The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
Labor Men Decide t.
Fight for Labor
Candidates.
EACH WARD WILL Be CANVASSED
An Alderman and Eight
Men for Councilmen
To Be Named.

Politics, tie local Painters and Decor
ators' union and the troubles burdening
that organization, Were the star cards
for discussion in the meeting of the
Building Trades council last evening.
President T. F Harvey was in the
chair, his first official appearance since
returning from the convention of the
Journeyman Plumbers union at Peoria,
ILL., There was a lively discussion Iela-
tive to the action of the board of alder
men in refusing to allow the eight-hour
question to be made a part of the Official
ballot The aldermen who voted
against the issue had their regulations
and
POLITICAL RECORDS LAID BARE,
and it was intensely interesting u
President Harvey, who was out Of the
city when the board of aldermen made
it's stand against the eight-hour law.
Hammers were out for the city gov
eminent for its antagonism to organ
lied labor. AS a means whereby the
city government will have sturdy cham
pions of the cause of labor, it was
voted to enter the political game An
field, and whether he be a republican,
democrat, socialist populist, or even q
prohibitionlst, If he shouts tiIe uean of
labor, he will have the vote of the
members Of local labor unions.
The political aims will not be con-
fined to aldermanic circles. A~councli-
man in each ward will be in the field
as a labor candidate. Party Political
utilization will count for nothing, and
10 1s1l ,frz,t S<,r,s
be canvassed for candidates. III the
republican and democratic caucuscs
AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE
to have the labor candidate get the
nomination, and, if unsuccessful, can
didates will run on nomination papers,
or the jig will be up.
The Workingmen's Independent Po-
litical Club will have a revival and
meeting will be held Wednesday eve
ming for the purpose of selecting candi-
dates for the council from the wards,
and deciding upon the kingpin, an al
dermanic candidate at large.
When the eight-hour day, and the
aldermen who incurred the displeasure
of local labor unions, had been tho
roughly chewed over and devoured,
another hair-raising event came on
without any introduction. President
Harvey read communication from
President Lickerman and Vice-Presi-
dent William Crosbie of this city, who
ARE THE CHIEF MoGULs
of the national brotherhood of Paint
ers and Decorators unions, asking that
an arbitration board be appointed to
adjust the Kelley & Delehanty trou-
Bile, and the difficulties which caused
the delegates from the local union to
be voted unseated in the Building
Trades Council.
After gloating a while over this adj
mission of weakness, the council tabl-
ed the matter. According to officers
of the council, the Painters and Deco
rators union has recognized its use
lessness as a labor organization, and
the national body has endeavored to
smooth over the breach. Said Presi-
dent Harvey: II consider this mat
ter for Drs. Kelley & Delehanty to
consider If they want the trouble
settled by arbitration, let them make
their wishes known to the council. I'm
til we are assured that the painters in
tend to act fairly in the matter, and
leave work on the building, the Paint
ters' union will remain outside the
council"