The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-04-25
THE FIELD
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OF LABOR

The following urions will hold sessions
tonight:
Carpenters, o. Labor Temple.
Gas Workers, Gas Workers hall.
Cigar Makers. Labor Temple.
Machinists. Labor Temple
Steam Engineers. Hanley Building
.Nhed Printing Trades Council.
italian Carpenters Labor Temple.
PARBERS INITIATE SEVERAL
mere was very interesting though |
short session OF the BARRIERS union last /
evening at Labor Temple. where owing TO
the activity OF the new secretary. Mr.. |
Iasauale, there we're number OF appli- !
rlications for membership considered and
several OF the men initiated
After the opeing of the session the frst
business undertaken was the hearing OF
the reports OF the committees. The first
OF these was the membership committee
for which the secretary reported. The
report was well received and the secretarysl
given vote Of thanks for the activity
shown
The delegates 10 the central body made
report which was also accepted.
Several communications were received
relating TO affairs OF the union and these
vSwere treated vita the dignity OF their
worth.
one OF the most important acts OF the
! b, dy was the recognition OF the death or
one of the members last week, Mr.. T. j.
! Thompson.
A set OF resolutions on the death was
/ Aea.t hat ka
| sent TO the relatives and another to the
headnuarters OF tie international. The
! bills for flowers and hacks for the funeral
! were ordered paid and the body stood In
silence for two minutes I'm respect for the
| former members The charter was voted
| drapcd for the next sixty days and appli-
cation made 10 headquarters for the death
| fun6 to be sent 10 the relatives.
The Labor day committee made re-
port showing that IL was beginning TO
bestr itself for the coming event.
1t was voted that the second meeting
OF the month of May be made a social
session at which time all the members
will be expected to bring a friend and
to entertain him. making him feel the
benefits and pleasures TO associating with
the union.
When this amount OF business was con-
cluded the session ended.
CARPENTERS REJOICE.
There were two reasons for 'ollhcation
at the meeting OF the Carpenters local.
8S2, last evening, one being the official
announcement 10 the union as a whole the
| fact that Il had won the first banner in
| the contest Just completed: another was
the fact that the effort begun by one
| Of the 6isgruntled contractors and his
| foreman 20 form a dual carpenters union,
/ composed OF ALI the non-union men and
! the half-hearted followers OF unionism
/ had fallen completely fat
This was an event OF about week
ago when the meeting was called for the
/ formation OF the union. Members OF the
! Carpenters union had mon on hand TO
watch the effort and II was found that
| there was but one man present beside the
| two mentioned and he was one OF me
/ men who are usually placed on the retired
I lists In unions when HIS age Is reached
| Sufficed TO say he had long since passed
! the age limit placed by Or Osler
/ with this number as neucleus there
was nothing for the meeting 10 do but TO
adjourn sine die which was done
There were several other matters made
/ known 10 the body last evening, among
| them being the fact that two application.
/ were presented and i've candidates FOR
membership initiated
\ portion Of the report on the poyertv
/ ofthe wage worker OF the country was
read before the members and was we'll
received, there hing a number of facts
\ contained therein that were matters ~
! experience 70 those present
II was voted 70 continue the advartise
n1ent OF the union in the magazine ~ the
Building Trades council TT. r"
/ The next business 10 come before the
meeting was the discussion and tho .x.
change of bouquets on account of the
cuccess OF the voting for tn. banner
Some Of the members proposed to publish
card ~ thanks on behalf OF the union
for the support given the body IN the
contest When ~ was put 10 a vots
there was unanimous wish that the
same he done
This closed tho business OF the rnee,
ing. after which the discussion OF the ren.
eral welfare OF the body took place
SMALL STRIKE YESTERDAY
Yesterday there was n small strike in
/ stituted by members OF the Carpenters'
union on account OF the presence OF a
non-union man on the work being done
by r.. Y. Tourgcon. and in corsrouence
/ there r. small tie-up on
when II was found that on. OF the
men az work was n non-uniou man effort
/ WAS made 10 have him come into tho
union. That falling the matter was
| taken 90 the contractor and that was
found to be equally futile. so yesterday
/ the eight union mon decided 20 refuse 10
work longer with him.
The matter In STILL pending. bu 4, 4.
thought all win be settled soon
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