St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-17
The Knights of Labor Rapidly Absorbing
Other Trade Organizations in
st. Paul.
Wage Workers in Minneapolis The News
boys Tax Denounced by the Trades
Assembly.
Notes From the Cooper Sh0ps--The
Mills Running Short--Other
Minneapolis Items.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Growing at an Unprecedented Ra

Growing at an Unprecedented Hate.
The organization known as the knights
of Labor. which was referred to in eXtenSo
in these columns few weeks ago, is at
tracing good deal of attention among st.
Paul laborerS. The society is growing, IL
is safe to say. faster than any other secret
order in the city The opinion seems TO be.
gaining ground that the Knights OF Labor
will not long hence supplant i'll some meas
ure the present trades unions; that IS that
various unions will merge their corporate
existence into the Knights Of Labor, each
union forming an assembly. This has al
ready been done in several instances, not
only here. but elsewhere, and Its effects are
beneficial Among the advantages CLAIMED
for this scheme is that it will concentrate
the various unions and weld them so TO-
gether that their united influence will be
much more mighty than under the present
system. So boycott ordered by
the Knights of Laborand to be observed
by all the members OF that
organization will be much more effective
than if merely ordered by some local union
or trades assembly with the request that
other assemblies observe it. In st. Paul,
as said, the order is growing at tremendous
rate. At each of the last two meetings OF
Assembly No. 1898 twenty or thirty candl-
dates have been initiated, and at the meet
ing this week it is expected that not less
than fifty will join. There is also talk OF
forming new assemblies. One is talked OF
on East Seventh street, one i'll West st.
Paul and one near the Manitoba shops.
ST. PAUL LABOR NOTES.
Bricklaying has commenced Oh the Broad
way sewer.
Over 700 men are to be employed on the
ST. Paul Il Northern Pacific improvement
III a'Week or two.
a furniture factory, employing good
many hands, is soon to be located at St.
Anthony Park near the Transfer.
On Thursday evening, May 2S, the
knights of Labor hold a meeting in their
hall, 81 jackson street, which Will be
open to the public.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters on the
last Saturday night of each month throw
open their doors to all wishing 10 attend.
Their meetings are held at *. Of l.. hall on
Jackson street.
Assembly No. 1.99S, Knights of Labor,
initiated twenty-three new members at.
their last meeting. For several sessions
back the limitations have numbered from
twenty to thirty three persons.
National Organizer Van Airoin of the
Cigar Makers union visited st. Paul this
week. He is at present spending some time
in different sections of the Northwest in the
interest of the organization OF which he Is a
representative.
The Craftsman says that EdwardO' Brlen,
president of the Minneapolis Typographical
union, has an accomplishment possessed
by no other man-that of tranSlatlng the
MSS of George K. Shaw, an old-time
Journalist of Minneapolis, who is the mod
ern Horace Greeley Of the northwest" Mr..
Shaw has moved to ST: Paul, but so far
as vet heard, Mr.. O'Brien's supremacy i'll
the accomplishment above noted is not
questioned.
Pursuant to request there was large at
tendance of bricklayers at the meeting OF
the Bricklayer's union held in Arion hall
on Thursday evening. The meeting was
called principally to consider matters in re-
lation to the union, and its business was
confined to routine matter. The union is
reported in fine condition. work plentiful
and everything going tremendously. The
members are all receiving 81 per day, the
amount fixed ~ the union, and another
meeting has been called for Thursday even
ing next.
Concerning the condition of the different
trades in ST. Paul: Carpenters are feeling
encouraged. Wages have not been lowered,
and two-thirls of them are working. Of
the bricklayers one-half are employed and
the wages are good, although they do not
consider the prospects lattering. Most of
the cigarmakers are working, and at good
wages. Business is good with the shoe
makers. and also with the plasterers. Half
of the b0ilermakers are working, and pros
poets for more work are good. The molders
are quite busy, although some of the shops
have cut down their force recently.