St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

the labor day picnic. the regular meet
ing of typographical union and the state
eight hour convention are the prlnclpal
topics of interest at labor headquarters
to-day.
Among the events of the coming week
are a special meeting of the X. OF l.. as
Bociation, a meeting of the trade ana
labor assembly and special meeting or
the general committee On plcnlcs.
The typographical union holds an i'm
portant meeting this afternoon at their
usual headquarters. The president,
Charles H. Stevens, has rendered his
resignation, and the election Of a new
presiding officer is an event OF sufhclent
Interest to guarantee the presence of
every union typo in the city,.
The Ladies' Protective association
held its regular weekly meeting on
Friday evening. with a fair attendance.
The summer Vacation is over i'll nearly
all manufacturing establishments. and
there is plenty of work at about the
same scale of wages as paid during the
early spring. Several candidates were
reported favorably and initiated. The
next meeting of the association Will be
The general committee on labor day
celebration met at labor headquarters
last Sunday afternoon and discussed the
project thoroughly. MeSSrS. Pollock,
Burns and Donlin were appointed
committee on location. Several points
are under consideration and the COM
mittee will decide to-day. The location
will be within the city limits and easy
of access, without mourning the expense
of transportation. Delegates from all
the trade unions report that their organ
iZationS will take an active part IN the
celebration.
The cooperative hall board met last
Sunday afternoon at labor headquar
tiers. Auditing of accounts and the
transaction of routine business occupied
larger portion of the time. Phil King
resigned his place as janitor, and no Sc
lection of permanent successor has
yet been made.
The eight-hour picnic committee met
Friday evening at labor headquarters,
and succeeded in winding up its finan-
cial affairs. They have been somewhat
delayed on account of not receiving all
the bills due them until this week. 1t
was thought at first that the eight-hour
league would find itself in debt. owing
to the inadequate railway transporta-
ton and some other unfortunate cir
cumStances. However, on comparing
the assets and the liabilities, the COM
mittee are able to present balance
which involves no loss to the league.
This is not specially encouraging, but
the associations represented who eX-
pected to be assessed to pay the bills,
will be tolerably we'll satisfied to escape
that, even if the state treasury is in no
better condition than before the picnic
was projected.
The state eight-hour convention con-
venes at $3.50 this afternoon at labor
headquarters. A large attendance of
delegates is expected. All persons
known to be in sympathy with the eight
hour movement are welcome visitors.
Good work has been done by some COM
nitteeS since the last session, and some
interesting reports are expected. Not
much active work can be done during
the warm weather. but the fall cam
paign can be carried out with greater
eXactneSs and more satisfaction to those
represented if all delegates attend and
aid in formulating plans for the coming
six months.
'Yes. the stonecutters are still on
strike" said one of the ten union men
who still remain i'll the city, 'and if the
difficulty is not settled during this
month, then the strike will have to con-
tinue throughout the year. Two EN-
ployers have acceded to our terms, and
are paying 81 day. They are George
Kahn and Whitney & Clark. There are
about eighty 'scab' stonecutters at
work in the city. Their work is equal
in quantity to that of thirty trained
union men, and if you want to know
about the quality of the work ask any
of the leading architects"
Several contractors were interviewed,
and said that their work had been much
delayed and they had incurred some
extra expense during the strike, but
protested to be satisfied with the
present force of workmen. An archi-
tect said that much of the work done
by the 'scabs" was hardly worth using,
and that it would have been cheaper to
employ skilled labor, even at union
prices. Others agreed as to the quality
of the work being done, but said that,
of course, the contractors were at per-
feet liberty to employ whom they
pleased, SO long as they managed to
fulfill the terms of the contract.
AS the matter stands both sides seem
equally reluctant to cOncede anything.
The stonecutters are backed by the
national union, and intend to stay out
until their requests are granted. On
the other hand the employers have
already been at considerable loss and
delay, but seem determined to thor
oughly test the strength of the organize
ton with which they are dealing.
The West Publishing company has
some new typesetting machines, which
are not regarded with much favor by
the typographical union. If these ma
chimes can be successfully operated,
they will displace about two thirds of
the skilled labor now employed.
"Labor-saving machines are all right if
they really do save time or strength to
the manual laborer," said a member Of
the union. "but when the employer has
the entire benefit of the labor saved
and the employe a worse condition than
before the machine was introduced;
then it is time for us to arrange a new
basis by which to estimate hours Of
work and wages"
The printers are much interested in
the Wage Farmers Home association,
and attend its meetings regularly. One
excuses himself from other committee
work by saying: "Tke real estate deal
erS are giving us so many pleasant ex-
eursion trips that it takes all my spare
time attending them. | only paid two
dollar initiation fec, and have attended
at least q half-doZcn excursions since
becoming member. The real estate
dealers evidently regard our association
with touching and tender solicituGe.'
The trade and labor assembly holds
its regular meeting next Friday evening
at labor headquarters. The picnic on
Labor day is likely 20 be- the most inter-
esting topic OF discussion, as the assem-
bly, will endcayor to make the affair a
success.
It. 81. Sweas, secretary of the district.
is arranging for special me- O ing of all
persons connected with lab q organiza-
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