods and higher prices for the
making of them.
Mr. E. P. Lord was our organizer.
There were only fifteen charter mem-
bers. The following are their names:
Misses Bertha Wheeless, Mary Doyal,
Verna Hall, Annie Wheeless, Mary
Ida Bertie, Gertrude Korffhole, Elsie
Korff, Tillie Schumacher, Elma Korff-
hole, Annie Smith, Ellanora Roe-
chincki, Eva Goldsmith, Mrs. Belle
Fleming, Mr. Claude Hood and Mr.
Homer Hall.
By the last of January we received
our charter. We then held a meeting
and R. W. Chatman’s employes joined
us. This increased our number to
Bartenders’ Local, No. 749.
Meets every second Monday night of
each month at the Cooks and Waiters
Hall, 309 Tremont street, 8:00 p. m.
David Lynch, president; John Sperry,
vice president; Wm. Falkenhagen, fin-
ancial secretary and treasurer; J. I.
Taylor, recording secretary; ’ Louis
Regg, chaplain; Chas. Jacobs, inside
guard; Jack Harris, business agent;
Jack Harris, J. I. Taylor and Louis
Regg, trustees.
If you do not receive your paper
phone or write the local representative
in tke fall of 1893 a few of the Elec-
trical Workers of Houston became in-
terested in organized lafbor. The first
promoters were G. W. McClanahan
and C. R. George. Through their ef-
forts they gathered1 together sixteen
men who were working at the electric-
al business, which took in linemen
lamp trimmers, dynamo tenders,
switch board and instrument men. At
that time there was very little known
of inside wiremen. They were as
scarce as an iron-clad armature or a
length of half inch iron armored con-
duit. But No 66 has the inside men
now.
A charter was granted to the fol-
lowing sixteen persons: John How-
ard, E. Schilling, S. A. Foot, G. W. Tug-
gle, Joe Phasett, Walter Quinn, Joe
Rentz. F. A. Peters, W. J. Peters, C.
R. George, Wm. Dixon, N. Linzza, A.
R. Ratley, J. Usner, W. J. Paxton, G.
W. McClanahan.
The first meeting was held on the
third floor of the Turf Exchange build-
ing, now the Lumbermans National
bank building, and they elected Jno.
W. Howard the first president and' G.
W. McClanahan financial secretary.
. - Port of organized labor and their
once, and No. 87 is always found do- friends.
ingits full duty. j The Peoples Restaurant has been
This local now has an active mem-1 taken off the fair list.
of The Labor Journal, Mr. Henry Rabp
Secretaries should see to it that the
roster of their unions and fair lists
are kept correct. 1
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Galveston Labor Journal (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1909, newspaper, January 1, 1909; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1447536/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.