St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-24

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city is falling off, and the extremely heavy
consumption of stock of the past three or
four weeks must be prOportiOnately less
ened. The active demand for stock resulting
from the unprecedentedly large use of bar
rels lately has undoubtedly given the mar
ket much of its stiffness and tone, and with
the business of the shops reduced, this is
likely to be lost.
At the annual election Of the Phoenix
Barrel company the old officers were re-
elected, as follows: W. C. Cutler, pres
ident; j. Mcdaniel, secretary; Joseph A.
Sifferle, treasurer. The new directors are
w. P. Sayler, John Hier and w. III. Cox.
AT THE MILWAUKEE CAR SHOPS.
The three helpers recently laid off have
been put back.
James Claire, pitcher for the Milwaukee
car works nine, Wednesday had the first
finger of his right hand broken 1t is feared
the accident will prevent his participating
in the match game between the Minneapolis
and ST. Paul shops May 80.
John Stephenson, who recently struck
himself On his lip with trip hammer, has
been brought to this city and is now at ST.
Barnabas hospital. A cancer-sOre has de-
veloped, and the injured man is suffering
severely.
John Lent, assistant call boy, while chip
ping iron on a locomotive Wednesday, was
struck in the eye by flying piece of iron,
and is in danger of losing the use of that
eye.
John Swethland and Will Adams, re
Gently Of the Milwaukee paint shop, have
opened neat confectionery shop on the
corner of Lake street and Minnehaha ave
hue.
General Manager Roswell Miller paid his
first visit, since his appointment, to the car
shop Thursday.
Richard Brophy left his place rather than
go to Aberdeen, and is now employed at
the boiler shop of NJ. W. Glenn,
THE BARRIERS SUNDAY MOVE.
The journeymen BARRIERS of the city are
very anxious to get their ''day Off once a
week. The work is combining and tedious
and the hours long. 1t is customary for
the shop to close at 8 p. NJ, and on Sunday
the doors are kept open until noon. A pc
tition has been drawn up and largely
signed, asking the council to pass an ordi-
nance requiring the shops to be closed on
Sunday. A counter petition has also been
drawn UP, signed by the proprietors of
hotel shops and citizens, protesting against
the passage of such an ordinance. As the
council cannot, unless authorized by the
Legislature, pass such an ordinance, both
petitions are useless. There is state law,
however, fOrbidding unnecessary labor on
the Sabbath, and if the BARRIERS are really
in earnest they can doubtless secure its en-
fOrcement.
GENERAL NOTES.
A cooperative shirt factory is talked of.
The subject for discussion at the Liberal
league will be Cremation.
A union meeting of railroad engineers
will be held in this city some time in June.
A mixed assembly of the K. of L.. will
probably be organized in South Minneap-
oils.
The first railroad assembly of the Knights
of Labor in the country was organized in
Minneapolis.
Duluth Herald: Minneapolis has received
$500 in licenses from newsboys and boot
blacks. Minneapolis will next require a
license from washerwomen.
Subscriptions to the Cooperative Land
stock continue to come in rapidly. The
company expects soon to have an eXamina-
ton made of land thought suitable in differ
ent localities.
During April ninety-one K. of l.. assem-
blies were organized in the United States,
as against eighty-four assemblies organized
during March. Of this number fourteen
were railroad assemblies.
A number of Minneapolitans who at
tended the entertainment of the Ladies'
Aid society at st. Paul, Thursday evening,
speak enthusiastically of the enjoyable
time and pleasant reception.
The stonecutters have given notice that
after July they intend to ask for raise of
cents per hour. The men are now earn
ing $500 per day of eight hours and demand
81. The prospect is that their request will
be acceded to for prudential reasons