The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-08
Painters and Decora-
tors Spring a Big
Surprise.
STAND BY THE PHYSICIANS.
The Kelly & Delehanty
Block is Voted a
Fair Job.

The Painters and Decorators Union
unanimously voted at it's meeting last
evening in Labor headquarters, to
throw down the labor organizations
which have been battling against Drs.
Kelley and Delehanty, and as a poser
to the Building Trades Council, the job
on the building being erected by the
physicians in Trumbull square was de-
clared a fair one
This defiant action was the result of
one Of the most eventful meetings ever
held in the building, which has served
as the headquarters of organized labor.
The doctors were present, and in a
speech chock to the brim with sky rock
ct phrases DR. Kelley told of his eff
forts to smooth over the impending
storm when the committee from labor
unions visited him oftener than pa
TENTS. DIR. Delehanty calmly told his
tale of oppression, and then the doors
opened.
Across the threshold strobe President
t. F. Harvey of the Building Trades
Council and Journeyman Plumbers
Union; F. B, Keefe, president of the
Carpenters and Joiners' Union D. T.
CooSan, delegate of yne Plumbers
Union to the Building Trades Council;
Timothy Shannahan of the Building La
borers' Union, and j. B. Lamothe of the
Steam Filters Union. This quintette of
labor union champions had met the
physicians in their offices, and intro-
auctions were unnecessary. d. f. Coo
gan spoke, and spared no words in his
portrayal of the conditions existing
among the workmen on the Kelley &
.Delehanty building when the attention
Of labor unions was first called.
The river of eloquence which flowed
from his mouth contained not drop of
sympathy for the doctors. p. B. Keefe
Haunted the red flag in the faces of the
physicians by declaring that the own
ers of the monument to scab labor in
Trumbull square failed to make good"
after showering committees from the
Carpenters and Joiners' Union with
promises. T. f. Harvey was given the
f1oor, and as member of the countless
committees which met the physicians
in DR.. DJiehantys office, he recalled
the light against the doctors.
DR.. Delehanty told again in a calm.
dignified way Of his attempts to have
the trouble with the Carpenters and
Jolners Union settled by arbitration.
After the physicians had given a de-
tailed story Of the famous fight against
them, President Harvey of the Build
ing Trades council took issue with sew
eral statements which had been made.
The officers of the Painters and Decor
ators' Union stood solemnly at the head
of the hall and pointed to the door. Into
the corridor filed the representatives of
the labor unions, and then the physi-
clans wiped the perspiration from their
broWs, and stalked out into the cool
night air.
In the room below that in which the
PAINTERS and Decorators Union was
holding its now barred door meeting,
Messrs. Harvey, Coogan, Lamothe,
keete and Shanahan famed each other
INTO blissful dreams of another throw
doWn to the doctors. A mighty cheer
arose from above, and Secretary VIM.
Crosbie, who is also titled vice presid-
ent of the national Brotherhood of
PAINTERS and Decofstors' of America,
called the labor union champions
above, and there, in the gloom of a
aim gas light, Secretary Crosbie began
ms speech we have voted unani-
mously to declare the lob at Kelley &,
Delehanty's building fair one" In an
instant there was an uproar, and back
into the sanctum where the knights of
the paint dauber held forth, went Sec
rotary Crosbie
When the members of the Painters
and Decorators Union had departed
Secretary Crosbie. book in hand, came
oelow, and on the sidewalk he met the
glare of the electric light on the corner
and blinked His eyes opened in a
minute. when one Of the COMMITTEES
said: The delegates from the Painters
Union viii not be recognized at the
next meeting of the Building Trades
council" We'll, we just guess we are
about the boys to get in the next meet.
ing without much trouble said Sec
rotary Crosbie.
Mr.. Crosbie had served as a delegate
to the council but resigned last night
as his national union work is arduous
and he, is ordered to all parts of the
country. Last night Mr.. Crosbie an
nounced that these delegates had been
appointed to represent the Painters'
and Decorators Union at the meeting
Of Building Trades Council "Wednesday
evening: j. e. Anderson, A. j. Mellen,
Frank Brown, Frank Carmody, Fred
Scott.
President T F, Harvey Of the Build
ing Trades Council told Secretary
Crosbie that the Painters and Decora-
tors Union would not be recognized.
and that delegates to the Building
Trades Council would not be admitted
Wednesday evening. "Well, lust
guess that the boys will manage to
get in and stay in," said Mr.. Crosbie.
President Harvey told The Spy man
that the Painters and Decorators
Union had placed itself in a precarious
position regarding being recognized in
the Building Trades Council, and an
nounced that, although the Painters
and Decorators Union had been anil
ated with the 3. r. c. since organiza-
ton. expulsion is not inlpossible
The Cigar Makers Union met last
evening and took action on ihe Kena,.
Delehanty trouble, the opposite of
that taken by the Painters and Deco
rators' Union. The action OF the Build
ing Trades Council was endorsed and
1t was voted to assist in the boycott on
the physicians william Strauss, rep
resentative Of the International Cigar
Makers Union, gave an address on tia
Carl Tpmann boycott. The union vot-
Ell to share the expense Of holding a
mass meeting and parade, with the
Central Labor Union and other organ
izations taking part in the demonstra-
ton. George Apholt was elected dele
gate to the convention Of the State
Federation of Labor, oct 2, at North
Adams.