St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-06
THE EIGHT HOUR DAY
Will Go Into Effect on City
Work Beginning on Au-
gust Is.
Council SO Orders by a Close
Vote at Last Nights
Meeting.
The Market House Auditorium
Scheme Sent to a Com
mittee,
While the Cyclone Relief APP
preparation Takes the
Same Course.

Every alderman In the city attended
the council meeting last night. A Skin
mish was expected, and several of them
turned up. The principal scrap was
over the Congratulated eight-hour ques-
tlon for city employees, and after over five
years of pickering, it has finally passed.
The lesser scraps were on the question
of appropriating money for the cyclone
sufferers, on the aZotine stencil nuisance
and on the proposition to turn the city
market into an auditorium.
The space for the audience outside
the rail was crowded with residents of
the Fifth ward who were up in arms to
defend their noses against the Azotlne
stencil and the councils decision in the
matter was far from satisfactory to
most of them.
The eight-hour resolution was intro
duced by Aid. McNamee. 1t provided
that after Aug. 10 eight hours should be
considered days work for all en-
ployes of the city government. 1t had
scarcely been read when Aid.
San oru passed up another one set
ting forth that such move would not
only be loss to the city, but would work
an injustice to the laborerS not employed
by the city, and resolving that the usual
hours should remain in force. The first
vote taken showed clearly how the
council stood. There were eleven in
favor of the eight-hour movement and
six against it. The vote was the same
straight through. There were some
very clever parliamentary tactics adopt
ed by the minority to defeat the meas
ure, but nevertheless 1t passed finally,
and after the 18th of this month eight
hours will constitute municipal days
work in all branches.
The resolution introduced by Aid.
Van Slyke to make an auditorium OF the
Market was opposed strongly by Judge
Flandrau and Aid. Sanborn. Aid. San
building of the market in the first
place; that it had always been nuis
ance to the city and always would be,
and that he was much opposed to vast
ing any public money to make an audi
forum Of it, st. Paul, he said. has no
money now to spare, and he thought 1t
very foolish to issue any bonds for such
purpose. The question was finally re-
ferred to committee for consideration.
The Cyclone Sufferers.
tee on the cyclone sufferers was re-
ceived it looked as though it would go
through without question. Judge Elan
drau, however, just DIS the roll was
being called on the final vote, got up
and said: 81 do not think that the
city of St. Paul is cyclone insurance
company. l for one am opposed to con-
sidering it such. In times of great
Iho hn
Cloud storm, or any other dispensation
of Providence in which large numbers
of people are rendered homeless and
penniless, no one is more willing than
/ to step into the breach as
all individual or municipality.
| But this case does not warrant such an
| action. Most of the sufferers, believe,
are not homeless or penniless, and If my
house should burn | would have just as
much right to call on st. Paul for reim
bursement as they have. If any of
them are really in want, the regular
means OF dispensing charity are amply
sufficient for their relief"
Aid. Gehan cited several instances
where preposterous claims had been put
in by well-to-do people. One man had
claimed $50 for single broken rib in a
cow. The question was finally referred
| to the board of control for action.
Aid. Gehan read telegram from an
expert IN the East which said that he
| had been sent for by the Azotine COM
| works and see if the stencil from them
| could not be abolished. He expects to
be here Friday. In view of this fact an
additional ten days was asked for by
the Azotine company. After some dis
| cussiou this was granted much
to the dissatisfaction of the audience
and the aldermen who live at all near
the works. 1t is stated that similar in
| situations are successfully operated in
the heart of many other cities, and
there is no reason why this one should
be nuisance if run properly.
Routine Matters.
A very large amount of routine bust
ness was transacted, and an adjourn
ment was not had until after II o'clock.
| The mayor reported the appointment of
a jailor for each of the police sub-sta-
lions. Tie board of public works re-
ported adversely Oh sewers for Magno-
street and Edmund street; on the pay
ing of Olive, Thirteenth and Sibley
streets, and on the grading
OF ROBBIE, Magnolia and Arundel and
.Tuscarora avenue. The reports were
referred to the respective ward alder
men. The board reported i'll favor of
| grading Nebraska, Kansas and Idaho
avenues and Marion and Woodbridge
streets. This report was adopted. The
resolution to construct system of
steam heating regulation in the city hall
at cost of $4,000 was referred to the
committee on streets. The ordinance
authorizing the Wisconsin Central COM
pany to build tracks along the alley
in Kittson's addition was laid over
for one week. The estimate
of the board of fire commits
sioners of s266,92O as expenses for the
ensuing year was referred to the com
mittee on ways and means. The Sixth
street bridge question was laid on the
table for week, and resolution Civ
ing the gas company power to lay steam
heating pipes III the streets was re-
ferred to the committee on streets. A
number of plats for new additions and
Heterogeneous were adopted.