St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-05

and crying evil, but it will be made the
subject of a special meeting of the Women's
Aid association, one of the delegate bodies
in the assembly. 1t is fact that in some of
the dry goods, millinery and glove stores,
not only are no seats provided, but the
women employed are actually forbidden
to sit down during business hours.
Ii no customers are in the
store and there is nothing to do, these girls
are compelled to stand up constantly in their
places, thus working great hardship upon
them. In the course of his investigation the
reporter was told the following by one of the
young women: eff one is caught even half
sitting against the shelving she gets severe
reprimand and is liable to be discharged if
the otfcnse is repeated. 1t doesn't matter
whether anybody is in the store or not or
whether there is anything to do. Sometimes
We are half sick and can hardly stand, but
that makes no difference. Oh, you don't
know how tired we get sometimes. When
evening comes crawl home and almost fall
does not refresh me. If it
wasn't for Sunday 1 think I'd die"
A well-known physician was accosted after
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medical standpoint. He was very quick and
forcible about it: ''No one but a physician
knows how many shop girls and store wo-
men contract diseases that end in their
death simply from that enforced standing.
Their anatomy is opposed to it-can't stand
it, You say the union is going to take steps
to remedy it? Well it's very good thing.
/ think the Humane society should move in
ha Tba will hain fhnc cd
out. should be remedied. There are, how
ever, several storekeepers who are more
humane and who do provide seats for their
women employees.
MILL MATTERS.
The bright weather of last Monday misled
A. ]. Hart of the Petit mill and he took a
swim in the canal. He has entirely re-
covered by this time.
1t is reported another large -four mill will
be erected this summer.
The broken turbine of Washburn mill
is hanging on so well that the new one will
not be set for few days.
Alvan Roundy, experimenting packer of
Washburn mills, was married last week to
Mrs. NJ. E. Metcalf. Al did not heed the
Injunction of the elder Samivel, but he will
be happy.
j. A. and L. Christian of the Crown Roll
er are expected home from New Orleans
this week.
j. J. McCartin of st. Anthony mill broke
his left arm at one of the roller Kinks on
Monday.
II. j. Peters of the Humboldt mill has re-
turned from six weeks visit to New Rich
land, MINI.
The Head Millers' association will meet on
Tuesday evening at the Office of the North
western Miller. The officers of the associa-
ton are as follows: James McDaniels, Wash
burn A, president; James w. Tamm, Phe-
nix mill, vice president; Frederick j. Clark,
Northwestern Miller, secretary; William Hell
frich, Anchor mill, treasurer.
The electric light system of the Pillsbury
mills is ''daisy'' sure enough. Besides
most thoroughly illumiD ating the mills it
reduces the danger of fire over 100 per cent
Head Miller Clark of the Palisade is put
ting in some good work just now and is reel
ing out flour in great shape.
Some plan by which better head may be
had during low water is still being agitated.
This continued curtaied production is getting
monotonous.
James W. Tamm, head miller of Phoenix
mill and Democratic nominee for alderman
in the Sixth ward, will get many votes among
his milling friends.
To steer three or four ladies through the
big mill, escort them to the breezy roof and
then register them on the visitors book is
one of the duties that occasionally falls to
the lot of Head Miller Hoyt Of Pillsbury A.
The wages of head millers run all the way
from $50 to $50 week.
Peter Holland, laborer at Washhurn G
mill had his right arm caught in the ma
chinery and horribly gashed and torn. DR..
Ames dressed the hurt and the injured man
was taken to his home, 1920 Sixth street
south.
COOPER CULLINGs.
The coopers are disappointed at the failure
OF II. S. Kobler to secure the Democratic
nomination for alderman in the Sixth ward.
Maj Reeve Of the Hall 81 Dunn company
has returned from Knapp, Wis.
With force reduced to forty men, the
Stevens shop is running short time.
Cooperage was decidedly slow last week,
keeping pace with the reduced flour produc-
ton,
John Schaumliffel, of the North Star Barrel
company, is quite seriously i'll.
Odin Dahl, of the Northwestern shops, is
nursing sore hand, the effects of a severe
cut with an adze
The present contract prices expire on MAY
l, but thus far there has been nothing done,
looking to meeting to arrange for the next
year.
j. F. Hutchins, Just returned from Oregon,
has bought the stock of r. II. Murphy, in the
Hennepin barrel factory.
T. L. Utter and Girls Thompson have dis
posed of their stock and withdrawn from the
Hennepin county cooperative shop.
At the meeting of the Hennepin County
Cooperative Barrel company held Wednes-
day, o. f. Du Bots was reelected president
Frank Gagach secretary and treasurer.
Directors, S. K. Jensen, Peter Weber, Mr.
Serum
The workingman is going to show his hand
in this springs election, notably in the Sixth
and Seventh wards.
1t is pretty well understood that the Co
operative Barrel company CSixth street shop
has decided to go on and put in barrel ma
chinery, and the Northwestern Barrel COM
pany is considering the subject, with little
room for doubling that it will adopt the same
course. After the North Star company took
the initiative in the matter, the other shops
have felt that there was no other aftermath
left them than TO also introduce machinery,
though greatly against their natural inclina-
tons. Machinery in these shops will add at
least one-third to their capacity, or, to put it
In another way, will necessitate the working
of that much smaller cooper forces than
would be required on hand-work in busy
Observation-Disclosures Miller
The Northwestern Miller in its summary
says; Our shops yet occupy an unsatisfactory
position, the doing of any considerable
amount of business being confined to few.
\ larger proportion of the -four output, how
ever. seems to have unne into harrcls Last