The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12
1T is A BOOMERANG.
Action of Painters and
Decorators Not
Sanctioned.
THE NATIONAL BODY OBJECTS.
Delegates viii Probably Be
UnSeated To-
morrow.
THE NATIONAL BODY OBJECTS.

The action of the Painters and Dec
orators Union, in declaring the Kelley
& Delehanty job fair one, may act as
boomerang to the promoters of that
action.
Last night a responsible member of
the Building Trades Council said that
Secretary William Crosbie of the local
Painters and Decorators Union had
received a dispatch from the. executive
board of the Brotherhood of Painters
and Decorators of America, which
stated that the national body does not
union.
Secretary William Crosbie is a MEM
Der of the executive board and is first
vice president of the national body In
a recent conversation with The Spy
man, Secretary Crosbie had no hes
itancy in declaring the action of the
union the result of one-sided methods.
1t is believed by prominent members Of
the Building Trades Council that Sec
rotary Crosbie refused to act as dele
gate to that body because he deemed it
unfair to expect representation after
turning the organization down.
Mr.. Crosbie is firm believer in the
principles of unionism, and in % years
has never been directly involved in a
strike. In the Kelley & Delehanty
trouble he believes that arbitration
could accomplish settlement and has
sought it.
Secretary Crosbie could not be found
last night for confirmation of the re-
port, but there can little
doubt CT its truth. Earlier in
the evening Secretary Cros-
bic told The Spy man that the Balti-
more and Lafayette factions of the
Painters and Decorators have prac-
tically agreed upon a compromise He
has received assurance that the Balti-
more faction in Boston, composed of 700
members, has voted to meet in joint
convention with the Lafayette faction
of the Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators.
The Steam Filters Union has been
aroused by the action of the local
Painters and Decorators Union, de-
claring the job on the Kelley & Dele
hanty building fair one, and last night
a special meeting was held in labor
headquarters.
After a session of more than three
hours, an officer of the union told The
Spy man that committee is at work
urging a settlement of the Kelley &
Delehanty difficulty. ]. B. Lamothe
said that the union anticipated an ad-
| justment. He declared that the union
does not uphold the action of the
painters and decorators, and that the
meeting last night was not called for
the purpose of expressing a sentiment
similar to that of the painters
A special meeting will be held Thurs
day evening, and the regular meeting
! Friday evening. The activity of the
Steam Filters Union at the meeting
Thursday evening, will depend largely
upon the result of the session of the
! Building Trades Council, tomorrow
evening, when the delegates from the
Painters and Decorators Union will
probably be unseated by vote.
AT the meeting CT Moulders' Union
in labor headquarters, last evening,
three apple atoms for membership were
received. There were two limitations.
| William Strauss, representative of the
international Cigarmakers' Union, gave
ar address on the boycott of the Up
mann cigar factory product.
The union Endorsed the boycott. and
Will assist in the fight against the sale
OF Upmann cigars in this city. The
union has received no notification of
the proposed arbitration meeting of
committees from the national organ
ization and the National Founders AS
ISOLATION. There is dissatisfaction
among members of the union who have
been at work in the Holyoke Machine
Company and Edgar B. Pierce's foun-
dries pending the long delayed settle
| nient
Journeymen BARRIERS Union admitted
fVe members at its meeting last even
ing IN labor headquarters. The union
voted to take active part in the bow
| ing cigars will come in for vigoro,le
eYerhauling if the boycotted product is
found in the shops.