The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-10
STRIKE OF
DRIVERS IS
UNCHANGED
The Brewery Workers Of Tho
City Preparing for Important
Action About May |.

There is more trouble brewing in labor
circles and n viii be OF greater proper
tions than the team drivers difficulty
with inland coal dealers.
The situation IN their case is unchanged,
today according to Business Agent
Grace There are still five small firms
obdurate. one in East Providence and
four In this city, employing total of
Is men
Ga The 30 men who struck or were or
dered out Saturday last, all except these
Is are now employed, either back In their
old yards or they have been placed In
positions formerly and still adhering 10
the union scale.
The general meeting occurs on sun
day afternoon next at , o'clock in the
hall OF the union on Market square and
IL the five obdurate dealers have not
by that time shown a disposition 10 grasp
the olive branch then they will quickly
realize that the forces OF organized labor
are arrayed against them.
The growth of the local union has been
something enormous and IL Is today the
largest OF the International body, number
ina nearly 100 members and all I'm good
standing. II ranks far above Boston or
any other city In the country and stands
AL In every respect
Business Manager Grace dislikes
strikes but believes rather I'm arbitra ton
and conciliation as mutually resultant to
all parties concerned. Realizing the sur
prising Increase in membership and con-
sequent demand upon hts time, IL has
been decided To have telephone placed
in the office at headquarters, q Market
Square early next week
BREWERY STRIKE SERIOUS.
But the graver situation is that in re-
gard TO employees OF local breweres. II
the strike at Boston continues much
longer.
The strike at "the Hub" affects no less
than q breweries and. directly and In
directly, more than 5000 men.
Since Monday last beer has been ship
ped from this city by two breweries that
have contracts with the union and IL Us
being done consistently and I'm accord
ance with those contracts. These ship
ments are 10 fill orders that Boston brew
masters could not deliver and the vice
president OF the New England Brewmas-
ters' union Is a Providence man.
And there Is the complication. The
union men cannot nullify the contracts
with these two local brewmasters. who
could agree with the other five or six
plants in this city to close down tempor-
arily. should the employees raise any OBJ
over all orders. though requiring night
as well as day work for their fulfillment.
AS a result half dozen representa-
tives Of the brewers unions of Boston are
I'm the city investigating and at special
meeting of the local union last evening IL
was voted TO prepare a demand in the
form Of contract to so into effect May
1.
This demand will have special ref
erence 10 nine hours as a days labor for
general help about the brewery and eight
hours for firemen and engineers.
There are five brewerles In this city and
state TO which such an agreement will he
presented viz. What Cheer. Park Eagle
and Providence. all OF Providence and
the Hand OF Pawtuckct.
LABOR LACoNIcs
The carpenters will demand an eight
hour day on aud after May l.
An important meeting of the local
branch OF the Interpatlonal Machinists
will be held Saturday evening
The charter list OF the union for drivers
and helpers on lee carts numbers IS. They
hope 60 have the 2Jo men employed i'm
the city enrolled by May. l. There will
be an adjourned meeting Tuesday even
ing next. t
The owners OF moving vans have form
ed combine and have advanced the
price from s. to 81 a load within the city
limits. The hack owners have also taken
similar action
The Boston bartenders may establish
their own laundry and with the net re-
ceipts establish sick and disability
fund OF generous proportions There are
$500 union members I'm Boston and the
matter has been referred TO the executive
committee The membership OF the Prov
idence union has passed the 500 point
a meeting OF the plumbers of Pawtucket
and Central Falls will be held iH Sars-
field hall, Pawtucket. this evening. for
the purpose of forming a branch of the
international Union.
President John Arno OF the Amalgama-
ted association OF street railway employees
has been suspended by the United Trac-
tion company. He is charged with negli-
gence in collision between "A car on
which he was running and "A wagon of
an East Providence firm. The union mem
bers aver that the action of the trolley
company II only pretext but the street
railway company declare the layoff as
nothing unusual.
About $50 metal workers met I'm Team
Drivers hall last evening. and organized
a union. The membership comprises
drill press hands. milling machines
hands. screw machine operatives
bicycle workers and the members
OF other crafts engaged in metal work.
Addresses were delivered by President
Moore OF the Central Trades and Labor
Union and ex-President Friend.
TWO 81 00 N DEAIHS