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Show THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WORKMAN. LO 4 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WORKMAN, LLU Devoted to the interests of the A. O, U. W. Published Monthly by AND CRAWTFTORD, EVANS —AT— 52 W. SECOND SoutsH St., SALT SINGLE GOPEES, ONE. UBAR LAKE 2. CITY, -(22. UTAH. - fro. Communications relative to advertising may be addressed to EVANS Publishers & MOUNTAIN P, ©. WORKMAN, Box Gly, Salt Lake City. All subscriptions, communications matter for publication to be addressed relative thereto, and to Rocky MOUNTAIN SALT - WorKMAN, P. O, Box 619, Salt Lake City. LAKE Orry, - - - Juny 1, 1892. DO NOT REFUSE a from the fear that you copy of this journal will be billed forasub- scription. is 'The paper never SUPREME sent to any person who is notentitled to it. Lodges frequently pay subscriptions for their entire membership, and in this way many persons receive the paper who do not directly subseribe for it. LODGE. as the results are THE Communications. The twentieth stated meeting of the Supreme Lodge A. O. U. W. hasbeen held, Much disappointment and some hardships were experienced during the first days of the session, as a result of heavy rainstorms just previous to the time for the gathering. But the members all got to their seats in due course of time and transacted a vast amount of business for the good of the Order. Their labors will be appreciated by their constituents CRAWFORD, Rocky THE [Correspondence from members of the Order is earnestly solicited. Communications on allsubjects pertaining to the A, O. U. W, will be received and published, but the editors assume no responsibilities for the sentiments expressed or arguments used in the communications. All communications should be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty of good faith. Anonymous communications will not be considered. ] FRATERNAL A Letter that be Carefully Perused. developed during the next fiscal year. Those ofthe workers who wielded the legislation adopted have cause for congratulation. Future assemblings of the Supreme Representatives will have precedents and action to refer to with pleasure. The new laws will no doubt much improve the working machinery of the various jurisdictions of the country, and everything will run smoother and better hereafter. The members of the Supreme body who visited Salt Lake City were highly gratified with what they saw and learned here, and from the tenor of the remarks of several of the influential ones, we should not be surprised to have a Supreme Lodge session in this city on some future year. JOURNALISM. should OGDEN, June 20, 1892. EDITORS Rocky MouUNTAIN WORKMAN: All of the leading fraternal societies of the present age either establish or encourage the publication of journals for the dissemination of their principles and objects. Our Order has quite a list of such papers—from the 7x9 sheet to those of twenty columns. The Anchor and Shield, The Overseer, The Pacific States Watchman, may be mentioned among those of the better class. The last named is now being edited by that well-known fraternal encyclopediest, Bro. Barnes, of California. The wonderful progress of our Order is directly traceable to the able exposition of its aims, A, O. U. W. objects and method of securing the same, which sisi Looe dM SS ie, Fh lula is constantly thrust upon the public by our fraternal papers. This fact was first officiall CHOOSE Representatives ! recognized by the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois in making the Anchor and Shield the medium of WE WONDER if all Workmen fully recognize the Two assessments this month. notifying the members of said jurisdiction of OY ae OE) Sees Newent : purposes for which we are banded their assessments, official circulars, etc., and at this date one-half of the Grand Jurisdictions together? LET’s see. Your lodge meets, when? Well, If they are aware that the A, O. have followed Illinois’ example, with gratifying don’t forget. results. Grn Te AN ee U. W. is not a common, coldWhile some of these journals are small in size, WuatT’s the matter with an open meeting blooded, captious life insurance they fairly bristle with talent and are welcomed once in a while? society? in the family as well as in lodge circles. The Peace Na a7 ey ALY If they know of any life insurance fraternal press is an educator, and one of the SEND in your lists of subscriptions, brothers, company which cares for ° and missions of the A. O. U. W. is to impress upon every father and son thatitis his bounden duty to if it isn’t too warm. visits its sick members, provides avail himself of all proper avenues leading to the for their wants and those of their respectable maintenance of those who are WILL some one kindly inform us if any of the families, and exercises a fraternal dependent upon him for sustenance and support. Supreme Lodge proceedings got away? We may address large audiences, either in interest in their well-being? public halls or in our lodge rooms, but the result <P If they are cognizant of any life is far short of the effect which the same language WHEN a Degree of Honor exists in the Rocky insurance company which pays and thoughts embraced in a newspaper article Mountains, the Good of the Order will take on the dues and assessments of its will produce! because, but comparatively few a remarkable boom. of the audience can retain a connected synopsis sick and disabled members, so that of the lecture or would take the trouble to relate their policies may not lapse? it to friends ; whereas, a newspaper, containing FRom the dim and misty regions of the longWhat Father Upchurch would valuable information, is passed from person to ago comes a faint murmur announcing the orhaye thought of those Workmen person, who thus become familiar with the topics ganization of a degree team in Salt Lake—or discussed, thus educating and awakening an (in name) whose places in the interest in our concerns. And this result is just was it an hallucination of a riotous imagination. lodge room are distinguished only what we are striving after. While the Rocky MounTAIN WORKMAN has by a yawning void, and who, The Rocky MOUNTAIN WORKMAN wants a if by some strange freak of cir- not as yet a large constituency, I believe that it live agent in every subordinate lodge in this is entitled to a generous support, in the conficumstances they should visit their dence that as it is encouraged so will itimprove. jurisdiction to solicit subscriptions and adverlodge, do so only to register a The following exerpt is opportune : tisements. Write for terms. a growl against the rate of assessThe fact that the fraternal press has grown So rapidly in importance is sufficient proof that it was good seed sown in ments or some kindred fancied THE daily press of the city, which includes a tertile field, The fraternal pressis to its respective Order what the weekly is to the country, the daily to the city, or grievance? } three ‘‘metropolitan’”’ sheets at least, was not in the politiéal paper to its party. It is the only medium If all our members are conscious through which the membership can gain an adequate knowlit on the 11th ult., when a whole sleeperful of edge of the progress of the Order. It is the mission of the of the fact that the financiers of fraternal Representatives to the Supreme Lodge of Workpress, besides giving what may be te1med the news lodges are neither the lodge nor of the Order, to discuss, and thus bring before the minds of men at Helena laid over here, and took in the the members questions which are constantly arising, and the Order, but merely agents of questions which a vote of the membership must settle. As sights. Wake up. it is the duty of the citizen to study the political questions their respective lodges, obligated which involve the welfare of his country, in like manner it to the faithful performance of is the duty of every member to study the questions which NoTuHine but flattering news and hopeful involve the welfare of his fraternity.—V. W. O. F. Review. their duties; are not responsible anticipations are heard from all quarters of the | In this jurisdiction fraternal Lodge visits are for the rate of assessments ; do not land, and the present twelvemonth will unexperience, but through your paper, members fix the amount of the monthly can both impart and receive information. doubtedly present a record which all Workmen dues; have no authority to carry With best wishes, will be proud of. “We are coming, Father Iam fraternally yours, delinquent members on the books, Burtt, sir, 300,000 more.’’ D. THORBURN. except by permission of their —_-- <> ee + a — ee a rr et F A ee lodges or at their own personal risk; and are human? If the fourth plank in the platform of the A.O. U. W.— “To hold lectures, read essays, establish libraries, and encourage research in science and art’’—is not more often ignored than observed ? Why itis so? THE handsome solid silver souvenirs presented by the Helena people to the Supreme Lodge Representatives will be worn with pride by those who received them. The sparkling sapphires in the centre of the charms were mined in the vicinity of Helena. Bro. KERSHAW, who has recently returned from Provo, has associated himself with J. T. Addoms, at 131 W. First South Street. The firm is competent to do first-class painting, paperhanging, kalsomining, glazing, natural wood finishing, etc. See them. be 66 We have several more wonders in stock, which will be ventilated as occasion offers. ~~ Transit car on Fourth South Street being the cause. A coroner’s jury exonerated the railroad people, but a recommendation should have been tacked to their verdict, providing for protection to . ghildren on the street-car tracks. The attend- ance at the funeral on Thursday, the 16th, was large. op Apropos of new term and new officers, we move that each lodge in the jurisdiction that has not already done so subscribe for at least six copies of the Rocky MoUNTAIN WORKMAN, as an auxiliary in the dissemination of the principles of our Order. The cost—five dollars a year for six copies—is a mere bagatelle in comparison with the amount of good that will ensue. Alterum alterius auxilio eget. Do we hear a second to the motion? S. M. W. KINSLEY THINKS. Tue fraternal organizations have every reason to be proud of the position they have attained, and the respect and confidence of the community that is shown by their numerical strength. The business transacted by us is constantly increasing, and we believe that our system represents a benefit more directly conferred upon humanity, and productive of results of greater value to the WORKERS NEEDED TO THE FRONT state, to the community, than any system POCATELLO, IDAHO, June 11, 1892. of co-operation ever heretofore devised.— WE invite the Recorders of lodges to send in their lists of new officers as early as possible during the present month, for publication in our Lodge Directory. Those lodges not already represented are included in this invitation. Twenty-five cents a month is all it costs. — os AGE Steet eae Preah We are pleased to chronicle the fact that our latest baby—Enterprise Lodge, No. 27, Park City, Utah,—is comporting herself famously, She has quite a number of applicants on the string soliciting a share in her favors, with more A. OU, W. Gude to follow, and is showing lots of Enterprise. May her shadow never dwindle. Tue: A. O. U. W. guarantees $2,000 on Sen Nie in EE ehh es he the death ofa brother—paid to his wife and We regret to chronicle the accidental death of a little son of Bro. J. O. Riley, Recorder of children, or such other dependent as he Garden City Lodge, No. 18. The misfortune oc- may name in his Beneficiary Certificate, curred in this city on 14th ult., a Rapid WHAT Apropos of the subject above mentioned, the Supreme Workman, in his report to the Supreme Lodge, wrote the words: ‘Ihave watched with pride what I believe to be a very marked improvement in the general tone and character of the A. O. U. W. press. They compare favorably with any like literature published, and I believe are important factors in building up and maintaining the dignity of our Order. I have noticed with pleasure that they are receiving very generally the official endorsement of their Grand Lodges in the matter of the promulgation of assessment notices throughout their jurisdictions. I believe the plan the best that has ever been devised for that purpose, and trust that this Supreme Lodge will give it an official endorsement, to the end that the fraternal press, who are laboring so hard, and in many instances under difficulties, may in some measure feel compensated for the time and money expended in maintaining their present high standard.” and no process of law can step in between the Order and the wife and stop the payment, or change its course. No commission is allowed to be deducted from the amount. It is $2,000—good, round dol- lars, which the wife and children will receive upon the husband’s death, to smooth the path, to make a home, to educate the children, and help to brighten future years, It helps a brother to help himself, it helps him to provide for his dependent family, it is a friend in need, a friend in deed. If you are not a member of the AL Ost) .wW, should you not connect yourseif with it at once, and if you are, ought you not to do what you can to further its interests >— A. O, U. W. Messenger. a BLACK DIAMOND. Last month, after our first issue was printed, we received acopy of the Rock Springs Miner, edited by our worthy Brother, Robert Smith. The marked portion referred to the organization of Black Diamond Lodge, No, 7, Wyoming, is given below, and is directed to as worthy of perusal : The benevolent order, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, is spreading all over this broad land. Inthe east, in the west, in the north, and in the south, its increasing membership is something remarkable in history of societies. Without pomp or display, it travels its upward course, touching the hearts and gathering in recruits everywhere under its protecting wing. Two hundred and seventy six thousand is its present membership and to the relief of widows and orphans it has paid out. thirty-six millions of dollars. In Almy, Uinta County, its benefits are understood and now they are appreciated by sixteen Charter members in the Black Diamond Lodge, No. 7, OLrganized by Robert Smith, D. G. M, W., on last Thursday evening. This new lodge is composed ofthe best men in Almy, and they form a nucleus. for a large and flourishing lodge. With the Ancient Order of United Workman so easily within reach and with its cost so light, there is not a workingman who can find an excuse for not providing for his wife and children against peggy want and distress in the case of his eath. During May, Cheyenne Lodge No. 3 admitted 130 new members, and Laramie No. 4 is following Cheyenne’s example with commendable spirit. The benefits of the Order are so clear: and well defined that they recommend themselves to the conscientious husband and father with a power that is irresistible. The Rev. Mr. Ramsey, of the Methodist church, who is a member of the Order in the Colorado jurisdiction, assisted Mr. Smith during the initiation of the members and the installa-. tion of the officers. Black Diamond is built upon a strong foundation and it soon will be clagsed among the most flourishing of the lodges in yoming. OFFICERS. P.M, W Geo. W. Griffin M.W., Foreman L! No Alvin Overseer Recorder. Financier. Receiver. Guide Ts \ serve O. phtain Maltby T, Shane M. J. Kavanagh, Dr, Gillingham. eter Ri eieaeacc tha sate ccsac ces eepuer creme OLE WAU hiatianat 22 Fe Ayaan eee ey Pant. Donald McAllister. tes m. es Graham. B. Bell. Trustees: Thomas Browning, Dr. Gillingham ee W. Sammon. John Dr. Gillingham, who is U. P. Physician and Surgeon, was unanimously chosen as medical examiner for the lodge. Mr. Griffin, the P. M. W. is an intelligent, steady, young man, who lately passed a creditable examination for mine foreman, QO, Maltby, the Master Workman, isa man ofsterling qualities, a prominent Mason and has occupied the position as machinist for the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company during the last twenty years. L. N, Putnam, Foreman, is book-keeper and cashier for the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company. He holds the confidence of his employers and the respect. of every one. Alvin T.Shane, Overseer, is Putnam’s assistant. His life is an example for young men toemulate. M. J. Kavahagh Recorder, has charge of the office work of the U. P. Coal mines at Almy and he forms part of their successful operation. He is a faithful clerk and aman of sound judgment. Dr. Gillingham, Financier, is the U. P. Physician, favorably known in Green River. Peter Paul, Receiver, is in the employment of Messrs. Beeman & Co. who own the Rocky Mountain store. He is a man egteemed for his moral worth and business energy. Donald McAllister, Guide, hails from the land of cakes and is a trustworthy Scot. Heis bookkeeper in the Beckwith Commercial Company’s store at Almy, capable, honest and honorable. Wim. Graham, Inside Watchman, most favorable auspices, is foreman of Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron Company’s No. 6 mine, the best ventilated mine in the State. He is a man of noble qualities, just in his dealings and respected both by his employers and his men. John B. Bell, Outside Watchman, is an honest toiler in the bowels of the earth, and gets out as much clean coal as the next one. He is a widower. To his credit be it said he joined the Order to protect his children. The Trustees, Thomas Browning and John W. Sammon are upright men. The former is in the employment of the Rocky Mountain Company and the latter of the U. P. Company. The charter members not holding office are J. Woods, J. Faddis and W. W. Cluff, Jr., whose social standing is unquestioned. Black Diamond Lodge was organized under and it will be a source of great pleasure for the Miner to record its future triumphs in the way of increased membership and general prosperity. me ee DIED. Linpsay—Tuesday, June 28, 1892, cf heart disease, eldest daughter of J. R. and Alice A. Lindsay, years, 6 months and 9 days. Allie Ae Aged 1b She had been ailing about three weeks, On Friday last the symptoms became aggravated and continued to grow worse until death closed the scene. Although her sufferings were intense she bore them with the greatest fortitude, Publishers RocKY MOUNTAIN WORKMAN: Dear Sirs—It is with no small degree of pleasure that I acknowledge receipt of a copy of and when the end came, surrounded by the your valuable paper. I realize fully that it ig grief-stricken members of the family, her pure indeed a long-felt want in the Nevada Jurisdic- spirit passed quietly into the hands of her The funeral took place from tion, and that it will be the means of drawing heavenly Father. the brethren to a closer fraternal relation more the residence of her parents, 465 S. Fifth East, than any other means that might have been Thursday, June 30, at 2 p. m. Interment in Mount Olivet. adopted at this time, and give a wider dissemBro. Lindsay is a member of Pacific Lodge, ination of the principles of our Order to the world, or, rather, our Jurisdiction, than any No. 7, Beaver. He and his wife and family haveother plan. I am pleased to note the progress our sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement that has been made in Utah and Wyoming, and and sore affliction. regret that Idaho cannot compare favorably Knowledge of the fact that the A. O. U. W. is. with them at the present writing ; but will say that the time may come, and that soon, when founded upon the rock of fraternity against which the storms of sedition, the waves of selIdaho will come to the front. We need a few energetic workers to start the fishness and rain of dissension shall break harmball rolling. We have a wide field for operation. lessly is the cause of our self satisfaction and The power of fraterut I must close and not encroach upon your great love of the Order. valuable time. Wishing God’s speed and pros- nity is clearly demonstrated in history, for in perity to the Rocky MoUNTAIN WorRKMAN, lam all ages and under all circumstances federations of men on the basis of brotherhood and Yours, in C., H. and P., friendship have had an enduring prosperity. ALF Moyss, Grand Guide. The growth of the A. O. U. W. has been phenomenal. Brothers, let us rejoice over our conPAINTING, Kalsomining & Glazing. Kershaw dition and prospecis, and in our elation all work & Addoms, 131 W. First South. with a will, and with redoubled vigor, to add to our inheritance, fora great element of our (= Send us what news you think will be of strength is the size and extent of our Order,— A. interest to your fellow Workmen. O. U. W. Messenger. Oo |
