Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-20

| fort to organize the carriage ana 1 wagon workers of the state.
 After being refused an increase in
 wages tine unholsterers of Indianapolis
 organize union and now receives 30
 cents instead of 17 cents an hour.
 Brass Workers union No 1S6 is
 rapidly increasing in membership. At
 their meeting Thursday night 27 were initiated and 70 applications were re-
 ceived.
 The meeting of the Typographical union on Saturday evening was one of
 the liveliest held in long time. Three candidates were initiated and con
 siderable important business trans acted.
 | The Iron Moulders' union held an l interesting meeting at Buffers and Polishers' hall on Friday evening. Delegates have been elected and their
 credentials will be presented at the Central Labor union meeting on Won- day evening.
 Tickets are out for the dance to be given by the Economic league at City
 hall on the evening of October 23. The league is rapidly increasing in mem bership and this, their first dance, should and undoubtedly will prove a success.
 A noticeable feature in some of the parades headed by non-union bands Irecerkly was the fact that the union musieians who had formerly been en- gagged to "heIp out' were missing. A few $5 fines appears to have had u wholesome effect in this. matter.
 On Monday evening occurs the reg uIar semi monthly meeting of the Central Labor union. It is expected that the Labor day committee will be in shape to make full report. There are also several important mat ters to come before the meeting.
 Persons having tickets for the pur- pose of selling for the Striking Miners G1ee club entertainment at Jacques' opera house Sunday evening are re quested to settle for the same by noon to morrow. The committee inss charge will be at the Buffers and Polishers' hall at that time for the accommoda- tion of those who do not settle before,
 Some events that have occurred in Waterbury the past week go to show that when the manufacturers and rep resentatives Qf the employees get to- gether bad tangles can be strengthened without great difficulty. If this meth cd could be brought about more gen. orally many lengthy strikes cntailing the loss of vast sums of money might be ayertes. F 1l q ,atf t@ fft nesT .lt B-t IoA J -a---I ii rif a,q iffot E 2 5SomeQ conservatiye9T business ,nan have the 8habit of lookingf upontelabor unions as their enemies. The intelli- gent business man must soon some to realize that the strong labor union is his friend and ally. The business man sees that the unions can and do fight the trusts, and the business man real fzes' that HE cannot fight the trusts IN. Y. Journal.
 A meeting of the general arrange ment committee for Labor day will be held at Buffers and Polishers' hall tomorrow at Il a. n. All unions not returning their tickets at that time will be charged with the same. It Is absolutely necessary that they be i'll at this time that a report may be made at the Central Labor union meeting on Monday evening.
 The Miners Glee club which is to appear here on Sunday eyen;ug nave been in New Haven the past week and have visited the different unions on their meeting nights. On the occas- ion of their visit to the Carpenters union they rendered several choruses, songs and solos, and before they left the carpenters voted to appropriate $25O from their treasury to aid the striking miners. The amount was for warded on Tuesday.
 The Amalgamated Society of Engi- neers and Machinists elected the fol lowing officers last Saturday evening: President c. G. Hill; yice-president, MT Wilcox; secretary, James Scho- field; money steward, P. H. Robinson; check bookkeeper, Frank Ellis; door, keeper, William Fallowell; tellers, H. J. Bissette, William Gilman; auditors, A. Schofield, H. Elford. The society is in a fourishing condition and is adding new members at each meeting.
 Ine report OL LuG IGuuSylNduld Bureau of Mines and Mining for 1899 shows that the average wages of the miner for that year would not exceed $2S5.OO an average of $23.71 per month. Peter Roberts, in his recent publication of the Anthracite Coal In dustry, gives the average monthly earnings of the miners for the year 1898 at $341 and that of the day la borer is $22.40-an average of $1.3T per day for the miner and 90 cents for the laborer. Last year 513 men were killed and 1,243 injured. In the past thirty-two years over ten thous- and men have been killed and over of the suffering and sorrow represent ed by these figures. There Is not day but the heavy, black ambulailce may be seen vending it's way from the mine with a dead father or an in- jured son. Every day the miner takes his life in his hands for the sake of scanty living for his family, which is always dearer to him than his life.
 Seldom, if ever, have the people of Waterbury had an opportunity to as sist in q more worthy cause than is offered them on Sunday vening next by patronizing the entertainment given by the Striking Miners Glee club, as-