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Show . Y c? lccai, r:n:r-.. J This is the pert'-or.t Query made by a member of Ce 1 iasterers' union last everlr?: .ly is coU .only fi.Zi a ton in Col. rado, 1 i.-.el ty ur.: a men, with the co: ranies cortro.r.f Ce railroads, while v-e pay 13 here for coal mined ty "scabs?" ' . Owlr.j ti Ce teavy storm, attendance ' at tva various union meetlnra was very err.i.l 1 . t tr ;ht. One meeiir.g had to be !": -oned cn accour.t of Ce lack of a . . .-, a. v 1 l.e ce cum all report a very s..:n attendance. - The Lathers' InternatloruUT onion, did not held thtir bi-monthly meetlr.ir last night, as Cere was not a quorum present. pres-ent. The next meeting cf the union will take place two weeks from tonisht. . . . a .-... T. A. Scully, general orran'rer of the National l lasterers' ur. i will' arrive la the city next week. ;lba exac4 time cf hia cot.Itt Is rot yet known but will te e -:..-( t 1 wl hia a day cr two. Mr. f cui.y's he ' tuarters are at Indianapolis. Indianapo-lis. Ilia vl. :t hers is for the purpose of ir.f-rt-v lr ? Ce work of the local union and to Keep it la touch with the national na-tional organization. The Plasterers' union had s very allra attendance lt evening;, owlr.f to the stormy weather. The meeting was devoted de-voted to roi.-ine bi..iness sml sociability. sociabil-ity. The Flai.erers' union has been sail-lr.j sail-lr.j a very sr-ooth course nca its or-raciaatlon. or-raciaatlon. The men report vfcualness good, labor conditions up to the mark, . and nothing to complain of. The union has a membership of twenty-two, comprising com-prising T. early all the plasterers except those t&kirt contract work in the city. The membership baa remained about the aanoe durlny the past year. ; A special entertainment will be given by the member Of the Carpenters'! . union and their wives next Wednesday evening: at o'clock. A musical programme pro-gramme will be riven, ' speeches will be made and refreshments served. One hail Will be set aside for a smoking-room. smoking-room. The entertainment committee announces that the contractors of the city and their families are especially invited to accept the hospitality of the union on this occasion, and everything will be done to give them as enjoyable an evening aa possible. At the-,roeetlng of the Carpenters' ur - last evening a committee of three w pointed to furnish news of the unU-i for the new labor column of The Telegram. Much appreciation . of the new feature was expressed by the members. mem-bers. It Is understood this action of the Carpenters' union will be followed by other unions at an early date. a . Two new members wrera taken ,into the vCarpentera union at last night's meeting. This makes a total of thir-' thir-' teea rew members for the month so far. Only a small attendance waa pres-j pres-j ent ei last right's meeting, owing to the ' storm. A large amount of routine bus-I bus-I ines3 waa transacted.. . j . The Carpenters' union has a total j membership of over ZiO end includes over ii per cert of the carpenters of the city. The union has teen growing a:-Hl"y and everything is in a eatls-factory eatls-factory condition. The wage scale re-maina re-maina the earr.e aa lat year. , 1 The Barter, union is considering an -T?ursion ouiir.j to Frovo ia the near f-iure. The time has rot been settled but it wi.l cur probably within the next two months. feveral nev irplicatlcna for member-.iMp member-.iMp in the I irltrs' tir.lon will be acted cn at the text r.-.ettlrg. Last night's meeting t 3 a fair attendance in spite of t: e r iO. lioutine . business was trani'-ciei. , ;.' . , The Earl'-rs' ution reports that all Ce shops la the city are now union t ; s nc;t six, and these, it is under-f under-f od, 'will Boon be troutht into line. Tie v:.:za- r.ecttrhip is steadily in-ci in-ci as'-r ir.l everyt;.!r j la moving e .ooi'u.y. |