1903-08 August Electrical Worker.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

50 THE ELECTRICAL WOR.KBR
And be it further resolved, That we extend
our heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved
family and relatives, and Miss Mary Gray,
of Stafford Court House, Va., who was to be
his bride the following week, in their hour
of deep sorrow;
And be it further resolved, That a copy of
tl~se resolutions be sent to his bereaved
family;
And be it further resolved, That local 148
of Washington D. ·C., drape ib! charter for'
the period of thirty days, and that a copy be
spread on the minutes of this local.
Wishing th-e Brotherhood continued success,
and all the members the same,
Fraternally yours,
OI.n WAR' HORSIt.
Local Union No. 155.
OKI.AHOMA CITY, July 28, 1903.
Editor Electrical Worker:
The membership of No. ISS has evened
up some during the last two months .. Then
there were only two wiremen, now there are
something like a dozen, and they are trying, .
in a quiet way, t? better their condition , and
seem to think they will succeed.
The linemen are not dead either, as our
~roster will show. One meeting night this
month seven were introduced into the mysteries
of the Brotherhood.
Brother C. Provost paid us a call the first
of the month, and several traveling cards
have been deposited, as follows: C. F.
McDonald, of No. I; R. Worsley, of No.
225; R. S. Boyd, of No. 221; J. P. Billips,
ofNo.37S; E. F. Hageottand W.A. Vaughn,
of No. 348; and O. C. Melton, of No. 12.
Eace one wants to tell the members of their
former local, hello, and that they are still
able to navigate.
The Independent Company are pretty busy
now putting up cable, and say they are here
to stay.
The inside men are pretty busy now, and
the chances are they will continue to be for
some time.
There was a lineman killed in Guthrie
last week while working fo~ the Independent
Company. The operators and linemen
were on a strike, and the fellow drifted in
theretotake a stiker's place, and .fell, or
got mixed up some way with the juice, and,
after some minutes, the fire department took
him down. I will say no more about it, as
the secretary of No. 364 can tell it beUer.
Yours fraternally,
O. A. WALKER.
P·ress Secretary ..
Local Union No. 156.
FORT WORTH, TEx., July 30, 1903.
Editor Electrical Worker:
Since last writing we have removed to our
new homein the Labor Temple, at t.he
southeast corner of Second and Throckmorton
street, where we will be found keeping
"open house .. to all visiting brethern every
Wednesday evening.
On the morning of JulYSth we went there
in a body and wired the place for lights,
furnishing all material, as our' donation to
the Temple furnishings. We were very profusely
thanked by the Trades' Assembly.
On account of ailayoff at Jones & Winter's,
owing to lack of matedal, some of the members
left town; but are slowly straggling
back, for the firm we "hikers" are working
for are most certainly.cakulated to make
" home guards" of their employees. However,
the layoff was but a short one, and we
are all hack at work, In the int-erem, nine
of us took an insane idea in our head to go
fishing, and after driving over.9. large portion
of three counties, we returned sadder
but wiser. Plenty of bites, mostly" chiggers,"
mosquitoes and ticks, and caught a
a few fish. .
We are now stringing cable, and lots of it,
from So pair up to 200. All the underground
is pulled in, I think. Don't think J. & W.
need any more linemen, though.
Mr. Charles Woodman, one of the fore·most
labor organizers of Texas, will arrive here
from San Antonio early in August to take
charge of the "Labor Banner," our. local
labor journal. He comes very warmly recommended
as a very radical man in the
ranks of organized labor, so some startling
developments may be chronicled in the next
month's letter, or the near future, at any
rate.
Inside work is not very brisk at present,
so would not advise anyone to come to Fort
Worth.
No. 156 has placed the Fort Worth Light
and Power Co. on the same plane as the
Southwest-ern Tel. and Tel. 'CQ, You all