St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-26
MINNEAPOLIS RED-HOTS.

Minneapolis was visited last week by two
leading representatives CT organized labor.
The first was P. J. Mcclure, the general sec
rotary Of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, which has d membership
OF 10000 men. He made two addresses, one
to the carpenters and the other to the work
ingmen upon general labor topics, and proved
to be q vigorous speaker, with practical
manner of dealing with questions.
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Perhaps the best point he made was in
showing the need of organization. He asked
why carpenters should get smaller wages than
bricklayerS masons aud other craftsmen en-
ployed in building trades. Simply because the
carpenters have not been as well organize
as the other trades when u contra ctor,
said Mr.. Mcclure, ''goes to empoy men he
knows just what he will have to pay for brick
layers and masons because scale of prices
has been established aud maintained When
he comes to get his carpenters he finds no es-
tablished rate OF wages and consequently
strives to get them as cheaply as possible.
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The need of some apprenticeship system
was also strongly presented BY Mr.. McGuirc.
Men who are but woodchoppers work as car
penters under the instruction of some one
who is skilled in the trade. They take
the place Of skilled men, and the
latter are either obliged to come to the
terms offered them have heir places filed
The other visitor was w. H. Bailey, of the
general executive committee of the Knights
OF Labor, who spent il day in the city on his
way East from the scene of the strike
against the Northern Pacific railroad
at Timberline, Mt He made no addresses,
but was in conference with leaders of the
order. He expressed himself as highly
pleased and gratificd at the successful organ
iZations ofwOrkingmen in the Northwest, land
there is little doubt but that he will use his
best endeavors to have Minneapolis selected
as the place of meeting for the general as
sembly next year.
The Trades and Labor assembly this year is
taking steps to secure the election if possible
of candidates who are favorable to the work
ingmen. 1t should be noticed that the action
of the assembly is confined simply to candi-
dates for the Office of coroner and members of
the legislature. The legislature max es
the laws which govern the condition of the
workingmen in a great measure. The coro-
ner has influence in shaping verdcts in cases
of death from accidents, so it can easily be
understood why an especial effort will be
made to place there man who will not seek
to protect corporations from suits for dam
ages by invariably decidingithat the victims of
dangerous machinery came to their death by
their own negligence
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The growth of the labor movement can be
judged from the eagerness with which the
ringsters and political tricksters seek to cap
ture the workingman's vote by promising
anything that has been asked. Some firm
friends of labor have been developed with
astonishing rapidity among the millionaire
class during the past week, and the candidates
are all finding out that they were once
farmer boys
The candidate who has been known to be
friendly to the interests of labor when he had
no office in view, who has been consistent 10
his attitude upon the questions affecting the
relations of capital and labor, and who is not
backed by the ring OF capitalists that has con-
troIled the legislatures of the state for years.
is likely to receive the support of the work.
ing1nen who desire to have certain laws
changed and carried into effect. The question
has been asked, what has this candidate done