St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-18
FOR SHORT DAYS.
Action by the Minneapolis Trades
and Labor Assembly.

anu L0bOT AssemDty.
The meeting of the Trades and Labor
Assembly Friday evening was largely at
tended and several important matters were
considered. The committee on The Second
States Prison submitted its report, which
was adopted, the report reading as follows:
We do hereby approve of the Elmira system
where IL does not make one branch of work of
any kind specially, doing enough work 20
make IL a self-sustaining institution, but do
not approve of the new prison being located
| in quarry or any other place where there is
any possibility of it coming in contact with
any one class of labor. The committee does
not approve OF a second prison III there is any
possible means of preventing II, but If there
is 10 be a second prison let US have one that
will not be for the purpose of rings and cliQues
TO rob the public by putting convict labor on
the market in competition with honest labor.
The committee would approve Of public
meeting or would recommend that the Trades
and Labor Assembly take active steps to pre-
vent the present prison system from being In
troduced into the new prison.
Hoping this will find the approval of your
honorable body, We remain,
Con DE WAN,
NJ II. PACKARD,
THos. MCVEIGH,
JAS. GIBSON.
We, the members OF the International
No. u, of Minneapolis, assembled, would
most respectfully urge upon you TO aid US by
your influence I'm setting right most griev-
GUS wrong as that already allowed to be prac-
ticed upon our trade and the community at
large, unknowingly, IL is TO be presumed by
the trainers OF the present ordinance on the
subject namely, the inspection of plumbing
in new and old buildings in course Of erection
or undergoing repairs.
What is termed rough plumbing is almost
exclusively taken from the hands OF the
journeymeu of experience and given TO boys
and laborerers possessing but the crudest in
telligence in such matters by the boss plumb
ers of this city, in order that they may reap q
pro1t of from 800 to 500 per cent. on work
supposed TO have been done by hrst-class
Workmen.
The work not done properly Is most detri-
mental 10 the health of our people residing in
houses with sewer and cess pool connections,
emitting odors of sewer gas that cannot but
breed diphtheria and fevers OF various kinds.
We would therefore ask you 10 aid US In hay
ing an ordinance passed by the council crea-
ting the Office of plumbing and sanitary in-
spector, he to be taken from the ranks of
practical iourneymen plumbers.
Credentials were received from the
Switchmen's Mutual Benefit association of
America and the East Side Labor club. both
organizations wishing to be represented in
the Trades and Labor assembly. Mr.. Ward,
member of the ST. Paul Stonecutters' union,
made an eloquent appeal In behalf of &. a.
Lafayette, whom. he stated. is being at
tackled by the enemies of organized labor
because of his efforts in its behalf. He
urged the delegates to purchase copies of
his Labor and Capital The committee ap-
pointed to request the owners Of the Trib-
une building to provide provide proper fire
escapes reported that Gen. A. B. Nettleton
fatty refused, and said he would stand a
lawsuit before he would comply. Aid.
Dwyer. who was present by request stated
the circumstances concerning the introduce
ton of an ordinance fixing eight hours as
days work for men employed on city
work. His remarks were greeted with APP
plause, and it was decided to call a public
meeting to indorse Aid. Gibson's motion.