Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-25

ing the arrival of their charter. The brass rollers employed by the Scovill manufacturing concern Will give smoker in Turn hall on Jeffer- son street Friday evening, February {. The Painters union will hold an lm- portant meeting in the Buffers and Polishers' hall on Monday night at S:15.
 The Master Barbers' union is con sidering the advisability of securing regular rooms instead of renting hall whenever they wish to hold a meet ing.
 The local executive board of the Central Labor union will hold an inn portant meeting tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock in the Buffers and Polish ers rooms.
 The union barber shops have re- ceived new union cards during the past week. The new cards are of a heater and more attractive design than the old ones.
 On Sunday afternoon, February .. the local union will give a smoker Many invitations have been issued. II is expected that there will be present delegations from the bartenders' un- ions in New Haven. Hartford, Bridge port and other towns in the state. A number of the local bartendcrs have received invitations to attend the first annual ball of the New Ha-en branch of the Bartenders' League of America. A number of them have signified their intention to attend this ball, which will be held in the Now Haven Music Hall on next Tuesday evening. Of the ball a New Haven paper says: "It will be distinctly full dress affair, and no intoxicating drinks are to be served. so that the patrons of the hall are thus insured ill advance of the high order of tine affair."
 The members of the Buffers and Polishers' union of the city are selling tickets for raffle of handsome gold watch for the benefit of the buffer and polisher strikers at the National Cash Register Go of Dayton, O., who have been on strike since May 3, 1901. They are tied up by injunctions restraining them from requesting men not to take their places. thus depriving their chill dren of bread. The drawing will take place March 15, 1902, at Buffers and Polishers' hall on Grand street.
 The steamftters and helpers of this city met last night and organized a branch of the National Association of Steam and Hot sWater Filters, to be known as local g. The following off, i cers were elected: President. Charles Vandercook; president, Edward Highland; past president, Patrick Cronin; recording secretary, Burton A. Black; financial secretary, Joseph hlrchbaum; treasurer, John Cronin: guard, Thomas Kennedy; inspector, William Reepenhuscn; sentinel. Timo- thy Ryan. Organizer William Costello Of New Haven was present.
 The committee which was appointed, at the last meeting of the Bakers union 70 consider charges against Peter Hock, the baker, has found there is no foundation in the charges A union man was discharged by MT Hook. The former thought that his employer was gong to employ q cheaper man and a non-unlonist in his place, hence the charges. Mir Hook, however, has em- { ployed another union man, and so the i trouble Is settled. The members of tha Bakers union were considering plans Tor holding dance before Lent. but suitable arrangements could not be made and the dance has been post poned untll after the Lenten season. 1 One of the youngest of the local unions is the Bartenders' union. It was largely through the efforts os Thomas Flynn, bartender for Thomas Guest, that the bartenders of the city Organlzed union on October q, 19C1. 1 This union has enjoyed wonderful growth. Starting with a membership of thirty, it has now enrolled on it's ilst If members. It's growth has been constant and steady. It's ir- nuence Will soon be felt, for it is said that the members of the union will Ill snort tlme commence a crusade against nOn-union bartenders Mem ners are coming in so fast, however thal in short time there will be but lew non-union bartenders in the city. A speclaI meeting of the union has been called for tomorrow afterpo ,n at 2:3O in Elks' hall on Bank street Al the meeting report will be sub-
 mltted by President Hickey and Jamo: :: 1 Doyle of their trip to the New Eng. land convention of bartenders. whira was held in Springfield on last Snn- day. The members of the local union are In favor of having a convention of me Connecticut unions by themselves 1 and not in conjunction with tbe m. ions of Massachusetts and Rhoaa Island.
 A special census bulletin has been issued on industrial combinations ;,
 It relates only to combinations of nra- existing concerns, which were in on. erat1on during the census year endino
 May 3l, 1900, and accordingly misses considerable number since organized. including the big steel trust. which however. embraces for the most part combinations that figure in this renort
 AS 1t was, 1S3 combinations were found, embracing 2,O29 active and 118 idle plants, and having an actual capi- tai (to be distinguished from capitali zation) of $1, ,45S 522, ,573. This makes no account of combinations in the pro- duction and sale of gas and electric light and power, nor of the numerous -4--<- kl