Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-03

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 A local paper states that if move ment was started to secure nine-hour day for the brass workers of Connect cut it would probably become general. The nine-hour day is now in force quite generally, throughout the west. and it is Connecticut that is behind the times. State Organizer Hanlon of Meriden has been in this city for the past ten days l assisting the different locals of the brass workers organizations in vari- l ous ways. The keeping of an organ izer at work in the state constantly proves of great benefit and Mir Hanlon is meeting with gratifying success.
 "John H. Flanagan, registrar of voters" is the way the president of the Central Labor union now writes his name. he having taken the oath of of flee Tuesday afternoon. Mir Flanagan and Selectman Lawlor are the only representatives of organized labor in the town or city government at pres ent, but expect to have plenty of com pany later on.
 For their meeting on Thursday even 1 ing next Buffers and Polishers' local 37 and Brass Workers local 186 will exchange halls, the former occupying Congress hall and the latter the rooms l of the Buffers and Polisllers' union This is done On account of. the election of officers of No S37 being held on that evening and their own hall not being large enough to accommodate their $50 members.
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 The Economic league will hold meeting at Carpenters and Joiners' hall, South Main street, tomorrow l (Sunday) evening at So,clock.S EIec- 1 tion of officers will take place at that time and committees will report and action be taken upon future plans for | the organization. It will be seen that this meeting is of unusual importance and every member should endeavor to be present.
 A new international labor organiza- ton has been formed by the telegraph l operators and will be known as the Order of Commercial Telegra phers of the United States. Canada and Mexico. charter has been granted by the American Federation of Labor and the headquarters will he at St Louis The next convention will be held in New I York. commencing on the second Tues day in October, 1903.
 The special meeting of Typographi- cal union, No 329, held last Saturday evening, was record breaker. the at tendance being the largest in the his tory of the organization. A commit tee was appointed to look after the of fees charged with violations of scale l of prices and in other ways allowing practices not in accordance with union rules It is probable that these differ ences will be adjusted by the commit tee without further difficulty.
 District council No. 3, state of Con- necticut, which is composed of metal polishers. buffers, platers, brass mould CTS and all lines of brass workers from throughout the state will meet in Buffers and Polishers' hall this city Sunday. January II. There will be about 90 delegates present one repre- senting each local affiliated with the ] district council. International Presi- dent N. Dutle of Dayton. Ohio, and General Secretary James T. Cullen of New York city will also attend
 
 l Brass Workers union. No 1s6. re- ports applications coming in lively since the oDen meeting on Tuesday evening. This union has had re- markalle though brief career. being or ganiz1d February 14, 1902, with four teen members. Since that time their gain has been steady one. until to- dav their membership is upwards Of 400. Its officers and memb CTS are wide awake in the cause of theil. or ganfzation and will not let up in their efforts as long as there are any non union men of their craft in the city.
 At meeting of the Bartenders' un- ion held on Sunday last John J. Mur- phy was elected president to fill the unexpired term of Matrin Hickey, re, signed, and John F. Hackett and Ed. Burke were selected as delegates to the convention of the New England branch of the Bartenders' Internation- al league to be held in New Haven January IS. The committee in charge of the ball to be given at the City hall on the evening of January 30. report matters progressing smoothly and pro- pose to make the occasion one of the swell events of the season. t The last quarterly bulletin of the New York state department of labor says on the growth of organized labor during the year just closed: Tt Is a spread of unionism to the smaller cities and into the unorganized trades of the larger cities that particularly marks the present year. The increase in the aggregate membership of New York unicns has of late been unprecedented, having been 53,OO0, or about 20 per cent in the twelve months ended Sep