St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
TRADES AND LABOR.
Action Taken on the Situation of
the Stonecutters' Strike.

Action Taken on the Situation or
the Stonecutters' Strike.
The Trade and Labor assembly had
rather a light attendance on Friday
evening. New delegates reported from
two assemblies and were regularly Oh
ligated. Nearly all reported times dull
in the various crafts. The printers re-
port that they will have half holiday
every Saturday at their own expense
until September. The delegates from
the stonecutter's union presented the
following statement: q
Trade and Labor assembly: As we
appear before you this evening to ask
the struggle for what we deem our
right. we feel it but just that we give
you a brief resume Of the modernism
connection Herewith.
''In the middle of January the st.
Paul branch: of the Stonecutters' asso-
citation notified the cut stone contract
ors of this city that the standard rate aof
:: wages for practical men would bed5O
| cents per hour OH and after June1:
eight hours to constitute a days work
as heretofore. ...iF @eE
ssAbont1the middle Of April we re-
ceived a communication from the bosses,
saving that on and after June they
would pay first-class men9s50 cents per
hour. We accepted this eommunica-
tion and worked until June 1. That
was pay day. Some were paid one rate
| some another. There was but one re-
course left us, viz, to strike the shop.
| This was done. The next morning the
bosses handed communication to the
var ious shops stated, as follows:
As the members of your association have
seen fit to strike the shop of one of our men,
| bers, we rescind the communication sent to
| the stonecutters' association, and hereafter
viii pay As cents an hour as heretofore,
This was quite a surprise to us. There
was but one thing for us to do and that
we all did. Every man put his tools in
his box and went on strike.
This, gentlemen, is brief review OF
| the situation. The men are as firm and
! determined as ever. Many people are
under the impression that because we
| ask 81 per day that it is an exorbitant
price. But consider the average time
| that stOnecutters can hope to work. 1t
| is less than seven months in the year,
| and that we get out Of work at a time
| when it is almost impossible to get any
| thing else to do. 1t willbe at once seen
| that they are laboring under a wrong
| impression. Wages in cities as large as
SG. Hdul- arr lIOuu ~ CClltS W ~ CCuIo
per hour"
The assembly passed the following
resolution by a unanimous vote:
Whereas. The journeymen stonecutters OF
| St. Paul are engaged in q struggle to uphold
! the principles of unionism and the main
| tenance of a standard rate of wages; be 1t
| Resolved. That this trade and labor as
sembly heartily indorse the stand taken by
| the above craft and pledges them Its moral
| and financial support.
49, Notes.
The marriage of j. D. Coughlin and
Miss May Dougher was solemnized on
Wednesday morning at $3.50 at st.
Mary's church, in the presence of a
large number of friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Coughlin are taking a bridal trip through
Milwaukee, Chicago, and stop a few
days at Mr.. Coughlin's former home in
| Fond du Lac, Wis. Both the contract
| ing parties are we'll known and popular
among a large circle of friends.
Assembly 1898 held a special meeting
| this week, and elected officers for the
next six months.
The cigarmakers met on Thursday
| and elected officers and delegates for
| the coming term.
| EIGHT HOUR CELEBRATION.
At the State Fair Grounds the
Fourth of July.
The celebration to be held next
Thursday, July 4, at the state fair
| grounds. is the absorbing topic of labor
circles in the Twin Cities. If the