The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-02 00:00:00

THE CHAINMA.KERS' 1-360011110 S AND
THE RATTENING OUTRAGES.

A specially-convened masting of chaitarnakers b.
longing to the south Staffordshire and East
Worcestershire districts was held on Wsdn:sday in
the Sa'vat on Army Berra.3ks, efralley Ilea•h, How-
ley .Regis.—Mr. T. Homer (pi:ea:Telt of the Chain-
tatteers' Association) presidei ever a mo 'orate
atteedance, and statad teat he deeinsd it his duty
to publicly condemn the diabolical eutrages which
hal unfertunately been committed iii a portiett of
the Dudley district—(hear, hear). In a leader in
the Bir»sinyhain Daily Gazett.: of the previous day
refereece was made to tee outrages. and at 0 the
itnportance of every honorable man connected with
the trade assisting the pe.ice in bringing the
offenders to justice. He (tee speaker) elders el ee
that was written in that lea :or, and they (the chain.
makers) wore much obliged to t e Editor for what
he had written—(hear, hear). A great deal, how-
ever, had been written and eadd during the pas: few
days, and the police and oth?rs were looking upau
the members of the eletinmelecrs' associatiou wi:h a
ce, lain amount of suseicion, aud in fact they
appeared to regard them as being responsible f tr,
it ..ot the actual perpeer teas ef, tno diab)lical act
—(hear,hearb As was well Ifteatel he was the
roc gnised leader of t'te cliaincit ikers, and he ca tie
to their aid at the comtueucemeut of the strus;la
more 'hen ten mouths ave steel he we II de y
any person to come forward and say t het ,;;Lieg
that period he had urged tee !nun to comet:t acts • f
vio:ence—(hear, hea•). lie Ii t 7 froth d ire to time
urged them to use all le itimate insans to het •r
their position ,to put down ab_aninuble practieos,
and to abtain a recognised list of prices--hear,
hear). Be wished to say emphatically that he had
had no hand •in the %video.' testr tges which
had ben cenamitted, atel cu: t tier teat he
h.d no knowle Ige that it wets int uded by
some persons to destroy pr petty. ile could n ,t,
be charged with beiug responsible far what Ii d
been done. It just ha; petted that the owner of tire
property damaged was a friend of his, atel it w.s
not likely even assuming that to were wieke
enough to sanction the destruction of property,
thet he would sanction the destruction of buildings
belonging to Mr. 'Edward Griffiths, who was a fiiend
of his and had ben for notrly fifty years (tear,
hear). He was fully convinced in his own mind
that no member of the Chaiumakers' Associad .11
was in any way responsible for the cruel and di 1
tiodcal outrages which had been ceatinitte..l—(hesr,
hear). They would be fouls and knaves o sanctio•.
such a proceeding. because it must be evident to
everyone that outrages like those which had lakeu
place would cause these who ad in tho past been
oppressed and tyrannically used to losa the sympa•
thy of the public—(hear, h arj. As was iv ell
known the dispute was not yet over, and as the
ceammakers could not live on air alone they
tl.e sympathy needed
and support of the public, end he
trusted tue public would not think any the worse
of the cheinmaters through evil disposed persons
resorting to very violet means (tear, hear.)
At any rate he would declare that he leaders of th ,
eklmnibakere %sere iti eo say responsible for the de-
'
Pretlati els which had taken
placekhear, hear). In
the past a Sectiuu 01 0.0 erneloyers,
who were not
I worthy of the haute ef emplo.ver, had b en respon
sible for the bellows Gutting and „other ontras, s,
,s.

and in his opinion some of them were at the present
tiro capable of d Aug anything to damage the p-o-
-spe2:a of the o ;eratives----(hear, hear). The strike
had on v lasted between ten and e'even months,
ald it was admitted on all hands that they had
beli LvA Vle:rselves w 11, and as the struggle was
lik,•1:.• to continue, he trusted they would continue
to conduct themitives as men—(hear, hear). If any
of them had any knowledge of tne nerpetra:ori of
the olttrage,A, or in fact knew anyt'ing about them,
he trusted they w ,uld give information to the
police—(hear, hear).
Several other members of the association ad-
dtessed t,te meeting, ac, r which it was resolved to
I declare anothee gener,il strike to day (Saturday);

ROWLE I.

TILE SCROOL B ).11tD SCEVE A monthly
meetin.; of the above Boirl was oeld on Monday
evening, at the P.ib!ic Offices, Old ; Mr G.
Green presi.ling.—U .on the minutes of the lasi
meeting being read Mr Cave remarked that they
were not truly recorded with regard to the inverti-
ga.tion of the register. He maintained that the
minutes were not in ace,irdarice with the verd.ct
Mr. Turnoull gave. The Chairman replied that
nothing had been proved dtping the investigation
and the inspector saßthe case was not proved, Mr
Cave intimated that if the words ' not proven" wer
entered upon the minutes he would cc pt that.
Mr. Cave also complained that there was ti.) m-u•
tion made in the minutes about the jubilee holiday.
The Clerk sail the troll :ay was given in plrsuance
of a resolution passed by the Board. The Unair-
man said that at t'-.0 last meeting not a word was
said about tire matter Au excited scene ensued in
the course of which Mr. Cave called the chairman
a "silly little fellow," and asked him what he was
talking ab rut. rho Ch drinau remarked that he
could not proceed with the business w dist Mr.
Cave carried on in such a manner. It Mr. Cave
would not allow then) to proceed they would adjourn
the mcnieing, and report themselves to the Education
Department. Mr. Wooi said i, something was
not done to stop such discreditable pro eedings
they snould have an inspector down from London,
or some other course %ould be taken. He con-
sidered they ought to transact their business in a
gentlemanly manner, but instead of that they ap-
pearei to :resell ble a lot of dogs barking at each
other. The Chairman el.irnately acceded to Mr.
Cave's rev, st, ale' the alterations he desired were
inserted iu the minutes, afte, which the matter
dropped.—lt was decided to sell the School Board
offices to the Local B.)ard for the sum of £1,330,
this being the amount at which they were valued
by Mr. Meredith, the arch tect, the School Board
to have a lease of th- tame for thirty years, at a
rent of £25 per annum

LICENSING Peoseeterroze.—At the police Court
on Wednesday. btfere Messrs. W. Hassan) and W.
Holerott (maistrates), Thomas Price, land!ercl of
the Hand of Previatnce Inn, Holly Bush Street,
was summened for selling intoxicating drinks off
his licensed premises Mr. Warmingtou, of Dud-
ley, represen'ed the defeneant.--Police-fergeaut
Hayward stated that on the 22nd just he visited a
place adjoining the defendant's licensed premises
and found the defendant and others drinking el e
and spirits.—lr. Warmington said Vie land in
question belonged to the dk-fendant, and he per-
mitted the men to go on to the land and have refresh-
ments. The drinks were paid for on the licensed
premises by a friend of the men, and under thy
circumstances he submitted that no offence had beeu
committed.—The Bench held that the 13,w had been
broken, and inflicted a fine of 10s and costs.
A.DIJ LT ER A.T ED MILK. At the same Court
Thomas Westevt.od, milk seller, Long Lane, was
summoned for selling adulterated milk at Black-
heath. Defendant's milk upon being analysed was
found ta contain 29 per cent of added water.--Dee
fendant said he purchased the milk from a farrrer,
and saw him put water in the milk —A fine of 5s
and cost] was imposed.
ROBBERY AT THE BRADES VILLAGIE STEELWORKS.
—At tne Court, Arthur Thomas, a married man
residing in Junction Street, Oldbury, and employed
at the Brades Steelworks, was sent need to one
month's imprisonment for stealing some cleaver
handles belonging to his employer, Mr, G. Heaton,
J.P. Prisoner allegtd that the handles were given
him by one of the men,