Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-22

The elevator boys of Boston have or ganized . union, with membership or eighty-five.
 Ansonia is the latest of the New England cities to demand the union label upon it's city printing.
 The Massachusetts legislature fa- vors an amendment to the United States constitution which would per init congress to regulate the hours of labor in the several states.
 The Lady Brassworkers is the only body now sending female. delegates to the Central Labor union. It is expect ed that the Textile Workers will soon be in line, however.
 The new Brassworkers' union is a healthy youngster, it's membership now being upwards of 150 and applications are coming in steadily. In point of numbers it bids fair to become one of the strongest in the city and that at no distant day.
 The Tin and Sheet Metal Workers will hold an important meeting Mon day night in Hellmann's hall. This will be the second meeting of this new union which was organized March 10 The union is already in a f1ourishing condition and much inter- est is taken by the members.
 The Barbers' union held an interest ing meeting in American hall on Sun day last. It is reported that some shops are keeping open after hours and also employing boys under age as assistants. If the proprietors of these places do not desist from such prac tices prompt action will undoubtedly be taken.
 About 1,500 employees of the Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co Of South Bend, Indiana, have been or strike for the past four weeks The local organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor have re ceived notice of the pendency of tht strike with the usual requests made on such occasions.
 The first cotton manufacturing con cern in Rhode Island to follow the ac ton of the mills in Fall River in swell ing the payroll is the Richmond Manu featuring Go, which Thursday posted notices in the Namquit mills, announc ing an advance of 10 per cent. begin ming from Monday last. This affects 250 hands. The Namquit mills manu fracture print cloths.
 The Master Builders association o1 Hartford will meet Monday or Tues day afternoon and consider the propo sition of the Carpenters union for ; general increase in wages of about ?: cents q day. Halsey B. Philbrick chairman of the committee, declined yesterday to say anything about tn, 1 probable action of the association re garding the demand. He said the mat ter rested entirely with the associa | ton.
 1 Owing to the quarantining of til i Wayside Inn last week both the Ca1 penters' and Joiners' and Buffers an Polishers' halls have been compelle to remain closed since that time, the, being entered through the same hal way as the Inn" Aside from thes 1 two organizations the Central Labol Barbers', Bartenders' BrasSworlS CTS, Lathers', Painters and Typo graphical unions met in these rooms Nearly all have secured temporar quarters elsewhere until the ban is rt moved.
 I The jOurneymen barberS of Holyolz will go on strike April 1 unless tn bosses grant the schedule submitted This provides for working hours eac day from d. III. to s D. m., exceI Mondays, when they would close q G, and Saturdays. when they close 3 II D. m. On legal holidays they woul close all day, except when the days ia on Saturday. when they would clos at noon, working to Il the night b, fore. All journeymen barbers to hay half holiday week. All boss ba1 bers failing to comply are to be fin $3
 The next union to be organized
 Waterbury will be that of the m
 sicians. A meeting was held sever.
 months ago and money raised for til
 procuring of q charter and other nece
 sary supplies. and large number si,
 nified their desire of joining. IT
 charter has been received and anoth,
 meeting will be held at Pythian ha
 this evening at 8 o'clock at whic
 State Organizer O'NeilI will be ore
 ent. One of the principal objects is
 secure uniform rate of prices to |
 charged by the different musical orgal
 iZations
 Senator Mark Hanna, at New Tor named as the members of the commi tee on cancellation of the civic feder tion, Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Pc : ter. Franklin NIcVeagh, John NIitche Frank F. Sargent. James Duncan,
 Kruttschnitt. William F. Pfahler ar Marcus NJ. Marks. According to u by-laWs the committee was to consi of the officers of the executive comml 7 tee, NJ. A. Hanna, chairman; Samu } Gompers, first vice-chairman; Oscar Straus, second yice-chairman; Charl l A. Moore, treasurer, and Ralph ! : Easley, secretary, and nine men to 7 appointed by the chairman. The local Typographical union l : ceived official notice this week of t settlement of the difficulties heretofo . existing between union No. and t t New York Sun, as published ill t