St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR NOTES.
Items OF General Interest Concern
ing the Various Crafts.

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At the regular meeting of Northwestern
lodge, No. 81, of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen last Sunday evening the fol.
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Frank Y. Holl. master; Fred Morse
vice master; c. ID. Stevens, secretary; w.
L. Richmond, financier; VI. C. Shannon,
conductor; j. c. Taylor, warden; Ed De
pew. inner guard: Alex. Loye. outer guard
Fred Morse, Fred Harvey, c. X. Brown
trustees; John Tatam. magazine agent;
Frank y. HOll, delegate TO thirteenth an
nual convention at Philadelphia, September
81, 1885.
Clark S. Buck, foreman of the Rolling:
Middlings Purifier company, and Fred
Clark, aged 90 years, a son of j. 5. Clark,
got into an alteration Tuesday night. wher
Buck struck the boy terrible blow upon
the head with a stick. Young Gray has re-
manned in a critical condition since. and in
| event OF his recovery it is feared that he
will be deaf. Buck has been arrested.
The cause of the trouble was the demand
of Gray for the retractiOn of certain state
mentS which he claimed Buck had made
about him.
Northwestern Miller: The report in cir
culation for several days that Winston
Bros, in their part of the work on the
canal, were requiring all men they en-
ployed to first pay two dollars to an EN-
ployment bureau. One-haf of which re-
verted TO them, is characterized by this
firm as being utterly without foundation.
The laborers on the sewer in process of
construction on Thirteenth avenue south
east struck for an advance of wages last
Monday. They had been receiving S1.25
and asked for S1.5O. j. II. Morris, the
contractor, aeceded, but refused to allow
some of the men 10 return to work, claim
ing that they were incompetent.
Contractor j. II. Nevins says: ''This
year is the hardest on the labOring man
since the war. He really does not make
subsisting wages. l am paving most of
my men 81. so and have increased some OF
them recently. while the average over the
city will not reach Si.25 a day."
The annual picnic Of the employees of the
Chicago, Milwaukee a. St. Paul road next
Saturday will be held at WacOnia. and not
Prior lake as stated. The eXcursiOnists
will be carried TO Hopkins station on the
Milwaukee road and the rest of the way
over the 81. & St. l..
The strike of the StOnecutters remained
unchanged during the past week. At 4
meeting held Friday evening it was decided
to submit the question TO the Trades and
Labor assembly, and special meeting OF
that body has been called for tonight.
& young painter employed by John
ChaiSe. while removing sign from the
front of the John Martin Lumber COM
pany's Office on Hennepin avenue, fell from
the second story window to the sidewalk,
breaking both legs above the ankle.
Lumberman Il Manufacturer: The board
of education of Minneapolis is bound to
make firSt-class high school for the proper
education of the sons of wealthy parents,
even if the bare-fOoted boys and girls do not
get a chance for 4. b. C's.
BOommaster johnson of Minneapolis
promises to turn out so. 900, 600 feet of logs
a month for the next two months.
The annual picnic of the employees of The
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul road will
be held this year at Prior lake.
The stonecutters last week were in re-
ceipt of offers OF aid from Chicago, Cincin-
natl. New York and Cleveland.
The stone work on many of the new
buildings has hardly been touched since the
StOnecutters strike.
The Northwestern Stove works will start
up again in about six weeks.