The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-04-17
THE FIELD
c. g. rs
OF LABOR

| Horseshoers. Labor temple.
Granite cutters. Labor temple.
| Pasterers. North Main street.
Walters, Richmond street.
Hod carriers Labor temple.
BANNER IN HANDS or COMMITTEE
The banner offered by the governor,
TO be known as the governors trophy
and to be competed for each year at the
annual May day events by tho unions.
the first outing TO be held next month,
has been completed by William r.
Brown, the printer, and will be placed
in the hands OF the committee today.
The banner Is a very handsome affair
and elaborately made up. II is made on
national blue silk back. upon which is in
scribed Governors Trophy, l9Oo,' the
| front OF which Is made of white silk
with a national blue silk curtain deeply
fringed with gold. on the front below
the curtain are the words Champions,
Annual Field Day. May 9TH, 1896, Gen.
tral Trades and Labor Union and Build
! ing Trades Council, Providence, II. L."
The banner Is such handsome affair
! that the union winning il will carry for
| the next year n trophy that will be the
envy OF all the other locals and the COM
petition for IL Will be something marvel
Gus
Topples FOPUM YESTERDAY.
| Yesterday at the meeting OF the Peaples
| Forum at Labor Temple there was
| large attendance and a very animated dis
| Cussion OF the subjects that came up.
y here was not definitely assigned topic
| for the day and no selected speakers.
| The first topic TO nc spoken on was that
OF the problem OF Industrial statistics,
several OF the gentlemen present spoke on
| this subject at some length
Another question that came up was the
| toTic OF municipal ownership. This ques-
| tion has been one OF long interest to the
men who were present yesterday and
! they all were ready TO express views upon
| the same. The last matter to come before
| the meeting was the subject OF the recent
election at Chicago
All the topics have been in the minds oi
| the labor men for some time and the man.
| rcr ir which they we're treated yesterday
| 81 owed that they were well versed with
| the workings OF them. The speakers TAX
| ing the most direct part In them were
| Messrs. Vaughan. L. G. Pierce. William
Palmer, Joseph Brickell Col. Liddell and
n number OF others.
No topic has been assigned as yet for
the next Sunday that will be decided la
ter as well as the speakers for that occa-
sion.
NATIONAL OFFICER VISITS BOT
Tiers.
Mucli interest was manifested yesterday
at the meeting Of the bottlers' union at
the announcement that one OF the nation
al officers OF the union Mr.. John =. Wei
gel would be here end be entertained by
the local this week
The greater part OF the meeting was
devoted to routine matters during the
early part OF the meeting at which time
the membership committee made a re-
port that one new member was ready
for initiation, he coming from Frank
Brothers, the new member being Mr.
James r. Weigh.
There was n communication from Gut
tenberg n j., on matters relating 10
the work of the craft and the union. The
contents OF the letter gave the members
much OF interest TO discuss and they took
a large part OF the time 10 do this.
Then came the announcement that Mr..
Weigel was TO be here this week and Mr..
Hadheld was appointed a committee OF
one to escort him about the city and to
give him an insight into the conditions
that prevail here.
Several other matters came before the
meeting during the course Of the business
after which the session closed.
BREWERS SESSION.
There was an interesting, though roy-
tine session OF the Brewery Workers
ecutive committee made report of i'm
terest to the members.
The delegates to the Central Body made
report OF the business done there last
week.
Several communications were received
telling Of the work of tho union i'm all sec
tions OF the country and also some words
of aovice from the International head
quarters.
There were several communications
aSkinr for assistance and again the gen
erosity Of the local was shown. The chief
r1atter OF interest was the agreement for
this year. The conStrast this year with
the agreement OF last year was I'm the
fact that this year the brewery workers
and tho engineers ard fremen arc each
Presenting separate agreements.
The agreement occasioned some little
talk hut nothing was done that was not
~ harmony with the action always taken
by tho local i'm matters pertaining 10 it's
interest.
When thls business was concluded the
session closed.
COAL HANDLERS MEET.
There was an interesting and very
largely attended meeting Of tho coal ham
dlers yesterday afternoon at which time
the course OF recent events was talked
over rather freely.
AL the most prominent OF the members
took hand I'm the discussion the action
OF the coal dealers coming in for n great
rGrt of the talk There was some routine
matter also disposed OF during the time
when several new rames were added 10
the membership.
TIE communications received were all
read and disposed or according 10 the
sentiment OF the local
u was not decided TO announce tho at
titudc OF the body as taken yesterday un-
ill after n conference this evening or la
ter when one should be decided upon.
Having concluded all the business that
was 10 come before the meeting the ses-
sion closed.
COAL. TRANSFERS ROUTINE SES-
SION.
There was but a short session OF the
coal toamsters yesterday owing TO the alb
scico OF some OF the Officers The most of