St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-19
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR NOTES.
News Items From Various Trades
and Unions.
AMONG THE BoILERMAKERs

AMONG THE BOILERMAkERS.
Thomas Cox, assistant foreman at the
boiler shop at the Milwaukee car works, is
laid up by sickness.
The president of the International Union
of BOilermakers and Iron Ship Builders
starts out May for the purpose of organ
izing new divisions of the order.
Thomas J. Curran, president of the In
ternational Brotherhood of BOilermakers
and Iron Ship Builders, is soon to take
charge at the Brooklyn navy ward.
Trade is commencing to boom for the
bOilermakers, and the present year promises
to be the best experienced for long time.
Charles Allen, vice president of the boil
makers union, and John Cummings of this
city. have gone to- work in the Manitoba
shops at st. Paul.
William j. Morris, who left the Milwau-
kee shops six months ago, has been instru-
mental in organizing branch of the In
ternational B0ilermakers' union at Kansas
City.
THE TYPESTICKERS.
The drunken printer who gave the name
Of Robinson, and who was arrested Satur-
day evening last week, was not a member
of the Minneapolis Typographical union,
and is not employed III any of the printing
offices in the city.
At meeting of the ST Paul and Mime
apolis PreSSman's union last Sunday Robert
Fraser, of johnson, Smith & Harrison's
force, was elected delegate to the Interna-
tional Typographical Union of North Amer
lea, which meets in New York June /.
GENERAL NOTES.
Henry Smith, boiler inspector employed
by the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis road, while
attempting to board a moving freight car in
upper yard Thursday, fell across the track,
the wheels passing over his right leg, am
putating it at the ankle.
The Westinghouse air-btake construction
car arrived at the c.. VI. Il st. 2. shops
April 10 and remained until Monday. JOS
eph Karshaw, the instructor was kept busy
in the meantime by the boys" who came
to be enlightened concerning the operation
of the brake and its working system.
The blowing of the whistle of the car
shops and harvester works on Tuesday
night caused considerable excitement among
the employees of both establishments. The
cause was a small blaze in the stone hotel
in the rear of the harvester works, which
was easily eXtinguished.
The travelling delegate of the Intena-
tional Union of Flint Glass Workers was in
the city last week to inquire concerning the
recent strike among the glassblowers of
Minneapolis. He was successful in settling
everything satisfactorily, and the glass
workers are on a firmer footing. The strike
III which they all took part resulted more
favOrably for themen. they gaining every
point for which they stood.
II. Il. Harwood. the welI-known conduc-
tor on the Minneapolis & St. Louis road.
was bereaved of his daughter, Eva s. Har-
wood, who died Wednesday of heart dis
ease.
Scrap Iron BIZ viii speak at the Lib
eral league upon the benefits of prohibition
10 the industrial classes. Several advocates
OF high license announce their intention of
refuting his arguments on the occasion.
An open meeting of the Knights of Labor
viii be held Tuesday evening. when the
subject of colonization will be discussed.
! 2. McGaughey and r. II. Shadrick
viii address an open meeting to be held at
Temple of Honor hall in Saltwater Thurs
day evening.
Ii is proposed by members of the Knights
of Labor and various other unions 70 give a
grand labor demonstration in Minneapolis
in the near future. 1t will be an imposing
sight.
The laboring men of Minneapolis are re-
queSted 10 inform the GLOBE of any event
in labor circles which they are DESTROYS OF
having circulated among the craft.
\ -. OOO-pOund casting was made at the
Pray foundry last Thursday which viii not
be cool until Monday.
For the week ending April II Minneapolis
shops made 81. 400 barrels and sold 30. 500.
Thomas Horton succeeds Joseph CutShell
as foreman of the Doud shops.
Frank Bakeman has opened the Minneap-
oils Coopers' Labor bureau ON the East
side.
The fire at the Minnesota Cooperative
Barrel eompanyS shop viii throw thirty
five men and boys cut Of work
The Lincoln mill at Anol1a viii be rebuilt.
but will only be a 40O-barrel min instead of
500
Head Miller Stephens OF the Minneapolis
mill turned ont 400 barrels OF -four last
week and it was not good week for -four
either.
J. Low Of the Pillsbury 4 mill is quite
dangerously sick.
In one day last week Washbum 4 min
turned out 5. 4G6 barrels Of -four. PillSbury
\ i now averaging 5000 daily Wash
burn made ,. $50 on Thursday.
No CUT IN WAGES.
Rumorcd Reduction in Winneapo.
lis Found To De Not True.
1t was reported, - mentioned elsewhere.