The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-08-19
THE FIELD
Mxn
dsssss si.s;sslf i;sssssf' rs
OF LABOR

The following unions will hold sessions
tonight:
! Plumbers. Labor temple.
! Tinemen, Hanley building
| Cement Workers Labor temple.
Carpenters council Labor temple
J Iron Workers. Labor temple
| BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL. MEETS.
Last evening there was very stirring
| session OF the Building Trades council. the
| occasion being the settlement OF matters
! concerning the festivities for Labor day
The Labor day committee made a very
interesting report. stating that all the
! crafts allied were making great efforts TO
| have the largest number of men in ire
| tha' have ever been I'm a parade In This
city.
IL is still the determination OF the coun-
cil to have all the men Of It's locals make
up one section. and parade thus
The report OF the delegates from the
variors organizations showed that every
line of work was making vast progress
and tfe trades were booming
The body entertained delegates from,
FAN River ia the interest OF the strikers
the Misses Schoe1ed and Partridge being
the representatives. After listening IN
their talks for some time on the con-
ditions existing, II was voted TO give them
All the support possible. both moral and
financial
There was a question brought I'm NJ the
meeting relative TO the new organization
OF steam filters. This body. the u
or steam Filters. is organized under the
protection and tutalege OF the Plumbers
union. and the older organs~etion felt
that this was injuring them
A protest was filed with the council bv
al Nno
some discussion OF the matter took nIace
Both sides hold that they are in the right
The younger local claims that there are
greater benefits 10 he had from the or
ganization with which Il IL affiliated and
that ~ offers no opposition 10 the older
local This stand Is combat ted and in
order TO settle the matter an arbitration
committee was appointed last evening to
confer and attempt a pea ceful setS/~ment
This committee will meet both unions
or their representatives and after hear
ing both sides decide. Several other mat
ters were discussed az the meeting after
which the session closed
MOLDERS MAKE APPROPRIATIoN
There was only a short meeting OF the
molders last evening owing to the absence
OF some of the members and several OF
the officers
There were no new members on hand 10
be Initiated though several applicntio
have been pending for the past three
meetings The visiting committee stated
that there were no members sick and that
all the BENEFITS had been discharged
The delegates TO the central body made
an interesting report " the matters taken
up there
The most ~ the time during the early
part of the session was devoted 20 die
cusslng labor day matters and some of the
shops OF tho city that were unfair
The shop committee made y report on
The conditions among the various places
NJ the city that were employing union
men. There are several places where the
conditions are not the best and some ac-
tlon Will no taken on them I'm tho near
future. prohahs AZ the next meeting
Several communications ~ Interest
came 20 the hodv IN the past week and
these were taken W In their order 20 be
disposed OF