St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-14
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Items of Interest.


The North Star Labor club met
Thursday evening and discussed mat
! tiers likely to come before the State Fed
Grafton to-day. I. A. Clark, James
O'Leary and NJ. z. Finnegan were
elected delegates to that body. The
following resolution will be presented
by the delegates:
Resolved, That the North Star Labor club
favors the repeal by the coming legislature
OF all laws which hear unequally on labor
| due advantages. Such laws should be re-
! Iealed before passing special labor legis
| lation.
At the next meeting, Dec. 1S, officers
| will be elected, and full attendance of
members is desired.
The cIgarmakers' union is discussing
| the ACCESSIBILITY of calling a joint meet
| ing of the unions in the Twin Cities, at
an early date. to discuss some plan of
| action for uniOniZing several shops in
each city which do not employ union
men. The unions have each a large
| membership and can use their joint in
fiuence to considerable advantage.
The State Eight-Hour league met last
| Sunday at the Labor Temple, with the
| largest attendance known since its or
ganization. j. j. Ryder was elected
| president; NJ. O'Donnell, j. Wilson and
A. 5. Edwards, vice presidents to fill
vacancies caused by designations.
| Eight-hour legislation was the main
business Of the convention. j. S. Muir
phy. E. Ives, Mollie Lee j. Shaible and
A. Meland were appointed legislative
committee to draw up the bills and con-
| fer with the legislative committee of
the State Federation. j. Griffin. Eva
Mcdonald and E. Clark were elected
delegates to the Federation. The legis-
lative demands will be three in num-
Der:
Tristan eighthour day on municipal,
county and state work.
Second-A statute making eight hours a
legal days work
Third-An act fixing 50 as the minimum
rate OF wages for the eight-hour day.
The committee meets this forenoon at
labor headquarters. st. Paul, to get the
bills in shape.
The organizing committee of the
trade and labor assembly called a meet.
ing of the walters at the Labor Temple
Wednesday evening. There was
large attendance, and considerable en-
thusiaSm manifested. They formed a
temporary organization, and will organ
ize permanently under the A. F. of l..
A committee from the st. Paul union
will visit them this week and aid them
as far as possible. A uniform scale of
wages and the employment of union
men will be among the principal results
to be obtained in the near future.
The meeting of the Eight-Hour league
last Sunday has proved of great interest
in labor circles. About forty organiza-
tions from Minneapolis alone were rep
resented. The report of the condition
of trade and the prospect of obtaining
the eight-hour day next season showed
uniformity of opinion that was sur
prlsing. The carpenters and painters
are already making definite preparations
for all eight-hour demand. The plas-
tererS and stonecutters have the eight
hour day, and the plumbers anticipate
no trouble should they desire to ask for
it. While the session last Sunday was
mainly taken up by the discussion of
legislative work. the next meeting will
probably devote considerable attention
to plans for those branches of trade
which propose to get shorter hours
without legislation.