from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a
souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen" (part 188)
pp. LXXXVII - LXXXVIII.
"Initiated Into Providence Union on Dates Named:
HERMAN VAN VECHTER, July 9, 1870.
J. H. VERDINE, July 29, 1888. Died at Howard, R. I., October, 1907.
Admitted by Card on Dates Named:
ED. S. VANCE, October, 1888.
C. H. VANNE, July, 1887.
ISRAEL VARNEY, from Boston May 14, 1859; rejected.
C. C. VANSANT, Sept. 30, 1883.
R. H. VAN ZANDT, March, 1887.
FRANK VIBBERT, Aug. 8, 1863.
Names from Providence Directory:
CHARLES W. VARNEY - 1859.
C. H. VESINA - 1854 worked at 15 Market Square.
WILLIAM S. VINTON - 1859 to 1863.
N. C. WADDILL - Born Lynchburg, Va., March 28, 1848; learned printing
in that city, beginning in 1860; worked in Providence a short while
in 1883; located in South McAlester, Okla., in 1904.
CHARLES V. WAGNER - Born Columbus, O., Oct. 20, 1862; learned
printing in that city, beginning in February, 1879; admitted to
Providence Union July, 1886. 'Carried the memory of that prohibition
summer with me ever since; carried my Providence card to Helena,
Mont., before it was deposited.' Located in Cincinnati, on the
Commercial-Tribune in 1904.
MEYRICK WAITES - Although a member of Providence Typographical Union
for only 15 months, during that period he took a most active part,
not only in craft affairs, but in all matters pertaining to organized
labor in general. Mr. Waites deposited a New York card here in July,
1883. His marked intelligence and ability was soon recognized, and at
the annual election in December of the same year he was elected to
the office of President. His aggressiveness in the labor movement
soon became evident, for at the January, 1884, meeting he moved for
the appointment of a committee to establish a Central Labor Union. To
Mr. Waites, therefore, belongs the credit of instituting the R. I.
Central Labor Union, now known as the Central Trades and Labor Union,
for, as a result of his motion and the intelligent efforts he put
forth, such a body was organized. He was also instrumental in
securing the presence here of the late Gen. B. F. Butler and other
prominent men to address the first organized labor rally, which was
held at Rocky Point in 1884. His term of office was both an exciting
and progressive one. He resigned his office of President in
September, 1884, and went to Boston, where he was widely known and
esteemed. There he continued to take an active interest in
Typographical Union affairs and was elected by No. 13 chairman of the
Boston delegation to the Buffalo convention. He worked on the Record
in Boston until his death in that city, June 14, 1894. Mr. Waites was
a native of Gloucestershire, England. Before coming to Providence Mr.
Waites was prominently connected with the unionizing of the New York World."
continued in part 189.