St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-25
The WORLD OF WORK.
The st. Paul Trades Assembly
Gets in a Heap Of Bust
ness.
Labor Day Demonstration To-
Day Week at Banholzer's
Park.
Minneapolis Topics of Interest
to Those Who Must
Toll.
Gossip and Events Current
Among the Labor Organ
iZationS.

Labor headquarters is beginning to
assume a more cheerful and lively APP
pearance. The summer vacation is
drawing to close. and more people are
at work in the city. The cooler weather
makes active committee work little
more endurable now than during the
past month. Every evening for the
week some branch Of the picnic COM
mittee has met at headquarters to visit
the organizations meeting on that even
ing and see that proper arrangements
were made. The trade and labor COM
mittee on organization also found
plenty of work. Stray members OF the
Wage-EarnerS' Home association occa-
sionally strayed in and left few blanks
for stockholders 10 fill out and return.
The usual coterie of cranks now meet
every evening to discuss the industrial
question from Alpha to Omega and still
leave it unSOlYed.
Trade and Labor Assembly.
The trade and labor assembly held
lively session last Friday evening.
There was an unusually large atten-
dance. and apparently nothing but rou-
admission, and, in connection with his
business, touched upon some matters
connected with the history of the Co
operative Mercantile association. While
the association and the people who man
aged it are things of the past, yet the bare
mention of cooperation is enough 10
start most animated discussion. Inc
argument in the trades assembly was
all the more interesting because the
majority of the present delegates were
not connected with the assembly at the
time when cooperation tlourished like
a green bay tree, and nearly all those
who were prominent in its affairs at
that time have left the city or gone into
politics, so that every delegate who
wants to put himself on the history OF
the cooperative movement in st.
Paul can find any number of
widely varying statements from
which to form an unbiased conclusion.
The discussion on Friday evening. how
ever, served to clear up some uncertain
points, and showed that the assembly as
a body was not responsible for the mis-
management and failure of the cO-ope-
rative venture, although some of its
former active active members we're per-
sonally liable to some extent.
The report of the condition of trade
showed: Machine moulders, good;
cigarmakers, dull; cornice and sheet
iron workers, good; horseshoers. fair;
plasterers. brisk; carpenters and join
ers, dull; machinists. fair boilermak-
ers, dull; teamsters, dull.
Three new delegates brought creden-
tails and were duly obligated. Several
organizations paid their dues to date,
and the financial condition of the as
sembly is rapidly improving.
An ex-delegate stated that he had ac-
companied one of the. miners and So
licited aid, but was unable to obtain
much, because the public generally did
not understand the situation or know
why the miners were here. He said the
turnverien had appointed committee
to arrange for mass meeting, and sew
eral prominent citizens had promised to
address the meeting. The idea being to
hold the meeting on bridge square,
where there would be no attendant eX
penses. By getting the public inter
eSted in this way it would be much
easier TO solicit aid. The assembly
agreed to cooperate with the outside
committee in regard to the mass meet
ing and all subsequent arrangements.
Messrs, McNally, Burk and Aid. Fisher
were appointed on the committee. and
instructed to arrange for the mass meet
ing Monday evening if possible.
The committee on picnic reported
that they were working to perfect all
arrangements for the parade and picnic
and urged the delegates TO aid them by
doing special work among their respect
I've organizations.
Reports and appointments of commit
tees on special work finished the bust
ness of the evening. The assembly adj
jOurned to meet next Friday evening,
Aug. 80: The special meeting on that
date being for the purpose of finishing
arrangements for the picnic.