The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-06
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the meeting and the meeting closed.
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apprentices. This concluded the business OF
the meeting and the meeting closed.
PAINTERS GAINING;
The news that has come from the paint
| ers union today shows very favorable
| turn of affairs and IL was stated that al
| present there are AZ shops paying the
! unions demands and with the beginning
OF next week there will be a number more
TO sign the agreement and put their men
to work
This afternoon those men who are out
OH strike will receive the second install
ment OF their weekly strike benefits a
number OF the men will be recompensed
for their action. IL Is said that al present
all the men have returned 10 work except
about 35 and these will me paid this after
noon.
II is not supposed that there will be
anything like the amount OF money paid
out this week that there was last when
$500 was disposed OF but there will still
be a considerable amount 10 reimburse the
men with
CARPENTERS COUNCIL.
At the meeting OF the carpenters council
last evening there was a communication
from the general executive board sane
tioning the demands OF the carpenters. In
this communication there was also "A part
which referred 10 the action OF the coun-
ell I'm not endorsing the form OF arbltra-
tion agreement that was in vogue last
year. believing that its formation was at
variance with the best success OF the
unions.
There was n communication also frcm
the general officers asking for further in
formation relative 10 the suspension of
one OF the members Of the craft and the
secretary was instructed to furnish the
required Information.
r. Accommodation also sent 10 the
Pawtucket local relative 10 the affiliation
with the Providence branch for the better
success OF the work. II was found that
the members OF the unons in the two cit
les work In one place almost as much as
in the other and the card system did not
prove to be the most successful means
ever tried for that reason affiliation was
sought and IL being accomplished.
The letter received from the master
builders reported the action taken at the
last meeting OF the association was re-
ceived and referred TO a committee. the
committee having submitted a plan for
settlement
A communication was also received from
four independent carpenters employing a
number OF men asking the union 10 defer
definite action until a conference has been
arranged,it being their sentiment that the
men ought 10 have what was asked and
that they would possibly reach some set
Element
A committee OF two was appointed 10
visit the executive board sitting I'm New
York for advice in conducting the work
here.
II was announced also that there was
a move on foot TO organize the independl
ent carpenters. since they felt that the
members Of the unions were not obtain
ing what was their right. and the public
will be made cognizant OF the move in all
its phases in a few days.
This concluding the business OF the
meeting the session closed
NON-UNION MAN SENT AWAY.
On one OF the small jobs being done
on Washington street near the Perrin
hotel there was a non-union man at work
with number of members OF the unions.
He-was known have worked against
the unions during the strike a couple
OF years ago. and when asked 10 show his
card or join the union he refused with
a laugh to do either AS soon as his
sentiments were learned. all the union
men at work quit, among them being
painters. carpenters plumbers. plasterers
and tinsmiths. When this was learned
the employers. who had been asked TO
take some action and refused. ran into
the non-union man and told him he would
have TO leave. II was then the time OF
the union men to laugh.