St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-19
LABOR'S next MOVE
Will Be to Demand Day In
stead of Contract Work
for the City.
Both Parties Virtually Com
mitted to the Move, Po-
litically.
Politics Cutting Less Figure
Now in General Labor
Circles.
Industrial Information Gath.
cred From Varied Twin
City Sources,

Having city work done by the day In
stead of by contract is the next step
after the establishment of the eight
hour day. 1t will be remembered that
this Was one of the demands in the plat
form formulated by organized labor last
spring, and majority of the present
council are pledged to use their efforts
to have the city charter SO amended by
the next legislature as to permit the
substitution Of day labor for contract
work. The finishing of the Forrestal
contracts by day work will probably
furnish some data as to the relative cost
of the two methods. The trades and
labor assembly will probably lay this
matter before the State federation at
Its next meeting, and see that the mat
ter is given the attention which it de-
serves.
The labor day parade had the effect of
causing some unorganized crafts to desire
unions similar TO those now in existence in
most crafts. The bookblnderS are one of
Those that are talking of forming union.
The organizing committee of the trade and
labor assembly will probably be requested TO
take up the matter at the next meeting.
The telegrapbers are now organizing on
what seems 10 be Il genuine industrial basis.
They find that i'll theiI trade, as in many
Others, the number of Idle people set the
wages of those who are at WORK When the
business colleges turn out ABOUT twenty ap-
pllcantS for every available situation, then
the necessity of regulating the number of ap-
prentlces becomes as apparent us in the
purely mechanical trades. GRAND Organizer
4. l.. handful IL organizing uulOns through
out the Northwest, and finds that the teIeg-
raphers are obliged 10 associate in order to
insure fair rate OF wages and steady en-
ploymeut for themselves
One of the trade unions this week pub
lished a resolution ind orsing a candidate
BECAUSE he promised To have a till INTRO
duced at The next legislature" for the pro-
tectiou of the Craft. Ii is said that the can
dioaie i'll question is a member of the bosses
association. Such association of employers
Go not usually have any interests i'll com mon
with employees. but this union has faith. If
promises would secure Endorsements from
other unions, then would every candidate
have string of Endorsements that would
make his heart glad. The candidate who
promises Is not SO popular with the trade
Unions now as he used TO be.
The union walters are receiving q hearty
support from other unions IN their efforts 10
have all proprielors pay the union scale. One
proprietor on Nabasha Street recently said
that he didn't need to sign the union scale,
because more union men paironized his res
tauranl tnan the one next door, which paid
the union scale and employed union walters
The statement may have been tue at The
time because that proprietor had not deci-
SIyely refused to pay UNION wages. He had
asked time to consider The matter, and union
men would not do him the injustice of with
drawing their patronage before he had re-
ally refused To pay the union scale. Now
that he has put himself on record his patron
age by union men suddenly ceased and from
business point of view he will probably
n md Il.a fn
walters.
The local bricklayers wanted to follow
union customs and give ball efore cleo
ton. There is musicians union, and no
band dared 10 play for them lest il lie Sc
| verely let alone afterwards by legitimate
unions Minneapolis musicians have no
union. SO music was procured there. Now
no union men or their friends will buy tick
cts and the local bricklayer is apt to think
his LOT n hard one