The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-21

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out In line a number OF the older crafts
Will have cause 20 sit up and take notice.
The boys won't say what prize they are
after nor In what way they aim To cap
ture H.
STEAM FILTERS TO TURN OUT.
Local 81 Of the Steam Filters are are
! making preparations 10 turn out at least
100 men and more in possible At the
last meeting OF the union IL was voted
that suitable uniforms be secured and
worn on that day and that IL possible a
float be carried so as TO make the show
ing all the better. Last year the steam
filters carried a float and won one OF
the prizes.
| BREWERS ESPOUSE SOCIALISTS
CAUSE.
At the meeting of the Brewers union.
| ia last Sunday. the following Tesolu-
tions We're drafted and after the commit
tee meeting yesterday were given out TO
| the public:
Responding to the call by the American
| Federation Of Labor for union men 20
take political action. we. the members Of
the Brewery Workers. L. u. ia. OF
Providence. T.. l.. after reviewing and
considering carefully the principles Of the
| several political parties. have arrived at
| the following conclusions:
FiTst-That the Democratic and Re
publican parties are both capitalist par
| ties, both uphold the republican form OF
| government allowing the people 10 vote
! for individuals only placing the power
in their hands TO betray, the workers into
! slavery TO the profit making class. while
| the Socialist party advocates a demo
| cratic form of government, in which the
| people may initiate new laws, veto laws
| proposed by representatives and recall
| representatives who betray them.
Second-The capitalist parties uphold
| private ownership I'm the means OF pro-
! duction and distribution. system which
! forces the workers td-vmpete with each
! other far permission To work. forcing
wages down and denying able and willing
| workers the. opportunity TO earn an hon
est living.
| While the Socialist party advocates col
| lective ownership and management OF the
means of production and distribution, a
system giving every person opportunity
| To work and an equivalent for their labor.
Third-The capitalist parties legalize
| confiscation by the exploiting class, all OF
| which the workers produce above n sub
| sistence, making IL almost impossible for
the workers to own a home and enjoy the
| private property which they are able and
| willing to earn.
While the Socialist party propose to so
| organize industry and society that every
1
| property in the means OF life, upon which
| liberty of being, thought and action de-
pend and declare that human life and
happiness shall be the basis OF all politi-
| cal and Industrial consideration.
Fourth-The Socialist party has even
| been consistent I'm their effort TO unite the
| workers, aiding all, regardless of their
union affiliations. declaring themselves
distinctively a working class party, de-
msnding that each worker receive the
full equivalent of their labor, and while
the capitalist parties divide us with fake
issues, Good men versus bad men," etc.
the Socialist party present principles Of
tangible merit therefore be II
Resolved, That we the Brewery work
ers. l.. U. No. Ia, OF Providence. r. L.,
endorse the Socialist party as tbe/ work
ing class political party tried and true.
and we protest against organizing any
other political labor party as dual or
ganization to further divide, defeat and
degrade the workers i'm the interests of
capitalist exploiters.
Resolved. That copies of this resolution
be sent TO the national headquarters of
the American Federation of Labor and
to all affiliated labor unions in Rhode Is
! land and the Providence daily papers.
TYPOS SELLING SCORE CARDS.
At the baseball game yesterday after
| the owner of the score card privilege at
| Melrose Park and from the way they sold
| the cards one would think that they met
| with great success.
For two or three days the plan, has
| been under foot for supplying the public
at the park with union score cards after
} the attempt had been made to have the
! management place the union label on the
| cards then being sold
l1xH ha ala of Na rdg
with the label on IL was thought OF and
adopted owing to the fact that an ordi-
nance prevented the giving away OF the
cards they were sold for a penny each.
| This was checked for the first few days
| but yesterday the union had representa-
tives on hand who were licensed peddlers
and the way they sold the cards was a
caution.
When the game opened and one looked
| over the grandstand as well as the bleach
ers about every person had the cards
with the label and but very few had the
other kind Mr.. Chaffee when seen and
asked for an opinion stated that he was
| not i'm position or willing to talk on the
| subject but hoped to have the matter ad-
justed with the union in a few days.
TYPOS OF PAWTUCKET ACT.
The action Of the Providence Typogra-
| phical union in condemning the Repubi-
! can party has been duplicated by the
union OF Pawtucket. The Pawtucket Typo
| graphical union has also appointed COM
! mittee, consisting OF Thomas Phillips,
George Markey and Willis H. Bussey TO
| cooperate with the Providence union. The
| following resolutions have been adopted
by the Pawtucket union
| Whereas, Providence Typographical
| Union. No. 80. has adopted resolutions
| condemning the Republican party and re
| questing the laboring men Of the state
and particularly the 1000 citizens who
| signed a petition for a state eight-hour
! law circulated by the Pawtucket Typo
| graphical Union, aided by Providence Ty-
biographical Union, To cast their ballots
| this year against nominees of the Repub-
| lican party; II is hereby
| Resolved, That Pawtucket Union, No.
| 212 heartily concurs in the position which
| Providence Union, No 33. has taken. and
! that 1t joins Providence Union in con-
| demning the Republican party and re-
| quests laboring men TO cast their ballots
against its nominees in the coming cleo