Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-09
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The new Casters union initiated
twenty members at their meeting on
Tuesday evening.
The profits of the steel trust for the
! first quarter of the fiscal year are an
nounced as $40,000,O00.
The Stampers' union, practically q
new organization, initiated seven new
members last evening and received q
| applications for membership. They
promise to turn out at least 100 strong
for Labor day.
The Carpenters union as well as
that of the Bricklayers' and
| Masons' have voted not to do any
work on the new station of the Con
solidated road at Derby owing to the
foundations being laid by non-union
men.
Not one of the $4,000 employees of
| the tobacco trust belongs to a union.
Just as long as union men buy tobacco
and fail to ask for the label this trust
will be able to do business to the det-
riment of the organized tobacco work
ers.
A regular meeting of the Central
Labor union will be held at Buffers
and Polishers' hall on Monday even
ing. AS Labor day is rapidly ap-
preaching and there is considerable
other special business to be brought
before the meeting full attendance
is desired.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers have adopted a label and is regis
tering it's trademark preparatory to
putting it into general operation. All
applications for the label must be
submitted to the general executive
board of the organization. the sanction
of which is necessary before the label
can be used.
At meeting of the New Haven
Bartenders' union held on Sunday 20
new members were Initiated and %
applications received. This organiza-
ton, while scarcely a year old, has a
membership of 260-9O per cent of the
craft in the city. On September L
they will raise their Initiation fee to
$25.
The law referred to in Thursdays
Democrat relative to corporations at
tempting to cOerce or compel employees
to agree that as condition of retain
ing their position they would not join
any labor organization was fathered
by Senator Kennedy and bids fair to
become one of the most important of
Connecticut's labor laws.
The news that Mayor Charters, of
Ansonia, had announced himself as a
candidate for high sheriff of New Ha-
ven county, was received most favor
ably by the unionists Of Waterbury.
They are anxious for an opportunity
to cast ballot for an out-and-out
labor man and thus show their voting
strength.
The Buffers and Polishers' union at
their meeting on Thursday night init
lated 80 members and received Al APP
plications for membership. The at
tendance at all meetings is now so
large that their present quarters are
entirely inadequate. A committee was
rooms.
At a meeting of the Plumbers I'M
ion held last evening the following Of
ficers We're elected: President, James
Robertson; vice president, John r. Ly-
ons; recording secretary, Harry Hull;
financial secretary, Edward L. Malon-
ey; treasurer, Patrick McKeon; out
side sentinel. John Corcoran; inside
sentinel, Charles Edwards.
Wesley A. Marsten of 379 South
Main street has framed and displayed
in his window an honorary member
ship card granted him by Bartenders
International league, No II of Boston.
This is the first card of the kind
brought into Waterbury since the
formation Of the B3rtenders' union
here. and attracts considerable atten-
ton from members of the craft
Tickets are now out for the second
of tho series of clam bakes to be Civ
en- by the Bartenders' union. The
bake will be held at Moore's. grove,
North Main street on Sunday, Aug
uSL II. 1uOSe ueSlrlug TO dTTenQ
will do well to secure their tickets in
season as the number is limited They
can be obtained of the various men,
bers of the organization
Persons desiring to put in bids for
privileges at the irving park on
Labor day should attend to the matter
at once. The bids will be opened on
Monday, August Is, so but little more
than week remains. NJ j. Clark of
80 Bank street is the chairman of the
committee which has this matter in
charge and full information can be
obtained of him in regard to the same.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Typographical union, No 800 will be
held at Buffers and Polishers' hall
this evening. The membership Of this
organization is now the largest in it's
history, and new members are being
initiated at each meeting. There are
in the city less than half dozen of
that trade. who are eligible to men,
bership, whose names do not appear
on their roll