The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-09-20
LABOR men
MEET AT
WESTERLY

Yesterday morning the session Of the
State Federation OF Labor began at Gran
ite Cutters hall in Westerly and the
occasion was made notable by the pres
ence Of Gov. Utter and his address Of
welcome.
The convention was called 10 order by
Persistent William j. Power and after re-
viewing the history Of the work OF the
association for the past year he intro
duced Gov. Utter. who made the address
OF welcome. He spoke TO the delegates
assembled in brief as follows.
Westerly, because OF its geographical
situation. does not receive the credit TO
which it Is entitled. II is a busy village
OF some 1900 people, which has never
had a boom, but has always been steadily
OF the class OF wage earners which tho
quarry brought into the town early and
10 the advice which the parish priest used
10 give 10 his people TO build themselves
homes. AS n consequence, more than
half the houses In the village are owned
by wage earners ana the village Is
conservative. well -kept-up. home town"
He also said that he was glad TO well
come the members OF the convention from
their various localities as the representa-
tiyes OF many labor unions II seemed TO
him that no men had so great an oppor-
tunity 10 be OF real service TO those for
whom they legislated.
The union was the natural outgrowtn
Of the changed social conditions and IL
was like the aggregation OF capital sub
ject 10 the danger Of being abused as
well as 10 the advantage OF being well
use II was for the men assembled to
largely determine this result He hoped
that while I'm Westerly they would take
occa sion TO visit different parts OF the
town and become acquainted with the
lines OF industry which had built IL up.
Several commun ications were read and
received during the remainder OF the
morning session. The following COM
mittees were then appointed Credentials
j J. Devlin. W. J. Meegan and I. w.
Shaw; esoluticns-Thomas Lee L. A
Grace. William Carroll; officers reports
A. e. Hohler. w w. Hadheld: secretary
and treasurer's report. r. Weiss. G.
A. Kearns. j. Manning; rules Of order
L. A. Grace. T. w Shaw, thomas Lee;
finance. r. Weiss. William Carroll p.
A. Kearns; organization-A. ]. Evans, j.
Manning A. r. Hohler. l.. A. Grace
was appointed sergeant at arms
At 1870 o'clock the convention ad-
iourned 10 1870 Al that hour the ses-
sion opened with the following delegates
| pres-rit T. F. Donnely. Loomfixers'
union No. "A. Providence; NJ. ]. Dono-
I van. Cigarmakers' union No TO- Provi-
| dence; Lawrence A. Grace. Coal Team
sters' union No. 1s0 Providence Thomas
A. Haney, Cigarmakers union No. "a;
John A Devliu and John Mclaughlin,
| Team Drivers union No. Al. Pawtucket;
! Fred w .Newcomb. Thea trical Stage Em
ployes' union. Providence; William j.
Meegan. Central Labor union, Providence;
Thomas w. Lyon. BARRIERS local No. 36l,
v Pawtucket John T.. Weiss. Brewers
union No ia. Providence; Albert Hohler,
Central Labor union. Pawtucket; w. w
Hadheld. Bottlers' union No PAS. Provf-
dence: Thomas w. Shaw and Thomas
Lee Brewery Workers union. No. 16c
Providence: William j. Power, Providence
| local No. 2s5. bartenders. Providence;
T. A. Kearns and Thomas f. Padley, Mu-
siclans' Protective union. No. 1913. Provi-
dence: William Carroll, Typographical
union No. 33. Providence; jeremiah Man
ming and NJ. ID. Pasquale Joumeymar
BARRIERS, No 22i, Providence; Charles A
Salisbury. Pawtucket Typographical unior
No PIP.
The afternoon session was devoted e
receiving and acting upon the reports OF
the various officers and committees. NJ
other business Of Importance was trans
acted and the convention adjourned tC
$50 o'clock this morning.