St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-19
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR NOTES.

adjournment of the convention this
committee held an executive session to
appoint permanent officers and arrange
plans for future work. j. Z. McGaughey
was elected chairman and Eva McDOn-
aid secretary. MessrS. Ives, Lucas and
Ward were appointed as location COM
mittee.
The state fair grounds have been
secured and are suitable in every way
for the purpose. The committee OIL
speakers are corresponding with several
of national reputation. 1t is thought
that Ralph Beaumont can be secured.
He is chairman of the national *. of L..
lecture bureau and too well known to
need any comment in this column. a
varied and interesting programme Will
he arranged, its features having special
reference to the eight-hour agitation.
Prof. Mons Baker will train a male
chorus of sixty voices and prepare the
Acknowledgements Marselllaise'',in such
form that it can be sung by the entire
audience.
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The transportation committee consist
ing of MeSSrS. McGaughey, Miller and
Morrison, will arrange for special rates
Oh all roads. Every city and town III
ton to take part in the celebration.
A bran new mercantile cooperative
association filed articles of. incorpora-
ticn last Tuesday. The plan is to estab-
lish depot of exchange in this city and
provide for direct exchange of COM
moditieS between the different classes
of producers and consumers. Among
the incorporators are James Doran;J.
B. Gardiner, Florence Sears, Peter Paul
and A. o. Grigsby. Arrangements have
already been made with several cream
cries and garden farmers to supply
produce. and the incorpOratOrS propose
TO push the work Of organizing without
delay.
The Ladies' Labor lyceum Of North
Minneapolis held largely attended
McGaughey spoke at some length On the
present condition of working people
and the evils of the competitive system.
A. .. Grigsby and several others made
brief speeches. Another meeting will
be held Tuesday evening, May g.
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The Socialists meet at the Labor Tenn
pie this evening. T. II. Lucas will pre-
sent a paper on "Free Land as Solu-
ton of the Labor Question:" to be
followed by general discussion.
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The Social Science institute held its
regular meeting last Sunday evening.
G. j. Buell. presenting paper showing
the liberty to be attained by giving all
people access to the natural oppOrtuni-
ties provided by nature. The audience
was composed of enthusiasts represent
So, o~k c1oI do of 1OlNf nd
an animated discussion followed.
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The typewriters and stenographers of
this city are seriously discussing organ
iZatiOn. The alarming excess of supply
over demand has reduced wages iii this
line of work to low figure. Girls who
have spent good deal of time and money
in order to become experts complain that
they are unable to earn living wages.
Girls who have homes in the city often
offer to work without wages until they
acquire speed by practice. and are quite
content to work for IS week, and S25
month is coming to be considered
good wages for stenographer. Girls
who have to support themselves are
getting discouraged at the condition of
affairs in this branch of work. Many
strongly favor some sort of Organiza-
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change ideas about their work. and per-
haps arrange a scale of wages which
will give better satisfaction than the
one now in vogue.
The people who howl about the fg-
norance and stupidity of the common
laborers could see an adequate cause
for it by watching the men who work
ten hours day. wading through mud
and water to the knees and splashed
from every bucket Of mud that is
hOisted to the surface. The legitimate
result of such work is ignorance and
stupidity on the part of those who are
compelled by necessity to do it.
A pleasant party met at the Stevens
library rooms in the Labor Temple, last
Thursday evening to bid farewell to
dcx, who are about to leave for Wash
ington territory, where they will reside
in the future. Both have been active
and earnest members Of the Ladies' as
ISOLATION for several years, and the so
ciety presented each with gold pin,
engraved with the symbolic mark Of the
order, as testimonial of esteem. The
company listened to good musical and
literary programme, after which dane
ing furnished amusement for the young
er portion Of the guests.
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A number of weII-known people met
on Wednesday evening at the residence
Of Mrs. Kate Davis, to discuss plans for
forming a Looking Backward" So
ciety. The material for discussion and
study being furnished by the economic
theories advanced in that work. SINH
In inf I'M ocf
lar, and it is to be hoped that this one
may take permanent form, thus fur
nishing several agreeable and interest
ing topics for study.
The single tax advocates met last
Monday evening and concluded to open
league club house, where enthusiasts
of their particular stripe may congre-
gate and exchange opinions. They also
decided to participate III the industrial
celebration on July 4:
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The next meeting of the general COM
mittee on industrial celebration will be
held on Wednesday evening at AZ south
Third street.
TRADE AND LABOR.
The Minneapolis Assembly Has
Lively Session.
The Trade and Labor assembly held
lively session on Friday evening.
The committee OH organization was in
structed to aid the ladies Of North Min
neapoliS in organizing an assembly.
The report of the eight-hour convention
was accepted and placed on file. The
question of day work on the court house
created considerable discussion. A
committee from the building trades at
tended the meeting of the court house