The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-11
THE FIELD

The following unions will meet tonight:
Building Trades council Labor Tenn
pie.
Sheet Metal workers. Labor Temple.
Leather workers Labor Temple.
Retail clerks, Weybosset street
Engineers, Weybosset street
PAINTERS ELECT BUSINESS AGENT.
The meeting OF the painters last even
Ing was very interesting and proved to
be rather spicy. There was a large attend
ance of the members on account of the
election of the business agent which was
scheduled for that time
Owing To the fact that Mr.. Edward II.
Cummings has been filling the role OF
business agent with so much success dur
ing the past six months there was none
placed I'm the field 10 oppose him and he
was made the unanimous choice for an
other six months
Mr. Cummings then made his report n 3
business agent and told OF the work done
during the past week In the interest OF
the craft and when he stated at least one
important transaction which will be made
known before long he was greeted with
a round OF applause.
The delegates to the Building Trades
council also made report as to the work
done at the last meeting In which the
painters were interested
The committee on sick benefits then
reported and the Technical high school
matter was talked over. The sick com
mittee then reported on the members
needing attention after which the general
matters were discussed
FRENCH CARPENTERS MEETING.
The meeting OF the French carpenters
last evening was very interesting ses-
sion though for the greater part of the
time only routine matters and the re-
ports OF committees were touched upon.
The delegates TO the Carpenters coun-
Gil and the Building Trades council made
reports that were full OF interest and fol-
| lowing that the time was given over to
general matters and talks under the good
and welfare.
A RUMOR DENIED.
Animated solely by desire TO destroy
! the credit and malign the lith-
| ographers now on strike a member of one
Of the firms involved has been industri-
ousy circulating the rumor that THE
| strike has been called of" This ndi-
vidual has mistaken his vocation; he
should join the firm OF Ananias & Co.
The strike has not been called off: in
fact. we have only just begun fighting
Besides. who ever heard Of an employer
calling a strike off? He-or they-might
call off a lockout but when strike is
called off II is declsred off by the en-
p1oyes. And the photographers will de-
clare off this strike when the 4s-hour
week is conceded, and as everything is
moving our way we hope that It will he
accomplished In a very short while. but
we are prepared TO fight along these lines
even IL II takes all the winter
As an evidence that we are not run 10
the ground and prepared TO crawl on our
knees and beg for our jobs back again is
the fact that we have the support OF the
International Federation Of Lithographers
whose president. George ID, Kelly, has
been in the United states several weeks
studying conditions
The European federation has a mem
bership OF 27,OO0 comprising all the Eu
ropean countries with the exception OF
Holland.
The employers who refused our request
have been rather rudely awakened from
their slumbrous dreams to discover that
the l.. l. Il. g. r. A. has the active sup
port OF the A. + OF l.
MACH1NISTs' MASS MEETING.
The seventh mass meeting or the ma
chinists will be held tomorrow evening
AT Labor temple and Business Agent
Churchill has made public the letter tell
ing of the plans for the evening. The let
ter reads.
To the Unorganlzed Machlnists Of Provi-
dence.
Greeting The seventh open meeting of
the Machinists' lodge No l47. will be
held ON Friday. oct r. at s p m, In the
Labor temple e6 Mathewson street
NV friends. did YOU know that your
wages are regulated by the demand that
is felt for machnists9 And did you ever
stop TO reason what created this demand
at the present timer I am able 20 let
YOU know The shortening OF the hours
FOR leo ON0 machiniSts In this country and
increase I'm wage scale i'm all parts except
Providence IL az this time being felt I'm
this city. The machinists' wages have
been increased unconsciously Co the man
ufacturer or the machinist. 4 case Is
brought 10 our notice Of union men being
employed 10y q large manufactures of
machinery of this city They became dis
satisfied with the low rate OF - cents per
hour and having TO work ten hours a day.
They were offered 20 cents per hour with
the promise OF steady position " they
would remain.
This. my machlnlst friends, has been