The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-30
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NEW BUTTON DISTRIBUTED.
Last evening one OF the first matters to
come before the meeting OF the Building
Trades council was the distribution OF the
quarterly button 10 be worn by members
OF the state board OF councils.
This button, a description OF which was
given Yesterday. will be used TO designate
oil over the stake the members OF the
Building Trades council who are in good
standing i'm their Respective unions.
The button is TO facilitate matters when
the members OF various locals travel from
one part OF the state 10 the other Thus
n member OF the local In Westerly win
be recognized here and given work II he
wears one OF those buttons, and his card
will not have to be inspected In fact
the system Is intended To do away with
the old system.
Several other matters came up aN the
meeting OF interest to the general ltrade
The case OF Miller. the saloon man. who
was placed on the unfair list by the
council came up for discussion last even
ing. A settlement was promised, but
owing to some technicality the settlement
was postponed for a few days. The case
will be closed In the next few days, as
the technicality can be readily overcome.
The next step after that will be the re-
moval OF the firm from the unfair hst.
The status OF the u. A. Steamfttersl was
TO be discussed and It was thought that
they would be given seats In the council
last evening, but the question was, de-
ferred one meeting and no action was
taken.
The business agent OF the council had
very interesting report TO make TO
the body, owing TO some diffculries that
arose during the week between employ
ers and some of the crafts. He was
pleased 10 announce 10 the delegates that
after several conferences "A favorable
basis OF settlement was reached and last
evening the matters were disposed to the
general satisfaction OF all the crafts con-
cerned. and the employers.
The remainder Of the meetingJ was de-
voted 10 hearing the reports OF the dele
gates from the several unions and plan
ming how to settle the questions those
arose.
The carpenters had many thingS OF In
ferest to mention TO the body as did also
several OF the other locals. When all
was disposed OF as the body saw fit the
meeting closed.
MoLDERs no HOLD BALL
Last evening the meeting OF the Mold
ers was very largely attended, despite
the fact that the weather was not the
| best that might have been had.
The occasion for the large attendance
/ was the interest being taken In the pail
| that Is 10 be given by the body on the
/ 2Sth OF october.
/ The committee has been AZ work Tor
| more than a week now and the tickets
/ are on sale.
! Last evening the committee report was
/ the arst thing asked for after the open
ing Of the meeting and the Chairman
/ stated that the committee was meeting
/ with the heartiest cooperation from the
members and that the AFFAIR could ne
nothing II not a complete success. owing
20 the fact Of the prominence OF the local
the tickets were being sold very rapidly.
! Music hall has been obtained Tor the oc-
1 caSion and the committee at work on inc
oc,air ia as follows: John Sheehan. i. j.
Fleming. Frank King. William Kelly, j. j.
/ Corcoran. David Moran. William Moran
william O'Brien. Jamees king, j. NJ. COS
ieuo and Axel Lindduist
The next matter to come before the
meeting was the report OF the trustee j.
N O'Nei lie stated just the conditions
OF the work I'm this city and the progress
made bv the local IN nghting the unfair
conditions that exist for the molders OF the
city. His report was verey interesting ana
was well received.
Several communications were received
telling of conditions in other parts OF the
country and showing that business for the
molders WAS booming all over the country.
The membership committee stated that
there was no new names 90 be presented
for initiation hut that several applications