The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-10

The following unions will hold sessions
tonight:
Building Trades Council. Labor
temple
Moulders. Labor temple.
Hoisting Engineers. Hanley building
Building Laborers, 27 North Main
street
owing TO tho stormy state OF the
weather last evening the attendance at
the meetings Of the unions was very
slim compared with that which Is usually
characteristic OF these affairs. One OF
the most important issues with all the
unions at the present time is that OF the
nomination and election OF officers. With
but few exceptions all OF them are
changing officials with the close OF the
old year.
In almost every union there Is going on
"a discussion OF the probable changes
that will occur I'm the ranks OF the Of
ficers OF the respective bodies. In some
OF them there will be but few changes
while In others there will be a number.
Most OF the locals have made such ad-
vances during the past year along all
lines under the management OF affairs
that they would hesitate long while be-
fore deciding TO make and very import
ant changes in the administration OF IT'S
affairs
PAINTERS DISCUSS ELECTIONS.
Al the meeting of the Painters union
that was held In the rooms OF that body
last evening there was much business
gone over though there was not the large
attendance on hand that there usually
is at the sessions OF that body.
Aside from the usual preliminares OF
such a meeting there was nothing much
that was interesting to transpire till IL
came time for the debate, one OF which
Is held by the body every night OF the
meeting. 1t ts the plan Of the union to
hold these affairs throughout the win
ter and though the attendance was slim
the interest manifested In the question
last evening was fully as enthusiastic as
| that OF any OF the preceding occasions.
When that was concluded the regular
| routine business was gone over and the
reports all showed that tho conditions
were far better than expected for this
time OF the year and the indications point
| ed to the increase In the betterment
| throughout the winter. There were 30 new
members taken into the body and the
| communications that were received were
| voted carried over TO the next meeting
| of the body when larger attendance will
| be expected.
|
| discussion last evening was the matter
pertaining 20 the election of the national
! officers. The election OF the officers OF
| the local does not occur until later and
" Is at this time OF the year that the Of
| ficers OF the national body are chosen
so that while the other locals are having
the time occupied with affairs OF local
interest this body IL battling w1th the
| question OF who shall be the national
| - ha Har.a rtrraa M
union.
There Is a very warm time expected at
the elections next meeting night and the
polls will open at TO remain open I'LL
| every member In the city that can posi-
| bly, be corralled has registered his vote
Judging from the interest that Is taker
In the affair there Will be but few oi
the members OF the body OF Painters thai
| will not be on hand to cast his vote. liz
reviewing the progress OF the union In
the past year II was found and announced
at the meeting last night that the mem
bership had increased far faster this year
than ever before I'm the history OF the
| organization.
ALLIED METAL MECHANICS UNION
At the meeting Of the Allied Metal Me-
| chanics that was held In the rooms or tna'
body last evening there was much tha'
was interesting To come up though the at
tendance was very slim on account or the
stormy condition Of the weather
| For the past two meetings the president
| and the first vice president have beer
| under the weather and not able 10 be ir
| their places so that the union has hac
TO be put to some little trouble In ordel
that the sessions might be held and tne
business OF the body transacted. Las
night a temporary chairman was choser
from among the members that the ses
.l.z. tx..1xT mr.
ceeded 20 the disposal OF the business thai
was to come before the union.
There WAS hardly anything to come be
fore the body except the regular routine
| matters and these were hurried over s'
that the general matters pertaining u
the body might be heard. one of the prin
| cipal topics OF discussion among tn
members was that OF the coming elections
OF the officers. This bit Of business Is Il
| he the principal item on the docket n
| the next meeting and the discussions o.
| the nominations was one OF the main sub
tects last evening. According 10 th'
| statements OF some OF the men there will
be n number OF changes in the roll OF tn
| officials OF the body when the ballotint
IA over There seems 10 be some little dis
satisfaction among some OF the members
in regard 10 some OF the officers now II
| positions I'm the union. They say that thi'
| will be all remedied at the coming elec
ton
Another matter that was discussed pref
~ fully was the matter Of some OF TIT
members OF the union who are now 10 "
over 10 the union OF Blacksmiths after tn
next meeting since the formation of tina
body a number OF those who have beer
ND tin now Identified with the Metal Me
| chanics have now 10 sever connection
with that union and be taken over to tn
| younger organization. In this way TN
| union will lose a number OF Its men an'
the loss will be felt very much. There be
ing nothing much else TO come before TIT
body the meeting adjourned.
| BRICKLAYERS DISCUSS NoMIN
ATOMS.
There was but n small meeting OF tn
Bricklayers' union last evening In tn
rooms OF that body at "a North Mali
street through the amount o
business that was 10 come before tn
body was very large and some OF IL yer,