The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-06
THE FIELD
Co. s.s;:s Is
OF LABOR

The following unions will hold sessions
tonight
Painters. Labor temple.
Roilermakers. Capital hall
.Jcwelry Workers. Eddy street
Rricklayers North Main street.
Plumbers Apprentices, Labor temple.
Roofers. Labor temple.
Coopers. Labor temple.
steam Filters Labor temple.
Machine Carpenters, Labor temple.
French Carpenters Olneyvillc.
MR. KEARNEY DENIES MEETING.
II was announced I'm one OF the afternoon
issues yesterday that there was to be
meeting Of the master carpenters and
the representative OF the union, Mr..
Thomas F. Kearney. and as result of
that meeting there would either be
general strike of the carpenters or
granting OF the new scale OF wages.
Mr.. Kearney, when seen this morning.
stated that the whole article was n
fabrication and that he neither knew that
there was TO he meeting Of tho master
carpenters nor was he Invited TO be pres
cnt at such a session.
master carpenters were showing them
selves TO be friendly TO the union men
and there was no desire on his part or
that Of any member OF the unions TO
antagonize them. and that the thoughts
OF strike was far from the minds OF the
men. He said that so far as he knew
the carpenters had faith I'm the men and
the harmony that was al present exist
ing between the two branches OF the
hot tl.arn ~ IA
have any other course taken by either
party than such as had been already
started upon
He stated that he regretted exceedingly
the announcement Of such a step To be
taken on either side since now that the
bishop had decided for the unions and
the employers were led TO believe that
the men were right and justified I'm max
ing the demands He said that there was
no desire on the part Of the members
OF the union 10 create any disturbance
n was intlmated In the article yesterday
afternoon. ana all tho members OF the
craft joined him i'm denying that such
thing was contemplated.
EXECUTIVE BOARD TO MEET
Tomorrow evening there will be a meet
ing of the executive board Of the Central
Trades AMI Labor union for the pur-
pose Of making ready the business for the
meeting TO follow.
All the members of the board have
been notified 10 he present Al the session
and they Will he on hand
DEwDNEY MADE CHAIRMAN
There was meeting Of the Join, com.
mittoe ~ the Central Trades and Labor
union and the Building Trades council
last evening at the office OF the Bar
tenders union. when oil the members
OF the board were present except one.
The meeting was for the purpose Of
organization end MIR. w T Dewdney Of
the Building Trades council was made
the chairman. Mr. Edward O'Connor
OF the Jewelry workers union was made
secretary, and william Thorpe was made
treasurer
There was n committee OF ten. 1--WE
from each body, appointed last evening
10 he known as the executive board and
II was decided TO hold sessions every
Tuesday evening
The printing committee wns appointed.
this consisting OF Messrs Agnew. Finno-
gan and Leddy
Tho fact that the chairman ~ the COM
mittee comes this tins, from the building
trades council. gives rise 10 some talk as
ITO the election OF the chief marshal For
the past two years there has been some
misunderstanding as to how tho chief
marshal shall b. chosen II being the claim
of most of the bodies that one year the
man selected should BE- from the central
body and the next from the building
trades
Tho matter was net finally settled las,
wear but n r. Thought that by general
consent with this wear and after the two
bodies viii alternate. selecting him one