Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12

Though not fully settled yet it is l probable that the next clam bake of 1 the Bartenders' union wifi be held on Sunday, August 10. This they propose to makeeven better than its predeces- sor.
 There will be an important meeting of the Economic league at SpeedWeli hall tomorrow at ? p. m., which all union men are cordially invited to at tend. The committee on platform will present it's report for consideration and | other matters of moment will come be- 1 fore the meeting. Every labor organ l ization in the city should be represent ed.
 The pattern makers of the city will hold a meeting in Foresters' hall, lo1 Bank street, on Monday evening, July 14, for organizing purposes, and the blacksmiths on Wednesday evening, | July Is. at the same place, for the same purpose. Organizer Cowen of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Machinists will address the meetings. l Mr COWen is an able speaker thorough l ly conversant with the labor question | in all it's details, and every member of l these trades should avail themselves of this opportunity to hear him.
 | An exhibition of union label goods 1 was held in Lynn, Mass, last month. l It was continued for three days and I was an unqualified success. The goods 1 displayed by the merchants and manu- facturers bearing the union label com prised almost everything conceivable, a few ofthe articles being stoves and ranges, aprons, jumpers, hats, shoes, all kinds of wearing apparel, shoe blacking, brooms, yeast cakes, bis cults and crackers, shirts, collars and cuffs, tobacco, cigars, mattresses, pi- amos, bicycles, metal and iron work of all kinds, carriages, leather goods, wines, liquors etc. Such an exhibition being unique and attractive is of great value in advertising union label goods, and should be promoted by every la- Dor organization. Several other cities are planning for similar exhibits. I Many newspapers throughout the east are running advertisements for carpenters, masons, fathers. bod car riers and mechanics of various kinds to go to Los Angeles, Ca1 promising them big wages and steady employ ment The men gre wanted to break up big strike in several large mills there, and if, possible, disrupt the unions of the city. An employers as sociation has been formed and through i these advertisements and thousands of circulars they are sending out they hope to so flood the city with working men that the struggle for jobs will be so keen that it will enable them to se- cure help at their own prices. The Los Angeles County Council of Labor is no- l tifying all of the labor organizations of the country of the situation and it is not probable that many union men will be victimized.
 The carpenters strike in Hartford, which was settled on Wednesday, was a long and stubbornly contested strug 1e. The members of the union to the number of nearly GOO went out on May 1 1. on the refusal of the employers to grant them minimum wage scale of S3 per day of eight hours and to em- ploy none but union men. By the terms of the agreement the minimum rate of pay will be S2.SO for eight l hours and all non-union men will be compelled to become members by Sep l tember l. or lose their situations. At the close of the strike it is stated that
 
 mained in the city, the others having secured temporary or permanent situ- l ations elsewhere. During the time the men were ont the union paid them trifie over S12.500. each receiving $7 per week when not working.
 The beneficial results of trades union organization is being felt greatly in some of our local machine and tool shops. The returns of the men in their respective shops show up a great deal better when thoroughly organized, and the employers are sure to appreciate it along these lines. Although there is some friction regarding pay for the ] nine hour day. the employers will lind that it is far more simple to deal with their employees collectively than indi- vidually. and also that there will be less chance of trouble. This alone is one of the best recommendations for oroanizatinn along trades union nrinz ciples. and should be fostered by both employer and employee. Such is the purnose of the AmaIgamated Society of Engineers. Machinists. Patternmalz- CTS. Toolmakers and BlacI1smiths. who by the combined efforts of tho craft by organization are trying to bring abont a better condition of labor and wages that will he acceptable to both the o-u- ployer and employed. S.
 Strikes are becoming of such ire quent occurrence throughout the coun- try and the loss of time and money so great that many wonder where the end will be. The International Typograph- ical union seems in a fair way to solve the problem so far as that craft is con cerned. On May 1, 19O1 that organiza- tion entered into an agreement with the Newspaper Publishers association Gan association of upwards of 15O daily newspapers and representing hree- forths of the capital engaged in that business in the United States) where by in case of any disagreement the matter should be, submitted to arbitra- tion, each party to De equally repre- sented on the arbitration board, and in case of their inability to agree, a satis- factory outside party to be decided