St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-26
THERE'S PLENTY TO DO.
A Brisk Demand for Railroad La
bOrers at Different places.

a Brisk Demand for Railroad La.
bOrers at Different places.
There is plenty of demand for laborers
in St. Paul. no skilled labor being meant.
although the different crafts have very little
to complain of. Men are wanted for rail
road purposes in different parts of the eoun-
try. Just now the largest number OF men
is wanted in Northern Wisconsin and IL the
Northern peninsula Of Michigan, where
railroad work is booming. Men are also
wanted in Iowa for railroad work
and in other places, an all winter
Job being promised III some places.
Fred Reed. labor agent of Hale, Smith.
Burns Il Co., who has been i'll st. Paul
some time employing men, left yesterday.
His firm has a long contract for building
the Northern Pacific road through the Cas-
cade mountains towards Tacoma, which 1t
will require year to complete, and MI
Reed has been sending men there as fast as
they could be hired. \ telegram was re-
eeiyed Friday night. telling him that no
more help was needed, and so he left yes
terdaV. He has sent out nearly 900 men TO
his firm. The men sent here. as well as
other places, are for graders, tracklayerS
and ali branches Of railroad work. One of
the employment agencies has also an adj
yertisement for Men for the woods, at SIS
and $50 per month"
A man standing in front of this sign yes
terdav was accosted by GLOBE reporter
and asked if he wanted to go into the
woods. to which he replied:
NOT FOR THAT PAY.
No. not for that pay. Men have been
going ND there already and have got left,
for there is no work for them when they
get there. | shall 90 into the woods about
Christmas. [ went last year and got S2S
per month. while those who went earlier
got only S24 and $50. Next May am
going to steer for Washington territory
where men i'll the woods get from S5O.tO 500
permonth and their board. p"
Around one employment office where a
number of signs advertised that many men
were wanted, a group of men were found
in lively conversation in half
dozen languages. entirely unknown
10 the native American. They
were discussing the advantages Of the
different localities where men were wanted
and the accompanying proposition of free
fare" Quite naturally at this season the
climate came in for a share Of cOnSidera-
ton. The men preferred to go to Iowa
rather than to Dakota, and some thought
Northern Wisconsin and Michigan far pref
cradle to Dakota a few hands are
wanted at Hicnkley, but not enough to
amount to a demand for men. Men who
have spent the summer at work upon farms
are just now beginning to come into the
city for employment, but will not come IN
large numbers for some weeks later.
w H. Bailey. senior member of the gen.
eraI executive board of the Knights of Labor,
has been investigating the Timberline mine
troubles IN Montana and says, concerning it
and the action Of the Northern Pacific Rail
road company: 1.-THE company has simply
abandoned its mine-forever, have been
given 10 understand. The men would not
have been removed, 1 think, if it was simply
intended to reopen the mine with new men.
The published statement that threatened to
tie up the whole Northern Pacific system is
false
The clothing cutters strike in New York
city has come to an end. The trouble origin
ared because August Brothers and L. n.
Michaels s. Co. gave employment to nom
union men. A strike was ordered IN these
two Shops which resulted in the bosses Or
dering general lockout until the strike was
called off, The strike was ordered off and
the master clothing cutters have taken back
as many union men as they had work for and
retaining the scabs, so that many union men
are still out of work.