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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
Local Rife.

The secoGd Building, Mechanics and Trad
erS exchange has completed its organization,
and formally opens its rooms in the basement
at the southeast corner eff Third and st. Peter
tomorrow. The main objects of the associa-
ton are the promotion of the interests of the
building trades, the diffusion OF trade and
labor news, the adjustment OF differences be-
tween employers and their labor, and the ex-
hibltion and exchange Of building materials.
The original Contractors and Builders as
ISOLATION have appointed a committee on arbi-
tration consisting of: r. Shiere carpenter;
John Nevins stonemason; B. a. Cox, brick
layer; /. j. Reemsr. carpenter; James Burris,
brick merchant; William Rodger steamfitter;
P. V. Dwyer, plumber; ]. D. Moran, exoava-
tor; Z. NJ. Power, iron worker; G. NJ. Brack,
painter; Philip Riley, painter; E. Sander,
stonecutter; J. b. Chapman, sash, door and
blinds; Matthew Breen, stonecutter; NJ. n.
Craig, carpenter.
The municipal ordinance prohibiting barber
shops from running on Sunday has been de-
clared invalid by Judge Cory of the municipal
court. The case will be taken to the supreme
court and meanwhile the shops of the city will
remain closed on Sunday.
The Labor Journal has made its appear
auce and is exceeding attractive, both in its
Typography and matter G. A. LAFAYETTE as
editor and Thomas Ward as business manager
are confident of success in their new enter
prise.
Thomas Ward has resigned the presidency
OF the Stonecutters' union, and will devote
himself to the interests of the Labor Journal.
The Socialistic labor party of St. Paul de-
plores the recent riots, and holds that they are
directly tmceable to the greed Of capitalists.
R. Fl. Shadrich of Minneapolis is expected
to deliver an address at the labor lyceum at
Garfield hall this evening.
G. w. Stevenson addressed the last meeting
OF the labor lyceum.
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limiting hours, or days, or weeks Or months
of labor"
All working men should be unalterably and
eterually opposed to the above sentiments
Are we to DO doomed to the treadmill torture
of toiling our lives out to support bitter
existence, suffering al the pains of
n living death IN chambers eff poverty
while modern Pharaohs sit in Chambers
of commerce Matching schemes to corner
wheat and pork, aud by way of variations
write dissertation on political economy to
edify the ignorant Masses while in their I'M
regenerate hearts they are conscious that
they are one of many money-getting combi-
nations that hold the people In boudarep
Capitalists generally are deeply interested in
the welfare of workingmeu and will smile
upon them with the light of their counte-
nance from year to year if they will organize
iug-handle fashion in large bodies, in mines
workshops and factories. and with ox-ike
patience submit to be loaded down with heavy
burdens, grievous to be borne The members
of the St. Paul chamber of commerce.
should diveSt themselves of their per-
fumed purple and fine linen and don
the regulation uniform of rags worn by our
street laoorers, and in this garb proceed to
solve the labor problem by working for GER
tain city contractor, who viii pay them 81 20
per day. deducting twenty cents for beer re-
gardiesS OF your wishes, and compel you to
patronize his truck store, charging one dollar
per ouShel for rotten potatoes. the price and
quality of other articles in like proportion.
These luXuries will accomplish a radical
change in the minds and bodies of the gentle
men of the chamber of commerce. Their
frontal appearance will naturally decrease Il
tritie from the b0y-window proportions they
were wont to assume, and their minds will
dwell upon the immortal line, MANS inhu-
mamty to man makes countless thousands
mourn" In this condition of mind and body
their resolutions will have different
tendency, somewhat mixed w it'll ropes
and lamp posts for cruel contractors
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admitted to membership and it was decided
to send two delegates to the Butchers Ma
tioual convention at St. Louis, May 25.
Herman Westphal of the firm of Mueller s.
Westphal, whom the Trades and Labor assem-
bly, resolved at its last meeting to boycott,
has purchased the interest of his partner and
announces that he has Cancelled all contracts
on the new brewery ut Kcegan's lake and
that all work shall be hereafter done by union
men.
The project for the establishment of a CO.
operative sash and door factory has been set
on foot by Carpenters and Joners' union No.
ca. The capital stock is $4,000, articles of
incorporation have been drawn up and the
officers elected are follows: President, e..
Lelkam; J. B. Mccormick, secretary; nj. H.
Packard, treasurer.
The treasury department at Washington
has decided not to cancel the contract of
Kimsall & Co., who have sub-let their contract
for cut stone on the postotfice to the Joliet
Prison Labor Syndicate. The claim is made
that the government cannot be cogniZant of
subcontracts.
Twenty-Five new members were initiated t
Monday nights meeting of Carpenters Union
No. 81.
A meeting of the Cooperative Land associa-
ton Will be held tonight.
Tho BARRIERS Brotherhood meets at 220
/, Nicollet avenue this evening.
The Trades and Labor assembly meets next
Friday.
= The plasterers are organizing.
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sons resolution, making $3.50 the minimum
wages for men engaged in city work, eight
hours constituting days work. At the
council meeting Friday night the report Of
the committee was given in the shape of a
majority and minority report. The majority
report was in favor OF q substitute for the
Gibson eight-hour plan, and proposed paying
fifteen cents per hour and constituting ten
hours days work. 1t was signed by the Re-
publican members Of the committee. The
minority report, signed by the Democrats, re-
commended the adoption of the Gibson reso-
| luton. constituting eight hours days work,
| and S1.50 day the pay. Aid. Gibson moved
| the adoption Of the minority report. The mo-
! tod was rejected, as follows: Yeas-Clou-
tier, Dryer, Achhorn, Gibson, L'Herault,
Mack. Mills, Philips, Stoft and Swenson,
! (all Democrats except the last) Nays-Babb,
Barrows, Clark, Downs, Fleetham, Haugau,
| johnson, Lawrence, Morse, Phelps, Pratt, Sly
and Clough. (all Republicans except Morse
Aid. Lawrence's motion to constitute nine
hours day and $3.50 the pay after January
l, was tabled. Aid. Dryers motion TO make
sixteen and one-half cents per hour the pay
was carried.
The Butchers association held a meeting
Tuesday night and took action to secure the
closing Of markets on Sunday after June L.
Messrs. A. Shoemaker, d. w. Felt, D. v.
Hardy, William Yeomans, H. Helm, w. II.
| Carr and W. W. Hall were appointed to cir
culate q petition. Journeymen butchers were
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and will always be found tho safest anchor of
the nation in the time of danger, whether
from the wicked combination OF revolutionist
or any other combination that may threaten
the welfare of our common country. Our
system of immigration as conducted for years
had two objects in view; the first, to keep
down the price OF labor and the next TO vote
for those having the most favors to grant OF
course we were told they were to open up ana
develop this country. These are not the kind
of mon to build up. They are more inclined
TO pull down, but they have fulfilled success
fully the two objects for which they were In
tended. The building up and the developing
OF this country must be done by better mate
rial. The farmers and all Others of the wage
earning classes OF this country must unite
for protection and the obtaining of fair
share of tho profits of their own labor. In
doing this and to be successful you must al
ways keep within the law. Love your coun-
try and your flag of liberty. Use no weapon
but the ballot and you will obtain victory and
respect from all good Americans.
Minneapolis Nav IL IAROREp
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THE TRADES ASSEMBLY,
COndemning the Recent RiOts-- !
Mass Meeting to be Arranged for.

COndemnins the Recent RiOts-.A
Mass Meeting to be Arranged for.
The Trades assembly met last Friday
evening with an unusually large attend
hnce, there being Twenty-Five delegates
present. In the absence of the president
and vice president E. r. Harroun was
elected chairman. Seven delegates were
received snd obligated. The boycott COM
mittee reported that the boycott against Mr..
Breen Yves progressing quietly but effect
lively. Reports from trades were as follows:
Moulders, all at work; eli rmakers, trade
good. all working eight hours day, some
beginning at and some at s o'clock; brick
layers. all busy and everything satisfactory;
stonecutters. pretty fair; carpenters, picking
up, but might be better; plumbers, all on a
strike, intending to stay out until they get
their demands, printers. good; shoemakers,
good and everything running smoothly;
bakers, progress of boycott reported and as
sistance OF the assembly asked.
The following resolution was offered by
G. Ii. Hopper and adopted:
Resolved, That while we are in hearty SYM
pathy with all lawful movements looking to
the betternent Of the condition of the work
ing man, we discountenance all incendiary
doctrines and unlawful acts as in direct con-
-
Resolved, That this assembly hereby ex-
presses its unqualified condemnation of the
recent actions of anarchists in Milwaukee and
Chicago in the destruction of life and prop
erty.
All organizations represented reported in
favor of a mass meeting on the convict
labor question, and the committee was in
structed to arrange for such meeting. The
resignation of II. Bushman as treasurer was
accepted and J. II. Fisher elected to the
vacancy. 1t was resolved to look after the
interests of the bakers recently arrested
while conducting the boycott on Ferdinand
Ducius, and the hearty sympathy
and support of the assembly
was extended to the plumbers.
A delegate from the Plumbers union al
luded to the stigma placed upon the striking
plumbers by Timothy Reardon, and
strongly resented it. He said that the
strikers had been grossly misrepresented to
the public, and great injustice done them
Their demands were simply nine hours a
day and $3.50 per day, and the strike had
been conducted quietly and lawfully. He
said that Mr.. Reardon had stated that he
derived his information from G. w. Steven
son. That gentleman being present refuted
the assertion in vigorous terms. If Mr..
Reardon had stated that he had said that
the plumbers were taking any high-handed
measures, the truth was not in him, he
said.
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THE PLUMsEFss INDORsED
BY Officials and Many other Prom
inent Men.

To the Editor of the Globe:
The plumbers strike is becoming great
annoyance to the citizens of st. Paul, many
Of whom have sought us at our homes, re-
questing us to relieve them of those annoy
ances, which we would cheerfully do, but
would have to obtain a license and furnish
bonds to the amount of $500 and have the
signature of three boss plumbers, which
would be impossible under the present cir
cumstances. Therefore, we have taken this
means of obtaining the Endorsement of lead
ing officials, bankers, architects, lawyers,
merchants aud real estate owners as to the
business of our demands, which were pre-
scented as here given.
ST. PAUL Mimi, May 14.-To the Citizens
of st. Paul. Gentlemen: We, the Journey
men plumbers, have asked our employers for
$3.50 per day, nire honrs day for five days
in the week and eight hours on Saturday, but
they would not cohcede, telling us to take our
tools away. Now, we would like to ask the
citizens, what is there unjust in such de-
mands? We are a class of men that work but
eight or nine months in the year and we feel
that after serving long apprenticeship there
should be just remuneration. Matters have
been misrepresented to the public, the en-
ployerS claiming that we want dozen differ
ent concessions, which is decidedly untrue.
The above mentioned matter Of wages and
hours is the emily issue. Seeing that the pub
lie does not understand the state of affairs,
we would like you, as g citizen
of St. Paul thoroughly understanding the
situation, as here represented, to indorse this
document, as to whether our demands are
just or unjust. Respectfully yours,
ST. PAUL JoURNEYMEN PLUMBERS.
st. Paul, May 15
l see nothing unjust or unreasonable in the
proposition and request of the plumbers as
presented in the above statement.
May, Is, 1856. EDMUND RICE.
concur in the above expression of Mayor
Rice. L. F. HUBBARD,
c. H. JOHNSTON,
GEORGE MIRTH,
ALBERT SCHEFFER,
CHAS. P. MOVES,
H. r. BIGELow,
And many Others.
concur in this more cheerfully because
Vou do not make the unjust demand that
none but union men shall be employed.
81. S. FAIRCHILD.
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THE COOPERATIVE IDEA.
How People Combined Together Can
Produce Grand Results.


The amelioration of poverty, idleuess, want
and consequent evils and crimes is an impera
tive necessity. Our worldiis gluttonized with
lfe-substanoe, while the city of London
trembled under a bread riot of 10000 to Is, 900
idle impoverished working people. Extreme
poverty, and extreme wealth increase at
arful rate. In the city Of New York 40, 600
families obtain more or less relief; comp eti-
ton and idleneSs have forced down the earn
ings of thousands below the cost of existence.
Beg, steal, prostitute or starye is the only
way before many. Thousands Of thinking
good-hearted men and women ask with
sincere and heartfelt sympathy, what can we
do for these people? In unity and co-opera-
ton is virtue and power. Organize, drive
them away from the curses and temptations
OF large cities, build homes for them upon
free government land. The natural wealth
OF the poor people is not known, nor fully
realized. Each poor man, women and child
is deprived i'll cities of $4,000 of natural
wealth. Organized and united Door families
make city OF 80 600 people; add them to any
city and the real estate gains S15, 0Oa 900 in
value; take them away from any city and the
real estate loses the same amount in value
1t is the people, the traffic and trade which
their living creates which produces the values
in real estate. Organize and teach the work
ing people the way to
MATERIAL INDEPENDENCEH
locates city for them, takes up 1850 acres of
free government land for each family. The
location of the city will be worth SIS, 600, 600
being $50, 900 acres Of land which they have
the right to claim, in its wild state. The land
around the city will be worth $40 per acre, or
100000. Their common wealth will be S24,-
600, 600. Thereby the poor come into the pos
session of their natural wealth which Is 81 900
10 each family. By corporation building,
farming and manufacture can be done with
5000 capital to each family. The poor people
in cities pay 80 per cent interest upon the
capital necessary for their living. With ST.
600 real estate security $500 bonds for each
family ought to sell for per cent. interest.
Poor people pay the largest profits ON lifes
necesSaries aud one-Seventh Of the accumu-
lated wealth has been made on the life-sub-
stance Of poor people. Capitalists will most
certainly enjoy their wealth better If they can
probably invest 1t for independent homes of
the poor. Financial men tell me that they
would not consider interest for the first few
years. and with good real estate security
would furnish capital at per cent. interest
With an energetic, intelligent, executive
management at the head, and IL determined,
clear, well-organized plan, there will be no
trouble accomplishing gratifying results
towards the establishing OF the poor in indie
pendent homes, and the amelioration of
poverty, idleness and want with their conse-
Quent great evils and crimes.
Minneapolis, May ID. FRANK PRANTL.
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General Nofos,

The two hundred and fifty employees of N.
+. Fairbanks 4 Co.'s lard and soap factory in
st. Louis a branch of the Chicago establish
ment, have returned to work at the old seized
: ule of wages and hours of work.
At meeting of the district executive board
of the Knights of Labor, at Pittsburg on Fri.
day night, the bakers strike was declared
Illegal and the men ordered to return to work
The employers have consented to the twelve
hour arrangement, but reserve the right to
say whether the men shall work during the
day or at night.
The sash and door planning mill of the Eau
Claire Lumber company was closed yesterday
morning, the employees having demanded the
adoption Of the eight hour system, for which
they were DISCHARGED.
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FROM SHOP AND MILL.
Much Interest Manifested in the Case
Of the BoyoOtters of the
Duoius Bakery.
The Position Assumed by the Plumbers
Endorsed by the Governor, Mayor
and Others.
The Minneapolis Council by a Close
Vote Defeats the Eight-Hour
Resolution.
LAW AND BOYCOTTS.
An Interesting Case Coming UP i'm
the ST. Pnul Courts.

the ST. Paul Courts.
@aN THE LOCAL labor field the
0Etopic of the most interest and i'm
portance Just now is the bakers
NoH boycott. During the spring the
iourneymen bakers formed
HSH union, formulated certain reason
HoA able demands. and secured their
EA e concession from most of the shops
- s IL the city. Among those refus-
fssE-S]Sd ng to agree to their demands was
Ferdinand Ducius, at 100 West Third street,
and the union proceeded to enforce
It's demands with the boycott
The boycott was carried on vigorously and
seventy-tive customers withdrew their pat
ronage during the first two days of the
campaign. DuciuS showed fight and in
that policy he was encouraged and sup
ported by other bosses who expected to be
0oycOtted themselves before long. AS the
result of good many promptings
Ducius went before the grand jury
last week with number of witnesses and
gave information looking towards the in
uictment of the boycotters, and the grand
jury viii report tomorrow. On Tuesday,
While Jacob Dreher and Flubert DahnerS of
the boycott committee were following Du-
Gus delivery wagon in carriage, for the
purpose of calling on his customers, they
were arrested for disorderly conduct. In
the municipal court their case was contn-
ued until Monday and their bonds fixed at
$500 each. As they were unable to give
the bonds they have been locked up
since that time. Their eases will
come up tomorrow. What the charge will
be if they are indicted is not known, but
it is probable that they will be charged
with conspiracy, and tried under the old
common law governing that point. Their
defence will be conducted by W. w.
Erwin, and their interests will be looked
after by many friends and labor organiza-
lions. Both gentlemen have the sympathies
of organized labor, especially Mr.. Dahners,
who has a sick wife and three small chill
dren 10 care for. The case will be inter-
esting as test case and the results will
govern the conduct of boycotts in the
future. In the courts of California and
New York this question has been decided
against the boycotters, but this is the first
lime the point has been raised in the North
vest. Meanwhile both sides are awaiting
the result
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Minneapolis NIilIers.

The opening of navigation at Duluth has
had the effect of considerably reducing the
amount OF -four stored here, it having been
shipped quite freely the past few days. There
are now probably not to exceed $4,000 barrels
in store in Minneapolis.
Isaac Cheney, experimenting millwright in
the Washburn mills, was presented Tuesda Y
night with an elegant silver water cooler,
cup and butter dish, the occasion being his
twenty-ffth marriage anniversary.
The head millers' picnic will be held at
Hotel Lafayette June 10. The amusements
Turner's, as well as program of sports that
will include base ball and foot ball.
The Zenith mill has closed down until Sep
TENDER, owing to a difference between its
owners and the Minneapolis Mill company
about water power.
]. II. Miller of the Pillsbury B, who has
been sick for some time, is now convalescent
and will 60 to Michigan to try the virtue of
water cure.
Andy Palmer Of the Anchor mill has gone
to New York to accept a position under his
brother, Thomas Palmer, who is head
miller.
Willie, the four-year-old son of w. P. Por-
ter of the Humboldt MILL was drowned last
Sunday in the river at the Tenth avenue
bridge.
The excavation for the building of the ST..
Anthony Elevator company has now COM
menced in East Minneapolis
William Norris, formerly Of the Pillsbury
B, has gone to Mimic, Dalk., to take charge of
q mill there.
Fred Pare has returned from st. Olaf Dak,
and has gone into the commission business.
The charter Of the Millers' association ex-
pires Sept. Z, and its renewal is doubtful.
Frank K uegler OF the Wasburn has gone
into the saloon business.
The Pillsbury mill will probably run this
| week.
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MINNIE LABOR NOTES.
The Eight Hour Motion Defeated
in the City Council.

The past week has been au important one
TO the interests of organized labor. Monday
saw the close OF the carpenters strike for a
reduction of a days work to nine hours at so
cents an hour. The contractors held out stub
bornly, and the men concluded not to insist
upon their demands for the present most of
them going back to work at wages which av-
erage 20 cents an hour, ten hours constituting
days labor. The investigation of the
Bracket block disaster will doubtless have
considerable effect in helping future legisa-
ton for the better protection of employees, es-
pecially those engaged in the building trades.
THE EIGHT HOUR QUESTION.
The council committee met Tuesday night,
and decided to report in favor OF Aid. Glib
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THE SOCIALISTS.
A Minneapolis Writer Accounts for

Their Existence in This Country.
To the Editor of the Globe.
The GLOBES advice to labor organizations
is timely and will have the desired effect. The
terrible dolngs of the socialists, which Is only
another name for murder, robbery and revo-
luton, Is abhorrent to the feelings Of the hon.
est workingmen Of this country, and cannot
In any way be connected with the noble eff
forts of our American labor industries to ele-
vate their condition by lawfully organized
unions. These pests to our body polite are
the legitimate fruit Of the combined desire of
organized capital to cheaper the price of
labor by filing the country with criminals
and outlaws from the various cities of Europe
without regard to character or fitness for
American citizenship, detrimental to the well
fare OF both capital and labor, and a standing
disgrace to our honest American working
men. which are such by birth or adoption
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Northwestern Notes.

The Knights Of Eau Claire will have big
demonstration on the 22d inst. An effort i!
being made to secure the presence Of Mr.
Powderly.
Factory employees at Red Wing are trying
to devise means to help fellew-workmen WheI
disabled by sickness or accident
A workingmen's convention will be held at
Rochester shortly.
The street car drivers strike at Winona wa:
not successful.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
At NOONTIME.

human significance than "home." They
remind all that the laborer has possessions
that gold cannot buy. The picture is SER
mon. poem and a history, speaking of
contentment. economy, sobriety, love and
hope. The child suggests the end for which
the father tolls, and the promptipgs that
sometimes would make him a labor agi-