St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-31
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR NOTES.
A Few Items Gathered During a
Dull Week.

A Few Items Gathered During a
Dull Week.
A private letter received by Minneap-
oils workingman from Chicago shows the
following to be the status of organized labor
| in that city. Twenty-three unions are rep
resented in the Trades and Labor assembly
| The printers union has membership of
1900. The cigarmakers have member
ship of 1, 100; have fouriShing co-opera-
| tive factory in which the men receive the
| highest wages paid in the city. The brick
| layers number about 8, 600 and are well Or
| ganiZed, as are stonecutterS and plaSterers.
| The shOemakerS have the banner OrganiZa-
| ton, and are in splendid shape. The
printers are holding their own. The car
penters, however, are in bad way, and
| through lack of thorough organization are
compelled to work for whatever employers
| care to pay them.
A GLOBE representative has been in-
| formed that scheme for robbing working
| men has lately been successfully worked in
| this city. Certain employment agencies
| have made arrangements with certain con-
| tractors for excavation and sewer work
whereby the latter put men to work who
are sent to them by the employment agen-
cies After working few hours the men
are discharged peremptOrily, being told that
| they do not give satisfaction. The employ
ment agent receives 81 from each applicant
| for work who is thus furnished with job(?)
and Whacks up with the contractor,
who in addition secures several hours work
| out of each man for nothing. The matter
is being looked into. and if evidence can be
secured the parties who have been guilty of
this petty system Of thieving will be prose-
cuted.
William H. Berry, the Estenemason who
was so terribly injured by the falling of the
stone sidewalk in front of the West, has
commenced suits against Agnew & Cox, the
contractors, for $50, 900. A previous suit
against John T. West was decided adversely
to Mr.. Berry upon the ground that Mr..
West was not responsible. Some one is
certainly responsible for the accident, which
has manned Mr.. Berry for life, and it is
| hoped he can recover sufficient damages to
enable him to care for his family, which is
now deprived of his support.
| At the next meeting of the Trades and
Labor assembly the subject of the city work
| house will be looked into. It is reported
that it is intended to establish brick-yard
in connection with the prison, and to this
there is a decided objection on the part of
the workingmen, who do not care to be
brought into competition with men who are
forced to work for nothing as punishment
for crimes and misdemeanOrs.
| Charles H. Litchman, editor of the Es-
sex Statesman, published at Marble Head,
| Mass, is expected to arrive in this city en-
route for Butte, Mont, during the present
week and will probably speak at Window
hall upon the cause of labor. Mr.. Litch-
hnrn md
who heard him will gladly embrace the OPP
portunity of again listening to him.
The various labor organizations of the
city have been asked to boycott the stoves
manufactured by the Fuller Warren COM
pany of Troy, N. Y, which has been in
dulging in the pleasant recreation of black
brought up at the next meeting of the Trades
and Labor assembly.
The proposed observance of Sept 1, as
a National Labor Holiday seems to meet
| with general appreciation. If the idea is to
be carried out to a successful issue, the
work should be commenced at once. The
arrangement of program and the appoint
ment of the necessary committees should be
attended to at once.
The Plymouth saw mill of this city cut
no. 600 feet of lumber May 81, $4,000
feet May %, 1O7, 900 feet May %. This
was the cut of one gang and does not in
clude what was done by the circular saw.
The members Of the police force have
raised handsome purse for the benefit of
Thomas Mulvahill, the poor fellow who
was so terribly injured by sewer explo-
| sion last week.
The photographers and job printing firms
rates, and have organized associations for
the purpose of establishing uniform scales
of prices.