St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-03
Will Begin an Active Cam
paign for a General Eight
Hour Day.
A Labor and Farmer Combine
fur a New Produce EX-
change.
Industrial Organizations Pre-
pairing for Work to Sue
coed the Election.
Matters Of Labor Legislation
Beginning to Absorb
Attention.

The State Eight Hour league will hold
its next meeting Sunday afternoon.
Nov. 8, at ST. Paul. The league has
held no meeting since July. but plans
are now being devised To engage al
once in active work to prepare fur all
eight-hour agitatior, which will from
all appearances become quite general
throughout the country, Legislative
matters will also occupy the attention
OF the league. 1t is intended to act IN
conjunction with the State Federation of
Labor toward securing THE. enactment Ut
all eight-hour day on all state and
municipal work. Such laws have been
secured in other states, and it Is ex-
pecitd that no difficulty will be met In
securing an eighl-huur law in Mime
suta. i he matter is TO be fully con.
sit tltC al the cunning meeting anttdeie-
gates are expected from the larger
cities III the SLATE.
A number of farmers in different
parts of the state are corresponding
with prominent labor people In ST. Paul
/ with view to starting d produce tx
change. They desire the cO-uperatien
OF the working people to take steps
The plan was considered To some ex-
tent at the last session of the State
Federation of Labor. 1t includes a
:. ries OF exchanges here the products
ot Tie iarin might be directly exchanged
/ for The e OILS manufactured by the
working people of the cities. This
plan, 1t Is claimed. would save a portion
OF The profit " llich iS now absorbed 10y
Z the dealer. To simplify the mode of
/. exchange a So stem of labels would he
adapted such As are OY used success
fully 10y nuub-r of tir national labor
unions. the farmers have some faith
III this new system, aud a uumber uf
them are anxious to have it practically
applied. 1t Will DOUBTLESS Come up for
consideration al the next convention of
the Farmers Alliance, which meets ia
ST. Paul. Dec. 81.
The coming report of the Minnesota
bureau ui labor statistics is being await
Ell with SOME interest by tile members
o. the labor organizations 1t is now
cv d ut that tile bureaus in various
States have PASSED the experimental
Stale and are aoing work of practical
nature. Tins has been productive of
much good. as II tends 10 show the real
conditions OF the working people. 1t
also has tendency To more CLEARLY de-
hIe tile position that the labor Urgani-
cations OF to-tay occupy i'm :iitlr rtla-
t,un To other elements i'll society. The
recent report of the New York bureau
especially cOmmendS itself tor having
attained the object sought for. 1t makes
an exhaustive inquiry into the question
OF strikes. and OH the Whole shows the
labor organizations in Il very favorable
tIsJhf
ineut among the active members of the
unions in ST.. Paul. and suggestions are
iiade that q similar investigation be
made by the MiIlIiesota bureau.
The recently organized musicians
union promises To become some what of
an important factor in industrial as we'll
as musical matIerS. Some of its mrui-
btrs clam that one OF the theatrical
managers would not allow the musicians
In his employ to become Iiemi,ers of the
union. He assigned no reason for this
action, but several of the musicians iii-
tended To have the matter investigated.
Most likely the trade and LABOR aSSem-
bly, will be askeI to lend its aid in
bringing the question TO an amIcable
settlement.
The OwassO Home association has
met with little or no opposition in its
endeavur to establish street railway
line to its colony at OwaSso lake. Most
of the property owners on the line have
rendered material assistance. They are
HOW anXiOusly waiting tor the permits
sion of the board of county cOlnmissI. u
ers To the rishl Of way. If the charter
is granted indications are favorable TO a
large humber of homes being built early
next season.