The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-26
The FIELD 60 OF LABOR

The following unions will ho Nd sessions
/ tonight:
Building Trades council. Lsj Dor temple,
Hosting Engineers. Hanley tnilding.
Molders. Labor temple.
Tinsmiths. Labor temple.
PAINTERS SUMMONS MI letting.
Last evening there was very inter
esting meeting OF the Painters in the
Labor temple. the occasion gbeing the
summons meeting OF the local.
- The fact that IL WAS a summ ens session
was enough to bring all the IN Hnbers out
! and almost every one preser n took an
! active part In the discussic ms OF the
meeting.
The principal topic OF the e cening was
the prospective changes In he bylaws
The first one OF these to be "a ken up was
that relating 10 the arriving lt the shops
earlier than IL called In the chedule.
1t was advanced there last evening that
to get to the places or emf noyment too
much too early In the NOR ming was TO
give the bosses the idea q BAT the men
ought to get there at that q me and thus
there would be breach OF I he eight hour
regulation.
The discussion took the form OF an
amendment which was pass ed.
The next matter was the Cprtnilment OF
the donations 10 other locals. The
Painters union has been rery generous
In the rendering OF assistance TO fra
ternal bodies In the past. with the result
that there has been a ste Adyi stream OF
out pouring finances which, would tend TO
keep the union less strong than was
possible
1t was argued thatt there would be at
times some needy onesS and to vmeet the de-
mands yet. not to injure its osyn standing
tho local voted to cuTrail this donations
and TO hereafter 10 send out OF the
treasury only a limited sumwrhis motion
was adopted.
There was one member initiated and
then after some further gen eral discus
sion the session adjourned.
PLUMBERS APPRENTICES MEETING
There was a very enthusia site meeting
OF the Plumbers Apprentfcesj last evening
at which time the most or the meeting
was devoted TO pursuing the educational
plan adopted by both the app rentices and
the journeymen.
Last evening the subject twas the hot
water circulation I'm the hou,ies. The ap-
prentices showed that they n ad gained a
great deal OF knowledge In the, matter and
were making very apt pupils some OF the
drawings made being very go'od
In addition 20 this the drawings. of the
meeting before were taken under advise
ment and We're every bit as good
IL was decided that there sh ould be less
meetings hereafter than there have been.
This step was taken on accourtt OF the hot
NedtneT. hereafter tneTe VIII DC out one
meeting n month, the nexf one being the
first "Wednesday IN July.
The boys still feel desire Ito. get after
the tourneymen In another bal sgame and
will try To even up matters OH Saturday.
After discussing some routine matters,
the session adjourned.
RAILWAY CLERKS ENTERTAIN,
The meeting OF the Railway Clerks
last evening was one OF great import
ance and the chief item OF discuseionI was
tho strike OF the freight handleas OF the
Consolidated road
Several communications were re. eived
and disposed OF, and the regular uoutine
OF business gone through with.
The local entertained n dele cation
from the strikers who asked for the sym
pahty and the moral support OF thl, local.
This was given and the committee as
sured that all that could be done to aid
them would be.
The remainder OF the meeting .was de-
IL adjourned
PLUMBERS Ex.BD.
There was a~ short meeting OF the
plumbers executive board last evening
called for the purpose OF consid ering the
advisabilty OF placing some OF the firms
now meeting with the disapproral OF the
body on the unfair list.
There are several of these and their
status will be considered by the Building
Trades council tonight and byvthe plumb
ers un'on tomorrow evening. This mat
ter occupied the greater part OF the at
tention OF the local for the evening after
which the session adjourned.
There was but n short meeting OF the
Allied Metal Mechanics last evening" ow- ,
ing 10 the fact that but few,of the mem /
bers put In appearance. The usual I
amount of routine matters came before
the meeting, followed by some general 1
discussion and adjournment
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