St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-05
The BUILDING TRADES
Present Peaceful Front for Spring
Openings.
NO TROUBLE PROBABLE.
Bosses and Journeymen in the Several
Branches Say Harmony Reigns
Supreme.
NO TROUBLE

AS the long, cold winter passes slowly
away, and the joyous springtime ap-
proaches, the question naturally arises,
what will Minneapolis do in the build
ing line this season? She now has some
of the finest buildings in the country
and has added fresh laurels to her record
every year. She has been particularly
fortunate in having few labor troubles
among the building trades. Strikes of
all kinds are more or less hurtful ON one
or both sides, and have injured many
city so that it never fully recovered.
Not so in regard to Minneapolis. Her
wOrkingmen are men in every sense of
the word, and the city's fair name has
but seldom been stained with strikes
and lockouts, it having been found I'M
necessary to resort to such extreme
measures.
The outlook in the building trade for
the coming season is as bright as it ever
was, if not brighter, and members of
the various trades incident to building
are, as rule, congratulating themselves
that the coming season will lead all pre-
viOus ones. Architects generally report
that every indication points to big bust
ness this season, many large business
blocks, being contemplated. The various
trades are all ready for the building sea-
son to open, and are fully prepared to do
big business. AS far as known there
is perfectly harmonious feeling exist
ing between the bosses and the Journey
meu of all the building trades, and it is
not at all probable that there will be any
disturbances of an important nature in
any of them.
BRICK MASONS.
The boss brick maSOnS are looking for
ward to a good season, and say they
have every reason to believe that the
jOurneymen are perfectly satisfied. The
wages paid this season will be from 40
to Is cents per hour, depending upon the
kind of brick to be laid. These wages,
they claim, are satisfactory to the Jour
neymen, and there will be no trouble.
The organization is completed in every
detail, and nine hours has been agreed
upon as days work. The journeymen,
as rule, indOrSe the statements made
by the bosses, and are unanimous in
stating that everything will pass off
smoothly.
PAINTERS.
Everything is all right in the paint
ing trade" said Harry B. Cramer, boss
painter, when asked in regard to the
matter. "When | say everything is all
right, mean that do not think there
will be any disturbance of any kind.
The wages will be from ~ to 35 cents
per hour. In regard to the number of
hours to constitute a days work there
will be no trouble, you may rest as
sured, for we are going to be too busy
to allow any little disagreement to
throw our men out of work" Frank
Creighton, a jOurneyman paper-hanger,
cfa no nf ho1 ,of
been fully agreed upon for the coming
season, but would, probably, run from
25 TO IS cents per hour. Il do not
think" said he, ''that any of the bosses
will pay 30 cents per hour to every one,
however"
CARPENTERS.
Both the boss and jOurneyman car
penterS report the outlook as good as it
ever was, if not better, and announce
themselves as satisfied with the wages,
which will run from III to 25 cents per
hour. This rate may be raised. how
ever, in some cases. Organization has
not been active.
THE OTHER TRADES.
All is quiet in the StOnecutting, plas-
tering and plumbing trades as far as
can be learned from competent and re-
liable bosses and jOurneymen. While
in some cases the scale of wages has not
been agreed upon for the coming sea-
son, it is not probable that there will be
any trouble, as both employers and en-
plOyes say they are willing to do what is
right and fair. Wages will be about
the same as during the past seasonal
little higher, if anything. The Journey
men are fully organized, but may be
depended upon not to cause any unnec-
essary trouble. The number of hours
to constitute days work is still an
open question, but it is not at all likely
that there will be any serious agitation
upon the subject. 1t is generally under
stood that the journeymen will work
the same number of hours as they did
last season. AS whole the workmen
are satisfied, or profess to be.