St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28


reduction than to nine hours for one year,
and the plasterers have made similar agree
ment. which holds for three months. The
other organizations, including the Knights
OF Labor, carpenters, the painters, stone
masons and stonecutteTs desired the reduc-
ton TO eight hours. The meeting was
called up on short notice and the delegates
seemed to lack implicit instructions. 1t was
therefore decided TO hold another meeting at
the same place Wednesday evening. The
probability is that nine hours will be agreed
upon, and that the different trades will
stand by each other in securing reduction.
CoOPER's TROUBLES.
The Millers' association held a meeting
last week Thursday and received the COM
mittee from the coOpers' assembly appointed
TO confer with the millers about voluntarily
advancing the price of barrels. After
stating its case the committee was informed
by the millers that they could not in justice
to themselves, with milling depressed as it
had been, put up the price of barrels. The
only way for the coopers to do was to place
value on their product as they might see
ut and the miller would go into the market
and buy as his needs required. The COM
mittee then withdrew. not very we'll salts
fled with the results of the conference. A
second committee from the assembly visited
all the shops in the city last week TO solicit
signatures to an agreement establishing,
after March 22, is cents the price for max
ing hand made barrels, and 10 cents and Is
cents on machine work. No one signed the
document, but as the move is claimed to
have been more of ''feeler" than any
thing else, it was not without results. Just
in what direction the cOoperS will next
show their hand is not known. but some
thing will probably be done before long in
an effort TO advance wages.
A BOYCOTT REMOVED.
The Trades and Labor assembly at its
next meeting will take action to notify the
various labor organizations that the boycott
against Pingree 81 Smith, the Detroit boot
and shoe manufacturers, the following Off
cial notice having been received:
To whom IL may concern: On account of
the settlement of the difficulties or differences
between the firm OF Pingree & Smith. Detroit,
and the Knights of Labor, we, the executive
board OF the district assembly No. so, in con-
junction with the Michigan state executive
board of the Knights of Labor. do hereby lift
said boycott Further, we agree TO allow
said Pingree s. Smith 10 use the union stamp
on such of their goods as they may choose,
per agreement. JAMES HESNESSY,
Chairman State Executive Board.
| HENRY L. SHULTE, Chairman Executive
Board, ID. a. No. 80.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
A dispatch from st. Peter TO the Minneapo-
/ lis Tribune states that the stonedressers, who
have refused to work on stone being gotten
out for the ST. Paul court house until the
| trouble has been adjusted, have made a de-
mand for ten hours pay for eight hours
1 work. a delegation of stonecutters yester-
/ day visited the GLOBE Office to deny this, and
| state that the men only asked reduction to
eight hours, and agreed to allow q CORES
1 VOnnfnur in no
| patch also states that the men will not be
taken back unless they return TO work at
once, and that their places can be filed by
| men who are willing TO work ten hours for
$3.50, the wages hitherto paid being $3.50.
| The stonecutters CLAIM that this is anothe r
| Misrepresentation. The men have been get
ting 80 cents per hour or So. 80 for dag of
| ten hours. and are willing to receive s.. so for
eight hours work. The statement in the dis
patch that the men must go to work or lose
their places is regarded as threat to force
the men to submit.
meeting of Carpenters and Joiners'
union No. 81, was held at Tobins rink. Min
! neapolis northeast, Friday evening, fully zoe
members being present. The meeting had
been called TO discuss tie feasibility of estab
fishing q branch of the union in East Mime
apo,iS. Addresses were made by E. JL'Her
ault, j. L. Mccormick, j. b. Nasser and the
chairman, William Lowe. 1t was finally de-
cided that il was not desirable to establish
this branch, not from a lack of carpenters in
East Minneapolis. but because IL was thought
such step would weaken and divide the
union. Union No. 81 now has.about $50 mem
bers. At the last two meetings forty new
members were admitted Thirty candidates
sent in their names last night. There will be
a.meeting at Ill Nicollet avenue next Mon
day night.
All the employees of the Milwaukee road
have signed a petition for the eight-hour sys
TEN. The petition, which contained nearly
800 names, is in favor of enacting the eight
hour system. the allowance of wages TO be
the same as for twenty hours previously. II
also asks that time and q half shall be allowed
for all overtime and double time allowed fol
Sunday labor. 1t is to be circulated through
out the entire region o. the road, and vii
then be presented TO the officials.
The difficulties between the Cigarmakers
union and Hooker & Manley, the largest cigal
manufacturers in the city, have been AMIGA
bly, adjusted by arbitration. The factory
agrees TO pay the union scale of prices, anC
the union comedies the employment o.
women, who, according to the statement Of
the firm, are averaging from IS to SO pei
, week.
The state executive board of the knights o.
Labor have established headquarters owe
81 Fourth street south. The state maste
workman has his office in the same place.
The laborers employed at the harveste
works received an increase of wages of Il
per cent. on Friday, while the pay of Othe
. workmen was advanced from 81. 25 to S1.50.
The Operative Millers' association gave
well-attended dancing party Wedresda.
night.
, No. - will meet next Sunday to elect
delegate to the International convention.
The Stonemasons' union is now hundre
strong and meets every Thursday.