St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-10
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

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Typographical Union No. 42 met at
the LABOR Temple last Sunday after
noon. The annual election Of officers
was the most important business of the
session. The following officers were
elected: President, George E. Ledger
wood; vice president, Fred Hudson;
recording secretary, W. 81. Ronald;
financial and corresponding secretary,
John Uglow; auditor, r. G. Ericsson;
treasurer, Harry s. HolcomO; sergeant
alarms. Asa NJ. Wallace: doorkeeper,
d. j. MahoneY; delegate to interna-
tional, Alex. J. Mullen; alternate,
Louis Miller; executive board. A; A.
Daily. S. E. Streater, George A. Stew
Thomas. w. FL. Campbell, George E.
Ledgerwood, Lewis Hoke and John
Lucas.
A general open meeting OF all K. Of
L. assemblies was held last Sunday
evening at the Labor Temple. The hall
was we'll filled, and an interesting dis
cussion held. This is the first of a
series of open meetings to be held
monthly at the Labor Temple. District
Secretary t. Ell. Lucas says there is a
general renewal Of interest in organize
ton. and the open meetings give good
opportunity for directing this renewed
interest to the proper channels.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and
JOiners held special nesting Thurs
day evening. A new charter was re-
eeived which affiliates them with the
International Union of Carpenters. An
effort is being made to thoroughly organ
ize by May 1, although it is doubtful if
they will be in position, to demand
eight hours. 1t is difficult to organize
this trade, because there are so many
unskilled workmen who do poor work
and lower the standard of wages. Many
are discouraged on account of the fail
ure to obtain shorter hours several
years ago. A mass meeting of carpen-
tiers will be held soon, and after that it
will be easier to see how they are pre-
pared for May l.
The Single Tax league met last Tues
day evening at the West ,tel. Messrs.
Taylor and GOOdnOW, of the fuel deal
ers' association. showed why coal is so
high in the Northwest A general dis
cuSSiOn followed from the single tax
standpoint, showing that the monopoly
of coal mines by few individuals is the
real cause of the high prices, and that
the people engaged in the actual work
of mining and transporting coal are
among the poorest paid wage workers
in the country. A vote of thanks was
rendered Messrs. Taylor and GoOdn0w
for their able aud interesting presenta-
ton of the subject. Mr.. Buell.
called attention to Senator Sher-
mans bill before congress, providing
regulations for holding elections of rep
resentatives in congress. The following
resolution was adopted:
Whereas The bill now before congress
known as the Senate Bill No. 2 entitled "a
bill to make and alter regulations as to the
times, places and manner Of holding elec-
tons for representatives to congress" con
tainS among its provisions clause that
would permit all the judges of election to be
of one political party; also clause giving
these judges the sole power to decide whether
q voter shall be permitted to register or not,
and whether a challenged vote shall be re-
eeived: also clause destroying the secrecy
of the ballot, by putting each voters registra-
ton number on his ballot: therefore, be IL
Resolved, Thai we protest against the
passage of this bill because it would tend to
de'aroy freedom OF suffrage and endanger
American Institutions The secretary is
hereby instructed to forward copy of this
resolution to Gen. sherman and to all repre-
seutatives and senators from Minnesota.
The stockholders of the X. Of l.
Building association held their semi
annual meeting last Tuesday evening
at the Labor Temple. Four directors
were elected for one year. They were:
John McGuirk S. G. Gomez, A. Meland
and Gust johnson. The semi-annual
report of the treasurer showed the
finances of the association to be in an
excellent condition, with the assets $10,-
1858 in excess of the liabilities: