The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-24

national, international, trade or federal
labor union without a positive and clear
definition OF the trade, jurisdiction claim
ed by the applicant. and tho charter
samea h 0i is De on the the
OF existing affiliated unions, without the
written consent OF such unions.
THE Brewery Workers never gave
that consent. AT the time the engineers
firemen and teamsters received their
charters our organization had jurisdiction
over all brewery workers; and engineers,
firemen and teamsters working in brew
cries are brewery workers. In spite OF
these facts. tur1sdiction over these brew
cry workers was granted to the engi-
neers. firemen and teamsters as organiza-
tions."
The matter is now being submitted TO
the affiliated unions OF the Brewery
Workers whether to yield or fight. and
at the same time the general executive
board Is encouraging the unions not to
yield, but TO fight
The peculiar feature OF the whole af-
fair ~ that as soon as the A. II. of ~.
Workers, the delegates from the various
local unions of brewery workers will no
longer be eligible as delegates TO trades
and labor councils chartered by the A.
r. OF l..
At the meeting OF the central body this
evening this matter is TO come up for
discussion. The Brewery Workers here
have taken the stand with the workers
not recede from that position. Tonight's s
meeting will decide the question as IL re-
lates TO the delegates from the Brewery
Workers having right to sit at this
meeting.
Personal.
r. w. Gordon OF Boston, third vice.
president of the Web Pressmen's union OF
America, was in the city yesterday ar
ranging trifling disagreement among
the craft.
TROUBLE LOOKED FOR.
The machinists of the Narragansett Ma
chine company at Pawtucket went TO
work this morning under protest, declar-
ing that they had put up with discriml-
nation and ill-treatment because they
were union men as long as they could
stand for 1t. The business agent is Try
ing 10 hold them In check until the mat
ter can be arranged satisfactorily. one
non-union man has made himself so OBJ
noxious that no will have TO go or the
union men will.
MIR. wILLAND'S LETTER.
Labor Editor News:
Your article OF last evening, do City
Laborers Get Living PayY" was very
apropos, and though late in following my
slx-months old argument, that the city
solicitor was grossly wrong In his con-
struction OF the short hour move, l am
certainly pleased with the results OF my
missionary tracts.
should be 16 years behind one so prone To
"hard times as out neighbor Fall River.
l have been unable TO satisfy my mental
ity.
January "a, 1900, as the result of my in
sertion in the election warrant of 1888.
eight hours for all city employees, with a
Saturday half-holiday without reduction
OF pay went into effect!
Fifteen years after i began the fight
over again in Providence only TO find the
bitterest antagonism coming from the law
department OF the city aided and abetted,
sub rosa, by loud-lunged would-be con-
sidered friendly aldermen.
The idea you advance OF an increase OF
pay and reduction of hours is precisely
what / have pleaded for and Is the true
solution of simple problem.
But. did you ever pause TO consider
that poorly paid as the street sweeper is,
there are skilled mechanics who receive
far less?
Machinists, longer hours and less pay.
Painters and paperhangers, who do not
average $3.50 per day. the reason OF the
latter, however, resting with themselves
entirely!
/ hope the present movement of your
journay laborwse will continue. doing
which sustenance from the workers VIII
become apparent.
j. +. WILLAND, Thomas Street.