St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR NOTES.
The Trades and Labor Assembly
Acts on Important Matters.

Friday evenings meeting OF the Trades
and Labor assembly was largely attended.
and considerable business of Importance
was transacted. The committee appointed
to investigate the Elmira and other prison
systems with a view to recommending that
the second state prison shall be a re-
fOrmatOrY rather than a penitentiaTy.
reported that conference has
been held with similar committee from
the ST. Paul Trades and Labor assembly,
and that another meeting is soon TO be held
in Minneapolis.
Secretary Hale reported that the Crowley
case has at last found its way to the city
council, where it will perhaps he investi-
gated fully. c. p. Shea reported that the
proposition made in behalf of the working
men to the exposition directors had been
seemingly ignored. \ special committee,
consisting of Delegates Lamb, Uric, Nc
COrmick and Wall, was appointed to pre-
pare statement of the condition of the
condition of the different trades and the
prices paid. to be distributed for correction
of erroneous reports sent abroad as TO the
high wages paid and demand for labor here.
The committee on organization reported
that a meeting of the different building
trades to form a short-hour league will be
held Monday evening ut $685. Washington
avenue south. when it will be decided Just
what demands will be made looking to the
reduction of hours of labor on and after
May l.
1t is reported that the Minneapolis Bot
Ting company and the Minneapolis Stone
and Building company have practice of is
suing checks to their employees, which are
discounted 10 per cent by the banks upon
.~shs Il nd In, in,
stances cannot be caShed at all. 4 commit
tee was appointed to make an investigation.
The StOnecutters' union reported an agree
ment
NOT To CUT STONE
coming from any quarry supplying O'Neill.
the contractor who refuses 10 pay the scale
prices. w. C.. Putnam, from the Mnneap-
oils Sash and Door company, was admitted
TO the floor and made statement relative
to competition from convict labor contract
OTs. The Jordan matter was taken up
again. and a new committee was appointed
TO wait upon Mayor PillsbuTy and ask that
Detective Caswell be made TO pay the judy
ment found against him in favor of Jordan
in the district court. The removal of the
boycott upon the Dueber Watch Case COM
pany and Fuller IL Warren was read and
received with applause.
LABOR NOTES.
The contracting plasterers have agreed
upon the following schedule of prices: Two
coat lathwork. - cents per yard; three
coat 90 cents per yard; twO-cOat and tile
wall. 20 cents per yard; back plastering, Is
cents per yard.
The ShOrt-HOur league. composed of
members of the different building trades OF
the city. will meet Monday evening at 50511
Washington avenue south, when definite
decision will be arrived as TO what de-
mands shall be made looking for reduc-
ton of the hours of labor after May 1.
1t is claimed by several of the employees
or the Minneapolis harvester works that the
recent increase of wages, reported TO have
been carried into general effect by the COM
pany. only benefited few instead of the
whole. rs given out. 1t is also said that
the company did not give the advance of
their own accord, but were waited on by a
committee of the men and induced by a
presentation OF their needs to do so. The
pay of the laborers was the only one raised.