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Show oyer the coaititutinnt and by laws of several unions, adopted that which until un-til recently governed tlie organization here. Some niodilications aud additions addi-tions having become uectusary, mid Uiu lirst supply of live hundred copies being be-ing all taken, it has been decided to or-dur or-dur a new supply of one thousand cpp.es. From these a number ol copies will be presented to the mining companies com-panies aud their local officera, so that there need be no misapprehension lu regard to the objects of the union. The initiation lee has been placed at three dollars, and since the lirst ot March the monthly dues are one dollar, previous to that date but buy cunts w as charged, but in view of the increasing demands ou the funds of the order aud the iulentiun to build a hall for its use the increase to one dollar was made. The members increased rapidly uutil recently aud the number initiated al the weekly meetings is very fair, when taken la conuectiou with tue fact that certain influences here have conspired to break the union, for a purpose well understood. The object of the union is not, as has been maliciously charged, to run town, mines, slfJres and boarding board-ing housos, but to aid sick aud disabled members, aud bury their dead in a re-tpuclable re-tpuclable mauntr. Menefits amounting to eight dollars per week are. paid to ail members who, according to its laws, are entitled to them, and oue hundred dollars are allowed for burial expenses. Wbeuever necessary a uurse is also paid to attend the sick or injured. Not only the benevolent character of the union, but the necessity for its organization or-ganization here are best shown by the work which it brte dVtre since its establishment. estab-lishment. Notwithstanding that a man must le a member two moutlis in good stauding, and that many have not belonged be-longed the period so us to entitle them to benefits, ihe large sum of $11115.75 has bnen paid for the purposes named. During the past live muuths three members mem-bers of the union lost their lives in the mines here, and one died in Montana. W hen these facts aro known to the public, pub-lic, the union sincerely hopes that the ellorls of certain parties who have adopted the old Quaker's plan of getting get-ting rid of a dog that bad outlived bis uselulness that is by giving him a bad name and so gettiug others to kill him, will not succeed. Owing to the fact that the union does not yet own a hall, and also to the struggle it has been compelled to make much the first ot April, it has done but very little in the way of educating its members. However, a small start has bean made in providing a library which in time will give a very good opportunity opportu-nity to study the industrial condition, not only of our own but other countries as well. When freed from tyranny the union will no doubt build a hall for its own use, in which men will find not only harmless amusement but sound instruction if desired, as the library will be of a general character, and will meet the wants of the members fully. John Dcogak. Eibeka, June 20th. THE EUREKA MINERS' UNION. Editor Salt Lake Times: Knowing that youf paper is interested in all that concerns the welfare of the industrious toilers, and is friendly to all legitimate efforts for their social and moral improvement, im-provement, I take the liberty to request ipaco in your columns for the following jketch of the Eurtik a Miners' Union. Trevious to October 24, 18'JO, there were bnt two orp r.uizations of a distinctively dis-tinctively beneficial character here. The Ancient Order of Hibernians and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As both of these orders are, by their roles, debarred from taking many who need ail the moral as we'd as financial ass!t-ance ass!t-ance that such organizations give to members when by sickness or aocident they are unable to work; their scope was considered loo limited, and an organization or-ganization brond enough to include all who labor iu the mines was deemed necessary. After several conversations on tho merits and prospects of such a society, a meeting was held on the 24th of October and the result was the establishment es-tablishment of tho Eureka Miners' Union. The f ruining of a constitution and bylaws by-laws was given to a committee of seven ruerobers who after carefully lookine |