Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-19

to assist the unions should purchase their tickets Of members, or at some of the places where they are on sale, previous to the nights of the perform ances, as they receive no percentage on those sold at the box office.
 1 For the eighteenth consecutive time the Bricklayers' union of New York has reached It's annual agree ment through the. method of industrial conciliation. By the terms of the agreement they are to receive an in- crease of five cents per hour, which with the entire organization amounts l to more than S3O,O00 per week. Be- 1 sides the increase in wages the con- tractors agree to supply tool houses, and to furnish them with protection when working on scaffolds, that is when working thus with other work men over them covering will be had to protect them from falling stools or materials. The latter point is one that has consistently been endeavored to be secured by legislation, but un- successfully.
 l The typographical union proposes 1 to hold another smoker in the near l future, not for the purpose of gaining filthy lucre. as it will be free to the l invited guests, but to bring about q more general acquaintance between those engaged in the same line of busi- ness. The former entertainment was a success in bringing together numer- l ous printers hitherto unknown to each other, and this time it is proposed to 1 invite in the proprietors, reporters, proofreaders and others connected with the ssart preservative," that they may see how the typo looks and acts without his apron on and sleeves roll ed up Frank Parsons, George M. Cooley and c. E. Weed are the com mittee In charge. and they announce 1 that they have lines out for several specialties entirely out of the ordin- ary.
 4 movement has been started for the purpose of forming a state assocla- ton of laundry workers for the exclu- sion of the Chinese laundries. John J. O'Neill. state organizer of the American Federation of Labor, says in regard to the matter: s.It is true that such an organization Is being instituted in Con necticut It will be a branch of the Shirt Waist and Laundry Workers International union, and will be under the protection of that powerful body I Complaint has been made that the Chinese are not citizens of this coun- try that they get much work which l should go to American laundries, there I by reducing the demand for laundry workers: that Chinanfen hoard thail money instead of circulating it like 1 Americans. and in general that they are a menace to American labor. These facts have been called to my attention I told the laundry people that they could organize themselves in body and oppose the Chinese, which they have decided to do. Laundry work is a trade, and these workers, both men and women consider the Chinese laun dries detriment to their craft, and propose to do all in their power to ex clude them. The association will in clude not only the active workers IT l the laundries. but the drivers and col lectors as we'll. It is proposed to work through their friends to force the Chi nese out of the state if necessary to ac complish their purpose. Or course there are other objects in organization These men and women depend upon their craft for q livelihood. and want to better themselves as much as they can. In this movement the proprietors heartily sanction it, and everything is proceeding yeryrsmoothly. As soon as 1 get the branches of the union organ. ized in Bridgeport, the Norwalks. Wa. terbury and Danbury, will continue my work in Stamford, New Haven Meriden, New Britain, Hartford and in all parts of the state where there are steam laundries. am confident that We will have q strong organiza. tion.''