The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-02 00:00:00

KIDDERMINSTER.

CARPET WEAVERS' ASSOCIATION.—The annual
meeting of the above association was held in the
Wesleyan school room on Tuesday night. There
was a good attendance. Mr. T. Grove (the pre•i-
dent) was ie the chair, and in reviewing the past
year's action of the association said they had bad
no occaeion to pay any money for strikes or lock•
oats in Kidderminster, although they had been
very near it during the year. There was at the
present time an unpleasantness at one of the firms
in the town, and the body would be called together
in the course of a week to have the matter laid
before them. The balance-sheet showed the
receipts of the past year had been £2,304 Os. 3d,
and a balance of £527 6s. Id. had been (tarried to
capi, al account, raising it to £9,826 9s. lid. The
principal items of expenditure were £1,344 12s. 7d.
for sick pay, superanunations, funerals, and medical
aid. At the present time there were 1,400 members
in the assoeiation. In the past fifteen years no
leas than £13,243 16s. 11d, had been paid for sick-
ness and charitable purposes, and only :2917 18s. in
traee disputes. The report was adopted.—Mr.
Grove (the president), •Mr. A. Coates (the secretary),
and Mr. T. Rowe (the treasurer) were te-elected.—
There was some hesitation on the part of those first
nornieated for the vacancies oa the committee, and
stinging remarks were made as to this hesitation
being connected with a question which has been
raised by the essociation with Messrs. Dixon and
Sons. Mr. Cipe asked if all the manhoed of the
men at that firm had been ground out of them, so
that there was no one who darel to come forward
and anew hieasel to be appointed on the committee
to stand up ie the defence of their rights? Messrs.
Henry Rove and Henry Hewin allowed themselves
to be prepesed, and they were elected amidst
vociferous applause. Discussion on the particular
matter in dispute was deferred. The usual done.-
ti ens were voted to the Infirmary, School of Art,
13iraliogliam and Midland Eye Hospital, and Trades
Union Parliamentary Committee ; and other busi-
n ss was transacted.

CHALGE OF UNLA.WYULLY WOUNDING.—At the
Poli Coat, n Wedn,•sday, before Messrs D. W.
Goodwill ( Aayor), W. Boyeot, and S. Stretton—a
married woiban, named Wheeler, living in Wor—
ceAer Street, was charged with unlawfully wound-
ing. Win. Wheeler, her husband, and Richfird Simp-
son, a lodger at the house.—Mr. J. J. Corbet prose-
cute', and in opening the case abandoned the
charge against the prisoner of assaulting her hui—
band, he being unwilling to go oo with it. Simp-
son, wh:n examined also appeared a reluctant wit-
ness, He had been most severely injured in the
face, but said he did not know how the wound was
caused. There was a quarrel between prisoner and
her husband, dint g nieh he was struck in the
face with something, and he felt his face bleeding.
He did not know who caused the injury, and he be-
came insensible.—Mr. Till, surgeon, said the wound
was of a divogerous character. —The Benrh dis—
charged the prisoner, cautioning her as to her
future behaviour.