St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-12
MINNEAPOLIS NOTES.

| JOTTINGs FROM THE MILLS, COOPER SHOPS AND
| UNIONS.
AT the regular monthly meeting of the
Minneapolis Typographical union held at A.
| o. H. hall last Sunday Edward O'Brien of
the Journal Office was elected delegate to the
national convention OF the International
| Typographical union, to be held at New York
| in June. Miss Emma Flickinger was elected
secretary to fill vacancy.
| j. W. Van Ruff has been elected to repre-
sent the Typographical union in the Trades
assembly
The Northwestern Laundry union holds its
regular monthly meeting Friday night.
Joseph Moran, employed in the wood shop
at the Milwaukee car works had the tips of
two fingers of his right hand taken off by a
saw Thursday.
The workingmen's Loan and Building as
socation had its regular meeting last night
1t is expected many homes will be built this
year through the aid of this institution.
The stationary engineers held meeting
last Thursday evening and took in one new
member. The discussion of different kinds
of valves was qnite interesting.
II. NJ. Johnson of No. SIS Twelfth avenue
south was quite seriously injured at Con-
keys planning mill on Thursday.
Swan swenson of s1S Twelfth avenue
south had his hand badly mangled at the
Union planning mill last Thursday.
The introduction of machinery in the CO.
operative cooper shops has created quite a
commotion in labor circles, and when put in
operation will necessitate the retirement of a
large number of the present employees to
make room for boy and unskilled labor
Hand shops will of course suffer in the com
petition with machinery for which there
seems to be no remedy except the universal
shortening the hours of labor, and the time
seems to be far distant when this theory will
be made practical.
The North Star Barrel company,in rebuild
| ing the burnt portion of It's shops, has by
widening and other Improvements, made
provision for machinery, which is already
ordered and on the way here. It consists
of double dresser" and working OFF, ma
chine, which is said to have q capacity of
| 1000 barrels daily. The Sixth street and
Northwestern shops are also making prepara-
tons for machinery and the other cooper
shops will be compelled to follow or close up
their business.
A new cooperative establishment is said
| to be already organized and will commence
business on or about May /. The PROPOSE
ton is to buy out some one of the boss COOP
ers' establishments if possible, and If not, to
build a shop of their own.
The present contract between the coopers
and the milers, fixing the price of flour bar
rels, will expire on the first of May, and ar
judgements are being made for the con-
tinuation of the substitution of a new con-
tract that shall give equal satisfaction. A
meeting OF the boss coopers and representa-
tives from the cooperation shops will be
held at the Hennepin County Barrel COM
panys Office, May 10, at ? p. m, for the pur-
pose of fixing basis of prices for the ensu-
ing year.
The third annual ball, given under the
auspices Of Minneapolis Division No. Is,
International Brotherhood OF Boilermakers
and Iron Ship Builders, given Wednesday
night, was greater success than was autici-
pated, although a good time was expected,
| for the boilermakers enjoy reputation for
making anything they undertake go"
| Over three hundred couples were present,
| and a program of twenty-four dances was
carried out to music by the Union Quadrille
! band. The reception committee consisted
/ Of Thomas FARLEY, William Carter, John
/ Hickey, Joseph Gleason, Thomas Cum
mtngs, F. Petzinger, aud the floor managers
were: NJ. keenan,, George Adams, !. II.
/ Carter, James Claire, Joseph McGregor, E.
/ ]. Cour, VI. Sobraske. The net receipts
amount to over 5000.
A. Chisty has been elected delegate from
the Railroad Employees Benefit association
TO the Trades assembly.
! c. ". Curtiss, the iovisl driver of the pa
/ troll wagon, enjoys the honor of being the
first man initiated into the order of the
Knights of Labor in Minnesota.
A ball is to be given at Muldoou's hall
Tuesday night in North Minneapolis, under
the auspices Of the Knights OF Pythias.
Thomas P. Dwyer, the working man,s can
didSte for alderman in the Seventh ward,
takes his defeat phiIosophically A morning
4 paper took occasion to remark that there
musthsve been sad swapping Of votes since
the boilerm skers' candidate received 3O4
votes II the caucus, and wanted to know
: what became OF the other Ia yctesn Mr..
Dryers answer to the eouundrum Is as fol-
lows:
.Mr- Northom,s solid support aud 8 large
number Of smiths supporters went for me
Al the caucus. Since then Mr.. Northom