The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-13
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Labor Editor. News-Democrat.
The following unions will hold sessions
tonight:
! Carpenters 632, Labor Temple.
Electrical Workers 80, weybosset
street.
BARRIERS, Labor Temple.
TRUCK DRIVERS INITIATE MEN,
BERs.
There was an interesting meeting OF the
Truck Drivers union last evening at La
Dor Temple with large number OF the
members on hand. The membership COM
mittee presented 10 new candidates for in
itiation and they were all passed.
The applications presented which will be
considered at the next meeting were Is
showing that the membership is on the
increase. number OF union matters were
disposed OF during the afternoon follow
! ing upon which the situation among the
teamsters in Boston was talked over.
A number of interesting speeches were
made by the prominent members OF the
craft.
BOTTLERS HELD MEETING.
! The meeting OF the bottlers yesterday
] morning at their hall. SO Weybosset street.
was well attended and considerable busi-
ness was the result.
Routine reports occupied the time during
the greater part OF the meeting. The re-
| ports Of the financial secretary were very
interesting and showed that the member
ship had Increased so that the finances
were In a better condition than at any
4 time in the past.
After the regular business was disposed
| OF the time was given over TO matters OF
| general interest and talks on the good and
4 welfare.
| CABMEN'S AFFAIRS SETTLED.
| The agreements of the Carriage and
| Cab Drivers union were signed Satur-
| day at conference held between the
union delegates and the members OF the
| Carriage Drivers association. The union
| officials. acting I'm conjunction with Law
| renee A. Grace, president OF the joint
| council OF teamsters, set today as the A.
| nal time for signatures and all trouble
| was averted.
| The union originally asked for S4 per
| week. but a compromise OF s12 per week
and one Sunday of in three. Mr.. Grace
met the members OF the association ana
| after conference IL was decided to make
the compromise and the agreements were
| 10 have been signed up within a few days
after
| Two OF tnree conferences were neld al
| ter that decision OF the union and tho
result was that Saturday the agreements
were signed. The association represented
| every stable and funeral director In the
| city.
The agreements were signed by b. d.
| Aldrich, Carriage Owners association:
James *. Reynolds, president Carriage
and Cab Drivers union; Lawrence a.
Grace. president of Teamsters' Joint
council; witnesses. Ernest Copeland for
the Carriage owners association. and Ed
ward A. Burnes for the union.
NOTES.
| The Massachusetts Federation OF State,
| City and Town Employers unions was
officially organized yesterday at a state
convention in Wells Memorial building,
| attended by representatives OF l6 state
and municipal employees unions.
The Building Laborers' unions OF Great
er Boston, which belong to the Independ-
ent New England Protective union, have.
through their district council. decided to
ask their employers for a wage increase
from 30 10 50 cents an hour and an s-hour
day.
One dollar a week more for 500 cylinder
and job pressmen Is the increase in wages
Boston Pressmen's union, IL, yesterday
decided to accept.
The executive committee of the union
that has been in conference with a wage
| Scale committee or Boston typOthetae
submitted the recommendation OF the ty
pothetae that the union accept 81 a week.
and the union unanimously agreed.
| All the firms have signed the new agree
ment of Coal Teamsters and Handlers
union, 6s, In Boston was the report made
at the meeting yesterday. 1t was also
reported that every firm is observing the
y. m. closing. which Will be continued
for six mopths. Messrs Mansfield and
Cogswel OF the Peoples Legal Security
| company and j. w. Wall OF Worcester,
vice president of the state branch, A. f.
OF L., were guests and speakers. Mr..
| Wall spoke on the tobacco trust and Its
methods, and urged support of the to-
bacco workers union and label. Sixteen
new members were admitted. 25-cent
assessment was paid by every member to
assist Team Drivers union, 25. in Its bat
tie.
Sheet metal workers will have a special
meeting Friday evening to elect dele
gate TO the international convention In
Atlantic City.
Today the committee of Bay state lodge
! OF carworkers whose members are en-
1 pioyed I'm the Readviiie shops, Will have
an official meeting with General Manager
Higgins OF the n. Y, n. H. & III. regard
| ing the scale OF wages and the working
! conditions for the coming year. IL is ex-
! pected several conferences will be held
| before the final agreement will be an
| nouncd.
Pres. a. ]. Tighe. Michael Condor and
John Matthews of Boston were elected by
coal hosting engineers union "a yester-
| day delegates TO the state convention of
steam engineers unions, which has been
called for Sunday. June 2. in Rockport.
! The meeting voted s25 to assist the strik-
ing teamsters. Arrangements were COM
| pleted for the annual excursion TO Provi-
| dence.
| Miss Luella Twining OF Denver. repre-
sentative OF the Western federation OF
miners. yesterday addressed a big meeting
! OF ladies' tailors and dressmakers' union
36 at 995 Washington street. The union
voted full support 10 the defence fund for
| Meyer. Haywood and Pettibone. Eight
| new members one a woman. were ad-
mitted. Three delegates were also elected
to representa- the union at the information
al convention in Baltimore. June s.