St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-15
TEE TRADES ASSEMBLY.
Steps Being Taken TO give it n
wider FnfIUence-.-AId. Kain's
ThreesCens Il esolmaiOm Ind orsed

Steps BEING Taken TO Give 1T n
wider EnfIUence-.AId. Kain's
Three-Cens Resolution Ind orsed
The Trades and Labor assembly meeting
Friday evening indicates that this body of
laboring men at least recognizes the fact
that only by systematic effort can anythin e
be hoped for or accomplished. and is organ
ling its forces on Il system that it is
thought will give it more weight than it
has heretofore exercised. In accord with
this idea large list of standing committees
was recently appointed and closer working
relations with Minneapolis secured, and
now it is proposed to make the reports
from the different trades more exhaustive
by securing a monthly report. giving the
number of union men in the city. number
Of members in good standing, number of
delegates sent to Trades and Labor assem-
bly,, number of union men out of employ
ment. average rate of wages received. num-
Der of members of any given trade outside
Of organization, average rate of wages re-
Ceived by them, future prospects, strikes,
grievances. etc., and printed blanks were
distributed for this purpose. The
committee on conference with the Min
neapolis assembly reported, recommending
the adoption of the platform of demands
recently put forth by the district assembly
of Knights OF Labor of Winona, and that
it be submitted to the respective political
party conventions to be held for approval,
which was adopted and the committee COLI
tinued. A communication from Timber
line, Mont, was received relative to the
strike OF miners there. ard the delegates
were ordered to do what they could to keep
laborers from going to that place. The re-
morris from trades were follows.
CarpenterS-Very fair.
Molders-Not very brisk.
Printing-Dull and great many men in
town.
Boots-Somewhat improved.
Shoes-Very good.
Painters-Slight Improvement.
Gasfitting-Best thus far this season.
Steamftting-For the past three months
nothing doing, and large number of idle men
in town, but indications that it will be brisk
In the near future.
The cigarmakers reported that nearly all
of their men
WERE AT WORK
and that Grunhagen had violated his con-
tract recently made with this as
sembly by discnarging union men
and filling his shop up with girls.
They reported also that Hart was
running ''scab' shop. and that the bosses
had recently organized All association Ito
protect themselves from the saloonkeepers y
as they phrased it. A resolution upholding
Aid. Kahn in his efforts to have the fare on
the proposed new cable line of street cars
liked at cents between the hours of and
a. N. and and p. H., was adopted,
and committee OF nine was appointed to
attend the council meeting and urge its
adoption by that body. A committee was
also appointed to wait on the court house
commissioners and request that the steam
lifting and gasfitting contracts on the new
court house be given to st. Paul citizens in
stead of being sent out of the city. The
standing committee on public meetings was
ordered TO report at the next meeting as to
The ACCESSIBILITY OF holding a mass meeting
to still further protest against convict labor.