The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
their annual REUNION
Held by the Carpenters of t." City
in Thirteenth Regiment ArmOry.
ADDRESS BY T. V. PONDERLY
Referring to the Brooklyn Strike lie Ad.
viscd His Hearers to Seek Arbitration
When the Relations Between Capi.
tai and Labor Become Strained.

Among the carpenters and joiners Of
this city reunion was held last night
at the Thirteenth regiment armory, be-
ginning with an entertainment and con-
Guiding with supper. The affair was
under the auspices of Carpenters and
Joiners' union, No. 563. Every year
this union holds such an event and
strives to make the occasion one that
impresses all who have the pleasure
of attending with enjoyable recollec-
tlons. BY coming together and meet
Ing In social way, these hardy me-
chanics with their families become
closer united in the bonds of fellowship
and friendship.
At 7.3O o'clock every member of the
union had assembled at the hall on
Wyoming avenue and they formed in
line and marched, headed by the Law
renee band. through the principal
streets and thence to the armory on
Adams avenue. John II. Devine was
chosen as presiding officer and the en-
tentainment began. An overture by the
band was the first number on the pro-
gramme. Z. j. Mcclure, of Philadel-
phia, general secretary Of the United
brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers of America, was named on the pro-
gramme as the orator of the evening"
but Chairman Devine announced that
Mr.. Mcclure had sent dispatch stat
ing that he was confined ITO his bed
with illness. and expressing his regrets
that he was not able to be present. In
his stead the union had invited Attor-
ney Il. V. Powderly to address the en-
tertainment. While Mr.. Powderly was
preparing himself the Columbia quar-
tette sang charming glee AL. was
made to favor the audience with an en-
core.
Address by Mr.. POwderIy.
Mr.. Powderly began his address by
telling of the necessity of the citizens
of any municipality to look after their
interests and send good men to the
legislature and city councils, because a
dollar saved in taxes Is as good as a
dollar saved in any other way. The
speaker attacked the ordinance now in
effect in this city, which allows the eX-
penditure of the taxpayers money in
hiring detectives. Mr.. Powderly re-
ferred to the Brooklyn trolley strike,
and in his remarks under this head he
strongly discountenanced strikes and
said that arbitration is the best thing
when capital and labor become strained
in their relations. He favored the
municipal ownership of street railways.
In the latter part of his eloquent and
roundly applauded address Mr. Pow
derly urged all the carpenters of the
county to Join the union. There are
700 of them in Lackawanna county and
200 of the number do not belong to the
union. The Carpenters union does not
want to shorten the hours of labor so
that the men may have more leisure
greater number.
One point on which the speaker was
quite forcible was in the denunciation
of those members of the Carpenters or
any other union who bring the subjects
Of race and nationality into the meet
ing rooms. Mr.. Powderly advised those
people to pray when they go to church
and then leave their religion behind
them until they go back on the follow
Ing Sunday or weekly prayer meeting.
Supper Was Served
After Mr.. Powderlys address the
Columbia quartette sang another
chorus and then supper was enjoyed,
which was served by an accommodate
ing corps of young lady walters.
The committee that had the enter
ta!nment in charge consisted of: S. +.
Price, n. Tingley. ]. NJ. Hornbecker, A.
a. Kearney, +. T.. Knapp, G. f.. Rolli-
son, G. Phillips, G. L. Cooper, G. NJ.
Hurlinger and L. d. Latham.