St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
A Large and Highly Interesting Meeting
of the st. Paul Trades and Labor
Assembly.
Several Favorable Reports Made The
Election and Installation Of
Officers.
Reasonable Wages All That is Asked
by the Minneapolis Coopers--
The Motor Matter.
The Boycott Against Cigar Manufac-
turers--Several Notes From the
Field OF Labor.
THE TRADES ASSEMBLY.
Largest Meeting Ever Held i'm TIA
CitY..VariOMs TOPICS DIscussed.

Ctty-sVaTiOHS TOPICS DbScusscu'
The assembly which came to order on
Friday evening was probably the largest
that has ever convened i'll ST. Paul since
the establishment Of the organization.
There is a large proportion OF new blood in
the assembly and this with the matter be-
fore the meeting secured the attendance of
over thirty members The chair was filled
by President HaTOun, and upon the open
ing of the meeting the credentials of nine
new delegates were received and the dele
gates obligated. The council committee re-
ported the adoption by the council of Aid.
Kau's wage resolution. The committee
appointed TO confer with contractors in be-
half Of the stonecutters and in relation to
the adoption of the eight-hour system, re-
ported that no communications had been
received from any of the contractors adj
dressed. Mr.. Breen, Oh whose action the
action Of the remaining contractors seemed
to hinge, had been seen by the COM
mittee bnt with no definite result.
lie didn't care mnch how many
hours the men worked if they
accepted the old wages per hour, but Ne
was afraid that in short time they would
be striking for a raise in wages. He asked
for more time to consider the matter. The
committee on street car drivers grievances
reported that Mr.. Lowry had been adj
dressed at Minneapolis, but no answer had
been received as yet. 1t was understood
however, that he had expressed his inten-
ton of making q reduction in hours
Reports from trades were as follows:
bricklayers, as usual at this season; mold
ers. picking up; cigarmakers, work good
and boycott progressing satisfactorily; stone
cutters, as good as could be expected at this
time Of year; carpenters, work very slack;
boot and shoe work good and prospects
bright; plumbers, work fair and unions in
both cities growing rapidly; printers, work
fair, more particularly in the news line.
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
The nomination of officers, which had
been postponed from the first meeting in
December. was taken mp, and under sus-
pension Of rules the election and installa-
ton was proceeded with. The following
are the officers: President, Charles j. Ayers;
vice president G.. II. Hopper;
financial secretary. A. l.. Robinson; record
ing secretary. J. w. Piper; treasurer,
Henry Bushman; statistician, A. G. Wright;
sergeant-at-arms, q. A. Lafayette; trus-
tees and executive board, Z. K. Hauoun,
Il. Pollock. j. II. Guyett.
A circular prepared and distributed by
Nj. Grunhagen was read, and on motion
the assembly reiterated its former action
and sentiment in the case. A delegate
from X. of l.. assembly. No. 1898, reported
that the question of convict labor had been
discussed by the assembly, and OH motion
of the delegate it was resolved 10 confer
with the Minneapolis Trades assembly rel
ative to a general boycott Of prison-labor
goods in the state and committee of three
was appointed to act in the case and report
at the next meeting. The much-debated
new constitution was reSurTected and
warmly debated, with no other definite re-
suit than to order the committee to have
500 copies printed.