St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-11

son. St Paul Hardware Co., c. Bernhard, G.
II. Harris Brown d Boston. Conrad Felsner'
L. r. Spindler. c. A. Otto. ?. G. Justus.
Minnesota Hardware Co.
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The assembly passed the following
resolutions:
Resolved That the trade and labor as
sembly gives its hearty Endorsement to the
early closing petition that is now being cir
culated by the hardware dealers of ST. Paul.
Resolved, That we recommend to the
people OF st. Paul to give their patronage
only to those dealers who adhere to the early
closing agreement.
Resolved, That the delegates be instructed
TO report this resolution to their respective
organizations.
Two delegates from the taiIers'
union presented credentials and
were duly obligated. They gave a
full history of the present strike, and
the names of firms refusing to pay
was ordered sent to every union and
assembly in st. Paul. The assembly
Endorsed the strike, and will give the
tailors all possible aid.
The secretary of the WOrkingmen'S
Municipal Reform club presented the
pledges received and the following re-
port, which was Endorsed and placed
on file:
To the Trade and Labor Assembly: In ac-'
cordance with rule adopted by the Work
ingmen's Municipal Reform club, the pledges
secured from the various candidates tor aid
ermeu are herewith submitted: OF the
twelve candidates for aldermen-regularly
nominated-Who sent their unqualified
pledges. six were elected. Letters were re-
ceived from Ald.-elect Cullen and Minea; also
Mayor smith, fayoring the eight-hour day.
and the partial substitution of day labor for
the contract system. In bringing these issues
before the public and yet keeping the trade
and labor assembly out of politics, the club
considers its object attained. With the ma
terial furnished by the Municipal Reform as
ISOLATION the trade and labor assembly will
now be enabled to secure the measures adVo-
Gated in the second and fourteenth clauses
of the preamble. FRANK VALEsH,
May 8, 1890. Secretary.
The following grievance committee
Reese, j. Boland, G. Ives and L. NJ.
Daggey. They are to visit Lindeke,
Warner & Schumacher and endeavor to
find the reason for the recent discharge
of several union girls. No reason was
given, and one was discharged immedi-
ately after presenting an eight-hour Pc
tition signed by large number of en-
ployes. As the goods handled by this
firm are bought largely by workigmen
the assembly would like the firm to put
itself on record so that it moy be seen
whether it can consistently receive pat
ronage from the working classes. The
committee will also look up the griev-
ances detailed in the stunemason COM
munication.
The tin and cornice workers. cigar
makers, carpenters, machinlsts and sew
erdl K. of l.. assemblies reported in
favor of state federation of labor; the
other organizations had not yet had an
opport unity to discuss the question
fully.
The report of trades was: Freshmen,
fair; cigarmakers, dull; carpenters, tar
amount of work, but wages low; tin
and cornice workers, busy; machinists,
good; retail clerks, brisk; painters,
work plenty, wages low; machine and
WoodworkerS. fair; printers, rather
dull; bakers, busy; stonemasons, dull.
The assembly then listened to some
special reports, and after transacting
some routine business, adjourned to
meet again May %.