The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-06
BUILDING rRAoEs COUNCIL.

for them was clear 'and serene.
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
There was very interesting session OF
the Building Trades council. last night
at tho Labor temple. where much busl-
ness OF a routine nature was disposed Of
| All the locals affiliated were represented
and much business pertaining to the
! working of these organizations came up
/ for delibera tion.
! The resolutions OF the Retail Clerks
were brought up for consideration and
endorsement. In addition TO this a dele
ga ton from the union OF the Stone CUT
ters was on hand 10 present. their griev-
ancea The matter was presented in
full by the delegation and there ensued
lengthy discussion OF the. situation as
outlined Finally IL was decided TO give
them all moral support possible and lend
them the sympathy of the body
There were many other reports heard
from the other oreaniza tions represented
at the meeting. but the one that received
the most attention Of the body. was that
OF the Labor Day committee. The re-
suit of the partial report that was made
by that committee was such as 10 bring
much ioy 10 the delegates on hand The
report will not, however. he made public
till fun and final revision OF the same
takes place This will probably be some
time in the near future.
There were several other things to come
before the body for consideration but
they were also OF q nature not 10 be given
10 the public so will stand only as records
or the proceedings of the evening.
MARBLE WORKERS SESSION.
| At the last meeting OF the Marble
| Workers union there was much business
OF stirring nature that transpired. The
A.. TEA he yfina y
| asked for the reading OF the minutes OF
the last session. This was done and the
| whole approved as read.
| When that had been done the reports of
| the several committees were heard The
| first OF these TO come up for dellberation
tion was that OF the nominations body.
| presented the names OF six new members
! for action and recommended that several
! of them be taken into fun membership.
/ The recommendation was approved or
| and che Invitations followed. Those not
taken i'm then were held over TO the next
session of the union for consideration.
| The other reports were all of a very In
I teresting nature and the discussion Of the
same occupied the larger portion Of the
| time spent
Tho committee having in charge the a.
nancial condition OF the union reports that
/ almost all the members had paid mp their
dues and were in good standing. That on
condition OF the craft showed that every
thing was progressing smoothly for the
/ union and business was more ever.
There were several communications re-
ceived from various locals In other por-
lions ~ the state and one or two from the
lnternations body that were full OF in
tsrest 10 the body Several OF these relat-
ed 10 matters OF interest that were TO
come before the congress of the American
Federation OF Labor that is 10 convene in
ba ,fsaf lions
were AL taken under consideration by the
advisory board OK the body and voted
answered as soon 40 the secretary could
nad the time 90 attend TO the same.
The grievances OF the striking stone cut
ters was heard from the delegation that
was on hand 10 present the matter. No
decided action was taken on the matter
the union voting 20 defer matters tin la
ter. and further developments. After all
the routine work was disposed of the
meeting came % an end and the members
departed for their homes
BUILDING LA5oRERs TAKE ACTION.
last night the building laborers met
in the hall ~ that unioa on North Main
street FOR the transaction Of the business
of the body. one OF the first things tnot
was done by the body was the reading
~ tho minutes of the last session. These
we're voted accepted az read and the mat
tor was 90 recorded
There were many other things that
came up before The body for considera-
/ ton and delihcra ton. among which was
Tho hearing ~ the reports % the several
committees The FIRST of these 10 be
iahen up VAS That ~ nominations. Sew
cfnl new names were presented and the
action taken vas favorable. There were
few 0iher names that were taken over
90 the ne~t seEsior FOR dcliberation and
then no Initiation ~ those that we're
voted upon took place
1hr other reports al tended 20 show
+ tiai fhe bofg vas in q nourishing con
. ilton ana fhf irade conditions were
never better Ths condition ~ the union
I financially gss rfTsr better. either and
even when ere Gsafh benefits wre paid
there sas sfil handsome surplus IN
I the treasury
There were several communica tiors
from the locals iu 0fhsf sections ~ the
state and counffy Ell n which were at
tended 20 These an showed that the
union All over ne country was IN n fine
condition ana -fsfffhirs was working
smoothly for the craft There were sew
erai visitors a, the nssting. but they